Screenhead reported that Natalie Portman was cast as the lead in adaptation of Emily Bronte’s classic novel, “Wuthering Heights.”
However, reportedly Portman has left the production per the Hollywood Reporter. This leaves some random financial problems and other pre-production woes.
No word yet on who will replace Portman.
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Ain’t it Cool News posted the above pic of Harvey Dent, the second villain to feature in the upcoming Batman sequel, The Dark Knight. Directed by Christopher Nolan, who revamped the franchise with Batman Begins, I knew the film was going to be dark. But this goes beyond dark, it’s downright scary!
Now, I don’t know whether this is real or not. Last year Slashfilm posted some pics of Two-Face which they revealed were fake. And there’s also rumours that Two-Face, played by Aaron Eckhart, will only briefly appear in The Dark Knight, instead being set up for the next inevitable sequel. I really hope this pic isn’t fake, it would really add to the intensity of a film that is already disturbing (check out the trailer)- and that’s even before you realise that the Joker is essentially Heath Ledger’s last role.
The Dark Knight is released from July 18th.
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I am sorry to hear that Javier Bardem has left the “Nine” and will not take on the lead role of Guido Contini in the musical that Rob Marshall is directing.
The musical focuses on Contini, a film director who experiences personal and creative crisis trying to balance all the women in his life.
Though it’s been clearly reported that Bardem loved the script and the idea of working with Marshall, he pulled out because he is exhausted from work and awards season, and will take as long as a year to recharge his batteries. Wow!
The rest of the cast is hanging in there: Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Sophia Loren. Also, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench are in negotiations to join the rest of the cast soon.
According to Variety, Bardem was ready to make the film late last year, but “Nine” got postponed, along with several other high profile projects, because it needed refinements to the Michael Tolkin script that weren’t possible because of the writer’s strike.
Bardem will next be seen in Woody Allen-directed “Vicky Christina Barcelona,” which debuts at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Actor Ashton Kutcher has revealed his desire to star in a film version of the hit musical “Guys and Dolls”. Even though he admits he can’t sing, the 30-year-old actor said he would jump at the chance to star in a movie version of the classic musical.
“I love musicals. I did ‘Pirates of Penzance’ when I was a kid, but never anything very serious. I’m really not a very good singer but if I ever got asked to do one I would definitely do it. It would be a lot of fun. I love ‘Guys and Dolls’, so if I was going to do a musical it would probably be that one.”
“Guys and Dolls” centers on a group of petty criminals and professional gamblers, and first appeared on Broadway in 1950 as a musical. It was first turned into a Hollywood film in 1955, starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, and Jean Simmons.
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Guillermo Del Toro, who just confirmed his new role as director of The Hobbit series, recently spoke with SciFi about another film series he’s been working on, Hellboy. Hellboy 2 is currently in post production, and Del Toro once spoke of his desire to do a third Hellboy. However, it appears that his interest in the Hellboy franchise ends right there, at number three.
Del Toro said he doesn’t want to do a fourth Hellboy film, and now says that he’d only do a third movie under the condition that there would be no more movies after that. “No prequels and no sequels: nothing,” he said.
Is this just really his way of saying he’ll be tied up for the next four years with The Hobbit?
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From World Entertainment News Network, the powers-that-be at Warner Brothers have chosen not to alter the final cut of the new BATMAN film, despite one disturbing scene that features the late Heath Ledger pretending to be dead.
Early screenings of “The Dark Knight” left some film fans reeling after they saw footage of Ledger, as The Joker, hiding out in a body bag.
That prompted internet speculation about whether studio heads would cut the scene to avoid upsetting sensitive Ledger fans.
But a source close to the production tells website MovieHole.net, “The film remains intact - and nothing of Ledger’s will be cut from the movie, including the body bag scene.”
The source adds, “I know for a fact that that scene is in the film. I also know that WB has made no such mandate and that (director) Chris Nolan is honest when saying that he will not change what was intended with The Joker.”
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Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan have agreed to reunite on film, and the good news is, it won’t be another “Rush Hour” sequel. It seems that after last summer’s “Rush Hour 3″ the series has lost its steam, and they decided to move on to new things.
According to Chan, they’ve agreed to do the film, and now they’re looking for a writer. However, when pressed for more info Chan didn’t reveal any title, or whether director Brett Ratner from the “Rush Hour” series would return. So at this point all we really know is that the two will be working together, but on what we’re not sure.
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Renee Zellweger is back in the headlines again for her appearance in “Leatherheads”, also starring George Clooney, and because her career was very much built on the success of “Bridget Jones’ Diary”, she can’t avoid being asked about it. In a recent interview with “Stuff”, Zellweger was asked if she would like to revisit her Bridget Jones character again.
“If it worked into my life and if it was worthwhile and was interesting I would do it. It rather depends on there being another book, of course,” said Renee.
Speaking further about the imaginary third movie, Renee talked about where she’d like to see the character go: “I would love her to go to Los Angeles and have a baby. The hilarity in that would be boundless!” Alrighty then!
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It’ is April Fool’s today, so this could be someone pulling a fast one on us… but we’ll give it a go. According to Latino Review, screenwriter Stuart Beatti has written a new Halo movie script, called “Halo: The Fall of Reach.” The script is reportedly based off the Halo novel of the same name by Eric Nylund.
Before you get all excited however, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the movie is ago. Beattie reportedly went and wrote it on his own, as he’s a big Halo fan and wants a movie. Because it didn’t seem like one was going to happen, he went on his own and in between writing assignments worked on this script.
Maybe now that he’s got it written someone will be interested in making it. We’ll see.
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