Viggo Mortensen

Charlize Theron might have to draw on some of her previous Aeon Flux talents to fight the cannibals with Viggo Mortensen in the bigscreen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's bestselling novel The Road. Her part is small and mostly played in flashback, but Ms. Theron is apparently a big fan of the book and wanted to work with producer Nick Wechsler on the project. They were paired in 2000 for The Yard.  read more »

The actor Viggo Mortensen was so ticked off by the exclusion of Dennis Kucinich from last night's debates that he got on the red eye to New Hampshire. He stood on a table with the Democratic candidate in the storefront headquarters in Concord, N.H., this afternoon, and spoke softly about the debates. "You have four people up there, no disrespect to any of them, who are cherrypicking from what Dennis is talking about."  read more »

Sly Stone's long-in-the-works Edgar Allen Poe biopic is making progress, according to Cinema Blend.
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Viggo Mortensen, who showed his junk in David Cronenberg's hit Eastern Promises, was presented with a "Rolling R" award for the best "Russian" performance by a Hollywood actor by RUSSIA! magazine. The official citation commends Mortensen for his "sensitive, multifaceted and authentic" portrayal of Nikolai, a morally conflicted thug in Mr. Cronenberg's movie.

"Unlike the Muslim, Jewish and other communities, the Russians have been historically docile about being portrayed as drunk, murderous plotters," explains Michael Idov, the editor of RUSSIA!, "But that's not the offensive part. The offensive part is being portrayed as a drunk, murderous plotter with a Czech name and a Transylvanian accent."

The Observer's Sara Vilkomerson wrote about Viggo's ballsy moments in the Sept. 11 issue.

Full release after the jump.

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It looks like Resident Evil: Extinction (#1) will not be following its own advice. After a $24 million dollar opening weekend, the Sony franchise based on a video game looks like it is here to stay. And it appears New Yorkers are just fine with that: the movie grossed a very respectable $337,000 at 9 theaters over the weekend.

But the big story for Manhattan box office continues to be the success of Eastern Promises (#2) and Across the Universe (#3).  read more »

“History of Violence kind of worked like a long preparatory experience for Eastern Promises."  read more »

EASTERN PROMISES
Running Time 96 minutes
Directed by David Cronenberg
Written by Steve Knight  read more »