Sarah's new movie - The Grudge

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The UK release date has been pushed back from October 29th to Feb 25th.

I didnt know it was October, I thought that was for the USA. Ah well, at least I'll be able to legally see it in cinemas by then, or legally buy the American DVD as it will probably be out by then.
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The UK premiere is in november.

UK (UIP): 5th November - according to the UIP site
 
Kateetak said:
The UK premiere is in november.

UK (UIP): 5th November - according to the UIP site
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Yeah I saw that, yay. Which means I'll probably see it on the 10th as thats a Weds and I finish at 10:10, hope I can get in.
 
If you wanna check out The Grude Premiere Photos, please click this link.Sarah looks very pretty.But I'm not sure about that dress.Her neck looks freaky!It's so long.

Link: http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls====80351

For more pics, please open this link: http://lfi.co.uk/dynevent-action-nl.do?page=0&noipp=24&eventid=83830

The bad part is you have to register.That sucks.You can register to view the images if you want.

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Gellar Is Good for 'Grudge 2'

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com)- Sarah Michelle Gellar's horror flick "The Grudge" hasn't hit theaters yet, but the former "Buffy" star says she's keen for a sequel to the Japanese inspired scarefest.
"I would go back to Japan in a heartbeat," says Gellar who filmed the "The Grudge" in Tokyo. Although the star admits that at this stage there has been no talk of a sequel. "No, we haven't really. I mean, knock on wood, but let's wait until it comes out."

"The Grudge," produced by "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi, is a remake of the Japanese film "Ju-On" and is part of a popular Asian horror franchise. Takashi Shimizu, who wrote and directed the original, also directs the English version. The retelling follows the same story about a curse, takes place in Japan, and features some of the original cast from the Japanese film as well as American actors Gellar and Jason Behr.

"Ju-On 2" has already been made in Japan. However, other than two core characters, all the others are new.

"Tonally, it's incredibly different. It's much more in the vein of a 'Scream' movie," Gellar explains. "It's about an actress whose career is kind of washing up and she gets this gig sort of like one of the unsolved mystery shows in America. She has to go back and do an interview at the house that no one's been in since four years ago when [the events of first movie] occurred."

Having always been a fan of Asian cinema, Gellar says she loves the idea of being part of the franchise. "I plan to go to Japan to open this one, I tell you that right now, but we don't open [there] until February. I can't wait."

"The Grudge" opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, Oct. 22.

Source: http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---23210,00.html

I can't wait to watch the movie!🙂
Hopefully The Grudge will be a success, so SMG could do a sequel.
 
Yikes! That was scary.

I couldn't handly the noises... the creaks and beeps. Very scary.

I am beginning to wonder if I can even see this movie without having nightmares. Each preview gets scarier and scarier.
 
I have found a link to The Grudge Premiere Photos.I hope you enjoy them!🙂My fav pic is the 9th pic.She looks so pretty.

Link: http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=6872

Here are high quality photos of the premiere: http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=6874

Here are fan photos of The Grudge Premiere: http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=6884&img=sarah-michelle-gellar-the-grudge-fan-01.jpg

Cool!All three Buffy celebs were there!🙂 Sarah, Seth, and Jason.

Here are pt.2 of the Grudge High Quality Photos: http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=6886

Pt.3 of The Grudge Premiere-High Quality Photos: http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=6900

Guess what?Seth, Sarah, and Jason weren't the only Buffy stars, who attended the premiere!🙂 Michelle Trachtenberg also came.To view the pics, please open link: http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=6902

Here are pics of Seth and Liz-I'm not sure who she is, anyways, here's the link: http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=6904

Here are screencaps of The Shower Scene: http://www.buffy.nu/article.php3?id_article=6906

Fangioria Interviews Sarah Michelle Gellar

As if seven seasons of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and the films I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and SCREAM 2 were not enough to leave her mark, Sarah Michelle Gellar is taking yet another stab at the horror genre in THE GRUDGE, Ghost House Pictures’ bid at importing the chills of the red-hot fright approach that has defined Japanese cinema over the past half-decade. Whereas other remakes of Japanese fear films have seen their productions transplanted to western shores and all references to their birth nation drained out, THE GRUDGE (opening October 22 from Columbia) was filmed exclusively in Japan. For the New York-born Gellar, this translated into a packed suitcase and an extended stay in the capital city of Tokyo.

