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Which Major Script Change Made Peter Dinklage Play Cyrano?(Photo Credit –Facebook)

Peter Dinklage wasn’t exactly sold on Cyrano at first. The idea of playing a guy with a fake nose didn’t sit right with him. It felt a little too theatrical, a little too familiar. He told Variety’s Stagecraft podcast: “It didn’t really speak to me. It was very theatrical, and it was all about a guy and a nose. And inevitably the nose was a fake nose, and [the role] was played by a handsome actor… I always thought, ‘What’s the big deal? It’s just a handsome actor in a fake nose. He gets to take it off after each show.’”

So yeah, Cyrano nearly lost its Cyrano. The film, directed by Joe Wright of Atonement fame, was a reimagining of the 1897 French classic Cyrano de Bergerac. It had undergone many makeovers before: Steve Martin did it with Roxanne,...

It was a massively star-studded affair at the SNL50: The Anniversary Special on Sunday evening (February 16) held at Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Saturday Night Live celebrated it’s 50th anniversary with hundreds of stars who have appeared on the show over the years.

From music stars like Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter and Cher, to actors like Ayo Edebiri, Emma Stone and Anya Taylor-Joy.

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The late-night sketch show’s special featured many returning sketches, with past and present SNL cast members reprising their characters, and even several celebrities who have hosted reprising their characters!

We have gathered every celebrity, cast member and more’s looks from the red carpet and you can see over 200 below…

Abby Elliott

Adam & Jackie Sandler

Adria Arjona & Jason Momoa

Aidy Bryant

Alex & Hilaria Baldwin

Alex Moffat & Caroline Kingsley Moffat

Al Franken

Al Sharpton

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“Saturday Night Live” took Sunday by storm with its star-studded 50th anniversary special at 30 Rock, which gathered past and present cast members and writers alongside hosts, musical guests and other comedy legends for a three-hour live televised special.

The guest list is, predictably, packed with A-listers. Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Ayo Edebiri, Bad Bunny, Chevy Chase, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Fred Armisen, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Jason Sudeikis, Jimmy Fallon, John Mulaney, Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Kim Kardashian, Kristen Wiig, Laraine Newman, Martin Short, Maya Rudolph, Miley Cyrus, Molly Shannon, Pete Davidson, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pedro Pascal, Peyton Manning, Quinta Brunson, Robert De Niro, Sabrina Carpenter, Scarlett Johansson, Seth Meyers, Steve Martin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Tom Hanks, Will Ferrell, Will Forte, Woody Harrelson and more are all due to appear.

See photos from the “SNL” 50th anniversary red carpet below.

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There's a very good chance you didn't even know Peter Dinklage had kids, let alone how many children he has. The Emmy-winning actor and his wife, theater director Erica Schmidt, have two children, but they're extremely private about their family, to the point that they've never even publicly discussed their children's names!

Peter Dinklage's Oldest Daughter

Dinklage and Schmidt's daughter was born in 2011, according to Entertainment Weekly. Aside from that, though, pretty much nothing is known about her. Perhaps because of that air of mystery - and the fact that she was born right as "Game of Thrones" turned Dinklage from a character actor to an internationally famous household name - there have been a few odd rumors about her over the years. One such funny rumor: at one point, there were incorrect reports that she was named Zelig. "I don't care!" Dinklage told The Guardian in 2015 when asked...

‘The Power Of The Dog’ wins best film and best director.

Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog won best film and best director at the 2022 Bafta Film Awards, whilst Dune picked up the most awards overall.

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The Power Of The Dog, which was backed by Netflix and developed with and backed by BBC Film, earned two awards from eight nominations and saw Campion win her first Bafta, following a nomination for The Piano back in 1994.

Dune won five Baftas: for Hans Zimmer’s original score; Greig Fraser’s cinematography; plus production design,...

Dune leads the way with 11 nominations, followed by The Power Of The Dog on eight and Belfast on six.

The 2022 Bafta Film Awards show is taking place today (March 13) from London’s Royal Albert Hall.

The show started at 17:00 UK time, finishing at approximately 19:30, and will be broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting at 19:00, finishing at 21:00. Rebel Wilson is hosting for the first time.

The ceremony returns as a full physical event, following last year’s edition which was mostly virtual.

Screen will be posting all the winners on this page as they...

