Will Smith Attached to Star in JOE, a Modern Version of the Biblical Story of Job from THE FIGHTER Writers; David O. Russell Might Direct
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: February 27th, 2011
We are still over a year away from the May 25, 2012 release of Men in Black III, the official end to Will Smith’s three-and-a-half year hiatus from movies following Seven Pounds. Smith is attached to about a dozen projects that could be his next: an Annie remake with daughter Willow, the epic-sounding The City That Sailed (we were this close), the Wachowski Robin Hood re-imagining Hood. Two other candidates suggest his Smith has kept his nose in the Good Book. There’s The Legend of Cain, a vampiric take on the story of Cain and Abel, and Joe, a modern version of the harrowing tale of Job.
Screenwriting team Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (The Fighter) sold Joe to Sony Pictures and Smith’s production company Overbrook Entertainment; Smith is attached to star. In a recent interview, Tamasy spoke about their approach to updating the Biblical story, and revealed the studio wants to sign The Fighter director David O. Russell to helm Joe. Read what Tamasy had to say after the jump
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http://collider.com/will-smith-joe-job/78131/
Mark Ruffalo Says the Motion Capture Hulk in THE AVENGERS Looks Just Like Him
by Brendan Bettinger Posted: February 27th, 2011
We were excited to hear that Mark Ruffalo will act out the larger, greener Hulk thanks to the wonders of motion capture. That fact was thrown into some doubt at the hint of a mo-cap audition process, but Ruffalo reiterated last night at the Independent Spirit Awards that he is heavily involved with the process:
“[It looks] just like me. We’re going out of our way. First of all, I’ll be playing it. I’ll be the first actor to actually do it in motion capture as the Hulk. And so all the features are mine — they’re just really big.”
Ruffalo also praises the script, which combines the comedy and pathos that fall “right in [writer/director] Joss Wheedon’s wheelhouse.” He seems positively giddy about shooting The Avengers, which also stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, and Cobie Smulders. Watch the video after the jump.
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http://collider.com/mark-ruffalo-hulk-the-avengers/78179/
Daniel Day-Lewis Also in Talks for "Superman"
Posted: February 27th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
Just recently it was reported that director Zack Snyder is considering Viggo Mortensen for the role of the villainous General Zod in the upcoming "Superman" reboot.
Moviehole has now learned that Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) is in talks for an unspecified role in the movie. The site assumes that the role is also for Zod, which means that Snyder may have to decide between Mortensen and Day-Lewis.
As previously reported, Kevin Costner is up for the role of Jonathan Kent. But despite all this casting news, the actors have yet to meet with either Snyder or producer Christopher Nolan.
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Matt Damon Was Also Offered "Daredevil" Lead
Posted: February 27th, 2011 by WorstPreviews.com Staff
We just heard Guy Pearce reveal that he was offered the chance to play the title character in the 2003 "Daredevil" movie. The actor turned down the role and Ben Affleck ended up taking it.
Now comes word that Matt Damon was also offered to play Daredevil and he also turned it down, mostly because of director Mark Steven Johnson. "I would have done 'Daredevil,'" he told DigitalSpy. "Ben and I loved that comic book but I just didn't quite believe in the script or the director at the time."
Damon went on to say that people like to compare his and Affleck's careers. "The reality is that if Michael Bay had offered me 'Armageddon' when 'Good Will Hunting' was in the can, which was when Ben got offered the role, I would have taken it too," said Damon. "I would have taken any job that any director offered me at that point. And if Ben had been offered 'Saving Private Ryan' he would have done it, but suddenly I became the serious one. It's all bullsh*t."
Source: DigitalSpy
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