Film-related thoughts from a Lord of the Rings and Golden Age of Hollywood fan.
Quentin Tarantino's next project, the spaghetti Western Django Unchained, has been given a release date: 25th December 2012. Matthew Fox and Ed Harris have joined the cast of Marc Forster's World War Z. The film is based on Max Brooks' best-selling novel about a worldwide infestation of flesh-eating zombies. Russel Crowe is set to play... Continue Reading →
There was a double whammy of information this weekend with two interesting casting updates from the set of The Hobbit. With no big fanfare, just a note on his Facebook page, Peter Jackson gave us this snippet of information: "One comment that came up from the recent video blog was the Bilbo voice at the... Continue Reading →
Warner Bros has revealed the latest actors to join Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. Joseph Gordon-Levitt will portray John Blake, a Gotham City cop who is given a special assignment under the command of Commissioner Gordon. Marion Cotillard is Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member who wants to help Bruce Wayne resume his... Continue Reading →
The Lord of the Rings trilogy is my favourite film franchise ever. I was 13 when The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released at the cinema. I think I watched it about five times; a few times with my family and a few times with school friends. From a replica... Continue Reading →
On January 7th I wrote a post entitled 'Preview: films to look out for in 2011'. So, how am I doing? Out of my '9 films I don't want to miss' I have seen three out of the four that have been released so far. 127 Hours was very 'efficient' - it was lean, concise... Continue Reading →
Back in January it was announced that Henry Cavill was to be Superman in Zack Snyder's Superman: Man of Steel. Since then Diane Lane and Kevin Costner have been added to the cast as Martha and Jonathan Kent. Last weekend, the news broke that Amy Adams will his leading lady, Lois Lane. Lois, traditionally, is... Continue Reading →
I'm not sure about this one... I've seen the 1993 version with Kiefer Sutherland but I'm not that familiar with the plot. With this in mind, I'll look at the bare bones of the trailer: it's nice to see Orlando Bloom back and I've always had a soft spot for Matthew Macfadyen ever since his... Continue Reading →
"Before he was Professor X... he was Charles. Before he was Magneto... he was Erik." Last week the first trailer was released for X-Men: First Class which is due out in the UK June 2nd. I am a big X-Men fan and I am really looking forward to this. Directed by Michael Vaughan, the film... Continue Reading →
I'm a little late but here are my thoughts on three of the most highly-anticipated comic book adaptations as Henry Cavill joins Andrew Garfield and Christian Bale as Superman, Spider-Man and Batman respectively. ---------------------------- The Dark Knight Rises Dir: Christopher Nolan Starring: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy ETA: 20th July 2012 Announced in early... Continue Reading →
Return of The Bat This week Warner Bros announced that Anne Hathaway will be joining the cast of The Dark Knight Rises as Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman. It had been previously announced that Tom Hardy was joining the cast but not who he had been cast as. It has now been confirmed that... Continue Reading →
"The name's Bond, James Bond..." MGM and Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions have announced that James Bond will return to our screen on 9th November 2012. Currently just called Bond 23, the movie will go into production in late 2011. Daniel Craig will return as the title character with Sam Mendes... Continue Reading →
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our composer. Inbetween the avalanche of casting news, I have spotted this little gem of information about The Hobbit. Howard Shore has confirmed that he will be creating the score. Speaking to Canadian newspaper The Province, Shore said: "We've talked about making these movies for many years, at least since... Continue Reading →
