This is my wants list of fortcoming, rare, hard-to-find, or not-yet-available-in-the-UK stuff. New or amended items are in red.
Barney’s Version: any images of Rosamund Pike aged from twenty-eight to sixty in this recently completed movie. (IMDb)
Leonie: Any information on the old-age makeup for Emily Mortimer and Christina Hendricks. (IMDb)
T: Any information on this drama series in development for HBO that explores the gender transformation of a woman into a man. (IMDb)
The Danish Girl: any information on Nicole Kidman playing a MTF transsexual – shooting soon? (IMDb)
Die Grenze: any images of Katja Riemann as Angela Merkel – I can’t even begin to imagine that. (IMDb)
Winnie: any information on Jennifer Hudson’s makeup for this movie. (IMDb)
K-11: any information on this forthcoming movie with, apparently, both Kristen Stewart and Nikki Reed (heavily-tattooed thirty-year-old man) in gender-bending roles. Has this been delayed yet again or are they really going to film it this year? (IMDb)
Kill Daddy Goodnight / Das Vaterspiel: Any images of Sabine Timoteo from this movie for which she shaved both her hair and her eyebrows. (IMDb)
The Howling: any information on the proposed reboot. (IMDb)
Action Replay: any images of Aishwarya Rai in old-age makeup in this Bollywood take on Benjamin Button. (IMDb)
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf: any images of a transformed Victoria Justice. (IMDb)
Scarab: any images of Pilar Alcón as the witch who transforms into a sow thanks to a five-hour makeup application. (IMDb)
HappyThankYouMorePlease: any images of a bald and eyebrow-less Malin Akerman from this movie which is currently filming – if you look at very recent photos of Malin you can see that her eyebrows are drawn. (IMDb)
Secret Celebrity: Any images of Kim Kardashian as Cynthia, and any information on any other female celebrities participatingin future episodes. I believe that this is an American version of Anonymous and that Matthew Mungle is handling the transformations; I’d be grateful if anyone could confirm or correct this.
The King’s Speech: any information on Helena Bonham Carter’s look as the Queen Mother opposite Colin Firth in this movie. (IMDb)
Ma compagne de nuit: any information on Emmanuelle Béart’s cancer stricken look. (IMDb)
The Dust of Time: any images of the old-age makeups by Vittorio Sodano. (IMDb)
Mrs Mandela: any information on, or images from, this BBC production featuring Sophie Okonedo which follows Winnie Mandela from her first meeting with Nelson Mandela in the 1950s through to the aftermath of his release from prison in 1990. (IMDb)
Nutcracker: The Untold Story: so what did they do to Frances de la Tour so that she needed a personal prostheic makeup artist? (IMDb)
Cambio de sexo: any images of a young Victoria April as José María and María José in this movie from 1977 by Vicente Aranda. (IMDb)
Mr Nobody: any information on the old-age and neanderthal makeups. (IMDb)
Dread: any images of, or information on, the full-body birthmark makeup. (IMDb)
The Japanese Wife: any images of Chigusa Takaku. (IMDb)
Alien Nation: any information on the SyFy network’s reworking of this show – is it going to happen?
Bride of Frankenstein: any info on this project – supposedly: ‘They're looking for a person with great power and sex appeal. Someone along the lines of Scarlett Johansson or Anne Hathaway.’ (IMDb)
Temple Grandin: any images of Claire Danes as Temple Grandin – I find that one hard to visualise. (IMDb)
30 Rock: any images of Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) in blackface and male drag as a result of a bizarre swap with Tracy in ‘Believe in the Stars’ – hell, I’m still waiting to get her season two fat-suit. (IMDb)
Empires of the Deep: any information on the Queen of the mermaids (Monica Bellucci?) in this forthcoming Pitof movie. (IMDb)
The Special Relationship: anything on Julianne Moore Hope Davis as Hilary Clinton. (IMDb)
10a/10b: any information on this planned remake of the brilliant 301/302 featuring Marisa Tomei and Liv Tyler. (IMDb)
Greek Fire: any information on this project with Eva Mendes as Maria Callas. (IMDb)
Carter of Mars: any images of Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris. (IMDb)
Beautiful Girl: any information on this production which features a ‘shy but brainy high school girl who returns for senior year after having slimmed down six dress sizes’. (IMDb)
The Anatomy of Hope: any information on this long-time-in-development forthcoming show from HBO set in a cancer ward. (IMDb)
Cold Skin: any information on the ‘nocturnal, amphibious humanoid’ sex-slave. (IMDb)
My Year Without Sex: any images of Sacha Horler’s character post-brain surgery. (IMDb)
14: any information on this biopic of Lope de Vega whose reputation and fame closely revals that of his contemporary Cervantes. (IMDb)
The Big Experiment: any images from this New Zealand in-your-shoes-type show or from its Danish version (Med andre øjne). Also any information on any versions of the franchise – Distraction, who distribute it, claim to have sold it to Nordisk for other Scandinavian versions following the success of the Danish version, and have claimed sales for an Italian version and to TF1 for a French version (La Grande Expérience?). (Distraction website)
Cancer Vixen: any news on this Cate Blanchett project based on Marisa Acocella Marchetto’s graphic novel. (IMDb)
The Countess: any images of Julie Delpy as Erzebet Bathory. (IMDb)
