Valkyrie

[Galactus]

Source: Variety March 14, 2007


United Artists' Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner have greenlit their second film, an original thriller that Bryan Singer will direct as his next feature, reports Variety.

The untitled film re-teams Singer with The Usual Suspects screenwriter Chris McQuarrie. Singer and McQuarrie will produce.

Set in WWII, the project is similar to "Suspects" in that it is a multi-character ensemble piece.

Singer and McQuarrie took the project directly to Wagner and Cruise, who agreed to finance it almost immediately.

The film will delay Warner Bros.' hope of mounting a sequel to Superman Returns in the near future, adds the trade. Singer's Bad Hat Harry production company has an overall deal at WB, where he is developing several films that include that sequel and the Harvey Milk biopic The Mayor of Castro Street. Singer is also directing "Football Wives," a series pilot for ABC and ABC TV Studio.

The new project begins production this summer

[Hunter Rider]

Cool,this is the type of movie i like to see Singer on.

[green]

Interesting, cant wait to hear the cast. I wonder if Cruise is gonna star?

[Catman]

Cool,this is the type of movie i like to see Singer on.

Exactly. Usual Suspects is more of Singer's cup of tea than these superhero movies he has been working on for like 7 years now.

Interesting, cant wait to hear the cast. I wonder if Cruise is gonna star?

He won't. He's gonna start filming a movie with Robert Redford.

[green]

He won't. He's gonna start filming a movie with Robert Redford.

You mean Lions for Lambs? If so it's already filming and principal photography should be wrapped by the time this gets going, so I think it's possible.

[Darth Elektra]

Interesting, So I wonder if Warner Brothers gets a new director for the SR sequel?

[Catman]

You mean Lions for Lambs? If so it's already filming and principal photography should be wrapped by the time this gets going, so I think it's possible.

Well, lets wait and see but don't expect Tom Cruise to be in every UA production.

[slipknotrocks]

Awsome news.

[Motown Marvel]

Interesting, So I wonder if Warner Brothers gets a new director for the SR sequel?

not likely. bryan has been saying for a good while now he plans on making a smaller movie before going back to do the superman sequel. plus, brian has always been great at multi-tasking....he'll likely be doing pre-production for the superman sequel while working on this new film.

[blud_knight]

i hope someone else gets to step up and do the superman sequel now

[Hunter Rider]

Interesting, cant wait to hear the cast. I wonder if Cruise is gonna star?

Cruise is supposed to be doing "Selling time" for Spike Lee next,it's being prepped now.

[green]

Well, lets wait and see but don't expect Tom Cruise to be in every UA production.

Cruise is supposed to be doing "Selling time" for Spike Lee next,it's being prepped now.

Could you two rain on my parade a little more please.:cmad:
:oldrazz:

[KenK]

Cruise is supposed to be doing "Selling time" for Spike Lee next,it's being prepped now.

TOM CRUISE LOVES THE BLACK MAN! HE LOVES BLACK PEOPLE!! SHOW HIM THE MONAAAAAAAYY!!!!!

(I couldn't help myself :woot: )

[Hunter Rider]

Credit:Pickle-El

Originally Posted by Variety
Cruise set for Singer's WWII film
McQuarrie wrote the script with Alexander
By MICHAEL FLEMING

Bryan Singer
Singer

Tom Cruise
Cruise
United Artists has set Tom Cruise to star for director Bryan Singer in the untitled WWII thriller, which will begin production in the summer.

Chris McQuarrie wrote the script with Nathan Alexander. Singer and McQuarrie will produce, and Alexander will be co-producer.

UA partners Cruise and Paula Wagner made a deal last week for the film (Daily Variety, March 14, 2007), which is the first original project teaming Singer and McQuarrie since "The Usual Suspects."

Cruise and Wagner set the film as UA's second production commitment. The first was "Lions for Lambs," the Robert Redford-directed drama which stars Redford, Cruise and Meryl Streep. That film, scripted by Matthew Michael Carnahan, will be released Nov. 9 by MGM.

Singer and McQuarrie brought the project to Cruise and Wagner because they felt the material would be a good match for UA. Singer, who is in the early stages of mounting a sequel to "Superman Returns," was able to fit it in before the Man of Steel is ready to take off again for Warner Bros. and Legendary.

At the time, Cruise considered it only as a project for the studio. That changed quickly. The thriller is based on actual events, as German generals hatch a scheme to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the height of WWII.

"After reading the script, Tom and I knew immediately that this was a film we had to make," Wagner said. "As an added bonus, because of Bryan Singer's involvement and Tom's admiration for him as a filmmaker as well as the excellence of the script, the project attracted Tom as an actor. I cannot think of a more perfect combination of creative elements for our second production."

While the thriller is framed in Europe during WWII, it is a relatively inexpensive film compared with the tentpoles that Singer has directed recently. It also has the ensemble character intrigue present in "The Usual Suspects."


green will be pleased:woot:

[Darth Elektra]

Im glad they got Tom Cruise.

[Hunter Rider]

It'll be interesting to see if the leads all speak German

[green]

green will be pleased:woot:

I knew it. Cruise would never work with Singer without working with Singer, you know what I mean.:woot:

[Dark Donnie]

Glad to hear Cruise will be in it....seems like interesting material

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I hope he sticks to these types of films, they suit him far better.

[Max J Power]

Sounds good.

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Doesn't exactly sound like a "small" film before returning to Superman.

And Tom Cruise better be some guy working for the OSS or something whose involved with intel concerning the assassination attempt by Hitler's generals. He'd better NOT be a German general, that would be beyond stupid.

Initially, Cruise was going to play Billy Friske in the movie about the first Americans to fight for the British during the Battle of Britain. Now he's in another WW2 movie?

[Cinemaman]

WWII thriller from Bryen Singer and co-writer of The Usual Suspects? That's dream :eek: :up:

[Warhammer]

Cruise is supposed to be doing "Selling time" for Spike Lee next,it's being prepped now.

That's cool. Spike Lee makes great movies.

Credit:Pickle-El



green will be pleased:woot:

I am so happy that Cruise is in this film.
Cruise is probably (or close to being) my favorite actor. :up:

[green]

http://www.cinematical.com/

Bryan Singer's Untitled WWII Thriller Now Has a Title -- 'Valkyrie'
Posted Mar 28th 2007 12:01PM by Chris Ullrich
Filed under: Drama, Thrillers, RumorMonger, Newsstand, War
As we've told you recently, Bryan Singer has changed gears a little bit -- instead of jumping directly onto a Superman Returns sequel, he's going to be directing an untitled WWII thriller with his old Usual Suspects collaborator Christopher McQuarrie. Looks like things are moving along briskly, since the untitled film apparently has a title already. According to the Guardian, the film will be called Valkyrie, which was the code name of the plot to assassinate Hitler that the story deals with. Scripted by McQuarrie, Valkyrie concerns real-life Nazi officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg who, along with several others, carried out the famous assassination attempt on Hitler in July 1944.

Unfortunately, von Stauffenberg's plan -- an exploding briefcase planted near Hitler during a meeting -- failed to kill the Nazi leader but did end up taking the lives of four of his subordinates. An entire second part of von Stauffenberg's plan, to mount a quick coup of the Nazi leadership and overthrow the regime in one fell swoop, was immediately aborted when Hitler survived the plot, and the conspirators were hunted down within hours. For his efforts, von Stauffenberg was executed by firing squad. The film is being financed by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner through their new United Artists company and its rumored that Cruise is circling the role of von Stauffenberg -- a move that is not sitting well with members of von Stauffenberg's family, as they worry Cruise will use the film to push some hidden Scientology agenda.

[Hunter Rider]

I like the title:up:

[Darth Elektra]

I like the title:up:

Yeah, cool title.

[Cinemaman]

The story idea sound promising, but I hope it won't be another Apt Pupil, which honestly sucked.

[Sava]

http://www.cinematical.com/
Bryan Singer's Untitled WWII Thriller Now Has a Title -- 'Valkyrie'
Posted Mar 28th 2007 12:01PM by Chris Ullrich
Filed under: Drama, Thrillers, RumorMonger, Newsstand, War
As we've told you recently, Bryan Singer has changed gears a little bit -- instead of jumping directly onto a Superman Returns sequel, he's going to be directing an untitled WWII thriller with his old Usual Suspects collaborator Christopher McQuarrie. Looks like things are moving along briskly, since the untitled film apparently has a title already. According to the Guardian, the film will be called Valkyrie, which was the code name of the plot to assassinate Hitler that the story deals with. Scripted by McQuarrie, Valkyrie concerns real-life Nazi officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg who, along with several others, carried out the famous assassination attempt on Hitler in July 1944.

