May
28
CBGB may be about a crazy, punk rock NYC club, but it will also have a small Harry Potter reunion for us fans. According to Hitflix, Alan Rickman, 
who is best known for his role as Potions master Severus Snape, is being joined by Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley, in the film about the venue that helped launched the careers of The Ramones, Blondie, The Misfits, Patti Smith, and others.
Rickman is playing Hilly Kristal, who was the founder of the club, and Grint is playing Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Crome, who is the exact opposite of Ron Weasley.
CBGB is being written by Randall Miller and Jody Savin (Bottle Shock) and being produced by Kristal’s daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgmann. Shooting is scheduled to being sometime this week in New York.
Update: We have also had confirmation via RupertGrint.net that Rupert shall be starring alongside Shia LaBeouf in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. More news on that soon.
Mar
16
Some good news coming in in the last couple of days: the young stars of Harry Potter are continuing to find work, with Rupert Grint and Tom Felton both being signed up for new movies.
Tom is confirmed to be starring in Tony Kaye’s Attachment, supposedly a “sexual thriller”, opposite Sharon Stone! From ComingSoon.net:
Tom Felton will be starring opposite Sharon Stone in Tony Kaye’s upcoming sexual thriller, Attachment, the director told ComingSoon.net today.
The film, written by Christopher Denham, stars Stone as a married woman and teacher who shares a night of infidelity with one of her students. Afterward, the student begins to stalk her and her family as he dates her own teenage daughter.
Felton, best known for the “Harry Potter” series, will play the student antagonist and the plan is to begin production in the next couple of months.
Tom has also been linked with another film, Fangs of War, which has been called “Inglorious Basterds” meets “Dracula”.
Rupert meanwhile has reportedly joined The Drummer, a star-studded Beach Boys biopic, along with young actress Chloe Moretz. This is what the Hollywood Reporter has to say: Get the whole story »
Mar
06
Rupert Grint’s new World War II film Into the White had its world premiere on Sunday in Oslo, Norway (the country where it was made). Take a look at some photos from the event, along a with another new clip of the film, right here. Note: Into The White still doesn’t currently have worldwide releases confirmed.
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CBGB may be about a crazy, punk rock NYC club, but it will also have a small Harry Potter reunion for us fans. According to Hitflix, Alan Rickman, 
who is best known for his role as Potions master Severus Snape, is being joined by Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley, in the film about the venue that helped launched the careers of The Ramones, Blondie, The Misfits, Patti Smith, and others.
