Tag: Gary Oldman

Christopher Lloyd, Michael J. Fox Reprise ‘Back to the Future’ for ‘LEGO Dimensions’

by Eric Francisco

Great Scott!

Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox are returning to their iconic roles from the Back to the Future franchise for LEGO Dimensions, releasing September 25 for all home consoles (except Ouya).

They won’t be alone, as LEGO Dimensions  has a loaded voice cast. Also reprising their roles are The Lego Movie stars Chris Pratt as Emmet, Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle, Alison Brie UniKitty, and Charlie Day as the hyped-up hyperspace space man Benny. The Twelfth Doctor from Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi, is also showing up.

New to LEGO are Joel McHale as X-PO and freaking Oscar-nominee Gary Oldman as the villainous Lord Vortech. Gary Oldman voicing for a LEGO video game. What a time to be alive.

‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Has Its First Official Trailer!

by Shane O'Hare

Sequel to the surprisingly good “Rise of The Planet of The Apes”, “The Dawn” looks as if it is taking what the first film did right, and expounds on it ten fold. Check out the official trailer below!

You can catch “Dawn of The Planet of The Apes” in theaters next summer, July 11, 2014!

Gary Oldman Joins ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’!

by Derek Kraneveldt

This one looks to be shaping up nicely.

 

Just moments ago, Comingsoon revealed the latest star to sign on to Matt Reeves’ upcoming Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. It’s none other than the Oscar nominated, highly versatile Gary Oldman, whose character will lead a human colony in the film.

 

Oldman will join Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Cody Smit-McPhee, and others in the sequel to 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The sequel is set 15 years after the ape-invasion portrayed in the first film.

 

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Are you excited about the news? What did you think of the first film? Dawn of the Planet of the Apes hits theatres on May 23rd, 2014.

‘RoboCop’ To Take Place In 2028

by Shawn Madden

There are definitely quite a few movies that I am looking forward to next year and one on the top of my list is Jose Padhila’s remake of RoboCop. In a recent interview with the Chicago Tribune, recent cast addition Aimee Garcia (Dexter)  revealed a little bit about the plot of the film.

“Almost all my scenes are with Gary Oldman. It’s a dream come true. I play Kim. She’s a scientist and her and Gary Oldman help bring Robocop to life. … She has a Ph.D from MIT and is at the forefront of robotic chemistry and physics. This takes place in 2028. She’s a prodigy handpicked by Gary Oldman’s character to work on this first of its kind experiment.

I’ve watched more tech talks than I ever have in my life. I’ve learned so much about the brain. The technical things this girl has to say, I want to make sure I understand what each and everything is. She might be a little bit of a punk too.”

I actually like what I have been hearing about them replacing the team from the original with Gary Oldman and Garcia’s character. It feels like they are going to be the reason behind Alex Murphy holding on to some of his humanity.

In a crime-ridden city, a fatally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.

 RoboCop returns to serve and protect August 9, 2013.

Dexter’s Aimee Garcia Joins The Cast Of ‘RoboCop’

by Shawn Madden

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Aimee Garcia, who you may know best for joining the cast of Dexter last season as Jamie Batista, is the most recent addition to the cast of Jose Padilha’s remake, Garcia will be playing “a scientist who helps put together the RoboCop with his creator, played by Gary Oldman.” She joins a quite impressive cast for what is sure to be one of the biggest movies of next year.

RoboCop returns to serve and protect on August 9th, 2013.

Douglas Urbanski Joins The Cast Of ‘RoboCop’

by Shawn Madden

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that talent agent and manager to actors such as Gary Oldman, Douglas Urbanski has joined the cast of MGM’s RoboCop. But this isn’t Urbanski’s first time acting. You also may remember him from The Social Network where he played ‘Larry Summers’, the president of Harvard. Apparently he was offered the role of the mayor of Detroit directly from the director Jose Padhila.

“I think every agent, every manager should do this to see what the other side is like. This way, they will never think a client is crazy when they get a call from the set with crazy demands.”

Urbanski will be joining Joel Kinnaman, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Abbie Cornish and Michael Keaton in the upcoming remake. RoboCop is set to hit theaters August 9th, 2013.

