Johnny English Expected Release Date U.S. : 18th July 2003 Expected Release Date U.K. : (subject to change) Expected Rental Release Date : (subject to change) Johnny English Cast : Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, Tim Pigott-Smith Director : Peter Howitt Johnny English Written By : William Davies, Neal Purvis Producers : Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner Other Known Crew Members : Johnny English Based On : Premise/Synopsis : Spoof spy thriller in which a British agent attempts to save the country. Genre : Comedy Johnny English Official Site : Fan Sites : Johnny English Trailer :Johnny English Movie Trailer Quicktime Lo-Res Released By : Johnny English Status : Post Production How excited are we about Johnny English 7 Out Of 10 Our Preview Opinion of Johnny English: Have you information or found a scoop on Johnny English ? Email us now! Have your say on Johnny English in The Z Review's Forum

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Wednesday 18th June 2003: Johnny English
A new poster for Johnny English has been released today
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Wednesday 2nd April 2003: Johnny English Update:
The release date for Johnny English in the US has changed to 18th July 2003.

Monday 9th February 2003: Johnny English Update:
The release date for Johnny English has been set as August 8th 2003 in the US.

Tuesday 7th January 2003: Johnny English Update:
The UIP site in the Netherlands have posted the first one sheet poster for the upcoming Rowan Atkinson spy spoof 'Johnny English'. The film also stars John Malkovich and Natalie Imbruglia. Enjoy. Click Here

Sunday 1st December 2002: Johnny English Update:
The movie trailer for Johnny English has been released today.
Johnny English Movie Trailer Quicktime Lo-Res

Tuesday 19th November 2002: Johnny English Update:

Austin Powers meets Mr. Bean?

Now I personally can't wait for this movie, cause it's going to go one way or the other. Either this is going to launch a fantastic (British) franchise featuring one of this countries best actors/ comedians, or it's gonna fall flat on its arse. I'm betting on the former. Spy spoof Johnny English sees Rowan Atkinson in the title role, which is based on the character that he played in those Barclaycard ads from a couple of years ago. Here, Johnny English gets his first big screen outing teaming up alongside Natalie Imbruglia and another of Britain's comedy talents Ben Miller. Oh, and a certain John Malkovich pops up in the film too. Which, lets face it, is never a bad thing.

Now, here's our man London Boy with an early review of the movie. BEWARE as there are some potential spoilers ahead.


Managed to get a few tickets for a prerelease version of Johnny English
(Rowan Atkinson) last night at my local UGC in London. We were told of the
usual (try to ignore the editing, or rather the lack of it ) so I will try
to be as fair as I can.

As you all might know Johnny English is a bumbling fool who by accident
becomes the only man left (and his sidekick) to solve the theft of the Crown Jewels. It all involves Sauvage's plans (played BRILLIANTLY by John Malkovich) to become crowned King of England so he can rule the land and turn it into (spoiler ahead) a huge prison for the world's scum, in order to rid the world of overcrowded prisons (and in return make a hefty profit!)

The film itself is a goofy mix of Austin Power's James Bond parody and Mr
Bean. Rowan Atkinson plays the spy that gets everything wrong and generally
makes a fool of himself and the organisation he works for. He is helped along by his sidekick Bough (played by Henry Naylor ) who inevitably is a much better spy then Johnny is but is a loyal and respectful partner.

Natalie Imbruglia plays the female spy who eventually wants Johnny to help
her avoid catastrophe and together they save the day. With a bit of romance thrown in for good measure. There are some hilarious scenes throughout the film with Rowan Atkinson playing the goofy spy brilliantly, using his Mr Bean persona to his advantage and it seems to work very well for this picture. John Malkovich plays the wealthy villainous businessman with a very strong but amusing French accent wonderfully and English people especially will love his use of typically English expressions said in this way. "Bugger ueeeff!!!"
Action scenes were present but not enough for my fancy, but then again you
could argue this film wasn't meant to fit into that genre so that can be forgiven. There is a good chase scene in the middle of the film involving Johhny English in his Aston Martin hanging off a tow truck following a Herz, and the final scene where Natalie Imbruglia kicks a guy's ass (which wasn't all that spectacular to be honest) but that is about it.

Weaker scenes that really put me off recommending people to go see this in
the cinema was the introduction, the first 1 minute or so when we see an agent make his way into Sauvage's mansion, but gets spotted and is about to get shot at from all sides by spear guns. He looks towards the camera with a stunned look and with a horribly put on English accent exclaims "bugger" to which we cut to outside the mansion and hear the spears dart out of the walls killing the agent. It completely ruined the first part of the film and made me cringe in my seat in agony as I thought to myself I hope the rest of the film wasn't going to be this atrocious. And it wasn't. There were loads of great gags and everyone in the theatre was laughing throughout the film. Obviously I saw a version in progress so I could still see some wires and glitchy editing but I overlooked that and in the end was pleased with the result. I hope some work is done in the editing room though as I did feel some parts of the film were slow, especially leading from one scene to the other.

But my suggestion is go see it if you like Austin Powers and especially go see it if you love Mr Bean. With a gun. And Natalie Imbruglia.

Hope you appreciate the input,

Thursday 31st October 2002: Johnny English Update:

UIP Netherlands have posted three stills from the upcoming Rowan Atkinson spoof spy comedy Johnny English, The character of English is based around the role Atkinson played in the many Barclaycard adverts that played on UK televsion and cinema screens a couple of years ago.

Monday 2nd September 2002: Johnny English Update
Yahoo Movies indicate that the Rowan Atkinson spy comedy will hit theaters on March 13th 2003.

31st July 2002: Johnny English Update:
Peter Howitt returns to the director's chair following sucess with his debut Sliding Doors and his 'Hollywood movie' Antitrust. Johnny English is a spy spoof to rival Austin Powers. The character of Johnny English was featured in a number of British TV ads for Barclays Bank and was created by Rowan Atkinson, who will play him in the movie.

Joining the cast are Australian pop princess Natalie Imbruglia, comedian Ben Miller and most interestingly John Malkovich, who will play a character named Sauvage.

Filming took place in London and Hertfordshire, UK back in April and May 2002.

Not quite sure when the film will be released in the US, but us Brits will have the chance to see the film from April 11th 2003.

More news on Johnny English as we get it!

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