The Hollywood Reporter sends word that Daniel Craig – the latest Bond – is considering the psychological thriller Dream House.
He will play a father who moves his family to a house that is haunted by all the people who lived there.
It is written by David Loucka. Jim Sheridan is set to direct.
Craig is currently working on the Broadway show A Steady Rain and is also being reported to be considering the period piece The Eagle of the Ninth.
I have to admit, there have not been a whole lot of World War 2 movies coming out these days. I guess that whole “greatest generation” buzz just kinda wore off in the face of a depression that’s looking like it’ll make the thirties look like the nineties. This is why I was actually pretty happy to find a copy of great war movie Defiance, featuring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber.
Craig and Shreiber play the Bielski brothers, a pair of Jews who witnessed the complete destruction of their hometown at the hands of the Germans. At least they looked like Germans–they seemed to be wearing the right uniform. But anyway, following the slaughter of all they knew and loved, these simple farmers became freedom fighters, escaping into the woods around their houses, picking up strays as they went. Eventually, the steadily growing collective built a camp in the woods with shelter for its residence, food storage and dispersal, and even fighting positions. Sure, there was infighting and privation and sacrifice and everything else, but by and large, they got along well. In fact, given the state of a lot of OTHER Jews in Europe at the time they were doing pretty nicely indeed. But of course, this couldn’t last, and eventually the Germans grew tired of the Bielski group’s constant raids and sabotages and killing of German soldiery, so they launched all out war, eventually sending an entire division in a time when every man Hitler could muster was being either thrown at the Russians or at the Americans.
And I’ll be honest with you, this is a GREAT movie. It’s got a huge runtime by today’s standards—just over two hours in fact—but you will almost barely notice it go by. There is not a dull moment in this, whether they’re building their camp or blasting Nazis or running from same, there’s always something interesting going on here.
It’s a downright inspirational piece, as people in the midst of a horrible situation grapple with the very worst parts of their humanity, facing greed and rage and the craving for revenge, and yet at the same time, they also struggle to reaffirm their humanity in a time when they’re hunted like animals.
I love how this movie can switch so rapidly and so seamlessly between the most tender feelings humanity can muster for each other and the sheer blinding rage of hatred and warfare and bloodshead. The dichotomy is just amazing, and watching this is like a blistering mix of themes and flavors all at once, that combines to make a whole far, far greater than the sum of its parts.
We need more movies like Defiance. We need more characters willing to stand in the breach the way these characters do and willing to face down all the horrors that modern man can generate. We need a little more uplifting in our movies…but just a little more. It’s the kind of thing that’s so very easy to overdo. Maybe Defiance didn’t, but it wouldn’t be hard for anyone else to do it. It wouldn’t have been that hard for even Defiance itself to overdo it. But it didn’t, and that’s the great news for all of us.
Basically, Defiance is an amazing movie with top-notch performances, a great cast, and a plotline so uplifting it’s a wonder there isn’t a hole in my ceiling right now just from watching this thing. It’s definitely worth your time to see this.
Steven Spielberg’s The Adventure of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn has been concealed in secrecy during pre-production. Principal production has begun in Los Angeles, which is set for release in 2011 as the first installment of 3-D motion capture trilogy.
Daniel Craig and Jamie Bell recently signed on to star in Tintin. Bell is playing the titular character, a brave young reporter who relentlessly pursues a good story that places him in sphere of high adventure. Craig plays the despicable Red Rackham.
Other cast members include Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook.
Seems like their casting decision has paid off, as Daniel Craig seems to pull in audiences all over the world as the new James Bond. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures today announced that Quantum of Solace, the twenty-second James Bond film, has taken in over $167.1 million to become the most successful film of the franchise in North America. It surpasses the $167 million record previously held by Casino Royale. The film is still playing in 891 theaters in the United States.
Additionally, Solace has raked in another $382.9 internationally, with the Japanese market yet to be tapped. The film, with a worldwide gross of $550 million, trails just behind Casino Royales $594.2 million.
Did it ever occur to you that the current Bond just might play Thor one day? No? It didn’t come to me either, but Daniel Craig has revealed that Marvel Studios did indeed approach him to play the role of the Norse god in the upcoming comic book adaptation.
However, you won’t be seeing Craig in those flowing locks, sporting a large hammer. He has turned down the role, saying that it would be “too much a power trip” to play both Bond and Thor.
Quantum of Solace is the latest Bond film, and is the second Bond movie starring Craig.
The more I see of this film the more excited I am about this film. Daniel Craig is just too good.
Edward Zwick, director of Blood Diamond and The Last Samurai, brings you a film bas
ed on a true story called Defiance. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, and Jamie Bell star in the film about three Jewish brothers who escape from Poland during World War II. They find refuge in the dense surrounding forest they have known since childhood. There they fight the Nazi’s. Whispers spread of their battles and more people (men and women, young and old) join them in their battle for freedom.
Zwick’s creative brilliance can be seen in the trailer. Watch the trailer and you will see that Defiance is a movie worth seeing, which opens December 12, 2008.
“You don’t have to worry about me.” This is an actioned packed movie, which makes James Bond unbelievable — Awesome! Daniel Craig holds his own with action packed adventure.
In the next James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, a mission leads James Bond (Daniel Craig) to Austria, Italy and South America. He uncovers the villain Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric) conspiring to take total control of one of the world’s most important natural resources.
Greene is forming a deal with the exiled General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio). Using his associates in the organization, and influencing his powerful contacts within the CIA and the British government, Greene pledges the conquest of the existing regime in a Latin American 
country, giving the General control of the country in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of land.
In a high explosive game of treachery, murder and deceit, Bond collaborates with old friends in a battle to uncover the truth.
As he gets closer to finding the man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper – the woman he loved and lost by a fatal murder in Casino Royale –, 007 must keep one 
step ahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M (Judi Dench), to unravel Greene’s sinister plan and stop his organization.
