Catch up with the last seven days in the world of film
The big story
Robert Pattinson has signed on to play TE Lawrence – better known as Lawrence of Arabia – in Queen of the Desert, a new film by Werner Herzog.
Unlike David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, which featured an Oscar-nominated performance from Peter O'Toole in the title role, Herzog's film will be a biopic of the formidable Middle East adventurer Gertrude Bell, often described as "the female Lawrence of Arabia."
Naomi Watts will be taking the lead role – but is Pattinson a suitable choice to follow in O'Toole's footsteps? Responses from Guardian readers have ranged from the dismissive to the cautiously optimistic. However, judging by R-Patz's reticent turn on the celeb circuit this week - see 'Robert Pattinson's press gigs include ice cream, cereal and not much else' – he's got quite a way to go if he's going to match up to the now–retired screen legend's rather more hellraising reputation.
In the news
Ang Lee's Life of Pi to open New York film festival
Terry Gilliam secures funding to shoot The Zero Theorem
Black Swan interns to sue Twentieth Century Fox
Jesse Eisenberg in talks for eco-terrorist thriller Night Moves
Sean Penn in talks to direct Crazy for the Storm
Jeremy Renner is a shot in the arm for the Bourne-again franchise
On the blog
Russell Crowe looks Noah fun in Darren Aronofsky's bash at biblical epic
Should Daredevil Ben Affleck take on a Justice League film?
Why The Dictator failed to conquer the Arab world
Who are the best on-screen couples?
Offender shows there is no justice for the young
Watch and listen
The Guardian Film Show: Take This Waltz and The Expendables 2
Video on demand: Weekend. Watch Andrew Haigh's tender account of contemporary gay life
Further reading
Molly Ringwald: your former teenage crush
Jean-Claude Van Damme: 'I tried to play the system; I was blacklisted'
Girls on film, from Twilight to Brave: Hollywood's new young female leads
Edward II: Derek Jarman's striking reflection on homophobia
Take This Waltz unites Sarah Polley and Michelle Williams – and it works
In the paper
In tomorrow's G2 Film & Music Ryan Gilbey speaks to rising star Domhnall Gleeson, appearing in forthcoming films Shadow Dancer, Anna Karenina and Dredd. Elsewhere screenwriter Tony Gilroy discusses The Bourne Legacy, and Stuart Heritage reassessing film versions of 70s sitcoms. In Saturday's Guide there's a look at The Imposter, a forthcoming documentary about a young Frenchman who masquerades as a missing Texan teenager.
And finally
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/aug/16/close-up-robert-pattinson-peter-otoole
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