Here’s a new image from the other Tim Burton movie that will be out in the first half of 2012. While we just saw a trailer for his producing effort Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, this is for the movie he directed after many years of talking about the project: Dark Shadows.
This look at star Johnny Depp will already be familiar to those who have been following along with the development of the film. He plays the centuries-old vampire Barnabas Collins, originally introduced in the ’60s TV soap Dark Shadows. We haven’t seen much of Eva Green, however, other than in the first pre-shoot promo shot that introduced the cast. She plays the witch Angelique Bouchard, a character that has a very specific history with Barnabas Collins.
We can’t give you a much larger look at the pic, but after the break the screenwriter of Dark Shadows offers some clues as to just what sort of film we’re in for.
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There are four documentaries about the West Memphis Three (three Paradise Lost films and the new West of Memphis) and The Devil’s Knot, a dramatic re-telling of the trio’s story in development with Atom Egoyan set to direct. Now there is one more film about to go into development.
Damien Echols, the young man convicted of taking part in the murders of three boys and the one of the West Memphis Three sentenced to death, was released from prison last year along with Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. This September Echols will publish a memoir detailing his life on death row, and the book has now been optioned by Johnny Depp‘s company Infinitum Nihil. Read More »
Every look we get at Johnny Depp in character as Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton‘s Dark Shadows seems to be a bit different. There were the freaky early on-set spy pics, followed by an official pre-shoot image (above) in which Depp looked both childish and aged, like a tall version of one of the numbered psychic kids in Akira.
The last image we saw of Depp was a bit more serious, and there was that Nosferatu-like set pic, as well. Now here’s one more that goes back to the childish look. Check it out below. Read More »
Remember when we saw a set photo featuring Johnny Depp in Tim Burton‘s Dark Shadows, and he looked like a weird supernatural Michael Jackson cosplayer? We’ve seen one big official cast photo that made him look a lot better, and now there’s a good official image of Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer.
And in this one, Depp looks kind of great as the vampire Barnabas Collins. The hair, the makeup pallor, and the slight change to his nose and chin all combine to make him look like a younger but appropriately rakish version of Collins. That’s the lone new pic, above, but read on for comments from Burton about the movie. Read More »
Posted on Thursday, January 12th, 2012 by Angie Han
Gore Verbinski‘s The Lone Ranger was forced to make some changes when Disney balked at its $250 million price tag, but happily, it doesn’t seem the cuts have stopped the project from continuing to land some solid talent. Deadline reports that rising star James Badge Dale is now the frontrunner to join the cast in the role of Dan Reid. The older brother of the titular character (Armie Hammer), Dan Reid is an ex-ranger and hero himself. Johnny Depp, Ruth Wilson, Tom Wilkinson, Barry Pepper, Helena Bonham Carter, and Dwight Yoakum also star in the Western, which is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
The one possible downside to this news for Dale’s fans, however, is that if he officially boards Lone Ranger, it’ll pull him out of the running to play John McClane Jr. in A Good Day to Die Hard. Either way, though, Dale’s obviously on his way up. He was most recently seen in last year’s Shame, and will next appear in this month’s The Grey opposite Liam Neeson. In addition, he has two more high-profile projects, Flight and World War Z lined up for this year. Lone Ranger is scheduled to enter production next month.
After the jump, Orphan and The Hunger Games star Isabelle Fuhrman buddies up with Jaden Smith.
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Posted on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 by Angie Han
Maybe it’s just because I got a cat this year — the first living, breathing creature I’ve owned since I failed to keep a hamster alive circa 1995 — but I couldn’t help noticing that the films of 2011 featured some damn great animals. Some were the stars of their films, like Rango (Johnny Depp) in Rango, while others played second fiddle to less interesting, or at least less adorable, human stars, like Rosie (Tai) in Water for Elephants, but all deserve special mention in my book.
And yeah, okay, the fact that they also serve as a convenient excuse to post cute animal photos during a slow news week happens to a nice little bonus as well. Read on after the jump.
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Posted on Monday, December 19th, 2011 by Angie Han
Casting on the long-gestating adaptation of Orson Scott Card‘s sci-fi YA novel Ender’s Game has been falling into place over the past month, with Asa Butterfield (Hugo) signed on for the lead role and Hailee Steinfeld and Ben Kingsley in talks to join as well. Now Canadian teen star Brendan Meyer has boarded the project in the role of Stilson, a classmate who bullies Ender. Meyer is best known for his lead role in the Canadian series Mr. Young, which follows a child prodigy who graduates college at 14 and returns to his high school as a science teacher.
Gavin Hood will direct the film from his own script, about a gifted boy who is drafted into a special military program that trains children to fight against an alien species called the Formics. Ender’s Game will begin shooting early next year for a March 2013 release. [The Hollywood Reporter]
After the jump, Tom Wilkinson gets some help in Disney’s The Lone Ranger.
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Before Disney put Gore Verbinski‘s Lone Ranger on ice for a few weeks the film had two stars lined up, Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, and a supporting cast that was set to include Ruth Wilson (Luther), as well as Barry Pepper, Helena Bonham Carter, James Badge Dale and Dwight Yoakam. When the film came back to life we didn’t get any word on whether those actors would all take part, but it turns out that the payday of a film like this is something no one wants to turn down, and so that cast is all set once more for the film.
Additionally, the previously rumored Tom Wilkinson is closing in on a deal to play the lead villain. Read More »
