From Shelf Awareness: Sara Gruen with Tai, the elephant portraying Rosie, on the set of Water for Elephants. Gruen is the author of Water for Elephants (Algonquin) and Ape House, which will be published by Spiegel & Grau September 7. The movie–starring Robert Pattinson; Academy Award winners Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz; and Academy AwardContinue reading
Spotlight on Christoph Waltz You’ve seen him in Inglourious Basterds–for which he won an Academy Award–and he is soon to appear on the big screen again in The Green Hornet. Right now, though, Christoph Waltz is filming Water For Elephants, starring as August Rosenbluth. He recently spoke at Comic-Con to promote The Green Hornet. FromContinue reading
News from the set! What’s 42 years old, 8 feet 8 inches tall, weighs in at 9,000 pounds, and gets to touch Robert Pattinson? Tai, the adorable Asian elephant, plays Rosie in the film. It’s quite a big job; after all, it is Water for ELEPHANTS. She hails from Have Trunk Will Travel Ranch, anContinue reading
News from the set! They’re wrapping the circus set in Piru, CA! Director Francis Lawrence is keeping fans up to date via his Twitter account, @hibbits. On taking down the Big Top: “Okay… Collapsing our tents was probably one of the coolest things we’ve done.” Never fear, this is just one location, not the endContinue reading
At last! We have photos of Rosie, the title elephant of the upcoming movie version of Water for Elephants. In this photo she is towering above star Robert Pattinson, who plays Rosie’s trainer at the Benzini Brothers Circus. (See more photos at this great blog.)
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