From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier (Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Bale) were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. Full of twists and turns, THE PRESTIGE is set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London, the exceptional cast includes two-time Oscar® winner Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson and David Bowie.
May 1, 2007: Piper goes South:
Earlier this month, Raja Gosnell signed on to direct the Disney comedy SOUTH OF THE BORDER and recently the SCOOBY DOO director found his muse - Piper Perabo. The film is a live action comedy centering on an uppity Beverly Hills Chihuahua that gets lost in...
April 30, 2007: Hugh's killer 'stache:
Celebublog "Just Jared" recently caught Hugh Jackman sporting quite the killer 'stache on the set of the Baz Luhrmann-directed epic drama AUSTRALIA. The film, which quite recently started production in the titular country/continent, centers on a World War...
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never got the chance to see THE PRESTIGE in theaters, but from what everyone and
their girlfriends are telling me, the movie rocks and was definitely one of the
schmoes'...
January 11, 2007: Nanny Diaries poster:
Here's a look at the poster for the Scarlett Johansson-starring comedy THE NANNY DIARIES. Based on the Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus novel of the same name and adapted by the AMERICAN SPLENDOR duo of Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, Johansson stars...
November 17, 2006: Hottie Recap:
When you're here, you're family. But that doesn't mean I won't make a pass at you. Just kidding (not really). What am I talking about? No idea. I just deliver the
MovieHotties.com excerpts. You're the one who's supposed to make sense, capisce?
We've...
November 9, 2006: Sweet Prestige posters:
I'm not exactly sure if
these are international posters for THE
PRESTIGE or not (although since they rock, I would assume that
they are, just like this
cool one from a while back), but the good...
October 20, 2006: INT: Christian Bale:
It’s rare to get two superheroes in one junket.
Three if you count Alfie, and you should because he’s a super hero
to me. Christian Bale is no more typecast by BATMAN than he was by
EMPIRE...
October 19, 2006: INT: Christopher Nolan:
Christopher
Nolan didn’t want to be typecast as a comic book director, so he
made a film in between BATMANs to remind us of his other typecast:
psychologically manipulative thrillers. THE...
October 20, 2006: INT: Hugh Jackman:
Hugh
Jackman may be the best celebrity ever. Even when studio folks are
rushing him around, cutting his interviews down to ten minutes, he
still gives you his all. It always feels like he’s...
October 10, 2006: New Prestige poster:
Below you'll notice a funky new poster for the Christopher Nolan-directed period thriller THE PRESTIGE . The story follows Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as rival Victorian era magicians who seek to murder each other when each gets
wind of the fact that...
October 2, 2006: Prestige site online:
It seems like we've been talking about Christopher Nolan's period drama/thriller THE
PRESTIGE for a long time. But tha't's probably because we have been talking about it for a long time. Soon enough, though, - October 20th, to be exact - we'll...
September 22, 2006: Prestige pics/tv spot:
We just received a bunch of new pics from Christopher Nolan's upcoming THE
PRESTIGE where Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale star as rival magicians in turn-of-the-century London who end up with murderous intentions for each other. That is,
until Scarlett...
September 20, 2006: New Prestige trailer:
Luckily I already am really looking forward to THE PRESTIGE so this latest subpar trailer isn't scaring me off. It premiered today at Yahoo! Movies and I'm hoping it's just an internet trailer. It's got an awful voiceover that pretty much had me wanting to...
September 5, 2006: Nolan talks more DK:
The folks over at the IESB recently paid a visit to Christopher Nolan while he was in the editing room cutting his upcoming period drama THE PRESTIGE and, of course, the conversation turned to the upcoming Batman
sequel THE DARK KNIGHT. He didn't really...
August 28, 2006: Queen poster/stills:
Color me surprised but I hadn't heard diddly squat about this film THE QUEEN, which is surprising as it's directed by Stephen Frears (DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, MRS.
HENDERSON PRESENTS). The story centers on HM Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) as she and English...
August 24, 2006: Dark Knight news:
With the revelation of the BATMAN BEGINS sequel title being THE DARK KNIGHT, you can expect a veritable deluge of news to be flooding in over the next year and
a half leading up to the release of the film. So, let's get this party started. First up, a...