Unfortunately, von Stauffenberg's plan -- an exploding briefcase planted near Hitler during a meeting -- failed to kill the Nazi leader but did end up taking the lives of four of his subordinates. An entire second part of von Stauffenberg's plan, to mount a quick coup of the Nazi leadership and overthrow the regime in one fell swoop, was immediately aborted when Hitler survived the plot, and the conspirators were hunted down within hours. For his efforts, von Stauffenberg was executed by firing squad. The film is being financed by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner through their new United Artists company and its rumored that Cruise is circling the role of von Stauffenberg -- a move that is not sitting well with members of von Stauffenberg's family, as they worry Cruise will use the film to push some hidden Scientology agenda
f**king retards, so every movie Cruise does from now on has some sort of Scientology agenda? :rolleyes:... i wanna slap those idiots :mad:

[Hunter Rider]

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/776/776969p1.html

Singer Talks Valkyrie
Helmer on getting the WW2 thriller green-lit.
by Stax (ff_mail@ign.com)

US, March 29, 2007 - Bryan Singer is preparing to direct his next film this summer, the World War II thriller Valkyrie. Tom Cruise is set to star (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/774/774557p1.html) in the fact-based pic as German officer Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, the ringleader of the failed "July Plot" that attempted to kill Adolf Hitler.

Valkyrie was scripted by Nathan Alexander and Oscar winner Christopher McQuarrie, who also penned Singer's breakthrough film, The Usual Suspects.

Singer spoke to Variety columnist Liz Smith about how quickly the project came together at United Artists, which is now run by Cruise. "Originally, Chris and Nathan and I brought the project to UA because it seemed like a good match. UA was founded as an artist-based studio. Tom and Paula Wagner were clearly carrying on the tradition. The film was greenlit quickly."

Singer continued, "I admit in the back of my mind I always thought Tom would be a great fit for this role, beyond his physical resemblance. We met a few times about production and my desire to offer the part to him crystallized."

Smith said the Valkyrie script "is described as excellent with suspense, honor, horror and history all mixed in together." The columnist also added that Singer is still set to direct the Superman sequel (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/774/774572p1.html) for Warners following Valkyrie.

[Darth Elektra]

Sweet :up:

[green]

http://latinoreview.com/news.php?id=1956
Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Fry and Patrick Wilson are in discussions for Bryan Singer's "Valkyrie." They will join Tom Cruise if everything goes well. The film is based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII.

That'd be one heck of a cast.

[Sava]

damn, sweet cast, that would be :up:

[Cinemaman]

What's release date of this movie?

[Retroman]

http://latinoreview.com/news.php?id=1956


That'd be one heck of a cast.

Indeed.:eek: :up:

Here's a side-by-side of Cruise and the man he's portraying in the film; Claus von Stauffenberg.

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8522/610486js2.jpg

Source: http://www.abacausa.com/ximagi/search.php?u=&assignment_id=36947

[Darth Elektra]

What's release date of this movie?

Summer 08.

Great cast :up:

[Retroman]

What's release date of this movie?
Don't think there is one yet but i imagine (with the talent involved) that this would something they'd be aiming to release in the awards season. So i guess winter 2008?:huh:
Summer 08.
Thats been confirmed?

[Darth Elektra]

Here's a side-by-side of Cruise and the man he's portraying in the film; Claus von Stauffenberg.

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8522/610486js2.jpg

Source: http://www.abacausa.com/ximagi/search.php?u=&assignment_id=36947

Wow, sweet.

Don't think there is one yet but i imagine (with the talent involved) that this would something they'd be aiming to release in the awards season. So i guess winter 2008?:huh:

Thats been confirmed?

Actually, I did some research and your probably right.

[Retroman]

Actually, I did some research and your probably right.

Mmmm...

[Darth Elektra]

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/2145/tomcruisecover04my5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Valkyrie script review

The gents over at Filmick.com have posted a script review of Bryan Singer's upcoming historical drama VALKYRIE, starring Tom Cruise, in what will likely be a breakout role. The review is a favourable one and based on the script alone, this could be Singer's best film since THE USUAL SUSPECTS. I know a bunch of you are now saying "What?! Are you gonzos?! X2 was way better than THE USUAL SUSPECTS!" bur that isn't the point. Basically, this thing has the potential to be good, with Cruise playing Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the officers at the center of a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

The review tells us that Cruise's character will be disfigured in the film, and that even though it's pegged as an ensemble piece, Cruise's character does indeed carry the film. Also, the reviewer believes this role can result in a possible Oscar push for Cruise, which is exciting since I've never seen anyone jump on the actual podium before. The review is more or less spoiler-free, which is rather inconsequential since it's based on a historical event, and you can essentially figure out what happens, but either way, you can check it out HERE. Let's hope this is a return to form for Singer, who burst onto the scene with smaller, more challenging films, and for Cruise as well, who burst onto the scene with wild eyes and spitfire. Cruise has the political thriller LIONS FOR LAMBS up next, and look for Singer to segue directly into the SUPERMAN sequel.

Click Here for the review:
http://www.filmick.co.uk/2007/05/script-review-brian-singers-next.html

http://joblo.com/valkyrie-script-review

[Sava]

good script review, sounds like another good movie for Cruise :up:

[Threshold]

The full cast sounds like a wishlist for brillaint thespians! Singer sure is surrounding himself with incredible talent with this one!

[Cinemaman]

Winter 2008? Are you guys sure? It's just too long for movie, shooting of which is already going to start this summer. So my guess is either December'07 or March-April'08.

BTW, script review sounds very good, so this movie is now in my "must see" list :) :up:

[Dodger]

i hope this movie reminds everyone what good an actor cruise can be and they stop focusing on his personal life.

[Threshold]

i hope this movie reminds everyone what good an actor cruise can be and they stop focusing on his personal life.

I don't understand why people dwell so much on actors. I mean, just because they're good looking and pop up in movies, the public want to know everything about them. It's pretty asinine.

[Darth Elektra]

Bryan Singer talks a little bit about Valkyrie:
http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/4346/tcid/1

[Mr. Socko]

Wow, finally a film where he's collaborating with Chris McQuarrie again instead of those stupid hacks/lackeys.

Thank You Singer, you finally realize they're no good!

[Cinemaman]

Bryan Singer talks a little bit about Valkyrie:
http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/4346/tcid/1

Thanks, that was very intersting to watch :)

[Darth Elektra]

Thanks, that was very intersting to watch :)


Yeah, I'm a fan of Bryan Singer's work.

[Cinemaman]

Yeah, I'm a fan of Bryan Singer's work.

I loved The Usual Suspects and X2, was ok with X1 and SR and was disappointed in Apt Pupil. Overall, he is a very good director, but sometimes he is better screenwriter than visual filmmaker (The Usual Suspects and X1) and vica versa (SR, X2).

[Sebastos]

Branagh set for 'Valkyrie'
Actor joins Cruise in WWII drama
By MICHAEL FLEMING
Branagh

Kenneth Branagh will star with Tom Cruise in "Valkyrie," the Bryan Singer-directed WWII drama that shoots this summer for United Artists.
Branagh will play a German general who mentors Cruise's character and hatches a plan to assassinate Hitler. Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander scripted, based on a true story.

Singer and McQuarrie, who will produce, brought the project to Cruise and Paula Wagner in March; Cruise committed to star shortly thereafter. Project marked the second film to which UA committed and also the second in which Cruise is starring (he also toplines the Robert Redford-directed "Lions for Lambs").

Pic begins lensing July 19 in Berlin.

Branagh recently finished directing a "Sleuth" remake that stars Michael Caine and Jude Law and a version of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" that will premiere on HBO in September.

[Mr. Socko]

I liked Ken Branagh in Harry Potter & Chamber of Secrets and in Frankenstein. Good casting.

[Sebastos]

Yeah it is good casting. This should be a cool movie.

[Retroman]

Good addition to the cast.:up: He finally gets to work with Cruise. Branagh was originally slated to play the villain in MI3 when Joe Carnahan was set to direct (Scarlett Johansson and Carrie-Anne Moss co-starring).


Heres some casting and location news on Valkyrie. Credit goes to Marald from the imdb.com forums for spotting and translating this!

German Newspaper "Berliner Morgenpost":

"... Am 19. Juli sollen auf Europas größtem und modernstem Filmgelände die Dreharbeiten für seinen neuen Film "Valkyrie" über das Leben des Widerstandskämpfers Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg starten. Sein Regisseur Bryan Singer ("X-Men", "Die üblichen Verdächtigen") ist bereits in Berlin, hat eine Wohnung am Gendarmenmarkt gemietet und arbeitet mit seiner Crew in Babelsberg. Armin Mueller-Stahl und Daniel Brühl trafen sich schon mit Singer in Berlin, wurden für Nebenrollen gecastet. Im Kostümstudio werden derzeit Militäruniformen aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zusammengesucht. Und Mitte Juni landet Tom Cruise an der Spree. Für Lichtproben und Meetings. Doch einen Vertrag hat der Hollywood-Star noch nicht unterschrieben..."

(http://www.morgenpost.de/content/2007/06/08/berlinboulevard/904118.html)

According to this article this means:

- The Filming Location is probably the "Filmstudio Babelsberg" in Berlin.
- The German actors Armin Mueller-Stahl and Daniel Brühl are set for the feature.
- Bryan Singer rents a dwelling at "Gendarmenmarkt" in Berlin.
- Tom Cruise flies in the middle of June to Berlin for some meetings.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0985699/board/thread/76348358

[Retroman]

Armin Mueller-Stahl (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000090/) is an Oscar nominee.

