Hello everyone! Alicia’s new film “Submergence” (with James McAvoy) is now finally available on Digital HD from Amazon Video and iTunes, with the DVD and Blu-ray release date being set for May 15, 2018. I’ve picked up my own digital copy, and made blu-ray screen captures for our gallery! You can find the previews and links below. Make sure to purchase your very own copy of the film, as it’s a beautiful one which I very much enjoyed. As always, Alicia’s performance is impeccable! It also features several really stunning close ups, so I think you’ll love the screen captures…
Film plot: In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, a Scotsman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. In their confines they are drawn back to the Christmas of the previous year, where a chance encounter on a beach in France led to an intense and enduring romance.
Hello Alicia fans! I finally have some time to work on the site today, so for the next hour I’ll be playing catch-up here. Stay tuned for many new posts… First post of the day is about one of Alicia’s latest films, “Submergence”. We now have 5 new high quality production stills, and a Russian trailer has been added to YouTube! Hopefully we’ll have the English version soon, but for now, make sure to check this one out. The stills have been added to our gallery, you can find previews and links below.
There’s still very limited information about the release of the film available, but it’ll apparently be out in Russia on March 1, 2018. It’ll probably be out around the same time in most other countries! As soon as we come across more information, we’ll keep you posted.
In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, an Englishman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. In their confines they are drawn back to the Christmas of the previous year, where a chance encounter on a beach in France led to an intense and enduring romance.
Alicia, Celyn Jones, and Wim Wenders are in this very minute walking the red carpet for the film premiere of ‘Submergence‘ at the 65th San Sebastian Film Festival! Alicia looks so beautiful… Below you can check out the first photos from the premiere – we will have more up in our gallery later tonight. Make sure to follow us on twitter for live updates!
Vikander, Wim Wenders present ‘Submergence’ at its European premiere in San Sebastián
In an early flashback in “Submergence,” Wim Wenders’ latest film starring Alicia Vikander and James McAvoy, McAvoy’s James More, a British spy, jogs manfully past Vikander’s Danielle Flinders on a romantic Atlantic beach in France.
He suggests lunch. And that is about the last time in their courtship and seduction that he, a prototype man of action, really makes the moves. It’s Danny who keeps him waiting for lunch, because of her work, moves their table conversation from professional to personal, squeals “chicken!” when she has opened her hotel bedroom door and he doesn’t react, pulls him gracefully into her bedroom; and leads in their foreplay.
That, Vikander said presenting the film at San Sebastian with Wenders, was however par for the course for modern love. “Maybe for a young generation that is reality in the sense that it can be both ways. It’s about personality not gender.”
At Friday’s press conference, dressed immaculately in a white top and high-waited black trousers, Vikander came across as lively, charming, and multi-lingual – in the film she plays a half-Swedish half-Australian marine biologist with a touch of English ancestry. About the first thing she said at San Sebastián that she knew some Spanish.
Vikander will soon star in the newest iteration of the video-game property “Tomb Raider,” which should take her far greater global stardom. But, at San Sebastian, Spanish journalists were as interested in grilling her about her opinions on women in cinema as her Hollywood fame. When asked how women’s presence in cinema had changed, she delivered a carefully measured view.
“I remember when ‘The Hunger Games,’ came out and you saw a female actress take center stage and prove it could be a good film, but also a huge commercial success.”
She went on: “Over the last few years, the awareness of the lack of balance has made people think differently and open their eyes to look for opportunity for everyone. Like with all these big subjects, I’m positive. I think there is progress and that it continues.”
As for having the phrase “Oscar-winning actress” now pinned before her name, Vikander stayed humble saying: “It still feels very new to me to hear those words. I grew up in a small town in Sweden and watched the Oscars at 2am with mom every year, it was a window to a different universe.”
“Submergence” opens the 65th San Sebastián Film Festival Friday night. It’s the highest-profile festival in the Spanish-speaking world, has a significant industry presence. But that didn’t phase Wenders.
“The pressure of the opening film doesn’t really concern me,” the director said before further dismissing any concerns over criticisms of his films. “I beg your pardon but I don’t read my reviews. I read reviews of other people’s films but with mine I just ask my wife.” He said that while good reviews can over-inflate your ego, bad ones “make you feel like s***t, and I think it’s best not to feel either.” | Variety
Alicia and her ‘Submergence‘ team have just completed a photocall at the 65th San Sebastian Film! Afterwards, Alicia spent some time greeting and taking photographs with the waiting fans outside. I have added the first 31 high quality photos from the press event to our gallery, but I’ll have plenty of additions up for you in a couple of hours. Enjoy the preliminary photos, and make sure to follow us on twitter for live updates today! We’ll keep you updated in real time.
Hello Alicia fans, ready for a busy weekend? The 65th San Sebastian Film Festival is now underway, and Alicia’s film ‘Submergence‘ will open the festival tonight! Alicia arrived this morning, looking as stunning as always. I have added the first 16 high quality photos of her arrival to our gallery, find previews and link below. She’s currently holding a press conference, and with the screening tonight, we’ll have plenty more updates later… Stay tuned!
Exciting news, Alicia fans! “Submergence” is set to open the San Sebastian Film Festival. For that occasion, Alicia and the film’s director Wim Wender will travel to Spain to present the film on September 22. Mark the date in your calendars, and stay tuned for full coverage here at Alicia Vikander Online!
The new film, starring Alicia Vikander, will compete in the fest’s competition section.
German director Wim Wenders will open the 65th San Sebastian Film Festival with his new film Submergence. Wenders and the film’s star, Alicia Vikander, will travel to Spain to present the film on Sept. 22.Submergence, which will compete for the festival’s Golden Shell main prize, also stars James McAvoy. Shot across Berlin, Madrid, Toledo and multiple locations in France and Djibouti, the film was penned by Erin Dignam, based on the book by J.M. Ledgard.
McAvoy and Vikander play a hydraulic engineer, James More, and a bio-mathematician, Danielle Flinders, who fall in love in a remote hotel in Normandy. After they depart for dangerous missions, it is revealed that More works for the British Secret Service and is taken hostage in Somalia.
Wenders returns to San Sebastian after chairing the festival jury in 2002. He is the recipient of a Venice Golden Lion for The State of Things, a Palme d’Or for Paris, Texas, and the best director prize in Cannes for Wings of Desire. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards.
The San Sebastian Festival takes place Sept. 22-30.
Thanks to the generous help of Bubbles, I have been able to add the first production still of Submergence, set to be released next year, to our gallery: