‘Rise of the Apes’ to open Earlier Than Expected

According to several sources, Twentieth Century Fox had Rise of the Apes, the prequel to the Planet of the Apes series, set for a Thanksgiving weekend release. Now it’s back to the original plan of having a summer release, albeit a couple months later than initially planned.

Rise of the Apes will now open on August 5, going against The Smurfs, the Jason Bateman/Ryan Reynolds comedy The Change-Up and Summit’s 3D alien sci-fi flick The Darkest Hour.

‘Miral’ Finally Receives PG-13 Rating

According to Entertainment Weekly, the MPAA has overturned their R-rating of Julian Schnabel’s film, Miral. The feature, which stars Freida Pinto and follows the real-life story of a Palestinian girl coping with war while growing up in East Jerusalem, was slapped with an R-rating for “violent content, including a sexual assault.” Schnabel and producer Jon Kilik argued that younger generations should be able to see such a film about a teenager, particularly one dealing with such a serious issue. The MPAA listened by changing the rating to PG-13. “I understand the MPAA is by nature a protective organization, but I felt very strongly that they didn’t need to protect teenagers from my film,”

Schnabel said in a press release obtained by EW. “Quite the contrary, teenagers are the intended audience for Miral’s story. I am very happy the MPAA proved to be open minded and ultimately agreed.” Miral is based on Rula Jebreal’s semi-autobiographical novel, also named Miral.

The movie hits cinemas on March 25.

New ‘Miral’ Poster Released

A brand new poster from Miral has been released by The Weinstein Company. It’s very similar to the one previously seen online, but with a few differences. Check out Freida Pinto as Miral in the poster featured below.

The movie is set to be released on March 25.

Behind the Scenes of New L’Oreal Campaign

Freida Pinto and fellow L’Oréal Paris spokeswomen Claudia Schiffer and Diane Kruger are the stars in the new campaign for the brands’ Color Infaillible. Here’s some behind the scenes-footage from the campaign. Doesn’t Freida look absolutely stunning?

Thanks to Sandra of MillaFan.com for the heads up!

New Trailer and Website for ‘Miral’

A new trailer has been released to promote Miral in the US. It shows a few new scenes, and Freida looks absolutely gorgeous. Be sure to check it out right away! The movie is set to hit cinemas on March 25. So excited to finally be able to see it!

The Weinstein Company has launched the official site for the movie. Visit by clicking here. Also, buy the book the movie is based on at Amazon!

Freida Pinto Joins ‘Trishna’

Awesome news, guys! According to The Playlist, Freida Pinto is set to star as the female lead opposite Riz Ahmed in Michael Winterbottom‘s Trishna.

A modern-day retelling of Thomas Hardy‘s classic novel “Tess of the d’Urbervilles”, the film’s setting has been relocated to India and will follow the tragic relationship between Jay and Trishna – the son of a property developer, and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner.

No reports of when, but the shooting will take place in Jaipur, India.

Freida Pinto Fan Turns 2 Years Old!

Freida Pinto Fan turned two years old on Wednesday! Since I’m still out of town I wasn’t able to post on the right date, but here it is! I can’t believe it’s been two years already since I launched this site in the midst of all the buzz for Slumdog Millionaire. Freida emerged as a star and has an incredible year in front of her. With performances in the inspiring Miral in March and two of the most anticipated movies of the year; Immortals and Ceasar: Rise of the Apes, both in November.

You can be sure that Freida Pinto Fan will provide you with all the latest and greatest on Freida Pinto all the way. Here’s to another two years!

‘Rise of the Apes’ pushed back

20th Century Fox has announced that the release date for Rise of the Apes has been pushed back to Thanksgiving weekend. The film, set to release on June 24th has been pushed back, for unknown reasons. Freida appears as Caroline, starring alongside James Franco, Andy Serkis, Brian Cox and Tom Felton to name a few.

Set in San Francisco, Rise of the Apes revolves around man’s experiments with genetic engineering that lead to a dramatic increase in the intelligence of apes and the onset of war for supremacy.