MOVIE NEWS: Robert Pattinson No Longer Involved In Martin Koolhaven's 'Brimstone'

MOVIE NEWS: Robert Pattinson No Longer Involved In Martin Koolhaven's 'Brimstone'

It was announced today that Robert Pattinson & Mia Wasikowska are no longer involved in Marin Koolhaven's movie Brimstone which started shooting in Europe recently.
I know many of you were (like myself) looking forward to seeing Rob & Guy back working together. They were such a great combo on The Rover. I'm looking forward to the day though that they are reunited and confident that it will happen in the future. Until then we still have plenty of upcoming Rob movies to support.
 
Screen International reporter Andreas Wiseman tweeted this earlier this morning .........



Which was then followed by this tweet by Brimstone director Martin Koolhaven.......



The Hollywood Reporter and Screen Daily also confirmed that Kit Harington and Dakota Fanning have joined the cast replacing Rob & Mia.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Kit's character was recently killed off in the shocking season finale of Game of Thrones. In Brimstone, he will play an outlaw who has a crucial role in the tale of retribution, replacing Robert Pattinson who was announced as taking on the role during the Berlin film festival and market. 

Fanning stars as Liz, a heroine on the run from her past and chased by the evil Preacher (Pearce). Mia Wasikowska was original cast in Fanning’s role.

From Screen Daily:

Dakota Fanning (Night Moves) and Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) have replaced Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) and Robert Pattinson (Twilight), respectively, in Martin Koolhoven’s thriller Brimstone, which is now underway in Europe. 

Producer Els Vandevorst issued the following statement to Screen about the cast changes: “Mia Wasikowska left the film due to unforeseen personal circumstances and Dakota Fanning immediately jumped into the leading starring role. Kit Harington was so consistently passionate about the script that his enthusiasm and total creative commitment made him a must for the role which had been lined up by Pattinson.”

VIDEO: Brimstone director talks about filming, hiding Robert Pattinson and new casting!

VIDEO: Brimstone director talks about filming, hiding Robert Pattinson and new casting!

At the premiere of De Surprise, Brimstone director chatted a little bit about the production, new casting and more.
Thank you Robs Promotion for the translation!

FILMPJE KIJKEN: Martin Koolhoven at the premiere of DE SURPRISE talks about BRIMSTONE.
Q: When will you start filming?
A: Half of June, I'll film, yes.
Q: As in June 15th?
A: As in June 15th, that is the first day of filming, yes.
Q: You'll start on Monday?
A: We'll start on Monday, yes.
Q: Where?
A: I don't feel like telling that, that's a secret. No, you know then I'll have all those Pattinson fans in my backyard. I don't want that.
Q: You can film in Amsterdam.
A: Yes, I'll film in Amsterdam.
Q:We know now four names that will be in the movie. Are there more people that you can announce?
A: I don't know if I can announce them, I haven't asked. There are more.
Q: Give us one.
A: Hmmmmm, shall I do that? Yes.... Jack Roth, but now some will be mad at me.
Q: Go quickly inside.
A: Bye

Via: RobsPromotion

Martin Koolhaven Talks Brimstone, Robert Pattinson Fans & More On Dutch Radio

Martin Koolhaven Talks Brimstone, Robert Pattinson Fans & More On Dutch Radio 



Martin Koolhaven (Brimstone Director) appeared on Dutch radio yesterday where he spoke about getting ready for the start of filming, Robert Pattinson fans and lots more.

Thanks to @RobsPromotion we have a transcript of the interview below.

"Martin Koolhoven, director of BRIMSTONE, appeared in the Radio 6 studio in The Netherlands, today March 10th 2015, to share his favorite Prince songs. He’s a huge fan of this performer. In between songs he shared some snippets of info about his new movie Brimstone.

He told that it took him a long time to write the script and many people are very enthusiastic about it. Although he has to prove it yet, he believes it is going to be a good movie.

Now the time that he is going to start filming comes closer things are a bit nerve-wrecking. He’s still figuring out what is possible and what he can and/or cannot do.

Today he had meetings with the people of sound and sound design. They had to determine which way to go and what to take into account during filming. E.g. there is an emotional scene that needs music and next is a very silent scene. Of course a scene is never completely without sound, there is always something like a ticking clock, but they want something more original, so what is that sound going to be? Sometimes that particular sound also needs images and those are things that have to be discussed. On set only the voices will be recorded and not the other sounds like footsteps, noise made with cups etc. Those sounds will be cut and added later in post-production. All decisions have certain consequences. He points out that this is a normal procedure with every movie.

