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Elle Fanning - news / articles


  • Fanning to play Sleeping Beauty? - 9 March 2012
    -Super 8 star Elle Fanning is reportedly in talks to play the sleepy heroine in a new movie adaptation of fairy tale Sleeping Beauty - opposite an evil Angelina Jolie.-Jolie has already confirmed she will be playing villainness Maleficent in the film and now sources t


  • Fanning picks up role model award - 23 November 2011
    -Teen star Elle Fanning was hailed as a role model for children around the world at a glitzy gala in New York on Monday (21Nov11).-The Super 8 star and her actress sister Dakota, who was unable to attend the benefit, were picked to receive the Children of the World aw


  • Spielberg's career advice for Fanning - 2 August 2011
    -Steven Spielberg has urged teenage actress Elle Fanning to stay in school despite her recent film success.-Spielberg has worked with a number of child stars in his hit films, including Drew Barrymore, Haley Joel Osment, Christian Bale and Fanning's older sister Dakot

Elle Fanning - what members say


  • My Neighbour Totoro
  • My Neighbour Totoro review by Elfy from Darlington
    Rated - 5.0 stars Experience the beauty of the simple life with Totoro! 7 August 2010
    ...cute, mysterious, forest guarding creatures set Satsuki (Dakota Fanning), Mei (Elle Fanning) and their father Tatsuo (Timothy Daly) on an adventure of their own. I woul...   Read customer review
  • The Nines
  • The Nines review by SAI81 from Tonbridge
    Rated - 5.0 stars The Nines 4 May 2008
    ...r all too brief final part as Sierra. Lastly among the main cast there’s young Elle Fanning who, at just 9, is already a match for the adults in the cast and, like her sis...   Read customer review
  • Phoebe in Wonderland
  • Phoebe in Wonderland review by helenbelle from Wokingham
    Rated - 4.0 stars Wonderful film 6 September 2009
    ...This is a lovely film. The acting by both children and adults is excellent. Elle Fanning is wonderful in the part of Phoebe and Patricia Clarkson is fabulous as always. Th...   Read customer review

Elle Fanning - filmography


  • Super 8 - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Elle Fanning,  Amanda Michalka,  Kyle Chandler
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg... In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 9,730 members
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  • Twixt (2011)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Bruce Dern,  Elle Fanning
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V. He's unsure of her connection to the murder in the town, but is grateful for ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 1 member
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  • Super 8 on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Elle Fanning,  Amanda Michalka,  Kyle Chandler
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg... In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 20,314 members
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  • The Nutcracker on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Hunyadi Aron,  Pepe Balderrama,  Jonathan Coyne
    Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    1920s Vienna. Nine-year-old Mary lives in a home filled with lovely things and loneliness. Bothered by bratty brother Max and neglected by well intentioned, but distracted, parents, she yearns for companionship and adventure. On Christmas Eve, Mary's beloved Uncle Albert arrives with the gift of a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 93 members
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  • Somewhere - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Elle Fanning,  Chris Pontius,  Stephen Dorff
    Director: Sofia Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Roguish Hollywood star Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) finds his debauched life of excess unexpectedly interrupted when Cleo, his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning) shows up at the glamorous Chateau Marmont Hotel for an unscheduled visit. While her mother, whose relationship with Johnny, we assume ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 28 members
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  • Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
    Starring: Felicity Huffman,  Patricia Clarkson,  Elle Fanning
    Director: Daniel Barnz
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Phoebe in Wonderland" is a whimsical tale of a young girl who can't seem to follow the rules. Perplexed by her inability to get along with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment and comfort from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but anguished mother ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 30 members
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  • The Nines on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ryan Reynolds,  Hope Davis,  Melissa McCarthy
    Director: John August
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 9,067 members
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  • My Neighbour Totoro on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Chika Sakamoto,  Hitoshi Takagi,  Noriko Hidaka
    Director: Hayao Miyazaki
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Hayao Miyazaki had been cradling the idea for this wonderful fantasy for a long time before he finally decided to write and direct it. Set in rural Japan during the 1950s, My Neighbour Totoro is full of the magical touches that Miyazaki has become famous for. Tatsuo Kusakabe and his two daughters, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 12,559 members
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Elle Fanning facts

5 most recent films

Super 8 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Twixt - 4.5 stars
Super 8 - 3.5 stars
We Bought a Zoo - 3.5 stars
We Bought A Zoo - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

My Neighbour Totoro - 4.0 stars
We Bought a Zoo - 3.5 stars
Super 8 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Somewhere - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Phoebe in Wonderland - 4.0 stars
We Bought A Zoo - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Twixt - 4.5 stars
The Nutcracker - 3D Blu-ray - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Tilda Swinton - 3 times - show films
Cate Blanchett - 3 times - show films
Jason Flemyng - 3 times - show films
Brad Pitt - 3 times - show films
Julia Ormond - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Fincher - 5 times - show films
Andrey Konchalovskiy - 3 times - show films
John August - 2 times - show films
Cameron Crowe - 2 times - show films
Cameron Crowe - 2 times - show films