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Thursday 8th January 2004: The Last Samurai:
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Monday 15th December 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
The UK release date for The last Samurai has been set as 9th January 2004.
Monday 15th December 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
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Wednesday 3rd Dec 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
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Tuesday 2nd December 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz dazzled the crowds at the recent U.S. premiere of Cruise's new film The Last Samurai. For a report and pictures of the event click here.
Thursday 27th November 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Looks like Warners have been very encouraged by the reviews on Last Samurai and have decided to release the movie for previews this Sundau in the states at around 500 cinemas in key cities. Check your local press for details.
Friday 21st November 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Tom Cruise was escorted by Penelope Cruz to the Tokyo premiere of his latest film, The Last Samurai. For a report and pictures click here.
Monday 3rd November 2003: The Last Samurai
A new movie poster for The Last Samurai has been released today.
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Tuesday 28th October 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Authentic Japanese battle armor and costumes worn by Tom Cruise from "THE LAST SAMURAI" will be presented by Barneys New York, located in Beverly Hills, LA, October 30 to November 7.
Hand-crafted props and an exhibit of never-before-seen photos will accompany the costume pieces created for the film by Academy Award-nominated(R) costume designer Ngila Dickson.
Set in Japan during the 1870s, THE LAST SAMURAI tells the story of 'Captain Nathan Algren' (Tom Cruise), an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's army in the art of modern warfare. As the government attempts to eradicate the ancient samurai warrior class in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly affected by his encounters with the samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him.
Thanks to Michael Stevens
Monday 27th October 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
The trailer for The Last Samurai has been released today.
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Thursday 23rd October 2003 The Last Samurai Update:
The following promo images for The Last Samurai were just received!
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Tuesday 14th October 2003: The Last Samurai
A new movie poster for The Last Samurai has been released today
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Tuesday 23rd September 2003: The Last Samurai
Three new movie posters for The Last Samurai have been released today
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Tuesday 23rd September 2003: The Last Samurai
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Sunday 22nd September 2003: The Last Samurai
A new movie poster for The Last Samurai has been released today
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Wednesday 17th September 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Tom Cruise has been talking about his training for The Last Samurai. To read what he had to say in an interview with U magazine click here.
Sunday 31st August 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
The trailer for The Last Samurai has been released today.
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Thursday 28th August 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Some never-before-seen footage from Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai has
appeared online. To check it out click here.
Friday 15th August 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
New images from The Last Samurai have appeared online. To check them out
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Tuesday 27th May 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
New set pictures from Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai have appeared online.
They were apparently taken at the Parade Ground set which was constructed at
Pukekura Park in downtown New Plymouth, Taranaki. You can see them by
clicking here.
Saturday 17th May 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
The movie trailer for The Last Samurai has been released today.
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Tuesday 13th May 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
A first look at the new poster for the Tom Cruise epic film The Last Samurai
is now online. To take a look at the one-sheet in full click here
Friday 9th May 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
A teaser and preview of The Last Samurai should be up on Entertainment Tonight as you read this Click Here
Wednesday 7th May 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Filming on The Last Samurai is wrapping in New Zealand and the stars are
heading home. British actor Timothy Spall flew out of New Plymouth Airport
this week, bound for the Caribbean to start work on Auf Wiedersehen Pet.
Spall said he was sad to leave Taranaki after living in the region since
early February to work on the movie. "It's been lovely, fantastic,” he said.
“I have loved every minute of it. Everybody has been charming and it's been
a lovely trip.”
Monday 27th April 2003: Last Samurai Update:
A cool battle pic has appeared online from Last Samurai Click Here
Saturday 5th April 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
The movie trailer for The Last Samurai has been released today.
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Thursday 6th March 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
The producers of The Last Samurai have been landed with a massive tax bill during the shoot of the movie. This could seriously affect other movies coming to New Zealand again. The government have demanded that production crew and actors pay tax on their daily living allowances. This tax was not imposed on other movies that have been filmed in New Zealand, most importantly the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Tuesday 4th March 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Dark Horizons scored four great new pics from The Last Samurai they can be viewed by Clicking here ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. They also scored a great set report with an excerpt below "Sets of a Japanese Palace and huts were built next to the cricket ground which was dressed with tents, cannons and rifle firing targets. Horse drawn carriages brought extras dressed in period costumes into the parade ground, making a loop of the ground before disembarking."