 

Possible Concept Art For ‘Robocop’ Shows A More Modern Look

by Shawn Madden

Mike Jensen is an awesome concept artist who has recently done some designs for the upcoming reboot of Robocop. These pictures were posted on his official homepage but were taken down quite quickly. Hmmm. Thanks to the people over at  Robocop Archive, we might have our first look at some of the early designs of the new Robocop. Keep in mind that these are definitely NOT the final designs being that concept art usually changes from the final design and we have been told that we will see Alex Murphy’s eyes unlike in the original. While I am sure many will scream “No!” to these keep in mind as I stated that these are most likely early concept art which always differs from the final version. Plus I have complete faith in director Jose Padilha with this project.

Details On Jay Baruchel’s Role In ‘Robocop’ Emerge As He Nears A Deal

by Shawn Madden

Jay Baruchel (She’s Out Of My League, Goon) is nearing a deal to join the cast of Robocop. He is one of the last major players to join the upcoming remake of the 1987 sci-fi flick. The film begins shooting this September with Joel Kinnaman, Hugh Laurie, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Abbie Cornish and Jackie Earle Haley already in the cast.

Baruchel will play the head of marketing for Omnicorp, the company that is building the police cyborg. While best known for his roles in comedic movies it is definitely not his first non-comedic role. So far this film is off to a really good start.

Source: THR

Christopher Nolan Bids Farewell To Batman

by Shawn Madden

Nolan gave a heartfelt adieu to the characters and events that have inhabited his Gotham in a foreword for The Art And Making Of The Dark Knight Trilogy. Thanks to a member of the SuperHeroHype forums we have it to share with you.

Alfred. Gordon. Lucius. Bruce . . . Wayne. Names that have come to mean so much to me. Today, I’m three weeks from saying a final good-bye to these characters and their world. It’s my son’s ninth birthday. He was born as the Tumbler was being glued together in my garage from random parts of model kits. Much time, many changes. A shift from sets where some gunplay or a helicopter were extraordinary events to working days where crowds of extras, building demolitions, or mayhem thousands of feet in the air have become familiar.

People ask if we’d always planned a trilogy. This is like being asked whether you had planned on growing up, getting married, having kids. The answer is complicated. When David and I first started cracking open Bruce’s story, we flirted with what might come after, then backed away, not wanting to look too deep into the future. I didn’t want to know everything that Bruce couldn’t; I wanted to live it with him. I told David and Jonah to put everything they knew into each film as we made it. The entire cast and crew put all they had into the first film. Nothing held back. Nothing saved for next time. They built an entire city. Then Christian and Michael and Gary and Morgan and Liam and Cillian started living in it. Christian bit off a big chunk of Bruce Wayne’s life and made it utterly compelling. He took us into a pop icon’s mind and never let us notice for an instant the fanciful nature of Bruce’s methods.

I never thought we’d do a second — how many good sequels are there? Why roll those dice? But once I knew where it would take Bruce, and when I started to see glimpses of the antagonist, it became essential. We re-assembled the team and went back to Gotham. It had changed in three years. Bigger. More real. More modern. And a new force of chaos was coming to the fore. The ultimate scary clown, as brought to terrifying life by Heath. We’d held nothing back, but there were things we hadn’t been able to do the first time out — a Batsuit with a flexible neck, shooting on Imax. And things we’d chickened out on — destroying the Batmobile, burning up the villain’s blood money to show a complete disregard for conventional motivation. We took the supposed security of a sequel as license to throw caution to the wind and headed for the darkest corners of Gotham.

I never thought we’d do a third — are there any great second sequels? But I kept wondering about the end of Bruce’s journey, and once David and I discovered it, I had to see it for myself. We had come back to what we had barely dared whisper about in those first days in my garage. We had been making a trilogy. I called everyone back together for another tour of Gotham. Four years later, it was still there. It even seemed a little cleaner, a little more polished. Wayne Manor had been rebuilt. Familiar faces were back — a little older, a little wiser . . . but not all was as it seemed.

Gotham was rotting away at its foundations. A new evil bubbling up from beneath. Bruce had thought Batman was not needed anymore, but Bruce was wrong, just as I had been wrong. The Batman had to come back. I suppose he always will.

Michael, Morgan, Gary, Cillian, Liam, Heath, Christian . . . Bale. Names that have come to mean so much to me. My time in Gotham, looking after one of the greatest and most enduring figures in pop culture, has been the most challenging and rewarding experience a filmmaker could hope for. I will miss the Batman. I like to think that he’ll miss me, but he’s never been particularly sentimental.

It’s been said numerous times but whoever has to follow up after Nolan really has his work cut out for him. There are few directors that I have seen with the level of passion that Nolan has for his work. While I and many others are sad we will never get a Nolan directed Bat-flick I eagerly await what he has coming next.

