Our anticipation for next year's Daredevil series, the first of multiple collaborations between Netflix and Marvel, has been steadily rising over the past few weeks as the show has filled out its main cast. Charlie Cox has been cast in the role of Matt Murdock, destined to become the titular vigilante; Vincent D’Onofrio will play Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin; Rosario Dawson is an unknown “absolutely critical” character; Deborah Ann Woll has been cast as love interest Karen Page; Elden Henson will portray Murdock’s best friend, Foggy Nelson; and Peter Shinkoda has come aboard to play an original character named Hachiro. That's an extremely talented crop of actors - but it's only one reason we're excited for the series.
FX really lucked out with Noah Hawley's Fargo miniseries. Though the project, inspired by the Coen Brothers' dark comedy classic of the same name, seemed like a deeply risky proposition on paper, it arrived fully formed as a tremendously acted, evocatively shot and winningly ambitious 'event' series. That the show has scooped up 18 Emmy nominations this year, more than any other show has managed in the network's history, should speak to its massive success. So, it wasn't at all surprising to learn that FX had picked the show up for another season of ten episodes.
Looks like we weren't the only ones impressed by Edge of Tomorrow. Recently, it was revealed that Dante Harper, the first screenwriter to work on the Tom Cruise sci-fi action-adventure, has been hired by Warner Bros. to pen the script for a live-action Akira adaptation.
We've heard very, very little about the latest film from Oscar favorite Stephen Daldry, who previously directed Billy Elliot, The Hours, The Reader and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (every film the director has been involved with has either been nominated for Best Director or Best Picture), but today brings the arrival of the first trailer for Trash, certainly a grittier and more unconventional venture from the helmer.
Today, the organizers of the annual Toronto International Film Festival took to the stage during a press conference to thank all those involved in making the prestigious 11-day festival possible and announce the titles of some of the main attractions that festival attendees can look forward to seeing. As one of the biggest festivals around, the TIFF lineup did not disappoint, including a bevy of awards contenders and promising films from acclaimed directors.
Whenever Steven Spielberg makes a movie, we pay attention - and when it was revealed that he'd be reteaming with his Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can and The Terminal star Tom Hanks for his latest, an Untitled Cold War Thriller, we went from interested to excited. Add in that Ethan and Joel Coen penned the latest iteration of the script, working from an original draft from Matt Charman, and you've got the recipe for an absolutely terrific thriller. Now, Spielberg has enlisted the help of four other stars for major roles in the project.
In a shocking and dispiriting turn of events, Wally Pfister, the talented cinematographer of Inception, The Dark Knight and practically every other Christopher Nolan film, chose Transcendence, surely one of the most jaw-droppingly brainless sci-fi movies in years, as his first directing gig. And Pfister will hopefully get out just about unscathed from this agonizing trainwreck, because his consistently stylish and visually pleasing direction is the only reason Transcendence should get any stars.
Action thrillers are a dime a dozen in Hollywood, so when one of them shoots a little higher than usual, we tend to notice here at We Got This Covered. That's why we're pleased to be able to exclusively debut new stills and artwork from the indie high-concept thriller Checkmate, which looks at the same heist from six different perspectives.
Is there a RocknRolla reunion in the works? It would appear so, now that an individual familiar with Guy Ritchie's upcoming medieval film Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur has confirmed that British thesp Idris Elba is in talks to join the cast.
By all accounts, Sony's Amazing Spider-Man franchise is in trouble. After The Amazing Spider-Man 2 failed to become the record-breaking smash that the studio so desperately wanted it to be, members of the "brain trust" for the franchise, including Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, have voiced concerns about whether the ambitious plans for the series can remain on track. Though The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has grossed around $705 million worldwide in theaters, certainly a terrific number, it's the lowest-grossing Spidey film yet (yes, even the critically reviled Spider-Man 3 topped it). Additionally, it opened beneath the Captain America and X-Men sequels, which can't have been reasssuring to Sony. Now, we're hearing that the film's so-called "lackluster" opening (emphasis on the sarcastic quotes around that) may have caused Sony to hit the emergency brake on its planned Sinister Six movie.
