Production for Wrath of the Titans looks to be getting underway
shortly, as Warner Bros. just released the official synopsis for the
film, which can be seen below:
“A decade after his heroic
defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Worthington) – the demigod son
of Zeus (Neeson) – is attempting to live a quieter life as a village
fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius.
Viggo Mortensen hit the rumor mill quite some time ago as a candidate to play General Zod in the upcoming Superman reboot. During the intense press junket for his latest film, Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder was asked about Mortensen, and here’s what he told Latino Review when questioned about Mortensen’s involvement: “Yeah Viggo is not going to be in the movie let’s say that right now. I can clear that up.”
According to outside sources, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has signed on to portray Alberto Falcone (a.k.a. the Holiday Killer) in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. However, Dave Karger at Entertainment Weekly is hearing from “a source close to the situation” that Gordon-Levitt will be playing someone other than Falcone. In addition to this possible casting update, Variety relays that Nolan is seeking Juno Temple to play “a street-smart Gotham girl.”
Angelina Jolie looks to lead Sony Pictures’ Cleopatra, the biopic focusing on the legendary Egyptian politician, but she obviously can’t get there without a director on board. Now it looks like Sony is seeking David Fincher to fill the seat.. It’s not surprising that Sony wants Fincher; he directed the sleeper hit and Oscar winner The Social Network for the studio just last year. Deadline Hollywood points out that this would be Jolie’s “first film with Fincher.”
With Arnold Schwarzenegger’s stay in the California Governor’s mansion now done, many in the film industry have been attempting to court him to their various projects; Schwarzenegger apparently accepting a number of scripts for consideration. Now, MovieWeb has sat down with Schwarzenegger’s True Lies co-star Tom Arnold and learned that new life may have come to the (long) rumored sequel.
After a bit of a dilemma involving casting offers to Brad Pitt and Mila Kunis, the adaptation of the classic graphic novel Akirais finally moving ahead. The most crucial casting, of course, would be that of the two leads Kaneda and Tetsuo. Actors on the shortlist for Kaneda include Michael Fassbender, Garrett Hedlund, Chris Pine, Joaquin Phoenix, and Justin Timberlake, whereas Andrew Garfield, Robert Pattinson, and James McAvoy are reportedly on the Tetsuo shortlist. Deadline Hollywood suspects that filming will begin in August.
It might be a disappointing week for new releases, but luckily there are a number of top re-releases, with Rob Reiner’s Stand by Me being the pick of the bunch. The Times of Harvey Milk, Our Hospitality and The Sandlot are also major highlights this week.
Limitless didn’t live up to the hype of its name, but it still took number one at the box office. Bradley Cooper’s starring effort as a bum writer who takes a wonder drug that allows him to access 100% of his brain was most acceptable to the masses grossing $19 million in its debut weekend. Other new releases plunked down at fourth and fifth including The Lincoln Lawyer, a courtroom thriller, and Paul a halfwit comedy. This weekend pales in comparison to 2010, when Alice in Wonderland still had its highly stylized claws sunk into domestic piggy banks.
Zack Snyder’s reboot of Superman has boasted a rather interesting
casting history. British actor Henry Cavill was chosen to play Clark
Kent, sending many American moviegoers into a rage, despite the fact
that Kent is neither American nor British. Then we learned that Diane
Lane would play Clark’s adoptive mother, Martha.
Now Deadline Hollywood
confirms that Kevin Costner will play Martha’s husband and Clark’s
adoptive father, Jonathan. He entered talks a little while ago, but
nothing was official until recently. Also, the film now looks to release
in December of 2012.
When director Darren Aronofsky stepped on board to direct The Wolverine for 20th Century Fox, it was a bit of an odd development. Why was he directing a mainstream superhero film?
Well, it looks like he’s leaving. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Aronofsky has left the project, stating that “the project would keep him out of the country for too long.”
