If you thought the poster for Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive was deliciously retro, then prepare to feast your eyes on this new poster for Lee Daniels' (Precious) upcoming film, The Paperboy, that looks like something you'd scrounge up in a bargain bin full of 1970's VHS tapes. In a good way, of course.
After pulling a switcheroo with all four of its leading actors, The Paperboy is shaping up to be a promising little project. Based on the novel by Pete Dexter (who also wrote the screenplay), the film was originally set to star Bradley Cooper, Alex Pettyfer, Tobey Maguire, and Sofia Vergara. Personally, I think we got enough of an eyeliner-clad Maguire in Spider-Man 3, so it's John Cusack's turn to look a tad creepy.
Here's the synopsis from Rope of Silicon: The film is an adaptation of the Pete Dexter
novel and follows Ward James (Matthew McConaughey), a Miami Times
reporter who returns to his hometown to investigate the murder of a
local sheriff who is eventually helped by his younger brother Jack
(Efron) as they investigate the possible wrongful conviction of a man on
death row. Throughout the process Jack falls for the woman (Nicole
Kidman) whom the convict (John Cusack) has been romancing through prison
correspondence.
Source: Rope of Silicon
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Now that bits and pieces of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises have been released through a full-length trailer, IMAX prologue, and a bundle of production stills, cast members can finally open up a bit about the film. I stress a bit, because I'm sure that their secrecy contract inked in blood still exists in one form or another.
Hero Complex has nabbed a pretty interesting interview with Anne Hathaway, who will bring Catwoman to the screen once again after Halle Berry took the character and...well, we all know what happened there.
Hathaway on Nolan's Bat-universe:
"Gotham City is full of grace. You look at Heath’s
performance as the Joker, there was a lot of madness there but there was
also a grace and he had a code there. There’s a lot of belief and codes
of behavior in Gotham and my character has one, too. A lot of the way
she moves and interacts with people is informed by her worldview. Chris
has given us all such complex, defined, sophisticated worldviews that
it’s just a matter of doing your homework and getting underneath the
character’s skin."
Geeks around the world should be happy to know that Hathaway has familiarized herself with Catwoman's origin, and even looked to Batman creator Bob Kane's inspiration for the character, Hollywood starlet Hedy Lamarr.
"I know this sounds odd, but her breathing is extraordinary. She takes these long, deep, languid breaths and exhales slowly.
There’s a shot of her in [the 1933 film] 'Ecstasy' exhaling a cigarette
and I took probably five breaths during her one exhale. So I started
working on my breathing a lot."
For the full article, including Nolan's take on Hathaway in the role, head on over to Hero Complex. Although it should be known that the piece contains SPOILERS regarding specific details of a scene from the film.
And just for kicks, here's the full-length trailer. Because you haven't already seen it 47 times, right?
The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters July 20, 2012.
Source: Hero Complex
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MSN Russia has revealed a "new" trailer for next summer's gargantuan superhero mash-up, The Avengers. While it's generally the same thing we've been seeing for months, there is a good amount of additional footage that establishes the team a bit more.
The trailer is dubbed in Russian, of course, but someone was kind enough to provide English subtitles in the version below. So if you want to see a cute little exchange between Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) and Black Widow (Scarlet Johansson), more banter from Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), and some fresh shots of the team in action, have a look!
The Avengers will destroy the box office on May 4, 2012.
Source: Coming Soon
