Latest Roman Polanski News
Gravity Director Alfonso Cuaron Wants To Make A Horror Movie
Alfonso Cuaron wants to make a horror movie inspired by films like 'Rosemary’s Baby' and 'The Babadook'.The 62-year-old Mexican director includes sci-fi films 'Gravity' and 'Children of Men' as well as dramas 'Roma' and 'A...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 August 2024
Mark Strong Feared Beating Up George Clooney In Syriana
Mark Strong was terrified of beating up George Clooney in the film 'Syriana'.The 58-year-old actor featured with Clooney in the 2005 thriller and was required to unleash violence on the Oscar-winning star – in a...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 01 November 2021
Ben Affleck To Direct Keeper Of The Lost Cities
Ben Affleck is to direct 'Keeper of The Lost Cities'.The 48-year-old star is set to helm Disney's live-action take on the best-selling book series of the same name by Shannon Messenger.Ben will also produce the...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 January 2021
Kate Winslet Wants To Be Honest About Career Regrets
Kate Winslet wants to be ''up front'' about her regrets.The 44-year-old actress has opened up after recently admitting to Vanity Fair she wishes she hadn't worked with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, and she insisted...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15 September 2020
Kate Winslet Regrets Working With Roman Polanski And Woody Allen
Kate Winslet regrets working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski.The 'Titanic' star has previously come under fire for her comments supporting the two controversial directors but she's now admitted she's had a change of heart...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 11 September 2020
Ben Affleck To Helm Movie About The Making Of Chinatown
Ben Affleck is set to helm a movie about the making of 'Chinatown'.The 47-year-old actor will both write and direct the upcoming film, which will be titled 'The Big Goodbye', and is an adaptation of...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 August 2020
Oscars Expels Bill Cosby And Roman Polanski
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that it has expelled Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski from its membership that decides the annual Oscars.At its meeting on Tuesday (May 1st), the Academy’s...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 May 2018
Quentin Tarantino Is Remorseful About Defending Roman Polanski
Quentin Tarantino has found himself under fire this week for a number of reasons, but the latest thing he's been forced to apologise for is crass comments he made more than a decade ago suggesting...
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 February 2018
Woman Raped By Roman Polanski To Ask Court To Drop The Case
A woman who was raped by the film director Roman Polanski is reportedly set to ask a court to end the 40 year old case against him, it has emerged.Samantha Geimer, who was just 13...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 09 June 2017
Roman Polanski Hopeful Of U.s. Return With Plea Deal
Filmmaker Roman Polanski is reportedly seeking to return to the United States on the condition of a successful plea deal that will see him serve no further jail time over a historic underage sex conviction.The...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17 February 2017
Roman Polanski Quits French Film Awards After Outcry From Feminist Groups
Roman Polanski has resigned his position as the president of next month’s Cesar Awards in France, following an outcry from feminist groups in the country in the wake of his appointment, according to a statement...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24 January 2017
Roman Polanski 'Relieved' By Polish Judge's Extradition Rejection
The Rosemary's Baby moviemaker fled to his native Europe on the eve of sentencing after he pleaded guilty to having unlawful sex with a minor in 1977. Prosecutors have spent years attempting...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 October 2015
Roman Polanski Will Not Be Extradited To The U.s.
American officials have spent years trying to get the Rosemary's Baby moviemaker back to the States to be punished for his 1977 conviction, as he fled the country before he could be sentenced...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 October 2015
Poland Refuses U.s. Extradition Warrant For Roman Polanski
A court in Poland has refused an extradition request by the United States to have film director Roman Polanski transported to America to face sentencing for his sex offence conviction.Judge Dariusz Mazur, of the district...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 October 2015
Roman Polanski To Learn Extradition Ruling Next Month
The Rosemary's Baby filmmaker has been a wanted man by U.S. authorities ever since he fled to Europe in 1978 on the eve of sentencing for having unlawful sex with a minor at...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24 September 2015
Roman Polanski Extradition Ruling Date Set
Justice Department officials have been trying to transfer the Rosemary's Baby moviemaker back to America for years after he fled to Europe before he could be sentenced in 1978 for having unlawful sex...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 August 2015
Roman Polanski Testifies At Extradition Hearing
Director Roman Polanski testified in court in Poland on Wednesday (25Feb15) as part of his long-running fight against extradition to the U.S. over his 1977 sex crime conviction.American justice officials have spent years trying to...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 February 2015
Will Roman Polanski Be Extradited For Child Sex Crime Conviction?
