Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, and directed by Oscar® winner Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Jackson & Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens, The Lovely Bones centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. Oscar® nominee Mark Wahlberg and Oscar® winners Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon star along with Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli and Oscar® nominee Saoirse Ronan.
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January 14, 2010: The first five minutes of The Lovely Bones!:
While I have yet to see THE LOVELY BONES , I haven't heard many positive things about it. In fact I've heard it's a big ole mess. I'm not entirely surprised as it seems to match what I had heard about the film dating back to earlier this summer. But...
January 13, 2010: INTERVIEW: Lovely Bones star Rachel Weisz:
Rachel Weisz started the year off right with her wonderfully wacky performance in THE BROTHERS BLOOM. While the film wasn’t perfect, it was incredibly sweet and original. And now, she is back with another film, one that happens to be directed by Peter...
January 4, 2010: JoBlo Podcast #50:
New Year, Same Shit
Our first show of 2010 and we're already shit-bombed. Moreno and I try to dust off the cobwebs and remember how to pull together a quality show. At around the 50 minute mark, we're still trying. Come find out how we spent our...
December 9, 2009: Review: The Lovely Bones:
PLOT:
It was a cold day in December when Susie Salmon was murdered. Only fourteen-years-old, she naively falls victim to a vicious predator. But that is where the story begins. When she finds herself in a place that is magical and mysterious...
October 8, 2009: Lovely Bones poster:
The new poster for Peter Jackson's THE LOVELY BONES is indeed quite lovely.
I think the movie will be good, but a massive tearjerker. It also proves what a creepy Stanley Tucci can be. The man just looks flat out rapey in the trailer.
I'm also...
August 24, 2009: Lovely Bones feature:
Now that SHUTTER ISLAND has been pushed back to 2010, I’d have to say my new "most anticipated" selection for '09 just might be Peter Jackson's THE LOVELY BONES . Sure, it's a your-mom-read-it-in-neighborhood-book-club story, but that’s no reason to...
August 5, 2009: Lovely Bones Trailer:
It HAS been a long time since Peter Jackson's THE LOVELY BONES was announced, and we've all been jonesing for a peek at it ever since. The wait is now over, at least so we can crave it even more.
The film is based on the best-selling novel from Alice...
August 4, 2009: Lovely Bones footage:
Entertainment Tonight aired and posted online a preview of a glimpse of a yet-to-come semi trailer with the first look at Peter Jackson's eagerly awaited THE LOVELY BONES .
From what I understand, if you watch ET tonight (or wait a few minutes later for...
July 13, 2009: Sarandon knows Jack:
Susan Sarandon and John Goodman have joined the cast of HBO Films' YOU DON'T KNOW JACK, a biopic on infamous euthanasia advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Loosely based on Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie's book "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Life...
June 2, 2009: Old Republic trailer:
This isn't exactly movie related but this recently released trailer for the MMO game "Star Wars: The Old Republic" is so goddamn cinematic, most, if not all, of you schmoes and schmoettes should appreciate it. Taking place about three thousand years before the...
May 29, 2009: Tintin gets release:
It seems the release strategy for the upcoming Steven Spielberg directed motion capture adaptation THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN will be to focus on international markets. Sony and Paramount have decided to release the film stateside on...
May 6, 2009: Weisz blows whistle:
Rachel Weisz has signed on to star in the political drama THE WHISTLE BLOWER. Based on the real life story of Kathryn Bolkovac, in it, Weisz plays a cop working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia who uncovers and exposes a United Nations sex trafficking...
May 1, 2009: Jackson Kills Christ?:
Peter Jackson has been promising to go back to his horror roots for some time now but all these other non-horror projects have kept him from doing so. There's hope, though, as the folks over at Slashfilm recently heard Stephen Fry, who wrote the screenplay...
April 27, 2009: More Lovely Bones:
Last week we brought you the first image from Peter Jackson's upcoming film THE LOVELY BONES , but no one was really sure if it was pulled from the film, or of it was more of a promotional thing. The latest issue of Empire Magazine features more photos from...
April 20, 2009: 1st Lovely Bones pic:
The first image has emerged from Peter Jackson's upcoming drama THE LOVELY BONES , and it features little Saoirse Ronan as 14 year-old Susie Salmon. The film is narrated by Ronan's character, who from heaven comments on the world below, after she is murdered by...
March 10, 2009: Princess moves up:
Disney is showing a little confidence in their upcoming traditionally animated musical THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG as they've moved up its release date from Christmas Day to December 11th with a limited release in New York and LA on November 25th. It was...
May 6, 2008: Sarandon's Peacock:
MILF-ilicious Susan Sarandon, along with Bill Pullman and Josh Lucas, have joined Cillian Murphy and Ellen Page in the psychological thriller PEACOCK. Under director Michael Lander from a script he co-wrote with Ryan Roy, in it, Murphy plays a man whose life...
May 2, 2008: Lovely Bones delayed:
There were some recent rumors of creative tension on Peter Jackson's adaptation of THE LOVELY BONES . Historically, this sort of thing has been a behind-the-scenes mainstay in Hollywood and beyond, but now every detail of a film's production tends to be blown out...
November 5, 2007: Sony acquires District:
A few days ago we told you about Kiwi-Beard Peter Jackson teaming up with 3D animator and one-time Halo film adaptation Messiah Neill Blomkamp to create an original epic sci fi adventure titled DISTRICT 9, after HALO was thrown violently into the flaming pit...
October 22, 2007: Gosling out of Bones:
Ryan Gosling is out and Mark Wahlberg is in. It hardly seems like a fair trade-off but that's exactly what's happening on THE LOVELY BONES. Just one day before filming was scheduled to begin on Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel, Ryan Gosling...
September 1, 2007: Lovely Kiwi cuties:
The above pictured New Zealand natives, Carolyn Dando on the left and Rose McIver on the right, have, after a worldwide search, been chosen for significant supporting roles in Peter Jackson's upcoming supernaturally tinged dark drama THE LOVELY BONES,...
June 28, 2007: Gosling is lovely:
It's no secret that Ryan Gosling is one of the best actor's working today, young or old. I remember reading rave's about his performance in HALF-NELSON, him being hailed in the class of Penn, and Brando, his generation's brightest star. Then I saw the movie...
January 18, 2005: Jackson rolls Bones:
Peter Jackson has put his money where his mouth is. The Oscar-winning director of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy has bought the rights to Alice Sebold's novel THE LOVELY BONES out of his own pocket from FilmFour, the feature department of Britain's Channel 4....
January 5, 2005: Jackson gets Lovely:
Ain't It Cool News is reporting the latest issue of the LORD OF THE RINGS Official Fan Club Magazine has an interview with Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens that confirms THE LOVELY BONES will be their next project after KING KONG. Boyens said, "Our next project...
April 23, 2004: Jackson does Bones?:
It
seems like director Peter Jackson may just return to his HEAVENLY
CREATURES roots after completing the massive KING KONG project in
the next year, as he and his partners Fran Walsh (who also happens...
