Earlier this year, when it was revealed that Anne Hathaway had been cast as Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s hugely anticipated “The Dark Knight Rises,” fans were apprehensive. Had the announcement been made immediately after Hathaway’s career affirming turn in “Rachel Getting Married” (2008), folks might have been a little more accepting. But one over-eager Oscar [...]
March 22, 2011 | Published in
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Henry Cavill, star of Showtime’s period drama “The Tudors,” has been given the keys to the Fortress of Solitude. The 27-year-old actor, who was on the short lists to play both Batman and Superman when those franchises were being rebooted by Christopher Nolan for “Batman Begins” and Bryan Singer for “Superman Returns,” will finally get [...]
January 31, 2011 | Published in
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Following his powerhouse performance in Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Bronson,” Tom Hardy’s career as been on the fast track to the big time. And although his plans to play Mad Max in the George Miller-directed “Mad Max: Fury Road” has hit another snag, the burgeoning superstar sits atop the heap for another high profile role at Warner [...]
October 14, 2010 | Published in
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Hallelujah! Nicolas Cage has finally returned. Once a brilliant and respected actor whose eccentricities and prodigious talents combined to create truly memorable characters like H.I. McDunnough in the Coen Brothers’ zany masterpiece, “Raising Arizona,” and Charlie Kaufman’s neurotic, alter-ego twins in Spike Jonze’s “Adaptation,” Cage has since become known more for laughably bad turns in [...]
The Sun, a British tabloid, announced Wednesday that they had the scoop on a bit of casting news for Christopher Nolan’s followup to the unimaginably successful, “The Dark Knight,” for Warner Bros. They reported that Megan Fox, the sultry star of Michael Bay’s “Transformers,” movies would be “slipping into the famous PVC catsuit.” As is [...]
August 26, 2009 | Published in
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After the staggering critical and commercial success of Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan-directed Batman films, “Batman Begins,” and “The Dark Knight,” rumors have been relentlessly circulating about work on a third film, though little legitimate information has surfaced. But Quint over at AICN may have just uncovered the biggest bomb in the saga so far. While [...]
July 30, 2009 | Published in
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Tim Burton, the eccentric, macabre-loving director behind visually unique films like “Edward Scissorhands,” “Batman” and “Sweeney Todd” will be the subject of a major exhibit at Gotham’s Museum of Modern Art beginning Nov. 22 and running through April 26, reports Variety. The pub goes on to report, “…The show will include more than 700 pieces: [...]
June 10, 2009 | Published in
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