2011
Benicio at the El Yuma press conference on March 10th last in Cuba.
March 30, 2011
Click on the photo below to read and listen to an excerpt
of Jonathan Maberry's novelisation of The Wolfman:
(Source: us.macmillan.com)
March 29, 2011
Today on TV:
on Encore Love at 9:20 AM and 9:00 PM
on Encore Love (Pacific) at 12:20 PM
(Source: locatetv.com)
March 28, 2011
Here are the upcoming screening dates for
The Upsetter: The Life & Music Of Lee "Scratch" Perry:
March 25 to April 1
Los Angeles, CA
April 1 to 8
Portland, OR
April 2
Long Beach, CA
April 3
New York, NY
April 5 to 6
Boulder, CO
April 8 to 10
Columbia, MO
April 10
Taos, NM
April 13
Houston TX
April 13 to 14
Boston, MA
April 15 to 17
Detroit, MI
April 15 to 17
Eugene, OR
April 15
Sante Fe, NM
April 16
Providence, RI
April 20
Portland, ME
Space Gallery
April 22 to 23
West Hollywood, CA
May 13 to 14
San Francisco, CA
(Source: hollywoodreporter.com)
March 27, 2011
There's a photo of Benicio in the February 2011
Ukrainian edition of Elle magazine:
(Click on thumbnail to enlarge)
March 26, 2011
Earlier this month, while in Cuba, Benicio met model Mayra Verónica:
March 25, 2011
Here's the poster for the documentary The Upsetter:
(Click on the thumbnail to enlarge)
March 24, 2011
The premiere of The Upsetter, the new documentary
about Jamaican reggae legend Lee "Scratch" Perry,
will take place tomorrow, March 25th, at Los Angeles'
Downtown Independent. Benicio narrates the film
which has been in the works for seven years.
Click on the photo below to access the film's official website:
(Source: hollywoodreporter.com)
March 23, 2011
Click on the photo below to watch a short clip (in Spanish) of Benicio
talking about directing El Yuma at the press conference of last March 10th in Cuba:
(Source: bbc.co.uk)
March 22, 2011
Click on the photo below to watch a clip (in Dutch)
of Benicio directing El Yuma in Cuba:
(Source: video.be.msn.com)
March 21, 2011
Emir Kusturica and Benicio at the press conference of Seven Days In Havana, last March 10th.
March 20, 2011
Click on the photo below to watch a clip (in Spanish)
of Benicio in Cuba for the filming of El Yuma:
(Source: video.mx.msn.com)
March 19, 2011
Click on the photo below to watch a short clip
of Benicio in Cuba for the filming of El Yuma:
(Source: ntn24news.com)
March 18, 2011
Vladimir Cruz, Benicio and Josh Hutcherson during the filming of El Yuma, in Cuba.
March 17, 2011
The following is an article about Benicio directing El Yuma in Cuba:
MONDAY WITH DEL TORO
Benicio del Toro, winner of an Oscar, Golden Globe, and Palme d’Or in Cannes, has put himself behind the camera for the first time to film Padura’s filmscript El Yuma. With a brilliant acting career in films such as Traffic, Che, The Usual Suspects and 21 Grams, it was Del Toro who initiated the shooting of Siete días en La Habana.
His story, El Yuma, slang for foreigner in Cuba, had its locations on the busy streets of Havana’s Vedado neighborhood; for example, close to La Zorra y el Cuervo club, where jazz is king, right on Havana’s La Rampa; the Hotel Nacional, usual headquarters of the Havana Film Festival; and farther over on the colonial Prado; and the Malecón, the seafront drive which skirts the coast.
As Del Toro told the press, the greatest challenge he faced was planning the shots and what he most enjoyed were the actors, including Josh Hutcherson from the U.S. and Vladimir Cruz (the main characters), Daysi Granados, Laura de la Uz and Luis Alberto García, all outstanding names in Cuban cinematography. "Havana is a marvelous place, not just for its architecture and climate, but because of its people, and those who worked on the film gave it their all, I feel very proud working with them."
About his anecdote, he revealed that it narrates the adventures of young American (Hutcherson) who arrives in Cuba to attend a seminar at the San Antonio de los Baños Film School, stays at the Hotel Nacional and ends up in an adventure being shown the non-tourist side of Havana by a taxi driver (Vladimir Cruz).
El Yuma is a comic story and Del Toro commented that he shot enough material "for three movies," and will now have to edit it down to the allocated 15 minutes.
(Source: granma.cu)
March 16, 2011
Benicio is currently in Puerto Rico.
(Para Primera Hora / Alfredo Rolón)
March 15, 2011
Due to a change in his schedule, Benicio will not attend the
40th Anniversary Celebration of Hunter S. Thompson's
book Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas tomorrow at the
Peter Jay Sharp Theater in New York City.
March 14, 2011
Click on the photo below to watch a short interview
with Benicio where he talks about directing El Yuma:
(Source: elnuevodia.com)
March 13, 2011
Click on the photo below to watch a report (in Spanish)
about the filming of Siete Días En La Habana.
Benicio talks about directing El Yuma in Cuba.
(Source: youtube.com)
March 12, 2011
Daisy Granados, Benicio, Josh Hutcherson, Emir Kusturica and Pablo Trapero pose for photos
after the press conference at the Melia Cohiba Hotel in Havana, Cuba, on March 10, 2011.
(Source: daylife.com)
March 11, 2011
Click on the photo below to watch a clip (in Spanish) of Benicio
talking about directing El Yuma at a press conference in Cuba:
(Source: scanpix.no)
March 10, 2011
Josh Hutcherson, Laura Bickford and Benicio prior to the the press conference of
Seven Days In Havana at the Melia Cohiba Hotel in Havana, Cuba, on March 10, 2011.
March 9, 2011
Click HERE to order The Wolfman figures by Mezco.
The designer vinyl figure stands six inches tall
with six points of articulation.
(Click on thumbnails to enlarge)
(Source: Mezcotoyz.com)
March 8, 2011
Benicio directing El Yuma in Havana, Cuba.
March 7, 2011
Benicio in Cuba.
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March 6, 2011
Benicio in Cuba with a fan.
March 5, 2011
Benicio filming El Yuma at Hotel Nacional in Cuba.
March 4, 2011
Filming of El Yuma starts today in Cuba.
(Source: cinepolisnews.com)
March 3, 2011
Benicio has chosen two of the protagonists for the short film
he is directing, El Yuma, and they are Cuban actors
Vladimir Cruz and Daisy Granados.
(Source: plenglish.com)
March 2, 2011
When asked by Prensa Latina about directing El Yuma,
a documentary film project that is part of Seven Days In Havana,
Benicio said the following:
"Havana is the best place to start this adventure,
to be for the first time behind the camera."
He added "To summarize a story in 15 minutes
is not easy. [...] At the moment, it is the only project
that I have in mind, I focus on one thing at a time."
El Yuma explores the life of an American actor who travels
to Cuba for a seminar and discovers the city in one night,
though not as a tourist.
(Source: tiempolibre.eluniversal.com)
March 1, 2011
Benicio is currently in Cuba until March 11th for the filming
of Seven Days In Havana, a Spanish/French co-production
of seven short films, with scripts coordinated by Cuban writer
and journalist Leonardo Padura.
Benicio's part is scheduled to start filming on March 4th next,
after completing the selection of the actors who will play the
supporting roles in the story.
(Source: eluniversal.com)