If you were awed by Joe Wright's adaptation of "Anna Karenina," which fuses sumptuous stage artifice with naturalism, you may be curious to see how Wright brings stage musicals to the screen. If so, you need to watch "Cyrano."

Edmond Rostand's 1897 play "Cyrano de Bergerac" has been turned into a musical a few times before; the 2019 version, written and directed by Erica Schmidt with music by The National, is just the latest attempt. Still, the plot remains the same: So lovestruck that he's unable to sputter his verses to his childhood friend Roxanne, the poet Cyrano takes advantage of a unique opportunity...

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French media reported on Tuesday that film’s local theatrical released had been cancelled.

The French theatrical release of Joe Wright’s musical Cyrano will go ahead as planned on March 30, via the local branch of Universal Pictures International, Screen understands.

French media reported on Tuesday (8) that a PR connected to the promotional campaign had told journalists that the March 30 release had been cancelled and a digital release was yet to be set.

Some reports surmised that this was at the behest of makers MGM, following lacklustre performances at the box office in the UK and the US. The film...

Anyone who has seen Joe Wright’s musical “Cyrano” will no doubt remember a scene late in the film, in which three anonymous soldiers sing a drum-backed ballad called “Wherever I Fall.” The five-minute sequence, about the message each man would like sent home before he dies, beautifully accentuates the classic story’s theme about the power of language in love.

But according to Wright, the scene required an extra bit of directorial cunning to ensure it wouldn’t be cut from the film.

“Due to circumstances with our filming location in Sicily – we were near Mt. Etna, which had just erupted – we had to reduce our number of shooting days and I had to make some strategic cuts in the script,” the director told TheWrap. “And the studio said, ‘Well, you should cut that song, because it doesn’t star the main cast and it doesn’t matter as much to the central plot.

Joe Wright’s Cyrano twirls onto 797 screens, the highest-profile specialty release in weeks (as the market awaits Focus Features The Outfit with Mark Rylance and Sony Pictures Classics Mothering Sunday). But the well reviewed period musical romance from Uar starring Peter Dinklage is landing in a tough place. Industry estimates anticipate a low single digit opening given the inconsistent reception for movie musicals and the fact that its key older demos, especially women, have been the slowest to return to theaters.

Cyrano is based on Edmond Ronstand’s late 19th century drama Cyrano de Bergerac – itself loosely based on a French nobleman known for bold adventures and a large nose. It premiered at Telluride last year, had a weeklong LA theatrical run in Dec. and garnered an Oscar nomination for Costume Design (and BAFTA nom for Outstanding British Film of the Year). It’s 86% Certified Fresh with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

Although the pandemic had the potential to derail "Cyrano," as it did so many other Hollywood productions, it surprisingly served as a catalyst to get production underway. The adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play had been in the works for years, based on Erica Schmidt's updated musical, which caught the attention of "Pride and Prejudice" director Joe Wright. In the long run, the film would become a stunning collaboration between creative minds, with Wright's sensibilities working in tandem with music by The National, but the vision first began with Schmidt, a wordsmith and playwright.

With her...

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Peter Dinklage spent many memorable years playing Tyrion Lannister, the lovable smartass who drinks and knows things on "Game of Thrones." Years after retiring the role, he does plenty of those same things in his latest turn as Cyrano de Bergerac — downing alcohol and weaving pretty word tapestries — but he also gets to do something new. Dinklage shines as a romantic lead in this updated take on Edmond Rostand's 1897 play, which screenwriter Erica Schmidt and director Joe Wright transform into a musical fantasy. Here, DInklage is someone to swoon over and root for, as a ferocious...

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On Wednesday evening in New York City, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer offered its return to the original movie musical with “Cyrano,” director Joe Wright’s musical adaptation of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

At the New York City premiere, held at the Sva Theater, cast and studio executives reflected on the film’s unusual journey from an off-Broadway musical to a $30 million MGM feature film.

“The whole reason I set out to do this project was because I really, really wanted to be on Broadway,” Bennett, who plays the leading role of Roxanne, told Variety at the premiere. “We started out in this tiny room six or seven years ago, and in my imagination, we might have ended up on a Broadway stage together. But, almost unbelievably, here we are at a movie premiere.”

In truth, “Cyrano,” composed by rock group the National, had checked all...

