Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked vigilante (Weaving) known only as “V.” Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he detonates two London landmarks and takes over the government-controlled airwaves, urging his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V’s mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself – and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plot to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.
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November 5, 2009: V for Vendetta explained:
" Remember,
remember the 5th of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot." -V
November 15, 2007: Other Boleyn trailer:
Moviefone has your first look at the period drama THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL and, apparently, it's pretty damn sexy. I say apparently because I have no first hand knowledge of this. I have no first hand knowledge of this because streaming for me is about as easy...
October 1, 2007: Purefoy is Kane:
Former boozy, angry, snatch-crazed centurion (Mark Anthony, to be exact) James Purefoy has been cast as the titular hero in SOLOMON KANE, a feature adaptation of the Robert E. Howard series of comics of the same name. Under director Michael J. Bassett from his...
May 28, 2007: Fry writes Dambusters:
Thoroughly under-appreciated British actor/writer and sometimes director Stephen Fry has been tasked with writing the upcoming drama DAMBUSTERS, the Peter Jackson-produced remake of 1955 film of the same, albeit dissimilarly spaced, name, which was itself...
April 30, 2007: My Blueberry poster:
Here's a look at the poster for this year's Cannes opener, Wong Kar Wai's MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS. The film stars Norah Jones (the really tiny one at the bottom of the poster next to Natalie Portman) as she treks across America, learning about life, love and meeting...
April 27, 2007: Portman Blueberry pic:
Justin Timberlake is ten shades of crazy if he thinks he's the one bringing sexy back. He's baby soft man-candy, no doubt, but Natalie Portman is returning sexy back to its rightful place in pop culture. Just look at this hyper cool shot of her in Wong Kar Wai's...
April 13, 2007: Trixie says howdy:
Two days after being announced as the titular character in the Wachowski Bros. all green screen adaptation of SPEED RACER, Emile Hirsch started the first of 5385 Joel Silver mandated interviews promoting the film. After flail-whipping the marketing department...
March 23, 2007: Hirsch talks Racer:
This may just be the quickest turnover between someone being cast in a role and a studio-sanctioned mini-interview discussing said role but Emile Hirsch, two days after being cast as Speed Racer in the Wachowski's upcoming all green screen adaptation of the...
February 9, 2007: Portman directing?:
Natalie Portman, one of the most accomplished actresses in Hollywood (and unquestionably one of the hottest) is keen on adding "director" to her growing list of achievements. That's right, schmoes and schmoettes, our very own Matilda has growns up to the point...
January 8, 2007: Magorium trailer:
Update: Hope you watched it, folks, cause it's been pulled from YouTube.
Below you'll find what looks like an unofficial trailer for Zach Helm's fantasy dramedy MR MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM considering it's four and a half minutes long and basically...
December 1, 2006: Hottie Recap:
As you may have noticed, I took a one-week break on giving you the MovieHotties.com excerpts but I'm back now so you can rest easy. But that's enough talking from
me. Let's get down to it.
Being ever vigilant of every single minutia of Natalie...
October 26, 2006: First Venus trailer:
In 2003, Peter O'Toole initially declined to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as he felt he was "still in the
game" and could "win the bugger outright" so he politely asked them if he could defer...
August 7, 2006: Speed Racer a go?:
A couple of months ago, we reported on the Wachowski brothers possibly taking over the live
action feature adaptation of SPEED RACER that Vince Vaughn had at one time been attached to produce (in a story involving the Racer's brother, Racer X). Now...
June 5, 2006: Wachowskis do Racer?:
What do you do after a politcally-charged film about a vigilante freedom fighter attempting to overthrow a totalitarian regime? An adaptation of a Japanese cartoon, of
course. As is the case with the Wachowski brothers. Having adapted Alan Moore's classic...
March 24, 2006: Quiz: Natalie Portman:
PLAY OUR NATALIE PORTMAN QUIZ NOW!!
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In Natalie Portman's motion picture debut, the brilliant film
"The Professional", how old was her character in the film?
15
5
12
way
too young for Leon!...
March 17, 2006: Review: V for Vendetta:
" Awesome!
Easily the best movie to come out so far this year... "
JoBlo
reviews "V for Vendetta"
Read
our London VENDETTA...
March 16, 2006: INT: Natalie Portman:
Let there be no debate: Natalie Portman is a beautiful woman. This despite the fact that she and I now share the same haircut. But as she's sitting there talking politics, Menachem Begin, terrorism, etc., all I can think about is how beautiful she is....
March 10, 2006: Contest: Vendetta:
CONTEST WINNERS HAVE BEEN
ANNOUNCED!
