Galt Neiderhofer’s film The Romantics, which features stage veterans Katie Holmes and Anna Paquin, will screen out-of-competition at the Sundance FIlm Festival in Utah next month.
The film, which revolves around eight college friends who reunite for a wedding, will also feature Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Elijah Wood, Adam Brody, Rebecca Lawrence, and Jeremy Strong.
Also added to the Sundance lineup is Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right. starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson.
From Theater Mania
WATCHMEN star MALIN AKERMAN is looking forward to a technological Christmas across the miles with her family in Sweden.
Work has prevented the Scandinavian star from heading home for the holidays, but she has made sure that she and her family have the latest communication devices – so they can keep in touch.
She says, “This year I’m not lucky enough that I can go home but there’s great technology nowadays, like Facebook and Skype. It’s been my only way to keep an update on everything that’s going on with my siblings and cousins over in Sweden.”
Akerman admits she’s tremendously homesick because she has wonderful memories of Christmas in Sweden.
She adds, “It’s cold and it’s beautiful. There’s this thing where everyone has these candles that almost look like a menorah, about seven of them, and everyone has them in their windows in Sweden so it’s all lit up. You walk everywhere and you just see candles in the windows. It’s absolutely beautiful and puts a sparkle to the whole city.
“Somebody in the family usually dresses up as Santa Claus. My father still lives in Sweden and we got together with my grandfather and cousins and a few years back it was my father’s turn to dress up as Santa Claus; for the younger cousins they don’t know.
“We didn’t tell anyone that I was coming home for Christmas and I dressed up as an elf and walked in with my father as Santa Claus into the living room and everyone was like, ‘Who is that elf?’ because I had a mask on and finally I pulled the mask off and my grandfather teared up because he was so excited to see me. It was a really great moment so I love that tradition that we have. I would do it again, absolutely.”
From Contact Music
The release date for the DVD and Blu-ray release of “Couples Retreat” is Tuesday, February 09, 2010!
The full specs have yet to be announced, but according to the DVD Active, there will be an alternate ending on both the DVD and BD. Exclusive to the Blu-ray version will be a digital copy of the film…
I have updated the photo gallery today with pictures of Malin from the last events she attended to promote “Couples Retreat” in Amsterdam and Rome… I have also added pictures of Malin on the set of her new movie, “The Romantics”.
You can see the new photos by clicking on the thumbnails below – enjoy!
“HappyThankYouMorePlease” has been submitted to the dramatic competition for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival! The festival will run January 21-31 in Park City, Utah…
“Happythankyoumoreplease” – Directed and written by Josh Radnor, about six New Yorkers negotiating love, friendship and gratitude when they’re too old to be precocious and not yet fully adults. Stars Malin Akerman, Radnor, Kate Mara, Zoe Kazan, Tony Hale, Pablo Schreiber, Michael Algieri.