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More than six years after the Best Picture nominee The Help took the careers of Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer to new heights, the actresses are reuniting for an untitled Christmas comedy. The project was at the center of a huge bidding war that Universal eventually won, over 20th Century Fox and Paramount, with the pitch coming from Jessica Chastain herself and her Freckle Films production president Kelly Carmichael, who both wrote the treatment, with Peter Chiarelli (Crazy Rich Asians) attached to write the script. Both Chastain and Carmichael are set to produce through their Freckle Films banner, alongside Maven Pictures' Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler.

Both Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer will portray two women who are trying to brave the elements and get back home for Christmas, although no further story details were given for this Jessica Chastain Holiday Comedy. Executive VP of production Erik Baiers and...

Join us from 7.40am when we'll be liveblogging the nominations in the second round of voting for this year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards

7.40am:

Tim Curry is teeing things up …

We're going to star those longlist contenders that make the shortlist:

Best Film

The Artist

The Descendants

Drive

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Help

Hugo

The Ides of March

The Iron Lady

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

My Week with Marilyn

Senna

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War Horse

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Film Not in the English Language

Extra Potiche 1

Abel

As If I Am Not There

The Boy Mir – Ten Years in Afghanistan

Calvet

Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)

Incendies

Little White Lies

Pina

Post Mortem

Potiche

Le Quattro Volte

A Separation

The Skin I Live In

Tomboy

The Troll Hunter

Outstanding British Film

Attack The Block

Arthur Christmas

Attack the Block

Coriolanus...

Eddie Redmayne in Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn The Artist, My Week With Marilyn, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Lead BAFTA Longlists Leading Actor Antonio Banderas (Robert Ledgard) – The Skin I Live In Brad Pitt (Billy Beane) – Moneyball* Brendan Gleeson (Gerry Boyle) – The Guard Daniel Craig (Mikael Blomkvist) – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Eddie Redmayne (Colin Clark) – My Week with Marilyn Gary Oldman (George Smiley) – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* George Clooney (Matt King) – The Descendants* Jean Dujardin (George Valentin) – The Artist* Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar Hoover) – J. Edgar Michael Fassbender (Brandon) – Shame* Owen Wilson (Gil) – Midnight in Paris Peter Mullan (Joseph) – Tyrannosaur Ralph Fiennes (Caius Martius Coriolanus) – Coriolanus Ryan Gosling (Driver) – Drive Ryan Gosling (Stephen Meyers) – The Ides of March Leading Actress Bérénice Bejo (Peppy Miller) – The Artist* Carey Mulligan (Sissy) – Shame Charlize Theron (Mavis Gary) – Young Adult Emma Stone (Skeeter Phelan) – The Help Helen Mirren (Rachel Singer...

The full list of contenders in the first round of voting for this year's British Academy Film Awards

Best Film

The Artist

The Descendants

Drive

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Help

Hugo

The Ides of March

The Iron Lady

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

My Week with Marilyn

Senna

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War Horse

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Film Not in the English Language

Abel

As If I Am Not There

The Boy Mir – Ten Years in Afghanistan

Calvet

Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)

Incendies

Little White Lies

Pina

Post Mortem

Potiche

Le Quattro Volte

A Separation

The Skin I Live In

Tomboy

The Troll Hunter

Outstanding British Film

Arthur Christmas

Attack the Block

Coriolanus

The Guard

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

The Iron Lady

Jane Eyre

My Week with Marilyn

Senna

Shame

Submarine

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tyrannosaur

War Horse

We Need to Talk About Kevin...

Last week I posted a link to the year-end awards nominations of one of my critics’ groups, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. The Awfj’s awards are distinctive for some of our unique categories, including this one (with our nominees for 2011): Kick Ass Award For Best Female Action Star • Rooney Mara — Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo • Helen Mirren - Rachel Singer in The Debt • Paula Patton - Jane in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol • Saoirse Ronan - Hanna in Hanna • Zoe Saldana - Cataleya in Colombiana My own nominees were, in fact:...

