Posted on Thursday, August 2nd, 2012 by Angie Han
I don’t know what’s gotten into Matthew McConaughey lately, but here’s hoping it sticks around a while. 2012 is shaping up to be the single best year of his career, with Richard Linklater’s Bernie, Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike, William Friedkin’s Killer Joe, and Lee Daniel’s The Paperboy all in theaters. His 2013′s not looking so shabby from here either. McConaughey has just signed on to join Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese‘s The Wolf of Wall Street, based on Jordan Belfort‘s memoir about living it up as a broker in the ’80s. More details after the jump.
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We’re six months away from the release of Quentin Tarantino‘s new film Django Unchained, which is far enough out that each small new look at the film is notable. Perhaps you’ve seen the trailers (domestic and international) that start to show how a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) frees a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) and recruits him to hunt down some slavers with whom Django is unfortunately acquainted.
There’s a lot more to the story than that, and much of it hinges on the big-time plantation owner and slaver Calvin Candie, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s been great to see Leo in his first turn as an out-and out villain, and you can get a new look at him below. Read More »
Posted on Thursday, June 14th, 2012 by Angie Han
Hugo director Martin Scorsese and The Artist star Jean Dujardin were probably rooting against each other at this year’s Oscars, when both of their films were up for Best Picture. But they could find themselves on the same side for the 2014 ceremonies.
The French actor has just entered talks for The Wolf of Wall Street, Scorsese’s adaptation of Jordan Belfort‘s memoir about living it up as a hard-partying broker in the ’80s. Dujardin joins Leonardo DiCaprio, who’s set for the lead, along with Jonah Hill and Kyle Chandler. More details after the jump.
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Posted on Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 by Angie Han
A new international trailer has just hit for Quentin Tarantino‘s “Southern-fried Western” Django Unchained. While the new video hits most of the same beats, explaining how bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) comes to join forces with slave Django (Jamie Foxx) to track down the murderous Brittler brothers and rescue Django’s wife (Kerry Washington), the new video offers some fresh new footage and dialogue along the way. Watch it after the jump.
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Posted on Monday, June 4th, 2012 by Angie Han
With Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, and Marion Cotillard all set to appear in Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises, it seems like Leonardo DiCaprio was one of the few Inception stars who wasn’t invited to the party. As it turns out, however, the production nearly did cast DiCaprio, as one of the most famous Batman villains.
In a recent interview, screenwriter David Goyer revealed that once upon a time, Warner Bros. had pushed for The Riddler to be the big bad in Nolan’s film, with hopes that DiCaprio would agree to play him. More details after the jump.
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Posted on Monday, May 28th, 2012 by Angie Han
If you weren’t lucky enough to be at Cannes when the first footage of Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained hit, you’ll have to wait until Prometheus‘ June 8 opening to check out the teaser. But we do have a peek at some new images from Tarantino’s “Southern-fried spaghetti Western” right now.
Jamie Foxx stars as the title character, a freed slave, who enlists the help of German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to rescue his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from the clutches of vicious plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). Hit the jump for stills of Foxx, Waltz, DiCaprio, and Tarantino himself.
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Posted on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 by Angie Han
Ask anyone with even a passing familiarity of contemporary literature what the Great American Novel is, and you’re bound to hear the name The Great Gatsby more a few times. First published in 1924, F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s best loved work captured the zeitgeist of the country in the glittering ’20s, as well as the timeless elation and tragedy of the American Dream.
So it’s not an exaggeration to say that this new cinematic adaptation of the classic tale, from (Australian) director Baz Luhrmann, has a lot to live up to. Happily, Luhrmann’s got a top-shelf cast helping him out. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as the title character Jay Gatsby, the ultimate self-made American man, while Tobey Maguire play writer Nick Carraway, who narrates the proceedings. Rounding out the cast are Carey Mulligan as Gatsby’s long-simmering love interest and Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan, Joel Edgerton as her brutish husband Tom, Isla Fisher as his mistress Myrtle, and newcomer Elizabeth Debicki as Daisy’s friend and Nick’s love interest Jordan. Watch the first trailer after the jump.
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Posted on Thursday, May 10th, 2012 by Angie Han
Over the five seasons that he played Coach Taylor on Friday Night Lights, Kyle Chandler perfected the art of the stern talking-to. In fact, a lot of the time, he didn’t even have to open his mouth — just a disapproving scowl was enough to get even the most unruly teen football players in line. Now Chandler will try to work a similar magic on Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill in Martin Scorsese‘s The Wolf of Wall Street, an adaptation of Jordan Belfort‘s ’80s Wall Street memoir of the same title. More details after the jump.
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