Fango caught up with Gellar between takes at Toho Studios, where interiors for THE GRUDGE were being shot this past February by director Takashi Shimizu, reimagining his own JU-ON movie series. Settling back in the Japanese-style living room within the film’s impressive haunted-home set for an exclusive talk, the affable and forthcoming actress welcomed the chance to bubble over with affection for her surrogate country and to sing the praises of Japanese filmmaking.

FANGORIA: Could you begin by telling us something about Karen, your character in THE GRUDGE?

SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR: Karen is somebody who is intrigued by Japan and its culture. She is interested in being here, yet is incredibly overwhelmed and not necessarily ready to deal with everything. She wants so hard to prove that she can function here, but at the same time is hesitant, unsteady and unsure of herself. She wants to be a woman who doesn’t depend on a man—doesn’t depend on Doug [Karen’s boyfriend, played by Jason Behr]. Still, she is just so not ready, which makes an interesting dichotomy for a female character.

FANG: This afternoon you were making suggestions on the direction of your character, which is something I’ve never seen a Japanese actor do. Would you characterize this as the difference between U.S. and Japanese performers?

GELLAR: It’s funny you should bring that up, because it definitely is a big difference. In the beginning it was a little uncomfortable, because American actors are always saying, "I have this great idea for my character!" It’s very different for the Japanese crew. But one of the beauties of this production has been to mix together a little eastern and a little western. I believe that because of this, this movie will work. And Shimizu’s been very open, as I hope we have tried to be. Actually, most of the ideas that I have brought originated from Shimizu in the first place. Even specifically today, I think he forgot that he was the one who had brought up the idea and put it in my head! I just took it and ran with it.

FANG: What are some of the other differences between film production in the U.S. and Japan?

GELLAR: The main difference is the speed. The Japanese definitely work at a much faster pace. And there are a lot more people in very small spaces. It’s also very fluid. In America we tend to chop up scenes. Here, they sort of want everything to work in one, which definitely complicates a situation.

FANG: Not to contradict you, but this morning on the set you did 11 takes of the same shot. I’ve never seen a Japanese crew do that many.

GELLAR: You know what? I haven’t either! That was one of the longest takes we’ve ever done. The other day they did a complicated shot where they pulled out the whole front wall of the house and went up and down the stairs. They did it in four takes. Today was a difficult shot with a complicated camera move that involved a lot of timing. I was shocked by this too. We’ve never had seven takes, let alone 11. And that was one of the things in the beginning: Shimizu would do one take and move on. American actors? We want 40! So, that’s probably been the biggest compromise: the American actors letting go after a couple and then for the Japanese to let us have a couple of more. As for today, the main thing is that it was the first time I got to work with Takako Fuji [GRUDGE’s ghostly Kayako]. Her movement is so beautiful and at the same time so incredibly scary. There’s something ethereal about it. I was very impressed by that. And her stamina! American actors? They’d be, "Ow! My back hurts! How many takes are we doing?" The work ethic here is definitely something I will try—and notice I say try—to take home with me. It’s inspiring.

FANG: As an actress who has now worked on both sides of the horror fence, what do you feel sets American and Japanese horror apart?

