Well let me start off by getting the crappy news out of the way.  It was confirmed to me this week that currently there is no new campaign scheduled this year in Australia for Rob and Dior. Boo.  I thought I would feel better getting that off my chest, but unsurprisingly I don’t.  Still wondering what that photoshoot in LA was for – perhaps another European or US campaign?  Time will tell I guess.  Hope you all had a wonderful St Patz Day *giggles*.  Yeah that was a stretch but you know you all loved it.  Also love that Aussies received an early release of Maps to the Stars via iTunes.  Silver lining giving my opening sentence.  ANDDDDDD for the lucky ducks in the UK they get to buy tickets to see Queen of the Desert on 21 April 2015.  Not sure if any of the cast will attend what the Global Heritage Fund are claiming is the UK premiere, but I know I’d be buying a ticket regardless of who may or may not be there.  QotD also picked up a release date for Russia.  Life got a few new release dates by the look of it too.  I’m still thinking that one of these films has to premiere at the Sydney Film Festival since there’s an Australian contingent in either films.  Imagine if they are both there … i.m.a.g.i.n.e.  Just putting it out there, but you know who will be disappointed if at least one of them isn’t in the line up.  I know there was a team from SFF at Berlinale *sideeyes*   We had some further film news – Mona continues to tease us on her instagram – hmmm those costumes in the background look mighty familiar.  Teasing seems to be the new game too with Brimstone releasing another storyboard pic.  If you didn’t see my retweet from @BrimstoneMovie I’ve added it to our Brimstone film page.  Am wondering if the second storyboard is a victim of Rob’s character?  If it’s not it better NOT be Samuel *glaresatKoolhoven*.  The Lost City of Z has another international distributor and is slowly creeping towards filming.  I am praying that this film does not fall over … again.  It feels like forever we’ve been waiting for Rob to be on that set.  Speaking of waiting forever – Nick’s book 3 is on its way.  *twirls*  I cannot wait to see what happens to Charlie and Noor.  I don’t have the draft as yet, but I’ll let you know when I do because it means we are even closer to it being released in June/July.  If you haven’t read Nick Osborne’s Refuge or Resilience – DO IT.  In case you’re wondering, I get no kickback from Nick if you think that’s why I’m promoting.  Nick was always so lovely when Rob was filming Remember Me that I just kept in contact with him.  He is a true gem and other than Rob I can’t think of anyone else I’d rather be promoting.  Oh wait and David.  Yeah that’ll do it – lol I just realised – a director/writer, a producer/writer and an actor/musician.  Now if only I could get all three to work together ….  Since this has been a movie updating kind of week I also have been updating Maps to the Stars theatrical/DVD releases and I had another look at the Berlinale reviews for Life.   I’m still searching for distributors for Rob’s upcoming films so I’m off to have another dig.  Until next week …

Mancrush Monday

Maps to the Stars US Box Office Update week ending 15 March 2015 *estimates | actuals*

