Nov 17 2009 Another 'Alice in Wonderland' Poster: Does Caterpillar Have a '60 Minutes' Segment?
Because I'm pretty sure that's Andy Rooney's blue head on a caterpillar body. Let's investigate...
Nov 12 2009 'Alice in Wonderland' Poster: Smug Rabbit Destroys Fourth Wall
Yeah, yeah. I see your watch, asshole.
Oct 27 2009 People Magazine's Hottest Hunks of Various Years Competing for Sinatra Bio?
The ever-reputable Guardian claims Martin Scorsese's Frank Sinatra biopic is the setting for a casting war! Except it's not so much a war so much as three big names that they're claiming may or may not be trying to get the lead:
George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp are all fighting to land the role that will surely give the victor the best chance yet of securing the critical acclaim to match their earning power.Scorsese, who won his first best director Oscar in 2006 for The Departed, wants his current muse DiCaprio to play the Rat Pack singer. The two are putting the finishing touches to Shutter Island, their fourth film together, before Scorsese turns his attention to making Sinatra next year.
Executives at Universal, the studio financing the film, are pushing for Depp to play Sinatra, after being impressed by his performance as bank robber John Dillinger in Public Enemies this year.
But Sinatra's daughter, Tina, has her own view of how her father should be portrayed, which critics feel would be a sanitised life story. She favours Clooney, in what would be his most challenging role to date, as a safe pair of hands.
Obviously Martin Scorsese wants Leonardo DiCaprio playing Frank Sinatra. Martin Scorsese wants Leonardo DiCaprio to play every part. Howard Hughes, Gangs of New York guy, Departed guy, Shutter Island guy, muse, friend, wife, loving mother to his bushy-eyed progeny: Scorsese wants to see DiCaprio's round head in every one of those roles. And besides that, he'd probably would be a pretty decent Sinatra.
What confuses me are the latter two claims...
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Oct 7 2009 New 'Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' Trailer Still Leaves 'Imaginarium' Undefined
Here's the new Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus trailer, in all its final-Heath-Ledger-performance, phallic-nosed, multiple-actored glory. If this doesn't make you want to see it, you clearly have an issue with alternately carnivalesque and candy-lacquered surreality making your eyes lose their eye-minds:
Aug 11 2009 'Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus' Trailer a Treat for the Eyes (Unless You're Colorblind)
If you're one of the many who heard about Heath Ledger's final film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and thought, "I have no idea what an imaginarium is; a gymnasium where the mini-tramps are clouds and the dodgeballs are dreams?", you're in luck. This new trailer should explain everything. Actually, no; it won't really explain that much at all. I still have no idea what an imaginarium is. But if I had to guess from this trailer, I'd say it's wherever you go when you're on a lot of acid:
Jul 22 2009 Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland' Trailer: Yup, That's a Tim Burton
Really, no further description is necessary or possible. Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland could only exist as one thing, and this is it:
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Jul 14 2009 'Alice in Wonderland' People Holding Animals
Start modeling your group Halloween costume early: Empire has some new photos of the characters of Alice in Wonderland holding some living things. If Helena Bonham Carter cradling a pig doesn't get you excited about Tim Burton's seemingly-predestined adaptation, I don't know what to tell you.
Jun 23 2009 Inside the Reflective Surface: New 'Alice in Wonderland' Images!
Elijah Wood in Eccentric Zombie Carrot Top costume says "Hello." USA Today and Yahoo have posted some new shots from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and I think you'll be surprised how much they look like the results of a "celebrities as Alice in Wonderland characters" Photoshop contest:
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May 15 2009 Here Comes a 'Lost in La Mancha' Sequel
If Terry Gilliam's 2000 attempt at filming a Don Quixote movie were a dog, you would have just put it to sleep. Production was riddled with problems--tight budget constraints, constant jets overhead, Biblically disastrous weather, and an actor with a double-herniated disc trying to ride a horse, to name a few--and eventually canceled, resulting in the 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha, a chronicle of the disaster.