GELLAR: In terms of the style, I believe American horror—I use the term "horror" loosely because I prefer the word thriller, which is the whole idea—can be straight in your face with everything out there. What I like specifically about Japanese films is that so much of it is left to your imagination. Their films don’t fit in the exact same pattern that our films do. Because of that, it’s more exciting, since you don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s not the typical "girl goes in the woods" and you know the girl is going to scream. That’s what makes these films so specifically unique, and thus so much scarier. I’ve been very fortunate to be part of movies that have depth and some sort of story behind them. In terms of what you do as an actor, no, it’s not that different because your job is to be in the moment and, whether you’re opening a trunk and finding a dead body or looking in a closet and seeing a naked boy, you’re all getting the same point across.

FANG: What made you decide to appear in THE GRUDGE?

GELLAR: A combination of things. The initial attraction was just to get a chance to be here—to be in Japan for three months is absolutely a dream come true. But also the opportunity to bring something to American audiences that hasn’t been seen before. Being part of the first remake of a Japanese film ever to be done by a Japanese director. Those are the opportunities that only come around once in a career. And Sam Raimi. I’d seen the original [JU-ON], and I was a fan of the movie. This is one of those projects that, minus being away from home, didn’t have any drawbacks.

FANG: Japan seems to be running hot with not just horror but Hollywood films dealing with the country. What is it about Japan that you feel impresses Americans?

GELLAR: The most impressive thing is probably just the unfamiliarity. I believe we have this idea of ancient Japan or THE LAST SAMURAI—that’s what comes to mind. And seeing modern Japan in LOST IN TRANSLATION specifically brought an awareness of how beautiful a city, how massive a city, how friendly, and how at times lonely Tokyo is. The interesting thing about THE GRUDGE that really differentiates it from LOST IN TRANSLATION is that we’re showing suburban Tokyo. I don’t think this is something that’s ever been seen before [in a Hollywood film]. We only think of Tokyo as bright lights big city, but not everyday life. This will be the very first American movie where you’ll get a sense of that.

FANG: What else has stood out about your experience in Japan?

GELLAR: For the first time in eight years, I have this freedom that I didn’t have. Projects used to be based initially on how they fit into the three months I wasn’t working [on BUFFY]. And now that I have the time, it’s sort of sit back and think about what is important to me, not only in terms of filmmaking but as a learning experience. I can never duplicate this experience. I can never walk into back alleys and find great little restaurants. That’s something that no one will ever take away from me as a person. The schedule has been kind to all the actors in terms of having time to see the country. Well, not the country, but Tokyo. One of the things that actors love is the gypsy nature of being able to pick up and move somewhere and really experience a culture. You can go on vacation somewhere for two weeks and you can get a feel for it, but it’s not the same as when you wander in Harajuku and walk into a restaurant and try to order and try to communicate. It has been one of the most incredible experiences I’ve ever had, both on and behind the scenes.

FANG: Do you have a faux pas experience that you can share?

GELLAR: I just learned that wearing a schoolgirl uniform when you are too old to go to school—inappropriate! Clea [DuVall] and I tried it one day—totally inappropriate! [Laughs]

FANG: What’s the first thing you’re going to do when you get home?

GELLAR: Cry. I’m going to miss Japan.


Source: http://www.fangoria.com/fearful_feature.php?id=2949
 
wow...thanks so much for all that 😀 I cant wait to see the grudge...only 6 more days!!! 😀 Its gonna be good, lol I'm being optimistic about it 😀
 
Thanks for thelink to the site and pics! I CANNOT wait to see this movie...me Caitlin(Kazby) and a few other people including Carloyn (she was Slayerdrow here...maybe some of you remember her) are planning on going the first day its out
 
This is a game based around the movie. It is creepy. I didnt even get halfway before I clicked out!

I have found some more images thanks to Rachel. (Click to view a bigger image)


 
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Actress shrugging off TV confines with 'Grudge'

The show's over, but Buffy's still fighting.

Instead of hunting the undead in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar is battling for movie roles and trying to shed her image as TV's favorite monster masher.