Tis the season for dead drops and tricked out gadgets. 2011 is ending with a bang thanks to a few big name spy movies coming out at the end of the year Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is a perfect fit for the action junkies. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy appeals to those looking for more double crosses and trust issues. Another spy film just hit DVD and Blu-Ray from earlier in the year. The Debt comes packed with big-name English actors, an Academy Award winning director and a story that spans three decades. Is it worth accepting this mission? Check out our review after the jump. The Debt tells the story of three Mossad agents in Berlin during the 60’s. Their mission is to apprehend an escaped Nazi doctor known as “The Surgeon of Birkenau” who has popped up as a gynecologist. Rachel Singer (Jessica Chastain) is called into get close...

The Voice of Helen Mirren will Make Glee

How is this for unusual but delightful casting news? Glee is getting a tried a true star, a real Hollywood royal, so to speak. But Dame Helen Mirren won’t necessarily be seen. You’ll hear her voice, however! Allow us to explain.

The insanely popular vocal Fox series, Glee, knows how to use a celeb guest star to their advantage. They can wow fans for sure. So, what’s a creative way to utilize an Oscar winning first lady of screen and stage? Just steal her voice!

TV Line confirms Glee guest star Helen Mirren, will act as the “inner voice” of a character who has yet to be revealed. If I have the scenario right, we will see one actress, but hear Mirren in voice over. I wish my consciousness had a British accent.

In 2010 Mirren portrayed Prospera in The Tempest and Victoria in Red.

Chicago – It’s little surprise that Jessica Chastain has received so much attention during this year’s awards season. Thanks to a series of release date delays, six of her films were released in 2011, each featuring an entirely different role for the strikingly versatile actress. From her slapstick pratfalls in “The Help” to her ethereal grace in “The Tree of Life,” Chastain displayed a remarkable range that has made it impossible for moviegoers to tear their eyes away from her.

In John Madden’s problematic espionage thriller, “The Debt,” Chastain proves to be every bit as mesmerizing, though the film suffers considerably whenever she’s offscreen. Based on Assaf Bernstein’s 2007 Israeli thriller, “Ha-Hov,” the film cuts back and forth in time as it follows three Mossad agents on their mission to capture a Nazi surgeon. Though the central action takes place in 1965, the film repeatedly jumps 31 years in the...

Startling action and surprising revelations compel retired secret agent Rachel Singer (Academy Award winner Helen Mirren, The Queen) back into action in Focus Features and Miramax's critically acclaimed hit espionage thriller The Debt, directed by Academy Award nominee John Madden (Shakespeare in Love). Filmed on location in Tel Aviv, the U.K., and Budapest, The Debt will be available on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Download and On Demand from Universal Studios Home Entertainment on December 6, 2011.

In 1997, shocking news reaches Rachel and Stephan (Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton) regarding their former colleague David (Ciar&#225n Hinds, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) - from their secret mission in 1965-1966 to track down Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace) in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission was accomplished - or was it? The stellar cast of The Debt also includes Jessica Chastain (The Help,...

Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain Are On A Secret Mission In The Action-packed Spy Thriller

Available December 6, 2011

Available On Blu-ray., DVD, Digital Download And On-demand From Universal Studios Home Entertainment

“Gripping, Smart And Unforgettable! A Must-see!” – Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood

Universal City, Calif., Oct. 11, 2011 – Startling action and surprising revelations compel retired secret agent Rachel Singer (Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren, The Queen) back into action in Focus Features and Miramax’s critically acclaimed hit espionage thriller The Debt, directed by Academy Award® nominee John Madden (Shakespeare in Love). Filmed on location in Tel Aviv, the U.K., and Budapest, The Debt will be available on Blu-ray., DVD, Digital Download and On Demand from Universal Studios Home Entertainment on December 6, 2011.

In 1997, shocking news reaches Rachel and Stephan (Academy Award® nominee Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton ) regarding their former colleague David (Ciaran Hinds, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) - from their...

We chat to John Madden, the director of The Debt, as he talks us through his previous life, when he made audio dramas of the Star Wars films...

John Madden might be best known to you for directing acclaimed period films such as Mrs Brown or Shakespeare In Love, but his latest, The Debt, is about as wildly different as you can get from those projects. Even before all of those, though, he was also the man charged with making radio dramas out of the original Star Wars trilogy.

Here, he chats to us about The Debt, and bringing Star Wars to the airwaves...