CLICK
HERE TO SEE IF YOU WON
V
FOR VENDETTA is definitely one of the cooler-looking mo v ies of the year, which
is why it's no surprise to find that the dudes behind THE MATRIX TRILOGY are
behind...
March 1, 2006: New Vendetta clips:
If you haven't seen the clip of Natalie Portman getting her head shaved in V FOR
VENDETTA then take your candy ass over to the Iesb.net as they've posted that clip plus
a bunch more and a set interview with Portman. This year should be an...
February 23, 2006: Vendetta clip online:
So after an agonizing wait, we finally get the first clip from the political action thriller V FOR VENDETTA , courtesy of the folks over at Moviefone. Unfortunately, the AOL player is back to form showing beautiful black screens and
out-of-sync dialogue...
February 16, 2006: New Vendetta pics:
The V
FOR VENDETTA marketing campaign is up and at 'em and you bet
your fanboy ass that JoBlo.com will attempt to be there all
the way through to the film's opening on March 17th. Have I seen...
February 23, 2006: INT: James McTeigue:
Read
Part 1 here
/ Hugo
Weaving
You
might know director James McTeigue from...well, nothing much really,
but he was "behind" a...
February 22, 2006: INT: Hugo Weaving:
Read
Part 1 of our set visit here
One
of the bigger brouhahas that came along with V FOR VENDETTA
-- other than the fact that it was moved from its original...
February 24, 2006: INT: Natalie Portman:
Read
Part 1 here
/ Hugo
Weaving
/ James
McTeigue
It’s
not every day that you get to meet the fantasy woman of many a...
January 27, 2006: Vendetta goes IMAX!:
If you've been absolutely dying to see a bald Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving in a Guy Fawkes mask in the most gigantic screen in the world in the upcoming V FOR VENDETTA then you are in luck as IMAX Corp. and Warner Bros. recently
announced the...
February 20, 2006: Set Visit: V/Vendetta:
Hugo
Weaving
/ James
McTeigue / Natalie
Portman
The
only set visit that I’d ever participated in myself was the one for THE...
January 13, 2006: Robbins doing 1984?:
Tim Robbins is currently getting ready to direct a stage play based on George Orwell's ground-breaking novel 1984. However, he recently told Empire Online that he aspires
to take the story beyond the stage and into our favorite medium of film. According...
December 29, 2005: Vendetta promo pics:
The folks over at NataliePortman.com have landed themselves some ridiculously gorgeous promo shots of a pre-bald Natalie Portman in V FOR VENDETTA . As you can see, these rank about a thousand on a hot scale
of one to ten so be careful they don't burn your...
December 23, 2005: Hottie Update!!:
This week's update will be special not only because it features the usual bevy of nubile ingenues making the movie magic we love so much but also because at the end I'll
be revealing a secret regarding a little movie called X-MEN 3 . Oh and kudos to...
December 15, 2005: New Vendetta trailer!:
The new trailer for V FOR VENDETTA is here, folks, and while it does deliver
the goods in terms of excitment and emotion, it's not that much different from the teaser that was released a while back. I'm also having a little trouble accepting...
December 13, 2005: V for Vendetta reviews:
Harry Knowles and his cohorts at Ain't It Cool News recently had their annual Butt-Numb-A-Thon where they gorge on twenty-four hours of brain melting movie watching. At
the tail end of the movie watching marathon Harry treated everyone to the very first...
November 21, 2005: 4 groovy Vendetta posters:
Despite being moved into the New
Year, V
FOR VENDETTA is keeping its marketing machine going with the
release of 4 stylized movie posters given to 4 different Internet
websites. You can check them...
November 16, 2005: New Vendetta posters:
Were things to go according to the original plan, most of us by now would've already seen V FOR VENDETTA. It was originally scheduled to open on November 4th before being pushed back to March 17. With that date about four months away, Warner Bros. is returning...
October 17, 2005: R rating for Vendetta:
I was a little bummed that the release date for the upcoming Natalie-Portman-ful V FOR VENDETTA had been pushed back from November to March 17th. I was only a little bummed because March isn't too far way so better that
we have some VENDETTA goodness...
August 17, 2005: Vendetta pushed back:
Update: Well, that didn't take long. Several outlets are reporting that the new release date is March 17th, 2006 and that the "real" reason for the delay was that film wouldn't be ready in time for November.
Sci Fi Wire is reporting that the...
July 22, 2005: Vendetta trailer hits!:
Written
by the Wachowski brothers. Starring Natalie Portman without hair and
a dude in a freaky-cool mask. Based on a graphic novel by Alan
Moore. Plotline featuring terrorist attacks on London. See
it...