Chicago – This is no small feat, but “Cyrano” works as well as it does because it puts a couple of new spins on the material while keeping the essence of this tale … which is seemingly as old as time. For those not paying attention during high school literature classes, Cyrano De Bergerac is a gallant hearted hero and actor who is in love with the maiden Roxanne, who happens to be his best friend.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

Cyrano (Peter Dinklage) has the soul of a poet, but his physical deformity – here represented by Dinklage’s short stature rather than a large nose – provides a seemingly insurmountable barrier to their union. So he offers to essentially ghost write a romance for a beautiful lunkhead named Christian (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) who also has designs on Roxanne (Haley Bennett), while Cyrano’s passion still burns for the maiden from the shadows.

“Cyrano” opens in theaters on February 25th.

The HeyUGuys Film Review Show team is a back with two reviews this week. First up we have the long awaited new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac. Joe Wright’s Cyrano stars Peter Dinklage as the titular character. The film also stars Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Ben Mendelsohn. It’s based on the stage musical adapted and directed by Erica Schmidt, from “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand, with music by Aaron & Bryce Dessner and lyrics by Matt Berninger & Carin Besser.

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Cyrano will be released in UK cinemas from 25th of February, 2022

Cyrano Film Review

Plot:

Cyrano re-imagines the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle. A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de...

Peter Dinklage delivers a star turn as the stature-afflicted gentleman poet/soldier title character in director Joe Wright’s adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s stage production, Cyrano.

Although the film is essentially a tale of unrequited love at first sight, wherein Roxanne (Haley Bennett) and Christian (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) are the characters initially enchanted by one another. But it is Cyrano and his long un-acknowledged love for Roxanne that thrusts the story forward at every turn. Whether dazzling with his skill with the sword or his mastery of wordplay, Cyrano is essentially a man ahead of his time. But, due to his physical stature, Cyrano feels himself unworthy of the love of the women he has loved since childhood, Roxanne.

So, to ensure that Roxanne is availed of the love she deserves and desires, Cyrano agrees to assist Christian with his overtures toward her as Christian proves to be a...

Last weekend saw some solid over-performances from Uncharted and Dog in what was 2022’s best grossing weekend yet, coming in 32% ahead of the previous 2022 weekend best (Jan 14-17 when Scream opened and knocked Spider-Man: No Way Home from the top spot). Those two films will likely come in the top two slots again, ahead of what look like soft openings for this weekend’s newcomers Studio 666 and Cyrano. The lack of significant new content may lead to a box-office drop that makes this weekend the lowest grossing of February and one of the lowest of the year (though much depends on how well Uncharted holds), but not to fret – The Batman opens next weekend and could be one of the top grossers of the past few years.

Uncharted, at $55.5 million through Tuesday and pulling in weekday numbers that top most recent films’ weekend numbers, will finish its second weekend as...

Musicalizing Edmond Rostand's 1897 play "Cyrano de Bergerac" is no novel idea — but cutting Cyrano's infamous nose may be a daring creative choice. Stage director and playwright Erica Schmidt was well acquainted with the "Cyrano" musicals when she adapted Rostand's work into her 10-actor stage musical at the Chester, Connecticut Goodspeed Theatre for a 2018 run. With music by Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner and lyrics by Matt Berninger and Carin Besser of the indie band The National, the production starred her husband Peter Dinklage as the sharp-witted but lovelorn Cyrano who loves the poetry-loving Roxanne, played by Haley...

The post How Cyrano Evolved From a Sparse Connecticut Stage Show to a Sprawling Sicily-Set Movie [Exclusive] appeared first on /Film.

When filmmaker Joe Wright was first invited to see a workshop of Cyrano, a new musical adaptation of the Edmond Rostand play, he thought he already knew the material. He grew up reading and relishing the original Cyrano de Bergerac, and still admits with a faint smile that the first thing he thinks of when he hears that name is the character’s big nose—that nose, plus the character’s even bigger mind and sense of pride.

Yet when actress Haley Bennett invited him to her theatrical debut in a little workshop production in Connecticut, Wright saw something new: a Cyrano who really lived the character’s encumbrances. A Cyrano played by Peter Dinklage.

“I went along and was shocked to find myself somewhere around the end of Act III weeping my eyes out, and I still had two acts to go,” Wright tells us years later and on...