Gellar won her most recent bout, convincing producer Sam Raimi that she should be the blond American actress to star in The Grudge, an adaptation of a Japanese horror film, much like The Ring was.

"This was not handed to me," Gellar says. "This was not an offer. I went in and I auditioned and I met and I stalked Sam."

She adds, "I like being able to fight for something I want."

Although it's unlikely the diminutive Gellar tops 100 pounds, it would be foolish to bet against her. After spending most of herlife in show business (she started at 4), the actress is smart, savvy and secure enough to make wise choices.

Gellar, 27, is her own best press agent, so outgoing that she doesn't hesitate to whip off her sweater - relax guys, she has on a tank top underneath - after realizing she's committed a fashion faux pas.

"See, I'm normal," Gellar says earnestly, owning up to her sartorial mistake. "I put my clothing on inside out just like everybody else."

Her sweater label now carefully hidden, Gellar acknowledges the hurdles to transitioning to films from an iconic show like Buffy.

"The frustrating moments come from perception, I think," she says, "especially coming from television because people have such preconceived notions about who you are, what your abilities are, because they feel like they've seen you so much."

After spending her teen years on the soap opera All My Children and then seven seasons on Buffy, Gellar calls the latest phase of her career "chapter three." She's not interested in playing wives and girlfriends ("I'd be bored out of my mind") or making romantic comedies.

She wants more, something that Grudge director Takashi Shimizu saw in Gellar's witchy performance in Cruel Intentions, a contemporary take on Dangerous Liaisons. Through an interpreter, Shimizu said Gellar seemed "not quite satisfied with herself."

The movie represents a turning point, when Gellar ignored advice and did what she wanted.

"Cruel Intentions was something I was so passionate about," she says. "I lost representation over it, because I was so adamant about having to be a part of it. I wanted it so badly."

The same can be said for The Grudge, which was filmed in Japan. In a mildly surprising move, Raimi kept the story in Tokyo and retained Shimizu, who had directed four previous Grudge films, which are called Ju-on in Japan.

Gellar loved the country, but there were some embarrassing moments.

"The apartment was so small that my luggage didn't fit."Gellar says. "So I was like, 'Whatever, I'm not shy, I'll unpack in the hallway of the apartment, and I'll bring everything in.' You know, Japanese are private people and there I am on the floor of the hallway with my underwear, my bras. And the stares I got."

Gellar plays Karen, an American exchange student who encounters the ghosts of people who were killed by someone in a rage. Anyone who comes into their former home is cursed to die the same way.

Although The Grudge and Buffy both qualify as horror, Karen is very un-Buffy like.

"It was great to be able to have the person coming at you and all you can do is crawl backwards," she says. "It's certainly a lot easier."

The movie includes a scene in which a hand appears in Karen's hair when she is taking a shower. The sequence, which used the hand of a real actress, took seven hours to shoot, though Gellar might have been the least embarrassed person there.

"Me and 17 Japanese men in a shower," Gellar says. "And Japanese people are kind of bashful. . . . These poor guys, they could not have wanted the scene to end faster. And it was some ice-cold water."

As the filming went on, Gellar started having an allergic reaction.

"I was getting this rash on my legs," she says. "So here's a visual for you. They brought out garbage bags and made pants for me out of garbage bags. So now here I am in the shower with Hefty pants. It's attractive. I would have wanted to stay in the shower with me, too."

Co-star Jason Behr says Gellar didn't receive star treatment on The Grudge, which was made for about $10 million.

"Everyone got the same thing," says Behr, who plays Karen's boyfriend, Doug. "In between takes, we hardly went back into our little holes. We basically hung around and acted fools, Shimizu included."

Gellar also had to adapt to the quick pace of Japanese productions, which became apparent on her first day of shooting with Behr.

"We do the first take and Shimizu says, 'OK great, move it on.' . . . I thought what? Wait, hold on, that was the first take. 'Well, it was good.' Then you see all the Sony executives rushing up, 'Wait, wait, wait you've got to do another one.' "

She also was surprised to learn that Shimizu didn't use extras, but instead filmed with real people in the background.