The Childhood of A Leader – What We Know So Far … *Updated 16 March 2015*

Happy St “Patz” Day

How epic was 2014.  I’ll get that elephant out of the room straight away and admit I’m still gutted by what happened to Idol’s Eye, but onwards and upwards right.  Let’s not let it spoil what was a phenomenal year for Rob.  It started off with a glimpse of Rob in Morocco for Queen of the Desert and it ended with Rob earning a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 4th AACTA Awards.  Did I say EPIC.  In between all of that we had Rob on the set of LIFE.  I’d say I’m most looking forward to that film, but after seeing a glimpse of Rob in Maps to the Stars I’m just looking forward to all of his films whether the role is small or large.  Robert’s portrayal in The Rover I’m going to have to steal one of Vertigo’s favourite words “BOOMBAH”.  Yep I ended the 2013 Year That Was with me buying more ovens to bake those humble pies and I was right. Some people took off their blinkers and actually admitted that Rob was good – real good in that film.  So many people I know that saw the film and raved about his performance and when I say people I’m talking about new fanboys for Rob.  How about those photoshoots we were treated to – I can’t really claim a favourite – The Hollywood Reporter *fansself*, the classy shoots of Simon Emmett for Esquire.  That unknown shoot – c’mon whoever is holding onto more of those outtakes is just cruel.  Then we have the portraits from Cannes, the premieres we had in Sydney, LA and the UK.  And speaking of premieres.  The Sydney premiere of The Rover was beyond our wildest expectations.  I feel like I’m harping on about it all the time, but it really was one of those times when all the ducks lined up.  I know we are forever thanking Rob about introducing us to new things, but I don’t think Vertigo and I realised how monumental it was meeting David Michôd in January 2014.  I love that man almost as much as I love Rob.  Hmm maybe the same seeing as we built a website for him.  He is one of the most genuine people you will meet.  Oh sorry got sidetracked.  Let’s get back to celebrating Rob in 2014.  May brought us not only Rob’s birthday but the King of Cannes.   Two movies premiering.  Two red carpets and photocalls.  1000s of photos that I’m still finding new ones I didn’t notice.  May also brought Benedict Cumberbatch to Vertigo and myself.  I tell you Benedict made my heart sink with the comment about LCoZ “Just because Rob’s agreed to do it doesn’t mean he will do it”.  *gulps*  I think looking back it was because schedules weren’t lining up at that time.  After all Bene did say they were filming in June/July.   Then came the maybe not so unexpected – Rob coming to Sydney for The Rover premiere.  Let me just also share some love here with Roadshow and Porchlight Films.  They treated us so well I want to promote every film they are involved with.  And the way they treated and love Rob – I hope it’s the beginning of a long relationship between Rob and Australia.  The LA premiere gave us some epic moments during interviews – who can forget the thick saliva at Jimmy Kimmel, the photo of Rob in the Seth Meyers’ green room and Rob’s reaction to Guy Pearce wanting to sing a duet.  Then Jules had her moment with the UK promo tour for The Rover in August.  I’m so happy Jules finally saw her muse in person.  Like all who have seen or met Rob he is truly beautiful up close.  I kind of missed the Maps to the Stars premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September .  I was on a flight to New York when that all happened.  Thanks to Michelle, Vertigo, Suze and Jules for posting all the epicness and I guess being away for 2 weeks really gave me the inspiration for RPAU Week in Review.  And let me just sidetrack for a second for those interested in what is happening with Nick Osborne and the final book in his trilogy.  Nick took us to Soho House for a drink (what an amazing place) and the book will hopefully be released February/March 2015 – he’s been busy with other projects he’s producing but it’s coming!  Back to Rob.   The Go Go Auction and the Hollywood Film Awards really set the cat amongst the pigeons with Rob’s new hairdo.  Hahaha I love this man.  I’ve been saying for years he marches to his own beat and that is what I love about him.  We had a tease that the Queen of the Desert trailer is coming soon and that it looks like we won’t see LIFE in the cinemas until September 2015, but what 2014 taught me is that – if we are going to see any of these films at Cannes they are keeping those cards very very close to their chests with good reason.  We ended the year with a very limited release of Maps to the Stars in Australia and by limited I mean 2 cinemas.  What an amazing film.  Hopefully Rob’s filming The Childhood of A Leader in Budapest some time in January/February and fingers crossed everything lines up for Lost City of Z because I cannot wait for a promo tour of Rob and Benedict Cumberbatch.  I’m also looking forward to whatever Rob is bringing our way in 2015 – more Dior perhaps?  Or music – wait how did I forget to mention the those chords that were sampled on Death Grip’s “Birds”.  More music please Rob.  I feel that 2015 will be a pivotal year for Rob and his career.  Happy New Year everyone.  Thanks for all your support for RPAU and we promise not to go anywhere as long as Rob keeps providing us with movies, appearances and interviews that we have to report on.    Wait … I almost forget to thank Zac Efron for giving us the most epic moment of the year – Rob’s participation in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.  2014 is going to be a hard one to beat but I’m going to throw that challenge out – so over to you Rob!  Rob I wish you the most amazing 2015 because you deserve it all.

I’m not sure where the past 5 years have gone, but we are happy to say we’ve spent a large majority of it here bringing you all the relevant news and events that have kept Rob busy that’s for sure.  Thank you to all our followers who visit the site, tweet us (put up with my rants) and share the Rob love.  We know some of you have been with us almost from the beginning  and we’ve had some amazing experiences and success over the years like these:

1.  2008/2009 – Bringing “How To Be” to fans for the only cinema screening in Australia in March 2009.  This was a monumental effort from RPAU’s original owner Cilla and the reason I became involved with RPAU and met Michelle and Vertigo.   This could not have been possible without Justin Kelly (Producer of HTB).  He’s a gem.