Kelvin Harrison Jr. feels like one hit film away from being a full-fledged movie star. In Joe Wright’s Cyrano, the young actor shines as Christian, a handsome soldier who pines for Roxanne but lacks the words to express his feelings. Luckily, he has Cyrano.

Lucky for us, Harrison Jr. has plenty to say without any help. And quite eloquently I might add. The Film Stage was lucky enough to speak with the actor ahead of the release of Cyrano, opening this weekend in theaters. We dish on getting back to work after a long quarantine break, figuring out how to mesh competing working styles between himself and his director, and coming into a project as the new guy and figuring out how to get comfortable.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

The Film Stage: How did Cyrano come together for you?

Kelvin Harrison, Jr.: I...

Game of Thrones star brings a piercing commitment to the title role in Joe Wright’s solemn screen adaptation of Rostand’s play

The deeply strange tragi-romantic farce of Cyrano de Bergerac has been adapted for the movies many times, with famous versions starring Gérard Depardieu and Steve Martin. Now it is revived again as a musical, with screenwriter Erica Schmidt adapting her hit stage version of Edmond Rostand’s 1897’s play, and Joe Wright directing. As in the stage show, this stars Schmidt’s husband Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister from TV’s Game of Thrones), who brings a piercing commitment to the role and he is persuasive in the way that the likes of Depardieu and Martin weren’t. Dinklage takes the title role: the poet, soldier and poignantly insecure would-be lover, finessing the original by showing that the problem is society’s attitude to Cyrano’s restricted height,...

There is a moment forty minutes into Joe Wright’s Cyrano where everything kicks up a notch. As a military regiment practices their swordcraft on a stunning pier in Sicily the titular Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage) crafts an agreement with new recruit Christian (Kelvin Harrison Jr.). He will write beautiful poetry as correspondence to Roxanne (Haley Bennett) from Christian—who lacks the words—thereby espousing his own love for the same woman. “I will make you eloquent while you make me handsome,” Cyrano explains, convinced they do not live in a world wherein someone like him could be with someone like her. Christian breaks into song and the camera runs away, darting through the regiment training on the pier. Soon enough we cut above the action, taking in the pier and the seas that surround it. The sequence is exhilarating and the film’s pace does not slow from there.

To celebrate the long-awaited release of Cyrano, the new adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s legendary play, we had the pleasure of chatting to the cast and filmmakers behind this magical new version.

Award-winning director Joe Wright envelops moviegoers in a symphony of emotions with music, romance, and beauty in Cyrano, re-imagining the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle. A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac (played by Peter Dinklage) dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne (Haley Bennett), Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her — and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight, with Christian.

Speaking to us just before Christmas last year, the cast of the film were seemingly gleeful with delight that the film was finally ready to be unveiled,...

Nominations for the 2022 BAFTA Film Awards have been unveiled. Scroll down for the full list.

Leading the way this year is Dune with 11 nominations, followed by The Power Of The Dog on eight and Belfast on six.

Licorice Pizza, No Time to Die and West Side Story all have five, while four nominations apiece went to After Love, Boiling Point, Cyrano, Don’t Look Up, Passing and King Richard.

In total, 48 feature films are up for prizes this year.

Diversity remains in the spotlight for the Brit Awards org. Following a 2020 when BAFTA drew criticism for having an all-male directing field and no non-white acting nominees, sweeping changes to the voting procedures put in place since have again produced a more diverse field. More on that in our analysis piece, which you can read here.

Winners will be announced at the 2022 BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, hosted by Rebel Wilson, on...

Six nominations for ‘Belfast’; three titles on five.

Denis Villeneuve’s blockbuster Dune led the Bafta Film Awards nominations from Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, with the nominations announced today.

Dune received 11 nominations, including in best film, adapted screenplay, original score, and all eight technical categories.

Scroll down for the full list of nominations

The Power of the Dog scored eight nominations, including in best film, three times in the acting categories – and a best director nomination for Campion, who was the first woman to be nominated for the best director Bafta for The Piano in 1994.

Belfast...

To help create the costumes for his musical adaptation of “Cyrano,” director Joe Wright enlisted Oscar-nominated costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini to bring his signature steady hand to the project. But while the end result – which is out later this month in limited release before a nationwide debut on February 11 (“Cyrano” had an awards-qualifying run in December of last year) – looks as lavish and bespoke as Wright’s other films, its production was anything but effortless. Wright shot the film in the fall of 2020 before the coronavirus vaccines were widely available, and as Parrini tells Gold Derby, it created a unique set of challenges unlike any he experienced before.

