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"Let me prove to you that I can do it." Studiocanal UK has debuted the official UK trailer for a Germany comedy film titled My Blind Date with Life, or originally Mein Blind Date mit dem Leben in German. The film tells the true story of a student who nearly became blind as a teenager. He keeps his limited eye sight a secret and starts working at a hotel in Munich, soon falling in love with a woman. Kostja Ullmann stars as the lead character Saliya Kahawatte, with a cast including Anna Maria Mühe, Nilam Farooq, Sylvana Krappatsch, Ludger Pistor, Johann von Bülow, and Herbert Forthuber. This looks like a very cheesy German romantic comedy, but there's a heartwarming story behind it all. That said, this doesn't seem like it will be good. At least you can get a glimpse at what campy German comedies are like - have fun.

BBC America has come on board to co-produce the new British mini-series The Spies of Warsaw starring Doctor Who‘s David Tennant and Janet Montgomery (Black Swan), which was announced by the BBC last week as commissioned for pubcaster’s BBC Four channel. Adapted by Emmy-winning writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais from Alan Furst’s novel, Spies Of Warsaw is set in Poland, Paris, London and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. Production begins next month in Poland. In the Us, the mini-series will air as part of BBC America’s Dramaville programming block. BBC America joins existing co-producers Fresh Pictures, Apple Film for TV Poland in association with Arte France and BBC Worldwide. The cast of the mini also includes Anton Lesser, Burn Gorman, Richard Lintern, Dan Fredenburgh, Ludger Pistor, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen and Jan Pohl.

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BBC Four have cast David Tennant (Doctor Who) and Janet Montgomery (Merlin) in the Ian Le Frenais’ and Dick Clement’s adaptation of Alan Furst’s novel The Spies of Warsaw. The thriller is set in Warsaw, Berlin, London and Paris in the years before World War II. Tennant plays French World War I veteran Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier (Tennant) who has an illicit affair with Parisian diplomat Anna (Montgomery) while the continent edges ever closer to war.

The Spies of Warsaw will take the form of two 90-minute long episodes and filming will commence in Poland during May. Joining Tennant and Montgomery in the cast are Ludger Pistor (Casino Royale), Anton Lesser (Little Dorrit) and Linda Bassett (The Hours). News of the big budget drama comes just a day after...

Oh, that Quentin Tarantino, he knows subtlety like I know romantic comedies, and I know romantic comedies like no one’s business. Check out the latest poster for Qt’s “Inglourious Basterds”, which features a gun-toting Brad Pitt standing on a pile of dead Nazi bodies. I think they’re trying to say something with this poster, but I can’t just put my finger on it… In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. Starring Brad Pitt, Cloris Leachman, Diane Kruger, Mike Myers, B.J. Novak, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, Til Schweiger, Michael Fassbender, Julie Dreyfus, Daniel Brühl, Rod Taylor, Mélanie Laurent, Jacky Ido,...

Til Schweiger is a German actor who co-stars in Quentin Tarantino’s WWII movie “Inglourious Basterds” as member of Brad Pitt’s American fighting crew who goes to Nazi-occupied France and scalps German soldiers. Hmm, I wonder what a psychiatrist would say about that? Oh well, beats starring in Uwe Boll movies, right, Til? I love that name, by the way. Til Schweiger. Sounds like a girl. A weak, skinny, nerdy girl. Til Schweiger is anything but. Nice machinegun, bro. In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. Starring Brad Pitt, Cloris Leachman, Diane Kruger, Mike Myers, B.J. Novak, Eli Roth, Samm Levine,...

Told ya there’d be more coming. It’s Diane Kruger’s turn. Via Facebook. In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. Starring Brad Pitt, Cloris Leachman, Diane Kruger, Mike Myers, B.J. Novak, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, Til Schweiger, Michael Fassbender, Julie Dreyfus, Daniel Brühl, Rod Taylor, Mélanie Laurent, Jacky Ido, Paul Rust, Omar Doom, Ludger Pistor, Christoph Waltz, Michael Bacall, and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Opens August 21.

There’s gonna be more of these “Inglourious Basterds” character posters popping up in the coming days, so I’m not going to spend too much text writing up each one. After all, you can only misspell bastards on purpose so many times before you want to punch yourself in the face. So, here’s the latest, with Eli Roth. More will be coming, I’m sure. This one via The Quentin Tarantino Archive. Starring Brad Pitt, Cloris Leachman, Diane Kruger, Mike Myers, B.J. Novak, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, Til Schweiger, Michael Fassbender, Julie Dreyfus, Daniel Brühl, Rod Taylor, Mélanie Laurent, Jacky Ido, Paul Rust, Omar Doom, Ludger Pistor, Christoph Waltz, Michael Bacall, directed by Quentin Tarantino, and due out August 21, 2009.

Whoa, check out the huge honkin’ scar along Brad Pitt’s character in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”. Wonder what’s the story there, and is that the reason why Pitt’s character Lt. Aldo Raine is so obsessed with scalpin’ them Nazis? (It’s either that, or because Nazis ain’t got no humanity!) Here’s a new “Basterds” poster featuring Raine, sporting that clear as day ugly scar. Ouch, looks like it still hurts. In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. Starring Brad Pitt, Cloris Leachman, Diane Kruger, Mike Myers, B.J. Novak, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, Til Schweiger, Michael Fassbender,...

Sony has placed its bets on relative newcomer Eva Green to play the female lead in the latest James Bond installment, Casino Royale. The French actress will play British treasury agent Vesper Lynd opposite Daniel Craig, the studio said Thursday. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Wright will be the latest actor to fill the shoes of fellow spy and Bond franchise regular Felix Leiter. Casino Royale marks the CIA agent's first appearance in a Bond movie since 1989's License to Kill. Rounding out the cast are Giancarlo Giannini as Mathis, Caterina Murino as Solonge, Simon Abkarian as Dimitrios, Tobias Menzies as Villiers, Ivana Milicevic as Valenka, Clemens Schick as Kratt, Ludger Pistor as Mendel and Claudio Santamaria as Carlos.