'NINE' New Trailer, Images, and Smouldering Kate Hudson Song

Kate Hudson performing 'Nine' song and dance number

Awards season is in full swing! We recently reported Nine, a musical adaptation the Broadway production (and loosely based on Fellini’s 8 1/2) went live online. The Weinstein Company has stepped up their marketing blitz and released a killer, dazzling new Nine trailer (below). Rob Marshall (Chicago) directed the film set for release on Christmas Day and already garnered plenty of buzz for a coveted chance at “Best Picture” Oscar®.

The incomparable Daniel Day-Lewis plays Italian film director Guido Contini, who struggles to manage the female relationships in his life. His wife (Marion Cotillard), his muse (Nicole Kidman), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his mother (Sophia Loren), his costume designer (Judi Dench), his prostitute (Fergie), and his next conquest, a Vogue reporter (Kate Hudson).

The director’s guild just had their screening of the film, which means awards season is kicking in. Spy reviewer Tobby for Ain’t It Cool News posted an awesome review of Marshall’s new musical.

In his introduction of the film, Marshall confirmed publicly he’ll be doing Pirates of the Caribbean 4 with Johnny Depp. Then the film started which the critic calls a “curious delight.” Day-Lewis is “masterful” at singing, Cotillard is “spectacular” and deserves another Oscar nod, Dench is a “pleasure to watch,” Cruz is “fantastic” and sexy, Fergie does a “great job” (!), Hudson is the biggest surprise, and Kidman the biggest disappointment. All this and more according to Tobby the spy critic at Tobby at Ain't It Cool News. I can't wait!

The sizzling new musical trailer for the film features Hudson’s singing voice and fresh looks at the production. Scroll further down for nine pictures of the characters:

Kate Hudson, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Kate Hudson again

Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, and Judi Dench

Fergie, Nicole Kidman, and Sophia Loren

Check out Penélope Cruz's Jay Leno Show appearance and sexy clip from Nine !


Will NINE be one of this year's ten Best Picture nominees? You can bet on it!

NINE will have a limited release on December 18th in New York and Los Angeles and will then go on wide release on December 25. Aeroplan members can redeem 5,000 Aeroplan miles for a ticket to an Exclusive Canadian NINE Premiere.

Ooh La La... Be Italian!

Follow Nine on:
Official Site
Twitter

* * *

Source: NewsInFilm.com

Ain'tItCool.com

TWC's 'Nine' will Kick Some Serious Butt Come Awards Season! [Trailer]

Judy Dench and Daniel Day Lewis in 'Nine'

The New York Times on Sunday published the definitive piece on the bleak state of the union at The Weinstein Company, where morale (and cash flow) remains low, Harvey is struggling to refocus after his mogul-add streak, and theatrical grosses this year are hovering right around $1.3 million. These factors will all likely change this week with the opening of Inglourious Basterds, or at least we should hope they do -- cinema is generally better for having the Weinsteins in it, and they've got to find some way to pay for the release of The Road and Nine later this fall.

Nicole Kidman and Daniel Day Lewis in 'Nine'

Nine is the musical re-telling of Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical 8 1/2. It tells the story of Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), a world famous famous film director as he confronts an epic mid-life crisis with both creative and personal problems. He must balance the many women of his life, including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren).

The original 1982 Broadway production of NINE, with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, won five Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Nine is directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago) and opens in the US on November 25, 2009.

TWC has nothing to worry about. Inglorious Basterds, The Road and Nine will clean up come awards season. Congrats, you've done it again Harvey!

I can hardly wait!



Source: MovieLine.com, IMDB.com

'Blood' actor Daniel Day Lewis eyes 'Nine' musical

Several months ago, at the height of awards season I was thrilled to hear Harvey Weinstein was casting two of my favorite Oscar® Nominees Javier Bardem of "No Country for Old Men" and Marion Cotillard of "La Vie En Rose" in a new musical titled "Nine". Bardem later dropped out of the film due to exhaustion from work and awards season.

I caught a glimpse of Marion Cotillard and Daniel Day-Lewis on the Red Carpet of the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Show Gala earlier this year. Cotillard was awarded with the Breakthrough Performance Award for "La Vie en Rose" and DDL was honored with the Desert Palm Achievement Award for "There Will Be Blood". Both won Oscars® in their respective categories. I was delighted and rendered speachless when DDL magically appeared on the Red Carpet heading towards me. He smiled and expressed a soft heartfelt "thankyou" after I blurted out "you are absolutely brilliant!" His charm and charisma swept the female audience right off their feet as he strolled by. Hold that thought. . .

Another coup for Harvey Weinstein! According to Variety Oscar® winner Daniel Day-Lewis is in talks with The Weinstein Co. to replace Bardem in the musical. He would play the role of Guido Contini, a famous film director who experiences personal and creative crises while trying to balance all the woman in his life. Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench will play the woman. The Robert Marshall-directed musical is inspired by the Fellini film "8 1/2". Michael Tolkin wrote the screenplay, and Anthony Minghella turned in a rewrite before he died.

Harvey Weinstein's first association with the actor came when Weinstein's Miramax Films acquired distribution rights to the 1989 Jim Sheridan-directed film "My Left Foot."

TWC spokesperson denies a lead has been set and the names being thrown around are pure conjecture. More on this story as it develops...

YouTube clip of Daniel Day-Lewis on the Red Carpet of the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Show Gala (below).