Variety just posted an article that confirms Rachel is part of the cast of “A Most Wanted Man” with Philip Seymour Hoffman, who she mentioned in 2009 as her favorite actor, and Anton Corbijn will be directing. The film also financed and filming is expected to start in September of this year in Hamburg, Germany.

Back in April the Tracking Board first reported that Rachel was the front runner for “A Most Wanted Man“. We are so excited Rachel now has two films line upped! She will start filming “About Time” in London next month.

Update: THR confirmed Rachel “signed on” to join “A Most Wanted Man“, they also reveal she will play “a woman who becomes involved in the international intrigue” which must mean she is Annabel Richter, the lawyer in the original book. Thanks to Wendy for the heads up!

Senator Film Production and Solveig Fina are co-producing “A Most Wanted Man” with Amusement Park Films, Potboiler Film and Ink Factory.

Senator’s distrib arm, Senator Film Verleih, will release the film in Germany next year.

Pic has so far secured €900,000 ($1.15 million) from Hamburg funder Filmfoerderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH) and is in line for additional coin from other local subsidies.

Anton Corbijn (“Control”) is directing the John Le Carre adaptation Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams.

Film is co-developed and co-financed by the U.K’s Film4 with Tessa Ross as executive producer.

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It looks like we finally have the official title for the Terrence Malick project. Filmratings.com, the official website that list MPAA’s ratings, list the movie as “To The Wonder” and currently list it as a R-Rating

Title: To The Wonder (2012)
Rating: R
Reason: Rated R for some sexuality/nudity.
Company: Redbud Pictures LLC.
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It was previously reporter that the film was titled “The Burial” but the producers confirmed that it was a fake title. The distributor FilmNation still list the movie as untitled on their official website, so I am not sure “To The Wonder” is the final title. It was recently confirmed that the film wasn’t part of the Cannes Film Festival selection.

It does seem like the film is (almost) done since it already got rated. Let’s hope we will get some official news about the release soon. Thanks to Projectedlight from the IMDB board for the find!

Emma Freud, the partner and script editor of director Richard Curtis, send some interesting messages on her official twitter earlier today. She mentioned she saw some of Rachel’s films and she asked her followers why. She later confirmed that the correct answer was that Rachel is starring in “About Time“.

Watching The Notebook. Last night watched Mean Girls. The night before, Morning Glory. Hmmmm… Wonder why… #itsaquiz
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The Hollywood Reporter broke the story last week about Rachel being in talks for “About Time” but now it seems like it’s official. I am not sure this means that the negations are finalized but Freud’s tweet sure implies this.

The movie is directed and written by Richard Curtis and stars Domhnall Gleeson (male lead), Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie, Lydia Wilson and Vanessa Kirby. Go to our previous post for more information, production for the movie will begin next month and will wrap up in August.

The Hollywood Reporter is exclusively reporting that Rachel is in talks to star in the romantic comedy “About Time” from Richard Curtis. It also seems like “Most Wanted Man” is also likely to happen, because she will shoot it after “About Time” according to THR.

Rachel McAdams is in negotiations to star in About Time, the latest romantic comedy from British filmmaker Richard Curtis.

Curtis, who wrote and directed Love Actually and penned Bridget Jones’s Diary, wrote the About Time script and is directing. The story is described as a fantastical feel-good movie about a man and his ability to travel back in time. He eventually meets the girl of his dreams. Domhnall Gleeson, son of actor Brendan Gleeson, will play the male lead. Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie, Lydia Wilson and Vanessa Kirby are set to co-star.

McAdams would play the dream girl, a role Zooey Deschanel had once been attached to play. Production is set to begin in London in June. Working Title’s Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Liza Chasin and Amelia Granger are producing.

McAdams is coming off a starring turn in The Vow, the romantic drama with Channing Tatum that grossed a whopping $183 million worldwide on a budget of only $30 million. After she shoots About Time, McAdams will make Most Wanted Man, a thriller that Anton Corbijn is attached to direct. That movie has a tentative September start date.

She next will appear in theaters in Terrence Malick’s untitled latest project, whose all-star cast also includes Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem and Rachel Weisz.

McAdams is repped by UTA, Magnolia Entertainment and Hirsch Wallerstein.
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Keep in mind that it’s reported that Rachel is in talks to star in “About Time” and “Most Wanted Man“, so it’s not official yet.

It’s been a while since we heard something about a new possible project, but now the Tracking Board is reporting that Rachel is considered for the thriller “A Most Wanted Man” with Philip Seymour Hoffman and (possibly) director Anton Corbijn.

Coming off the sleeper-hit “The Vow,” Rachel McAdams is now circling to star opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman in the thriller A MOST WANTED MAN for director Anton Corbijn (The American). Producers are also looking at Carey Mulligan, Amy Adams and Jessica Chastain for the role, with McAdams currently the frontrunner.

Word is that producers may be looking into replacing Corbijn in the near future.

Penned for the screen by Andrew Bovell and based on the novel by John le Carre, when a young Muslim immigrant is taken in by a Turkish family, a British banker (Hoffman) must protect him from U.S., British and German secret service agents. McAdams would play the role of Annabel Richter, a fearless and intelligent lawyer who is tasked with tracking down the Turkish man.

Gail Egan to produce alongside Stephen Mark Cornwell, Oliver Butcher, Malte Grunert, Andrea Calderwood and Simon Cornwell. Tessa Ross will executive produce.

McAdams was last seen earlier this year in the romancer “The Vow” for director Michael Sucsy, which grossed over $124 million domestically. She is currently in production on “Passion,” the mystery-thriller opposite Noomi Rapace and Dominic Cooper.