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/columbia_pictures/the_thirteenth_floor/armin_mueller_stahl/ttf.jpg


Daniel Bruhl (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0117709/) has won many awards for his work on predominantly european films. He'll get more exposure soon because he's in this summer's The Bourne Ultimatum.
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/ifc_films/the_edukators/daniel_bruhl/edukators.jpg

[Cinemaman]

Damn, Singer knows how to get the best for his movie, if he wants it! :up:

[Darth Elektra]

Great cast!

[matrix_ghost]

The dutch media is all over this.
Carice Van HOuten ( most recently seen in Paul Verhoeven's Black Book) is set to star in this flick as well.
She's gonna play Tom Cruise's wife in the movie
http://www.jellywoods.net/gallery/gallery/3891-1/zwartboek2.jpg

[Sebastos]

This movie really has a great cast. :up:

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32994

^^^^reporting it as well,another great addition it would seem from the reviews i read of Black Book:up:

[Sebastos]

I looked her up in IMDB, and it has her also listed for the James Bond sequel? :huh:

[Obsidian]

Carice van Houten is a great actress. I loved her in "Black Book". I'm even more pumped to see this!

[Retroman]

Just read that in the newspaper this morning.:hyper:

She's a very good actress and i'm deighted that this will be her first american movie.She can only benefit from working with such a quality cast, director and writer.:up:

Some pics...

http://www.ad.nl/multimedia/archive/00109/carice_109852h.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5937/diegeheimnisvolleminuscew4.jpg


http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9738/71902519aq4.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1840/609161839591470bh5.jpg

Singer really his dutch actresses eh?:woot:

[Cinemaman]

Nice, another great choice :up:

[Threshold]

Carice Van Houten is a slammin' hottie. While I didn't get a chance to see Black Book yet, the trailer was a wonder to behold. Mostly because of the beauty herself.

I hope this doesn't take her out of the running for that Bond Girl she was rumored to be the frontrunner for. She seems like she would do really well in a movie like that, especially if it maintains the quality of Casino Royale.

[green]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967196.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

UA's 'Valkyrie' adds thesp quartet
Wilkinson, Nighy, Izzard join Singer project
By MICHAEL FLEMING



Bryan Singer's feature "Valkyrie" is shaping up at United Artists.
Alongside stars Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh, new castings include Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Carice Van Houten and Eddie Izzard.

Project is a fact-based account of German generals' plot to kill Hitler during WWII.

[Sava]

god damn... this is some cast :up:

[Threshold]

This is sounding very cool.

[Sava]

when are they planning on releasing this?..next year?

[Darth Elektra]

Van Houten joins Singer/Cruise's Valkyrie

So director Bryan Singer is making a new movie. YAY! And it is not a Superman sequel. DOUBLE YAY! The hometown legend (for me that is, he grew up around the block) and his best friend/Usual Suspects scribe/Academy Award winner Christopher McQuarrie are reteamed for a World War II film called Valkyrie. TRIPLE YAY!

Now news comes that Carice Van Houten has joined the cast as the female lead. The film, based on the true-life attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler, also stars Kenneth Branagh and NEW castings include Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, and Eddie Izzard. Oh yeah...it stars Tom Cruise too. Sigh. Well...they got most of the casting right.

Van Houten, who will play the love interest to Cruise's character in the film, enjoyed a breakout performance in Paul Verhoeven's Nazi drama Black Book. The classically trained actress also is a theater veteran in her native Netherlands.

Filming begins next month.

[Cinemaman]

I guess it will be Singer's Schindler's List :up:

[TheProfessor]

I thought i read Patrick Wilson was in this too? Love the Carice van Houten casting. She was really great in Black Book. Hope this doesn't take her out of the B22 running though :{

[Darth Elektra]

Germany Bans Valkyrie Filming Due to Scientology

Germany Defense Ministry spokesman Harald Kammerbauer says the country is refusing to let the Bryan Singer-directed Valkyrie film at German military sites because of Tom Cruise's belief in Scientology. In the film, based on true events, German generals hatch a scheme to assassinate Adolph Hitler at the height of WWII.

"[Filmmakers] will not be allowed to film at German military sites if Count Stauffenberg is played by Tom Cruise, who has publicly professed to being a member of the Scientology cult," Kammerbauer said. "In general, the Bundeswehr (German military) has a special interest in the serious and authentic portrayal of the events of July 20, 1944 and Stauffenberg's person."

Germany does not recognize the Church of Scientology as a church.

United Artists Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Paula Wagner released the following statement regarding the matter:

"To set the record straight, 'Valkyrie' is a historically accurate thriller that presents the World War Two resistance hero Col. Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg as the heroic and principled figure he was, and we believe it will go a long way towards reminding the world that even within the ranks of the German military there was real resistance to the Nazi regime. 'Valkyrie' was originated and brought to United Artists by Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie. Based on the fantastic screenplay written by Mr. McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, we gave it the green light. Mr. Singer, the director, then offered the role of Col. Stauffenberg to Tom Cruise because he thought he was perfect for the part. Aside from his obvious admiration of the man he is portraying, Mr. Cruise's personal beliefs have absolutely no bearing on the movie's plot, themes, or content. And even though we could shoot the movie anywhere in the world, we believe Germany is the only place we can truly do the story justice."

The dramatic thriller also stars Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Fry, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten and Eddie Izzard.

[Threshold]

That's why scientology is not the answer! :p

(Ps, Wilson is out of the film)

[scifiwolf]

Wow. As much as I have no real respect for scientology and can't blame Germany for not recognizing it as a real religion, I gotta say I'm disgusted at the actions they're taking. They seemed really quick to say "no" to filming, especially considering they haven't even been approached by the filmmakers yet.

:down

[Mr. Socko]

Agree. I don't side with scientology but it's wrong to not let them film there, the movie has no bearing on Cruise's beliefs at all.

[Hunter Rider]

So stupid,i haven't got anything more to say than that

[TheComicbookKid]

Yeah, Hollywood, don't pump money into my country's economy? This guy is a tool in the worst way.

[green]

Germany Bans Valkyrie Filming Due to Scientology

Germany Defense Ministry spokesman Harald Kammerbauer says the country is refusing to let the Bryan Singer-directed Valkyrie film at German military sites because of Tom Cruise's belief in Scientology. In the film, based on true events, German generals hatch a scheme to assassinate Adolph Hitler at the height of WWII.

"[Filmmakers] will not be allowed to film at German military sites if Count Stauffenberg is played by Tom Cruise, who has publicly professed to being a member of the Scientology cult," Kammerbauer said. "In general, the Bundeswehr (German military) has a special interest in the serious and authentic portrayal of the events of July 20, 1944 and Stauffenberg's person."

Germany does not recognize the Church of Scientology as a church.

United Artists Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Paula Wagner released the following statement regarding the matter:

"To set the record straight, 'Valkyrie' is a historically accurate thriller that presents the World War Two resistance hero Col. Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg as the heroic and principled figure he was, and we believe it will go a long way towards reminding the world that even within the ranks of the German military there was real resistance to the Nazi regime. 'Valkyrie' was originated and brought to United Artists by Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie. Based on the fantastic screenplay written by Mr. McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, we gave it the green light. Mr. Singer, the director, then offered the role of Col. Stauffenberg to Tom Cruise because he thought he was perfect for the part. Aside from his obvious admiration of the man he is portraying, Mr. Cruise's personal beliefs have absolutely no bearing on the movie's plot, themes, or content. And even though we could shoot the movie anywhere in the world, we believe Germany is the only place we can truly do the story justice."

The dramatic thriller also stars Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Fry, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten and Eddie Izzard.

You gotta freakin be kidding me...that's one of the lamest things Ive heard in awhile.:whatever:

[Threshold]

I'm certainly against the whole Scientology craze... But banning filming in Berlin because one of the leads of a film is involved with it... That's either governmentally retarded or their just REALLY late to the whole scientology-bashing party.

[Retroman]

Germany Bans Valkyrie Filming Due to Scientology
:rolleyes:
One of the craziest stories i've read this year.This is the country where neo-nazism originated and still exists to this day.

eopanga wrote the following post on the imdb forums (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0985699/board/nest/77882784?p=2).
I find it highly ironic that Germany, the site of one the worst acts of religious persecution and intolerance, is going to ban a movie depicting that exact persecution because one of the lead actors is a member of a church or religion that they don't accept. You would think that the country that's responsible for the Holocaust would be a little bit more sensitive about prohibiting a World War II film of all things because of the religious affliation of one of the actors.

If Singer and Cruise can't shoot there then there's lots of appropriate locations they could use over here if they need to relocate.

[Sava]

retarded, a guys religion should have nothing to do with this

[TheProfessor]

i thought they just couldnt shoot at the bases? so they could still shoot in germany...

[Cinemaman]

Wow. As much as I have no real respect for scientology and can't blame Germany for not recognizing it as a real religion, I gotta say I'm disgusted at the actions they're taking. They seemed really quick to say "no" to filming, especially considering they haven't even been approached by the filmmakers yet.

:down

The same here :dry:

[Retroman]

i thought they just couldnt shoot at the bases? so they could still shoot in germany...
Yeah only the bases are forbidden territory but if they can't shoot there then that screws up their plans considerably.


Here's a pic taken last week in Berlin of location scouting.Credit to sk-43 from the imdb board for the find.

