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Massimo Dallamano may be best known to some as the cinematographer of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965), credited under the pseudonym Jack Dalmas. Following his collaborations with Leone, Dallamano would only serve as cinematographer twice more (his last credit being French director Michel Deville’s 1966 comedy The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen starring George Chakiris and Marina Vlady). The explosive popularity of the spaghetti western would allow Dallamano to begin his own career as a director, with 1967 debut Bandidos (credited under another pseudonym, Max Dillman), but he’d soon after turn to the bread and butter of more exploitative genre fare. The director of eleven features, up until his death in 1976, Dallamano’s enduring, fascinating masterpiece stands as the 1972 title What Have You Done to Solange? Credited as a giallo staple, Dallamano’s film is more of a hybrid of subgenres, a mixed giallo and poliziotteschi film.

Based on the classic novel by Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray tells the story of a strikingly beautiful young man named Dorian (Ben Barnes - The Chronicles Of Narnia).

He arrives in Victorian London and is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Henry Wotton (Colin Firth - Mamma Mia!), who introduces Dorian to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. When a portrait of Dorian is unveiled, such is its beauty that he makes a pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture - even his soul.

Dorian Gray examines the destructive power of beauty, the blind pursuit of pleasure and the darkness that can result.

The film will be released in UK cinemas on Wednesday September 9th 2009. Check out a trailer and selection of hi-res images from the film below!

The tale of Dorian Gray is one that has been told many times over the years and in many different variations. The character comes from a Victorian Era novel written by Oscar Wilde called The Picture of Dorian Gray, about a handsome young man who sells his soul so that he may never lose his good looks. He indulges in sex, drugs and murder but with each act, a painting of him changes to reflect a disfigurement of some sort, revealing his hidden secret. There is new take on the story directed by Oliver Parker (The Importance of Being Earnest, St. Trinian's, Othello), that stars Prince Caspian himself, Ben Barnes, along with Colin Firth and Rachel Hurd-Wood. An international trailer has arrived online and while the music is a bit over the top, the Victorian Era setting and lush cinematography by Roger Pratt (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,...

Shock Till You Drop have procured the first look at the teaser trailer for Dorian Gray, starring Ben Barnes and Colin Firth.Based on Oscar Wilde's classic - and only - novel (full title The Picture of Dorian Gray), the film sees Ben Barnes as Dorian, the prettyboy who wishes that his portrait would age while he stays youthful. With disastrous consequences. Colin Firth plays Wilde-cipher Lord Henry Wotton, whose flip observation that the only things worth pursuing in life are youth and beauty starts the whole process.The book was first published serially in 1890, but has incredibly only rarely been officially filmed. There are a few silent versions between between 1910 and 1918, and a really great 1945 version starring George Sanders as Wotton. The glimpses we get of the horribly old Dorian in this trailer look very much like the terrifying painting from that film. The rest are mainly TV adaptations,...

A first look into horror thriller "Dorian Gray" has been made available for viewing pleasure through its international teaser trailer. The U.K. promotional video shares sneak peek into the dark side of the movie, and unleashes glimpses of Ben Barnes as Dorian Gray, Colin Firth as Lord Henry Wotton, Rebecca Hall as Emily Wotton and Ben Chaplin as Basil Hallward.

Making such an impression to artist Basil Hallward, naive Dorian Gray agrees to become Hallward's subject of a painting which captures the full power of his youthful beauty. Through the artist, he then meets Lord Henry Wotton and is introduced to a new hedonism which suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.

Realizing that his beauty and youth will eventually fade away, Dorian expresses to sell his soul to ensure that he remains in the same age he is in the Hallward's portrait.

An international teaser trailer for Dorian Gray has hit the web. The film is based on the classic Oscar Wilde novel and stars Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian), Colin Firth, Emilia Fox, Rebecca Hall, Fiona Shaw, Caroline Goodall and Ben Chaplin. Directed by Oliver Parker (An Ideal Husband), the film centers on a corrupt young man who somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. It opens in September in the UK. A North American release date is still Tbd.

The first trailer for Momentum Films' Dorian Gray has been unleashed.

The film stars Ben Barnes in the title role, based on the famous novel by Oscar Wilde. This latest telling also stars Colin Firth (every period piece of the last decade?) and Rachel Hurd-Wood (An American Haunting). At the helm was Oliver Parker (The Importance Of Being Earnest).

While no U.S. release date has been announced, UK audiences will be able to view the film on September 9th.

Here’s your first trailer for “Dorian Gray”, starring Ben Barnes as the titular immortal, and Colin Firth as the fellow who introduces him to his doom. That later comes back to haunt ol Colin. But hey, at least it was fun while it lasted, right, Dorian? Based on the novel by Oscar Wilde, and co-starring Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Emilia Fox, Caroline Goodall, Ben Chaplin, Maryam d’Abo, and Fiona Shaw. Directed by Oliver Parker. Dorian takes the ladies home September 9, 2009 in the UK.

