Last night, Santa Monica's Buffalo Club hosted one of the big Golden Globes' pre-parties, with everyone from Kate Hudson to Sean Penn, Carey Mulligan, Hilary Swank, Ashley Olsen & Justin Bartha, Rachel Bilson, Robert Downey, Jr., Morgan Freeman, Gossip…

I mean, right? We caught up with the Wall Street 2 star and his girlfriend Carey Mulligan around Shia's Encino home and walking his pet bulldog. They are a cute couple! And two of the best young actors out…

I mean, right? We caught up with the Wall Street 2 star and his girlfriend Carey Mulligan around Shia's Encino home and walking his pet bulldog. They are a cute couple! And two of the best young actors out…

Yesterday afternoon we caught Shia LaBeouf smoking outside of a doctor's office, and while the Transformers star was puffing up a storm, we spotted his girlfriend Carey Mulligan leaving his apartment. I guess they don't need to spend every…

Yesterday afternoon we caught Shia LaBeouf smoking outside of a doctor's office, and while the Transformers star was puffing up a storm, we spotted his girlfriend Carey Mulligan leaving his apartment. I guess they don't need to spend every…

Awww, it looks like Transformers star Shia LeBeouf has found true love! Yesterday we spotted Shia and his girlfriend/Wall Street 2 co-star Carey Mulligan lunching and shopping in Los Angeles, and the two couldn't keep their hands off of…

And her name is Carey Mulligan, who's sure to at least garner an Oscar nod for her tremendous performance in An Education this year… Now she's shooting the Wall Street playing Winnie Gekko, Gordon Gekko's (played by Michael Douglas)…

Both Shia LeBeouf and his girlfriend/co-star Carey Mulligan looked sullen as they walked solo to the New York set of Wall Street 2 yesterday. Maybe they were just getting into character to shoot a scene where their characters get…

What do you do when you need a pretty actress with limited facial expressions? Well, if Nicole Kidman is busy, I guess you call Keira Knightley (only kidding … well, maybe not completely kidding). Believe me when I tell you I have nothing personal against the girl, but darn it if I can detect a facial movement in most of her performances other than the example provided to the right. But Knightley’s ‘reserved’ approach to emotion might come in handy now that Variety has announced that the perpetually pouty Ms. Knightley will star as a clone alongside Carey Mulligan in Never Let Me Go , a romantic sci-fi thriller based on the acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. The story centers on three friends who grow up together in a posh boarding school; unfortunately for them, however, this charmed life is a short one and the three learn the disturbing truth that they have been bred for organ donation. Don’t worry if this sounds an awful lot like the 2005 stinker, The Island , because unlike Bay’s exploration of ‘happy organs’ and Xbox competitions, Ishiguro’s story is much more concerned with existentialism and the meaning of humanity (not exactly Bay country). Mark Romanek is on board to direct the adaptation, and Alex Garland ( 28 Days Later ) is already at work on a script. Romanek made his name making music videos (even though he didn’t make the cut for Monika’s list ) but has directed only one other feature film: the slightly underwhelming One Hour Photo . But the pressure is on, because unlike The Island , if this flick is a flop we won’t be able to blame Michael Bay . Filed under: Drama , Sci-Fi & Fantasy , Casting , Fox Searchlight Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

The second Friday at Sundance is a day when many observers have returned home. But the festival is not over, and our intrepid crew remains on the scene. Deals . The sight of Ashton Kutcher ’s naked gigolo butt evidently convinced Anchor Bay Films that David Mackenzie’s Spread was the movie for them. Eugene Hernandez at indieWIRE reports that the sister company of Overture Films paid nearly $4 million for US and Australian rights. Kutcher served as a producer on the film, which also stars Anne Heche, Rachel Blanchard, Margarita Levieva, and Sonia Rockwell. Speaking of Rockwells, Brian Brooks (also of indieWIRE ), says that Sony Pictures Classics will distribute the Sam Rockwell-starring Moon , the science fiction flick directed by David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisition Group pre-bought the film’s rights before the festival. Sony Classics plans a June 2009 release. James Rocchi reviewed it for Cinematical last week. Reviews/Interview . Our man James followed up his review of the doc We Live in Public by talking with director Ondi Timoner and subject Josh Harris. James also discovered Noah Buschel’s The Missing Person , starring Michael Shannon; James says the film “isn’t merely a clever, cool spin on the classic private eye story, but it also works as a private eye story.” Finally, James got An Education from suddenly hot actress Carey Mulligan, director Lone Scherfig, and scripter Nick Hornby; the film’s evocation of 1960s England struck James as “superbly constructed, yes, but those elements also connect.” Be sure to catch up on all of Cinematical’s coverage via the Sundance hub at Moviefone. Blog Talk . Continue onward, brave reader, for a few more quotable quotes. Filed under: Sundance , Festival Reports , Cinematical Indie Continue reading Sundance in 60 Seconds: Friday, January 23, 2009 Permalink | Email this | Comments