Here are some pics of Robert Pattinson attending the ‘The Rover’ Premiere Dinner during the Cannes Film Festival
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New pictures of Robert Pattinson at the ‘The Rover’ premiere dinner party during the Cannes Film Festival 1 comment
Master Post: The Rover & Maps to the Stars at CANNES Film Festival 6 comments
Robert Pattinson is heading to Cannes for new movies ‘The Rover’ and ‘Maps to the Stars.’
Stay up to date with this master post which will feature links to all the latest posts.
MAY 18: THE ROVER Photocall/Premiere:
Photocall: Video | Screencaps | Pics | HQ Pics
Premiere: Video | Screencaps | Pics | HQ Pics | The Rover Dinner Party | Arriving
Reviews: Press Screening
MAY 19: MAPS TO THE STARS Photocall/Interview/Press Conference:
Photocall: Video | HQ Pics | Screencaps | Fan/MQ Pics
Cannes Official Interview: Video & Screencaps | Photos
Cannes official press conference: Video | HQ Pics | Screencaps | Fan & MQ Pics
MAY 19: MAPS TO THE STARS Premiere:
Pics | Screencaps | HQ Pics | Video | Afterparty
Le Grand Journal Appearance (20th): Video | HQ Pics | Screencaps | Fan/Media Pics
Reviews: Press Screening
Interviews, Articles, and Appearances: Vanity Fair-Armani Party | Press Junket Photos (Rover) | Press Junket Photos 2| Sandra & Co Party | The Rover Pre Screening Party |RTL FR | Le JT | TG5 (Rover) | Metro News | Europe 1 | France 2 | BFMTV | M6 | The Wrap | On Set Interview (MTTS) | First Coast News | AP | Le Parisien | Magazine Covers | France Inter | USA Today | La Nouevel Observateur | Cine Series & Cie | MTTS On-Set 2 | Vanity Fair | Indiewire (Rover) | LA Times (MTTS) | Les InRocks TV | BBC America| HitFix | ET Canada (Rover) | Verissimo | Sydney Morning Herald | Scoop with Raya | Hello Magazine | TF1 News | At the Movies | Les Inrockuptibles | X Style (ITA) | HFPA | IMDB | BBC | MTV UK |
Cannes Schedule: ‘The Rover’ and ‘Maps to the Stars’ – Times & Links Leave a comment
MAY 18TH
The Rover – Photocall
We expect that ‘The Rover’ photocall tomorrow will be around 11:30AM CET – 12:00PMCET (5:30AM ET – 6AM ET). (Today, The Salvation, another Cannes’ Midnight Screenings like The Rover, had it’s photocall around 11:30AM CET (5:30AM ET), so we expect the same time for The Rover. This is not confirmed)‘The Rover – Cannes Premiere
Screening starts at 10:30PM CET (4:30PM ET) and the stars are expected to arrive at the red carpet at 10PM CET (4PM ET)Maps To The Stars’ press screenings at 7PM CET (1PM ET) and 10:30PM CET (4:30PM ET)
MAY 19TH
Maps To The Stars – Photocall:
Photocall starts at 12PM CET (6AM ET)Maps To The Stars – Interview:
Cannes official interview starts at 12:15PM CET (6:15AM ET)Maps To The Stars – Press Conference:
Cannes offical press conference starts at 12:30PM CET (6:30AM ET)Maps To The Stars – Cannes Premiere:
Screening starts at 10:30PM CET (4:30PM ET) and the stars expected to arrive at the red carpet at 10PM CET (4PM ET)
Live Stream
Youtube (Canal+): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlPXW8BUnJw
(You can choose English or France).
Dailymotion (Orange): http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1r18y3
‘The Rover’ Cannes Press Screening – Reviews + Media Reactions 3 comments
Here are some reviews and media reactions from the ‘The Rover’ Press Screening this morning
From Variety
Tipping its hat to George Miller’s “Mad Max” trilogy while striking a more somber, introspective tone, Michod’s sophomore feature isn’t exactly something we’ve never seen before, but it has a desolate beauty all its own, and a career-redefining performance by Robert Pattinson that reveals untold depths of sensitivity and feeling in the erstwhile “Twilight” star. A commercial challenge due to its mix of explicit violence, measured pacing and narrative abstractions, the pic should earn the warm embrace of discerning genre fans and further establish Michod as one of the most gifted young directors around. Pearce is fiercely impressive here as a man who gave up on the human race even before the latest round of calamities, and if there are occasional glimpses of the kinder, gentler man he might once have been, we are more frequently privy to his savage survival instincts. But it’s Pattinson who turns out to be the film’s greatest surprise, sporting a convincing Southern accent and bringing an understated dignity to a role that might easily have been milked for cheap sentimental effects. With his slurry drawl and wide-eyed, lap-dog stare, Rey initially suggests a latter-day Lennie Small, but he isn’t so much developmentally disabled as socially regressed — an overprotected mama’s boy suddenly cast to the wolves — and Pattinson never forces or overdoes anything, building up an empathy for the character that’s entirely earned. He becomes an oasis of humanity in this stark, forsaken land.