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/2773/tomcruisevalkyrie0003zp4.jpg
bryan singer, tom cruise and paula wagner on location at "claerchens ballhaus" where he wants to film scenes of his upcoming movie "valkyrie" about the failed assassination attempt on adolf hitler berlinSource:http://www.am-ende-des-tages.de/g/070615-tom-cruise-valkyrie/

[Darth Elektra]

Cool pic.

[Cinemaman]

Nice pics, Cruise looks very young :up:

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Is Cruise going to have an accent or is this going to be like Enemy at the Gates where they don't even bother? Good god why not hire actual GERMANS to play German parts.

[Dark Donnie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/12398/215px-Stauffenberg-signature-head.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/12398/dd.jpg

Looks pretty good to me

[Cinemaman]

Is Cruise going to have an accent or is this going to be like Enemy at the Gates where they don't even bother? Good god why not hire actual GERMANS to play German parts.

Then it wouldn't be a Hollywood movie. I don't care about his accent as long as he plays his part right.

[scifiwolf]

Showtime has been showing Apt Pupil latley. I've never seen it, so I'm watching it this morning. I have to say I'm very impressed, and expect Valkyrie to restore Singer's, and Tom's, reputations.

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Then it wouldn't be a Hollywood movie. I don't care about his accent as long as he plays his part right.

You don't care...well fine. But I do. And I am sure a lot of other people do as well. It makes it hard to buy into a character when they don't sound like where they are supposed to be from. Would you have been ok if Bale didn't adopt an American accent for Batman?

[Cinemaman]

Showtime has been showing Apt Pupil latley. I've never seen it, so I'm watching it this morning. I have to say I'm very impressed, and expect Valkyrie to restore Singer's, and Tom's, reputations.


Actually (well in my opinion) Apt Pupil is one of Singer's worst movies (consider him being very successful filmmaker). I just was disappointed with all this conflict scenes between the Bowden and Dussander.

[Cinemaman]

You don't care...well fine. But I do. And I am sure a lot of other people do as well. It makes it hard to buy into a character when they don't sound like where they are supposed to be from. Would you have been ok if Bale didn't adopt an American accent for Batman?

You didn't get it right. What I mean is that leaving in another countr, where all American movies are dubbed shouldn't bother me as long as I don't hear actor's voice.

[SolidSnakeMGS]

You didn't get it right. What I mean is that leaving in another countr, where all American movies are dubbed shouldn't bother me as long as I don't hear actor's voice.

You prefer dubbed to subtitled? Or do you not have much choice over there?

[Cinemaman]

You prefer dubbed to subtitled? Or do you not have much choice over there?

Actually I have no choice, though I re-watch it later on DVD wth original language (without subtitles) :(

[scifiwolf]

Actually (well in my opinion) Apt Pupil is one of Singer's worst movies (consider him being very successful filmmaker). I just was disappointed with all this conflict scenes between the Bowden and Dussander.
As a whole I don't think it's the best, I'd have to give that to Usual Suspects, but the performances he's able to pull out of the actors is great. I think we'd see a similar result with Tom in Valkyrie.

[Cinemaman]

^^^

I hope he will :up:

[TheComicbookKid]

Is Cruise going to have an accent or is this going to be like Enemy at the Gates where they don't even bother? Good god why not hire actual GERMANS to play German parts.

But the fact that they will be speaking English is already wrong in the first place. I'm from the South and I hate when Hollywood acts like everyone down here speaks like a slack-jawed idiot.But I understand the attempt.

Whether or not a person pretends to speak in an accent they shouldn't have in the first place doesn't matter to me.

[nocomics]

I dont know whole lot of about Valkyrie,but I will go see it as I like the history of the wars. I personally dont care about Tom's scientology beliefs or not. Hes crazy thats for sure,but hes a decent actor and his beliefs no matter how obsurb shouldnt play into if he gets the role or not..
Germany i'm not sure why in heck they are so worked up about Tom and his religion? I guess they still have that 'master race' syndrom going on. I hate to break it to a country that killed millions,started 2 world wars they have any room to bash a small obscure religion like scientology..
Anywho,I'll check this movie out when it comes out. Hopefully soon so synger can get back to work on superman.

[Hunter Rider]

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/800/800372p1.html

Valkyrie Flies Again?
Cruise film may not be banned after all.
by Stax (http://uk.movies.ign.com/email.html)



US, June 28, 2007 - Days after a firestorm of controversy was sparked by the German defense ministry's announcement that it was banning Tom Cruise's next film (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/799/799051p1.html) Valkyrie from lensing at certain historical locations because of the star's devotion to Scientology, it appears that Germany might let the fact-based World War II thriller shoot there after all.

Valkyrie recounts how aristocratic German officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg tried and failed to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. As Variety reports, "The courtyard in which Stauffenberg and his fellow conspirators were shot is now a memorial, but the building in which it's located, the Bendlerblock, also houses part of the German Ministry of Defense. That, and not Cruise's affiliation to Scientology, poses the main hurdle to a film permit for Singer and his crew, according to Dirk Kuehnau, head of the Bundesanstalt fuer Immobilienaufgaben (BIMA), the company in charge of government buildings."

Provided the logistics of shooting a film at the sites doesn't interrupt government business, Kuehnau advised Variety, then the filmmakers shouldn't have a problem being granted a permit. The trade adds that "the Defense Minister has not banned the project from shooting at the site. In fact, the Defense Ministry, which only leases the building, does not have the right to grant or reject filming permits - that duty lies with the BIMA."

The local film industry is also said to be rallying behind the Bryan Singer-directed movie, hoping that it will raise awareness of a story that is little known outside of Germany.

[Sebastos]

So the film is back on? That's great to hear.

[Cinemaman]

Great news :up:

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605

News

Germany Says Valkyrie Not Banned
Source: Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967816.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)
June 29, 2007


Variety says that despite calls by some German officials to ban Bryan Singer's (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605#) World War II drama Valkyrie (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20561) from shooting at government locations -- due to Tom Cruise's ties to Scientology -- the project is getting plenty of support from the local film (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605#) industry and looks likely to get the greenlight from authorities to film at historical sites in the country.

In the film, written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, Cruise is set to play German officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, a national hero who was executed in 1944 for attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler in a plot code-named Valkyrie.

The courtyard in which Stauffenberg and his fellow conspirators were shot is now a memorial, but the building in which it's located, the Bendlerblock, also houses part of the German Ministry of Defense.

That, and not Cruise's affiliation to Scientology, poses the main hurdle to a film permit for Singer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605#) and his crew, according to Dirk Kuehnau, head of the Bundesanstalt fuer Immobilienaufgaben (BIMA), the company in charge of government buildings.

"In this country, we have constitutionally guaranteed rights," Kuehnau said. "Articles four and five of the constitution protect freedom of faith and creed (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605#) and freedom of expression. I don't think those rights would be denied a film actor."

If anything, it would be the lights and cables and camera teams that could disrupt work at the Defense Ministry, Kuehnau said, adding that if an arrangement is found where filming does not interfere with government business, a filming permit should be no problem.

Contrary to earlier reports, the defense minister has not banned the project from shooting at the site. In fact, the Defense Ministry, which would lease the building, does not have the right to grant or reject filming permits -- that is up to BIMA.

[Sava]

great :up:

[Retroman]

Germany Defense Ministry spokesman Harald Kammerbauer says the country is refusing to let the Bryan Singer-directed Valkyrie film at German military sites because of Tom Cruise's belief in Scientology. In the film, based on true events, German generals hatch a scheme to assassinate Adolph Hitler at the height of WWII.

"[Filmmakers] will not be allowed to film at German military sites if Count Stauffenberg is played by Tom Cruise, who has publicly professed to being a member of the Scientology cult," Kammerbauer said. "In general, the Bundeswehr (German military) has a special interest in the serious and authentic portrayal of the events of July 20, 1944 and Stauffenberg's person."Contrary to earlier reports, the defense minister has not banned the project from shooting at the site. In fact, the Defense Ministry, which would lease the building, does not have the right to grant or reject filming permits -- that is up to BIMA.
Owned.:o :up:

Oh and btw Cruise was here yesterday promoting Lions For Lambs. He got asked about Valkyrie and he said that got sweaty just reading the script. He also praised his co-star Carice Van Houten.

[Sebastos]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605

News

Germany Says Valkyrie Not Banned
Source: Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967816.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)
June 29, 2007


Variety says that despite calls by some German officials to ban Bryan Singer's (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605#) World War II drama Valkyrie (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20561) from shooting at government locations -- due to Tom Cruise's ties to Scientology -- the project is getting plenty of support from the local film (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605#) industry and looks likely to get the greenlight from authorities to film at historical sites in the country.

In the film, written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, Cruise is set to play German officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, a national hero who was executed in 1944 for attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler in a plot code-named Valkyrie.

The courtyard in which Stauffenberg and his fellow conspirators were shot is now a memorial, but the building in which it's located, the Bendlerblock, also houses part of the German Ministry of Defense.

That, and not Cruise's affiliation to Scientology, poses the main hurdle to a film permit for Singer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605#) and his crew, according to Dirk Kuehnau, head of the Bundesanstalt fuer Immobilienaufgaben (BIMA), the company in charge of government buildings.

