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The ambitious Begoña Montes is locked in a toxic marriage to a magnate in the thrilling telenovela period drama “Dreams of Freedom” (“Sueños de Libertad”), produced for Antena 3 by Banijay’s Diagonal TV alongside Atresmedia – who produced groundbreaking shows “Money Heist” and “Velvet.”

“Our relationship with Diagonal is, and will continue to be, very good. We worked with them hand-in-hand on many productions, including ‘Amar es para siempre’, the predecessor of ‘Dreams of Freedom,’” Atresmedia fiction director, Montse García, told Variety.

The biggest fiction premiere on free-to-air Spanish television in the past two years, racking up a 14.1% market share and 2.0 million viewers on its linear Feb. 25 bow, the daily series opens with a tense chase through lush forests.

Begoña (Natalia Sánchez), with daughter Julia (Amanda Cárdenas) in tow, runs feverishly through the brush and soil to escape her betrothed, Jesús de la Reina (Alain Hernández), meeting his brother Andrés...

Robert Pattinson out of ‘Mission: Blacklist’ movie (photo: Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson in ‘Life’) Robert Pattinson and Mission: Blacklist have parted ways. Pattinson, whose name had been attached to the project for two years — since Cannes 2012 — has reportedly dropped out due to scheduling issues. Now, what could those issues be? Well, Robert Pattinson, best known (at least for the time being) as the vampire Edward Cullen in the immensely popular Twilight movie franchise, has no less than two movies opening at Cannes 2014: David Michôd’s thriller The Rover, co-starring Guy Pearce, which will be shown as one of Cannes’ Midnight Screenings, and David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, also featuring Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, and Carrie Fisher, and which is in the running for the Palme d’Or. There’s more: Robert Pattinson has recently completed work on Anton Corbijn’s Life, with Pattinson as photographer Dennis Stock,...

Robert Pattinson and David Cronenberg ‘Maps to the Stars’ gets German distribution, Toronto screening Starring Robert Pattinson, Julianne Moore, John Cusack, and Mia Wasikowska, Maps to the Stars has found a German distributor. Screen Daily reports that Christian Meinke’s Mfa+ has acquired the rights to the David Cronenberg-directed Hollywood satire at the American Film Market, recently held in Santa Monica. Mfa+ also picked up Vincent Grashaw’s feature debut Coldwater and Tobias Lindholm’s Danish thriller A Hijacking / Kapringen, which has a similar premise to that of the Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks hit Captain Phillips. (Photo: Robert Pattinson on the set of Maps to the Stars.) In Map to the Stars, John Cusack (replacing Viggo Mortensen) plays a Los Angeles analyst and self-help guru whose wife (Olivia Williams) is immersed in the career of their teen star son (Evan Bird), fresh off of rehab. Their daughter (Mia Wasikowska...

Even the oh-so-sexy Robert Pattinson gets a little squeamish before a big sex scene. While speaking with Germany's Interview magazine, the Twilight heartthrob opened up about his 2009 flick Little Ashes, in which he played surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. The film chronicled a passionate love affair between the Spanish artist and poet Ferdico García Lorca (played by Javier Beltrán), and the 27-year-old actor recalls one particularly steamy scene where the pair got intimate in a pool. "The Dali production was the worst, it was mortifying," he confessed to the mag. "We were all hanging out by the pool, trying to loosen up. I was nervously clinging to the edge—and before I...

On the Road movie reedited for Toronto screening Based on Jack Kerouac's '50s novel, Walter Salles' Otr adaptation starring Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, and Kristen Stewart (above photo) will be screened at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. We all knew that. What we didn't know is that Tiff 2012 will unveil a new cut of the film (via indieWIRE), which premiered last spring at the Cannes Film Festival to mixed reviews. The 2hr20m drama has been downsized to approximately 125 minutes. That's an interesting development, as Otr has already been screened in several countries, with varying degrees of box-office success. [Check out the On the Road trailer. Check out Kristen Stewart On the Road poster; Garrett Hedlund On the Road poster.] Otr movie reedit hardly unique On the other hand, different cuts shown in different countries is hardly something new. Whether as a result of poor critical/box-office reception, (perceived) local sensibilities, and/or censorship, the movie you watch in, say, Canada isn't necessarily the exact same movie watched by someone in Singapore,...

