It hasn't been an easy road for Rupert Sanders' Ghost in the Shell adaptation. The film has been mired in controversy almost ever since it was first announced that Scarlett Johansson would be playing the lead role of The Major. Of course, you're never going to please everyone when you adapt such a beloved property like this one, but we must say that Paramount has gone a long way to win people over, offering up a stunning first trailer and presenting to us what looks like a slick, stylish action romp that might just be one of the more enjoyable films this year.
It's been a very long time since Eastern Promises hit theatres. The David Cronenberg-directed film arrived back in 2007 and brought us into the world of the Russian mob, as Viggo Mortensen played Nikolai, a gangster who gets mixed up with a midwife (Naomi Watts) looking into the case of a prostitute who died during childbirth. It wasn't the director's best effort, but it was a well made movie with a few terrific scenes.
Iron Fist himself Finn Jones has offered up some new details on his character's arc going into The Defenders, not to mention that friendship with Luke Cage.