When he’s asked about having Robert Pattinson in his movie, he said that Rob’s fans are unbelievable, all the time they search the internet for information and they translate everything. He said that he’s tagged in tweets and gets many questions. They follow him on Twitter and (laughed) that is definitely not because of his football related tweets.

He said that he will start filming Brimstone in less than two months from now. And doesn't want to give too much away about the project as he doesn't know yet how he wants to present the movie and things can always change. The movie started out as being a Western set in the late 19th century and now it’s more a thriller.

The movie starts with Mia Warsikowska as Liz who lives in a small village that is terrorized by the new preacher played by Guy Pearce. He doesn't expect that filming with huge stars will be any different for him. Until now the cast is really nice and down-to-earth without Hollywood bullsh*t and so far they haven’t made any crazy demands for their trailers.

He repeats that it took him a long time to write the script and it was really a ‘difficult delivery’. After finishing the script, he searched for financing and sent the script to numerous agencies in Hollywood. Everywhere he went he got the same answer: ‘We’ll read it next week’ But they never did. A producer friend of his business companion said they were doing it all wrong and gave them names of casting directors and Koolhoven chose Des Hamilton who was immediately enthusiastic and then things really started happening.

Koolhoven said that he only gets really really nervous before the start of a football match, but ……. there is not much time left and he admits to not having found all the film-locations yet."

via PattinsonArtWork

"He Has A Kind Of Rebellious Charisma & He Is A Handsome Guy & A Very Good Actor" ~ Martin Koolhoven Talks Robert Pattinson

"He Has A Kind Of Rebellious Charisma & He Is A Handsome Guy & A Very Good Actor" ~ Martin Koolhoven Talks Robert Pattinson

UPDATE: Added another interview with Martin where he talks about Brimstone and his impressive cast.

Martin Koolhoven the Director of Brimstone spoke to Veronica Magazine about how he things Rob will be good in the movie, about his fans and more. Watch the video below and check out the translation below.



Translation (Thanks To @RobsPromotion)

"Pattinson was a teen-idol. A lot of fans are still very loyal. I didn't know he was that popular. I knew he was popular, but not that there are people that have more or less devoted their lives to finding every bit of news about him on the internet, so every interview and most probably also this one 'hello, Pattinson fans' will be translated and then everybody talks about it. And because I am on Twitter they tag my name so my whole Twitter-feed is full.

He has a kind of rebellious charisma and he is a handsome guy and he is a very good actor. So I believe he is going to be really good."

UPDATE:
Martin also spoke about Rob and Brimstone in REVU Magazine.

Our lovely reader, Marjanne, fixed up this translation for us. Thank you! xx

What is your best pitch for Brimstone?

“A film like this does not exist yet. When people ask me with what you can compare it, then I have no answer. And I really did see a lot of movies. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time and am convinced that it will be good. So bring it on, the expectations can not be high enough.”

Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska; how did you get such an impressive cast?

“I have send my script to numerous agencies in Hollywood. Everywhere I got the same answer: “We’re going to read it next week.” But they never did. A fellow producer of my business partner had given my script to read to Des Hamilton, a big casting director from England, and he was enthusiastic immediately. This story was going to explode in Hollywood, according to him. “We’re golden Martin, we’re golden,” he said the whole time. I thought I have to see it before I believe it, as he was approaching the same agents who for months kept me in suspense. The next day my phone was ringing off the hook. I could get every actor I wanted. I had to reject A-list actors and actresses who are really very good, only in my eyes just a little too old for the role I had in mind.”

Via Source/Source

Martin Koolhoven Talks About Robert Pattinson Joining 'Brimstone' Cast & Praises His Performance In 'The Rover'

Martin Koolhoven Talks About Robert Pattinson Joining 'Brimstone' Cast & Praises His Performance In 'The Rover'

Martin Koolhoven the director of Brimstone was interviewed on Dutch Radio station KRO on Feb 9th and spoke about Rob joining the cast, briefly about his role in the movie & more



Thanks to @RobsPromotionTeam for translating the Rob parts of the interview.
If you want to listen to the interview (in Dutch) then head over HERE

Translation

Question: How did you get Pattinson to join?
Koolhoven: That goes through an agency. I was watching some movies Guy Pearce was in and last year he was in THE ROVER and Pattinson was in there too. So I happened to stumble on that and I fell for that role. It is completely different from his role in Brimstone, but I thought he was really good.

Question: What will he be doing exactly in your movie?
Koolhoven: He will play an outlaw and I'm not going to say more than that. It's a secret.

Question: And all Pattinson fans love you now?
Koolhoven: Yes ha ha ha last night things went crazy and Twitter exploded. People started to talk to me from all over the world in strange languages.