Jackie Earle Hayley Joins Cast Of ‘Robocop’

by Shawn Madden

Reports are coming in that Jackie Earle Hayley (Watchmen) has signed up for the Robocop remake. His character goes by the name of “Maddox” and he will have the vital role of supplying Robocop with military training. That adds yet another name to an already impressive cast. This movie is shaping up quite nicely and is definitely on my anticipated list.

Source: Deadline

First Clip From ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Hits The Net

by Shawn Madden

Gary Oldman appeared on The Jimmy Kimmel show this evening and brought along a clip from ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. The clip features John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) questioning Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) about the last known sighting of Batman.

 

Thirteen Minute Featurette For ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

by Shawn Madden

If you can’t wait until July 20th for the fire to rise and need something to tide you over until then check out this thirteen minute featurette that contains plenty of interviews, behind the scenes footage and much more. This video shows just how much work Christopher Nolan and everyone involved in making this movie put into it and is quite impressive.

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ hits theaters July 20th.

Source: TheMovieBox

UPDATE: OmniCorp Viral Video Gives You First Look At New ED-209 & Robocop

by Shawn Madden

Jose Padilha’s remake of ‘Robocop’ has been putting together an impressive cast so far that has been hyping people up on this film. Now with shooting set to start in two months it appears we are getting our first bit of viral campaigning for the movie. Click the image below to visit the OmniCorp site. Many of the features will deny you access but there is a video giving you a sneak peek at the new Robocop design.

UDPATE: Added some images from the site as well as an embedded version of the video.

“SAFETY. CONVICTION. LEADERSHIP.
For a half-century, these words have set the framework upon which OmniCorp has aimed to build a brighter world.

We don’t do passive technology. At OmniCorp, our solutions generate a beacon of safety that we shine upon on the dangers of the day. No matter the obstacle – political, cultural, philosophical – we pursue our convictions around the globe to secure peace of mind at home. And when this requires bold new direction, we never allow doubt to shrink our duty. When your quality of life is in the balance, our leadership team will tip the scales.

Our products have elevated your lives. Our people have inspired your future. Our passion will always be at your side.”

‘Robocop’ is set to hit theaters August 2013.

Source: OmniCorp

 

Hugh Laurie Joining The Cast Of ‘Robocop’ As The Villain?

by Shawn Madden

You don’t understand how excited I am for this movie. And the cast? It just keeps getting better and better with each announcement. With only a few months until the film begins filming TheHollywoodReporter is reporting that Hugh Laurie (‘House’) will be joining the cast as the villain of the film. Laurie will play the evil and ultra-rich CEO of Omnicorp, the company that makes Robocop.

So…let me get this right. We have Joel Kinnaman (‘The Killing’), Gary Oldman (‘The Dark Knight’), Samuel L. Jackson (Too many movies to name), Abbie Cornish (‘Sucker Punch’), Hugh Laurie with rumors of Edward Norton and Sean Penn…and you’re still not excited?

With an impressive cast this is one reboot that i’m on the edge of my seat waiting to see.

Dead or alive…’Robocop’ is set to hit theaters August 9, 2013.

‘Robocop’ Adds Samuel L. Jackson To An Already Impressive Cast?

by Shawn Madden

So, last week I told you that Gary Oldman was joining the cast of Jose Padhilas remake of ‘Robocop’. And in the past we’ve reported that Joel Kinnaman was playing Alex Murphy and that there were rumors of Edward Norton and Sean Penn also being involved.

If those cast members weren’t enough to get you excited… let’s add another name to that cast list. According to The Hollywood Reporter Samuel L. Jackson will be joining the cast as Pat Novak, a charismatic media mogul and a powerful force in the Robocop world.

Dead or alive ‘RoboCop’ is set to hit theaters August 3rd, 2013.

Joel Kinnaman Talks ‘ROBOCOP’ Reboot

by Shawn Madden

I think there are still a number of people that are just finding out that there is going to be a ‘Robocop’ reboot. And im sure there’s probably plenty of internet goers screaming “WHY?!” But with the level of talent being attached to this film you can’t help being excited or at least just being somewhat interested. Collider recently spoke with Joel Kinnama (The Killing) who will be playing the lead role of Alex Murphy.