Filmmaker Roman Polanski has appeared in a Poland court to testify at a hearing regarding a U.S. request for his extradition over a 1977 child sex crime conviction. Dariusz Mazur, the judge presiding over the...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 February 2015
Roman Polanski Heading To Court To Fight Extradition
Veteran moviemaker Roman Polanski is heading to court in Poland to fight the latest attempt to extradite him to the U.S.The director has agreed to appear at a court in Krakow next week (beg23Feb15) to...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 February 2015
Polish Officials Proceed With Roman Polanski Extradition Request
Prosecutors in Poland have moved forward with a request to extradite director Roman Polanski back to the U.S. so he can be punished for a sex crime conviction.The Rosemary's Baby moviemaker, who was born in...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 January 2015
U.s. Officials Send Extradition Request For Roman Polanski
U.S. authorities have made another attempt to extradite director Roman Polanski back to the States to face punishment for his 1970s sex conviction.The Rosemary's Baby moviemaker fled the country for Europe after pleading guilty to...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 January 2015
Judge Denies Roman Polanski's Plea To Have Sex Crime Conviction Dismissed
A California judge has rejected filmmaker Roman Polanski's request to to have his 1977 sex crime conviction dismissed.The Rosemary's Baby director fled America for Europe before he could be sentenced for having unlawful sex with...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26 December 2014
Anjelica Huston Opens Up About Roman Polanski Encounter
Anjelica Huston has recalled the life-changing night Roman Polanski was allegedly caught with an underage lover at the home of her then-boyfriend Jack Nicholson.The Hollywood director fled the U.S. on the eve of his sentencing...
By World Entertainment News Network in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 November 2014
Polish Politicians Blast U.s. Authorities Over Roman Polanski Case
Leading Polish politicians have accused U.S. authorities of "absolute ignorance" by trying to arrest director Roman Polanski at the opening of a Jewish museum last week (ends02Nov14).The Rosemary's Baby filmmaker turned himself in for questioning...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 November 2014
Roman Polanski Walks Free After Questioning In Poland
Polish prosecutors have let director Roman Polanski walk free after questioning him over his sex crime conviction.The reclusive Rosemary's Baby filmmaker fled America for Europe in 1978 before he could be sentenced for having unlawful...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 October 2014
Roman Polanski Axes Film Festival Appearance Amid Protests
Controversial director Roman Polanski has pulled out of a planned trip to a Swiss film festival following a raft of protests over the decision to hand him a lifetime achievement award.The Chinatown moviemaker was due...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 August 2014
Roman Polanski Wants To Return To Poland For New Movie
Director Roman Polanski has reportedly appealed to Polish authorities to grant him permission to return to his native country to make a movie without the threat of extradition to the U.S., where he remains a...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 June 2014
Roman Polanski Writes Foreword To New Book About Tragic Sharon Tate
Director Roman Polanski has revisited the murder of his wife Sharon Tate by penning the introduction for a new book about her life.Actress Tate was just 26 when she and her unborn child were killed...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26 May 2014
Roman Polanski Will Never Retire
Roman Polanski doesn't understand why people retire.The 80-year-old director insists he has no plans to give up working anytime soon because his ''passion'' for filmmaking motivates him to continue working.He told Variety.com: ''I never really...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10 April 2014
Joss Stone Plot Perpetrator Jailed For 18 Years
In 2011, Joss Stone was the target of two men who intended to rob and kill her at her home in county Devon, UK. Kevin Liverpool was sentenced in April 2013, whilst the sentencing for...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 10 July 2013
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