Robert Pattinson as a young rebellious New Yorker, Emilie de Ravin in Allen Coulter’s Remember Me (top); Robert Pattinson as the young-looking (but old) vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart in David Slade’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (middle); Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson as the young Salvador Dali in Paul Morrison’s Little Ashes (bottom) I haven’t read either Guy de Maupassant’s 19th-century novel Bel Ami or Rachel Bennette’s screenplay adaptation, so I don’t know exactly how old Robert Pattinson’s Georges Duroy, social/sexual climber extraordinaire, is supposed to be. But looking at videos and photos of Pattinson in costume as Duroy, the soon-to-be-24-year-old actor surely looks quite a bit older in Bel Ami than in his other film roles (see above). That’s not [...]...

Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali, Javier Beltrán as Federico Garcia Lorca in Paul Morrison’s Little Ashes (top); Eytan Fox’s Mary Lou (middle); Frank Ripploh’s raunchy gay classic Taxi Zum Klo (bottom) Torino Lgbt Film Festival 2010: Leo’S Room, Boy In A Bathtub, Rosa von Praunheim Other Torino screenings on Wednesday, April 21, include Paul Morrison’s Little Ashes, starring Twilight idol Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali (!) and Javier Beltrán as Federico Garcia Lorca. Set in 1920s Spain, Dali is portrayed as a closet case in love with Lorca, who ended up killed by Franco sympathizers during the Spanish Civil War. Future filmmaker Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty) is depicted as an anti-gay grouch. Producer Carlo Dusi will be present at [...]...

Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson in Little Ashes Paul Morrison’s Little Ashes, starring Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali (!), won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film — Limited release dealing with gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people. The other nominees in that category were Casi Divas, The Country Teacher, Phoebe in Wonderland, and The Secrets. Written by Philippa Goslett, Little Ashes depicts a purported romance between Dali and left-wing poet Federico García Lorca (played by Javier Beltrán), with Lorca feeling comfortable about his sexual orientation and Dali all conflicted about it. The former was later murdered during the Spanish Civil War, while the later became a successful artist and radical right-winger. Matthew McNulty plays Luis Buñuel in the film. "Director Paul Morrison (Wondrous [...]...

Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca, Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes According to reports, forensic experts have begun digging at a mass unmarked grave in search of the remains of poet and playwright Federico García Lorca (right), executed in the early days of Spain’s bloody 1936-39 civil war. The work is taking place on a remote hillside area near Granada, in Spain’s southern province of Andalusia. The assassins were members of a militia loyal to right-wing Gen. Francisco Franco. Approximately 500,000 people were killed during the civil war, which erupted after Franco, abetted by Spain’s business establishment and the Catholic Church, rebelled against the elected leftist Republican government. (Guillermo del Toro captures the brutality of this dark period [...]...

For a film about renowned artists, Little Ashes lacks style and imagination, a cumbersome clutter of poorly constructed scenes and amateurish acting.

A bland tale of Salvador Dali’s relationship with Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltrán) attempts to explore a speculative sexual experimentation during the 20’s, a time for revolution and visionaries. Their lavish, homoerotic exploits are meant to shed the era’s repressed nature, but are told with little passion or conviction in a wholly pedestrian plot. The film is simply a paradox of stock storytelling for extraordinary figures.

The presence of Robert Pattinson from Twilight fame only gathers a wider audience for an undeserving work, and the portrait of a tortured artist will only be a torturous affair for his young fans. Pattinson barely transforms from his vampiric role as a brooding romantic into a brooding painter, forcing a delivery in a fleeting accent and overreacting to his cohorts.

Not that the Twilight brigade will care -- because, Omg, Robert Pattinson is almost like totally naked here! -- but only indiscriminate vampire-swooning tweens will appreciate his portrayal of the surrealistic Spanish painter and filmmaker Salvador Dalí. For Pattinson’s interpretation of the man comes down to two hours of stultifying wide-eyed stares and mooning declarations such as “I’m Salvador Dalí, the savior of modern art” that play more as unintentional parody than as any attempt to understand a man whom -- Philippa Goslett’s script would like us to believe -- was a conflicted dreamer who was able to let loose in his art in a way he never was able to do in his own life. Director Paul Morrison (Solomon and Gaenor) makes some odd choices regarding what language we’re hearing this story in -- these native Spaniards speak English, except when Dalí’s onetime friend...

Robert Pattinson trapped in strange new movie.

Robert Pattinson in "Little Ashes"

Photo: Regent

Some months before he began filming "Twilight," the movie that would ignite his career, Robert Pattinson shot a low-budget art-house film in Spain called "Little Ashes." "Twilight" was released last November; now comes the earlier picture. We can only imagine how Pattinson must feel about this.

