I don’t like to rub it in but I TOLD YOU we might get some movie news during Berlinale.  Wow.  Here we were preparing ourselves for the Life photocall/press conference and BOOMBAH we get Rob in a movie with Guy and Mia that sounds bloody fantastic.  Even if Rob wasn’t in this film I’d be in the queue at the cinema waiting to see it.  I don’t know if you saw the article that I’ve linked below where Martin Koolhoven talks about the script he’s written and how there’s no movie like this before.  Reminds me so much of David and The Rover.  Knowing both Guy and Rob are on board tells me we are in for something magical.  Not sure if they will both be in scenes together, since Rob’s role is quite small, but I’m sure if they are it will be bloody fantastic.  To keep up to date on all official news and links don’t forget to bookmark our Brimstone film page.  We’ll link all our posts on articles about the film there.  Still blushing over Martin Koolhoven’s correction to my google translate fail yesterday lol.  But let me get back to Berlinale.  How glorious did Rob look – that Star Portrait.  Sweet Baby Jesus.  If I thought I was excited to see his character in The Childhood of A Leader before it’s off the charts now.  I love that look.  LOVE LOVE LOVE.  Oh wait, this is supposed to be me putting together a summary of the week not my preferences for Rob and facial hair. Anyway, before someone tells us that there’s a pic out there of Rob’s character in TCoaL – we know -  but the production office had already contacted us when filming commenced and we had agreed not to post any photos that may leak from the set.  Don’t worry you’ll be rewarded for your patience as soon as official pics are provided to us.  That leak was just an unfortunate mistake.  But back to the week here at RPAU.  Vertigo celebrated a birthday and since Rob is always so good to us on our birthdays, we were able to celebrate in style thanks to Berlinale.   And thanks to Berlinale I won’t natter on too much this week because even I have some catching up to do.  But don’t forget to check out our review roundups for both Life and Queen of the Desert.  Let’s just ignore the sourpusses and their negativity shall we.  Overall Rob’s getting positive reviews.  The worm seems to have turned.   So without further adieu below is a list of loads of Rob.  I’ve bundled them up into categories for you this week to make it easier.  We’re always thinking of you (when we’re not thinking about Rob that is).  Enjoy!

MOVIE NEWS

*New Project* Robert Pattinson Joins Guy Pearce & Mia Wasikowska in Martin Koolhoven “Brimstone”

*Print* Martin Koolhoven Gives More Details about Robert Pattinson’s Brimstone to Filmpjekijken.com

*Print* De Telegraaf Gives Possible Dutch Release Date for Robert Pattinson #BrimstoneMovie

Robert Pattinson sneak peak of “Life” added to .@transmission YouTube

NEW UHQ Robert Pattinson Maps to the Stars stills & bts images

.@MartinKoolhoven Talks Robert Pattinson & #BrimstoneMovie with .@nrrcultuur “Shooting May to July”

*Print* Robert Pattinson Talks #BrimstoneMovie, Harmony Korine, James Gray & More with De Volkskrant

 

Well well well what a week it’s been.  Charlie Hunnam is in a movie with Rob.  I was a little upset about Benedict pulling out, but that lasted about 2 nanoseconds when I realised who had replaced him.  Some of you may remember my Tumblr back in 2012/2013 called UltimateSexyBeasts.  I’ve hardly been on Tumblr the past year, it somehow lost its lustre, but I may find a few minutes every now and then to spam some Rob & Charlie – we shall see.  And if the news about Charlie Hunnam wasn’t enough I came across a Swedish article that claims Assayas’ is hoping to start filming Idol’s Eye in March 2015 (albeit fingers crossed and finance gets sorted).  Rob and Bob – I’m still burning that candle.  Then we get news that Davos has joined Rob on The Childhood of A Leader.  Oh sorry I mean Liam Cunningham for those not addicted to Game of Thrones.  Cindy made a good point on Twitter – wonder if Rob will ask him about plot spoilers.  The Childhood of A Leader is most definitely filming. I have had confirmation of that from the set.  I know I’m in the minority but I am loving that no photos are being leaked of Rob.  He must be loving the fact that he can focus without distraction.  And since we’re talking films – Queen of the Desert had it’s world premiere at Berlinale on Friday.  No Rob in attendance unfortunately.  It seems the film is receiving lukewarm reviews.  Rob seems to be garnering praise for his minor role though from most.  I can’t wait to see the film myself to make up my mind because there’s a few films that I’ve seen in the last few weeks that are talked up and have Oscar noms and I just found them lacking.  Different strokes for different folks.  At least we have Life to look forward to in a few days and Suze tells me that there has been a press screening and from what she’s seen the reviews are positive for both the film and performances.  For those wondering what happened at the AFCAs on Saturday night, Rob didn’t win Best Supporting Actor *insertsadface*, that honour went to The Babadook.  Who knew that The Babadook really would turn out to be our own nightmare.  Let me finish on a high note though – Rob’s received another nomination for Best Supporting Actor from the Australian Film Circle Critics Awards.  Yeah baby.  I think I might go to those awards since they are held in Sydney, just so I can smack whoever doesn’t vote for him over the head.  Ok just kidding I don’t condone violence *sideeyes*