"In this country, we have constitutionally guaranteed rights," Kuehnau said. "Articles four and five of the constitution protect freedom of faith and creed (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=21605#) and freedom of expression. I don't think those rights would be denied a film actor."

If anything, it would be the lights and cables and camera teams that could disrupt work at the Defense Ministry, Kuehnau said, adding that if an arrangement is found where filming does not interfere with government business, a filming permit should be no problem.

Contrary to earlier reports, the defense minister has not banned the project from shooting at the site. In fact, the Defense Ministry, which would lease the building, does not have the right to grant or reject filming permits -- that is up to BIMA.

Fantastic news.

[Darth Elektra]

Glad hearing the shooting date hasn't been delayed.

[Sebastos]

Has there been any news on recent cast additions?

[TheProfessor]

Does anyone else have a feeling that Tom Wilkinson is gonna play Hitler? I dont know if it was already talked about on their thread, but whenever i see his name on the cast list, all I see him as is Hitler, just the mustache on him and i think hed b good.

[Stevens25]

Has it been mentioned yet who will be playing Adolf Hitler? I'd LOVE to see Bruno Ganz. He's a great German actor who played the Fuhrer in the 2005 film "Der Untergang." He was brilliant.

[Cinemaman]

I have feeling they aren't going to show us Hitler, what is not so important in such movies as this one (just think about how great was Schindler's List without him).

[scifiwolf]

I think they'll show Hitler, but I think it'd be cool if they didn't. Not showing him on screen would really emphasize his inaccessibility. But it would all depend on the structure of the script, whose stories are specifically being told. All the other stuff aside, I'm really excited for this movie. If it's done right, this may finally nab Tom his elusive Oscar.

[Sava]

I think they'll show Hitler, but I think it'd be cool if they didn't. Not showing him on screen would really emphasize his inaccessibility. But it would all depend on the structure of the script, whose stories are specifically being told. All the other stuff aside, I'm really excited for this movie. If it's done right, this may finally nab Tom his elusive Oscar.Tom will never win an Oscar, they hate Scientology too much to give it to him.

[Dark Donnie]

Germany backs Cruise's anti-Hitler film


BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) said Thursday it endorsed a subsidy worth 6.5 million dollars to subsidize a controversial new film in which Tom Cruise plays a German hero -- Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg -- executed for trying to kill Hitler, according to media reports.

"Yes, it's been approved," said Christine Berg, DFFF project head at the Federal Film Board (FFA). "The application was submitted, the criteria for the grant were fulfilled and the project was approved."

But the film's efforts to use a memorial site where the Nazis shot Stauffenberg was thwarted.

The subsidies are available to any film as long as a German-based producer is involved and certain percentages of the costs fall in Germany.

One of the officials said the grant should reduce fears that Germany is fundamentally opposed to Cruise playing Stauffenberg because of the actor's membership of Scientology.

The government regards Scientology as a cult masquerading as a religion to make money, which is a view rejected by its leaders.

:yay:

[Sebastos]

^ Cool news.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22094

Valkyrie Targets 8-8-08
Source: ComingSoon.net
July 17, 2007


United Artists is targeting an August 8, 2008 release for the Bryan Singer-directed Valkyrie (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20561), starring Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Fry, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten and Eddie Izzard.

In the thriller, based on actual events and written by Nathan Alexander and Christopher McQuarrie, German generals hatch a scheme to assassinate Adolph Hitler at the height of World War II.

Valkyrie (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20561) started filming on Monday, July 16 in Germany.

Also scheduled for the same release date are: New Line's Journey 3-D (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=13866), starring Brendan Fraser; Sony comedy Pineapple Express (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=18906), with Seth Rogen and James Franco; Walt Disney Pictures' South of the Border (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20903), directed by Raja Gosnell and featuring Drew Barrymore and Jamie Lee Curtis; and Warner Bros. ' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20838).

[Cinemaman]

Though I can't wait for this movie, I must admit it's not the best release date for such amazing thriller :(

[Mr. Socko]

The movie has a great cast so far. Singer reuniting with the writers of US instead of those stupid hacks Doughtery and the other one, so this should turn out really good. :up:

[Cinemaman]

^^^

Actually, Dougherty is a really good screenwriter. His new film (which was directed by him) looks awesome.

[SolidSnakeMGS]

The movie has a great cast so far. Singer reuniting with the writers of US instead of those stupid hacks Doughtery and the other one, so this should turn out really good. :up:

Tell me about it. Had Superman had actual writing quality, the film would be one of the best comic book movies of all time, because the direction is top notch for the most part.

[Sebastos]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22094

Valkyrie Targets 8-8-08
Source: ComingSoon.net
July 17, 2007


United Artists is targeting an August 8, 2008 release for the Bryan Singer-directed Valkyrie (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20561), starring Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Fry, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten and Eddie Izzard.

In the thriller, based on actual events and written by Nathan Alexander and Christopher McQuarrie, German generals hatch a scheme to assassinate Adolph Hitler at the height of World War II.

Valkyrie (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20561) started filming on Monday, July 16 in Germany.

Also scheduled for the same release date are: New Line's Journey 3-D (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=13866), starring Brendan Fraser; Sony comedy Pineapple Express (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=18906), with Seth Rogen and James Franco; Walt Disney Pictures' South of the Border (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20903), directed by Raja Gosnell and featuring Drew Barrymore and Jamie Lee Curtis; and Warner Bros. ' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20838).

Very interesting release date.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22228

Valkyrie Begins Principal Photography in Berlin
Source: United Artists
July 19, 2007


United Artists Entertainment (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22228#) LLC announced the start of principal photography today in Berlin on the international production of Valkyrie (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20561), a suspense thriller based on the true story of the daring German officers' plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944.

View Hi-Res Photo by Clicking the Image

http://i7.tinypic.com/4p9tzs7.jpg

Directed by Bryan Singer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22228#) (The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns, X-Men, X2: X-Men: United) and written by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22228#) Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, The Way of the Gun) and Nathan Alexander, Valkyrie (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20561) reunites Singer and McQuarrie for the first time since their ground-breaking 1995 thriller The Usual Suspects.

Superstar Tom Cruise (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22228#) heads an international cast as Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, the aristocratic German officer who led the heroic attempt to bring down the Nazi regime and end the war by planting a bomb in Hitler's bunker. Also starring are Kenneth Branagh (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom), Carice van Houten (Black Book), Eddie Izzard (Ocean's Thirteen), Christian Berkel (Black Book), Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong), and Terrence Stamp (Billy Budd, Superman, Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace).

The film is being produced by Singer, McQuarrie, and Gilbert Adler (Superman Returns, Constantine), with Chris Lee (Superman Returns) executive producing. Joining Singer behind the camera is a talented production team that includes director (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22228#) of photography Newton Thomas Sigel (Superman Returns, X2), costume designer Joanna Johnston (Munich, War of the Worlds), and editor John Ottman (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Superman Returns).

The "July 20 Plot" on Hitler's life is one of the most heroic but least known episodes of World War Two. Severely wounded in combat, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg returns from Africa to join the German Resistance and help create Operation Valkyrie, the complex plan that will allow a shadow government to replace Hitler's once he is dead. But fate and circumstance conspire to thrust Stauffenberg from one of many in the plot to a double-edged central role. Not only must he lead the coup and seize control of his nation's government... He must kill Hitler himself.

"'Valkyrie' tells a story that is not only exciting but also important," said Singer. "It's something that Chris McQuarrie and I have wanted to do for some time. I can't imagine shooting it anywhere else but on location in Germany, and I'm thrilled that we were able to get Tom Cruise to play Col. Stauffenberg."

"'Valkyrie' is a gripping thriller that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats -- and also go a long way towards reminding the world that even within the ranks of the German military there was real resistance to the Nazi regime," said United Artists Chief Executive Officer Paula Wagner. "As soon as we read the screenplay, we knew this was a movie (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22228#) we had to make."

Valkyrie (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20561) is the second production to be green-lit by United Artists since the fabled Hollywood (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=22228#) studio was revived last November under the leadership of Cruise and Wagner, who co-own the studio. It is a co-production of United Artists and Studio Babelsberg AG, the venerable German film studio whose stages have hosted productions ranging from Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Paul Greengrass's The Bourne Ultimatum.

The film will be shot on location in Germany and elsewhere. It is scheduled to be ready for release by MGM in the summer of 2008.

[Dark Donnie]

:wow: on the comparison shot!! Can't wait to get soem set pics from this

[Cinemaman]

Great pic, here is another one...

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/6599/m13249gs7.jpg

[Maze]

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/Images/stories/2007/jul/valkyrie2.jpg

[Maze]

Great pic, here is another one...
And Cinemaman win by one minute !!:wow: :woot: :cwink:

[Hunter Rider]

Where did those 2 come from ? :wow:

[Dark Donnie]

Where did those 2 come from ? :wow:

http://prn.newscom.com/cgi-bin/pub/s?f=PRN/prnpub&xtag=PRN-prnphotos-63682&redir=preview&tr=26191&row=1

[The Chris]

Does anyone else think Tom looks young as hell in the pic with the eye patch.