“It was extremely difficult,” Parrini says through an interpreter in our exclusive interview. “The day before we had to start shooting we had four or five very important people from my department who had to be quarantined. The first 10 days were...

The fight for women to be recognized for their directorial achievements stretches back for decades, but, too often, the screenwriters aren’t given that same spotlight. However, this year presents a unique situation where female filmmakers have also penned the top awards contenders for adapted screenplay. These leading contenders include Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”), Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Lost Daughter”), Rebecca Hall (“Passing”) and Siân Heder (“Coda”).

If three of the writer-directors are nominated for best adapted screenplay, it’ll be the most female-written films recognized since 1991, which included “Europa Europa” (Agnieszka Holland), “Fried Green Tomatoes” (Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski) and “The Prince of Tides”. If all four manage to receive noms, it would be the most in Academy history, as well as the most that have been directed by women.

Three of the women were recognized by the USC Scripter Awards, whose previous nominees have a solid translation to Academy attention.

At the 2021 Oscars, playwright Florian Zeller shared in the Oscar win for Best Adapted Screenplay with Christopher Hampton for bring his stage hit “The Father” to the screen.In his directorial debut Zeller bagged Anthony Hopkins his second Best Actor Oscar. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2022 Oscars predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay and be sure to check out our predictions for Best Original Screenplay.)

Screen versions of stage works had won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars 15 times before. The most recent of these was in 2017 when “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney prevailed for adapting the latter’s un-produced play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.” Prior to that you have to go all the way back to 1989 when Alfred Uhry won for adapting his hit play “Driving Miss Daisy.”

At the 2020 Academy Awards, “Jojo Rabbit” director Taika Waititi won for bringing Christine Leunens novel...

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.

Cyrano filmmaker Joe Wright had long mused about tackling a fresh screen interpretation of Edmond Rostand’s classic century-plus-old play Cyrano de Bergerac, the tale of the admired but solider who, inwardly deeply insecure about his prominent snout, expressed his hidden feelings for his love Roxanne by putting his words in the mouth of her handsome suitor Christian.

He was enraptured by the 1990 film version starring Gerard Depardieu. “I saw it when I was an anxiety-riddled adolescent and the story, about feeling unworthy of love, had a profound effect on me,” says Wright. “But I couldn’t see making a new version because I could never see past ‘the nose.’ ”

It wasn’t until Wright learned of theatrical writer-director Erica Schmidt’s innovative musical production of the Cyrano story,...

Joe Wright’s “Cyrano” is an adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac, the film’s script is penned by Erica Schmidt based on her 2018 stage musical. When Wright wanted to tell the story with Peter Dinklage in the starring role, he called on production designer Sarah Greenwood to scout for locations – Notto, in Scilly, would be the perfect location.

Wright also had ideas for makeup and even the film’s choreography – minimal was key.

“Cyrano’s” makeup designer Alessandro Bertolazzi says he used just one shade of red for the film’s makeup. In retrospect, Bertolazzi says not only was it a risky move, “but it’s quite crazy.”

His research process to find the right color meant looking at different grease palettes and water-based colors until he found the right color. Once he did, it was about taking that and creating a different result on every character that included Cyrano,...

A new clip from Cyrano featuring Peter Dinklage’s grand entrance in director Joe Wright’s film has been released, and you check it out below.

An in-depth featurette on the film, that includes insights from stars Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. is also available to view as well. Please check it out below.

Award-winning director Joe Wright envelops moviegoers in a symphony of emotions with music, romance, and beauty in Cyrano, re-imagining the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle. A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac (played by Peter Dinklage) dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne (Haley Bennett), Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her — and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight,...

Variety, in partnership with MGM Studios and United Artists Releasing, is hosting an exclusive digital experience featuring Variety Streaming Room panel videos with the stars and creators behind the critically acclaimed films “No Time to Die”, “House of Gucci,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Respect” and “Cyrano.” New exclusive content will be released weekly on the microsite throughout the month of January.