The movie, directed by Paul Morrison, has an interesting subject: the 1922 meeting of three soon-to-be-renowned Spanish artists — filmmaker Luis Buñuel, painter Salvador Dalí and the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca — at the Residencia de Estudiantes, a Madrid arts institute. García Lorca is played by the Spanish TV actor Javier Beltrán, who somewhat resembles the young writer. Buñuel is portrayed by an Englishman, Matthew McNulty ("Control"), who looks nothing at all like the great director. And Pattinson has been cast, disastrously, as Dalí.

Actually, it's hard to imagine who could...

Robert Pattinson trapped in strange new movie.

Robert Pattinson in "Little Ashes"

Photo: Regent

Some months before he began filming "Twilight," the movie that would ignite his career, Robert Pattinson shot a low-budget art-house film in Spain called "Little Ashes." "Twilight" was released last November; now comes the earlier picture. We can only imagine how Pattinson must feel about this.

The movie, directed by Paul Morrison, has an interesting subject: the 1922 meeting of three soon-to-be-renowned Spanish artists — filmmaker Luis Buñuel, painter Salvador Dalí and the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca — at the Residencia de Estudiantes, a Madrid arts institute. García Lorca is played by the Spanish TV actor Javier Beltrán, who somewhat resembles the young writer. Buñuel is portrayed by an Englishman, Matthew McNulty ("Control"), who looks nothing at all like the great director. And Pattinson has been cast, disastrously, as Dalí.

Actually, it's hard to imagine who could...

An earnest gay biopic that teeters on the edge of preciousness before plunging headlong into the drink, Little Ashes does have an audience out there, I'm sure. I just know that I'm not in it, nor are most of the people who will be checking it out for its much-hyped casting of Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson as a gay-experimenting Salvador Dalí.

While with a healthier budget, tighter script and steadier directorial hand, Ashes may have been the next Brideshead Revisited or Before Night Falls, it lands more in the neighborhood of Savage Grace.

At its core, Ashes is the story of gay Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, a contemporary of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí who mined his Andalusian gypsy heritage and status as an outsider to become one of the most celebrated poets of his time.  

Javier Beltrán as Federico Garcia Lorca

As played by Spanish teen television heartthrob Javier Beltrán,...

We're all for getting out in the summertime, but there might not be anything more refreshing than cooling off in a movie theater... or seeing a movie in the comfort of your air-conditioned home on demand, on DVD, or online... or better yet catching a classic on the big screen at a nearby repertory theater. With literally hundreds of films to choose from this summer, we humbly present this guide to the season's most exciting offerings.

May 1

"Eldorado"

The Cast: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Franise Chichy

Director: Bouli Lanners

Fest Cred: Cannes, Warsaw, Glasgow, Palm Springs,

The Gist: When Elie (Adde), a hapless young thief attempts to rob Yvan (Lanners), a 40-year-old car dealer, the two form a unlikely friendship that leads to a road trip across Belgium in this slight comedy that won the Best European Film at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes last year.

The arrival of "Star Trek" signals the start of blockbuster season (in our orbit, "Wolverine" doesn't count), and the indie world wastes no time with responding in kind with a few big name players of its own.

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"Adoration"

Atom Egoyan landed himself a Palme d'Or nomination at last year's Cannes for the latest of his patented multi-stranded narratives of introspection, this one a meditation on the marginalization of truth and the role of technology in the post-9/11 mindset. Devon Bostick stars as Simon, an orphaned student whose class assignment translating a newspaper article about the would-be martyrdom of a pregnant woman has personal ramifications when he writes a fictionalized op-ed from the perspective of the now-grown child that takes on a life of its own once it hits the web.

Opens in New York and Los Angeles.

The movie studio executives play God around this time every year. Don’t listen to mother nature … summer starts May 1. The blockbusters are upon us, and it looks like May might just be The big month of movies this year. Sure, we have to wait for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, but we’ve already been waiting for that last one for a while now. And it looks like each week we will have a new box office winner … my hunch is Wolverine will have the biggest opening weekend, but when it’s all said and done, Star Trek will be box office king. Let’s get to the films.

