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Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams To Headline Suicide Bombing Pic

Posted Mar 13th 2007 3:31PM by Patrick WalshOn March 26th, filming begins on Incendiary, a contemporary drama about the emotional aftermath of a suicide bombing in London. The film will star Brokeback Mountain’s Michelle Williams, the impressively penised Ewan McGregor, and Matthew Macfadyen, who set bosoms heaving as Mr. Darcy in 2005’s highly entertaining retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Incendiary is set to be directed by Sharon Maguire, who hasn’t made a film since 2001’s considerably lighter Bridget Jones’ Diary. Maguire is adapting the screenplay from Chris Cleave’s novel about a woman whose life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match. Oh, and she was cheating on her husband at the time. Sounds like a fun one!Williams will play the devastated woman and McGregor the journalist she was cheating with. Macfadyen plays the ex-boss of the dead husband, a senior anti-terrorist police officer who is also in love with Williams. Juggling three suitors? Who is this girl, Zack Morris? Incendiary will be the first British movie bankrolled by Aramid Entertainment Fund, a new U.K. hedge fund specializing in media finance. The British government recently shut down the equity funds which have sent UK film production skyrocketing over the past couple years, and that crackdown is expected to increase the need for finance companies like Aramid.Producers are Andy Paterson and Anand Tucker, the team behind Girl With a Pearl Earring and Hilary and Jackie. Paterson says: “We fought hard for the rights to this story because it seemed to us to be a stunningly original, visceral and ultimately life-affirming response to the world we now inhabit. Sharon’s screenplay captures the startling humor of Chris Cleave’s extraordinary novel, and we’re blessed with our dream cast and financing partners, who represent a vision of the future for our battered industry.” I think any humor in this premise would have to be pretty startling, wouldn’t you say? It’s hard to milk laughs out of suicide bombings. I’m intrigued, and the casting sounds perfect. If anybody knows bombs, it’s McGregor.Source: cinematical.com

‘Incendiary’ finds funding

By ADAM DAWTREYLONDON — Sharon Maguire’s “Incendiary” has become the first British movie to be bankrolled by Aramid Entertainment Fund, a Cayman Islands-based hedge fund specializing in media finance.Pic, which starts shooting March 26, stars Michelle Williams, Ewan McGregor and Matthew Macfadyen in a contemporary drama about the emotional aftermath of a suicide bombing in London.www.variety.com

HERE’S EWAN MCGREG-AARR

9 March 2007ACTOR Ewan McGregor had a touch of the pirate about him as he hobbled into Paris yesterday to plug his new film, Miss Potter.The 35-year-old Scots star broke his leg in a motorbike crash in London but hopes to go ahead with a charity ride this summer. Source: dailyrecord.co.uk

Ewan McGregor bike smash

25 February 2007 Hollywood star Ewan McGregor has broken his leg in a motorbike smash. The daredevil Scot came off his high-powered bike while taking it for a spinnear his London home. McGregor, 35, has been hobbling around with a plaster cast but is hoping torecover fully for his planned motorbike trip from John O’Groats to Cape Town inSouth Africa this summer. The trip follows his 18,000-mile round-the-world journey, The Long Way Round.The TV show and book based on the adventure became an international hit. In an interview for Comic Relief, the Star Wars actor told Edinburgh’s FreshAir Radio DJ Tim Johns how he was hurt when he spilled off his bike. He said: “I just had a freak traffic accident on my bike and had a little falloff, yeah. “It hasn’t put me off bikes at all. “If you are going to ride bikes, you are going to have accidents from time totime. So it was unfortunate.” Last night, McGregor’s mum Carol, from Crieff, Perthshire, said: “It’s true.Ewan has had an accident on his motorbike and has broken his leg. “The accident happened in London but that’s all I can really tell you about it. “Ewan is managing to hobble around on crutches perfectly well and he feels OK. “I’m sure he will be fine for his motorbike trip in the summer and he is verymuch looking forward to it.” It is the second time McGregor has come off a motorbike. He escaped seriousinjury seven years ago when a 190mph superbike he was riding on loan, skiddedon diesel near Inverness. The star, who was wearing a full leather suit and crash helmet, suffered onlycuts and bruises. The 1100cc bike was a write-off and McGregor had to pay a £1000 excess. McGregor once admitted taking a ride on the wild side – doing 135mph on a Scotshighway, while fronting a road safety campaign. McGregor, married with three children, was banned from riding his bike duringthe shooting of Star Wars in Australia because of concerns for his safety. The actor, who lives in St John’s Wood, London, owns eight bikes, including hispride and joy, an MV Augusta. Although it is only 750cc, it can reach 160mph and has been the mount ofchampions including the late Mike Hailwood. McGregor also told the radio station how he is looking forward to his nextmotorbike adventure with friend Charley Boorman. He said: “We had a most incredible experience, me and Charley. Doing The LongWay Round, it was just great. We decided to use what we had learned on that oneto do another. “We are going to leave from John O’Groats in the north of Scotland to Cape Townin South Africa. We’ll take about three months, I think.”Source: sundaymail.co.ukThanks to dbs1 for the link!

Ewan McGregor To Hold Celebrity Burns Night Supper

Actor Ewan McGregor is hosting a celebrity Burns nights supper to celebrate the 18th century Scottish tradition tomorrow night (January 25).The charity event taking place in London’s Covent Garden, is expected to be attended by Sir Paul McCartney, his daughter Stella, and Rod Stewart.Also invited are Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri and Leathal Weapon star Danny Glover.Entertainment for haggis supper will be provided by pipe band, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.The guests will all receive a specially commisioned glass bottle featuring a portrait of Robert Burns, the poet who is celebrated on Burns night.The annual celebrity supper raises money for cancer charity Clic Sargent as well as the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (Chas).Source: uncut.co.uk