Since he dropped out of Disney’s “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” Robert Downey Jr. is looking to fill the gap in his schedule with a starring role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s next project, “Inherent Vice.” Anderson had originally started to develop “The Master,” a Philip Seymour Hoffman vehicle exploring the inner workings of a fictional [...]
Arthur Conan Doyle’s great detective, Sherlock Holmes, is one of English literature’s most recognizable and enduring characters. As such, he has made more than 200 movies appearances since the inception of cinema. The master snoop had been portrayed by such luminaries as Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Christopher Plummer, Patrick Macnee, Jonathan Pryce, Christopher Lee and [...]
John Favreau doing Michael Bay doing Robert Altman doing Dostoyevsky doing Shakespeare. “Iron Man 2″ is as elegant as it sounds. After battling a pre-Oscar, double-crossing Jeff Bridges in the first film, Robert Downey, Jr.’s Tony Stark finds himself pitted against Ivan Vanko, the metal-mouthed Muscovite brainiac version of Mickey Rourke, who is intent on [...]
Ever since the announcement that a new film adaption of the classic television show, “The A-Team,” would be made, speculation and rumors have soared about who would fill those iconic roles. Already cast in the project are Liam Neeson as Col. John “Hannibal” Smith, and Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck. It was once [...]
“Oobermind,” the new animated comedy from DreamWorks Animation, has signed three new voices; Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, and Jonah Hill. Robert Downey Jr. was originally attached to play the title role of a supervillain who ruminates about all his nefarious dreams coming true after defeating his superhero rival, Metro Man (Pitt), only to discover life [...]
Sick of vampires yet? Well get ready for more, this time with Iron Man himself as the lead bloodsucker. Bloody Disgusting has just learned that Universal Pictures is looking to reinvigorate Anne Rice’s popular vamp series, “The Vampire Chronicles,” which centers on a nobleman/vampire named Lestat Du Lioncort in the late 18th century. Robert Downey [...]
Speculation on which villain Mickey Rourke would be playing in the upcoming John Favreau-directed sequel, “Iron Man 2″ has been circulating for months. When it was announced that he would take on the moniker, Whiplash, we were all eager to see just how Rourke would look in costume. Well, the wait is over. The first [...]
In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous characters, “Sherlock Holmes” sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the [...]
It’s better than you might think, but “The Soloist,” lacks focus and winds up begging its stars for a bailout. Adapted from the true experiences found in LA Times columnist, Steve Lopez’s book, “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music,” this Joe Wright (“Pride and Prejudice,” “Atonement”) directed [...]
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