Film adaptations can be a very tricky business. For those who love the books, directors and editors feel pressure not to leave anything out but also need to tell a cohesive story that doesn’t confuse those who haven’t read it yet. For the most part, I tend to make the blanket statement that books should be left alone, with the very rare exception.
One such instance could be the upcoming film The Physician, originally written by Noah Gordon in 1986, which will now be directed by German...Read Full Story
Actor | Soundtrack | Miscellaneous CrewBen Kingsley was born in England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was of Gujrati descent. Ben began to act in stage plays during the 1960s. He soon became a successful stage actor, and also began to have roles in films and TV. His birth name was Krishna Bhanji - but he changed his name to "Ben Kingsley" soon after gaining fame as a stage actor...Born: Krishna Pandit Bhanji December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UKRead Full Story
REPORTS that Ben Kingsley is in talks to play a villain in Iron Man 3 have caused a commotion as fans try to guess the name of the character.
According to Variety, insiders at Marvel have indicated the actor will not be playing comic book archnemesis the Mandarin but will instead be involved in terrorism using the microscopic technology of nanobots (molecule-sized machines).
Iron Man 3 will be based on the six-issue Iron Man storyline Extremis, in which Tony Stark battles a criminal called...Read Full Story
What started off as a rumor is apparently less rumored than we thought. According to sources, Ben Kingsley is in fact finalizing a deal to appear in Iron Man 3. Most of these reports are saying that Kingsley will play the villain, and it will not be Mandarin. You may remember in the first Iron Man that the people that abducted Tony are part of the Ten Rings, so it seemed only obvious to have Iron Man's arch nemesis in the third installment. Regardless of who Kingsley is playing one thing...Read Full Story
Marking the exit of Iron Man and Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau and the entrance of new director Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), it's been wondered how much---if at all---things would be shaken up for trilogy-maker Iron Man 3.
We won't really known the answer to this question until we start seeing goodies from the movie released, but today comes word of a potential villain for the film.
It's being reported that the great Ben Kingsley has entered into negotiations to join the cast, and...Read Full Story
Kingsley, a former All-Area selection, shares a name with a famous actor - Sir Ben Kingsley. But "our" Ben admits he was puzzled when his coach at Meridian Community College started calling him "Gandhi." The actor Ben Kingsley won an Oscar in 1982 for his ...
In this three and a half minute Roman Polanksi film, Helena Bonham Carter, playing patient to Ben Kingsley's psychiatrist, prattles on endlessly about drivel so mind-numbing that Kingsley can't help but become distracted by Bonham's Prada coat.
BEN Kingsley has hailed his Dictator leading man Sacha Baron Cohen as a comedy genius. But the Ghandi star says he was stunned at just how hard his fellow Brit worked for laughs while shooting his latest movie. “Sacha really is a genius when i ...
With a knock-out cast of Sir Ben Kingsley and Helena Bonham Carter being directed by Roman Polanski, it's hard to think that someone — something — could upstage all of that talent. But somehow, in the new Prada short, "A Therapy," which debuted at Cannes yesterday evening, a purple puffer jacket stole the limelight.
The four-minute film depicts a bizarre therapy session involving a very rich HBC (seriously, only someone with cash to...
Ben Kingsley and Stellan Skarsgard are presently perched ... Now, they'll have a chance to draw a little more notice, as THR reports they'll be co-starring opposite up-and-coming leading man Tom Payne in the forthcoming adaptation of Noah ...
Kingsley, the son of Oscar-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley, said he was looking forward to being involved with a project that had such a strong community involvement. He added: "The production promises to be spectacular, its scale and ambition are hugely ...
Now that convention season is officially upon us, it seems appropriate to turn our sights to the most anticipated of all conventions: the national box convention. That's right my friends, Sir Ben Kingsley (Hugo) and Mark Duplass (Safety Not Guaranteed) will star in the indie pic, Convention, a sci-fi comedy centered around a box convention, at which an intrepid inventor (Duplass) premieres his creation: a five-sided box. His revolutionary...
This portal will keep you informed and updated on the films, interviews, and activities of the British-born actor Ben Kingsley -- that's Sir Ben Kingsley, with the awards and film credits to prove it.
Kingsley's already 15-year old British career crossed the pond in 1982 when he played the title role in Ghandi (for which he recieved an Oscar...more
This portal will keep you informed and updated on the films, interviews, and activities of the British-born actor Ben Kingsley -- that's Sir Ben Kingsley, with the awards and film credits to prove it.
Kingsley's already 15-year old British career crossed the pond in 1982 when he played the title role in Ghandi (for which he recieved an Oscar). With nearly 100 credits in film and TV, including Sexy Beast and Schindler's List, Kingsley (ne Krishna Bhanji) has played saints, scoundrels, epic heroes and pusillanimous connivers.
Kingsley has 8 films in the pipeline to be released through 2009, so you're bound to be hearing about him. This portal will keep you posted.