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Trade News that Will Tweak Your Melon, Buuuuuddy

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (24)

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  • As the Hollywood Cog reported last July (and Bale’s rep denied), but which Deadline is now claiming as an exclusive, Christian Bale will star in The Last Photograph, which will be produced by Zack Snyder and directed by Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). The film would follow a war photographer (Bale) and an ex-special forces officer (Sean Penn) on a rescue mission in Afghanistan. (Deadline)

  • On the Piers Morgan Show the other night, James McAvoy announced his participation in an upcoming feature called Welcome to the Punch, a film that’ll be directed by Eran Creevy (Shifty). McAvoy will play a detective who is involved in a massive conspiracy. Fascinating. (The Playlist)

  • That John Gotti film, Gotti: Three Generations is turning into a shitshow. We already know that John Travolta has been cast as the Don, and now it appears that Joe Pesci — who has only made two films in the last 12 years — will play Gotti’s second-in-command, Angelo Ruggiero. It also looks like Lindsay Lohan will return briefly to a movie set before being fired. She’ll play John Sr.’s daugther, Victoria Gotti. Nick Cassavettes will direct based on a Leo Rossi (Analyze This) script. (THR)

  • Christopher Nolan is rounding out his The Dark Knight Rises cast, adding Daniel Sunjata (Franco Rivera on “Rescue Me”), who will play a courageous special forces operative. Diego Klattenhoff and Burn Gorman are also in talks to join the pic. That reminds me, as I tweeted the other day: Nolan really missed a great opportunity here to cast “Justified’s” Mags Bennett as The Penguin. That’s a villian that might’ve made Batman piss in his cod piece. (Variety)

  • It’s official now: Tom Hanks will star in the adaptation of David Mitchell’s amazing Cloud Atlas, which will be directed by Tom Tom Tykwer along with the Wachowskis. Weird lineup of principals, but it’s almost too good a book to screw up, which of course means they probably will. (Deadline)

  • Rufus Sewell is set to join Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which already includes Benjamin Walker as Lincoln, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Anthony Mackie as Secretary of State William Seward. Sewell will play the main vampire, Adam. Alan Tudyk will also play a vampire in the film based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s best-selling mash-up. (Variety)

  • Here’s a new picture of Ryan Reynolds in The Green Lantern. I’ll bite my tongue here because apparently, while I’m encouraged to be bitchy about romantic comedies and Michael Bay films, many of our readers get defensive when I attack shitty-looking comic book films. So I just won’t say anything about how ridiculous this looks. (Breaking News)

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    Comments

    Yikes! Looks like The Incredible Hulk went on a wicked St. Patty's Day drinking and eating binge, then jizzed all over him.

    Posted by: Kballs at April 13, 2011 11:06 AM

    • It looks like a steroid-injected Teletubbie took a paint roller to the face and farted out a quick shot of chlorine.

    Posted by: D-Day at April 13, 2011 11:12 AM

    I'm not reading this post to find out if the title means what I think it mean. You can't make me.

    Posted by: Three-nineteen at April 13, 2011 11:12 AM

    I love Tom Tykwer, his visual style is breathtaking. And Tom Hanks is so nice that I'll love him in anything he does.

    Posted by: Sofia at April 13, 2011 11:15 AM

    I technically shouldn't be saying this as the studio is planning to issue an official statement closer to release date, but actually I will also be starring in The Dark Knight Rises. Yes, zeke the pig will be playing That Guy.

    Not that it matters, because every other fucker and his grandma are also starring in the film whose full title is really The Dark Knight Rises: But Where's Wally?

    Posted by: zeke the pig at April 13, 2011 11:18 AM

    I love how the Green Lantern's mask does nothing to hide the identity of the face it covers. Granted, those little bandito-masks never were effective at hiding the identity of the mild-mannered alter ego, but that's basically face-paint. It's clearly Ryan Reynolds, or whoever Ryan Reynolds is playing in the movie. That's like going streaking wearing nothing but an eye-patch, and then boasting to the cops at your booking that they have no way of identifying you as the masked schlong-waggler.

    Posted by: StoatCat at April 13, 2011 11:19 AM

    I don't care about the movies at all so I will say what everyone is thinking. The Green Lantern looks horrible. THOR looks equally horrible. The only one I have decent optimism for is Captain America and I doubt if I'll see it either. I'm not including X-Men: First Class in that list because it's one of this summer's only super hero movies that looks watchable.

