Elizabeth Debicki, the Aussie actor who held her own opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, has joined The Man from U.N.C.L.E. According to Variety, 22-year-old Debicki will join Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, and Alicia Vikander in the Guy Ritchie directed pic. This long-gestating adaptation of the 1960s […]
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Hammer horror – The Lone Ranger review
July 2, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo July 2, 2013 They worked so hard to make a movie out of The Lone Ranger, responding to the pleas of absolutely no one. Calls for a sequel will be even less thunderous. Director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and star Johnny Depp were just so darned keen to resurrect the long […]
Continue readingTom Cruise abandons The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
May 27, 2013 1 Comment
Seems like you could make a movie out of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’s troubled production history. Tom Cruise is the latest actor to abandon the project, Deadline reports. Guy Ritchie is set to helm the adaptation of the classic TV series for Warner Bros, which would have starred Cruise and Armie Hammer. Though Hammer is […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Lone Ranger
February 5, 2013 0 Comments
Disney chose the Superbowl to launch its newest trailer for The Lone Ranger, following our first sneak peak at this adventure-western back in October of last year. Based on the television series of the same name, this reincarnation comes from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbiniski; a Pirates of the Caribbean partnership that is […]
Continue readingJack White no longer scoring The Lone Ranger
December 17, 2012 0 Comments
There was a time when it didn’t seem Gore Verbinski’s ambitious, super-expensive Lone Ranger would ever see the light of day. Though Disney eventually gave it the green light, and production is now almost completed, we still won’t see Verbinski’s dream version of the project. Jack White was originally confirmed to compose music for the […]
Continue readingArmie Hammer could be the new Batman (again)
October 10, 2012 0 Comments
As exclusively reported in Moviehole, Armie Hammer may don Batman’s cape in an upcoming Justice League film. Previously nabbing the role of Batman in George Miller’s Justice League Of America, a doomed production that fell apart literally days before shooting in 2007, Hammer apparently is up again for the role in another take on the […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: The Lone Ranger
October 5, 2012 0 Comments
The teaser for Gore Verbinski’s super-expensive Lone Ranger has arrived online. Though the project was originally nixed by Disney on account on the inflated price tag, Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer whittled it down to something more palatable. The trailer doesn’t reveal much, except for the fact that the movie exists; frankly, considering its troubled production history, […]
Continue readingThe Lone Ranger’s budget blows out (again)
June 15, 2012 0 Comments
Disney halted production on Gore Verbinski and Jerry Bruckheimer’s Lone Ranger last year when the budget ballooned to $250 million. Months later, with costs cut and star Johnny Depp agreeing to a smaller upfront fee, the Mousehouse gave it the go ahead. That lowered $215 million budget has since exploded back to $250 million (and […]
Continue readingEdgar of darkness – J. Edgar review
June 14, 2012 0 Comments
J. Edgar – Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, and Naomi Watts. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Rated M. Originally published January 25, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. J. Edgar arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia June 13, 2012. Although his standing as one of cinema’s great icons will never be challenged, Clint Eastwood has surely evolved into one of the drabbest, stagiest, and most emotionally disconnected […]
Continue readingSingle white fairy tale – Mirror Mirror review
March 26, 2012 2 Comments
Mirror Mirror – Starring Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, and Armie Hammer. Directed by Tarsem Singh Dhandwar. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Keeping up with shifts in the pop cultural consciousness is a full-time job, and I don’t envy the devoted parents who must struggle to stay abreast of what their children might be ‘into’ at […]
Continue readingFirst look at Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger
March 9, 2012 0 Comments
The first image of Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in action as Tonto and The Lone Ranger has arrived online, courtesy of producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s Twitter account. For a while there it seemed Gore Verbinski‘s super-expensive The Lone Ranger would never actually make it to the big screen, but lo and behold, visual evidence that people are […]
Continue readingWilliam Fichtner is The Lone Ranger’s villain
February 24, 2012 0 Comments
Leave it to William Fichtner to ride on in and save the day. The character actor will star as the lead villain in The Lone Ranger, replacing recent drop-out Dwight Yoakam, Deadline report. For a while there, Disney’s super-expensive Lone Ranger looked like it would never see the light of day. After director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer […]
Continue readingEdgar of darkness – J. Edgar review
January 25, 2012 0 Comments