Can you take us through the casting process for The Debt firstly? You’re reuniting with Helen Mirren here, and we thought Jessica Chastain was just wonderful. At what stage did she become involved?

Well, Helen was the starting point. You couldn’t even embark on...

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

There’s a little film doing the rounds at the moment that you might of heard of….. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. While that film continues to win critical acclaim and draw in huge audiences, there’s another good movie released today that also deals with similar themes of paranoia, conspiracy and deceit. The Debt isn’t quite as meticulous or contemplative as Tinker Tailor, but if that film left you feeling a little cold, The Debt offers a similarly intricate and well-crafted thriller which is far more traditional but doesn’t take its audience for granted.

Jumping between events taking place in 1966 and then the aftermath in 1997, the cleverly constructed narrative is centered around an operation to capture a Nazi war criminal nicknamed “The Surgeon of Birkenau”. Three agents are tasked to extradite the man responsible for conducting inhuman experiments on Jewsish prisoners; Rachel Singer (Jessica Chastain...

Jessica Chastain is to star alongside Tom Cruise in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi film from Universal Pictures.

The project - which has gone by the names Oblivion and Horizons and is now said to be untitled - is set in a future where the Earth's surface has been irradiated beyond recognition and the remnants of humanity live above the clouds, safe from the brutal alien Scavengers that stalk the ruins.

But when surface drone repairman Jak (Cruise) discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off an unstoppable chain of events that will force him to question everything he knows.

The film, which had earlier been dropped by Disney, is being directed by Tron: Legacy's Joseph Kosinski. Production is expected to start this winter, with release set for July 19, 2013.

Variety's report says it's not known whether Chastain will play the wife of Cruise's character or the mysterious woman in the crashed pod.

Helen Mirren premiered her new film The Debt at London's Curzon Mayfair cinema last night. The remake of the 2007 Israeli movie stars Dame Helen as ex-Mossad agent Rachel Singer in her later years, while Jessica Chastain plays the same woman in the 1960s. Jesper Christensen plays Nazi Dieter Vogel who Singer hopes to capture in East Berlin with the help of David (more)...

Game Of Thrones Kingslayer in Horror Flick

Guillermo del Toro is making sure the world stays horrified, one picture at a time, and Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the Danish actor who plays Jaime Lannister in the HBO series, will help him.

Aside from acting as HBO’s Kingslayer, Nikolaj has appeared as the star of his short-lived series New Amsterdam (Hey, I was watching that!), Kingdom of Heaven and Harrirson Ford starrer, Firewall. Now he joins actress Jessica Chastain in the upcoming Guillermo del Toro-produced horror movie, called Mama. Chastain is my new favorite actress. She was sweet, sassy and Southern in The Help and last weekend she kicked butt and took names as young Rachel Singer, one of the lead characters in The Debt. Chastain and Nikolaj are a good pairing, don’t you agree?

Mama, according to Variety will be distributed by Universal, directed by...

The Debt is a painstakingly old-fashioned drama that’s far more interested in the nuances of human behavior than exploitation or pyrotechnics. At the same time, in telling the parallel stories of Mossad agents hunting a Nazi doctor in East Berlin circa 1966 and those same agents dealing with the consequences of that mission 30 years later, John Madden’s film evokes the existential themes that lie at the heart of Israel’s creation. To straddle both those worlds within the constraints of a tightly-wound thriller is a considerable accomplishment. And this eloquent remake of a 2007 Israeli picture with the same name harkens back to the old-fashioned aesthetics of genre movies that mean something, films that are unafraid of drawing out big ideas between familiar lines. The film stars Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson and Ciarán Hinds as the older version of agents Rachel Singer, Stephan Gold and David Peretz, who discover that the book has not been written on...

The Summer Movie Season might be over. School has started back up. Football is on Saturdays/Sundays. Leaves in some areas of the country might be turning. Fall is around the corner. Ah.

But to be perfectly honest, another month another big heap of movies coming out in theaters, but your time is limited. Between school, work, and football, you want to see a damn good movie, because you can not waste your time this month, and Killer Film is here to help. With Editor-in-Chief Donny Broussard and Senior Writer Jon Peters, they take a look at this month’s releases and give you the little low-down on what they think, as well as, a ‘see it’ or ‘skip it’ recommendation.