July 22, 2005: CON: V for Vendetta:
V FOR VENDETTA Natalie Portman, Joel Silver, David Lloyd and Grant Hill
V FOR VENDETTA, which made up 1/4 of the Warner Bros. panel, wound up being my introduction to the world of the San Diego Comic-Con and who better to pop my cherry than the dear...
June 28, 2005: V for Vendetta poster:
Pretty cool. Here's the
latest poster for V
FOR VENDETTA , the film that stars Natalie Portman without any
hair and plenty of anarchy to go around. I checked out this film's...
June 14, 2005: Pics from Vendetta:
Our own JoBlo recently returned from the set of V FOR VENDETTA and his report should be online shortly but in the meanwhile Moviehole has your first official pic of our antihero V. Originally James Purefoy was cast as V but was replaced midway through production...
June 6, 2005: Professional 2, V pics:
I
just got back from London last night (cheers to all the English folk
with whom I shared a pint up there), as Warner Bros had invited us
to visit the set of V
FOR VENDETTA (full report should be...
May 31, 2005: Vendetta script review:
I had heard the Wachowski's script for V FOR VENDETTA was making the rounds and knew it was a matter of time before a review popped up online. Sure enough, here we are. Ain't It Cool News has the first review of the script up online (not by a staffer but by a...
May 10, 2005: She's bald, Jerry!:
I knew it was going to happen sooner or later but I was dreading the day it did. Natalie Portman, who just a week or so ago when I saw REVENGE OF THE SITH looked so beautiful, has shaved off the hair on her head. Bald. The first picture of Portman bald...
May 9, 2005: Hugo takes over on V:
Hugo Weaving has stepped in to replace James Purefoy in V FOR VENDETTA who left for undisclosed reasons. Filming began back in early March and it's unclear at this point how many of Purefoy's scenes will need to be reshot. VENDETTA will mark the reunion of...
April 22, 2005: Portman is a Wonder:
I don't know if Natalie Portman is making up for lost time or just a lot of damn good scripts are being thrown her way and she just can't turn them down
because just two days after we reported on her signing on to the drama GOYA'S GHOSTS comes
news...
April 22, 2005: Silver talks Wonder & Vendetta:
I
caught up with mega-producer Joel Silver to do an interview for his Dark Castle production
HOUSE OF WAX
today (more on that in the next week or so), and had a chance to ask him about two upcoming projects...
April 19, 2005: First Vendetta pics:
I'm very excited about V FOR VENDETTA . Natalie Portman thought she was gonna
kill my excitment by announcing that she'd be shaving her head for the movie (so as as to be true to the character she portrays). How little she knows me. I
really thought...
April 15, 2005: Comix-to-Flix #9:
COMIX-TO-FLIX is a JoBlo.com column featuring reviews of comic book graphic novels that have been optioned to be made into motion pictures. Seeing as the universe of comic books and movies is becoming more and more...
March 7, 2005: Vendetta site updated:
As the comic adaptation V FOR VENDETTA looks to kick into gear in East Berlin,
the principal players' Natalie Portman and James Purefoy, director James McTiegue and producer Joel Silver sat down with some press peeps to talk about
the movie. The...
March 4, 2005: Vendetta begins:
Here's some of the latest news, straight from the horse's mouth, on the upcoming Warner Bros. adaptation of Alan Moore's comic series V FOR VENDETTA including a release date, a new actor and a curious website... Check back to JoBlo.com for more on V FOR VENDETTA...
February 18, 2005: V for Purefoy:
That face to the right probably doesn't look all that familiar to the majority of fanboys out there. But get a good look cause that's the future face of V. That man, James Purefoy, has signed on to star opposite Natalie Portman in Warner Bros.' V FOR VENDETTA....
January 5, 2005: Vendetta teaser pic!:
Shortly after the news broke this morning that Natalie Portman would be starring in V FOR VENDETTA , Warner Bros. sent us a teaser image for the film along with a press release that included some quotes from producer Joel Silver but nothing too Earth-shattering...
January 5, 2005: P for Portman:
Natalie Portman is doing all she can to become every fanboys dream. First off, she's gorgeous, which is a really great start. Secondly, she's in the STAR WARS trilogy. Third, she obviously has an affinity for the geeky types as she dated Zach Braff. And...
November 18, 2004: Vendetta gets director:
There have been attempts to translate Alan Moore's works to the screen but neither have really succeeded. So far we've seen FROM HELL and THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMAN with both producing disappointing results. Now another Moore graphic novel, V FOR...