[dark_b]

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/Images/stories/2007/jul/valkyrie2.jpgsomething around hes head is weird. :dry:

[Dark Donnie]

Does anyone else think Tom looks young as hell in the pic with the eye patch.

Yeah he definately looks young, like "Cocktail" Tom Cruise :trans:

[Carmine Falcone]

The pic with the eyepatch looks lovely in the spirit of 'Allo 'Allo. I can already imagine hearing him say ''Tell me zee codes'' And then crushing a man's wrist with his iron hand.

Still, I must say it is a fascinating story. And I'm quite curious to see how this turns out.

Yeah he definately looks young, like "Cocktail" Tom Cruise :trans:

You've seen Cocktail? :wow: :wow:

[Mr. Socko]

This should turn out good but I'm going to laugh when Cruise puts on his german accent.


The pics look great.

[Dark Donnie]

The pic with the eyepatch looks lovely in the spirit of 'Allo 'Allo. I can already imagine hearing him say ''Tell me zee codes'' And then crushing a man's wrist with his iron hand.

Still, I must say it is a fascinating story. And I'm quite curious to see how this turns out.



You've seen Cocktail? :wow: :wow:

Over here, its always on cable :oldrazz:

[Carmine Falcone]

Over here, its always on cable :oldrazz:

Poor you.

[Catman]

I must admit it's not the best release date for such amazing thriller :(

It's a horrible release date. This movie shouldn't even be released in the summer. This is more of a winter type movie. I think November would be better.

http://i7.tinypic.com/4p9tzs7.jpg

Great pic, here is another one...

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/6599/m13249gs7.jpg

Pretty cool.

[Mr. Socko]

Should they film it in black n white like Schindler's list?

[Catman]

Should they film it in black n white like Schindler's list?

It won't be B&W but in today's era of color filters I'm sure it'll look like Flags of our Fathers and Iwo Jima.

[Dark Donnie]

I would have liked to see this in the oscar release(maybe December-Feb) but oh well. It can still change.

[nocomics]

I'm actually looking forward to this movie now. I picked up a book called ' A secret plot to kill Adolf Hitler' and it mentioned Operation Valkyrie in it. Just punctuated my curiousity on this movie..
I agree with couple posters this movie seems more like a Fall/Winter movie not a summer movie.

[Catman]

this movie seems more like a Fall/Winter movie not a summer movie.

Especially since its Oscar bait. :o

[Mr. Socko]

Yeah, should definitely be a fall/winter release, certainly not Summer.

It would also be a much better move for marketing and BO numbers. More people would see it in the winter and fall.

[Sava]

nice pics :up:

[TheComicbookKid]

Hopefully they will change from the overcrowded 8-8 date.

I'm sure Cruise will take care of this movie considering his career needs a huge shot in the arm.

[SolidSnakeMGS]

8-8, huh? Wow, 88 is code for Adolf Hitler in skinhead culture.

Still don't know what I think of Cruise playing a German. Would much rather see an authentically cast movie in the vein of Der Untergang (The Downfall).

[TheComicbookKid]

How many German actors are in this film anyway? Cruise won't be the only one I guess.

[Excel]

i def. expect this film to move to november...their probably hoping for a collateral type run/.

cruise looks right outta top gun.

[scifiwolf]

Hopefully the one-two punch of Lions for Lambs and Valkyrie will restore Tom's credit with audiences and critics.

[Rezzo]

Is the title ¨Valkyrie¨ or ¨Rubicon¨? IMDb has it listed as ¨Rubicon¨ so was wondering which one´s right

[scifiwolf]

I'd like to own a Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon.

[Threshold]

It's going to be be "Valkyrie", it's been Valkyrie since Singer & McQuarrie began working on it and it's going to be "VALKYRIE" when it rolls into theatres next August. 'Rubicon' is a rumor that went around a few weeks ago that somehow made it's way into the IMDB system, not a huge shock, considering the fact that 99% of IMDB material is submitted/written by it's readers. Most of the people online, the ones doing the prior stated reading, are incredibly dense.

Do the math...

(p.s. - Who else thinks that Cruise is going to be pulling himself out of that bit of a ditch he somehow dug himself into? With roles featuring him fighting the war on terror and Hitler, as well as a Ben Stiller comedy for good measure... I think he's doing some pretty strong damage control!)

[Sebastos]

Thanks to Showtime for the Hi-Res pic:

http://64.111.216.18/ul/3636-tc1.jpg

[Mr. Socko]

8-8, huh? Wow, 88 is code for Adolf Hitler in skinhead culture.

Still don't know what I think of Cruise playing a German. Would much rather see an authentically cast movie in the vein of Der Untergang (The Downfall).

Yep, "H" is the 8th letter in the alphabet, as in "Hitler". I really hope this isn't why they chose that release date. A few would get it, but to risk a larger audience just so your movie has a quirp to coincide with Hitler would be ridiculous.

I agree with the last part, Cruise with a german accent will be strange, but if he can do it well, this could be promising.

[xwolverine2]

is his jaw real??..looks like prosthetics!

this is the coolest cruise ive ever seen

[Rezzo]

Well at least he looks like the character since Stauffenberg lost his left eye, right hand and the fourth and fifth fingers on his left hand

[dark_b]

It's going to be be "Valkyrie", it's been Valkyrie since Singer & McQuarrie began working on it and it's going to be "VALKYRIE" when it rolls into theatres next August. 'Rubicon' is a rumor that went around a few weeks ago that somehow made it's way into the IMDB system, not a huge shock, considering the fact that 99% of IMDB material is submitted/written by it's readers. Most of the people online, the ones doing the prior stated reading, are incredibly dense.

Do the math...

(p.s. - Who else thinks that Cruise is going to be pulling himself out of that bit of a ditch he somehow dug himself into? With roles featuring him fighting the war on terror and Hitler, as well as a Ben Stiller comedy for good measure... I think he's doing some pretty strong damage control!)you think that being in Valkyrie is a bad thing?

you know what htey said to bale when he started in american psycho? no good things.

[scifiwolf]

He's saying that Valkyrie is a good thing, the best thing, for Cruise.

[dark_b]

He's saying that Valkyrie is a good thing, the best thing, for Cruise.aha ok :woot:

[Carmine Falcone]

I'd be ten more times interested if it wasn't for Cruise. I can't stand the man.

[dark_b]

I'd be ten more times interested if it wasn't for Cruise. I can't stand the man.thats why you have at home a dvd player and lets say 2 hours of free time so you can :woot:watch the movie

[Cinemaman]

And Cinemaman win by one minute !!:wow: :woot: :cwink:

Thank you! Thank you! :D

[xwolverine2]

I'd be ten more times interested if it wasn't for Cruise. I can't stand the man.

why?.... hes a good actor

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Yep, "H" is the 8th letter in the alphabet, as in "Hitler". I really hope this isn't why they chose that release date. A few would get it, but to risk a larger audience just so your movie has a quirp to coincide with Hitler would be ridiculous.

I agree with the last part, Cruise with a german accent will be strange, but if he can do it well, this could be promising.


I meant to add that the first "H" is for "heil", so 88 is "Heil Hitler". Also, 88 was the bore size of one of their most used (and useful) artillery pieces. That last part is just coincidence I am sure.

[Cinemaman]

why?.... hes a good actor


Agreed, I also don't get all this hatred to him :(

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Agreed, I also don't get all this hatred to him :(

Well, the guy's gone nutty with all his crazy antics. His wife looks zombified all the time and it appears Cruise has complete control (cruise control lol) over her career, and let's face it, Scientology is the most ridiculous thing ever.

Granted its his personal life, but one can't help but to think of the guy as a bit of a loon.

It isn't that he's a great actor -- imo, he's merely good -- its that he knows how to choose his projects. The man has worked with just about all the great modern directors; Spielberg, Stone, Kubrick, Coppola, Scorsese, Mann, Scott (both of them), etc.

[Cinemaman]

Well, the guy's gone nutty with all his crazy antics. His wife looks zombified all the time and it appears Cruise has complete control (cruise control lol) over her career, and let's face it, Scientology is the most ridiculous thing ever.

Granted its his personal life, but one can't help but to think of the guy as a bit of a loon.

It isn't that he's a great actor -- imo, he's merely good -- its that he knows how to choose his projects. The man has worked with just about all the great modern directors; Spielberg, Stone, Kubrick, Coppola, Scorsese, Mann, Scott (both of them), etc.

Well, I have nothing against him, though sometimes he really does strange things. And I don't care about his private life, cause I am fine with him being very good actor :)

[xwolverine2]

i know he might be a bit loony behind the camera... but people tend to judge him as an actor because of that.
i dont.. i like his movies.

[Carmine Falcone]

why?.... hes a good actor

Maybe but I don't like watching the man.

[Cinemaman]

i know he might be a bit loony behind the camera... but people tend to judge him as an actor because of that.
i dont.. i like his movies.

The same here. I think people forget such great movies as Rain Man, Born On July 4th (probably the best Cruise's performance) and Jerry Maguire :(

[xwolverine2]

Maybe but I don't like watching the man.

