HBO have passed on the new Ewan McGregor pilot The Corrections.
Variety reports that the cable network has chosen not to pick up the series, starring McGregor and based on a novel by Jonathan Franzen.
The bestselling novel tells the story of a troubled Midwestern family over a span of several decades, from the mid-20th century to Christmas in the new millennium.
Shot in February, the pilot was directed and adapted by Noah Baumbach, known for his work on the Ben Stiller movie Greenberg.
It featured a cast including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Chris Cooper, Greta Gerwig and Dianne West.
McGregor recently starred opposite Emily Blunt in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
He will next be seen in the drama The Impossible with Naomi Watts.
“Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission” Part 2 Screen Captures
546 screen captures of the second part of Ewan’s recent documentary for UNICEF, Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission have now been added to the gallery. Enjoy!
I have just uploaded 316 HD/Blu-Ray quality screen captures of Ewan as bad guy Kenneth from his 2011 action-thriller Haywire. Remember to pre-order your copies for delivery on May 21 (UK) and May 01 (US). Remember there are spoilers if you haven’t seen the film yet, and enjoy!
“Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission” Part 1 Screen Captures
I have just added 699 screen captures from part 1 of his UNICEF documentary Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission, which aired on BBC 2 last Sunday. Remember to catch part 2 this Sunday (April 29) at 9pm on BBC 2. Enjoy!
Shortly after declaring the lineup for its official selection, the Cannes film festival has announced the jury for its 2012 edition, whose job it will be to pick the winner of the Palme d’Or.
Joining Nanni Moretti, whose presidency of the jury was announced in January, will be four men and four women, with the usual mix of star glamour and serious-minded cinephilia.
Two of the jurors are British: actor Ewan McGregor and writer-director Andrea Arnold. The latter, particularly, owes much to Cannes’ influence, as her first two films, Red Road and Fish Tank, both won the third place jury prize (in 2006 and 2009) after competing for the Palme d’Or.
France has supplied veteran actor Emmanuelle Devos, probably best known internationally for the 2001 thriller Read My Lips, and eccentric designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Oscar-winning writer-director Alexander Payne is the sole US representative on the jury; his only film in competition to date has been About Schmidt in 2002.
The panel is rounded out by: German actor Diane Kruger, whose most high profile film is (arguably) Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds; Palestinian actor Hiam Abbass, whose Lemon Tree was an international hit in 2008; and Haiti-born director Raoul Peck, best known for the documentary Lumumba, about the Congolese president.
On Sunday 22 April, Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission will be airing on BBC2 and BBC HD at 9pm, in a new two-part documemtary produced by UNICEF. Read the synopsis below, and I will try and get captures/clips up as soon as the episode airs.
In this brand new two-parter for BBC2, Ewan McGregor is on a mission to the ends of the earth to immunise some of the hardest-to-reach children in the world. Against the odds, Ewan and his team deliver vaccines to the world’s most remote children as health workers do every day. But their fragile nature means the vaccines must be kept constantly cold as they are passed along the supply chain, from freezer to freezer – wherever that may be. The routes these vaccines travel are known as cold chains, and a vast network of them exists across the globe. In this series Ewan is following three of the world’s toughest cold chains, supported by Unicef, who immunise over half of the world’s children.
In the first episode Ewan, who has been a Unicef ambassador for eight years, follows a route that takes him through India. In a country with a booming population, often on the move, the cold chain is a race against time to stop polio before it can enter the country and spread. From India, Ewan continues his journey into the isolated wilderness of Nepal. He must endure a gruelling two-day trek to reach a tiny community secluded high in the Himalayas, but not before attempting to land at one of the world’s most dangerous airstrips.
These two programmes give Ewan an opportunity to go to three very different countries, three situations, and find out just how much it takes to save children’s lives.
Ewan said of his experience: ‘The cold chain routes these vaccines follow can be hugely challenging and adventurous, and I was keen to explore some of them to discover how they reach the world’s most remote children.’.
With Salmon Fishing in the Yemen in UK cinemas TODAY, Empire have released their Viewer’s Guide to the best films (and one to avoid!) from Ewan’s CV. You can check out the whole list here or beneath the cut – how many have you seen?
Velvet Goldmine’s opening epigram – “Although what you are about to see is a work of fiction, it should nevertheless be played at maximum volume” – could be equally well applied to Ewan McGregor’s CV. Everyone’s favourite Davidoff-scented Scotsman has always been capable of high volume. From Shallow Grave and Trainspotting to Moulin Rouge! and last year’s Beginners, the roles he’s picked have rarely lacked a subversive edge. This week’s Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, an altogether gentler adventure, gives the perfect excuse to delve into the McGregor tackle-box and sort the hot tuna from the rancid sprats.
GQ: Ewan McGregor on his fashion sense, cheating death and meeting Debbie Harry
In a suite at London’s Claridge’s Hotel, Ewan McGregor is pulling a face of utter bewilderment as he ponders the relentless march of CGI. The man who once had to battle to keep a straight face while conversing with Jar Jar Binks gestures towards the poster for his rather more sedate new film Salmon Fishing In The Yemen. “I mean, what I don’t understand,” he sighs, “is why on earth they’ve decided to turn my trousers blue.” Back from filming the Lasse Hallström-directed rom-com on location in Morocco and Scotland, here he shares the acting advice he was given by the screenwriter Dennis Potter, his sartorial lessons from Neil Barrett and what cheating death on a motorbike taught him.
I’m currently unable to embed the clip, but you can watch it at the site here.
Perfect Sense (2011)
Haywire (2011)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
The Impossible (2011)
Jack the Giant Killer (2013)