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The IMDb plot: “A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to fresh-water shark attacks.

Jessica Chastain has described the process of filming several of her scenes in The Debt as "humiliating". The Debt follows ex-Mossad agent Rachel Singer (Helen Mirren) as she attempts to capture a Nazi war criminal three decades after he initially escaped arrest. Talking to Fox 411 about the role, Chastain confessed that she struggled during medical scenes which saw her character undergoing invasive gynecological exams. "Those were really horrible to shoot. We shot the scenes in chronological (more)...

Jessica Chastain has described the process of filming several of her scenes in The Debt as "humiliating". The Debt follows ex-Mossad agent Rachel Singer (Helen Mirren) as she attempts to capture a Nazi war criminal three decades after he initially escaped arrest. Talking to Fox 411 about the role, Chastain confessed that she struggled during medical scenes which saw her character undergoing invasive gynecological exams. "Those were really horrible to shoot. We shot the scenes in chronological (more)...

This movie re-enforces the old adage “what goes around comes around.” Or more specifically that it’s always easier to tell the truth than try to keep track of a lie. With John Madden’s (Shakespeaare In Love) new drama/thriller based on an Israeli film from 2007, three people must deal with a ghost form the past that returns to haunt them more than thirty years later. The question becomes whether they can continue their story and keep the past buried.

The film begins in 1997 at the release party for a book that Sarah Gold has written about the capture of the notorious Nazi Dr. Dieter Vogel (a Dr. Mengale-type) by her mother Rachel Singer (Helen Mirren), father Stephan Gold (Tom Wilkinson), and David Peretz (Ciaran Hinds), all former Mossad agents. A recent tragedy causes the former married couple, Rachel and Stephan, to reflect on the true events that inspired the new book.

In the espionage thriller The Debt, Helen Mirren plays retired Mossad agent Rachel Singer, who is hailed as a national hero for killing former Nazi officer Dieter Vogel. Dubbed “the surgeon of Birkenau,” Vogel is wanted for heinous medical experiments he performed on concentration camp prisoners.

A jagged scar across her cheek serves as a physical reminder of her face-off with the monster, and she touches it tenderly as the film opens thirty years later. A reading of her daughter’s book on the mission elicits flashes of the past, at first, before the nerve-rattling ordeal comes flooding back.

Specifically to Berlin, 1965, where Young Rachel (played by Jessica Chastain) was part of a trio of Mossad agents tasked with capturing Vogel. In an intense sequence of events, she, along with Stephan (Marton Csokas) and David (Sam Worthington), manages to identify, capture, and house the Nazi, until Vogel wriggles free of his restraints,...

The Debt

Directed by: John Madden

Cast: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson

Running Time: 1 hr 54 mins

Rating: R

Release Date: August 31, 2011

Plot: Retired Mossad agents Rachel (Mirren), Stefan (Wilkinson) and David (Hinds) look back on a mission they undertook in 1966 when they tried to track down a Nazi war criminal in East Berlin.

Who’S It For? It’s a top-notch intelligent thriller, with great drama and a touch of romance.

Expectations: I saw the poster and saw the cast, that’s all I knew. I didn’t even know Mirren and Chastain both play Rachel at different times in her life.

Scorecard (0-10)

Actors:

Helen Mirren Rachel Singer: Dignity. That’s what I feel Mirren gives any character she plays. You can tell Rachel doesn’t want to be here (wherever “here” is in this film). She’s uncomfortable at her daughter’s book signing, and uncomfortable...

Central to the espionage thriller The Debt (opening in Austin theaters today) is the notion of physical and psychological captivity. In this relentlessly taught, gripping tale, directed by John Madden, the characters are hostages; one is physically bound by the others, but all are prisoners of their own consciences.

The story of three agents of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad assigned to capture a Nazi war criminal, The Debt opens in 1997, when retired agents Rachel Singer (Helen Mirren) and Stephan Gold (Tom Wilkinson) are dealing with tragic news about their former colleague, David Peretz (Ciarán Hinds). Peretz's fate unearths an ugly history of lies and subterfuge involving all three agents, forcing Singer and Gold to confront their pasts.

For decades, the nation of Israel has venerated Singer, Gold and Peretz for a mission they undertook in 1965, when they tracked down Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen). Known as the Surgeon of Birkenau,...