:huh:

[green]

Set pics

http://x17online.com/celebrities/tom_cruise/dont_ask_dont_tell.php#more

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/markofort/TCRUISE072007_001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/markofort/TCRUISE072007_002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/markofort/TCRUISE072007_003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/markofort/TCRUISE072007_007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/markofort/TCRUISE072007_013.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/markofort/TCRUISE072007_014.jpg

[Dark Donnie]

Thatnks for the update Green! There really jumping right into this thing

[Darthphere]

Looks good, I'm a Tom Cruise fan, sue me.

[scifiwolf]

I suddenly have a hankerin' to go fly a P-40 Warhawk.

[Hunter Rider]

Great updates green,this one is really shaping up:up:

[Cinemaman]

Love pics, but where is Singer? :confused:

[Jolie_Desastre]

Thanks to Showtime for the Hi-Res pic:

http://64.111.216.18/ul/3636-tc1.jpg

damn he looks good. looking forward to this film.

[Jolie_Desastre]

i know he might be a bit loony behind the camera... but people tend to judge him as an actor because of that.
i dont.. i like his movies.

people do that with a lot of celebrities. they look at their private life to judge their acting ability. if they seem nutty or loony, it equals bad acting on screen:huh:

hello look at courtney love...***** is crazy...but she can act.

[Retroman]

Nice pics, thanks for posting them.:up: I noticed a new name in the press release - Terrence Stamp. Wonder who he's playing?

Shooting is expected to last for 70 days (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968658.html?categoryId=2062&cs=1) according to Variety. On a rumored budget of 80 million euros (http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/81662.html).
Love pics, but where is Singer? :confused:
I'm sure he's there but Singer is not interesting enough for the paparazzi that took those photos.They're there for Cruise.

[Retroman]

Heres some more setpics...

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2331/valksetye0.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3427/v5re7.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4889/v3yr1.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1613/v4am0.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4717/vk3vq7.jpg


Tempelhof airport set.....

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5075/vk1kx4.jpg

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/659/vk2lj2.jpg


Source:http://www.netzeitung.de/entertainment/movie/695218.html
http://www.bz-berlin.de/BZ/boulevard/2007/07/11/tom-cruise-weg-zur-arbeit/tom-cruise-weg-zur-arbeit.html
http://photo.wenn.com/index.php?ref=rubicon set 210707&version=int

[Carmine Falcone]

:huh:

Is that too big for your mind to grasp? :huh: at your :huh:

[TheComicbookKid]

Cool pics, Retro. I love seeing old planes. How much is 80 million euros in American money?

[scifiwolf]

Off the top of my head, it's about $110 million, isn't it?

[echostation]

wow 110 million dollars into this "small" Usual Suspects type film? Singer is so bloody wasteful with money... i'm looking forward to this film big time but jeez... he really doesn't know how to manage this money well... unless there are some massive action scenes in this which I doubt I just don't see why this should cost anything more than 50 million given it's meant to be one of his "smaller films"

[Dark Donnie]

wow 110 million dollars into this "small" Usual Suspects type film? Singer is so bloody wasteful with money... i'm looking forward to this film big time but jeez... he really doesn't know how to manage this money well... unless there are some massive action scenes in this which I doubt I just don't see why this should cost anything more than 50 million given it's meant to be one of his "smaller films"

Isn't it filming overseas? Thats gotta cost a ton....

[scifiwolf]

Not to mention the cost of all the planes and everything else being done practically.

[Hunter Rider]

It said £40M in my paper

[matrix_ghost]

Here we go again. Singer can't spend his budget , yadayadayada.

This movie is being set in WW 2 germany. It's expensive to shoot historical flicks considering that you have to built everything from the ground up , make everything historically accurate. Clothes , cars , buildings , sets.
Have any of you seen "The Good Sheperd". A good part of that movie takes place in WW2 germany . It doesn't feature epic shots of planes attacking buildings or whatnot. It's mostly talking yet the movie still cost 85 million according to IMDB.
Not to mention that Cruise's 20 million payday also is worked into the budget or not.
And lets' not forget an all star cast of Kenneth Branagh , Bill Nighy , Eddie Izzard , Terrance Stamp etc.

And according to Variety , this movie is budgeted at 80 million dollars and has gotten a 6.5 subsidy from the german goverment.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968064.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
The United Artists film, which focuses on German military hero Col. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, will receive E4.8 million ($6.5 million) from the government's new $80 million a year German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).

"Valkyrie" is reportedly budgeted at $80 million, two-thirds of which will be spent in Germany.

The DFFF grant, which exceeds the total cost of most German features, is the latest government money provided to a major U.S. production in recent months.

[SolidSnakeMGS]

wow 110 million dollars into this "small" Usual Suspects type film? Singer is so bloody wasteful with money... i'm looking forward to this film big time but jeez... he really doesn't know how to manage this money well... unless there are some massive action scenes in this which I doubt I just don't see why this should cost anything more than 50 million given it's meant to be one of his "smaller films"

I am curious as to where you get this claim of Singer being wasteful of money. If you're referring to SR, we all know a lot of that was all of the false starts and pay or play options associated with that film. And all his films have made their money back.

[matrix_ghost]

Also isn't the producer the one who is always involved with the finances :huh: .
I may be mistaken but the producer is the one who sets up all the money and everything so that the director can work. He's also the one headbutting with director when the director comes up with sequences that cost alot of money.
So to say that SInger is wasteful isn't really correct . It's Cruise who allowed the movie to be greenlit with the budget

[Darthphere]

Here we go again. Singer can't spend his budget , yadayadayada.

This movie is being set in WW 2 germany. It's expensive to shoot historical flicks considering that you have to built everything from the ground up , make everything historically accurate. Clothes , cars , buildings , sets.
Have any of you seen "The Good Sheperd". A good part of that movie takes place in WW2 germany . It doesn't feature epic shots of planes attacking buildings or whatnot. It's mostly talking yet the movie still cost 85 million according to IMDB.
Not to mention that Cruise's 20 million payday also is worked into the budget or not.
And lets' not forget an all star cast of Kenneth Branagh , Bill Nighy , Eddie Izzard , Terrance Stamp etc.

And according to Variety , this movie is budgeted at 80 million dollars and has gotten a 6.5 subsidy from the german goverment.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968064.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Is Cruise getting a 20 million payday on this one? I doubt it, he seems to roll with a cut of the film's gross nowaday.

[matrix_ghost]

Is Cruise getting a 20 million payday on this one? I doubt it, he seems to roll with a cut of the film's gross nowaday.

That's why i said "or not" :cwink:
I dunno if Cruise is getting his 20 million payday for this flick. Generally when he's really going for the OScars , he doesn't take the 20 million up front.
Same thing here i guess. Probably also the fact that they don't want to spend too much on this movie because it's already an expensive production. And this isn't a popcorn movie a la M:I or WOTW where the cash keeps coming in.

[xwolverine2]

Is that too big for your mind to grasp? :huh: at your :huh:

the lack of a real explanation is pretty confusing

[Carmine Falcone]

the lack of a real explanation is pretty confusing

What is there to explain? I don't like watching Tom Cruise. I don't like his acting style. I think everything about him is annoying. And it doesn't have anything to do with his ridiculous public appearances.



And that is sad, because with a different leading man I would look forward to this film.

[Hunter Rider]

Carmine likes em ugly and grizzly:cwink:

[Carmine Falcone]

Carmine likes em ugly and grizzly:cwink:

Hmmpf. You poof. ;)



You're on to me.


I have Matthau in my avatar for a reason.

[Retroman]

Cool pics, Retro. I love seeing old planes. How much is 80 million euros in American money?Off the top of my head, it's about $110 million, isn't it?
103. :cwink:
Isn't it filming overseas? Thats gotta cost a ton....
A little off topic but darkdonnie is your avvy from Heroes?
This movie is being set in WW 2 germany. It's expensive to shoot historical flicks considering that you have to built everything from the ground up , make everything historically accurate. Clothes , cars , buildings , sets.
Have any of you seen "The Good Sheperd". A good part of that movie takes place in WW2 germany . It doesn't feature epic shots of planes attacking buildings or whatnot. It's mostly talking yet the movie still cost 85 million according to IMDB.
Not to mention that Cruise's 20 million payday also is worked into the budget or not.
And lets' not forget an all star cast of Kenneth Branagh , Bill Nighy , Eddie Izzard , Terrance Stamp etc.
Good points MG.:up: And lets not forget how much trouble they've had endured pre-production when they were denied access to some historical sites.
It said £40M in my paperAnd according to Variety , this movie is budgeted at 80 million dollars and has gotten a 6.5 subsidy from the german goverment.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968064.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
That's considerably less than the original rumored amount and it's totally reasonable IMO.

[TheComicbookKid]

Always trust the man from the Netherlands!:yay:

I doubt Cruise is getting much from the production. He owns United Artist so it would be stupid to sky rocket his own companies' production budget.

[Dark Donnie]

A little off topic but darkdonnie is your avvy from Heroes?



Its from Entourage on HBO, the fake movie there making Medeillan about Pablo Escobar

[Sebastos]

Really nice updates, and the set pics look great. :up:

[Catman]

I'm a Tom Cruise fan.

Me too :yay:

[Darthphere]

Me too :yay:

Lets start a fanclub!

[Catman]

Lets start a fanclub!