Robert Pattinson Maps to the Stars Monday – UK DVD Released Today

Robert Pattinson Queen of the Desert & Life Berlinale Advance Ticket Sales 2 February 2015

Robert Pattinson:  A-Z Appreciation Post – The Letter “G” Maria

Robert Pattinson: The Rover & Maps to the Stars “Best of Lists” Roundup *Updated 3/2/15*

*Print* Guy Pearce Mentions Robert Pattinson “He’s got an amazing voice & his songs are really contemporary”

Robert Pattinson & The Rover Receive 5 Nominations at the @FilmCriticsCirc Awards

 

Be still my beating heart … promo Rob is coming.  We had the delightful news this week that Rob would in fact be attending the world premiere of Life at the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival on 9 February 2015 – that’s photocall, press conference and red carpet *twirls*.  I’m still holding out hope that Rob may be a last minute attendee at the Queen of the Desert premiere on 6 February, but as I type this he’s definitely not listed to attend.  And speaking of Life we got a new still.   Now if we can get one per week until the actual movie releases … Also for our Aussie followers, Transmission Films confirmed to me this week that as soon as they know the Australian release dates for both Queen of the Desert and Life they’ll let me know.  And speaking of Aussies, if you were following our Twitter on Thursday you will know that Vertigo and I were at the AACTAs shaking our pom poms for The Rover.  Well it wasn’t to be, this time, for Rob or David Michôd who missed out on the award for Best Supporting Actor & Best Direction *grumblegrumble* but it was a step in the right direction for Rob garnering a nomination for hat performance, so we will always have that.  Anyway doesn’t matter because before the ceremony Vertigo and I caught up with David.  We were all ready for an interview, but in the end decided to just chat with David because he snuck in right towards the end of the red carpet.  Sound like anyone else we know?  I let David know that he should take some credit for Rob’s performance in the film.  Knowing how humble David is he started to say how divisive the film was and I, in typical Maria fashion, interrupted him and said he would be pleasantly surprised to know that it really wasn’t as much as he thought.  That I had done his homework for him and summarised the reviewers not just for Rob, but for him and he needed to go and read them over at Michôds Kingdom because he would see it wasn’t as bad as we all thought.  Oops I just remembered the gif and pics I used – David’s going to be so embarrassed.  We also caught up with Liz Watts and Susan Prior.  Susan Prior – what can we say.   She has definitely won over Vertigo and me.  If you haven’t had a chance to watch the video Vertigo took of Susan’s post win interview that she did for media, you really should.  When she speaks about Rob she does so with such reverence.  And it’s not about her experience of working with him, but what she believes she saw in him.  It’s beautiful.  Anyway, David’s busy working on things and so is Liz.  Fingers crossed they work with Rob again one day because it was one of the best experiences we’ve ever had.  Don’t forget if you want to keep on top of what they are doing, just follow us at Michôds Kingdom.  Sorry that’s the end of cross promotion.  Now back to who is important here.  How did you like the pics of Rob from Curse of the Ring.  He’s so young ay.  Love it when golden oldies are unleashed.  Now let’s all make sure we get some rest, take this week easy because we are gearing up to Berlinale which starts on Thursday and lord knows we are going to need all the stamina we can.  Bring on promo Rob …

Celebrating Australia Day Robert Pattinson Style

Turn Back Time Tuesday With Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson’s Life & Queen of the Desert Berlinale Premiere Dates

Robert Pattinson Wildcard Wednesday

Robert Pattinson: .@RoadshowAU The Rover Soundtrack Giveaway celebrating .@AACTA nominations