There is a fantastic film in The Debt. With a director like John Madden behind the camera, it’s a bit surprising that he didn’t churn out something of a higher caliber, especially when there’s plenty of scenes that show signs of a competent, meticulous storyteller at work. And, sure enough, when those scenes play out – a tense train station sequence in particular – they outweigh the film’s less impressive qualities.

The Debt tells the story of three Mossad agents – Rachel Singer (Jessica Chastain), David Peretz (Sam Worthington) and Stephan Gold (Marton Csokas) – hunting down a Nazi war criminal in 1965. It’s a promising hook, and the script (initially scribed by Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman, then worked on by Madden and Peter Straughan) delivers on that promise, but only in 1965. Everything involving that mission is tightly paced, suitably claustrophobic and keenly aware of the gray area of each character’s motivations.

This has been Jessica Chastain's year as far as ubiquity goes.  She's co-starred in The Tree of Life, The Help, Take Shelter, and she's still got Texas Killing Fields and Coriolanus on the way.  However, of the films I've seen her in so far, she's never been front and center.  She was overshadowed by Brad Pitt in Tree of Life, everything was overshadowed by Michael Shannon in Take Shelter, and she did a fine job in The Help hinting that she was the real deal.  But her latest film, The Debt, gives her the lead and she's never able to hold the screen with any intensity or subtlety.  She's once again overshadowed by her fellow actors and this time around she must struggle with a movie that tries to be an intense spy-thriller and ignores its strengths as a claustrophobic pressure-cooker and thoughtful moral drama. In 1966, Israeli operatives Rachel Singer...

Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain play a Mossad agent that has to come to terms with her actions in The Debt, John Madden’s (Shakespeare In Love, Mrs. Brown) latest piece of low-key drama. But unlike his earlier pieces that dealt with serious decisions people make in their day-to-day lives, The Debt deals with life-or-death decisions made in the hopes of settling a Debt that could never truly be repaid.

The Debt is a remake of the 2007 film of the same name, but with a star-studded cast, and probably a much higher budget. But the story is much the same; in 1997 Rachel Singer, a Mossad agent that has become famous in Israel for her part in the capture of “The Surgeon of Treblinka” in 1966 (with the help of fellow agents Stephan Gold and David Peretz) finds out that the “surgeon” is still alive. All those years ago, the three agents...

In the espionage thriller The Debt , Rachel Singer is a Mossad agent in the 1960's, who teams up with fellow agents Stephan (Marton Csokas) and David (Sam Worthington), to track down Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen), also known as the feared Surgeon of Birkenau. For that mission, she put herself at great risk and her heart on the line, not realizing that their actions would come back to haunt them over 30 years later. At the film’s press day, actress Jessica Chastain talked about her four months of Krav Maga training for The Debt, how she studied Helen Mirren and worked with her on the backstory for the different ages of the character that they were playing, and just how uncomfortable the gynecological scenes were. She also talked about reuniting with Sam Worthington on Texas Killing Fields, what she loves about working with director Terrence Malick, her excitement...

Jessica Chastain continues her breakout summer playing a Mossad agent in search of a Nazi war criminal. Spy games are often the domain of men named Bourne and Bond but The Debt director John Madden places the spotlight on a troubled female Mossad agent named Rachel Singer (played by Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain at different times in the character’s life) and she’s as fascinating and tough as any male spy. Madden and screenwriters Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan distinguish The Debt from other espionage thrillers by adding a strong moral element to its story, what one might call a “woman’s touch,” and the results are tense and dramatically rich. Sure, there’s plenty of action and brutal hand-to-hand combat in The Debt. There’s also something extra, themes involving guilt and false heroism that make The Debt better than many other espionage adventures...

Jessica Chastain continues her breakout summer playing a Mossad agent in search of a Nazi war criminal. Spy games are often the domain of men named Bourne and Bond but The Debt director John Madden places the spotlight on a troubled female Mossad agent named Rachel Singer (played by Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain at different times in the character’s life) and she’s as fascinating and tough as any male spy. Madden and screenwriters Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan distinguish The Debt from other espionage thrillers by adding a strong moral element to its story, what one might call a “woman’s touch,” and the results are tense and dramatically rich. Sure, there’s plenty of action and brutal hand-to-hand combat in The Debt. There’s also something extra, themes involving guilt and false heroism that make The Debt better than many other espionage adventures...