    Posted by: TylerDFC at April 13, 2011 11:27 AM

    Still looks like Ryan Reynolds head was glued on top of a cartoon's body, which means it still looks like hot garbage in the summertime. It just plain stinks.

    Posted by: Robert at April 13, 2011 11:30 AM

    This promotional still, it looks fucking ridiculous, ANOTHER!

    Posted by: Thor at April 13, 2011 11:35 AM

    I recall fanboys going apeshit when Batman got nipples on his body armor, and giggled like virginal schoolgirls when Doctor Manhattan was given his glow-in-the-dark blue chonson (even though technically that's exactly how it was in the source material).

    So I can only imagine the ire rankled from this Green Lantern uniform that looks like Slim Goodbody OD'd on radiative NyQuil.

    Posted by: bleujayone at April 13, 2011 11:39 AM

    I'll say it, even though 90% of Pajiba's readership will have no clue-Apparently Rex Ryan was a consultant on the costuming. Green feet Rexy?

    Posted by: Mrcreosote at April 13, 2011 11:42 AM

    @mrcreosote- KSK?

    [door flies open]

    HOW THE FUCK YOU DOIN' BOYS?

    Okay! Nickname time! Reynolds! Nice costume. Your new nickname is FLESHLIGHT. Just what the doctor ordered for a Saturday night, eh, Fleshlight?

    Reynolds:...uh, sure, if you're not dating someone, I guess...

    Ryan: OOOH!!! FLESHLIGHT GOT HIMSELF SOMETHING OTHER THAN A FLESHLIGHT!!!! THAT'S GREAT HUSTLE!!! (slaps Reynolds on the ass, hard)

    Reynolds: Ow.

    Posted by: StoatCat at April 13, 2011 11:55 AM

    I love you, Kballs.

    Posted by: Smokin at April 13, 2011 11:57 AM

    Please note, that, at 11:55 am Eastern Time, StoatCat has won today.

    Drive home safely, folks.

    Posted by: D-Day at April 13, 2011 11:58 AM

    It's cool to rag on bullsh, TK. The GL movie will most likely be bullsh. For instance: "I can create anything with my mind!" Cue giant fist to punch out three very Earthbound street toughs. That's using your melon! Way to go, Hal. Way. To. Go.

    Posted by: RobP at April 13, 2011 12:33 PM

    No, that's the thing, Dustin. Reynolds remains the worst looking element of this movie.

    Posted by: Jay at April 13, 2011 12:38 PM

    Why are there no Pauly Shore-related trade news items? I demand satisfaction!

    Posted by: stacey nosek at April 13, 2011 12:44 PM

    OK, but WHO will Tom Hanks be playing? Adam Ewing makes the most sense, right? I mean, he's too young for Timothy Cavendish (I think?) and too old for Zach'ry. James McAvoy as Robert Frobisher? Or Zach'ry? Halle Berry as Luisa Rey?
    OR will they do a crazy repetition thing and have them play multiple parts? Tom Hanks as Adam Ewing AND Timothy Cavendish (and maybe Sixsmith), James McAvoy as Robert AND Zach'ry, Halle Berry as Luisa Rey AND Sonmi? That could be cool, if done well.

    /too many questions

    Posted by: esme at April 13, 2011 12:53 PM

    Yeah, right...
    WE are hindering YOU to attack Ryan Reynolds.

    Posted by: James at April 13, 2011 2:00 PM

    What is bullsh?

    Posted by: DeistBrawler at April 13, 2011 2:02 PM

    @DeistBrawler: "Bullsh" is a shortened version of the swear word ending in "-it". Something my friends and I say when we're in mixed company (and something I've taken to using when I comment at work, as they tend to look for those sorts of things). Sorry for any confusion.

    Posted by: RobP at April 13, 2011 2:18 PM

    Haha, esme, the biggest question on my mind is, "How will they fuck this up?" I love Cloud Atlas, and I'm leery of any attempts to bring it to the big screen, even IF Tom Hanks is attached.

    Posted by: MelBivDevoe at April 13, 2011 4:02 PM

    I was always a Marvel guy so I have nothing to base my opinion of this on other than my own bias, which is kinda like Ford vs Chevy for some people. I.e., based on nothing really substantial.

    As far as origins go, it's pretty unoriginal. Sad dude finds artifact that changes him. MASK was better.
    Powers, seen em. Nexus did it better.
    Mandate from galactic justice entity? Again, Nexus. better.

    Posted by: Protoguy at April 13, 2011 7:01 PM

    Tyler: But at least Thor is ridiculously hot.

    Posted by: Figgy at April 14, 2011 12:02 AM