"We go out there, we do the first take, little blond girl with all the Japanese men, and then they say, 'Cut,' and I walk back and nobody walks back," Gellar says. "(I thought), 'Well these extras certainly aren't listening.' And it was only then I went, 'Oh my god, they're not extras.' "

But Gellar was willing to make accommodations for Grudge, which is just the kind of movie she sought after Buffy ended last year. She says the show had "jumped the shark."

"(The) sixth season for me was really rough," she says. "I didn't like the story line. I was not happy with it. It got almost like verging on S&M to me. I felt Buffy was being degraded. . . . We were going through a lot of writer changes."

The seventh season in 2003 was Buffy's last, allowing Gellar the time for a film career.

"Your options are limited on a television show called Buffy the Vampire Slayer," she says, "when you're Buffy."


Source: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1016gellar17.html
 
HOLY CLOSETS BATMAN!

I yelled, man....THATS SOME SCARY CRAP RIGHT THERE! THE WEBSITE....it must BURN!!! :hisses:
 
from MSNBC

"˜Buffy' star faces fear in "˜The Grudge'
Sarah Michelle Gellar takes on a creepy house in this remake

The Associated Press
Updated: 3:32 p.m. ET Oct. 19, 2004

LOS ANGELES - As in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and her "Scooby-Doo" movies, Sarah Michelle Gellar is back to battling the undead in "The Grudge," a remake of a Japanese fright flick about a malevolent presence in a house where bloody misdeeds occurred.

Only this time, Gellar faces evil as a mere mortal, without Buffy's superpowers, without a talking Great Dane and the rest of the Scooby gang to lighten things up.

That was the appeal, playing an ordinary human unable to go Buffy on her demons and pummel them to dust.

"That's the reason I did it. I like being challenged. I've played Buffy. No one is ever going to out-Buffy Buffy, so I'm not trying to," Gellar, 27, told The Associated Press.

"I was on this hit show. I had this amazing character. I had an obligation to a second "˜Scooby' movie. And then it was time for me to go, "˜OK, what do I want to do with the rest of my life?' This movie was the first movie that came along where I had this desire in my gut to be a part of it, and it was a feeling I hadn't had since "˜Cruel Intentions,"' her 1999 teen update of "Dangerous Liaisons."

Good reasons for the "˜Grudge'
"The Grudge" appealed to Gellar for other reasons. She and husband Freddie Prinze Jr., one of her "Scooby-Doo" co-stars, are huge fans of Asian cinema, including the Japanese version of her film ("I saw it in my house, at night, by myself. Not the smartest thing ever," Gellar said).

The movie allowed her to work with writer-director Takashi Shimizu, who created the original video version and its sequel, a Japanese-language theatrical remake and sequel. He makes his English-language debut with "The Grudge."

Gellar also got to collaborate with Sam Raimi, the "Spider-Man" director whose horror-movie outfit Ghost House Pictures produced "The Grudge."

Raimi was aware of Gellar but had never seen "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or the actress' movies. A powerhouse audition by Gellar won her the role, he said.

"She just came in and blew everybody away. It's rare for an actress of her caliber to read for a role in Hollywood. That told us she is a humble person who was passionate about getting this job," Raimi said. "Sarah has a vulnerability to her while still being a strong character. She's intelligent, and maybe most important, she has a likability. She's able to produce a quality that you like, where you're rooting for her, and in a horror film, that's critical."

Long fascinated with the Far East, Gellar got to make her first trip there to film the movie, which retains the Japanese setting of the original, changing the protagonist to an American student living in Tokyo.

Following in the late Janet Leigh's footsteps
Unlike Naomi Watts in "The Ring," who was on screen most of the time in that Japanese horror remake, "The Grudge" is an ensemble tale whose focus twists into flashbacks and side stories centering on Gellar's co-stars, among them Bill Pullman, Clea DuVall, Grace Zabriskie and Raimi's brother Ted.