Wednesday 26th February 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Just received the following information for The Last Samurai " Tom Cruise is filming in a town called new plymoth on the North Island in New Zealand. There will be some spectacular battle scenes, but they are not completely done filming that yet. The sets are absolutely fantastic. Half the movie will be subtitles." Interesting rumour the last one. Thanks to Neil!
Wednesday 26th February 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Timothy Spall has been talking about his role in the currently filming The Last Samurai "I play Simon Graham. He's an Englishman who's lived in Japan for like 20 years. My character becomes Tom Cruise's translator. My character not only speaks fluent Japanese - which is a bit of task because I don't speak any at all, I'm learning the lines phonetically - but he's also a photographer trying to record the old Japan before it disappears. He's sort of a minor aristocrat, sort of a third son of a minor baronet somewhere. He's what you would call a remittance man who's found himself in a place that he adores, incongruously in another culture entirely. And he's a very eccentric character, my character."
Friday 7th February 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Dark Horizons scored some great set pics from The Last Samurai, make sure you've clicked over for a look see. They also scored two great set reports "Seems that film sets are being built at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth for "The Last Samurai". The local cricket ground is being turned into a Imperial Army Parade Ground, complete with multiple tents, 300 or so extras, 50 horses and canons. Three huge grass terraces surround the ground, and at the northern end, a giant blue screen will be erected to obscure the scoreboard and houses on Fillis St, which will be later replaced with a CG scene of a Tokyo street circa 1870. The production schedule at the ground is for 4 - 5 filming days within a 5 week period, from late Feb to the end of March. Tents, both big and small, have been put up on a field just outside Bell Block, where they have been weathered to turn them from white to a cream colour, although several tents have been put up on the cricket ground temporaly, to see how they will be placed, before all the tents being taken to the parade ground for filming." and "During a 2 day shoot in November at an old Los Angeles church, set in San Fransisco, Tom Cruise's character Capt. Woodrow Algren is asked to be a spokesman at the science fair for the Winchester Rifle because of his previous Civil War experince. Unfortunatly for the Winchester Rifle affiliates, Tom Cruise's character comes out drunk. In a drunk'n stooper, he goes on a rant about the brave boys who died at Little Big Horn and begins to get frustrated at the crowd because half of them are not listening. To get his point across, he loads a rifle and blows away the other inventions that are causes a distraction to him. Needless to say, he gets the crowds attention and his point across. He then walks away, and falls off the stage in the process. I found the scene amusing. At one point Tom Cruise needed the crowd to give him a little more feedback, and he said, "Help me, help you." -from Jerry Maguire. He got a laugh from everyone".
Tuesday 21st January 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
News reaches us that the production of The Last Samurai is having problems finding authentic Japanese extras in New Zealand and is having to fly in from Japan another 500 next month. The production is also going to have to fill up the massive battle scenes with Kiwi locals wearing helmets to disguise the fact of a lack of Japanese extras.
Tuesday 21st January 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
A script review of The Last Samurai has appeared online over at TNMC
Monday 13th January 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Filming on The Last Samurai will be in and around Mount Taranaki and local Maori are thought to be demanding gifts and this is what their spokesman Te Miringa Hohaia had to say "Some gesture "not necessarily cash," needs to be made to the Maori because of their "special relationship" with Mount Taranaki." The movie will transform the mountain into Japan's Mount Fuji. They are demanding the gifts as they indicate filming may disturb sacred Maori sites and to protect the mountain's environment. The spokesperson for Venture Taranaki, a government body, which marketed the region to the filmmakers has said that Maori were consulted extensively before filming commenced and that the filming would bring £19 million to the local economy.