Cast your mind back to May 19th 2008, it was a relatively normal day apart from one thing - the announcement that the a literary classic would be making a triumphant return to the big screen.

Yes, this was the day that it was announced that Ben Barnes (Stardust, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) would be bringing timeless character Dorian Gray to life in a movie adaptation of the Oscar Wilde classic “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.

Following that initial announcement we soon learned that Colin Firth and Rebecca Hall would be joining Barnes in the film, to be directed by Oliver Parker and then - nothing.

No production photos, no interviews, no publicity of any kind until over a 12 months later a poster was released for the film. Today the international trailer has been released for the upcoming picture, titled simply “Dorian Gray”, and it’s the first real...

Director: Albert Lewin Writer(s): Oscar Wilde (novel), Albert Lewin (screenplay) Starring: Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, Lowell Gilmore, Angela Lansbury Hurd Hatfield plays Dorian Gray, the weirdly handsome and incredibly disturbed man about town. Taking a shine to Dorian, Basil Hallward (Lowell Gilmore) offers to paint his portrait. During their last sitting, in pops Lord Henry (George Sanders) who begins to pester Dorian concerning the merits of youth and the tragedy of growing old, giving rise to some serious paranoia on Dorian's part. Dorian goes into a trance-like state, exclaiming, "If only it was the picture who was to grow old, and I remain young. There's nothing in the world I wouldn't give for that. Yes, I would give even my soul for it." And Dorian Gray's wish is granted. Dorian begins to frequent a rather seedy vaudevillian joint where he becomes enthralled with a young singer named Sibyl Vane,...

Not only are they capable of lighting up the silver screen, they are also some of today's most talented young actresses, commanding huge fees - in some cases, in the millions. Many have won multiple awards, while others have starred in some of today's biggest box office hits. In short, we're listing down the cream of the crop!

Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 88 to 50, and set an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old). Definitely some of the names you'll see on the list are emerging talents - the ones you will see getting the big roles in the near future - and some of them already have, with awards and nominations to boot.

Here's the updated Top 40 list! You'll definitely notice the international flavor!

Not only are they capable of lighting up the silver screen, they are also some of today's most talented young actresses, commanding huge fees - in some cases, in the millions. Many have won multiple awards, while others have starred in some of today's biggest box office hits. In short, we're listing down the cream of the crop!

Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 88 to 50, and set an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old). Definitely some of the names you'll see on the list are emerging talents - the ones you will see getting the big roles in the near future - and some of them already have, with awards and nominations to boot.

Here's the updated Top 40 list! You'll definitely notice the international flavor!

Not only are they capable of lighting up the silver screen, they are also some of today's most talented young actresses, commanding huge fees - in some cases, in the millions. Many have won multiple awards, while others have starred in some of today's biggest box office hits. In short, we're listing down the cream of the crop!

Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 88 to 50, and set an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old). Definitely some of the names you'll see on the list are emerging talents - the ones you will see getting the big roles in the near future - and some of them already have, with awards and nominations to boot.

Here's the updated Top 40 list! You'll definitely notice the international flavor!

It’s a long, long time since I’ve written anything about the upcoming adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic story about the narcissistic Dorian Gray. So long in fact that I almost forgot there was a film in the making! Considering the fact that the film hits UK theatres on 18th September This Year, you would have thought that we would have seen some promotional material before now.

Still, marketing inadequacies aside, there is finally a New poster for Dorian Gray, starring Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian), Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall and Emilia Fox. The film is directed by Oliver Parker. Check out the poster below and let me know what you think, going to see it or will you be giving this a miss?

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Garth over at Dark Horizons has scored a new piece of promotional artwork for Dorian Gray, an adaptation of the classic Oscar Wilde novel starring Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian), Colin Firth, Emilia Fox, Rebecca Hall, Fiona Shaw, Caroline Goodall and Ben Chaplin. Check it out below. Directed by Oliver Parker (An Ideal Husband), the film centers on a corrupt young man who somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. It opens in September in the UK. A North American release date is still Tbd.

The poster has surfaced today for Oliver Parker's "more-horrific" adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Portrait of Dorian Gray, now shortened to simply Dorian Gray, and if you stare at it long enough, it will age before your eyes!

Well, no, not really, but you can still stare at it! Parker, whom you may remember as playing Peloquin in Clive Barker's Night Breed, is said to be handling the classic story from more of a pure horror tale approach. Guess we'll have to wait and see what that means. In any event dig the art below courtesy of BadTaste, and look for more on this one soon!

