The Dark Tower may have cast its gunslinging star . One of sci - fi ’s most promising youthful directors could take over on The Wolverine . Plus even more tantalizing Doctor Who hints , Andy Serkis explains his expanded role for The Hobbit , and more !
Spoilers before !
Top image from Captain America .
Javier Bardem is reportedly in the very final stage of talks to play hired gun Roland Deschain in Ron Howard ’s adaptation of the Stephen King saga . His contract bridge is reportedly one of the most complex in Hollywood chronicle , as it calls for him to appear in all three of the movies plus the prequel TV miniseries . As always , we suggest remaining sensibly skeptical until we hear something official . [ Deadline ]
William Fitchner , who has made a calling out of playing formidable badasses in everything from Prison Break to Drive Angry to The Dark Knight , is reportedly in net talks for a role in District 9 managing director Neill Blomkamp ’s next movie . The already awe-inspiring cast let in Jodie Foster , Matt Damon , Sharlto Copley , and Wagner Moura , star of the Brazilian smash hit series Elite Squad . [ Variety ]
The film is reportedly doing some reshoots in Los Angeles – which may or may not include the motion-picture photography of Stan Lee ’s cameo . [ On Location Vacations ]
Fox reportedly has two main rival to take over for Darren Aronofsky . The first is reportedly 30 daytime of Night and Twilight : Eclipse theatre director David Slade , which should n’t really add up as a surprise — he was reportedly the moon-curser - up last time around , and Fox just named him as director of its Daredevil reboot . The second is rather more challenging : Moon and Source Code theater director Duncan Jones . As consolation prize for Darren Aronofsky go , you could do an awful sight unfit . Of course , look at this all rumor and speculation until we hear something prescribed . [ Deadline ]
The James Franco asterisk prequel , once just prognosticate rising of the ape , has received a new , slightly wordier title that brings in channel with all the old title in the series . [ /Comic Book Movie ]
Andy Serkis has revealed that , in addition to his Gollum duties , he will be act as a second unit music director on the picture :
“ I call up I understand Peter ’s sensitiveness and we have a common history of understanding Middle Earth . A lot of the work party from The Lord of the Rings was returning to shape on The Hobbit . There is really a signified of Peter want people around him who whole understand the material and the work ethic . [ It ] encompasses a tidy sum of directing aspects of filmmaking and report . Yes , there is some performance capture , but I will be very much on the hot natural action set and location help Peter to tell the story . ”
Serkis also enounce that 3D will be used “ dramatically , to give a point of opinion . ” [ Heat Vision ]
Producer Mark Canton provided this overview of Tarsem Singh ’s late :
The report is basically about Theseus . The Gods distinguish that there ’s a bow that is very powerful that was embedded in endocarp and hide for age . The rules are such that the Gods can not interfere with man ’s free will and journey . They can mentor , but they ca n’t do their study for them . Basically , what pass , Mickey [ Rourke ] and his Hyperion army go after the bow . Mickey is a descendent of the Titans , who have been entrap underground for eon . The Gods recognize that , if Mickey gets this bow , all Hell is run short to break loose . Theseus has the stuff and nonsense to rise up , but he does n’t have the faith . The story is one about finding your free will and your faith . About finding that the outstanding good topic as oppose to not rising up to the occasion . It ’s basically the tale of him becoming a hoagy and badass warrior in the battle between beneficial and evil . I ’m not going to give you the ending , but it ’s very cool .
There ’s more at the data link . [ ComingSoon.net ]
Time for another round - up of all the plenty of Doctor Who information . First up , we now have the title for all of the first seven episodes . Steve Thompson ’s pirates instalment is squall “ The Curse of the Black Spot ” , while the second part of Matthew Graham ’s two - parter , previously thought to be “ ganger ” , now has the prescribed title “ The Almost People . ” So then , the first one-half of the season is now locked in as “ The Impossible Astronaut ” and “ The Day of the Moon ” by Steven Moffat , “ The Curse of the Black Spot ” by Steve Thompson , “ The Doctor ’s Wife ” by Neil Gaiman , “ The Rebel Flesh ” and “ The Almost People ” by Matthew Graham , and “ A Good Man Goes To War ” by Steven Moffat . [ Doctor Who News Page ]
Metro offers “ six spoilers that are n’t really spoilers ” , although they are quite helpful in clarifying what is n’t happening in the opening two - parter . First , whatever is in those spacesuits , it ’s not the Apollo astronauts , as there are no possessed astronauts in the episode at all . The unusual markings on River and Amy ’s arms were really the role ’ own doing , and the reason why are distressful . Also , Matt Smith is defenseless in the first scene , Richard Nixon is portray quite positively , Pisces the Fishes fingers and custard get cite at a crucial moment , and there ’s a mo involving the TARDIS swim pool that “ might just be the groovy visual jape in the entire story of the show . ” Which , considering what happenedthe last time we interpret the TARDIS swimming poolin “ The Invasion of Time ” , sounds all possible . [ Metro ]
Not to be outdone , SFX magazine offers thirty teasers for the opening two - parter . We could n’t peradventure include them all , but here are a few of the most interesting ones :
- The monsters ( whose mere name would be a despoiler ) are brilliant , with a truly chilling MO . They should rate up there with the Weeping Angels as one of the new serial ’ peachy introduction . They look expectant , but it ’s the estimation behind them that is in truth shuddery
The Doctor dances … with some unexpected film stars
It ’s very , very dismal and spooky at times . await till you see the scene in the Whitehouse toilets …
There is the startling regaining of a conversant special effect … double
There is the curious return of a familiar prop
There ’s lots of timey whimey stuff , and not just in term of the science fabrication – more so , we ’re referring to some of the storytelling technique involved , with lots of flashback , sudden jumps and montages
You may suffer from Apocalypse fatigue by the closing of it . And a peck of affair – perhaps a couple too many – are not wrapped up in the narration itself , but are ongoing mysteries to be assort out after .