May 1 Movie of the Week

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

The Stars: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will I Am, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch

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Regent Releasing, the company responsible for the film Little Ashes (starring Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán, and Matthew McNulty), the much-anticipated biopic about the life and times of widely known Spanish artist Salvador Dali, has just announced that Little Ashes tickets are officially on sale (as we told you before here), and that they can come to a theater near you! Says Regent, "[a]ll indepdendent films rely heavily on the grassroots support of people like you . . . The best approach is to contact your local theater that plays art cinema and let them know you'd like to see Little Ashes." Also, says Regent, "[o]pening weekends are very important, so make sure you and your friends support independent films on their firks weekend in your community." More information on this is available at the film's official website. Many fans are up in arms about the fact that Little Ashes ..

Have a question about gay male entertainment? Ask the Monkey! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)

Q: A year ago I saw a very good gay short film called Bugcrush and I fell in love with Donald Cumming, the bad boy bug enthusiast from the film. Cumming is the lead singer is a great band called the Virgins. You gotta let me know if he is queer or not. – Darius, Birmingham, UK

A: I love the Virgins! If you’re not familiar with them, take a listen:

Cumming is definitely adorable. Alas, he is also straight, most recently linked with Peaches Geldof, the daughter of Bob Geldof and a U.K. socialite and reality TV star.

Donald Cumming with Peaches Geldof

Q: Oh, Wise Monkey, now that Dustin Lance Black has gotten his well-deserved Oscar, are any distributors thinking about re-issuing his 2001 docu-soap On the Bus? It was released some years ago,...

What was supposed to be a working holiday in Spain gave actor Robert Pattinson such severe anxiety, he feared he wouldn't work again. "I was kind of crossing lines of what I thought I was comfortable doing. I had to do all this naked stuff," the actor tells GQ magazine of his work in Little Ashes, where Rpattz plays a young Salvador Dali. The film follows the love affair between Pattinson's Dali and poet Federico García Lorca, played by Javier Beltrán. "And here I am, with Javier, who plays Lorca, doing an extremely hard-core sex scene, where I have a nervous breakdown afterward,".

Twilight star Robert Pattinson can't always play a vampire heartthrob. In his next movie, Little Ashes, set in 1922 and described by Variety as an "arty Bohemian romp," the London-born actor, 22, plays Spanish surrealist painter (1904-1989) Salvador Dalí as a young man – in love with the poet Federico GarcÍa Lorca, played by Javier Beltran. The two meet at university, with Lorca attracted to what the movie's production notes call Dalí's "bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism." Hey, beats a bite in the neck. Little Ashes opens in late March. – Stephen M. Silverman Related Article: . Rob named People's 'Sexiest' vampire! Related...

According to a report made public by the Daily Mail, Courtney Love's 16-year-old daughter Frances Bean Cobain is a huge fan of movie hottie Robert Pattinson and so her mother wants to set her up with the 22-year-old actor. "Courtney thinks he's charming and handsome and absolutely has to be Frances's first date," a source claims. "She's doing everything she can to engineer another meeting."

No words on what the things that Courtney have done to play a matchmaker for Frances and Robert. It is also not known if Robert knows that Frances is one of his fans.

Frances Bean Cobain is the daughter of Courtney Love and his late musician husband Kurt Cobain. Born in August 1992, she is the couple's only child.

As for Robert Pattinson, following the success of his hit vampire movie "Twilight", he always receives much attention from the media. Recently, he secured the top...

MTV.Com Pop MVPs include 3 from the cast of Twilight Kristen Stewart Robert Pattinson and Jackson Rathbone as a rookienbspFemale Pop MVPKristen StewartYeah we all know Stewart will be hard at work on Twilight sequel New Moon in 2009 but the girl known as Bella Swan also has a slew of other projects this year that are sure to solidify her status as a Hollywood it girl. Twilighters can catch Kristen in several films including Adventureland in which she plays a rocker chick as well as Welcome to the Rileys in which she plays an exotic dancer. She was also handpicked to play Joan Jett in a Runaways biopic.Male Pop MVPRobert PattinsonAfter making millions of girls want to have a vampire love affair in Twilight English heartthrob Robert Pattinson will reprise his role as Edward Cullen in this years New Moon. But he also hopes to wow audiences as the...

