– Ben Barnes Says He Was Initially Advised Not To Make ‘The Words’ (The Playlist)
– Ben Barnes Talks The Words, Overdrive, The Seventh Son and more at Sundance (Collider.com)
– The Words: Sundance Red Carpet Gallery and Brief Interview with Ben Barnes (Salt Lake Tribune)
– Ben Barnes Interview at Sundance (Coming Soon)

In his interview with Collider.com, Ben also mentions that his other upcoming project, Overdrive (with Karl Urban), ‘fell apart’ and (for the moment) ‘is no longer happening’.

Karl Urban and Ben Barnes have been cast as car-thief brothers in the France-set actioner Overdrive. Antonio Negret (Seconds Apart) is directing the project, which was written by Derek Haas and Michael Brandt.

Pierre Morel, whose kidnapping thriller Taken was a surprise success in 2008, is producing along with Haas and Brandt. Filming begins October 29 in Marseilles.

Urban, who plays Bones in the revamped Star Trek franchise, and Barnes, who plays Prince Caspian in the Chronicles of Narnia series, will play adventurous siblings who find more trouble than they are looking for in the South of France.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

“The plans for this are to shoot in Vancouver and China and some of the artwork just looks incredible,” he told us. “I think it’s certainly going to look pretty special, and I’ve read a couple of the books on which this series is based and they’re pretty engaging. The main draws were Sergei directing it, and Legendary Pictures making it. They make Batman and ‘Inception,’ amazing movies, and to top that off, most of my scenes are with Jeff Bridges, who is one of my favorite actors.”

When asked how they would be adapting and incorporating elements from Delaney’s novels into the movie and whether the movie would be just made up of the first book or multiple books, he admitted that the movie will definitely take things in a different direction:

“It’s nothing like the first book really, but they changed it a lot. I don’t think it’s particularly like ‘The Hunger Games’ or ‘Twilight’ where you can go ‘based on the books,’ because I don’t think this series is as popular yet, so I think there’s a chance to rewrite and make the best movie for the movie’s sake. I think sometimes when you stick exactly to the book, there’s a danger of it becoming a bit literary, so I think visually they want to make the most exciting film so they’ve changed a lot. My character in the book is 13 or something, but then the romance element in the book doesn’t really make any sense – it makes more sense to have those characters a little older. Some of the story in the first book is very static so this is going to be a lot more visual and action-oriented.”

“Hopefully it will hold me in good stead,” he quipped when we mentioned his previous experience with literary action epics from the last two movies based on C.S. Lewis’s “The Chronicles of Narnia.”

As far as that franchise, he feels two movies might be it for him as his character only appears in one more book, “The Silver Chair,” and in that one, he’s in his 70s.

“No more opportunity for me to go back and swashbuckle at 30 I don’t think but we’ll see,” he said. “It’s possible, but I think they might go and do ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ next anyway, which is like a prequel.”

Source: ComingSoon.net

Lionsgate has acquired U.S. and U.K. distribution rights to ensemble comedy ‘The Big Wedding’ from Nu Image / Millenium films.

Lionsgate plans to open the film domestically on Oct. 19, 2012. The announcement was made jointly Tuesday.

Cast includes Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes and Topher Grace. It’s currently shooting in Greenwich, Ct.

‘Wedding’, written and directed by Justin Zackham, centers around De Niro and Keaton’s characters, a long divorced couple being forced to pretend that they are still happily married at their son’s wedding.

Source: Variety.com

024 x On Set In Montreal | June 29th, 2011

I’ve also added 3 set photos from June 28th, thanks to Melanie. View those here.

018 x On Set In Montreal | June 27th, 2011

After playing the title role in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’, Ben Barnes is in line for another, as the Brit thesp is in negotiations to star in Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ fantasy tentpole, ‘The Seventh Son’.

Formerly known as ‘The Spook’s Apprentice’, tale is adapted from Joseph Delaney’s young adult series about a teen who’s the seventh son of a seventh son, and learns about wizardry from a forbidding spook.

Jeff Bridges will take on the role of the Spook, while Julianne Moore will play a witch in the pic, which is also slated to star Swedish thesp Alicia Vikander.

Source: Variety.com

With her feature career heating up, ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ star Olivia Wilde is set to join Bradley Cooper in the dramatic thriller ‘The Words’.

Ben Barnes (‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’) and ‘Juno’ thesp J.K. Simmons have also joined the cast, which includes Jeremy Irons, Zoe Saldana and Dennis Quaid.

Project reunites Wilde with ‘Tron: Legacy’ scribes Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, who are making their directorial debut with the pic. Duo’s script, which appeared on the Black List, follows a successful writer who discovers he has to pay a price for stealing another man’s work.

Source: Variety.com

Several websites are also holding competitions to win two tickets to the world premiere (and after party) of Killing Bono, which will take place on March 15th, 2011 in Dublin.

To enter, visit the following websites: MovieFone, Paramount Pictures & The Sun

Source: KillingBono.co.uk

More photos will be added to the gallery as they become available!