Amber Tamblyn will take the lead in Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures' The Grudge 2.

In the horror sequel, Tamblyn will play

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com)- Best known for her lengthy television conversations with God, Amber Tamblyn is ready to meet some much less benign spiritual beings as the star of "The Grudge 2."

Amber Tamblyn will topline "The Grudge 2," the sequel to the 2004 horror hit for Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures. Director Takashi Shimizu, writer Stephen Susco and producers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Taka Ichise all are returning. Arielle Kebbel and Teresa Palmer also have been cast. Tamblyn will play the younger sister of Sarah Michelle Gellar, who returns long enough to pass on the movie's supernatural curse. The sequel delves into the secrets behind the grudge's wrath and introduces a seemingly unrelated host of new characters who find themselves connected by the curse. Kebbel and Palmer ("December Boys") play American schoolgirls in Tokyo. Mandate Pictures' Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will executive produce alongside Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison. Matt Tolmach and Shannon Gaulding will oversee the production for Columbia. Michael Kirk and Drew Crevello will oversee for Ghost House. (Borys Kit and Tatiana Siegel)

Drugs and disease, love and life, cancer and crosswords — all that and more are covered in the competition films set to play at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival

only 22, Amber Tamblyn has starred on "General Hospital," the girlie favorite movie "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" and the inspiring TV show "Joan of Arcadia."

As the Sundance Film Festival gets under way, a look at the state of indie film

 

Amber Tamblyn had to go to the bathroom so bad at one point that she reportedly commandeered

Stephanie Daley" Draws a Crowd of Buyers

The world premiere of writer/director Hilary Brougher's Sundance dramatic competition feature "Stephanie Daley" brought quite a crowd to the Racquet Club in Park City Saturday evening. The queue for ticket holders was long, and the holding area for people with Red Passes (typically buyers and some press) had acquisition execs and some company heads from nearly every indie/specialty distributor in the U.S. Red Pass holders entered the large screening space first, and probably not surprisingly, the venue became quite a schmooze fest as the rest of the crowd made its way inside.

Sundance Film Festival director Geoff Gilmore introduced the film and Brougher, who did further introductions, including members of her cast. The film's headlining star/executive producer Tilda Swinton was absent (currently working on a film in New York) but fellow stars Amber Tamblyn ("The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants")

Amber Tamblyn also stopped by for a portrait and told TEEN PEOPLE that she wanted to see the film Wristcutters: A Love Story. Tamblyn stars in Stephanie Daley, another drama  

BY MOLLY HENNINGSEN

 

OK, I'm not going to lie. I was incredibly nervous.

There I was in Barnes & Noble about to do my first real interview -- and it was with Amber Tamblyn! Talk about nerve-wracking.

