Charlie Hunnam set for Triple Nine
Pacific Rim leading man Charlie Hunnam is reportedly set to star in heist film Triple Nine, Director John Hillcoat’s follow up to prohibition era drama Lawless.
The rising British star will be playing an LAPD cop targeted for death by a band of crooks, looking for a distraction while they pull off a major heist.
Though presently unconfirmed, the film will supposedly also star Christoph Waltz and Cate Blanchett.
Our video Interview below with Charlie Hunnam on the red carpet at the European Premiere of Pacific Rim:
Sony Picutres Set To Go Fast with Boats
Sony Pictures is reportedly buying the rights for Go Fast, a film which aims to take the lucratively successful formula of Fast and Furious and apply it to speed boats.
xXx writer Rich Wilkes is being given responsibility for turning high speed nautical travel into a coherent feature length plot. Kick Ass 2 writer/director Jeff Wadlow will be taking on duties behind the camera, either before or after he tackles the X-Force movie he’s already committed to making. There’s no cast or plot details in place yet, but the action is likely to focus on the most common use of so called ‘go fast’ boats as a handy high speed tool for smuggling contraband across the globe.
For now the real question is, does anyone know if Vin Diesel likes boats?
Kevin Costner making Midnight Delivery
Kevin Costner is in talks to take the lead in Midnight Delivery, a new film for Universal based on a script by Mama writer Neil Cross and produced by Guillermo Del Toro. Midnight Delivery will focus on the story of a desperate father who becomes a drug mule in order to save his son’s life.
Landing the role would continue a spectacular recent career revival that has seen former leading man also land roles in Man of Steel, two Tom Clancy films and assassin thriller Draft Day.
Godzilla Comic Con Viral Secrets Revealed
Director Gareth Edward’s much delayed/anticipated Godzilla remake will be one of the films making an appearance at this year’s Sand Diego Comic Con. To promote the event the Director released the below video promising they had ‘something very exciting planned’. As a ‘little clue’ the production has released some fake news stories via the site GodzillaEncounter.com.
Selected letters in the news stories tittle shave been highlighted. When put in order these letters spell out Serizawa. Whilst that may not mean much to most, to Godzilla fans it is truly significant.
Doctor Serezawa was the human protagonist of the original 1954 version of Godzilla. He is a research scientist who creates a devastating new weapon called the Oxygen Destroyer. Though conflicted about his creation and its use to vaporize living things, in the original film Dr Serizawa ultimately agreed to use it against the unstoppable destructive power of Godzilla and heroically sacrificed himself whilst deploying the device.
It’s the first big hint that the new film will at least be borrowing characters directly from the 1954 original, paying true homage to the franchises long running legacy. The cast of the new film includes Aaron Taylor- Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn and Juliettte Binoche. However star Ken Wantanabe would seem like the most obvious candidate for playing Doctor Serizawa.
Joseph Gordon Levitt for Doctor Strange
Thanks to the latest frenzy of rampant Marvel casting speculation, recent rumours suggest Marvel studio execs think Joseph Gordon Levitt would be the ideal choice for Doctor Strange. The former neurosurgeon turned sorcerer is one of a host of Marvel’s popular but less universally known characters set to be unveiled during their latest phase of live action superhero movies.
Sporting a massive red cloak and ostentatious attire Doctor Strange serves as Sorcerer Supreme, the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats. As Levitt rapidly heads for superstardom it remains questionable whether or not he’d be tempted by more costume clad adventures, if/when Marvel even made an approach.
The actor’s obvious penchant for cerebral indie drama and early glimpses of his directorial debut Don Jon seem to suggest his passions may lie elsewhere…