But Gilliam isn't one to let setbacks get to him--he just completed a film in which his lead actor died part-way through shooting, and he bothered releasing The Brothers Grimm on DVD--and Variety reports he's going to give this Quixote thing one more shot:
The director is reviving his passion project "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" nearly a decade after his first attempt was derailed.Gilliam and screenwriter Tony Grisoni, who also wrote the first version, have rewritten and updated the script. The new film will revolve around a filmmaker who is charmed into joining Don Quixote's eternal quest for his ladylove, becoming an unwitting Sancho Panza.
"I'm not so much a filmmaker as someone who gets possessed by an idea and it doesn't leave me until I make the film," Gilliam told Variety. "I commit myself to it so fully."
Gilliam is also in talks with Johnny Depp, who had been set to star in the first ill-fated attempt as a modern-day ad exec who travels back in time and is mistaken for Sancho Panza by Don Quixote. Scheduling concerns are seen as the biggest obstacle to Depp's participation this time.
Already we're having scheduling issues with Johnny Depp? So we have about a month before a rogue scientist claims a meteor is heading straight for wherever Gillian plans to shoot?
I wish the best for you and this project, T.G., but right now I'm going to try to restrain my enthusiasm and just hope for another good but tragic documentary.
Apr 10 2009 New 'Public Enemies' Trailer, See?
Hey, there's a new trailer for Public Enemies, which, if you've forgotten, is the new Michael Mann film that has Johnny Depp and Christian Bale facing off as John Dillinger and Notable Agent Who Hates Dillinger, respectively. Also starring: Marion Cotillard (the lady you didn't recognize who won an Academy Award a couple years ago) and Billy Crudup affecting a really convincing old-fashioney voice. Have it:
Mar 4 2009 'Public Enemies' Trailer Continuing Christian Bale's Streak of Movies I Will See
As is the case with most recent movies involving a brooding Christian Bale and regular gunfire, Public Enemies looks good. In fact, with Michael Mann at the helm and Johnny Depp as Dillinger (reminding us he can play non-goofy, non-pirate roles), it looks really good. But none of these powerful elements are highlight of this new trailer for the film. The best part is Billy Crudup's spot-on old fashioney voice:
Mar 3 2009 Public Enemies/Private Parts Poster
Only slightly more subtle than an arrow that says, "Hey, ladies, Johnny Depp's crotch is in this!"
New Public Enemies Poster [Coming Soon]
Jan 13 2009 Johnny Depp Delving Back Into Hunter S. Thompson's Mind
A casting announcement from TheBadandUgly has hinted that Johnny Depp's next role may take him to 1950s Puerto Rico for an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diary. From ComingSoon:
First announced in May of 2005, could The Rum Diary finally be moving forward with Johnny Depp starring?TheBadandUgly.com has received a casting announcement that suggests the Hunter S. Thompson adaptation will be Depp's next, as it lists a March 2009 start date. Depp will play Paul Kemp, a freelance journalist writing for a rundown newspaper in 1950s Puerto Rico and surrounded by a bunch of lost souls bent on self-destruction. Bruce Robinson wrote the screenplay and will direct.
This will be Depp's first time starring in a Thompson adaptation since 1998's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and the first time I'll be watching a Depp-starring Thompson adaptation somewhere other than a dorm room. I bet it will look and smell so different.
Dec 1 2008 First Look at Depp and Bale as: 'Public Enemies'
Empire has the first look at Johnny Depp and Christian Bale as John Dillinger and lawman Melvin Purvis in Michael Mann's Public Enemies. Based on the images, here's my idea for the trailer narration:
One is a criminal gang leader; the other, an FBI agent. In their apartment they're best friends, but on the street they're about to kill each other. (Boi-yoi-yoi-yoing!) Johnny Depp and Christian Bale are: Public Enemies. (SPLAT!)
How about it, Michael Mann? What it lacks in gravitas it makes up for in spring sound effects.
Nov 18 2008 (Probably Not) Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter!
IMAGE REMOVED AT REQUEST OF The Walt Disney Company
I feel certain this is not actually Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. However, most every movie site is posting it, and it's getting sent in, so fine, here it is: possibly Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter but probably not. I remain confident it's a photo of David Bowie during his Ziggy Flamboyant Hobo phase.