J. Edgar – Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer and Naomi Watts. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Although his standing as one of cinema’s great icons will never be challenged, Clint Eastwood has surely evolved into one of the drabbest, stagiest, and most emotionally disconnected directors in Hollywood. Like Hereafter before it, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Mirror Mirror
November 16, 2011 1 Comment
Hot on the heels of the newly released trailer for Rupert Sanders’ rival fairytale flick Snow White and the Huntsman comes the official teaser for Tarsem Singh‘s Mirror Mirror. Tarsem’s take on the Snow White legend is notably different from Sanders’. Whereas Huntsman looks to be a gloomy, edgy affair, Mirror Mirror is more child-oriented and comically-inclined. […]
Continue readingTarsem’s Snow White renamed Mirror, Mirror
November 7, 2011 1 Comment
Relativity Media’s untitled Snow White project finally has a title. Slashfilm confirms the Tarsem Singh directed film will be called Mirror, Mirror. Many comparisons have been made between Singh’s take on the classic Snow White story (starring Lily Collins) and Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman (starring Kristen Stewart) also currently in production. Singh told […]
Continue readingThe Lone Ranger gets the green light … again
October 17, 2011 1 Comment
Disney have given the go-ahead to Gore Verbinski‘s super expensive new project The Lone Ranger, after previously pulling the plug back in August. According to Deadline, Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have slashed the budget of the adaptation of the classic serial from $275 million to a much less terrifying (but still pricey) tag of […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: J. Edgar
September 20, 2011 1 Comment
Old age make-up. Tricky accent. Leonardo DiCaprio has his work cut out for him in Clint Eastwood‘s J. Edgar, a biopic on the life of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Although shooting began a mere seven months ago, the notoriously fast-moving Eastwood already has a trailer for us to enjoy. As well he should – […]
Continue readingThe Lone Ranger budget has been trimmed, but will Disney bite?
September 2, 2011 0 Comments
Last month, Disney pulled the plug on Gore Verbinski‘s $250 million adaptation of the classic TV serial The Lone Ranger, which was set to star Armie Hammer as the title character and Johnny Depp as his sidekick Tonto. Verbinski and co. have spent the past two weeks looking for ways to trim the budget until […]
Continue readingDisney dumps the ultra-expensive Lone Ranger
August 15, 2011 0 Comments
Bye bye, Silver. Disney have pulled the plug on Gore Verbinski‘s attempted big-screen rebirth of The Lone Ranger, with Deadline citing the film’s projected $250 million budget a deciding factor for the studio. Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp were set to star as serial heroes The Lone Ranger and his side-kick Tonto in the Jerry Bruckheimer […]
Continue readingFirst look at Lily Collins in The Brothers Grimm: Snow White
July 25, 2011 1 Comment
We’ve seen Kristen Stewart in character as a gritty Snow White in Rupert Sanders Snow White and The Huntsman. Now comes the first official photo of Lily Collins as Snow in Tarsem Singh‘s own take on the classic fable, The Brothers Grimm: Snow White. And it’s certainly got a different look! Singh’s version will star […]
Continue readingSean Bean cast in The Brothers Grimm: Snow White
July 18, 2011 1 Comment
Remember that other film about Snow White? The one that doesn’t star Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth? No? Well, anyway, Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) has been cast as The King in that one (better known as Tarsem Singh‘s The Brothers Grimm: Snow White). According to Variety, Bean is in final negotiations to appear in the film as […]
Continue readingArmie Hammer to star as The Lone Ranger opposite Johnny Depp?
April 28, 2011 0 Comments
Armie Hammer might jump into the saddle for Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger. According to Deadline, The Social Network star is in early talks to play the eponymous serial hero. Last week it seemed that Ryan Gosling was a shoe-in to star as TLR, opposite Johnny Depp’s Tonto. His reps later revealed that Gosling’s schedule […]
Continue readingHugh Jackman to play Snow White’s Huntsman?
April 7, 2011 0 Comments
There are so many Snow White projects/fairy-tale revivals in the works at the moment it’s impossible to keep up. According to Deadline, Hugh Jackman has been offered the role of “the Huntsman” in, umm, one of them. More accurately, he is being considered for Snow White and The Huntsman, which already has Kristen Stewart attached […]
Continue readingYoung folks – The Social Network review
October 26, 2010 0 Comments
The Social Network – Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Armie Hammer. Directed by David Fincher. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. “They [Young People] have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations…They overdo everything – they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything […]
Continue readingSo, who’s going to star as Zack Snyder’s Superman?
October 21, 2010 0 Comments
From one shortlist to another. Earlier this month, Warner Bros and producer Christopher Nolan selected Zack Snyder as director of their upcoming Superman reboot. The question on everyone’s lips is now: “Who will play Superman?” Although we have no concrete information to report on, allow us to entertain some intriguing possibilities. The most obvious selection […]
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