Wednesday 8th January 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Coming Soon scored the following from a scoop sent in by one of their readers. 'While I was in LA last week, I went on the Warner Brothers Studio tour, and the tour guide gave us a few updates on The Last Samurai and the upcoming Superman movie. While I was there, they were in the process of taking down all the Last Samurai sets. One of the NYC back lots had been converted into an old Tokyo set, and they were in the final process of ripping it all back down to the original NYC sets, and it still had dirt roads left over. The "swamp" back lot is supposed to be the home of a friend of Tom Cruise's character, which will be on top of some stilts in the middle of the water'. Hit the link above for more.
Friday 3rd January 2003: The Last Samurai Update:
Warner Brothers have released a whole bunch of images from films that they are releasing in 2003. Take a look at Tom Cruise in action in The Last Samurai. Warners have also released a plot summary for the film.Click Here
Set in Japan during the 1870s, "The Last Samurai" tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Cruise), an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the government attempts to eradicate the ancient Samurai warrior class in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly affected by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him.
Tuesday 10th December 2002: The Last Samurai Update:
Writer John Logan has been talking about the currently filming Tom Cruise movie The Last Samurai "It's coming along great. I mean, I've known Tom for years, and he's such a consummate professional, like everyone says, and when he commits, he commits. And working on that with Ed Zwick - I developed it with Ed to direct - was just incredibly exciting, because I've also known Ed for years; he's an old Chicago hand, I might add, as is Michael Mann. I've got all these Chicago colleagues. And now it's a big ol' movie.Cruise has fully immersed himself in learning to use a sword.He's been training with a katana, with a long samurai sword, for months - on practically, I believe, a daily basis. You'll be stunned."
Monday 2nd December 2002: The Last Samurai Update:
First image of Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai has appeared online. Click Here
Monday 2nd December 2002: The Last Samurai Update:
Sala Baker is rumoured to be involved with the currently filming Tom Cruise movie The Last Samurai. His involvement will depend on the the work he has to do to complete his role as Sauron in the LOTR : The Return of the King.
Monday 2nd December 2002: The Last Samurai Update:
Casting news on The Last Samurai today with word that catsing directors are on the hunt for 400-500 400 - 500 Japanese men to join the army of extras needed for the film when New Zealand casting begins in Taranaki next month.They may have a problem getting this number of Japanese in New Zealand and may have to make the numbers up with other nationalities. The extras will be required from January for 10-12 weeks and their days will be rigourous with 12-14 hours work expected.
Saturday 12th October 2002: The Last Samurai Update:
Filming has started on the next Tom Cruise movie called The Last Samurai. Filming started in Singapore on October 1oth and will continue there before heading to New Zealand and the U.S. Also taking roles in The Last Samurai are Timothy Spall as Simon Graham, Billy Connolly as Sergeant Zebulah Gant,Tony Goldwyn plays Colonel Benjamin Bagley, Ken Watanabe portrays Katsumoto, a Samurai leader;Hiroyuki Sanada plays the Samurai Ujio, who is angered at the arrival of Westerners in Japan, Shun Sugata as Nakao, a martial arts master; Shin Koyamada as Yoritomo, a young Samurai; Seizo Fukumoto as the Silent Samurai; Shichinosuke Nakamura as the Emperor; Koyuki as Taka; Masato Harada as Ohmura, a man from the plutocracy; and in juvenile roles, Sosuke Ikematsu and Aoi Minato.
Monday 30th September 2002: The Last Samurai Update:
Word today on various details of the upcoming Tom Cruise project The Last Samurai. Cruise already has long hair and a beard, and has been taking sword fighting lessons. 200 Personnal have ben hired to work obn The Last samurai in Japan at Uruti Valley, Taranaki, with filming planned to start in January.
Wednesday 28th August 2002 : The Last Samurai Update:
Comedian Billy Connolly has signed onto this epic already starring Tom Cruise and Timothy Spall. The Cruiser is set to play Nathan Algren, hired by the Japanese army in the 19th century to fight the formidable Samurai but once he is captured does a Dances With Wolves and goes native, siding with the noble warriors. Connolly will play his crippled buddy and Spall is Simon Graham a translator. The two Brits have appeared together before as aging rockers in Still Crazy.
Tuesday August 20th 2002: The Last Samurai Update:
Auf Weidersen Pet stalwart Timothy Spall is reported to have signed onto the cast of this Tom Cruise vehicle due to shoot sometime next year.
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