Sep 25 2008 Johnny Depp Playing Sparrow, Hatter, Native American
Disney has revealed that Johnny Depp will be returning to screens as Captain Jack Sparrow in a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean, has joined the cast of The Lone Ranger as Tonto, and, as rumored, will play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland adaptation. In celebration of the announcement, Disney decided to humiliate the actor:
In addition to Depp, who took the stage dressed as Jack Sparrow while wearing the Lone Ranger mask, this year’s event also featured the cast of "High School Musical" plus Dwayne Johnson, Miley Cyrus, John Travolta and Robin Williams. Adam Sandler appeared in a pretaped sequence with the studio chairman. And Cook even had a conversation with the four-legged star of "Beverly Hills Chihuahua."
"So, Johnny, we were thinkin' it might be fun if you dressed up as Captain Sparrow for our little announcement party. How 'bout it?"
"Uhhh, yeah, I don't know..."
"Come on, Johnny. It would really mean a lot to us. It'll be great."
"Well, you guys have always been good to me, so OK, I'll wear it."
"Also, this black mask."
"What?"
"You know, like Lone Ranger."
"But I'm not playing the Lone Ranger; I'm playing Tonto. And why would I be dressed as both Lone Ranger and a pirate at the same time? This doesn't make any sense."
"Still though. Everyone will love it. Come on, Johnny."
"Fine, I'll wear the mask."
"And this crazy hat."
"No."
"FINE. Be that way. Just don't interrupt me when I'm having the conversation with the dog."
Disney, Depp return to 'Caribbean' [Variety]
Jul 29 2008 Johnny Depp Probably Playing Mad Hatter
As if it weren't a foregone conclusion, rumor is Johnny Depp will again put on a top hat and uncomfortably childish persona to play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland:
Johnny Depp is to play the Mad Hatter in a new version of 'Alice in Wonderland'.The 'Sleepy Hollow' actor is teaming up with director Tim Burton again for the movie, a re-imagining of the classic children's tale.
A source said: "Tim has had designs on 'Alice in Wonderland' since before he was famous.
Normally I wouldn't put much stock into a gossip columns, but this seems so obvious it probably has to be true, and unnamed "sources" never lie.
IMDB should really just add a permanent addendum to Depp's listing: "Also, he'll probably be in a Tim Burton movie playing an undetermined gothic character." And while you're at it, IMDB, stop treating chimps like actors.
Johnny Depp's Mad Role [CelebEdge]
Jun 5 2008 'Gonzo' Trailer Contains Woefully Little Muppet Content
Gonzo is a new film by Taxi to the Dark Side's torture documentarian, Alex Gibney, that explores the life and works of gonzo journalist and every first year creative writing major's favorite author, Hunter S. Thompson. Narrated by Johnny Depp and featuring interviews with writers and politicians of various levels of nutiness (Pat Buchanan ranking highly), there's now a trailer you should probably watch. It's a pleasant reminder of a happier time, when insane drug use could lead to revolutionary writing, instead of, say, panty flashes and highly-publicized rehab stints.
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Mar 19 2008 First Look at Depp as Dillinger in 'Public Enemies'
Man, I've always wanted to see Johnny Depp in a fedora. Who would have thought I'd get to finally live out my dream, if only through an old fashioney car's window? If someone could get him in to wear a buccaneer's facial hair and the glasses of a 19th century professor, I could die happily. But what are the chances we'd ever see that absurd combination?
First Look at Johnny Depp as John Dillinger [Hollywood Newsroom]
Feb 15 2008 Depp, Farrell, and Law Stepping Into 'Imaginarium'
After Heath Ledger's untimely death, there was some speculation as to who, if anyone, would take his place in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. (Also, who's getting his apartment???) AICN claims to have the answer, and it's a surprisingly long list: Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell. According to the site, all three actors will play the character at different points in the film.
I wonder if they're doing this pro bono in honor of Ledger. If it's inflating the budget too much, Gilliam should know he could probably get Frank Caliendo to play fat versions of all four of them for a fraction of the cost.
