Is Jeremy Renner The Next Bourne?
published: 2011-04-01 17:37:25 Author: Josh TylerThanks to the success of The Hurt Locker, Jeremy Renner has become Hollywood’s default for whenever they’re looking for a middle-aged white guy who can do action. So it shouldn’t be a surprise to hear that he’s being considered for The Bourne Legacy. Yeah, that’s the Bourne movie they’re doing without Matt Damon.
The movie takes place in the Bourne universe, but it won’t actually be about Jason Bourne. That’s their fancy way of saying it has nothing to do with the Bourne movies but they wanted to use the name since that sells tickets. Among the names bandied about for the lead in this movie so far are Shia LaBeouf, Garrett Hedlund, Joel Edgerton, Chris Evans, and Dominic Cooper. But now the rumor is that Universal is sending an offer out to Jeremy Renner, after vetoing director Tony Gilroy’s first choice, a guy named Oscar Isaac.
Oscar Isaac is the guy with the pencil thin mustache in Sucker Punch, and the movie’s rather dismal box office results last weekend probably didn’t do much to convince Universal they wanted him. So they’re going with a guy who’s sort of a name, and may be a much bigger name by the time The Bourne Legacy’s ready since he’s set to play a major role in Marvel’s upcoming slate of superhero movies as Hawkeye, and set to star opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Is-Jeremy-Renner-The-Next-Bourne-24003.htmlThe Bourne Legacy Wants Jeremy RennerSeveral names have been thrown about to star in director Tony Gilroy's spin-off The Bourne Legacy, with the latest being Jeremy Renner.
It seems Tony Gilroy was interested in casting Oscar Isaac, who currently stars in Sucker Punch, but Universal Pictures didn't approve of the actor, for unknown reasons. Earlier today, an offer went out to Jeremy Renner to topline this new adventure.
Just last week, we reported that actors such as Joel Edgerton, Garrett Hedlund, Dominic Cooper, and Luke Evans were screen testing for the role. Shia LaBeouf, Taylor Kitsch, and Logan Marshall-Green have also been mentioned in connection with this highly-coveted part.
Tony Gilroy, who wrote the previous three Jason Bourne movies, will direct The Bourne Legacy from his own screenplay. This new story will borrow the title from Robert Ludlum's book, but won't implement the story. Little is known about the plot, except that it will not feature Jason Bourne, at least not in the present day. The project will leave room for Matt Damon to return for future installments.
The Bourne Legacy comes to theaters August 3rd, 2012. The film is directed by Tony Gilroy.
Patrick Dempsey Lobbies for Doctor Strange
This isn't an April Fool's Day joke, and similar tactics didn't work out so well for Donald Glover when he made it publicly known that he wanted to be Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man But that isn't stopping Patrick Dempsey from launching a campaign to play Doctor Strange.
The actor is hoping to play the character in either a TV series or a feature film in a move to distance himself a little bit from his popular Grey's Anatomy character.
Here is what Patrick Dempsey had to say.
"I've been lobbying for that. There's a whole bunch of people [among the 'Grey's Anatomy ' crew] who are into comics and Marvel, too, on the set and they're like, 'Doctor Strange, that's the one you should do.' It would be fantastic. It'd be a great TV show, especially for HBO or something like that. I don't know if I'd necessarily do another show, a drama, that's 24 episodes again. HBO you're at 13 and I think that's much better. It's just so hard to sustain the quality after three years if you're doing 24, 25 episodes a year. It all depends on who you have as a writing team - it's how you set it up, what's the tone and making sure you're not locked into this one-season success [mentality], you can't be afraid to think beyond that.""
Marvel has tried to launch a Doctor Strange movie for the past couple of years, but the character doesn't have the same kind of notoriety as some of the major Marvel heavy hitters such as Thor and Captain America A live action adaptation is currently gaining some momentum, with Marvel President Kevin Feige putting Doctor Strange on the short list of characters he wants to see in the flesh, with Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer already hired to write a script.
Patrick Dempsey says that Kevin Feige knows he is lobbying hard for the part.
"He knows what's going on. There was stuff going on. At Comic-Con they were talking about me playing it and there was a rumor that I'd been cast. I mean, it's something that's kind of out there and, you know, I've been looking at that. It would be a fun one to do. Hopefully, doing something like 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' is about to show myself in an action situation where I'm not mister-weepy-doctor guy, you know, not McDreamy. You have to change that in people's view. I'm still hungry for other things. I'd love to play Doctor Strange."
Doctor Strange is in development .
Sources: Los Angeles Times
Green Lantern 2 to Get Blake Lively as Star Sapphire?
Green Lantern is making a big splash at WonderCon in San Francisco, where stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have been in promotion mode all day. Four minutes of footage from this DC Comics adaptation was shown, and is rumored to be making its way online tomorrow.
The one thing missing from this footage is Blake Lively as Carol Ferris, who many fans hated when they first saw her in the much derided teaser trailer launched late last year. The actress seemed fine with the exclusion, and even revealed that if Green Lantern 2 gets the proverbial green light, fans will get to see her turn into the villain Star Sapphire.
Here is what Blake Lively had to say.
"What made me want the role that much more is that my character is a strong, militant, powerful woman who really challenges Hal. They're rivals and are always butting heads. She comes in and says, 'Men are weak too.' It was just a really special female counterpart in a superhero film. In this film, Carol is completely human and on earth. But she turns into a villain in the later comics, so potentially if it became a franchise I'd get to explore that, which would be so much fun. I would love that. What you don't see [in this film] is when they're kids. They're each other's first loves. Where the movie picks up, they're ex-lovers. So there is that tension - that rivalry - but also that love. They're each other's soulmates."
Green Lantern comes to theaters June 17th, 2011 and stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Temuera Morrison, Jenna Craig, Jon Tenney, Tim Robbins. The film is directed by Martin Campbell.
Green Lantern 2 is in development and stars Ryan Reynolds.
