Armie Hammer (The Social Network) and Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean) are onboard to play the titular hero and his ally Tonto respectively, and word is now getting around that casting of the female lead is in the final stages. Deadline reports British actress Ruth Wilson is in talks to play Rebecca, whose character details are not given but definitely billed as the female lead.
One
of cinema’s best-executed franchises comes to a close after ten years
in theaters this Friday and our countdown nears completion with number 2
on our list: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Widely touted as one of (if not the)
best entry in the series, “Prisoner of Azkaban” sees Harry enter his
third year at Hogwarts, and the escape and threat of Sirius Black – a wizard linked to Voldemort and the death of Harry’s parents – looming over his every move. Regardless of opinion, nobody can deny that Alfonso Cuarón’s direction would be a game changer of tone and atmosphere for the franchise.
Tony Gilroy’s The Bourne Legacy might add yet another amazing
actor to its cast, with Edward Norton negotiating for a role in the
film. Jeremy Renner earlier signed on as the lead character, an assassin
from Bourne’s program; Rachel Weisz is also attached to the film.
Variety
reports that Universal didn’t make an official comment about Norton and
his negotiations, but if negotiations go as planned, the Academy Award
nominee will play the film’s antagonist. He’s currently filming Moonrise Kingdom with director Wes Anderson.
In Christmas 2009, audiences ate up Robert Downey Jr. as a witty and gritty action-oriented version of famed literary sleuth Sherlock Holmes. As such, a sequel was on their 2011 wish list. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows welcomes Noomi Rapace (Swedish The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) as a card-reading gypsy of sorts and Jared Harris (Mad Men) as Holmes’ greatest nemesis, Professor Moriarty.
The countdown continues today with our third favorite “Potter” film so far, which would be none other than Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which sees Harry discovering a prophecy that has dire consequences for the rest of the series. This was the last time the series would change directorial hands as director David Yates joined, creating the dark tone that the series has since been renowned for.
Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead” films are nothing short of a phenomenon, particularly for titles such as Army of Darkness. Well, get your boomsticks ready, everyone, because it’s been revealed that the series will officially continue.
Our number of first looks at the company of dwarves from Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” films continues to grow, as MSN’s Hitlist has what’s now the third official image. You can check out Fili (Dean O’Gorman) and Kili (Aidan Turner), two of the younger dwarves in the company.