Twilight trailer stats box office stats Jackson Rathbone Kristen Kelly Clarkson Kellan Lutz and Rob in your odds and ends for todaynbspTwilight has passed 300 million in worldwide grossPretty exciting since there are still 5 more countries that havent hit their release day. See the numbers here Domestic 182172744 Foreign 120169353 Worldwide 302342097 thanks katrina anitamichichiTwilight trailer on Yahoo statsOn Yahoo they have the top 10 trailors of 2008 and Twilight is number 3 with 9.8 million views. Just thought you may be interested in this little bit of news. thanks amandaTwilight Star Jackson Rathbone Hopes To Show His Range In Last AirbenderActor says his character in the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film is less serious than Jasper. More hereRobert Pattinson is an MTV MVPRobert Pattinson had a great year and takes the top spot in MTVs Pop MVPs of 2008. Source thanks katWhat Are Robert Pattinson And Other Male Pop MVPs Up To In 2009?Robert Pattinson After making millions...

Catapulted to international stardom for playing the role of Edward Cullen in hit vampire drama flick "Twilight", Robert Pattinson takes the top spot on MTV's list of Male Pop MVPs in 2009. The list, which has several Hollywood popular names that the network expects big things from for this year, also includes the likes of Zac Efron and Chris Brown among others.

"After making millions of girls want to have a vampire love affair in 'Twilight,' English heartthrob Robert Pattinson will reprise his role as Edward Cullen in this year's 'New Moon'", MTV writes about Pattinson. "But he also hopes to wow audiences as the young surrealist painter Salvador Dali in the film 'Little Ashes,' which chronicles the early life of the brilliant artist and explores his romantic relationship with poet Federico Garcia Lorca, played by Javier Beltran."

Following Pattinson close behind at the 2nd spot is Brown.

Here is the trailer for Regent Releasing film Little Ashes. The drama is set to open March 27, 2009. The film is directed by Paul Morrison and written by Philippa Goslett. Little Ashes stars Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty and Marina Gatell In the midst of the repression and political unrest of pre-Spanish Civil War, eccentric artist Salvador Dalí and renowned poet and revolutionary Federico García Lorca find their artistic and sexual freedom. The two form a bond challenged by their fierce ambitions, their friends, the struggle between a love for Spain and a love for [...]...

The trailer for Little Ashes is online, and it's a treat both for fans of Spanish art / Civil War history and fans of Robert Pattinson (which people are, judging from the screams at last night's Twilight premiere, are the loudest people in the world). This is the film in which Pattinson plays Salvador Dalí, enfant terrible of the art world and all-round mentalist. As a student in 1920s Madrid, he became friends with filmmaker Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty) and genius Spanish poet Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltran). Lorca, goes the film's story, was passionately in love with Dalí, who unfortunately wasn't quite as freeform about his sexuality as he was about his painting. And to make things worse, the Spanish Civil War was about to put a spike in all their bohemian cultural ambitions.The film comes out in cinemas next year - expect the queues of teenage girls to run around the block.

A few days ago we posted a clip from Little Ashes, which stars Robert Pattinson as artist Salvador Dalí, and now we have the first trailer. The Paul Morrison directed film also stars Javier Beltran, Matthew McNulty and Marina Gatell. The film is set in the midst of the repression and political unrest of pre-Spanish Civil War, and follows the life of eccentric artist Salvador Dalí and renowned poet and revolutionary Federico García Lorca as they find their artistic and sexual freedom. The two form a bond challenged by their fierce ambitions, their friends, the struggle between a love for Spain and a love for each other. Little Ashes will open in 2009, but a more definite release has not yet been set.

The trailer is in for "Little Ashes" and we suggest you check out our gallery for the film starring Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Arly Jover, Esther Nubiola, Simón Andreu, Vicky Peña, Sue Flack, Ferran Audí and Bruno Oro. Paul Morrison helms from the writing by Philippa Goslett. The drama sees release March 27th next year and is rated R for sexual content, language and a brief disturbing image. Romantic story about the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. In 1922, Madrid is wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of Jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. Salvador Dali arrives at the university; 18 years old and determined to become a great artist. His bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism attracts the attention of two of the university's social elite...

The trailer is in for "Little Ashes" and we suggest you check out our gallery for the film starring Javier Beltran, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Arly Jover, Esther Nubiola, Simón Andreu, Vicky Peña, Sue Flack, Ferran Audí and Bruno Oro. Paul Morrison helms from the writing by Philippa Goslett. The drama sees release March 27th next year and is rated R for sexual content, language and a brief disturbing image. Romantic story about the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. In 1922, Madrid is wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of Jazz, Freud and the avant-garde.

This just in: The ladies love Robert Pattinson.