During the “No Time to Die” panel conversation, star Daniel Craig, producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson and director Cary Joji Fukunaga discuss ushering the franchise into the 21st Century, assembling a diverse, multifaceted cast and bringing to a close a journey that has introduced the world to a new, modern Bond. In Craig’s fifth and final outing as 007, he delivers his most emotionally complex performance yet. The panel also touches on the process of releasing “No Time to Die” during the pandemic, and how the film successfully...

To create a safe working environment while shooting “Cyrano” during the coronavirus pandemic before a vaccine was widely available, director Joe Wright established a bubble with his cast and crew on location in Italy. But while the strict health and safety protocols required to mount a musical production in October 2020 were significant, it also provided a bit of creative inspiration, at least according to Sian Miller and Oscar winner Alessandro Bertolazzi, the “Cyrano” hair and makeup team.

The situation helped, says Bertolazzi in a new interview with Gold Derby. “It is weird to say that because we were all prisoners in the same building and we had to stay all together,” he says. But the result was that everyone was “happy to be there to do this magic project.”

SEEAaron and Bryce Dessner interview: ‘Cyrano’ composers

“I think Covid In some ways prevented us to a degree from the tendency to over-fuss as well,...

The new musical movie Cyrano will sound pretty familiar to anyone who pays attention to pop culture. After all, it's based on one of the most popular plots of the past century or so! But did you know that it's actually based on the life of a real person, too? Here's what to know about how a mildly scandalous French writer became a legendary literary character - and just how much of it is true to history.

Who Was the Real Cyrano?

In real life, Savien de Cyrano de Bergerac was part of a notable French family with roots in the professional class and the nobility in the early 1600s. Unfortunately, little is confirmed about his life and origins, and reliable sources are few and far between; much of the so-called "story" of his life was written after his death and likely embellished. Nevertheless, we know that he was most likely a minor noble,...

Cyrano, the greatest love story ever told is in select cities January 28th and everywhere February 11th. Experience the vivid world of director Joe Wright’s Cyrano with Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett and Kelvin Harrison Jr. in this new featurette:

Award-winning director Joe Wright envelops moviegoers in a symphony of emotions with music, romance, and beauty in Cyrano, re-imagining the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle. A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac (played by Peter Dinklage) dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne (Haley Bennett), Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her — and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight, with Christian (Kelvin Harrison Jr.).

Cast: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn

C_10209_R Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Following a brief qualifying run at the end of last year, one of 2021’s final awards contenders is set to take the stage in a wider fashion in the coming weeks. Joe Wright’s musical adaptation “Cyrano,” which debuted to strong reviews all the way back at the Telluride Film Festival in early September, is set for a limited release on January 28 before a wider nationwide theatrical rollout on February 11. It’s the latest feature to come to theaters via MGM, which also launched “No Time to Die,” “House of Gucci,” and “Licorice Pizza” last year.

Starring Peter Dinklage as the title character, as well as Haley Bennett as Roxanne and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Christian, Wright’s take on “Cyrano” is based on a stage musical by Erica Schmidt, the acclaimed playwright, and wife of Dinklage. Schmidt and Dinklage mounted a stage version of what would become the film...

Joe Wright has style. He’s the kind of sumptuously visual director you either love or hate, which may explain why a Best Director Oscar nomination has eluded him so far, even when his signature period dramas land Oscar nods galore, from literary adaptations “Pride & Prejudice”, “Atonement”, and “Anna Karenina” to Winston Churchill war picture “Darkest Hour”.

The British director also takes fliers on movies that occasionally miss the mark, such as Los Angeles homeless drama “The Soloist,” Disney fantasy “Pan,” and Hitchcockian thriller “The Woman in the Window,” a Fox orphan that previewed badly and was sold by Disney to Netflix during the pandemic.

The director didn’t waste any time jumping into a new project. He’d nurtured the idea of making a movie of “Cyrano” since 2018, when he went to see his partner Haley Bennett play Roxanne in writer-director Erica Schmidt’s Goodspeed Opera House musical...

Joe Wright has style. He’s the kind of sumptuously visual director you either love or hate, which may explain why a Best Director Oscar nomination has eluded him so far, even when his signature period dramas land Oscar nods galore, from literary adaptations “Pride & Prejudice”, “Atonement”, and “Anna Karenina” to Winston Churchill war picture “Darkest Hour”.