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“The Debt,” a new espionage thriller coming out next week, promises to do for gynecology what the 1976 film “Marathon Man” did for dentistry.

The film, a big-budget adaptation of an obscure 2007 Israeli movie called “Ha-Hov”—it means “The Debt” in Hebrew—stars Helen Mirren as Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent with a troubled conscience stemming from a botched 1967 mission to capture a Nazi war criminal.

The acclaimed Danish actor Jesper Christensen gives a riveting performance as Singer’s nemesis,...

I love Jessica Chastain, she was sweet and down-to-earth in person! And truth be told, she was my favorite among the cast of .The Debt.. She plays the younger Rachel Singer and the great Helen Mirren is her character.s older version. Watch the film on August 31st for Chastain.s subdued yet emotionally rich performance! Hats off to this fine, fine actress!

In this interview, we talked about:

*** Her subdued acting where you can practically see emotions flutter across her face

*** What attracted her to play Rachel Singer in the movie?

*** She.s the only American actor in the ensemble! Go USA! :happy

*** How she explored the thread of continuity with Helen Mirren

*** Working with the Queen herself, Miss Mirren

*** How she used Krav Maga to prepare for the action scenes of the film

Here.s more info on .The Debt. from Yahoo:

In 1997, shocking news reaches retired Mossad...

At the press day for The Debt, in which Jessica Chastain (The Help, Tree of Life) plays Mossad secret agent Rachel Singer – on a mission to track down a Nazi war criminal in East Berlin in 1966 – the actress talked about her next project, doing her first genre film, Mama. Describing it as similar to The Ring and The Orphanage, and it being done by Guillermo del Toro’s company, she admitted to being trepidatious about taking on the role, but also excited about it, for that same reason. She also talked about working with Terrence Malick again on his still untitled next project, and said she’s not even sure whether she’ll actually end up in the film because she doesn’t even know what it’s about. Check out what she had to say after the jump: Question: What do you look for in a role now? Jessica Chastain: To me,...

Sam Worthington goes head-to-head with Helen Mirren in director John Madden's latest thriller The Debt. Miramax Films and Focus Features have released the second trailer for The Debt, which you can check out below.

Click to watch The Debt Trailer #2!

Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington star in "The Debt," the powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal-the Surgeon of Birkenau-in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must go back to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated heroine must relive the trauma of those events and confront the debt she has incurred.

The Debt comes to theaters August 31st,...

A new trailer has been released for Academy Award–nominated director John Madden's (Killshot) new movie, The Debt, a remake of the Israeli thriller HaHov. Written by Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, and Peter Straughan, the movie stars Academy Award–winner Helen Mirren as Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who comes out of retirement to track down and kill Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen), "The Surgeon of Birkenau," who has surfaced in a small Ukrainian town 35 years after she supposedly shot and killed him. The story unfolds in both the '60s — with Jessica Chastain as young Rachel and Sam Worthington and Marton Csokas as her Nazi-hunting Mossad partners, David and Stefan, respectively — and in the '00s, with Ciarán Hinds and Tom Wilkinson playing the elder David and Stefan.

Next Showing: The Debt opens August 31

The Debt - Interview

Helen Mirren tells us why she thought...

Watch the movie trailer for The Debt, starring Sam Worthington, Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds. John Madden (Killshot, Proof, Shakespeare in Love) directs the thriller from the screenplay by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan, based on the film “Ha-Hov” written by Assaf Bernstein and Ido Rosenblum. The Debt opens August 31st via Focus Features and includes Marton Csokas and Jesper Christensen. This was first under Miramax, which now distributes in the UK. Check out clips from The Debt under the Official Trailer. The powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal—the Surgeon of Birkenau—in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must go back to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth.

Watch the movie trailer for The Debt, starring Sam Worthington, Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds. John Madden (Killshot, Proof, Shakespeare in Love) directs the thriller from the screenplay by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan, based on the film “Ha-Hov” written by Assaf Bernstein and Ido Rosenblum. The Debt opens August 31st via Focus Features and includes Marton Csokas and Jesper Christensen. This was first under Miramax, which now distributes in the UK. Check out clips from The Debt under the Official Trailer. The powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal—the Surgeon of Birkenau—in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must go back to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth.

