The Return Of Page 2
There has been so much movie news lately that night after night, there is a bunch of stories that end up on “the cutting room floor”. From time to time on /Film, we’ve had a link blog column called Page 2 which rounds up a bunch of the stuff that didn’t deserve a full post or maybe we just didn’t have enough time to get to. I’d love to tell you that Page 2 is back for good, but I cant promise that. The front page news is always my first priority. That said, I promise I’ll try to crank a few of these out a week so that you guys don’t miss some of the goodies that didn’t make the front page.
Empirehas a first look atOlga KurylenkoinNeil Marshall’sCenturion(photo above). Olga plays Etain, “a savage-looking Pict warrior woman” who is out for revenge against the Roman’s that butchered her family and cut out her tongue.
Paramount has acquired the big screen rights toJohn Le Carre’s novel “The Night Manager.” Brad Pitt’s Plan B is producing the espionage thriller which tells the story of a “night manager of a European hotel who is recruited by intelligence agents to infiltrate the network of a dangerous international arms dealer.” [Variety]
Someone created these custom Watchmen LEGO figures. [mechazilla]
Pro wrestler turned actor Stone Cold Steve Austin has joined the cast of Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables. [variety]
Alex Proyastalks about his five favorite films onRotten Tomatoes. The films includeDr. Strangelove, Stalker, The Exorcist, Psycho, andThe Godfather.Three out of the five films have a tamatoemeter rating of a perfect 100%.
I really don’t like the DVD artwork forDarren Aronofsky’sThe Wrestler. [alwayswatching]
Jessie Eisenberghas been cast as poet Allen Ginsberg inKill Your Darlings, an ensemble thriller about the murder that helped spawn the Beat Generation. [Variety]
Universal is considering a fifth Fast and the Furious film set in Europe. Why, why, why?! [firstshowing]
Entertainment Weeklyhas a new photo fromRob Marshall’s musicalNinefeaturingDaniel Day-Lewis(right) as a “film director surrounded by alpha women”, including Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, andKate Hudson(left), who plays a Vogue reporter.Blue Sky Disneyis reporting that Pixar’sUpwill not have aToy Story 3trailer attached, but instead a trailer for Disney’s hand drawn animated filmThe Princess and the Frog.
This week’s Irish-themed episode ofThe Simpsonswill bow air in Ireland and the U.K., which surprisingly is the first time the show has ever aired an episode outside of the U.S. [Variety]
SNL starAndy Sambergis set to host the eighteenth annual MTV Movie Awards onSunday May 31st from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA. [CS]
BoingBoinghas a look back at the BollywoodSuperman.Love Never Dies, the stage-sequel to Phantom of the Opera will have it’s North American premiere in October at Toronto’s Canon Theater, where the original production launched its Canadian run in 1989. [Variety]Karl UrbanandAdriana Barraza(Babel) joinAmber HeardandOdette YustmaninMarcos Efron’s thriller remake ofAnd Soon the Darkness. The story follows a “young American searches for her friend in Argentina after she goes missing on a bike-riding trip.” [THR]
I’m not sure the name of the artist that created this fan-created poster forThe Dark Knight, but it was anonomously sent in by a reader. I certainly dig it. [Update:The creator of this poster is Brandon Schaeffer. You can check out his work athttp://www.seekandspeak.com.]