The British director also takes fliers on movies that occasionally miss the mark, such as Los Angeles homeless drama “The Soloist,” Disney fantasy “Pan,” and Hitchcockian thriller “The Woman in the Window,” a Fox orphan that previewed badly and was sold by Disney to Netflix during the pandemic.

The director didn’t waste any time jumping into a new project. He’d nurtured the idea of making a movie of “Cyrano” since 2018, when he went to see his partner Haley Bennett play Roxanne in writer-director Erica Schmidt’s Goodspeed Opera House musical...

As we wrap up the year in film, it’s time to set sights on 2022. While we’ll share a few looks at what’s in store over the next 12 months, first we have an overview of January’s most notable films. Unsurprisingly, the top offerings solely consist of 2021 festival premieres (and one from 2020) that are finally arriving.

10. Sundown (Michel Franco; Jan. 28 in theaters)

After last year’s wildly divisive New Order, Michel Franco returns this month with a drama of a much different stripe. As Jared Mobarak said in his review, “Writer-director Michel Franco throws the first curveball early during his latest film Sundown. We’ve already spent a bit of time with his quartet of European characters vacationing in Acapulco to make a few assumptions before workaholic Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg) leans over to the quietly satisfied Neil (Tim Roth) and thanks him for coming along. Why wouldn’t he have?...

Peter Dinklage is nothing if not soulful. The 52-year-old actor can do comedic, and charming, and a color palette’s worth of rage; in movies like The Station Agent (2003) or on any given Game of Thrones episode, you’ll likely get a lovely combo of all three. But give him the chance to communicate melancholia — let this veteran thespian unleash a sad-eyed look under a heavy brow — and you see an entirely different side of Dinklage come out. It makes perfect sense that he’d take on the title character...

Cyrano United Artists Releasing Reviewed for Shockya.com by Abe Friedtanzer Director: Joe Wright Writer: Erica Schmidt Cast: Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn Screened at: Wilshire Screening Room, 12/6/21 Opened: December 17th, 2021 Life would be a lot easier if those who had feelings for each other could simply state them directly […]

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by Catherine Springer

There is a whole lot of love behind the new musical film Cyrano, directed by Joe Wright and starring Peter Dinklage. That's quite appropriate for one of literature’s all-time classic love stories. Screenwriter Erica Schmidt, who adapted the screenplay from her own 2019 stage adaptation of the classic Edmond Rostand play, is married in real life to the film's star Dinklage, who also played the title character in the off-Broadway production, while director Joe Wright is married in real life to Haley Bennett, who plays Roxanne, the object of Cyrano’s affection. While all four artists are consummate professionals, there is no doubt that a certain amount of personal affection seeped in during this project, as the end result is a sumptuous, warm and truly heartfelt ode to love, a beautiful work of art made by artisans unafraid to explore their passions.

The setting is seventeenth-century Paris and Roxanne,...

For Variety‘s Writers on Writers, Lisa Barr pens a tribute to “Cyrano” (screenplay by Erica Schmidt; based on the play by Edmond Rostand).

How far would you go for your passion? Would you kill for it, steal for it, lie for it or protect it at all costs — even if the price tag is yourself? Cue Cyrano de Bergerac. A tragic hero — this version of Cyrano is fully packaged with (almost) all the goods: loyalty, bravery, intellect, compassion and honor brilliantly portrayed by the incomparable Peter Dinklage.

Directed by Joe Wright and screenplay by Erica Schmidt, “Cyrano” is a musical romantic drama, a period piece featuring a fearless warrior who never loses, a brainiac poet whose words dance off his nimble tongue. And yet … Cyrano’s fatal flaw and ultimately his downfall is his appearance. Our swashbuckling hero is, in his own words, a “midget,” considered a freak among men,...

United Artist Releasing’s upcoming premiere of “Cyrano” on Thursday night at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has been postponed.

“Out of an abundance of caution given the changing Covid landscape, United Artists Releasing has decided to postpone the Los Angeles premiere of Cyrano,” the studio said in a statement on Wednesday morning.

The screening will still go on as planned. “While we will no longer be hosting a red carpet or after-party, you are welcome to still attend the screening of Cyrano on December 16th,” the studio statement said. “All Covid protocols will be followed, including proof of vaccination, proof of a negative test within 48 hours of the screening, and wearing a mask in the theater when not consuming concessions. You will receive check-in, parking, and Covid testing information upon confirmation of attendance. Thank you.”

