We don’t have a lot of info about Blood or Water, which Justin Molotnikov will direct, but Juliette Lewis has just signed to play the lead role in the Danish/Scottish co-production. It will shoot in Spring 2012 in Scotland, with Stephen McCole, Greta Scacchi, Kate Dickie and Gary Lewis taking other roles. The director’s first feature, Crying With Laughter, won best film in the Scottish BAFTAs in 2009. The basic plot description of Blood or Water is “A contemporary film noir about disconnected family and unwitting incest,” so prepare yourself for something a bit grim and troubling. [Variety]

Come out, come out, wherever Bluuuuu arrrrre!

In an early announcement to retailers, Universal Studios has slated ‘Cape Fear’ for a Blu-ray release on October 18.

Martin Scorsese’s 1991 remake about a family terrorized by a convicted rapist released from prison was nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actress (Juliette Lewis) and Best Actor (Robert De Niro).

The Blu-ray will have 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: The Making of Cape Fear, Behind the Scenes of the Fourth of July Parade, On the Set of the Houseboat, Photograph Montage, Matte Painting, Opening Credits, and Blu-ray staples My Scenes/Pocket BLU App.

Added pictures of last night on Tribeca Festival. Juliette was promoting “Metropia” and also attended the Metropia Cocktail. And there’s a CUTE portrait done for Metropia with Alexander Skarsgård, and director Tarik Saleh.

Gallery Links
PUBLIC APPEARANCES > 2010 > April 24 – 9th Annual Tribeca Film Festival – “Metropia”
PUBLIC APPEARANCES > 2010 > April 24 – Tribeca Film “Metropia” Cocktails At City Hall
PUBLIC APPEARANCES > 2010 > April 25 – “Metropia” Press Conference At The 2010 Tribeca Festival
PHOTOSHOOTS > Set #050 (updated with HQ sized thanks to awesome Flor!)

Last September 15, Juliette attended the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York. I’ve added some pictures in our gallery. Also, new HQ pictures of Whip It! screening at Toronto Festival were added.

Public Appearances » 2009: TIFF Whip It! Screening
Public Appearances » 2009: TIFF Whip It! Portraits
Public Appearances » 2009: Mercedes Benz Fashion Week

Another small update, Juliette attended yesterday the “Whip It!” screening at Toronto International Film Festival, currently being placed in Toronto, Canada. I’ve added the fist batch of pictures, all in MQ, but I promise to add more later.

Public Appearances » 2009 » Whip It! TIFF: Screening | Portraits

Be your own hero. Fox Searchlight has debuted the poster for Whip It today on MTV, which is the roller derby movie starring Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Zoe Bell, and Juliette Lewis.

In Bodeen, Texas, the indie-rock loving Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in Austin and tries to join as Babe Ruthless. Whip It!, which is not about that Devo song, is the feature directing debut of actor Drew Barrymore. The screenplay was written by Shauna Cross, of only Taking 5 previously. Cross also wrote the book that this is based on and plays roller derby as well. Fox Searchlight is bringing Whip It! to theaters on October 9th.

If you haven’t seen the Whip It trailer yet, you can watch it now:

Screencaptures were added to the gallery:

Whip It (2009): Trailer Screencaptures

The trailer for Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It! has premiered over at Yahoo! Movies today and I think I’m going to give up film blogging and join the roller derby. I’ve always wanted to see a girl-oriented sports movie, and while my dreams were always pinned on ice hockey, anything on skates works for me!

Ellen Page plays Bliss Cavender, who rebels against her conservative, beauty-pageant loving parents to become a badass chick of the roller derby. She becomes a proud member of The Hurl Scouts, and does some fine elbow hits alongside Smashley Simpson (Barrymore), Dinah Might (Juliette Lewis), and Malice in Wonderland (Kristen Wiig). It looks like a fun combination of an athletic underdog story and coming of age tale, with some healthy dashes of romance and girl power for color. Plus the hair and make-up rocks!

Check out the trailer embed after the jump. Whip It! hits theaters on October 9, and I sincerely hope that it’s the first of many directorial gigs for Ms. Barrymore. It looks like she’s got a winner her first time out.

Source: cinematical.com