Across The Atlantic: Thirteenth Edition, 27th April 2012

Yesterday The Avengers hit British shores and after catching the first screening of the day I can honestly say that I really, really enjoyed it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not perfect, but it’s a movie made by a comic-book aficionado for the fans. Now the attention turns to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises, which is now just under three months away from release.

A three month long season celebrating the genius of Alfred Hitchcock will take place at the British Film Institute this summer. [BBC]

Three weeks ago we got the fantastic first trailer for Ken Loach’s film The Angels’ Share and last week found out that the film will battle it out for the Palme d’Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. [BBC]

Ewan McGregor, director Andrea Arnold and German actress Diane Kruger have joined this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury. [BBC]

James Bond drinking…beer? Due to a deal with the Dutch brewer Heineken, James Bond will put aside the Martini’s in the Sam Mendes directed Skyfall and he will instead settle down for a nice, cold pint of lager! [Guardian]

What’s It All About has optioned the memoirs of the former Times Newspaper Editor Harold Evans. Evans had a well-publicised battle with Rupert Murdoch after the magnate took over the newspaper in 1981. [Guardian]

Great news for Britain as some kind, anonymous soul has put their hand into their deep, deep pockets and saved the Twickenham Film Studios. [Guardian]

Another twist in the pay-TV saga in the United Kingdom has seen the industry regulator Ofcom come out and announce that BSkyB’s domination over pay-per-view television should be broken. [Guardian]

While he’s in London for the Sundance Film and Music festival, Robert Redford has been keeping up with the latest developments of the Leveson Inquiry into Press Standards, which saw Rupert Murdoch take the stand yesterday. [Independent]

The first poster for McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths has been released and with it my anticipation for the film continues to grow. [TotalFilm]

An interesting little Skyfall titbit here, as Sam Mendes has recently said that he was initially skeptical of Daniel Craig’s casting as the suave British agent. [TotalFilm]

Simon Pegg has tweeted the title section from the second draft of his and Edgar Wright’s for The World’s End. And the wonderful Mr Brendon Connelly has managed to grab a few words from the rear side of the sheet. [BleedingCool]

It seems insanity and genius go hand-in-hand, well that seems to be case for one Lars von Trier, who has revealed that he intends to film two separate chapters for his upcoming film Nymphomaniac, and that he also intends to make both hardcore and softcore versions of these chapters. [BleedingCool]

There’s a trailer for Kieron Hawkes’ new revenge-thriller Piggy, where a young man is drawn into the world of retribution after his brother is murdered. [TheSun]

Adam Deacon stars in yet another typical British crime-drama where the youths of today are drawn towards crime as a means of supporting their families. The trailer can be found over on The Sun’s website. [TheSun]

Inbetweeners star James Buckley has landed his first significant movie role in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. Shia LaBeouf and Melissa Leo are also set to star in the film. [TheSun]