Tom Hooper’s epic musical Les Miserables is a marketer’s dream. With a cast bursting at the seams from star power – Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Russell Crowe and Helena Bonham Carter among the most notable – and based on a beloved book/musical/epic, there’s little that can go wrong. Unless, of course, the film collapses in the most epic manner.
Kevin Kline has already played one famous Hollywood swashbuckler; he was Douglas Fairbanks in Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin. Now he’s going to take on the role of Fairbanks’s Hollywood heir apparent: Errol Flynn.
The Internet rumor mill cannot get enough of casting choices. The second an actor is even in the vicinity of film’s set, the rumors begin circulating that he or she is going to join the cast. This is certainly true of the latest casting rumor surrounding Terrence Malick’s latest film.
Never let it be said that Sacha Baron Cohen is going soft. He’s taken on world dictators, homophobia, racism, dumb celebrities, Ryan Seacrest and the unfair bias against hairy men wrestling in the nude. Now he’s going to deal with the hot button issue of lesbianism, presumably with his typical blend of sensitivity and serious social commentary.
Disney’s The Lone Ranger has been fraught with production difficulties, from budget issues to the drowning of a crew member to general concern about Johnny Depp playing a Native American. However, the Gore Verbinski film pulled through all of those setbacks and the teaser trailer has finally premiered.
The Red Dawn remake has certainly taken its time getting into theatres, so long in fact that leading man Chris Hemsworth was not yet Thor when the film was shot. But give distribution company FilmDistrict some credit: they’re trying to sell Red Dawn now, giving it a premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin and now this teaser clip.
Wes Anderson seems bent on toying with my emotions. Last week, it seemed all but a done deal that Johnny Depp would headline the ensemble cast of Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. Now, First Showing tells us that Depp is out of the cast list.
A short while ago, we reported that Fox was moving forward with a version of Mary Shelley’s classic monster tale Frankenstein. Now First Showing reports that Daniel Radcliffe has expressed interest in taking on a role in the revisionist telling of the story.
Oh, Wes Anderson, you sly devil. Just when you think that the ensemble cast of Anderson’s newest film The Grand Budapest Hotel cannot get any better, something like this happens. According to Cinema Blend, Angela Lansbury has confirmed her role in the quirky filmmaker’s newest quirk-fest.
Actor Peter Weller really is just a stand up guy. While the rest of us complain about how the Robocop reboot looks pretty damn stupid, Weller instead wishes the film well. Speaking with I Am Rogue (via Comic Book Movie), Weller said that the franchise is not a part of his life anymore, but he hopes they make a good movie.