Flashback Friday With Robert Pattinson

*NEW* Robert Pattinson Still from “LIFE”

Robert Pattinson The Rover included in .@ScreenAustralia “Australia’s World Class Talent” video

Susan Prior Talks About Rob at the AACTA Awards 2015

*NEW* 4 Stills of Robert Pattinson from Ring of the Nibelungs aka Curse of the Ring

A-Z Appreciation – Robert Pattinson Brings Us The Letter G:  Michelle

 

 

After the huge week we had last week it was almost a welcome relief to have a quieter one this week, especially so we could really absorb how fantastic February/March 2015 is going to be.  Now we are just gearing up for next Thursday’s AACTA Awards hoping beyond hope that Rob wins his first real recognition for his portrayal of Reynolds and David gets the director’s nod *fingerstightlycrossed*.  An advantage of quiet times appears to be that we get spoilt by Jules, not just with our wonderful banner celebrating the Aussie awards but also with great wallpapers, twitter and facebook banners.  I sound like a broken record, but we are so so fortunate to have Jules as part of RPAU.  There are imitators out there, but for me they don’t seem to have the same passion and respect for Rob that Jules does when she creates her little pieces of art.  Quiet times also allow us to spend time reminiscing about Rob:  The Apple Store, JakesTakes’ interview for Remember Me and Michelle spoiling us with Cannes Rob and the Friday Flashback.  So much goodness.  It’s Rob how can it be anything else.  Film news wise – Queen of the Desert is listed as “released” on IMDbPro, and France got a release date of 30 September for LIFE.  Mona Fastvold still teasing us on her instagram with shots in Budapest.  I don’t post separately about this but I do “lurk” her twitter and insta for little updates like this.  I’ll be posting don’t you worry the day we get confirmation that filming has in fact started.  However I did come across one of the keynote speakers at the Gothenburg International Film Festival 2015 – Helena Danielsson, Executive Producer, Brain Academy “is currently in pre-production with the feature debut The Childhood of a Leader by American actor/writer/director Brady Corbet, starring Bérénice Bejo, Robert Pattinson and Stacy Martin. *clapshands*.  We know that both QoTD and Life are “coming soon” to Australia thanks to Transmission Films website, but how soon we just don’t know yet.  I finally finished my Maps to the Stars Review Roundup.  It’s really interesting to see Rob garnering more positive responses than negative even with such a small role.  I think I’m going to spend some time going back over Rob’s earlier films like Remember Me and Water for Elephants to see what kind of reviews he received for his acting then to get an idea of how far he’s progressed in the eyes of the critics.  So let’s end this week with happy thoughts – Rob winning the Best Supporting Actor for The Rover on Thursday.  I know some of you are expecting Rob to attend.  I’ve had a few people reach out to us hoping we know or have heard rumours – if he is coming it’s being kept very close to their chests.  I’ll be honest I was not really expecting Rob to be here, so if he does turn up it will surprise me more than most of you.  But I’m more than happy to be surprised.

Robert Pattinson is Mancrush Monday

NEW Robert Pattinson wallpaper: a celebration

Well wasn’t this week a surprise in the best way.  I love that we decided to do RPAU Week in Review back in November because it means we can rewind and repeat the epicness of weeks like this.  No wonder we heard word that trailers were coming soon.  Soon meaning we should be getting the trailers for both QoTD and Life before or just after the commencement of the Berlinale, but at least that means we will have seen the trailers some time within the next 4 weeks.  So let’s just recap the awesomeness:   Queen of the Desert World Premiere and In Competition at Berlinale in February.  CHECK.  Life World Premiere at Berlinale in February.  CHECK.  New castmates for The Childhood of A Leader and hopefully filming in early February. CHECK.  Rob nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Canadian Screen Awards in March.  CHECK.  What an “amazeballs” week!  The week started off with watching and listening to Rob on the Canada AM Extended Interview and that’s always a bonus.  The only fly in the ointment was the disappearance of Idol’s Eye completely from IMDbPro not just from Rob’s page, but I’m not going to dwell on that.  Nope.  Let’s just focus on the positives.  Like the gems we posted of Rob from the Twilight Press Conference 2008 (or as Carmel endearingly refers to them “Red Rob”) that I most definitely hadn’t seen before.  The fabulous HQ stills of Rob as Cedric from 2005 and the HQ of Rey by the car in The Rover.  Beautiful.  I finally finished putting together The Rover Review Roundup after a great many hours reading and extracting relevant comments about Rob.  How great was it to finally see the pros outweigh the cons – well for those of you who braced yourselves to read the cons *sideeyesJules*.  There are definitely fanboys out there and others who finally had the guts to admit Rob’s pretty damn good.  Just so you know I’ve started preparing one for Maps to the Stars and will continue to do them for future films as and when they come out because even though we have always posted initial reactions and reviews, I thought we could actually use these review posts as a forum to discuss Rob’s films and/or performance once we’ve seen the film or, if not discuss, note your opinions of Rob’s performance and the film itself.  To make sure it’s easy for you to find them, I’ll link the post to the relevant movie on the “Films” page.  That way if people don’t want spoilers they can avoid the comments until they’re ready to get involved (or not).  Holy Moly that Dior pic *thud*.  And whilst I just pick myself up off the floor lets get back to the awesomeness of Berlinale.  How about that fantabulous new still for Life. *sigh* And in case you didn’t see our tweet, Caitlin Cronenberg posted the new still on her instagram with the comment “The stills are going to start rolling out soon! #setlife #wintershoot #stillphotographer“.  *SOON* I say bring it!  We’re more than ready.

