Helen Mirren

Oscar-winner Helen Mirren has signed on to star in espionage thriller "Red," a big-screen adaptation of the DC comic book series, it was reported Wednesday. Mirren, who scooped the best actress statuette at the Academy Awards in 2007 for her performance in "The Queen," joins a cast featuring Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman, Daily Variety reported. The three-book comic series published in 2003 and 2004 follows the fortunes of a retired CIA agent who is targeted by a high-tech hitman determined to kill him. A November 2010 release date has been set for the project. Mirren, 64, was most recently seen in Washington political ... Read Full Story

OSCAR-WINNING actress Helen Mirren has joined the cast of Red, the film adaptation of the comic book miniseries written by Warren Ellis and published by Wildstorm. The movie, starring Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman, begins filming on January 11 and is set for release on November 19, 2010, with Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, The Time Traveler's Wife) directing. Willis will be playing retired CIA agent Paul Moses who is targeted by assassins sent by the new leader of the CIA (Freeman) who wants to dispose of former agents who know too much. Mirren, 64, whose casting was revealed by ScreenDaily and is now confirmed by ... Read Full Story

"Brotherhood," Danish director Nicolo Donato's tale of a homosexual love affair within a neo-Nazi gang that targets gays and Arabs, took top honours Friday at the Rome international film festival. "We've been working hard for this movie for four years," Donato said as he accepted the Golden Marc'Aurelio award from jury president Milos Forman. "This is a dream come true." Oscar-winning British actress Helen Mirren won best actress for her role as the wife of 19th-century Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy in Michael Hoffman's "The Last Station". Best actor went to Italy's Sergio Castellito for "Alza la Testa" by Alessandro Angelini, in which he portrayed ... Read Full Story

Helen Mirren Pictures It seems that the cast of an upcoming DC Comics adaptation has grown by one. Screen Daily ran a piece on the films that are looking for distribution at the upcoming American Film Market in Los Angeles this week, and it revealed that “ Helen Mirren ” has joined the cast of Red. There hasn’t been much news about this film since it was announced that Robert Schwentke would direct the film, but now Mirren will join Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in the film. Willis will play Paul Moses, a retired CIA agent who has a hit put out on ... Read Full Story

Film News: Freeman, Willis star in espionage thriller -- Helen Mirren has joined Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis in Summit Entertainment's espionage thriller "Red," based on the WildStorm/DC comicbook. Read Full Story