"Part of what I loved about this is it wasn't just about me," Gellar said. "Also, clearly it gave me some days off to explore Japan."

Gellar also got to do her own variation of the scary shower scene, whose standard was set by Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." Leigh, who died Oct. 3, insisted the scene frightened her so much she could no longer take showers.

In one of the creepiest moments in "The Grudge," an unearthly manifestation of the house's evil spirit pops up as Gellar's character takes a shower.

Gellar's recollections of her shower scene are lighter than Leigh's.

"I've heard her speak about it. I've heard her say she only took baths after that. Mine was more comedy, but I'm a silly person," Gellar said. "All I think about when I think of that scene is the 17 Japanese men in the film crew that were horrified at having to be in the shower with me.

The men clearly were uncomfortable, she recalled, adding: "And there's me with my little, you know, pasties, and I was having an allergic reaction to the water, so they tied garbage bags around my legs since they weren't showing. So you can imagine clearly how glamorous I looked in pasties and garbage bags."

Career veteran
Raised by her mother in New York City, Gellar was doing TV commercials before she even started kindergarten. Throughout school, she did TV guest spots and played young Jacqueline Bouvier in her pre-Kennedy days in the 1991 miniseries "A Woman Named Jackie."

Gellar had a lead role in the short-lived series "Swans Crossing" and was a regular on the soap opera "All My Children" in the mid-1990s, winning a daytime Emmy.

Her other movie credits include "I Know What You Did Last Summer," "Scream 2" and the romantic comedy "Simply Irresistible."

With her spunky charm and goofy sense of humor, Gellar seems a natural for more romantic comedies. But she says the genre does not interest her.

"Never say never, but it's not the kind of movie that I love to see. It's not where my sensibility is. For comedies, I'm a dark-humor kind of girl. So I don't know what I would necessarily bring to that genre," Gellar said.

Gellar hopes to start shooting the ensemble musical comedy thriller "Southland Tales" early next year and is in the market to do an all-out action flick.

No plans to co-star again with Prinze
Two things fans should not expect are future on-screen pairings with hubby Prinze or a big-screen follow-up to "Buffy."

"I truly believe that people don't want to see movies about relationships of married people," Gellar said. "I don't think audiences like it. I don't like it. I love Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, but I don't want to see "˜Shall We Dance?' with Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins."

As for a "Buffy" reprise, Gellar would not rule it out completely, but said the series went out on a high note last year and she feels it's best to let it rest in peace.

"I am very hesitant. I say that sing here now, and I could two years from now see a script and think I have to do that," Gellar said.

"But it's also time to try other things. What am I going to be doing, essentially killing vampires with my wooden cane?" said Gellar, scrunching up her face and copping an elderly woman's voice. "Saying, "˜Oh, bad vampire,' as I lift up my cane, and it's got a spike on the end of it."
 
Yeah Movies like Armageddon were torn apart by the critics, yet made a ton of money and is well-liked among the public.

I'll probably see The Grudge next week when I'm off from work 🙂
 
I never listen to the critics for the fact that, how do they know what others want to watch? Everyone being individual and all we all have different tastes. And I liked Armageddon.

Buffy and I are off to see The Grudge tomorrow, the only thing that spooks me is from the trailer where the little boy opens his mouth and the sound of a cat mewoing comes out. Being a cat lover its just *shudder*
 
Ick! I sleep with the TV on in my house...the other day they were airing the trailer for The Grudge and I jumped awake at that part with the kid and that cat noise! It took me a while to figure out that it was the trailer and not my cat getting into trouble. And it creeped me out!!!
 
Actually I think a lot of critics are right most of the time.

They sniff out the badness and I usually go see a movie based on the reviews.

Because everyone knows a stinker when they see it.
 
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