Requiem for a Dream News

Academy Award nominated actress Amy Adams has just signed on to play Mark Wahlberg's character, "Irish" Mickey Ward's love interest in the upcoming film " The Fighter ". The Fighter has gone through a lot of turmoil in it's development as several big named actors and directors have come and gone from the project.

In discussing yesterday the impact of hearing that two entertainment icons had passed away on the same day, Bambino noted that, growing up in the Soviet Union, he had of course heard of "Charlie's Angels" but didn't know the individual actresses names.

Tuesday 23 June 2009, 23.20 - Catching up with a Local Hero A later than usual post today reflecting the hectic nature of the last 24 hours.

The director of Pi and The Wrestler tells the Edinburgh film festival how he can afford to pay his crew nowadays, how the age of superficiality is over, and that death is okay Bless Darren Aronofsky's cotton socks.

Darren Aronofsky says he thinks 3D films have 'a kitsch value' US director Darren Aronofsky says he is "unconvinced" by 3D film technology and thinks it is a "gimmick". Speaking at the Edinburgh Film Festival, The Wrestler director said he found the experience of watching 3D movies "really annoying". "Wearing glasses all the time and putting those ...

Lionsgate Home Entertainment have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of Requiem for a Dream on 8th September 2009 priced at $19.99 SRP.

You can bring Darren Aronofsy's compelling drug drama home in high definition this September.

Lionsgate is readying a Blu-ray Disc release of Requiem For a Dream , slated to hit shelves on 8 September.

Actress Natalie Portman is attached to play the lead in Darren Aronofsky 's ballet thriller "Black Swan," The Hollywood Reporter said.

Darren Aronofsky's upcoming Robocop film has been delayed until 2011 , according to MGM, the parent company of the Robocop franchise.

Darren Aronofsky burst onto the scene in 1998 with "Pi," the most bizarrely original debut since David Lynch's "Eraserhead," and a film he self-funded by hitting up an extended circle of family and friends for small donations.

Darren Aronofsky, with three out-there arthouse films to his credit, hardly seemed the ideal candidate to helm a grittily realistic movie on that most lumpen of sports, pro wrestling.

MICKEY Rourke says - in an interview that is one of the extras for The Wrestler - he had heard a lot of good things about the film's director.

This small-budget triumph stars an "old, broken-down piece of meat" as Mickey Rourke's eponymous Ram refers to himself.

That's pretty much all there is to say about that. I was looking for a copy of "The Room," and wound up reading "Requiem for a Dream" while watching the movie of the same name.

Marlon Wayans, who plays Ripcord in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra , told reporters that he's playing a legitimate action hero this time around, no kidding.

Thursday, April 23, 2009 70 F NEW YORK -- After years of abuse and neglect, Mickey Rourke's face looks like an old catcher's mitt that's been left out in the rain.

'The Wrestler' -- From 'Requiem For A Dream' director Darren Aronofsky comes a pitch-perfect character study of Randy 'The Ram' Robinson , an over-the-hill grappler who eeks out a living wrestling in down-and-dirty venues all over the Northeast.

PICK OF THE WEEK 'The Wrestler' . Mickey Rourke rediscovers his soul, playing a down-and-out pro wrestler alongside Marisa Tomei in a movie that also counts as something of a comeback for 'Requiem for a Dream' director Darren Aronofsky.

This is worrying, for two reasons: First, his surprisingly decent performance in Requiem for a Dream aside, Wayans is best known for really dumb comedy, whether as a supporting character in movies like Dungeons & Dragons or as a collaborator with his brothers on lowbrow fare like White Chicks and the first two Scary Movies .