New York, I Love You: any information on Natalie Portman’s role who appears to wear Indian-style makeup and jewellery in the images I’ve seen. (IMDb)
Ne te retourne pas: any information on this movie where Sophie Marceau apparently gradually transforms into Monica Bellucci. (IMDb)
Dorian Gray: any information on, or images of, the female old-age makeups. (IMDb)
Chasing Happiness: any images of Kashmira Shah in disguise. (IMDb)
One of the Boys: any information on this gender-swap format giving ‘women a once-in-a-lifetime chance to become a man’, in particular on forthcoming UK show – distributed world-wide by Zeal Entertainment. (Zeal)
Flying Into Love: Romola Garai as Jackie Kennedy?? (IMDb)
Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque: any information on or images of Laetitia Casta as Brigitte Bardot or Anna Mouglalis as Juliette Greco. (IMDb)
Baaria – La porta del vento: any information on Monica Bellucci’s makeup in this movie which apparently spans forty years. (IMDb)
Tatawo / Tattoo Bar: any images of, or information on, Mercedes Ortega’s extensive fake tattoos. (IMDb)
Troppo fiera, troppo fragile: any information on this project, or images of Penélope Cruz as Maria Callas. (no IMDb link yet)
Ugly Me: any information on this proposed Mark Johnson remake of Pretendiendo. (IMDb)
Mrs In-Betweeny: any information on the credits for Amelia Bullmore’s prosthetic appendage. (IMDb)
Cirque du Freak: any images of Salma Hayek as a bearded lady or of any other female ‘freaks’. (IMDb)
Who Is Doris Payne?: any information on this Halle Berry movie – in development or dead? (IMDb)
The Shriven: any information on this project which is said to include Sienna Aldridge in a Mystique-type makeup. (IMDb)
Nailed: a nail in the head must lead to an interesting makeup. (IMDb)
Pretty Ugly People: any images of Missi Pyle in a fat-suit? (IMDb)
Gordos: any information on this forthcoming Spanish movie, featuring Verónica Sánchez and Leticia Herrero, which apparently eschews the use of fat-suits: filming is taking place in five parts over ten months to allow the cast to gain and lose weight. (IMDb)
Splice: any images of Delphine Chanéac as the bald genetically-manipulated Dren. (IMDb)
Man to Man: any images of Tilda Swinton as Ella and Max. (IMDb).
Invisible Monsters: any news of this project. (IMDb)
Rapados: Macarena Gómez as a skinhead (IMDb).
Painkiller Jane: any images of the old-age makeups from ‘Lauren Gray’ episode. (official website)
Bathory: any images of an aged Anna Friel. (IMDb)
Machine Girl (aka Kataude mashin gâru): this girl supposedly has far more lethal prosthetics than Rose McGowan in Grindhouse. (IMDb)
Japanese ‘Fakeover’: any info, images or links for a Japanese version of Celebrity Swap shown early January on Tokyo TV.
Dans la peau d’un noir: any images of the makeup process of this French version of Black.White. (official website).
Golda’s Balcony: Valerie Harper as Golda Meir in this forthcoming TV movie.
Heaven and Earth aka James Miranda Barry: any information on the status of this much-delayed movie about Dr James Barry; at one time Rachel Weisz was attached.
Cock & Bull: Sarah Polley supposedly transforms into a man in this adaptation of a Will Self novel; but did it disappear into development hell?
Praire Giant: does anyone have the bonus disc with the ‘Growing Old Gracefully’ featurette? I got this DVD but when it arrived it turned out to be a single-disc version with no extras.
The Gift Horse (working title): any images of Heike Makatsch in this Hildegard Knef biopic.
The Witches: any information on this remake of the Roald Dahl story supposedly being developed by Guillermo del Toro – but he has so many movies ‘in development’ .
Spying On Myself: any images from this fakeover show from A&E.
Anyone for Denis? & Dunrulin: any images of Angela Thorne as Margaret Thatcher.
Stand-Ins: any images of Katherine Heigl,
Daphne Zuniga,
Jordan Ladd, Charlotte Chatton,
Missy Crider or
Sammi Davis from this movie.
The Hatchet Man: Loretta Young in yellowface from long time ago. (IMDb)
Dragonfly: any images of a bald Alison Lohman from her deleted scenes.
Return To Babylon: any images of Jennifer Tilly as Clara Bow and Laura (Elena) Harring as Alla Nazimova.
Esquire: Beverly D’Angelo photoshoot from the January 1988 edition featuring her made-up in likeness of Tammy Faye Baker and others.
Life: the Joan Collins photoshoot featuring Joan as Wallis Simpson and Elizabeth I amongst others.
Skin Deep: Anita Roddick fat makeup from this Discovery Channel documentary.
Lucy and Desi: Frances Fisher as Lucille Ball.
Lucy: Rachel York as Lucille Ball.
Circus Of The Stars: any of the female clowns.
Anna & The King: Jodie Foster in old-age makeup from the epilogue on the Special Edition DVD.
E News Live: fat makeup demonstration on Linda Grasso.
MovieMagic: episode 301-Coming of Age (Truman makeup)
Alien Love Triangle: I’ve seen one still of a bald, green Heather Graham with pointy ears – does anyone have any news about what’s happened to this? – I’ve recently seen this given a September 2005 release date on some websites.
And lots lots more. . .
If you have scanned or captured any of these images please let me have a copy (ideally at least a 300x300 image or 640x480 capture). If you have any of the films on video are prepared to lend it to me I will take real good care of the tape and send it back to you undamaged.
Perhaps more importantly, if you have any suggestions for movies/TV shows/mini-series that I ought to be looking out please email me: a lot of stuff is shown/publicised in the US ages before I hear about it here in the UK.