Watch the movie trailer for The Debt, starring Sam Worthington, Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds. John Madden (Killshot, Proof, Shakespeare in Love) directs the thriller from the screenplay by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan, based on the film “Ha-Hov” written by Assaf Bernstein and Ido Rosenblum. The Debt opens August 31st via Focus Features and includes Marton Csokas and Jesper Christensen. This was first under Miramax, which now distributes in the UK. Check out clips from The Debt under the Official Trailer. The powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal—the Surgeon of Birkenau—in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must go back to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth.

Fresh "The Debt" trailer has been unleashed. The video, released via the film's official Facebook page, mostly follows Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, and Marton Csokas as they attempt to catch the Surgeon of Birkenau.

The John Madden-directed movie revolves around Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal in a secret Israeli mission. 30 years after her attempt, a man claiming to be the criminal has surfaced. Thus, Rachel must go back to Eastern Europe, reliving the trauma of those events and confront the debt she has incurred.

While Worthington, Chastain, and Csokas play the younger version of three Mossad agents, David, Singer and Stefan, Ciaran Hinds, Helen Mirren and Tom Wilkinson take the role of the elder version of the characters respectively. In the meantime, Jesper Christensen and Romi Aboulafia take other supporting characters. The R-rated film is slated for August 30 release Stateside.

An international poster has been released for tense thriller, The Debt. The film has a top notch cast, including Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington and Tom Wilkinson and could just be a nice little surprise hit when released in August. The film is directed by “Shakespeare In Love” helmer, John Madden and written by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan.

The film hit trouble when Miramax closed it’s doors last year, finding itself without a distribution date. Thankfully Focus Features will now be distributing the film.

I say thankfully because it’s one worth having on the radar. With it’s stellar cast and it’s foreboding story, it could well be perfect awards fodder and a great thriller. It’s the story of a trio of Israeli Mossad agents. 30 years ago they tried, and failed, to capture and kill a Nazi war criminal whose crimes led to the...

Miramax's The Debt will be distributed by Focus Features, sending the Sam Worthington and Helen Mirren starrer to theaters on August 31st. John Madden directs the thriller/drama scripted by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan, based on the film “Ha-Hov” written by Assaf Bernstein and Ido Rosenblum. Helmer Madden’s credits include the Oscar®-winning Shakespeare in Love, as well as Proof and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. Also in the cast are Jessica Chastain, Jesper Christensen, Marton Csokas, with Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson. The Debt, the powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal—the Surgeon of Birkenau—in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin...

Miramax's The Debt will be distributed by Focus Features, sending the Sam Worthington and Helen Mirren starrer to theaters on August 31st. John Madden directs the thriller/drama scripted by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan, based on the film “Ha-Hov” written by Assaf Bernstein and Ido Rosenblum. Helmer Madden’s credits include the Oscar®-winning Shakespeare in Love, as well as Proof and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. Also in the cast are Jessica Chastain, Jesper Christensen, Marton Csokas, with Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson. The Debt, the powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal—the Surgeon of Birkenau—in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin...

Helen Mirren's upcoming thriller The Debt has been delayed in the Us after issues between Disney and Miramax. The film is penned by the Kick-Ass writer/director team of Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman, and stars Mirren as a former Mossad agent called Rachel Singer. The Los Angeles Times reports that because Disney is currently selling Miramax and The Debt is a holdover from Miramax, it no longer wants to pay to release a film it will soon not own the rights to. The problem is also affecting (more)...

Dame Helen Mirren says her tough new role in The Debt should allow viewers to move on from her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in Stephen Frears' 2006 drama.

"This role is very different," she said on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival.

"Whenever I play something I'm just longing and praying for something completely different to come along.

"After playing the Queen, for a while people thought I was the Queen, and I'm significantly not the Queen!"

She was speaking before a special gala screening of The Debt, in which she plays former Mossad agent Rachel Singer who must go back undercover to track down a notorious Nazi war criminal.

The 65-year-old gets her own fight scene in the action thriller, a remake of a 2007 Israeli film of the same name.

"You're always looking for roles that will push the last one out of the picture...

