Dorian Gray heads to the US

Dorian Gray Released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the USA

NEW “DORIAN GRAY” STILL, DVD ART & DETAILS

There have been many cinematic adaptations of Oscar Wilde’s classic novel THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY—but only one was directed by a guy who used to pal around with Clive Barker. This latest DORIAN GRAY, directed by HELLRAISER and NIGHTBREED co-star turned filmmaker Oliver Parker, is heading for DVD and Blu-ray, and we’ve got all the info plus a gruesome new photo.

Ben Barnes from THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN stars in the title role of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth, indulging in all sorts of debauchery and worse while his portrait begins to reflect his inner ugliness. The cast also includes Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin and Rachel Hurd-Wood from AN AMERICAN HAUNTING, PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER and the upcoming SOLOMON KANE. DORIAN GRAY hits the disc shelves August 24 from NEM (National Entertainment Media). Presented in anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen, the movie will have 5.1 Surround sound on the DVD and DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray. Special features on both include:

• Deleted scenes

• Interviews

• Behind-the-scenes footage

Retail price is $24.98 for each version. Look for a set-visit report on DORIAN GRAY in Fango #296, on sale in August.

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Ealing Studios' 2011 projects announced

Ealing Studios' projects announced

In Cannes, Ealing Studios announced a raft of high-profile projects including the $35m (£24m) Dustin Hoffman project Nightwork. Based on Irwin Shaw’s novel, it is being scripted by Will Davies (How To Train Your Dragon). The film is a light-hearted caper thriller set around Europe.

“We’re interested in finding bigger, glossier movies,” Ealing boss Barnaby Thompson said. “What we are finding is that those old New Line distributors and others are desperate for those bigger movies. They all need films that they can mass market.”

The studio is also developing big budget thriller All That Glitters, scripted by Richard Warlow. This is billed by Thompson as Ealing’s homage to John Huston’sThe Maltese Falcon. It is about the hunt for a necklace that once belonged to Helen of Troy and will have a budget between $25m (£17m) to $35m (£24m).

Meanwhile, Ealing is hatching a third St Trinian’s film, likely to be called St Trinian’s Versus The World. It will shoot either at the end of this year or in early 2011.

Ealing is also to revive the Doctor In The Housefranchise. In Cannes, Thompson confirmed that it is remaking the 1954 Rank Organisation comedy classic which transformed Dirke Bogarde into a major star. Its regular UK distributor Entertainment is co-developing the project and will handle the UK release. Ealing bought the rights from ITV. If the film proves successful, further Doctor films are expected to follow.

The studio is also developing Fishermen’s Friends, a film about a group of Cornish fishermen who enjoyed unlikely chart success singing sea shanties. Thompson bills the project as “a male Calendar Girls”.

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