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THE D A R K K N IG HT R ISE S!
Nolan casts Hathaway and Hardy in sequel
Warner Brothers have ended all speculation when Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker for same way Tim Burton did in Batman Re-
regarding the casting of upcoming film The the Dark Knight and it ended up being one turns, as a love interest of Bruce Wayne and
Dark Knight Rises by announcing that Anne of the best films of the last 10 years, so I sup- as a nemesis of Batman.”
Hathaway and Tom Hardy will feature in the pose you have to trust Nolan’s judgement. I The previous film in the series, The Dark
title. think Nolan has made the right choice with Knight, grossed $1,001,921,825 worldwide.
Hathaway and Hardy will play the roles of regards to both actress and character. Hav- This triggered Warner Brothers to begin
Catwoman and Bane in what is widely ex- ing seen a few of Hathaway’s films there is plans for the next film in the series. It took
pected to be Nolans’ final entry in the series, no doubt that she is a capable actress and I a while to come together, as Nolan was at
making it a trilogy. think she suits the role of Selina Kyle per- first thought to be reluctant to make an-
The film is currently scheduled for a summer fectly. Hopefully Nolan will use her in the other, but the sequel was officially con-
2012 release, with filming due to complete
in November this year. Rumours had fo-
cused on the character of The Riddler play-
ing a major part in the film, titled ‘The Dark
Knight Rises’. However, it now seems that
these stories were unfounded, as the Cat-
woman and Bane have been announced.
Both these characters have featured in ear-
lier Batman based films, with Michelle Pheif-
fer starring as Selina Kyle in Tim Burtons
1992 ‘Batman Returns’. The character of
Bane appeared in the gigantic flop that was
Joel Shumachers’ ‘Batman & Robin’. Bat-
man fans were unhappy with the portrayal
of Bane in Shumachers’ film, as they felt the
character deserved to be more than a simple
henchman. The character has been forever
present in the Batman comics, being one of
Batmans’ most notable villains.
Tom Hardys’ participation is of no surprise
to fans after his impressive turn in the biopic
‘Bronson’, and in Nolans’ blockbuster Incep-
tion, one of the highest grossing films of
2010.
The news has caused a mixed reaction from
fans of the franchise, with many happy with
the actors chosen, but not the characters
they will portray. Andrew Adlen, a lifelong
comic book fan and Batman enthusiast com-
mented, “As pleased as I am with the casting
of Tom Hardy, I am a little bit disappointed
that Nolan chose to use Bane and didn’t go
for a character with a lot more depth, such
as Black Mask or the Riddler. Then again
The Dark Knight Rises will be the final
there was controversy among Batman fans chapter in Nolans Batman story
‘Kings Speech’ up Favraeu steps
for 12 Oscars TWITS down from Iron
2011 Academy Awards Hollywood Tweets Man 3
nominations revealed Director will direct
‘The Kings Speech’ and ‘The Social Net- ‘Magic Kingdom’ in-
work’ are up for numerous awards in this
year’s Oscars, after the nominations for the
2011 Academy Awards were announced.
stead
Raking in 12 nominations, British film ‘The
Jim Carrey Jon Favreau has confirmed that he will not
Kings Speech’ is sure to be a big winner. The I'm thankful 4 the love of my be directing the next entry in the Iron Man
title is nominated for Best Picture, Best Di- Family and 2 the Native Ameri- film franchise.
rector, Best Actor and Best Original Screen- cans who invited us 4 dinner The director, who took the hot seat for both
play amongst others. Other titles up for the and let us take their stuff! Iron Man and Iron Man 2, has parted ways
Best Picture award include ‘Black Swan’, with Marvel Comics. Writing on his personal
‘The Fighter’, ‘Inception’, ‘The Kids Are All
Happy Spanksgivin! Twitter account, Favreau said that he will in-
Right’, ‘127 Hours’, ‘Toy Story 3’, ‘True stead by directing ‘Magic Kingdom’. “It’s
Grit’ and ‘Winters Bone’. true; I’m directing Magic Kingdom, not Iron
The Best Director category followed a simi- Man 3. I’ve had a great run with Marvel and
lar pattern to Best Picture, with David O. wish them all the best.”
Russell, Tom Hooper, the Coen Brothers The news means that Marvel will now begin
and Darren Aronofsky picking up nomina- the search for a new director, they do have
tions. time however, as the film is slated for a 2013
Colin Firth is runaway favourite for the Best Simon Pegg summer release.
Actor Oscar, but he will face tough opposi- Cypress Mountain is like one big- Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr has a
tion from Javier Bardem for Biutiful and the ger than Cypress Hill and two director approval role written into his con-
impressive James Franco for his role in bigger than Cypress Mound. It's tract for the franchise, therefore any ap-
Danny Boyles’ 127 Hours. pointment would have to be run by the
Natalie Portman leads the nominations for way bigger than Cypress Lump. A actor first.
Best Actress, with Nicole Kidman, Michelle to the Mfing K Favreau has later stated “I look forward to
Williams and Annette Benning also nomi- seeing what others can do playing in the
nated. same world.”
Sutherland: ‘24’ Farrell for ‘Total

film still on Recall’
Ben Stiller
schedule Just saw Paul McCartney at the
Actor to take lead in
Apollo. Beyond great!! He is remake
Actor hits back at ru- beyond iconic, he and his band Colin Farrell has been confirmed as the
mours film is dead in were amazing. Fell like I am 12 lead for film remake ‘Total Recall’.
Producer Neal Moritz stated that the actor
years old. Wow.
water has signed up for the film, with filming be-
ginning in May. The producer also com-
Kiefer Sutherland has quashed rumours mented on how the remake will not
that the planned film adaption of ‘24’ is replicate the original 1990 Paul Verhoeven
dead. action film, starring Arnold Schwarznegger.
The 44 year old actor has stated that film- “It’s closer to the book, the big difference
ing will begin as planned later this year. Re- is we don’t go into space” said Moritz.
ports had suggested that a script for the Director Len Wiseman is on board, whose
film had been rejected, leaving the project Eli Roth
previous efforts include Die Hard 4.0 and
dead in the water. Sutherland however It really is the ultimate Jewish Underworld.
commented that these problems will not Christmas to spend it in Shang- “I think the world that Len Wiseman is
affect production, “It’s a very difficult hai. It's like every other one creating is incredible. It’s a real world,
thing to take something that you’ve done where cities are just built up, up, up, up.
for eight years and almost 200 episodes, was a warmup for this one.
There are all these technological advance-
and try and find a story that’s unique and ments, and it’s just really, it’s cool.”
yet also service the history of the show.”

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