And for those of you on Team Edward, you might be interested to see what the Twilight star looks like with a handlebar moustache. I mean, isn't that the obvious next step? You'll get your wish in Little Ashes, in which the palest heartthrob around plays a young Salvador Dali opposite Javier Beltran's Francisco Garcia Lorca as the young artistes find their sexual and creative freedoms/passions.

That's right, I said Robert Pattinson and "sexual" in the same paragraph. So enjoy that.

Video courtesy of Trailer Addict

We don't have a U.S. release date for Little Ashes yet, but it will be in theaters in the U.K. next year.

As Twilight continues it's very impressive run in theatres at the moment, a new official trailer has just been released by Regent Releasing via Trailer Addict (http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/little-ashes/trailer) for Robert Pattinson's next upcoming indie film where he plays artist Salvador Dali in Little Ashes (http://www.imdb.com:80/title/tt1104083/). It is set to be in limited theatres March 27, 2009. The film also stars Matthew McNulty, Javier Beltran, and Marina Gatell. You can see a HD version of the new Little Ashes trailer from Yahoo (http://movies.yahoo.com:80/movie/1809933194/trailer). Official Movie Site (http://www.littleashes-themovie.com/) - - - - - - In the midst of the repression and political unrest of pre-Spanish Civil War, eccentric artist Salvador Dalí and renowned poet and revolutionary Federico García Lorca find their artistic and sexual freedom. The two form a bond challenged by their fierce ambitions,...

Following the previous outing of two clips, "Little Ashes" has just got its first trailer. Timed around 2:19, the video footage serves as an introduction to main character Salvador Dali and his two friends, Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Bunuel. It also highlights the untold romantic story between Dali and Lorca, and the political unrest of pre-Spanish Civil War.

Set against the backdrop of Fascist Spain in 1922, the Regent Releasing drama follows three of the era's most creative young talents, Dali, Lorca and Bunuel. Setting off on a course to change their world, the three form a bond when they meet at university. But, their friendship becomes strained as Dali and Lorca's relationship develops into an unusual love affair.

Taking its title from Salvador Dali's 1927-28 painting Cenicitas, "Little Ashes" stars Robert Pattinson as Dali, Javier Beltran as Federico Garcia Lorca and Matthew McNulty as Luis Bunuel. This drama...

Can't get enough of "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson? If that's a no, make sure to check out the trailer for Paul Morrison's "Little Ashes" right after the jump.

Written by Philippa Goslett, the film focuses on the decadent lifestyle of the young trio of Salvador Dali, Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Bunuel.

Pattinson is on board as Dali, while Javier Beltran plays Lorca. Matthew McNulty stars as Bunuel. As for Morrison, you may or may not have seen his last film, "Wondrous Oblivion."

To be honest, I don't know what exactly to think of "Little Ashes," now that I've seen the trailer. The story is certainly an interesting one, but as you can see below, the movie looks kind of cheap.

Word is the film will open in limited release in March 2009. Check out the trailer below, and feel free to share what you think.

Little Ashes is a biopic of sorts that follows artist Salvador Dalí, played by Twilight star Robert Pattinson, filmmaker Luis Buñuel, played by Matthew McNulty, and writer Federico García Lorca, played by Javier Beltran, in Spain during the 1920s. As much as I was curious to see a film about the life of one of my favorite artists, this doesn't look that good. It looks like it was shot well, on location in Spain, but that doesn't make a great film in the end. I'll still hold my breath and hope for the best, but unfortunately I'm not impressed. Though I know Twilight fans will still swoon over Pattinson all day long. Watch the trailer for Paul Morrison's Little Ashes: [flv:http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/little-ashes-trailer-med.flv http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/little-ashes-trailer-med.jpg 596 336] You can also watch the Little Ashes trailer in High Definition on Yahoo Little Ashes is directed by British filmmaker Paul Morrison, of Solomon & Gaenor and Wondrous Oblivion previously,...

The first of what looks to be many Salvador Dali films has arrived and in it we see Twilight's Robert Pattinson. Getting a head start on Dali's story, Regent Releasing has released the first poster and trailer for Little Ashes.

Little Ashes Poster and Trailer

In the midst of the repression and political unrest of pre-Spanish Civil War, eccentric artist Salvador Dalí (Rob Pattinson) and renowned poet and revolutionary Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltran) find their artistic and sexual freedom in each other. The two form a bond challenged by their fierce ambitions, the struggle between a love for Spain and a love for each other.