Read more reviews and reactions after the jump
David Michôd Talks About The Rover & Robert Pattinson Leave a comment
“Red-hot Australian director David Michod garnered universal acclaim for debut Animal Kingdom. The director returns with thriller The Rover starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson in the story of a loner who tracks the gang that stole his car from a desolate town in the Australian outback with the forced assistance of a wounded man left behind in the wake of the theft. FilmNation handles international sales.
How concerned were you about casting Robert Pattinson – an actor best known as the face of a teen franchise – in one of the two lead roles? Did his performance surprise you?
I loved the idea of it. I knew, even from my first meeting with him, before I even knew that The Rover was going to be my next film, that Rob had something far more interesting to offer than his work to date would suggest. And the prospect of giving a very recognizable performer the opportunity to do something right outside the parameters of people’s general expectations is exciting.
Rob didn’t exactly surprise me because I knew he could do what I was asking him to do – he’s a great actor and I wouldn’t have cast him otherwise. I’m pretty sure, however, that everyone else is going to be surprised by his performance because it’s about as far away from everything he’s done before as you can get.
READ MORE AFTER THE JUMP
Great article by LA Times on ‘The Rover’ + David Michôd talks about the movie and Robert Pattinson 2 comments
Here’s a really great article by LA Times – ‘The Rover,’ shot in the scorching outback, chills the heart and soul
Film directors fretting on the set is nothing new, but David Michod, whose “The Rover” will debut at the Festival du Cannes on Saturday, had a concern that was considerably out of the ordinary: “I worried,” he says, “that the actors would die.”
Michod’s first feature since 2010’s knockout “Animal Kingdom,” “The Rover” stars Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson and was filmed in the South Australian outback, where temperatures in the hottest time of the year are literally inhumane.
“We had a technical scout the week before we started shooting and it felt dangerous, the temperature was 50 degrees Celsius, which is 122 degrees Fahrenheit,” the director recalled while in the cool interior of a posh hotel bar.
“You couldn’t work in that kind of heat, if you stood outside for more than 20 minutes you could start to die. … The producers [and I] had a short conversation about that, it was short because we didn’t want to contemplate that possibility. Fortunately, the temperature during shooting went down to 40 to 45 degrees Celsius [104-113 Fahrenheit.] That sits within the spectrum suitable for human life.”
Read more after the jump
David Michôd talks ‘The Rover’ with SBS Movies 1 comment
Sandy George from SBS Movies sent some questions to David and his responses are as follows:
“Every filmmaker dreams of getting a film into Cannes. Why do you think The Rover did?
Hopefully, it feels like a film they haven’t seen before – it’s tense and unusual – and because the central performances from Guy and Rob are really extraordinary.
You have said that the film is “not a post-apocalyptic film”, that “this is an Australia that has broken down into a kind of resource-rich Third World country.” Can you expand on that?
I didn’t want the world of the movie to feel like we’d been reduced to psychotic apes because of a single cataclysmic event. Rather, I wanted it to feel like the entirely plausible and frighteningly possible result of the world we live in today: economic and environmental collapse, as a product of rampant greed and exploitation, reduce Australia to a dangerous resource-rich third world country. Infrastructure, products, and an economy of sorts still exist – they’re just broken, fragile and the world of the movie as a consequence is dangerous and unpredictable.
For the many people who know and love Animal Kingdom, what would you say to them about how the film is most different from or influenced by or still shows the David Michôd touch.
I think it will feel like it was made by the same guy who made Animal Kingdom. The Rover is much leaner in narrative and more epic in landscape but, like Animal Kingdom, it’s still about the sadness and menace of people trying to make sense of a world that doesn’t make any sense.”
Read the rest of Sandy’s interaction with David at SBS.
NEW BTS picture of Robert Pattinson, Guy Pearce and David Michôd on the set of ‘The Rover’ 2 comments
Here’s a new BTS picture of Robert Pattinson, Guy Pearce and David Michôd on the set of ‘The Rover’
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New Robert Pattinson still of The ROVER in UHQ 1 comment
Here’s a wonderful new still of Rob in The Rover:
and here’s an older one with Guy (no Rob) in UHQ now as well
David Michôd Talks About Casting Rob in The Rover and His Character 1 comment
‘The Rover’ director, David Michôd, talked about casting Rob and Guy and their characters in the movie. From the Cannes’ French Press Kit (click on the link to read the full interview and the press kit – in French)
How did you choose your actors?
I had Guy Pearce in mind from the beginning. We needed a man who was his age, who had a quiet and mysterious strength, who had is talent and his extraordinary attention to detail. I didn’t forget the pleasure I had working with him on Animal Kingdom. Rob (Pattinson) came later. We met, I liked him a lot and then he did some screen tests for me, awesome tests, full of life, never forced or artificial, and it was done. And there is something very exciting in having the opportunity to show the world that a star underestimated and reduced to a certain image actually has a wealth of unexploited talent. I quickly found out that Rob is a great actor. And I look forward to everyone can realize the same.
If Guy Pearce’s character is the “Rover”, how do you define Robert Pattinson’s?
He is also a “rover”. Guy is a rover in the sense of “wanderer”. But in classical English, “rover” is also used as affectionate term for a dog. Rob follows Guy everywhere, a bit like a lost dog would.
Thinking of Rob 