Will we call each other Maverick and Goose?

[Darthphere]

I'm Maverick.

[Mr. Socko]

Heres some more setpics...

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2331/valksetye0.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3427/v5re7.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4889/v3yr1.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1613/v4am0.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4717/vk3vq7.jpg


Tempelhof airport set.....

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5075/vk1kx4.jpg

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/659/vk2lj2.jpg


Source:http://www.netzeitung.de/entertainment/movie/695218.html
http://www.bz-berlin.de/BZ/boulevard/2007/07/11/tom-cruise-weg-zur-arbeit/tom-cruise-weg-zur-arbeit.html
http://photo.wenn.com/index.php?ref=rubicon set 210707&version=int

Great pictures. This movie is coming along nicely I believe.

[Hunter Rider]

Hmmpf. You poof. ;)



You're on to me.


I have Matthau in my avatar for a reason.
Hehehe:woot:

Not to mention i remember your Ernest Borgnine post a few weeks ago:cwink:

[Carmine Falcone]

Not to mention i remember your Ernest Borgnine post a few weeks ago:cwink:

Oh, ofcourse you do. Borgnine rules.

[Retroman]

I doubt Cruise is getting much from the production. He owns United Artist so it would be stupid to sky rocket his own companies' production budget.
The amount is more around 50+ million euros not the rumored 80 million euros going by the Variety article.
Its from Entourage on HBO, the fake movie there making Medeillan about Pablo Escobar
Thanks. It looked an awful lot like something that could come from Heroes.

[Retroman]

Credit to mmenne08 from imdb.
David Bamber (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0051394/) from the series Rome has been cast as Adolf Hitler.He looks the part even without the moustache!

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7453/70828686mf4.jpg

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8296/68596089dv7.jpg

Plotter's grandson cast in Hitler movie with Tom Cruise

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2346/184952678wq5.jpg
A flying World War II-Messerschmitt-fighter during the shooting of Hollywood-thriller 'Valkyrie' in Loepten, Germany, 19 July 2007. The movie is based on an attempted Hitler-assassination. US actor Tom Cruise stars the role of Hitler-assassin Colonel Claus Schenk Count of Stauffenberg. EPA/Arno Burgi

Jul 20, 2007, 17:29 GMT

Potsdam, Germany - Germany's Stauffenberg family has broken ranks over a controversial true-life movie in which Tom Cruise is to depict their ancestor who tried to kill Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, with a family member playing a role in the film.

The production company said Friday that Philipp von Schulthess, who is a grandson of Count Claus von Stauffenberg, would play the role of a 1944 German Army adjutant in the film Valkyrie, which began shooting this week.

Last month, the late hero's son Berthold von Stauffenberg forecast the film would be 'rubbish' and said it was 'not nice' that a 'practicing Scientologist,' - Cruise - was playing the part of his father.

German politicians have continued to assail Cruise's philosophy of life as harmful, outraging US commentators who said he was being victimized on account of his creed.

The film, directed by Bryan Singer, 41, is a joint production by US and German studios and has qualified for 4.8 million euros (6.6 million dollars) in grants from Germany's film industry board.

It was not known Friday how Schulthess came to be in the cast, but it appeared he had attended an audition.

Studio Babelsberg also disclosed that Hitler would be played by British actor David Bamber, who played a Bob Geldof look-alike in the movie I Am Bob earlier this year.

The production company said Cruise was present during the second day of filming.

On Friday, the 63rd anniversary of the July 20 coup attempt, German newspapers reviewed other reasons why Cruise, 45, might make a poor plotter such as the age difference: Stauffenberg was 36.

The mass-circulation Bild noted that Stauffenberg was about 1.85 metres tall and Cruise less than 1.70.

Officials deny that Scientology was the reason rules were not relaxed to allow location shooting in a government office building where Colonel Stauffenberg had his office and was summarily shot by the Nazis.

Germany, which bans anti-democracy groups and monitors neo-Nazis, keeps Scientology under surveillance.

Junior politicians have continued to attack Cruise.

Rudolf Koeberle, state secretary for interior issues in Baden- Wuerttemberg state, said, 'Stauffenberg risked his life for freedom. It sullies his heritage to have a Scientology adherent act him.'

Germans have been criticizing Cruise since 1996 when the actor played in Mission Impossible.

© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur Source:http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1332800.php/Plotters_grandson_cast_in_Hitler_movie_with_Tom_Cr uise

[Dark Donnie]

Interesting casting...good to see they went with a unfamiliar face....I didn't want someone who was "known"

[green]

good casting. Thanks for that Retro.:up:

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Lets start a fanclub!

You can call it Scientology!


:wow:

[Cinemaman]

I still hope we won't see much of Hitler, it would make movie looking even greater :)

[Sebastos]

Thanks for the information Retro.

[TheVileOne]

I heard they are changing the name of the movie to RUBICON now.

[Sebastos]

Where'd you hear that?

[Mr. Socko]

I heard they are changing the name of the movie to RUBICON now.


I've heard this as well and that's what it's listed as on IMDB. But I don't think it's confirmed

[TheVileOne]

It's listed on IMDB as Rubicon now.

[Sebastos]

Are you sure? It still says Valkyrie here:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0985699/

[Rezzo]

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/30/valkyriepl6.jpg

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6067/valkyrie2ku6.jpg

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http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3369/valkyrie4nt3.jpg

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http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7079/valkyrie6dz3.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5996/valkyrie7wr5.jpg

[Rezzo]

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6826/valkyrie8is6.jpg

[rdh007]

I wonder what it's like for Germans to see the swastika all over the place like that.

[TheComicbookKid]

Great pics.

It has to be a little weird, discomforting to see all those flags and symbols reminding people about the past.

[Dark Donnie]

I was just going to say that.....can't seem to shake that moment of history.

[Sava]

and the never should be able to shake that moment

[Dark Donnie]

and the never should be able to shake that moment

I know....I was joking :heart:

[Hunter Rider]

Good work on the set pics Bauer00 :up:

[Sava]

I know....I was joking :heart:
oh... WTF is up with your avy?... thats some crazy fetish.

Good work on the set pics Bauer00 :up:

and now we totally ruined it by posting and adding anyother page to the thread :(

[Dark Donnie]

oh... WTF is up with your avy?... thats some crazy fetish.



and now we totally ruined it by posting and adding anyother page to the thread :(

From Entourage....a show over here on HBO...pretty funny stuff

[Caliber]

When is Valkyrie coming out? This sounds like a great film.

[Cinemaman]

I wonder what it's like for Germans to see the swastika all over the place like that.

Heh, it's a history and it should be remembered for everyone. I would be more sureprised, if someome made a movie about communists in Russia. That would really hurt American-Russian relationships, though the Cold War has been neither ended nor continued yet.

[Cinemaman]

When is Valkyrie coming out? This sounds like a great film.

It has weird release date, 08/08/08. I mean it's summer, when all huge blockbusters come out, so they'll kill this movie in box-office.

[Mr. Socko]

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6826/valkyrie8is6.jpg

Is this like a backlot with all sets or are these real buildings in Germany that they've sectioned off for filming?

This movie is going to be good I say. This is Singer's area :up:

[Catman]

I wonder what it's like for Germans to see the swastika all over the place like that.

lol. I know!

[Dark_Lord]

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6462/cruisefilm0409800x533am6.jpg

Article about the characters here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=479979&in_page_id=1811)

[Hunter Rider]

Awesome pic :up:

[dark_b]

awsome pic.

but curse you singer.

[chamber-music]

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6462/cruisefilm0409800x533am6.jpg

Article about the characters here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=479979&in_page_id=1811)

yay for Bill Nighy, Terence Stamp and Hollywoods favourite Nazi Kenneth Branagh who i think i've finally forgiven for wild wild west.

This is like Branaghs third nazi movie
http://thecia.com.au/reviews/c/images/conspiracy-poster-0.jpg

[Carmine Falcone]

Pretty nice picture, some good actors on there. Too bad for Cruise and Brannagh.

[DocHoliday]

Awesome pic. Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Zod! Ths movie will own!!

[Hush]

Im pumped for this movie love the look Tom has and i think it will be good to see him in a serious role like this.

[Sava]

From Entourage....a show over here on HBO...pretty funny stuffoh, we get it over here too

[Dark Donnie]

Great Pic!

[chamber-music]

who is playing hitler?

[Carmine Falcone]

Brad Pitt

[Mr. Socko]

Cool picture and really good cast.

Pretty nice picture, some good actors on there. Too bad for Cruise and Brannagh.


What do you mean too bad for them:huh:

[Mr. Socko]

Awesome pic. Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Zod! Ths movie will own!!


The Scientology guy, Davy Jones, Professor Lockhart, and Zod!

[Carmine Falcone]

What do you mean too bad for them:huh:

What's not to understand? I do not like Tom Cruise and Kenneth Brannagh. The latter, especially looks like a complete moron.

[Mr. Socko]

What's not to understand? I do not like Tom Cruise and Kenneth Brannagh. The latter, especially looks like a complete moron.


Oh ok. When you said "too bad for them," I took it as you were feeling bad for them for whatever reason.

[Carmine Falcone]

An understandable misunderstanding.