Hollywood 'It' boy Rob Pattinson is going to be back on the big screen but there aren't going to be any vampires around this time. In his new flick Little Ashes, Rob portrays eccentric artist Salvador Dalí. In the midst of the repression and political unrest of pre-Spanish Civil War, eccentric artist Salvador Dalí (Rob Pattinson) and renowned poet and revolutionary Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltran), find their artistic and sexual freedom in each other. The two form a bond challenged by their fierce ambitions, the struggle between a love for Spain and a love for each other. ...

Robert Pattinson was as friendly, approachable and fun to be around in our downtime as he was a true professional while on set, and his commitment to becoming Salvador Dali' was extremely impressive - and paid off in generating a performance which I personally think is extraordinary. We did completely confuse Javier Beltran's mother when she stumbled across our shoot and failed to recognize her own son dressed as Garcia Lorca... - - - - - - The above quote is from Little Ashes executive producer Carlo Dusi. With the huge success of Twilight, one of the movie’s major actors; Robert Pattinson is generally regarded as the film’s major attraction. However, while Pattinson portrays the controversial artist Salvador Dalí, it was acclaimed Spanish actor Javier Beltrán who is regarded as the film’s leading actor. Beltrán plays the writer and poet, Federico García Lorca. Another talented young actor from the UK,...

Anne Thompson over at Variety’s Thompson on Hollywood blog has debuted the first clip from Little Ashes, a film where Robert Pattinson isn’t a vampire. The young actor instead portrays Salvador Dalí and the film chronicles the life and loves of the artist, as well as filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca. Little Ashes also stars Javier Beltran, Matthew McNulty and Marina Gatell. It’s scheduled to arrive in theaters sometime next year. To go along with the below clip, MTV has the first official images and you can check them out here.

Two fresh clips of "Little Ashes" have been found. Exclusively previewed first by Rotten Tomatoes, the one minute each snippets present a look inside the young life of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Bunuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca. The clips which are compiled into one player also give out glimpses of "Twilight" star, Robert Pattinson, being the surrealist painter, Dali.

Set against the backdrop of Fascist Spain in 1922, 18-year-old Dali arrives at university in Madrid. Determined to become a great artist, he soon gets the attention from Residencia de Estudiantes' social elite, poet Lorca and aspiring filmmaker Bunuel. But, their friendship becomes strained as Dali and Lorca get closer to each other. When the two spend the summer at the sea-side village of Cadaques, their friendship becomes something more.

"Little Ashes" takes its title from Salvador Dali's 1927-28 painting Cenicitas. Starring also Javier Beltran as Federico Garcia Lorca...

Update: Another new Little Ashes movie clip has been released and added, courtesy of Variety. The NY Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/nydn/movies/movie.do?method=info id=65506) reports that the much anticipated upcoming indie film Little Ashes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104083/) starring Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Javier Beltran, Marina Gatell and directed by Paul Morrison, is set to have a limited release in theatres on March 27, 2009. The Little Ashes Promotional Blitz (http://www.themovie-fanatic.com/la/) website has also just recently gotten confirmation from Aria Films that the Little Ashes movie trailer will make it's official debut on the entertainment news show, Access Hollywood on Monday, December 1st and will then make its online premiere, showcased on Yahoo! Movies on Wednesday, December 3rd. - - - - - - In the meantime, as we patiently wait for the official movie trailer to be released, we...

The NY Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/nydn/movies/movie.do?method=info id=65506) reports that the much anticipated upcoming indie film Little Ashes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104083/) starring Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Javier Beltran, Marina Gatell and directed by Paul Morrison, is set to have a limited release in theatres on March 27, 2009. The Little Ashes Promotional Blitz (http://www.themovie-fanatic.com/la/) website has also just recently gotten confirmation from Aria Films that the Little Ashes movie trailer will make it's official debut on the entertainment news show, Access Hollywood on Monday, December 1st and will then make its online premiere, showcased on Yahoo! Movies on Wednesday, December 3rd. - - - - - - In the meantime, as we patiently wait for the official movie trailer to be released, we present courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/little_ashes/), two newly released...