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Earlier today, ComingSoon.net spoke with actor Ben Barnes, best known as the title character of Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian , about his role in the adaptation of Noel Coward's Easy Virtue , but the horror enthusiasts will probably want to know more about his starring role in the upcoming Dorian Gray , based on the story by Oscar Wilde. In the movie, Barnes plays a 50-year-old man living in the body of a 20-something-year-old, having maintained his youth with the help of a painting that has the magical properties to take on his natural aging process. Even though there have been many adaptations and versions of Wilde's tale, we asked Barnes if this new version was going to be a very different take on the story than we've seen in previous films and TV...

For the first time in over half a century there is no Ackermuseum of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Forrest J Ackerman (1916-2008), genre-giant and the heart and soul of the largest collection of memorabilia ever assembled, has left the building. Now the building is leaving us. Without question, the end of an era. But not necessarily the end of Forry’s dream. Even as we face the depressing barren walls left by Uncle Forry’s absence, we’ll also consider how the recent auction of his memorabilia may offer a glimmer of hope for classic genre fandom and a new generation of Monster Kids.

Part 1: The Dark Before the Dawn

Forry’s collection began at his boyhood home on Sherborne Avenue, grew to mythical proportions at the 18-room Glendower Ave. Ackermansion and was ultimately downsized to fit in the 5-room “Horrorwood, Karloffornia” house pictured above. This was the final...

Dorian Gray returns in 2009 Following the record breaking world premiere of Dorian Gray at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2008, Matthew Bourne's darkly seductive dance theatre event went on to play to sell-out houses at Sadler's Wells last summer. This mesmerising adaptation of Oscar Wilde's cautionary fable The Picture of Dorian Gray, will now tour to regional venues across the UK and play a further two week season at Sadler's Wells as well as International Festivals in Italy and Russia in 2009.

It’s the classic Faustian tale of terror: handsome socialite lured by his debauched mentor into wicked hedonism stays eternally young while his portrait ages in the attic instead. Now Oscar Wilde’s only Gothic horror novel The Picture Of Dorian Gray is being brought to the screen once again.

Dorian Gray as at least the dozenth screen adaptation of Wilde’s book—the most famous to date being the Oscar-winning 1945 version. Filmed last summer and set for UK release in September (U.S. distribution has yet to be nailed down), the new big-budget Ealing Studios production toplines Prince Caspian heartthrob Ben Barnes as the enigmatic Dorian, along with Colin Firth (pictured at left with Barnes), Ben Chaplin, Rebecca Hall and An American Haunting’s Rachel Hurd-Wood.

Giving the 1890 masterpiece a modern edge is newcomer scriptwriter Toby Finlay. “It’s a timeless story with a great deal of contemporary currency...

A ton of cool promo art has been coming out of the American Film Market and one of these that the cool peeps over at "Bloody Disgusting" managed to snag is for the upcoming Dorian Gray, an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray". In the film, Ben Barnes stars as the titular epicurean young man who manages to transfer his aging to a portrait of himself so while he stays young, his portrait shows the ravages of age and his hedonistic lifestyle. Click...

The Bad and Ugly today posted a selection of set photos from Oliver Parker’s upcoming drama “Dorian Gray.”

Based on the classic Oscar Wilde novel, the story centers on a young man (played by Ben Barnes) who becomes the subject of a painting. As the man embarks a quest for pleasure in life, the painting begins to morph and age.

Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Max Irons, Fiona Shaw and Emilia Fox co-star. Check out Ben Barnes in the still above and click here to see more pics from the set.

London -- The U.K. Film Council is pumping a whopping 1.6 million pounds ($2.8 million) into Christopher Smith's psychological thriller "Triangle."

The cash will come from the Council's Premiere Fund, the government-backed body said Monday.

Written and directed by Smith, who shot to cult status here with the low-budget slasher "Creep," the movie is produced by Jason Newmark and Julie Baines of U.K.-based Dan Films and Christ Brown from Australian banner Pictures in Paradise.

"Triangle" will be distributed worldwide by Icon Entertainment International, soon to be under new management after Stewart Till's buyout.

Starring Melissa George and Michael Dorman, the film tells the story of a woman on a sailing ship who, after a freak storm, finds herself clinging to the upturned hull of the boat. Rescue comes in the form of a giant ocean liner that arrives in the fog. The project had previously attracted 53,000 pounds ($93,500) from the Council's development cashpool.

The cool peeps at "Shock 'Till You Drop" recently landed themselves the first pic of Dorian Gray, the upcoming Oliver Parker directed feature adaptation of Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray". In it, Prince Caspian himself Ben Barnes stars as the titular character who enjoys endless lifetimes of debauchery when his aging is somehow transferred to a portrait of himself. What he learns is that immortality and endless bacchanalia really is as great as he thought it...

