HitFix talks about the film Anonymous, which stars, among others, Twilight’s Xavier Samuel (pictured above) and Jamie Campbell Bower. The site ponders the Oscar potential for the film, which follows the fictional story that perhaps William Shakespeare was not the actual writer of the plays that have made him famous.

Roland Emmerich has talked for years about finally making a film that doesn’t involve a aliens, a natural disaster or 200 CGI shots. He struck out the first time around with 2000’s middling “The Patriot,” but after the global success of “2012,” Sony Pictures has finally given him another chance with “Anonymous.”

The new drama explores the long pondered question: Who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Was there more than one playwright? Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Rhys Ifans, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Xavier Samuel, Jamie Campbell Bower and Derek Jacobi, the fictional tale promises to mix “cloak-and-dagger political intrigue” with “illicit romances in the Royal Court” and political backstabbing only 16th Century England can provide. It’s worth noting, little known Rafe Spall (son of Timothy Spall) is credited as playing Shakespeare.

The studio have slotted “Anonymous” with a Sept. 30, 2011 opening which is on the verge of awards season’s usual Oct. 1 theatrical window. Is it a real player or an “Other Boleyn Girl” or “The Duchess” like pretender? We’ll have to wait a few more months to find out, but in the meantime, Sony has released the first new image from the drama which you can see embedded below.

Source

Here are some HQ portraits of the Twilight cast from Comic Con. Click on the images below to enlarge them!

And while we are here I may as well add these ones too!

Source

A message from Chris:

Dear all,

I would like to put everyone’s mind at rest and let them know that the
Volturi are not naked! Jamie (Campbell-Bower) has what you might call a
dry sense of humor and almost managed to convince me — which is why he’s
such a good actor. Anyway, be assured that, even though we do want the
look of the Volturi to be a bit of a surprise, they are always — as in
the book! — fully clothed.

best,
Chris Weitz

Source

Here is a clip of an MTV interview with Jamie Campbell Bower who plays Caius in The Twilight Saga New Moon. Jamie talks about a scene where Aro, Caius and Marcus are in a roman style bathhouse!

“Young New Moon actor Jamie Campbell Bower was also in attendance at the event, as well, looking like he arrived via speedboat. His hair was wildly wind-swept and he was sporting a bit of a sunburn. Vampires really should be careful to use a high SPF, you know.”

Source