The first trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is here from Fox.
The always engaging Gary Oldman speaks to a band of humans as we see images of the war and life on earth now after the spread of the virus in the final moments of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Jason Clarke plays a human who goes into the forest in searching of Caesar.
When we finally see Caesar (Andy Serkis returns)…well, he’s changed from the cuddly chimp we first saw.
Hugh Laurie (House) is in talks to play the villain the Robocop remake according to Heat Vision. Laurie will play the ruthless head of the company that created Robocop. Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) plays the heroic cop turned cyborg. Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises) plays the creator. Samuel L. Jackson plays a media mogul.
In the original I loved the villain Clarence Boddicker played with ruthless glee by Kurtwood Smith. No word if that character will be in th remake.
Marvel and Dark Horse both produced comics based on Robocop.
The Dark Knight Rises teaser poster courtesy Warner Brothers
The plot of The Dark Knight Rises is one of Hollywood’s best kept secrets. Gary Oldman reveals he almost lost his script for the final Batman film.
“I was in a panic for 20 minutes,” Oldman told the BBC. “I thought, ‘where the hell have I put it?'”
“It had my name on it,” he added. “They would have killed me”. The script surfaced in his hotel room.
“I’d gone out for dinner,” he explained, “and I had put it in the room between the mattress and the bed, because I couldn’t scrunch it into the safe.
“I was half-thinking about something else and shoved it there.”
The actor who plays Commissioner Jim Gordon went on to describe how director Christopher Nolan and Warner Brothers protected the script.
“When he [Nolan] gives the script out, it doesn’t have the ending. Characters sometimes change, or their names change. And you have to go to the studio to read it.”
All the secrets are revealed when The Dark Knight Rises opens this summer. Thanks to Baird Warnick for the story suggestion!
The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Poster from thedarkknightrises.com. Courtesy: Warner Brothers Entertainment
Gary Oldman is a stunning actor to watch. From his brooding Dracula to insidious but outrageous Zorg in The Fifth Element to good cop Jim Gordon in Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, Oldman is a true artist. Who impresses him?
Gary Oldman discusses Michael Caine’s work in the final Batman film and gives a hint at a critical scene in The Dark Knight Rises in a new interview with Collider.
“There’s an emotional scene coming up in the next Batman, which I am obviously, absolutely sworn to secrecy about… They would kill me. Well, I’d do the press junket and then they’d kill me.”
“Watching Michael Caine work, as Alfred, was a great lesson for me. Just focus, concentration. He has this emotional scene. I’m kidding you not. It was tears and the whole thing. And it’s ‘Take 1.’ (Oldman snaps his fingers) He got it. ‘Take 2′ (snaps his fingers again), Got it. Take 3 (snaps his fingers) Got it. He’s just on the money. Every single time. It’s just extraordinary… You get inspired by it.” He adds that Caine “loves cricket. He loves soccer. So, he comes to the set and (he) wants to get it done. He doesn’t fuck around because he wants to get back to cricket.” He even gave a little Caine impersonation, “I’ve got to get back.”
You can find the entire interview here. The story is a must for Gary Oldman fans with insight on his many roles.
