The official 007 site posted a video blog from Skyfall Director Sam Mendes. The Director revealed his longtime love of the James Bond series and how Daniel Craig in Casino Royale saying “it reminded me of the way I felt when I watch Sean Connery movies.”
Will Taylor Kitsch trade in his John Carter loincloth for red leather and horns? Kitsch is reportedly being considered for Director David Slade’s reboot of Daredevil according to Movie Hole. The story is part of their hilarious feature on actors who nearly won super hero roles.
Kitsch said he would like to play X-Man Gambit again but said it’s unlikely that would happen. The story says Xavier Samuel is under consideration too. Slade directed Samuel as the vampire Riley in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
Thanks to Comic Book Resources.
When I think of David Slade’s film (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night) I envision a dark and gritty Daredevil movie based on Frank Miller’s Born Again.
If this report is true the studio seems to be going for a young Matt Murdock reboot like Sony did with Amazing Spider-Man. The tone may be different too. Mark Waid’s new take on Daredevil has been a critical and fan hit. I really love the artwork on the new title – especially this cover.
Marvel and Chris Evans (Fantastic Four’s Johnny Storm, Captain America)proved you have movie magic twice with the same actor.
While this Daredevil story is just speculation – what do you think of the idea of Taylor Kitsch as Daredevil?
I’m thrilled to share that Kristin Bauer (Pam de Beaufort of True Blood) will be appearing at Fan Expo Vancouver April 21st and 22nd. I will definitely try to make the short trip from my home with some of my fellow Seattle True Blood fans to Vancouver, British Columbia for a chance to meet Bauer – hope she wears pink! Stay tuned for more details.
Michael Fassbender has officially joined Ridley Scott’s next film The Counselor. The Cormac McCarthy penned thriller is being called “No Country for Old Men on steroids.”
Scott went for Fassbender as his lead after working with him on Prometheus. The actor will play an attorney who gets involved in a drug operation. Thanks to Deadline for breaking and now confirming the story.
This marks 3 scheduled projects with previous directors for the in demand star. Fassbender will work with his Shame director Steve McQueen on 12 Years A Slave and director Matthew Vaughn on a X-Men: First Class sequel that will reportedly focus on Magneto.
Update:
Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper and Brad Pitt have been mentioned as potential actors to play the film’s villain. Thanks to Deadline and Dark Horizons.
All of those actors would be perfect but there’s something about the physicality of Renner that is most exciting – or maybe it’s the geek in me picturing the guys who played Magento and Hawkeye in the same cool movie?
Some things are just cosmic. What if Robert Downey Jr never played Tony Stark/Iron Man because he was already committed to playing Lex Luthor?
Director McG revealed to The Playlist his vision for the Superman reboot that never was. Superman: Flyby was scripted by a younger J.J. Abrams.
“We had Robert Downey Jr. locked up to be Lex Luthor,” he says, “which I think would have been extraordinary. Ironically, we liked Henry Cavill a lot, but we hadn’t cast him yet. J.J. wrote the script, and we got that to a really good place in the end. But I’m to blame [for the film not happening].”
Scarlett Johansson and Selma Blair were reportedly in talks for Lois Lane. Johansson went on to play Black Widow in Iron Man and The Avengers.
Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns starring Brandon Routh and Kevin Spacey became the next reboot instead. Singer didn’t direct X-Men 3 for that film.
Downey Jr went on to play another rich genius in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Marvel’s The Avengers and Iron Man 3.
Zach Snyder’s The Man of Steel starring Henry Cavill -minus Lex Luthor – opens July 2013.
Did things work out for the best? Or do you wish McG’s Superman with Robert Downey Jr. as Luthor had flown? And it’s impossible to imagine but who could have played Tony Stark?
Thanks to Total Film for the story.
Matt Smith faces fear as Doctor Who fighting the most frightening aliens and phenomenon the universe can throw at him. Apparently Smith has no fear of being naked on stage. If so, Michael Fassbender has inspired him to get over it.
Smith says after seeing Fassbender’s performance in Shame he would be willing to get naked for a role according to Entertainmentwise.
“I think ‘Shame‘ was brilliant and Michael magnetic in it. One day I would love to do something similar and maybe work with director Steve McQueen.”
“Of course I would get naked for a role. I’ve got naked on stage so why not on-screen?” he added.
In researching this story I learned current Doctor Who Matt Smith guest starred on Secret Diary of a Call Girl starring Billie Piper who was Rose Tyler, the beloved companion of Doctors Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant.
WARNING: I’ve tried my best not to reveal any major details from the latest episode of The Walking Dead but you still may not want to read this post if you haven’t seen it yet.
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YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ THIS.
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In a brilliant and chilling scene Rick transformed from the noble hero trying to protect his family into something cold and inhuman. Lori seemed to be pushing and pleading Rick to ‘do something’ about Shane.
Show Runner Glen Mazzarra talked with TV Guide about the upcoming Rick and Shane clash.
“It will be played out in the next episode. The next episode is an episode that really puts Shane and Rick at odds, and Rick is tired of secrets, and a lot will come spilling out.”
Jon Bernthal is talks for Frank Daramount’s new TNT series pilot L.A. Noir. Does that mean Shane will not survive the showdown with Rick?
“Let’s say this: You know the Shane character was killed off in the comic book very, very early. We are a show that is going to surprise people. People can speculate. I haven’t read the Frank script, but it is conceivable that Bernthal’s character gets offed in that pilot. I haven’t read it. So I don’t want to say anything about secrets or spoilers or anything like that, but I think fans will be satisfied with our story, and I’m just going to focus on that, not other material.”
For the entire interview here’s the TV Guide link.
What fate does Shane deserve? Eaten by zombies? Turned into a zombie? Dead, just plain dead. I say Shane is a Walking Dead Man walking. Otis must be avenged.
Praise for The Avengers that should get fans excited! The FX artist with a resume full of Marvel superhero films says The Avengers is the best he’s worked on to date. Chris Wells is a supervisor at visual effects house Hydraulx and seen a rough cut of the film. His company is working on the prologue.
“I went to a screening with all the temporary visual effects and it was pretty fleshed out. It’s a long movie but it doesn’t feel like it. Out of all the comic book movies and franchises I’ve worked on, this is the best one I’ve seen so far,” Wells tells Starburst Magazine.
“This thing has gone so big that Marvel are dwarfing their other franchises. For people who enjoy the comics and haven’t really liked the way some of the characters were treated in other movies, I think they’re going to be a little more appeased by this one. Especially the Hulk. They let the Hulk be Hulk and that’s great. He acts more like the comic book Hulk”.
“I think he [Joss Whedon, director] did a very good job of setting up the characters based on what we know from the Marvel franchise, integrating them together with all their differences and similarities and then getting on with business. And just when you think the movie is a character piece it just goes nuts.”
Thanks to Dark Horizons for the story. I’m thrilled by his comments – especially the Hulk! The Avengers Assemble this May.