Documentary        "American Blackout," by Ian Inaba, a look at alleged efforts to suppress the black vote in Florida and Ohio during the 2004 presidential election - and at the career of Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., a staunch critic of the Bush administration who was targeted by GOP strategists.    "Crossing Arizona," by Joseph Mathew, telling stories unfolding amid the illegal-immigration crisis.    "God Grew Tired of Us," by Christopher Quinn, about the new lives of four Sudanese refugees in America.    "Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends," by Patricia Foulkrod, about how American soldiers are trained for combat in Iraq - and how little is spent helping them adjust after they get home.    "Iraq in Fragments," by James Longley, a look at modern Iraq in three chapters: war, occupation and ethnic tension.    "A Lion in the House," by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, a look at five families whose children are battling cancer.    "Small Town Gay Bar," by Malcom Ingram, about a watering hole and gathering place in the deep South.    "So Much So Fast," by Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan (who won awards at Sundance 1996 for "Troublesome Creek"), about a man diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), his brother's obsession with finding a cure, and the woman falling in love with him.    "Thin," by Lauren Greenfield, following four women in a Florida facility for people with eating disorders.    " 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris," by Raymond de Felitta, about the rise and fall of a '50s jazz vocalist.    "The Trials of Darryl Hunt," by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, tracing the case of a black man wrongly convicted of raping and murdering a white woman.    "TV Junkie," by Michael Cain, about a man who may have found his purpose in life, after recording 5,000 hours of video.    "An Unreasonable Man," by Henriette Mankel and Stephen Skrovan, a portrait of Ralph Nader, from consumer advocate to public pariah.    "Wide Awake," by Alan Berliner, in which the filmmaker deals with his own insomnia.    "Wordplay," by Patrick Creadon, a look at The New York Times crossword puzzle and its editor Will Shortz.    "The World According to Sesame Street," about Linda Goldstein Knowlton and Linda Hawkins Costigan, about how the children's show's influence has spread internationally - and has adapted to world audiences.        Dramatic        "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints," in which a writer recounts growing up in 1980s Astoria, N.Y. - as his friends ended up dead, in jail or on drugs. Written and directed by Dito Montiel; starring Robert Downey Jr., Rosario Dawson, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest and Shia La Beouf.    "Come Early Morning," starring Ashley Judd as a Southern woman battling addiction and self-destructive behavior. Written and directed by Joey Lauren Adams.    "Flannel Pajamas," an intense New York love story, starring Julianne Nicholson and Justin Kirk, and written and directed by Jeff Lipsky.    "Forgiven," about a district attorney (played by the film's writer-director, Paul Fitzgerald) who, on the eve of his Senate campaign, learns that a death-row inmate he prosecuted has been exonerated.    "Half Nelson," about a junior-high teacher with a drug habit, and the student who finds out his secret. Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps and Anthony Mackie star. Directed by Ryan Fleck; written by Anna Boden and Fleck.    "A Hawk Is Dying," an adaptation of Harry Crews' novel about a Florida nobody who shakes up his life by training a wild red-tailed hawk. Starring Paul Giamatti, Michael Pitt and Michelle Williams; written and directed by Julian Goldberger.    "In Between Days," about a Korean immigrant who falls in love with her only friend, leading to misunderstandings. Directed by So Yong Kim, written by Kim and Bradley Rust Gray.    "Puccini for Beginners," A lesbian screwball comedy, about a New York writer on the rebound and finding herself in two complicated love affairs. Justin Kirk and Gretchen Mol star. Directed and written by Maria Maggenti, whose "The Incredible True Story of Two Girls in Love" played Sundance in 1995.    "Quincea era," about Latino teens coming of age in the gentrified Echo Park district of L.A. Written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland.    "Right at Your Door," an urban nightmare about a married couple trying to survive when "dirty bombs" spread toxic ash over a panicked Los Angeles. Starring Mary McCormack and Rory Cochrane; written and directed by Chris Gorak.    "SherryBaby," starring Maggie Gyllenhaal as a woman re-adjusting to life after three years in prison. Written and directed by Laurie Collyer.    "Somebodies," in which a black college student (played by the writer-director, the single-named Hadjii) swerves along the path to responsibility.    "Stay," written and directed by comic Bob (no longer Bobcat) Goldthwait, a dark comedy that begins with "a youthful, impulsive sexual encounter."    "Steel City," in which two brothers have to learn responsibility when their father is imprisoned for killing a woman. Starring John Heard, Tom Guiry, Clayne Crawford and America Ferrara; written and directed by Brian Jun.    "Stephanie Daley," in which a forensic psychologist, who is herself seven months pregnant, investigates why a teen is denying accusations that she concealed a pregnancy and committed infanticide. Starring Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn; written and directed by Hilary Brougher.    "Wristcutters: A Love Story," which bills itself as "a comic tale about the journey through the afterlife for suicides." Starring Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Tom Waits and others; directed by Goran Dukic, written by Etgar Kerett.     .

Tamblyn Set for Spiral
Joan starring in new thriller.
by IGN FilmForce
 November 28, 2005 - Joan of Arcadia star Amber Tamblyn is set to join the cast of Spiral, a new low-budgie psychological thriller. The Hollywood Reporter scoops that Tamblyn would star in the indie project along with thesps Joel David Moore and Zacary Levi (Less Than Perfect).

The story reportedly centers around a reclusive telemarketer (Moore), whose dysfunctional friendship with his boss (Levi) is alleviated when a whimsical co-worker (Tamblyn) enters his life. But as he begins to sketch his new friend's portrait, disturbing feelings from his past threaten to lead him down a path of destruction.

Moore co-wrote the screenplay with Jeremy Danial Boreing, and is also co-directing with Adam Green. Readers may recognize Moore from his role as Eddie on the short-lived Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood series LAX. His big-screen credits to date include Dodgeball and Raising Genius.

"A year ago, Jeremy and I were sitting around looking at paintings and listening to jazz, so we decided to make a film about that with a Hitchcockian feel . . . and a little blood thrown in," Moore told the trade.

Amber Tamblyn, who was most recently in theaters with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, next stars in the indie drama Stephanie Daley.

Sixty-four feature films will screen in competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival,

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Amber is nominated for the "Star you will miss most" in the TaterTops Awards. Go let your voice be heard!