ShockTillYouDrop got the first look at Ben Barnes and Colin Firth in Dorin Gray. Lensing has begun at London's Ealing Studios on Oliver Parker's Dorian Gray, an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde story that producers are calling a "visceral, dark horror story." Shock received a first look at the production through the photo you see below featuring Ben Barnes, as Gray, and Colin Firth. Gray tells of a corrupt young man who somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

Spicy British minx Rebecca Hall has joined the upcoming Dorian Gray, a feature adaptation of Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray", telling the story of the titular man's wish being granted to allow only a portrait of himself to age while he retains his youth. Ben Barnes has been cast as the titular pretty boy with Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Fiona Shaw, Maryam D.Abo, Pip Torrens, Douglas Henshall, Caroline Goodall, Michael Culkin, Johnny Harris and...

Rebecca Hall has joined the cast of Ealing Studios Oscar Wilde bigscreen adaptation Dorian Gray. As previously announced, Oliver Parker-directed Dorian Gray toplines Ben Barnes as Dorian Gray and also stars Colin Firth. Inside you'll find the plot details of the adaptation, along with the massive cast list. Based on the book The Picture of Dorian Gray, when Dorian Gray, a wealthy but naïve and irresistible young man, has his portrait pointed, he rashly wishes that he could remain as beautiful, youthful, and alluring as the handsome face in the portrait. Little does he know that his wish will come true. When encouraged by the decadent Lord Henry Wotton into a life of depravity and self-indulgence, Gray is stunned to discover that while the face in the painting is aging grotesquely, he is not! In fact, he remains as beautiful as ever.

The cast for Oliver Parker's upcoming drama "Dorian Gray" is growing, and one of the latest to jump on board the project is Rebecca Hall, according to Variety.

Based on the classic Oscar Wilde novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray," the story centers on a young man (played by Ben Barnes) who becomes the subject of a painting. As the man embarks a quest for pleasure in life, the painting begins to morph and age.

Also starring in the adaptation is Colin Firth, who plays a ruthless aristocrat corrupting the titular character with his worldview. Ben Chaplin, Max Irons, Fiona Shaw and Emilia Fox co-star, among others.

Hall recently starred in Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige." She will next be seen alongside Scarlett Johansson in Woddy Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." Other upcoming projects include Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon" and Charles Sturridge's "Brontë."...

British actor Colin Firth has signed on to star opposite Ben Barnes in Oliver Parker’s “Dorian Gray,” an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Barnes will play Dorian Gray, a young man who becomes the subject of a painting. As the man embarks on his quest for pleasure, the painting begins to change and age.

Firth is set to play Lord Henry Wotton, a ruthless aristocrat who corrupts Gray with his worldview.

Firth is currently onscreen in Universal’s “Mamma Mia!” He will next be seen alongside Uma Thurman in Griffin Dunne’s comedy “The Accidental Husband.”

Barnes is known best for his role as Prince Caspian in “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.” He also recently wrapped Stephan Elliott’s British comedy “Easy Virtue,” in which he stars opposite Jessica Biel and, coincidentally, Colin Firth.

Shooting on Oliver Parker’s Dorian Gray adaptation is set to begin this week, so the final cast announcements are coming out now. This morning THR reported that Colin Firth (Apartment Zero, Then She Found Me) has officially signed on for the role of Lord Henry Wolton.

In Oscar Wilde’s story Wolton is the man who helps to corrupt the impressionable Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) with his twisted world view, which eventually leads Gray into the hedonistic lifestyle that only shows its effects on his self portrait.

Parker plans on making Dorian Gray a visceral, dark horror movie with themes of stardom running thick throughout. Can’t wait to see how this baby turns out!

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Colin Firth has signed on to star opposite Ben Barnes in "Dorian Gray," the retelling of the Oscar Wilde classic being directed by Oliver Parker.

Based on "The Picture of Dorian Gray," the story centers on Gray (Barnes), a young man who becomes the subject of a painting. As the man descends into a hedonistic lifestyle, the portrait begins to age and morph, but he doesn't.

Firth will play Lord Henry Wotton, the aristocrat who corrupts Gray with his worldview. (He is sometimes called Harry in the novel.)

Ealing Studios is behind the adaptation, which is being produced by Barnaby Thompson. At May's Festival de Cannes, Thompson said Parker plans to make a visceral, dark horror story and said the themes of stardom are as relevant as ever.

The movie began shooting this week.

Firth stars in the hit musical "Mamma Mia!" and next appears in Michael Winterbottom's "Genova" and Ealing Studios' "Easy Virtue," both of which will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Firth, repped by CAA, also has wrapped Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture "A Christmas Carol" opposite Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman.