The Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye is reporting that Ralph Fiennes, who will be making his directorial debut with The Invisible Woman, has been meeting with a number of actresses to discuss the possibility of them portraying the character of Nelly in the film. Those on Fiennes’ list are believed to include Abbie Cornish, Imogen Poots and Felicity Jones. For now, though, he is only meeting them — not offering them the role. The film tells the story of Charles Dickens’ secret love affair and is based on Claire Tomalin’s well-researched best-seller.

There has been a lot of project rumours circling around Abbie this past year and most of them have been just that: rumours. As per usual, we’ll keep you updated if things are officialized.

Better late than never, as they say! Today I went through the special features of the Bright Star UK DVD, which feature a documentary, featurette, deleted scenes and more. I’ve uploaded screencaps of the footage that features Abbie. I shall be working on video clips of these in the near future so stay tuned for that!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Bright Star: DVD Screencaptures – Behind the Scenes Featurette
- Bright Star: DVD Screencaptures – Working with Jane Documentary
- Bright Star: DVD Screencaptures – Deleted Scenes
- Bright Star: DVD Screencaptures – Photo Gallery
- Bright Star: DVD Screencaptures – Menus

David Riker’s The Girl has completed its eight week shoot and is now in the post-production state. Following the exciting news, we also bring you the first look at Abbie’s character, Ashley Colton. The still features Abbie with Maritza Santigo Hernandez as Rosa.

Axiom Films is thrilled to announce that The Girl, written and directed by David Riker (writer and director of award-winning La Ciudad), starring Abbie Cornish, Will Patton and introducing Maritza Santigo Hernandez as Rosa, has wrapped principal photography in Austin, Texas after an eight week shoot which commenced on 9 May. In addition to shooting in Austin, the film was also shot on location in Oaxaca, Mexico.

The film is produced by Paul Mezey’s Journeyman Pictures and co-produced by Douglas Cummins for producer / distributor Axiom Films with Christian Valdelievre and Tania Zarak. Philipp Engelhorn of Cinereach Films and Nick Quested of Goldcrest Films are executive producers.

The Girl is shot by award-winning cinematographer Martín Boege, edited by Malcolm Jamieson, and the production design is by multi-award winning Salvador Parra.

The Girl tells the story of Ashley Colton (Cornish), a desperate young mother who tries unsuccessfully to turn her life around by smuggling immigrants across the dangerous border between Texas and Mexico—a trade she learns from her hard-living father, Tommy (Patton).

When this quick money scheme fails horribly, she unwillingly ends up travelling across Mexico with a newly orphaned eight-year-old girl from Oaxaca (Hernandez) — embarking on a journey that will change her life forever.

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The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that it will release Madonna’s W.E. on December 9, 2011 in New York and Los Angeles. The film will expand to additional markets in December, with wide release anticipated by mid-January. Madonna’s narrative feature directorial debut, W.E. is co-written by Madonna and Alek Keshishian, produced by Madonna and Kris Thykier and executive produced by Scott Franklin. It stars Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D’Arcy, Oscar Isaac, Natalie Dormer, Richard Coyle, James Fox and Laurence Fox. The announcement was made by TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein and TWC President of Theatrical Distribution and Home Entertainment Erik Lomis.

“Madonna beautifully interweaves past and present in W.E. It’s a very smart film, and a stunning feature directorial debut,” said Weinstein. “I’m incredibly excited about this movie and I wanted to give it a prominent release date.”

Madonna is represented by CAA and managed by Untitled Entertainment.

W.E. looks at the fabled romance between American Wallis Simpson and Britain’s King Edward VIII, who famously gave up the throne to marry the woman he loved. More than six decades later, their story enthralls a young woman named Wally Winthrop, who thinks she sees in their devotion a stark contrast to her own unhappy marriage – and an example to follow as she searches for the meaning of true love. The cast features Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D’Arcy and Oscar Isaac

Source: PR Newswire

20th Century Fox is working on Limitless for a Blu-ray release on July 19.

The action thriller co-starring Abbie Cornish and Robert De Niro is based on the 2001 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn and is directed by Neil Burger (The Illusionist).

Specs have yet to be revealed, but the release will include an unrated extended cut of the film as well as the following supplements: A Man Without Limits, Taking It to the Limit: The Making of Limitless, Audio Commentary with director Neil Burger, Alternate Ending; Theatrical Trailer, and a Digital Copy.

Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $39.99.

Source: High-def Digest