On the heels of its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, "The Debt" has debuted several clips which share scenes from both the past and present moments in the film. Two of the snippets give a look at three young Mossad agents on their mission, while the other clips see them aging and looking back at their glorious time.

David, Rachel Singer and Stefan are Mossad agents who are sent on a secret mission to capture and kill a notorious Nazi war criminal in 1965. When things don't go as planned, they fabricate a story. Thirty years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced in Ukraine.

Now one of the former agents, Rachel, must go back undercover to seek out the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated heroine must relive the trauma of those events...

Check out new clips in standard and high definition from Miramax's "The Debt" drama, helmed by John Madden Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan wrote the screenplay based on the film "Ha-Hov" penned by Assaf Bernstein and Ido Rosenblum. The film opens on December 29th and stars Sam Worthington, Helen Mirren, Ciarán Hinds, Marton Csokas, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain and Jesper Christensen. Director John Madden’s credits include the Oscar®-winning “Shakespeare in Love,” as well as “Proof” and “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.” The powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal—the Surgeon of Birkenau—in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must go back to Eastern Europe...

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Miramax Films has just released an advanced preview of their upcoming 2010 Fall-Holiday movie release slate, which includes such highly anticipated films as You Again, Secretariat, Tangled, The Tempest, Tron: Legacy, and The Debt.

You Again - September 24

Successful PR pro Marni (Kristen Bell) heads home for her older brother's (Jimmy Wolk) wedding and discovers that he's marrying her high school arch nemesis (Odette Yustman), who's conveniently forgotten their problematic past. Then the bride's jet-setting aunt (Sigourney Weaver) bursts in and Marni's not-so-jet-setting mom (Jamie Lee Curtis) comes face to face with her own high school rival. The claws come out and old wounds are opened in this crazy comedy that proves that not all rivalries are forever.

Secretariat - October 8

Based on the remarkable true story, Secretariat chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees...

See the trailer for Miramax Films' "The Debt" which opens on December 29th. The John Madden-directed drama is screenwritten by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan based on the film “Ha-Hov” written by Assaf Bernstein and Ido Rosenblum. Strong cast includes Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Jesper Christensen, Marton Csokas, with Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson. Madden’s credits include the Oscar®-winning “Shakespeare in Love,” as well as “Proof” and “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.” The powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal—the Surgeon of Birkenau—in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must go back to Eastern Europe...

Miramax Films has released the first image and trailer for the John Madden directed film The Debt starring Sam Worthington and Helen Mirren. The film is based on the 2007 Israeli film “Ha-Hov.” Miramax plans to release the movie December 29, 2010. Also Kick-Ass! director Matthew Vaughan produced the film and wrote the screenplay.

This movie looks awesome just the thriller I have been waiting for this year. I like the story that blends the past and future together and the style of the film looks great as well.

Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington star in The Debt, the powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal—the Surgeon of Birkenau—in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced,...

I read that Sam Worthington just started a production company. Somebody needs to 'splain all this to me, because I'm clearly missing why he's the biggest deal to come down the pike in half a dozen years or so. Blockbuster after blockbuster, so many roles he has turn down movies that eventually go to Johnny Depp, and now a production company to allow for even more vertical integration. He's a brand now.

It's not that I don't think he's talented, just not more talented than everybody else. He might turn a few more doubters' heads with his work in The Debt, a remake of an Israeli film from a few years ago that co-stars Helen Mirren and Ciarán Hinds (both of whom I'd say are more gifted than Sammy). But it's really Mirren's film, from what I can gather. She plays Rachel Singer, an ex-Mossad agent in charge of tracking...

The first trailer for "The Debt" has been made available for viewing pleasure. Debuted by Yahoo! Movies, the video gives flashback preview to three young Mossad agents who were sent on a secret mission to capture and kill a notorious Nazi war criminal in 1965.

Thirty years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced in Ukraine and one of the former agents, Rachel Singer, must go back undercover to seek out the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated heroine must relive the trauma of those events and confront the debt she has incurred.

Serving as a remake to 2007 Israeli film of the same title, "The Debt" has Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain and Marton Csokas playing the young version of the three main characters. Meanwhile, Helen Mirren, Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson join the cast as the aging former agents.