Nicolas Winding Refn Wants to Direct Batgirl Movie
Writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn has discussed his interest in directing a Batgirl movie. Talking to Business Insider Refn spoke of interest in approaching the superhero genre, saying ‘God, I would love to make one, it would probably be great fun. I just don’t know when it’s going to happen. I very much enjoy my freedom creatively, but I also would love to make one of those big Hollywood films that costs a lot of money and has a lot of people running around with cell phones and all that insanity’ before revealing his Batgirl yearning, adding ‘you know the one I want to do? I want to make Batgirl. Let’s get Warner working on it’. With Refn’s ultra-violent style of filmmaking, he already feels like he could fit neatly into the dark tone of DC’s Extended Universe so we say make it happen already Warner Bros!
While we wait for the dream to become reality though, you can check out Refn’s latest offering, The Neon Demon in cinema’s from July 8th.
Suicide Squad Gets 130 Minute Runtime
With director David Ayer having announced via twitter this month that Suicide Squad is officially completed, reports are coming in with sources suggesting that the films total runtime will add up to 130 minutes including credits. We’ll know for sure soon enough when the inevitable 12A rating comes in from the BBFC but for now, it seems very likely that DC’s latest offering will be just over the 2 hour mark. Suicide Squad hits cinemas August 5th with Jared Leto, Margot Robbie and Will Smith among the cast.
Vinnie Jones Joins Kingsman Sequel Cast
Vinnie Jones is set to team up with director Matthew Vaughn for the upcoming sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service. Jones made the announcement through his twitter account, tweeting selfies with Vaughn and co-star Julianne Moore as Vaughn continues to work on the next instalment entitled Kingsman: The Golden Circle. While Jones’ role in the film is as-yet unknown, he joins an already full cast of Taron Egerton, Channing Tatum, Mark Strong, Halle Berry, Sophie Cookson, Jeff Bridges and Elton John, with Moore serving as the villain of the piece.
More news as we get it, but expect to see Kingsman: The Golden Circle in cinemas June 16th next year.
First 10 Minutes of Batman V Superman Ultimate Edition Released
Warner Bros. have released the opening ten minutes of the upcoming extended Ultimate Edition of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice online. After releasing the trailer at the beginning of the month, fans in the UK can now watch the opening sequence of the extended cut which to whet their appetite’s for the release in August. It is currently available on digital download in the US and will be out in the UK July 18th, with the Blu Ray due out July 19th in the US and August 1st in the UK. While there are no drastic changes to the opening sequence in the extended preview, it’s still enough to tantalise us for now. Check out the preview below:
12 Facts you didn’t know about The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises is the epic conclusion to Director Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Batman trilogy. While comic book fans may think they already know and love the film as much as possible, here’s 12 interesting facts that might just surprise you and impress your friends at parties…
1. One of our favourite lines when Bane unexpectedly praises a young Gotham choirboy by remarking to himself “ what a lovely lovely voice” was actually improvised by Tom Hardy.
2. Christopher Nolan wanted Marion Cotillard so much for the role of Miranda Tate that he rescheduled filming to accommodate her pregnancy. Nolan marveled at Cotillard’s ability to do her job so soon after giving birth, he described her as “superwomen”.
3. Jennifer Lawrence and Chloe Grace Moretz auditioned for Juno Temple’s role of Jen, Selina Kyle’s sidekick.Meaning we almost had Mystique and Hit-Girl teaming up with Catwoman.
4. Bane’s voice was originally much more distorted. His lines had to be re-recorded because it was impossible to understand what he was saying.
5. Anne Hathaway thought she was auditioning for Harley Quinn and was shocked when she found out it was Cat-woman.
6. Tom Hardy said he based his voice for Bane on Bartley Gorman (1944 – 2002), an Irish Traveller who was the undefeated Bare-knuckle boxing champion of the United Kingdom: “The choice of the accent is actually a man called Bartley Gorman, who was a bare knuckle fighter, a Romani gypsy. So I wanted to underpin the Latin, but a Romani Latin opposed to Latino.”
7. In a scene involving a football match in Gotham City, the crew used more than 15,000 people to shoot. However, they faced the problem of artists leaving in mid shoot due to long hours. Extras also had to wear layers of clothing to make it look like its cold. Thus, to make them stay, they decided to give them prizes comprising of goodies, car, and iPods etc. so as to retain them for the rest of the shoot.
8. Ryan Gosling and Mark Ruffalo were considered to play John Blake before Joseph Gordon-Levitt was ultimately cast.
9. According to Nolan, all of the three films in The Dark Knight Trilogy deal with a specific theme. The first film was fear, the second was chaos. This third film deals with pain.
10. Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Gemma Arterton, Kate Mara and Keira Knightley all auditioned for the role of Selina Kyle. Ultimately, Anne Hathaway won the role.
11. In a fighting scene shot at Wall Street, Bane (Tom Hardy) fought, by accident, a policemen patrolling the area. Due to presence of so many actors in the fighting scene, things got pretty confused and Bane was unable to differentiate between the actual policemen and actors and ended up fighting with actual police
12. For the final scene at the Wayne family cemetery, a tombstone with “Miranda Tate” was used during filming to conceal the actual ending to the film. The name on the stone was changed to “Bruce Wayne” digitally in post-production.
