Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained quickly emerged as one of the most anticipated films of the next several years when the project was officially announced. However, there were several ideas flying around about who’d play the title character, a freed slave attempting to save his family from a treacherous ranch owner with the help of a German bounty hunter.
Universal’s move to release Snow White and the Huntsman earlier than scheduled has put the final round of casting in motion. The studio has quickly cast six of the seven dwarf roles for the film.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides star Ian McShane is committed to play dwarf leader Caesar, while Bob Hoskins, Steven Graham, Eddie Izzard, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, and Ray Winstone are also negotiating to play dwarfs in “Huntsman.”
Fox and comedy mainstay John C. Reilly will have cameo appearances inThe Dictator, Larry Charles’s upcoming mockumentary led by Sacha Baron Cohen and Anna Faris. The Hollywood Reporter states that Paramount wouldn’t reveal the specific nature of their roles.
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have so many themes out in DVD and Blu-ray releases this week: love and
fate, identity theft, war and history, foster care, organ harvesting
and perils of suburbia. Player Affinity’s top choices for this week is
the sci-fi thriller The Adjustment Bureau and the re-release film of the week is Kiss Me Deadly (but it does help that there are only two re-releases).
“Hellboy” creator Mike Mignola has dashed the hopes of the series’ patient fans. Speaking with The Daily Blam, Mignola states what fans of the films feared: Guillermo Del Toro is too busy to do a “Hellboy 3.”
With Super 8 now in theaters, J.J. Abrams can now bring his attention to a project that has movie fans anxious: Star Trek 2. With a script that hasn’t been finished, many Trekkies and those converted by the 2009 hit grew concerned about whether the film would be ready by Paramount’s schedule release date of June 29, 2012.
Jackson confirms that Barry Humphries (Finding Nemo) and Evangeline Lilly (Lost) will be playing the Goblin King and the Woodland Elf respectively, through a note on his Facebook account. The BAFTA-nominated Humphries will step into the role of the Goblin King via motion capture, the same way that Andy Serkis portrays Gollum. Meanwhile, Lilly’s Woodland Elf is a new character who Jackson describes as the “first true Sylvan Elf.”
Green Lantern continues the trend of underperforming summer movies. Ryan Reynolds’ turn as Hal Jordan came in on top yet underwhelmed in terms of superhero openers. With a $52.6 million debut, Green Lantern fell behind X-Men: First Class’ $55.1 million andThor‘s $65.7 million.
Jon Favreau surprised everyone when he announced that he wouldn’t direct Iron Man 3, but even more surprising was the project he decided to tackle in its stead: Magic Kingdom, a Night at the Museum-style film based on the popular Disneyland theme park. Now, a reputable writer has joined him in the form of Michael Chabon.
Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again are easily two of the most anticipated features of the next several years. He already has a slew of actors onboard for his take on the beloved J.R.R. Tolkien, and two more actors just signed on yesterday.
