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Erin Haven't they already begun filming this? Seems like we've been seeing photos of Hilary Swank as Amelia for a while.
Ewan McGregor to Join "Amelia" Cast
FilmWad —
Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has accepted the role of Gene Vidal (father of writer/social commentator Gore Vidal) in Mira Nair's production of "Amelia," starring Hilary Swank as the renowned aviatrix Amelia Earhart. Gene Vidal was the co-founder of three airlines, namely the Ludington Line, Transcontinental Air Transport (later TWA), and Northeast Airlines which he founded with his lover Earhart. From the sound of the cast, this picture is turning into quite the soap opera. Richard Gere is playing publisher George Putnam, husband to Earhart. Virginia Madsen will play Dorothy Binney Putnam, George's ...
Ewan McGregor co-pilots the Amelia Earhart biopic!
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Mira Nair (VANITY FAIR) is helming an Amelia Earhart biopic with Hilary Swank in the lead, Richard Gere as her husband (famous publisher George Putnam) and Virginia Madsen in a co-starring role. Ewan McGregor has been hired to come in for what sounds like a minor character in the flick as he's squeezing the shooting of his part in-between wrapping I LOVE YOU, PHILIP MORRIS and ANGELS AND DEMONS. He'll play Earhart's lover, Gene Vidal (papa of Gore Vidal). It's good to see McGregor working so much. He's been one of my favorites of his generation since I saw TRAINSPOTTING. Thoughts?
McGregor Flies High and Joins Amelia Earhart Pic
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... for Fox Searchlight. Story centers on the legendary aviatrix (Swank) and chronicles her rise to fame, marriage to publisher George Putnam (Gere) and passionate affair with Gene Vidal (McGregor), father of author Gore Vidal. Ronald Bass penned the screenplay. [Reported by Tatiana Siegel at Variety ] One Noth and Only Zellweger: Chris Noth and Renee Zellweger are set to star in the comedy My One and Only for Richard Loncraine. Zellweger plays Anne Deveraux, a glamorous dreamer who travels from city to city looking for a wealthy man to fund a new life for her and her sons. ...
Ewan McGregor Gets Lost
Vulture —
... McGregor Loves Amelia: Ewan McGregor will co-star in Fox Searchlight's Earhart biopic, Amelia. McGregor will play Gene Vidal — Gore Vidal's dad! — who had a passionate affair with the famed aviatrix. Our math might be off here, but isn't Gore Vidal like 130 years old? We would have assumed his dad was having affairs with Susan B. Anthony and Eli Whitney's wife. [Variety] ...
Cannes Deals Straggle In: Trade Roughage 5/27/08
SpoutBlog —
Not content to let IFC walk off the Croisette as the big buying ballers of Cannes 2008, Sony Pictures Classics set a number of deals in the last days of the fest, including distribution pacts for the Israeli animated doc Waltz With Bashir, Lorna’s Silence by the Dardenne brothers, and James Toback’s Tyson.
Meanwhile, the people at Magnolia have all but resigned themselves to distributing What Just Happened?, the Barry Levinson Cannes closer which they produced through 2929 Entertainment, but have been attempting to unload on another distributor since ...
Ewan McGregor On Board For Earhart
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It’s always nice to see Ewan McGregor.
Variety reports that Ewan McGregor has joined the cast of Mira Nair’s biopic of Amelia Earhart. Hilary Swank plays the famous pilot. Richard Gere plays her husband George Putnam, and Virginia Madsen plays Putnam’s first wife, Dorothy Binney Putnam.
McGregor is set to play Gene Vidal, father of author Gore Vidal. In her Earhart biography East to the Dawn, Susan Butler presented evidence that Earhart and Vidal, head of the Bureau of Air Commerce, had an affair. That seems to be the story the film will go with, according to the Variety ...
Ewan McGregor Joins Amelia Earhart Biopic
Cinematical —
Filed under: Drama, Romance, Casting, NewsstandAccording to Variety, Ewan McGregor has skirted in at the last minute to co-star alongside Hilary Swank in Amelia, the biopic detailing the life and loves of the famous aviator. McGregor will play Gene Vidal (yes, the father of Gore Vidal), who had a passionate affair with Earhart. According to Susan Butler's acclaimed 1997 biography, he was the love of her life. Vidal claims his father didn't marry her because she was too boyish -- something George Putnam (played by Richard Gere in the movie) didn't have a problem with. ...
Ewan McGregor Scores Lead In Amelia
The Movie Blog —
We hear wind today that Ewan McGregor has scored the lead in Amelia; we get the following scoop from the professionals at Variety:
Ewan McGregor has signed on to co-star in the Amelia Earhart biopic “Amelia” for Fox Searchlight. Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Virginia Madsen have already boarded the project, which Mira Nair is helming.
Story centers on the legendary aviatrix (Swank) and chronicles her rise to fame, marriage to publisher George Putnam (Gere) and passionate affair with Gene Vidal (McGregor), father of author Gore Vidal. Ronald Bass penned the screenplay.
The story of ...
Ewan McGregor boards ‘Amelia’
The Screening Log —
Ewan McGregor has joined the cast of Mira Nair’s upcoming biopic about legendary pilot Amelia Earhart, according to Variety. Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Virginia Madsen are already on board. Written by Ronald Bass, the film chronicles the life of the famous American pilot who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic by herself. In 1937, she disappeared somewhere over the Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world. “Amelia” will primarily focus on the pilot’s career, but the plot will also ...
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