by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 19th, 2011
Warner Bros. has sent out a press release revealing who Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play in The Dark Knight Rises. Rumors that Cotillard and Gordon-Levitt would play Talia al Ghul and Alberto Falcone, respectively, have turned out to be false, or at least not as simple as a straight reveal. Cotillard will play “Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father’s philanthropic endeavors for Gotham.” As for Gordon-Levitt, he’s been cast as “John Blake, a Gotham City beat cop assigned to special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon. Neither character has previously appeared in the comics.
Hit the jump for my thoughts on the casting along with the full press release. The film also stars Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine. The Dark Knight Rises opens July 20, 2012.
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4 New Images from 30 MINUTES OR LESS Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, and Danny McBride
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 19th, 2011
Sony has released four new images from the upcoming comedy 30 Minutes or Less. Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland), the film centers on a couple of wannabe criminal masterminds (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson) who force a pizza delivery guy (Jesse Eisenberg) to rob a bank. The pizza delivery guy enlists the help of his ex-best friend Chet (Aziz Ansari) to pull off the heist.
Hit the jump to check out the images. 30 Minutes or Less opens August 12th.
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Isla Fisher May Play Myrtle Wilson in Baz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 19th, 2011
Isla Fisher may be joining Baz Luhrmann’s 3D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Heat Vision reports that Fisher is in negotiations to play Myrtle Wilson, the wife of George B. Wilson and the mistress of Tom Buchanan (Ben Affleck). If Fisher signs on, she’ll join Leonardo DiCaprio (Jay Gatsby), Carey Mulligan (Daisy Buchanan, wife of Tom Buchanan), and Tobey Maguire (the novel’s narrator Nick Carraway). The other major roles left to be cast are Daisy’s friend Jordan Baker and George Wilson. Hit the jump for a synopsis of The Great Gatsby.
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Tim Roth to Return to Directing with Adaptation of TURNING STONES; Wants Sam Rockwell to Star
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 19th, 2011
Tim Roth is looking to get back in the directing game with an adaptation of Marc Parent’s non-fiction book, Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk. Roth, who was abused as a child, sees the film as a companion piece to his 1999 directorial debut, The War Zone. Parent was a struggling actor in his twenties who joined an experimental social work unit that called upon him to project children from abusive parents. His work sometime required him to at times break up households and even have parents arrested.
Roth tells THR, “He was an incredible social worker – he saved tons of children from horrible situations.” Roth wants Sam Rockwell to play Parent even though Rockwell is twice Parent’s age when he started the job. The film currently has no producer, but Roth is already planning to shoot the film in digital in order to keep costs low and take “real control of the atmosphere surrounding the children.” Hit the jump for a synopsis of Turning Stones.
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