Anne Hathaway will be playing Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s third and supposedly final Batman film The Dark Knight Rises. Aside from that little tidbit given in the official Warner Bros. press release this morning, we don’t know much else. But that’s not all for “Dark Knight Rises”-related casting news: Tom Hardy has long been attached, but now we know that he’ll star as Batman nemesis Bane.
This week on Player Affinity we have a quartet of films that may have been flying under your movie radar including Saw III and Saw IV director Darren Lynn Bousman’s Mother’s Day and the dramedy A Little Bit of Heaven starring Kate Hudson. Interested in upping your cinematic cred? Well read on, it’s Trailer Tracker.
The Daily Blam has the first official, albeit leaked, image of the ensemble to appear in Matthew Vaughn’s (Kick-Ass, Layer Cake) upcoming X-Men First Class. Produced by Bryan Singer (director of the first two films) the official synopsis is as follows:
It is another week of DVD and Blu-ray releases and it is a mix of indie films, B-Movies, a straight-to-DVD feature, a documentary and from the international front, an art-house film and an epic. Ryan Reynolds fans will be happy with two of his films being released this week and there is a array of acting talent on display with this week’s releases.
I’ve decided to make this the first article in a series; a series whose entries will appear in these unique situations where the releases of the week are not worth commenting on further or preclude me from giving a recommendation that I’d like. Basically, I will spotlight a favorite film of my own. This allows me to continue the goal of recommending good cinema, instead of half-heartedly saying “hey, you liked The Dilemma with Kevin James? Check out Paul Blart: Mall Cop.” It’ll allow me to give you better recommendations and have more fun while doing so.
The film awards were largely predictable. The only big “upset” occurred when The Social Network took the award for Motion Picture Drama. While the film is no doubt the front-runner to win the Oscar for Best Picture, it’s not the kind of film that the Globe voters usually prefer. Voters more often than not jump to award period pieces like The King’s Speech but instead opted to follow the critics groups that almost unanimously named it 2010’s best film, though Colin Firth’s performance in The King’s Speech did earn him Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.
The film commonly called “the Alien prequel” now has a name: Prometheus. According to Deadline Hollywood, though, this will be “more original” than just your average, run-of-the-mill prequel churned out for a quick buck. This upcoming epic is currently set for release across the globe on March 9, 2012, and will mark director Ridley Scott’s long-awaited return to science-fiction since 1982’s Blade Runner.