Summit Entertainment has their first blockbuster in "Twilight." The Catherine Hardwicke helmed film adapted from the best-selling Stephenie Meyer title posted an estimated $70.5 million debut weekend. Opening in 3,419 theatres, the film averaged a strong $20,636 average per venue. Here are the daily figures for now: Friday: $35,872,000Saturday: $21,019,000Sunday: $13,662,000At the current estimate, the teen girl targeted "Twilight" is the fourth biggest November opener ahead of "The Incredibles" with $70.4 million and last weekend's top spot holding "Quantum of Solace" with $67.5 million. It is however, the highest grossing female directed film ever. The next in the list is Paramount's "Deep Impact" helmed by Mimi Ledger with $41.1 million. Dropping 59% in comparison to its debut weekend, Bond actioner "Quantum of Solace" posted $27.4 million and has accumulated over $418 million dollars in worldwide numbers so far. U.S. figures are responsible for $109.4 million of that total. Disney's family opener "Bolt" featuring the voice talents of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus,...

Javier Beltran (left) and Robert Pattinson in Little Ashes

Stars such as Will Smith and Jake Gyllenhaal have played gay on their way to international superstardom, but Robert Pattinson, currently best known as Cedric from the Harry Potter movies, has the order reversed. This Friday, he opens in Twilight, the eagerly-awaited adaptation of the first book in the bestselling teen vampire series, and it's widely expected to make him a star.

But come winter (in the U.K.) and spring (in the U.S.), we'll see him starring as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes, a small British movie about the passionate friendship/"bromance"/love affair between the famous "straight" painter and his gay playwright friend Federico García Lorca.

More pics from the film after the jump!

From Regent Releasing we have new images in from "Little Ashes" which stars "Twilight" lead actor Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltran, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Arly Jover, Esther Nubiola, Simón Andreu, Vicky Peña, Sue Flack, Ferran Audí and Bruno Oro. Paula Morrison, helmer of the critically acclaimed Delroy Lindo starrer "Wondrous Oblivion," directs from the screenplay by Philippa Goslett, a first-timer at the time. Goslett has now completed work on the Aaron Stanford led comedy "Holy Money." "Little Ashes" is a romantic story about the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca.In 1922, Madrid is wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of Jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. Salvador Dali arrives at the university; 18 years old and determined to become a great artist. His bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism attracts the...

From Regent Releasing we have new images in from "Little Ashes" which stars "Twilight" lead actor Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltran, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Arly Jover, Esther Nubiola, Simón Andreu, Vicky Peña, Sue Flack, Ferran Audí and Bruno Oro. Paula Morrison, helmer of the critically acclaimed Delroy Lindo starrer "Wondrous Oblivion," directs from the screenplay by Philippa Goslett, a first-timer at the time. Goslett has now completed work on the Aaron Stanford led comedy "Holy Money." "Little Ashes" is a romantic story about the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dali, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico Garcia Lorca.

New movie vampire Rob Pattinson is set to go gay in a independent film about artist Salvador Dali.

The much-hyped British star - who can be seen in new horror picture Twilight - portrays the surrealist in Little Ashes, which is due for release next year.

And it has been revealed that the film features a gay love scene between him and Javier Beltran, who plays author Federico Garcia Lorca, according to Eonline.com.

The movie centres on the relationship between a teenage Dalí, Lorca and filmmaker Luis Bunuel in Madrid, Spain in the early 1920s.

As I impatiently wait for Robert Pattinson’s performance as Edward in ‘Twilight’ to debut on November 21st, I thought I would look further ahead to one of his next movies called ‘Little Ashes.’ I mentioned this movie in my blog about Rob, Death By Pattinson!, but I have since come to discover that there is a campaign to get Regent Releasing’s ‘Little Ashes’ a screening here in Los Angeles. I, for one, would love to see this movie and write a review for you here as I think it will be a real test of Rob’s acting ability as he is playing a young Salvador Dali. In college, I did take an art appreciation class, so I do know of Dali’s most famous surrealist painting The Persistence of Memory with the melting clocks. But ‘Little Ashes’ takes place before this work was painted. According to the...

Coming directly from Regent Releasing, the person in charge of the Little Ashes release in America has stated that the film is a top priority at Regent. The company, known for distributing thought-provoking and intelligent independent cinema releases, recently announced Little Ashes as one of their upcoming attractions. - - - - - - One of our project's foremost coordinators spoke at length with Regent. The person in charge of promoting the film, who has recently viewed it, has said that it is a very good film done in a tasteful manner. Our promotional website will receive: ...exclusive stills/updates/behind-the-scene clips and photos, along with the trailer to be released in October. Plus, promotional giveaways for us to offer to viewers. The film's main attraction is of course, Robert Pattinson, but there is also an increasing buzz for Spanish actor Javier Beltran. Beltran will play Federico García Lorca, one of Dali's friends.