The premiere, which was to start with an hour-long red carpet before a 7:30 p.

From stage to screen, there have been many adaptations of Edmond Rostand’s elegantly lyrical Cyrano de Bergerac. British director Joe Wright is the latest to step up to the mark and put his musical twist on the opening film from the very first Red Sea International Film Festival and manages to stay respectful of the original author’s vision.

Based on the stage musical by Erica Schmidt, Peter Dinklage and Hayley Bennett take on the roles of Cyrano and Roxanne respectively, reprising their roles from previous stage adaptations. Wright has erased Cyrano’s glaring humongous nose flaw and uses Dinklage’s height as Cyrano’s major insecurity and it works flawlessly well thanks to Dinklage’s charm and magnificent brilliance.

Set in the 17th century, there is an understated sophistication with just a hint of clownery as Cyrano, a poetic genius and master swordsman dotes on his unrequited love for childhood friend Roxanne.

This evening the UK premiere for Joe Wright’s Cyrano was held in London. The film stars Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr. & Ben Mendelsohn. It’s based on the stage musical adapted and directed by Erica Schmidt, from “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand, with music by Aaron & Bryce Dessner and lyrics by Matt Berninger & Carin Besser.

Scott Davis and Colin Hart are on the red carpet, here are their interviews.

Plot: Cyrano re-imagines the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle. A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac (played by Peter Dinklage) dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne (Haley Bennett), Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her – and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight,...

When playwright Erica Schmidt was commissioned to write a musical version of Edmond Rostand’s classic Cyrano de Bergerac, there was one feature of the play she immediately wanted to lose.

“You always see a well-respected actor, usually a very attractive man, put on a big fake nose,” says Schmidt of the exaggerated proboscis audiences now associate with Cyrano that serves as a visual metaphor for his self-loathing despite his genius and panache. “[That actor] spends the majority of the play talking about how hideous his nose is, but at the end of the day, he takes the ...

In Cyrano, director Joe Wright found his first opportunity to direct a musical, bringing both intimacy and scope to the adaptation of Erica Schmidt’s 2018 stage musical of the same name, which was itself based on the classic 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand.

While Wright had fallen in love with the story of Cyrano as a teenager, he’d come to consider making his own version after seeing Peter Dinklage and Haley Bennett perform in a Connecticut staging of Schmidt’s play. “There was something very immediate and authentic about the intimacy of that relationship that I thought we could translate cinematically,” he said Saturday on a panel with the film’s stars Bennett and Kelvin Harrison Jr at Contenders Film: New York.

The musical romantic drama from MGM and United Artists Releasing is centered on Cyrano de Bergerac (Dinklage), a wordsmith who falls in love with a...

The origins of Joe Wright’s emotional musical adaptation of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” simply titled “Cyrano,” started on a Connecticut stage in the summer of 2018. That’s when stars Peter Dinklage and Haley Bennett first teamed up with playwright Erica Schmidt to perform the musical with songs and music by Aaron and Bryce Dessner from The National.

“She approached us, approached our band, The National, about getting involved and writing songs. We had never written songs for a musical or even had plans to do that. It was kind of a surprise when she called us and it took a little while to convince us to try it out,” Bryce Dessner tells Gold Derby in our “Meet the Experts” composers panel.

An Off-Broadway run followed before Wright and the original creative team launched into a film production of “Cyrano” late last summer. But the songs in the film, Aaron Dessner recalls,...

Haley Bennett, the first recipient of EnergaCamerimage Film Festival’s New Generation Acting Award, will follow Joe Wright’s “Cyrano” with Whoopi Goldberg-produced “Till,” about the infamous murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of “offending” white woman Carolyn Bryant. Her husband and his half-brother were acquitted, but later confessed to the murder.

“In America, it was a reckoning, but I didn’t have a deep knowledge of it. I thought: ‘I can’t be the only one.’ Bringing this story to light again, at the time when we desperately need it, was important to me,” Bennett tells Variety at the festival in Toruń, Poland, admitting that playing Bryant meant “carrying around hate and fear, paranoia and anger.”

“I don’t want to live in ignorance. If I can learn something about the history of America, then I am not standing still.