- The last , final , terminal scene , though , will see you ’ll carry on tuning in to find out what happens next … or maybe in the storey after next . Or maybe next time of year …
Check out the link for the full leaning . [ SFX ]
Neil Gaiman blab out some more about “ The Doctor ’s Wife ” , confirming that Michael Sheen is indeed meet “ a orphic baddie called The House . ” He remark that the first cut of meat was 56 minutes long and a long ton had to be cut out to get it to 43 minutes . This particularly affect two character :
“ Uncle and Auntie played Adrian Schiller and Elizabethe Berrington , they were grand , they were so fishy , they were so brilliant , they had all this groovy stuff and it ’s not really there anymore . There ’s a savor of it and you could get to see it but their scenes wound up going because other material was more important . But there ’s no sensory faculty that you ’re survive to walk away from the instalment going , ‘ Ah , I care with had more Uncle and Auntie stuff , ’ you walk by operate , I hope , ‘ What a bully sequence ! ' ”
He also mentioned that this will quite maybe be his only clock time writing for Doctor Who because his schedule is so busy , so he decided to make the most of the chance :
“ I was very driven that if I was going to spell an episode of Doctor Who , it was going to have everything in it . So it ’s funny and it ’s scary and it ’s exciting and it ’s heartbreaking and it has die hard down corridors and there are places where I kind of hope that it may add to the elephantine Doctor Who mythos because you always want to leave something squeamish behind you . But really what it is is just , you make out , somebody who ’s just always desire to compose an episode of Doctor Who , just writing an instalment of physician Who and being indulge by the BBC in this foolishness . ”
There ’s more at the link . [ Newsarama ]
Here ’s an interview advertise the serial publication with stars John Barrowman and Bill Pullman . [ doc Who News Page ]
Robert Kirkman says nothing is prescribed yet , but he hopes to write more than one instalment next season . He also says he and showrunner Frank Darabont have discourse longterm plans for the show :
“ There are unlike ideas that Frank had for dissimilar episodes from the beginning of the first time of year . He has approximation for the third season . We talk about the third and 4th season a lot in the writers ’ room , which have n’t been picked up by AMC , but we have high promise . So there is a peck of longterm planning . Anything that we could n’t quite fit into the first season will just kind of happen in the [ sec ] season . ”
He also discussed how they plan to push the boundary of what ’s satisfactory on TV this time of year :
“ I worry that we are getting a little too similar , ‘ Oh , yeah . They [ AMC ] will let us do anything , ’ just because they have been so accommodating . It ’s really kind of shocking , but I think it ’s a testament to how successful the show has been that they have been willing go to that extra international mile . They are allowing a zombie show to be a zombie show . They are not pulling slug at all , and I think that is a giving part of its success . People who care zombie spirit movies can baby-sit down and watch this , and not feel like they are get under one’s skin a light variation of a zombie movie . We be after to stretch those boundaries to the test on the 2nd time of year . ”
[ Collider ]
Episodes nine and ten are reportedly called “ Baelor ” and “ Fire and Blood . ” [ SpoilerTV ]
Here are some promo photos for episode 18 , “ Frontierland . ” [ SpoilerTV ]
And here ’s a description for installment 19 , “ Mommie Dearest ” :
AM AND DEAN MEET EVE — - Sam ( Jared Padalecki ) , Dean ( Jensen Ackles ) , Bobby ( Jim Beaver ) and Castiel ( Misha Collins ) cut Eve ( client star Julia Maxwell ) to a small town in Oregon . The guys discover the townspeople have been convert to demon , but surprisingly , they all come along to be dying . When they finally do match Eve , she decide to torture the brothers by bringing back their mother , Mary Winchester ( guest whiz Samantha Smith ) , as a fiend .
[ KSiteTV ]
Here ’s a sneak peek at next week ’s episode , “ The Hunt ” , courtesy of Syfy .
Allison Mack throw some very cryptic clue about what will happen to Chloe in the two - part finale :
It was really awe-inspiring , it was emotional and loving and sweet and nostalgic . It ’s end in a way that I think is very honorable return that we ’ve been around for 10 age . So it was really seraphic … I do n’t need to give anything off , but I think she terminate in a very healthy and levelheaded way . I cogitate that the writers have respect my reference for such a prospicient time , and she goes out with the same heart she add up in with . I ’m really majestic of it .
[ telecasting Guide ]
Here ’s a description for episode 21 , “ Dominion ” , featuring the return of Zod :
Tess ( Cassidy Freeman ) learn that General Slade was found unconscious on a street corner , proof that someone has gained access to the Phantom Zone ’s escape portal and sent him back . Clark ( Tom Welling ) adjudicate to return to the exile land to check that other phantoms are not fly and is raging when Oliver ( Justin Hartley ) tricks Clark into take him along . With Clark ’s powers gone , the two are immediately captured by the Zoners who take them to their new drawing card , Zod ( Callum Blue ) , who is starve for revenge on Clark for banishing him to this Kryptonian jail .. Meanwhile , Lois ( Erica Durance ) learns Clark trusted Tess with a secret , but did n’t severalize Lois .
extra reportage by Gordon Jackson and Charlie Jane Anders .
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