2. 2009 – In conjunction with the Ritz Cinema in Randwick holding the first cinema screening of Little Ashes in December 2009.  We lobbied Kojo Pictures for 12 months to convince them that it should have a limited cinema release and not go straight to DVD.  Happy to say that it did get limited release around Australia in 2009/2010.

3.  2011 – 20thCenturyFoxAustralia asked us to help them promote Rob’s first red carpet appearance in Australia for the Water For Elephant’s premiere in May 2011.  How could we say no.  Being invited to the red carpet was bitter sweet but still an amazing experience and the first time we saw Rob up close.  Water For Elephants hit No. 1 at the Australian Box office – it was a spectacular hit in Oz.

4. 2012 – Dave from The London Film Review asked me if I was interested in writing an article for them about Rob – how could I say no.  Then we got the news that Rob was again coming to Sydney for the Breaking Dawn Pt 2 Fan Event in October.   Meeting and talking to Rob was a dream come true and we shared this with some of you.

I guess we have been lucky enough over the past 5 years that the Australian distributors for all of Rob’s films have been more than happy to talk to us and let us help them promote his films.  Porchlight Films has been great to us since Rob was announced to star in David Michod’s “The Rover” and we can’t wait to bring you more information about the release of this film.

At the moment we are working closely with Dior in Sydney and are hoping to bring something later today or soon in the lead up to the release of DiorRob in Australia on 18 November 2013 (hoping it’s not just for Aussies too – we’re working on it!)   It supports exactly what RPAU is all about and that’s promoting Rob’s career.   We’ll also have a little giveaway later on today involving Nick Osborne who, as you know, worked closely with Rob on Remember Me.

In the meantime, let’s have a little flashback of what Rob’s been doing to keep us busy …

Nothing solid at this point & could be just talk but according to Daily Mail:

Will Robert riot with the Tory roaring boys?

Some of our top young leading men are being assembled for a movie about an Oxbridge dining society not unlike the one David Cameron, George Osborne and Boris Johnson belonged to when they were at university.

Max Irons, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth and Robert Pattinson are just four of the actors in various stages of negotiations to be in the film version of Laura Wade’s incendiary play Posh. Focusing on the fictional Riot Club, it explored an elite, refined world of privilege.

Posh opened at the Royal Court three years ago and later enjoyed a West End run. The film version is being directed by Lone Scherfig, who made An Education — the picture which helped to make Carey Mulligan a star.

The story takes place in the private dining room of a pub, where Riot Club members meet for one of their notorious dinners.
They trash the joint, and things go more than wrong when someone hires a prostitute.

Wade has adapted her play for the screen, opening it out so we learn more about the background of the young Tories who run the club as if they were running the country.

Scherfig, her casting director and producers from Blueprint, Film 4 and the BFI have discussed various actors they’d like to be involved.
They want Irons for a main part. He opens in a major film later this month called The Host. Claflin plays Finnick Odair in the next Hunger Games film Catching Fire.

Booth is in the forthcoming Romeo And Juliet, and he was a fine Pip in the BBC’s TV version of Great Expectations.
Pattinson is in very early discussions only. At the moment, he’s filming David Michod’s Outback western The Rover in Adelaide.
But when he finishes next week, the Posh script will be one of several he’ll be mulling over.

Part of the problem of assembling such a large ensemble — there are ten members of the Riot Club — is that at some point they all have to be seated around a table together; and getting schedules to match up is a complex undertaking.

Sounds like a great project but as I said, there may be no truth to it.  It wouldn’t be the first time as we know. Only time will tell.  Any talk of a new Rob project, though, even just a possible one is so exciting.  According to IMDb Pro, the project is listed as ‘Pre-production’ with no cast listed at this time.   We’ll keep you posted as always.

Thanks to @Over_it_already for bringing it to our attention.

Okay and here come the articles who I might like to term as “fence sitters” – you know if WFE is a huge success then they will say – oh yeah I predicted that, but then if it’s not – they will claim that too.  According to Kim Palacios of Hollywood News:

“I know what you’re thinking: Robert Pattinson is already a huge star.  But, could “Water for Elephants” make him even bigger?  Opinions are split on whether “The Twilight Saga” was just the beginning for Pattinson, or whether playing Edward Cullen was the beginning of the end.

