Those rumors that Angelina Jolie was looking to play Catwoman in the third installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins franchise, have sparked even more rumors, the newest ones being that studio execs over at Warner Bros. have started eyeing A-list stars Johnny Depp, and Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, to play the roles of The Riddler and The Penguin in the next Batman flick.
PLEASE TAKE THIS NEWS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. For every new rumor of an A-list star playing one of the iconic villains from Batman’s rogue gallery, another statement pops up from Dark Knight writers David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan, claiming that they will not go the obvious route of cramming The Riddler, Penguin or Catwoman into the third film. And so, the debate goes on…
Multi-grammy winners Jack White and Alicia Keys have been tapped by producers of Quantum of Solace, the newest James Bond movie, to sing the theme song to film; the first ever duet in the history of James Bond soundtracks.
The song is named “Another Way To Die”. It was written and produced by Jack White; he even plays drums on the track. The soundtrack for Quantum Of Solace is slated for release on October 28, on J records.
All moviegoers know that great dialogue can stay with you forever, but what about really bad dialogue? Lines that come across as dumb, or hit the ear like ball bearings in a sock; these kinds of dialogue can take a viewer right out of a film and make them goggle at the screen, certain they just didn’t hear what they thought they heard. That’s the kind of thing I’m talking about here, with this very list of Worst Damn Dialogue in a Movie
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards remake has been causing quite a buzz since the script was leaked online, with many web-critics going so far as to call it a “masterpiece.” Well, the major studios have taken notice, with Universal jumping in the ring alongside longtime Tarantino collaborators the Weinstein Co. to bring Inglorious Bastards to a theater near you.
Rumor has it that Tarantino and the Weinsteins sat down sometime last week to decide between Paramount and Universal and Universal won the debate. Don’t know if I would have gone that way given Universal’s lack of $trong returns at the box office the last few years, but hey, that’s why I’m just a blogger, and not a major player in the Hollywood game (a guy can dream though…)
The Dark Knight is still earning heaps of cash, but the execs over at Warner Bros. are already looking ahead to the next installment of the franchise. While director Christopher Nolan has yet to officially sign on for another go at Gotham City, the rumor mill is already churning out names of the next villain who will next take on the caped crusader.
So far Catwoman has been an early contender; the hot/cold relationship between her and Batman has always been one of the comic book series’ best themes, one that could translate reasonably well into the universe of Nolan’s films. 60’s era Catwoman, Julie Newmar, had this to say in a recent interview with the New York Daily News:
CelebEdge is reporting a rumor that actor Johnny Depp will likely don an oversized cap to play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s performance-capture / live action hybrid of Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice In Wonderland.
Burton and Depp are peas in the pod, so this rumor isn’t all that hard to swallow. In fact, the only thing that surprises me about this bit of news is the fact that Depp is being offered so small a part in the production, (unless the new script has the Mad Hatter playing a much expanded role.)
For those of you who have too much happiness in your lives and occasionally need a depressing flick to even things out, there’s good
news: The second major role of the upcoming film THE ROAD has been cast. Kodi Smit-McPhee, an 11-year-old actor from Down Under, will play the son of Viggo Mortensen’s character in the film, which tells the story of a father and son wandering across the ruins of America after an unspecified apocalyptic event.
Apparently Atlanta hatches stars like Britney Spears hatches fetal alcohol syndrome children, I know this because Ryan Seacrest knows this. First of all, we get to meet stupid Ryan’s parents. Guess what, I could have lived the rest of my life without having to waste time on getting to know them. Once that is out of the way, Ryan introduces us to Joshua. He works with glass and I am not sure if I care about any of this. He tells the judges that he’s going to show them something they’ve never seen before.
John Connor’s Terminator-bodyguard Cameron learned that Cromartie, the terminator missioned with assassinating John, had followed them through the time-portal into the future. Sarah’s first instinct was to run, however John had another idea: turn the tables by hunting the hunter.
It’s been two weeks, and Fox spent a lot of money during the Superbowl to advertise the escape that was supposed to happen tonight on PRISON BREAK. Well, I waited an hour just to get a bunch of men huddled in a dirt tunnel waiting for some lights to go out. Oh well, at least I finally got a good episode out of it.