She is repped by UTA and Magnolia Entertainment.
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We assume Rachel wrapped up filming for “Passion” since she was seen in Los Angeles earlier this week. We hope she is in town to meet for this project!

Since last year there are speculations about the untitled Terrence Malick movie premiering at the Film Festival of Cannes 2012 but we haven’t got any official news on the movie since the first production still was released.

But now it seems like it’s most likely the movie will get released in 2012 and maybe even at Cannes. Olga Kurylenko, who is also starring in the movie, talked about the movie in one of her recent interviews. She said “The Terrence Malick film should come out in 2012 but I don’t know when exactly” and she also revealed she saw an approximate trailer that they showed at Cannes a while ago.

CraveOnline: Do you get to see any cuts of the Malick film along the way?
Oh no, with Terrence, no. He doesn’t show anything. I probably recorded about 400 pages of text. I read a book because there’s a lot of voiceover. I’ve only seen the approximate trailer that they were showing in Cannes that they made up a while ago. The movie wasn’t even cut but now they’re very close. I think they’re very close to being done.
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Jessica Chastain recently confirmed she hear she didn’t make it into the final cut of the movie. So it looks like the movie is almost done. We are hoping it will be ready for Cannes next month! The official selection of Cannes will be announced April 19, 2012. Be sure to go to our information page on the movie for more information, quotes and more!

Warner Bros announced the DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital release for “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows“. Rachel reprised her role as Irene Adler in the second movie of the franchise, but she only had a small appearance. You can get your copy June 12, 2012 and you can already pre-order it via Amazon.com.

Combo Pack contains the following special features:
Maximum Movie Mode: Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes – Hosted by Robert Downey Jr.
Focus Points:
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry
Holmes Without Borders
Moriarty’s Master Plan Unleashed
Holmesavision on Steroids
Sherlock Holmes: Under the Gypsy Spell
Meet Mycroft Holmes
Guy Ritchie’s Well-Oiled Machine
UltraViolet Digital Copy of the film

DVD contains the following special features:
Focus Points:
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry
Moriarty’s Master Plan Unleashed
Holmesavision on Steroids
UltraViolet Digital Copy of the film
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows > Artwork

“The Vow” debuted with a first place in the US box office this weekend with $41.7 million. The movie hit theaters last friday (February 10) and is now the biggest opening in the history of Sony’s Screen Gems beating Channing Tatum’s “Dear John” ($30.5 million). The movie also broke another record with the other debuts because it’s the first non-holiday weekend to feature four $20 million+ debuts!

Women accounted for 72 percent of the audience for “The Vow,” whose receipts in just its first two days exceeded the movie’s $30 million production budget.

1. “The Vow,” $41.7 million ($9.7 million international).
2. “Safe House,” $39.3 million ($10.2 million international).
3. “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,” $27.6 million ($25.5 million international).
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We are so excited and proud the movie is doing so well, congratulations to Rachel and the cast/crew! We came across a nice observation by Indiewire on Rachel and the box office success of “The Vow“:

Tatum has four more movies in wildly different genres for the rest of the year, so most of the heat for this goes to McAdams. If you ignore 2010’s high-profile flop “Morning Glory,” this will be her fifth straight film to gross over $56 million. While that run includes low-impact supporting roles in “Sherlock Holmes” and “Midnight In Paris,” it’s no doubt a comfortable position of visibility for a leading lady. Considering McAdams had a similarly successful five movie stretch from ’04 to ’05, it’s time to suggest that she may be a bonafide A-Lister.
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Did you see “The Vow” this weekend? Be sure to see it while it’s still in theaters or go see it again if you already saw it! It’s the perfect movie for a Valentine’s date. The international release dates can be found at the official website.

Back in December we first reported that Rachel was rumored to be involved in “Passion” with Noomi Rapace (her “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” co-star) and director Brian De Palma. Rachel confirmed herself in a new German interview she is involved in the movie. The interview was taken while Rachel was in Munich to promote her upcoming movie “The Vow” with Channing Tatum last week. The original interview is in German, so we loosely translated it.

You already visited Germany a couple of times, do you like it?
[...] I only saw Munich from inside my hotel unfortunately, but I did spend some time in Berlin and I will return soon because I will film a movie with Brian De Palma, a really dark thriller.
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We really hope Rachel will talk about “Passion” more during the US press day, which will kick off this weekend, but we are really happy she is actually involved in the movie. The movie will start filming in March in Germany and London if everything goes according to plan.

The 84th Academy Award nominations were announced earlier this morning and “Midnight in Paris” received 4 nominations. The Woody Allen directed movie is nominated for Art Direction (Anne Seibel and Hélène Dubreuil), Best Director (Woody Allen), Best Picture (Producers: Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum) and Best Original Screenplay (Woody Allen).

The critical acclaimed movie recently won Best Screenplay during the Golden Globes. Let’s hope Rachel will make an attendance during the ceremony February 26th! Congratulations to the cast and crew for the nominations!

Update: Deadline published and article with all the reactions to the Oscar nominations producer Letty Aronson and production designer Anne Seibel gave a reaction for the “Midnight in Paris” nominations.

“We are clearly the underdog. We don’t usually get nominated. I remember I was surprised when I first saw the script. I couldn’t imagine that we’d have more than a niche audience for this movie because, you know, who even thinks about Gertrude Stein anymore or who knows Man Ray, or cares? So it was amazing to me when it actually came to life that people did care and enjoyed it and identify with the concept of appreciating or wanting or longing something different in their lives, or thinking it would be better someplace else or with somebody else or in a different time.”
-Letty Aronson, producer

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