*New* Robert Pattinson’s Extended Interview with Canada AM for Maps to the Stars

*NEW* 16 MQ Photos of Robert Pattinson from Twilight LA Press Conference 2008

Gorgeous HQ Stills Of Robert Pattinson As Cedric Diggory

Tuesday Morning Flashback with Robert Pattinson:  TRL Style

Robert Pattinson The Childhood of A Leader Filming in Budapest in February & New Castmates

 

The week started off with Vertigo sharing her wonderful collage of Rob moments from 2014.  I put together a list of “must see” films of 2015 that included LIFE, Queen of the Desert and Maps to the Stars.  Again, The Rover and Maps to the Stars were included in even more “Best of 2014” lists and WOWZA how about that outtake from Esquire.   C’mon there’s more of them somewhere gimme gimme gimme.  I was listening to a podcast with Joel Edgerton because I thought he may talk Life – he didn’t, but I did then notice that Susan Prior also had had a chat with Aussies in LA and I was mesmerised by what she said about Rob.  I think the comment that stuck in my mind was Susan describing Rob just standing out in the rain appreciating it.  It reminded me of David Michôd’s story of Rob walking down the street in Maree with a smile and being so happy that he was able to do it without anyone bothering him.  And still people know that story and still think it’s okay to bother him in his private time *shakes head*.  Queen of the Desert and LIFE continue to make “must see” or “movies to look out for” in 2015 and speculation that they will either premiere at Cannes or Telluride.  September looks so far away …  The Childhood of a Leader also made a few “must see or most anticipated” list with this wonderful quote from IonCinema “It goes without saying that most of the attention will be placed on Robert Pattinson, continuing his tour of difficult, auteur driven and inspired cinematic projects”.   I don’t know why that makes me so happy.  I also retweeted Mona Fastvold’s tweet yesterday – they are back in Budapest location scouting and prepping I guess.  Hopefully things are on track for filming to start soon.  [For those without Twitter you can always check our Twitter timeline on the sidebar of the site].  The Rover was unleashed on Amazon Instant Video which gave us a lovely new still of Rey.  Gotta love that The Rover is still the gift that keeps on giving.  Oh and Maps to the Stars will be a special presentation at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (screening date to be advised).  I should also let you all know that our Vimeo account was deleted by Vimeo on Saturday.  Apparently (said with air quotes) someone put in a complaint about us breaching copyright.  C’est la vie as I said on Twitter.  I have made the latest video on YouTube private – sorry about that.  What this means though is all our Golden Years videos no longer exist on our posts, but I’ll work towards somehow uploading them somewhere or rectifying it eventually.  It won’t however affect the Golden Years series we have in the pipeline for The Rover or Maps or any future films, it just means we will have to work around it.  It also means that my days of making Rob videos may be over.  That’s a lot of time wasted.  Thanks whoever reported us.  Anyway onwards and upwards as I always say and we brought back A-Z appreciation starting off with the letter “F” hmmm how fitting …

A Little Random Robert Pattinson from 2014

Late Night Post With Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson Maps to the Stars Screening at @cinemanova 6 & 7 January 2014

*New* Robert Pattinson Esquire Photoshoot Outtake