August 18, 2006: The Prestige poster:
Walking through the halls of JoBlo.com HQ, other than the voice of Steven Spielberg occasionally professing his now legendary love of JoBlo.com over the PA system, you'll notice walls lined with posters both contemporary and retro, a couple of caged go-go...
August 7, 2006: McGregor is Tourist:
A few months ago, we told you about Hugh Jackman signing on to the thriller THE TOURIST.
Today comes word that Ewan McGregor will co-star with Jackman in the Marcel Langenegger-directed film. Coming from a script by Mark Bomback (CONSTANTINE),...
July 14, 2006: Full Prestige trailer!:
I'm still not sure why movie studios premiere their trailers on shows like "Entertainment Tonight" or "Extra." I guess it's because they get bigger ratings than we do here on the web, but then my follow-up question is why do those shows get bigger ratings? Case...
July 11, 2006: The Prestige trailer:
Update: Matthew informs me that the reason for the disappearing accents is that performers in those times used accents to mask their real identity.
"Entertainment Tonight" recently premiered the trailer for the Christopher Nolan-directed...
July 7, 2006: New Prestige pic:
If you look to the right you'll notice a new picture of Hugh Jackman in the Christopher Nolan-directed drama/thriller THE PRESTIGE . In it, Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale play lifelong rival
magicinas in turn-of-the-century London whose bitter rivalry...
July 4, 2006: Harsh Times trailer:
The upcoming drama HARSH TIMES marks the feature directorial debut of TRAINING DAY writer David Ayer. In it, Christian Bale plays a former Army Ranger who falls
back into a criminal life after he loses a job at the LAPD. Freddy Rodriguez plays his best...
June 2, 2006: First Scoop trailer:
Update: Yahoo has posted the full trailer over HERE . Thanks to Pat P. for the heads up.
"Access Hollywood" recently posted the first trailer for Woody Allen's upcoming dramedy SCOOP. In it, Scarlett Johansson stars as a journalism student who,...
May 2, 2006: Jackman is Tourist:
Stax over at IGN recently got the scoop that one of Hugh Jackman's post-X-Men roles may possibly be the thriller THE TOURIST. According to producer Arnold Rifkin,
" We close next week [with] Hugh Jackman on a film I bought as a pitch [by Mark Bomback]...
February 24, 2006: New release dates:
Update: As Unctarheel0 pointed out, the CLERKS 2 release date is August 18th. And Butch , good call on the reason for the late release of THE PRESTIGE.
Release dates have recently been announced for some high profile projects. Firstly, Christopher...
February 17, 2006: Hollywood loves magic:
Like Narnia, Middle Earth or Hogwarts', the magic that permeates Hollywood is palpable. It's a land where socialite whores are media sensations, where former
boybanders are A-list celebrity elite, where saying the words "coffee" or "I need to beat...
January 30, 2006: Serkis has Prestige:
Now that Andy Serkis is done being completely awesome as Gollum, King Kong and Lumpy, the last two of which he did in the same movie because he's that good,
Variety is today reporting that he's signed on to star alongside Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman,...
January 25, 2006: Bale! Jackman! Pics!:
How jacked are we to see
the upcoming movie THE
PRESTIGE ? Well, it's directed by the guy behind MEMENTO and
BATMAN BEGINS and it stars Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett
Johansson, Michael...
December 9, 2005: Scarlett Prestige-ous:
Just the other day I was talking about how Scarlett Johansson seemed the unanimous choice for any female role in her 20s. Don't believe me? Today it was announced Scarlett will star alongside Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman in the upcoming film THE PRESTIGE....
October 28, 2005: Caine back w/ Nolan:
Michael Caine is ready to reteam with his BATMAN BEGINS director Christopher Nolan but it's not for BATMAN 2. Yet. Instead Caine has signed on to star in Nolan's THE PRESTIGE, which stars Hugh Jackman and Caine's BATMAN co-star Christian Bale. Caine will play...
October 3, 2005: Batman vs Van Helsing:
Ever
since he blew my nuts off in AMERICAN PSYCHO, I've been willing to
camp out to see anything starring Christian Bale and with great
stuff like EQUILIBRIUM, THE MACHINIST, BATMAN BEGINS and his most...
