It’s not official news, but it didn’t take long for someone in the movie blogosphere to get inside information on the true identity of the villain that Rhys Ifans will play in the “Spider-Man” reboot from director Marc Webb. According to TheWrap, that villain — which Sony announced just days ago as undisclosed — will indeed be Dr. Curt Connors, also known as The Lizard.
Vulture states that Natalie Portman (Black Swan, V For Vendetta) is now a favorite for Fox to play the heroine. News of her potential involvement comes at a time where her name is reaching new heights with Black Swan, having already built a name for herself in the “tough heroine” market with “Vendetta” (shaving her entire head in the process) and now in next summer’s Thor.
Tom Hardy is reportedly signed on to star in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Batman film in an unknown role. Deadline suggests that Hardy might be playing a villain, as there is much speculation concerning the villain or villains in the next Batman installment.
The actors who portrayed the villains in Nolan’s last two installments in the Batman franchise, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, were Liam Neeson, Cillian Murphy, and Heath Ledger. Each portrayed their respective characters with intense dedication and innate actability, fully translating their complex characters from the pages of the script to the silver screen.
Continuing our slow decline of big-name trailers we first look at the clip for Sundance darling Blue Valentine starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. We then find The Way Back with Colin Farrell, Ed Harris and Jim Sturgess in the prison escape drama. Next is the low-budget remake of the equally low-budget 1970’s thriller And Soon the Darkness and finally, yet again due to a lack of new clips, we take a look at a pissed off Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the second clip for Faster.
We’re going to run away from Life as We Know It and the cookie-cutter films of the like, axe the baby and its various discharges (feels weird typing that), and focus on a more interesting and original take on strangers that fate has brought together. That would be Mike Nichols’ Closer of 2004.
Deadpool has yet to get the green light, but info on the proposed spin-off keeps making it’s way out of Hollywood. According to Bleeding Cool (by way of the New York Comic-Con), the project will naturally feature a number of key players in Deadpool’s background, with his Weapon X team being at the front and center. Further, the site claims that one of the X-Men will step forward to make an appearance in the project (and no, it is not Wolverine). If you would prefer to remain clean of details, look away now.
It is a mixed of release this week, with a variation of action, indie films, comedy, crime thrillers and animated adventure for your viewing pleasure. First Release – Jonah Hex (DVD and Blu-ray) – Leaves of Glass (DVD and Blu-ray) – The Oxford Murders (DVD and Blu-ray) – I Am Love (DVD and Blu-ray) – Arn: The Knight Templar (DVD and Blu-ray) – How to Train Your Dragon (DVD and Blu-ray) (Released 15th October), Re-Release – The Magician (DVD and Blu-ray) – The Darjeeling Limited (DVD and Blu-ray)- Red Dragon (Blu-ray) – Three Kings (Blu-ray) – The Hangover (Extreme Edition) (Blu-ray) – Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (Blu-ray)
