First the Egg

Posted by Sarah on December 9th, 2009 Comments (0)

Elle has narrated another children’s story, this one called First The Egg. It’s described as a story about growth and transformation, and made for a younger audience than Elle’s last audio book. Check out a cute video clip here. A review of Elle’s performance is below.

Fanning’s quiet voice and relaxed pace set the perfect tone for poring over Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s story of transformations. Amid gentle music and subtle sound effects, the egg becomes a chicken; the tadpole grows into a ribbeting frog. As the pattern is established, Fanning adds a questioning rise to her narration—seed? caterpillar? paint?—inviting the listener to anticipate and respond.

New Moon Premiere

Posted by Sarah on November 17th, 2009 Comments (0)

Elle attended the premiere of New Moon, the newest film in the Twilight saga today. She was there to support Dakota, who plays Jane in the film. Both girls wore black and looked just beautiful. You can take a look at some pictures in the gallery, and check back later because more will be added as they come out.

{Update} Thanks to Harriet, dan99 and Messias, we have many more pictures including some fantastic HQs added. Check them out in the gallery.

Somewhere Still

Posted by Sarah on November 11th, 2009 Comments (0)

The first promotional still from Elle’s upcoming feature Somewhere has been released, showing her with onscreen father Stephen Dorff, and you can check it out in the gallery. It has also been revealed that the name of Elle’s character is Cleo! The newly released synopsis says:

Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) is a bad-boy A-List actor stumbling through a life of excess while living at Hollywood’s legendary Chateau Marmont Hotel. His days are a haze of drinks, girls, fast cars and fawning fans. Cocooned in this celebrity-induced artificial world, Johnny has lost all sense of his true self. Until, that is, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) unexpectedly shows up and unwittingly begins to anchor him. Johnny’s fragile connection to real life slowly revives in her presence. So when the time comes fro Cleo to leave, his sense of loss is palpable, but the gift of hope she has also brought him leads to a beautiful, poetic denouement imbued with all of Coppola’s remarkable powers to conjure mood and atmosphere.

‘A Very Brave Witch’ DVD

Posted by Sarah on September 11th, 2009 Comments (0)

‘A Very Brave Witch’, the short story which Elle narrated, will be released on DVD September 29 if you’re interested in in hearing her voiceover work. The DVD, which is available for pre-order on Amazon.com, also includes some other children’s Halloween stories. You can read a review of Elle’s narration here.

“The youthful Elle Fanning (sister of actress Dakota) does a truly fine job narrating this small story. She doesn’t rush, is young enough to sound just right for the part, and has a pleasant voice that’s full of quirky expression. Fanning enjoys the story—so listeners will, too.”

Somewhere news

Posted by Jess on August 23rd, 2009 Comments (0)

I have added a new picture of Elle behind the scenes of Somewhere to the gallery. It’s from back in July when she was filming in Milan. She looks adorable!

In other Somewhere news, it seems as though Elle’s character is loosely based on the director herself, Sofia Coppola, when she was Elle’s age. Read this translated interview with an Italian TV show presenter who plays a role in the movie, describing his experiences on set.

Me and Ventura play a scene which belongs to Sofia’s memories. Her trip to Italy with her father (Francis Ford Coppola) who came to receive the Telegatto Award. In the scene we give the Award to an actor, whose name I can’t remember and who plays the father, while in the hall sits a little girls who plays Sofia (Elle Fanning)

Old promotional stills

Posted by Jess on August 16th, 2009 Comments (4)

I’ve added some new promotional photos of Elle in movies and TV shows gone by. There’s new pictures from Reservation Road, Daddy Day Care, The Lost Room and The Door in the Floor.

Filming ‘Somewhere’ in Milan

Posted by Sarah on July 31st, 2009 Comments (1)

Production on ‘Somewhere’ has rolled into Milan, Italy, and luckily for us, some candid pics have surfaced. Elle was filming a scene with her on-screen father, Stephen Dorff. Thanks so much to the amazing Mel for helping us to get these pics!

Behind the Scenes of Phoebe

Posted by Jess on July 27th, 2009 Comments (1)

Thanks to Conor Carrol, one of Elle’s co-stars in Phoebe in Wonderland, there’s an adorable shot of Elle, Dakota and Conor from when they were rehearsing the movie’s musical scene at an elementary school. I’ve added it to the gallery.