According to Pattinson’s fans (Maria:  That would be us), the star’s acting talents surpass what can been shown through his portrayal of Edward Cullen in the “Twilight Saga” movies.  The same fans believe his arrival as one of the most respected actors in Hollywood is only a matter of time.

Yet another group who enjoyed Pattinson in the “Twilight Saga” films, is more cautious, if even optimistic. “Remember Me” did not do as well as anticipated in the box office, despite Pattinson’s timely popularity. Such lackluster numbers could jeopardize Pattinson’s career if such performance becomes a trend. Add in the inevitable typecasting that will cause Pattinson to be passed over for certain roles, and the star could fail to achieve longevity.

Yet, “Water for Elephants” could save the day for Pattinson by exposing his talents to a much wider demographic. The Sarah Gruen novel continues to be a bestseller, and the audience is far more mature. Add in the fact that Oscar Winners Christoph Waltz and Reese Witherspoon may be greater draws than Pattinson in getting viewers interested in the movie, and “Water for Elephants” could be the only kind of film apt to give Pattinson the cred he deserves.”

Okay so this isn’t really a bad rap for Rob, but let me point out a few problems for me with this article.

1.  “Yet another group”.  Um what group is that Kim?  Are you talking about film critics?  Twihards? People you polled on the street who happened to NOT see Remember Me?  I’m just a little confused.  I really hate those kind of sweeping statements – I mean how am I supposed to believe that when there’s no evidence of who these people are?  You could be talking about the people you share office space with for all I know.  Also, whilst your explaining to me who this “other group” is can you also explain how you can be “cautious” and “optimistic” at the same time.

Here is a great little interview from Allen Coulter which brings insight into his first impressions and part of the process in agreeing to take Rob on for Remember Me.   I’ve placed the main flesh of the article in this post so those who have not seen the movie can AVOID clicking on the link provided [MAJOR spoiler in  main article that could ruin the potency of the entire film].  Love your work Allen.

Pattinson was freshly returned from Mexico and astonished because he had been besieged “by 50 girls at the airport,” future Twi-hards who knew him from pre-release publicity. “Little did he know that this was not even the tip of the tip of the iceberg,” Coulter says, laughing. “Nor did we.”

After lunch, Coulter told producer Nicholas Osborne: “I don’t know why but I have the instinct that this guy could do it.” It would also clinch the production deal because Summit would commit to the $16 million budget. “Clearly,” Coulter says now, “that’s not lost on a director. That certainly gets your attention. But, if we didn’t think he was right, we would have said no.”

The “yes” came, Coulter recalls, “because he seemed to understand the role. He had the kind of scruffy attractiveness we needed and a hidden intensity. He was kind of secretive in a way that I thought was kind of interesting, given who his character is and how he’s conflicted about his father. So we said: ‘Let’s just take a flier!’

“It was after that I saw Twilight and had to admit that, if I had seen it before, just because it is so radically different, I might have hesitated.”

The Twilight films, Coulter says, are like silent movies and Pattinson is like 1920s star Rudolf Valentino. Pattinson was also about to go viral. “It might have given me pause because someone that famous brings a certain amount of baggage.”

One problem now might be typecasting. “There will be people who cannot accept that this young man is doing something different from Twilight,” Coulter says. “Or they may have an attitude about Twilight and about his fame, about his face being on the cover of magazines, and that may influence how they see the movie.

“That is something that, in my opinion, the movie will outlive and, at that point, people will simply see it as a young man in a role. And, in my opinion, I think he is perfect for the role.”

Remember Me, which co-stars Robert Pattinson and Emile de Ravin along with a rogues gallery of great character actors, is a romantic tragedy — not a romantic comedy. That already makes it different from most Hollywood movies, especially with its melancholic mood.

“I didn’t think of it as daring,” says American director Allen Coulter. “But it’s not a mood that most Americans necessarily sign up for. I just thought it was true to the story.”

Indeed, Americans did not sign up. Remember Me earned $55 million worldwide, just $19 million of that in North America despite the star power of Twilight star Pattinson (he was cast before Twilight was released and became famous during the Remember Me shoot). Remember Me, like other challenging films that look at youth romance in an intelligent way, is now looking for its audience on DVD.

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