On the level of interest in the movie Kinnaman went on to say “It’s like when you say one thing, it’s everywhere, and that’s pretty awesome and a little bit intimidating. It makes you realize you have to think before speaking. That’s a quality I’m continuously evolving. For some reason, it seems like I’m bumping my head into the wall a little bit too many times, but now I think I’m doing alright. It’s fantastic. I used to be like “Why are we doing a remake? What are remakes being done for?” But then, we do that all the time in the theater. If we weren’t doing remakes, nobody would know who Shakespeare was. I’m not saying that Robocop is Shakespeare, but it’s a way to … we’re retelling. That’s what we do as human beings. We retell our favorite stories. That’s what we’ve done since we were sitting around campfires. It’s a part of the human spirit. It doesn’t have to be negative to creativity. It can be completely opposite. That’s how you can break new ground by rethinking something that’s already been done. José has a completely different take on this than Verhoeven had, and with all respect, everybody that’s involved in this movie loved the original and we have a lot of respect for it. We’re going to have a lot of throwbacks and there’s going to be a lot of fun stuff for the fans of the first movie. It’s a new story within the old one.”

Kinnaman was also asked if he was nervous about signing for a multi-picture deal and stated “No.  I mean that sort of comes with the territory, and so far, everything that I’ve been promised and everything that I’ve heard about the project has really come to life.  Everybody is trying to make something real, something with a core of substance, and of course, an exciting action movie with a lot of terrific stuff and fantastic visuals and everything, but at the core of it, it’s a movie with substance and something that is going to make people think. ”

When asked about how he felt about working with Gary Oldman “That feels about as surreal as me being RoboCop. I couldn’t be happier. He’s pretty much the grand master of the game. … So, I’m very, very excited and we have great scenes that have a lot of the substance that I was talking about. It’s very much a relationship between Gary Oldman’s character and Alex Murphy.‘

I’d buy that for a dollar!

Dead or alive… ‘Robocop’ is coming to theatres August 3, 2013.

Gary Oldman Joins Cast Of ROBOCOP

by Shawn Madden

In a bit of casting news that will definitely increase interest in this film. According to THR Gary Oldman has joined the cast of Jose Padilha’s remake of the classic sci-fi, Robocop. The site has reported that the actor will play a character called “Norton”

“Oldman will play Norton, the scientist who creates Robocop and finds himself torn between the ideals of the machine trying to rediscover its humanity and the callous needs of a corporation.”

If memory serves me correct there was no Norton in the original. So it looks like they are altering the origins just a bit here.

Oldman joins The Killing actor Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy.  Kinnaman (The Killing) plays the title character, a cop named Alex Murphy who is brought back from the brink of death and turned into a cyborg police officer. No other cast members have been revealed yet but there has been quite a few big names rumored to be involved such as Edward Norton and Sean Penn. The movie has tentative release of Summer 2013 and is eyeing a September shoot.

 

Source: THR

Geekscape’s Before First Class – What If An X-Men Movie Was Made In The Early 90s?!?

by Joe Starr

With an announced sequel to X Men: First Class, and the rumors of a rebooted 1960’s Fantastic Four, retro Marvel is officially IN. This has led Geekscape to wonder: what if different Marvel franchises had actually been released in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s?

Or, maybe you think it’s stupid to cast a Marvel movie in a different decade, justify the lineup, and pitch a plot. Well, that’s why we at Geekscape consider ourselves to be heroes, in a way. We waste our time doing the stupid things the world is afraid to do.

 The 90’s: THE X MEN

It’s 1994. X Men: The Animated Series is wildly popular, and the X Men are settling in as the most popular comic franchise of the decade. A movie spinning out of the popular Jim Lee designs of the animated series using its lineup has to happen. It just makes sense- why wait until 2000? It is only logical that the Uncanny X Men join the film legacy of 1994: The Flintstones. The Mask. Speed. Star Trek: Generations. Speed. Speed.

The pitch: All has been quiet in the mutant world since Magneto exiled himself to Asteroid M. Government tensions are at an all time high with the self appointed savior of mutantkind in orbit. The uneasy peace is shattered when Magneto is approached by The Acolytes and their leader Fabian Cortez, who manipulates Magneto and his followers into a declaration of war against the surface! And Gyrich is there, too! The only ones that can prevent a third world war? THE X MEN! Dwee do do be dooooo do do! Dwee do do be dooooooo do da! X MEN THEME SONG.

And who will play the mutants in a world that hates and fears them?

CHARLES XAVIER

Morgan Freeman? Are you crazy? SUCK IT, WORLD, YOU’RE CRAZY. There’s more to Xavier than being a bald white guy. He’s also wise, inspiring, and got his start doing Listerine commercials. Fresh out of The Shawshank Redemption, Freeman brings the cred as the telepathic founder of the X Men. Plus, it’s at least 30% appropriate that one half of Marvel’s civil rights metaphor is actually black. At least.

MAGNETO

Magneto. The exiled mutant leader and Holocaust survivor. Powerful. Intelligent. Charismatic. Handsome enough that Rogue constantly wants to bang him. Jeff Goldblum. Jeff Goldum you say? Don’t mind if I do. “Sure John, but at Disney, the Pirates of the Caribbean didn’t come to life and use their magnet powers to kill the flatscans.” Words we can all live by.

SCOTT SUMMERS

Val Kilmer. The man who would be Bruce Wayne would make a much better Scott Summers. Stoic. Serious. Handsome. He will be your wingman anytime. I can’t think of anyone in 1994 better groomed to lead the X Men into battle. Except maybe Zero Cool from Hackers. I thought long and hard on that one. Heh. Long. Hard. 90’s humor.

JEAN GREY

The woman who would be the weird character who wanted to bang Bruce Wayne. If Nicole Kidman could put up with Tom Cruise, she can deal with the enormous pressures of the Phoenix. And she can totally pull off constant fainting and shouting ‘Scott!’ and ‘Logan!’ That’s probably the audition. “Slate please. Now look right off camera here and shout ‘Scott.’ Thank you, you’ll hear from us soon.”

FABIAN CORTEZ

Is Michael Wincott super Fabian Cortezy? Possibly not. But was he the awesome bad guy in The Crow? Fuck yes he was. Can you see him being Jeff Goldblum’s right hand man and then (1991 spoiler alert) turning on him? Yes. Yes you can.

GYRICH

Gary Oldman. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, High Ranking Racist Pentagon Official.

STORM

Angela Bassett. Originally Vivica Fox, but we’ve really got to make some tough decisions about who could eventually look better with a mohawk in 1995’s sequel X Men and Jubilee (played by Angels in the Outfield’s Joseph Gordon Levitt).

ROGUE

Perhaps it’s just because I’m the president of the ‘this chick deserved a better career’ club, but Rogue goes to Kari Wuhrer. You know her from 8 Legged Freaks and Command and Conquer: Red Alert. I know her from pictures on AOL when I was becoming a man. And what stronger choice to make for the woman who can’t touch anyone than a woman that a 6th grader really, really wants to touch? It’s poetic and artistic. Like something Alan Moore would write. You guys know Alan Moore? He’s the greatest writer of all time. And he would love this movie. I’m 70% sure of that.

BEAST

James Spader was crushing the sci fi world as the geek that can also kick ass if he has to in STARGATE. Put blue fur on this man immediately! Fun fact: I bet they could have made him look better in 1994 than they did in X Men: First Class. BURN.

WOLVERINE

The Quick and the Dead’s Russell Crowe. He’s the best at what he does. And what he does is throw phones at people in 15 years.

GAMBIT

Cut from the film. Special effects weren’t available in 1994 to replicate his accent properly.

Editor’s Note: Screw you, Joe! You don’t want Van Damme in ANYTHING (except you)! And where’s my Brian “The Boz” Bosworth as Colossus?!?

HAVOK

Come on, how is this not better than Gambit? Rogue can fall in love with him AND he’s the angry younger brother of the team leader. And if the 90’s taught us anything, no one plays ‘angry young brother of the team leader’ better than CHRISTIAN SLATER. This really makes me wish that his character in Pump Up The Volume was actually Alex Summers and at the end his power manifests and he blows up all those FCC trucks. And then he yells ‘Stay hard!’

So who would direct this all out 90s X-Fest? How about a director who spent the end of the 80s making kick ass action film after kick ass action film?

KICK ASS 90s DIRECTOR

John McTiernan made Predator in 1987, Die Hard in 1988 and The Hunt for Red October in 1990. On top of his game, he then made the critical Sean Connery bomb Medicine Man in 1992 and broke Arnold’s hot streak with Last Action Hero in 1993. Ouch. We’d rewrite history to have McTiernan making an X-Men movie for 1994 instead during these dark years before he made Die Hard: With a Vengeance in 1995. How’s that for a career save? We can’t help him with 2002’s Rollerball though…

Well, we’ve learned a lot about me with this one. Mainly, that I wrote more about Kari Wuhrer than Gary Oldman, so I guess we get my priorities. Next week we’re turning the clock another ten years back to avenge the Reagan era! I want my where’s the beef! Members Only Jackets Assemble! I’m casting an 80’s Avengers movie.