Oct 28 2009 New 'Shutter Island' Trailer: Leo's Gone Crazy!
New trailer for Martin Scorsese's latest and Leonardo DiCaprio's most recent somewhat convincing accent! And something about these scenes tells me Leo's investigation into a criminally insane asylum isn't going as planned. In particular, the scene where he's cradling Michelle Williams before she crumbles into a pile of ash. That's just something you can't plan for, even if you are visiting an insane asylum:
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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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Aug 24 2009 'Inception' Trailer: Your MIND is the Scene of the Crime
There's this now: the trailer for Inception If this were a straight-to-video production, I would still be scoffing at the film's "your mind is the scene of the crime" tagline, but since this is a Christopher Nolan-directed sci-fi movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, I guess I'm going to have to assume the mind being the scene of the crime isn't as laughable as it sounds in this case. Just so long as the mind being the scene of the crime doesn't mean some Fantastic Voyage scenario where Leonardo DiCaprio is shrinking himself down to the side of a brain cell to literally enter a criminal's head and find the clues to solve a murder.
Ah, who am I kidding? I would love that movie.
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Aug 5 2009 DiCaprio Working on Hot Topic-Friendly 'Little Red Riding Hood'
Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way, the production company responsible for Orphan, has announced plans to re-team with that film's writer, David Leslie Johnson, for "a Gothic reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood." Or, in other words, DiCaprio just realized, "Shit, now that Orphan's done, what am I going to do with all these child-size Gothic dresses?"
'Riding Hood' gets Gothic twist [Variety]
Jul 22 2009 'Shutter Island' Poster: Vague Missing Person Alert!
Nothing reels in audiences like the ominous presence of Leonardo DiCaprio's massive, angst-filled head. Time and time again those looming, furrowed brows prove themselves poster gold. (A faint mustache is preferred, but not necessary.)
'Shutter Island' Poster [Yahoo]
Jun 16 2009 DiCaprio Doing Online Poker Movie (with Dinosaurs?)
Think of all the awesome clicking scenes! Leonardo DiCaprio has plans to produce and star in a film about online casinos, seemingly taking several steps backwards from every movie that's ever been about actual, physical casinos. From Variety:
Paramount has put its chips down on an untitled pitch about the world of online casinos based in Costa Rica. Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star and produce through his Appian Way shingle.The untitled project hails from scribes Brian Koppelman and David Levien ("Rounders," "The Girlfriend Experience," "Ocean's Thirteen").
Oh, it's Costa Rica-based casinos. Then, like every movie set in or around Cosa Rica, I'll just assume this is secretly a Jurassic Park spin-off, wherein cloned dinosaurs escape their pens, steal some credit cards and waste a ton of money online playing Texas Hold 'Em against Wayne Knight. And at the climax, when the T-Rex cries out as a large banner slowly drifts to the floor, the banner will read "Visit ExtremeTiltPokerGames.poker!!!", leaving the viewer something to think about where to play the most extreme poker online.
Sorry I just wrote such a good movie.
Jun 11 2009 Leonardo DiCaprio in a Mental Hospital -- FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE!
Martin Scorsese has got Leonardo DiCaprio doing funny voices again! This time it's for Shutter Island, Scosese's foray into the the crazy-spooky-shit-in-a-mental-hospital fare usually reserved for straight-to-video horror starring lesser Baldwin brothers. Take a look:
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Sep 22 2008 'Revolutionary Road' Trailer Will Shatter Your 'In Titanic, What if Jack Lived???' Fantasies
Looks like anyone looking for a return to the Kate/Leo romance of Titanic is in for some disappointment. In this trailer for Sam Mendes's Revolutionary Road, there is no naked charcoal drawing, no king of the world yelling, no breaking socioeconomic boundaries in the name of transatlantic lust. These two are constantly yelling at each other, like real couples, instead of being the most in love humans have ever been, like fictional couples on boats. What I'm saying is this looks much better than Titanic.
Sep 18 2008 Leo and Kate Together Again, on a Poster
I can't figure out why the poster calls this Revolutionary Road instead of its obvious real name, Titanic 2. Or why it says it's "based on the novel by Richard Yates," instead of "based on how Jack and Rose love each other so hard that even death could not stop them from being together." And why does the couple appear to be in a naturally lit home, rather than the largest boat of their time? The studio probably just didn't want this to immediately beat all of Titanic 1's box office records in the first weekend.
First look: 'Titanic' duo go down familiar road [USA Today]
Aug 29 2008 'Body of Lies' Poster, Where Leo DiCaprio Becomes Ben Affleck
Same guy. No question:
Did DiCaprio eat Affleck's soul or is he being haunted by the ghost of Affleck's goatee. Either way, he's fucked.
Brand-New Poster for Ridley Scott's 'Body of Lies'! [Cinematical]
Aug 14 2008 Here's the 'Body of Lies' Trailer, Little Buddies
First I thought Russell Crowe was the bad guy because of how he lives this decadent lifestyle of smoking cigars, eating cereal, and speaking in Skipper catchphrases, and that Leonardo DiCaprio was the good guy because he looks like a bass fisherman (our greatest heroes). But then my raging xenophobia kicked in and I remembered all of the Americans must be the good guys, and the bad guys are everyone else--including director Ridley Scott, because I'm still not sure we can trust the British after all the terror of the American Revolution.
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Jul 17 2008 'Body of Lies' Trailer is Made of Oscar Nominations
Here's the trailer to Body of Lies, a Ridley Scott political thriller starring Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio. In other words, the narration might as well say, "to be nominated for at least six Academy Awards for sure, even though Crowe is sort of playing this like a dramatic Skipper from Gilligan's Island."
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Jul 16 2008 Leonardo DiCaprio Might Be 'Inglorious Bastard'
Last week, rumor was that Brad Pitt would be taking a lead role in Quentin Tarantino's latest, Inglorious Bastards. Now, another A-list name can be added to the hypothetical list you're keeping: Growing Pains star Leonardo DiCaprio! From Variety:
After the director met Brad Pitt in France on Tuesday, those studios are already salivating over the expectation that Tarantino will land Pitt to play the key role of Aldo Raine. They'll be even keener if Tarantino's plan to meet Leonardo DiCaprio for another lead role goes well Thursday. Tarantino wants DiCaprio to play the role of Hans Landa.
I can't decide if this is really strong casting or casting entirely from a 1996 issue of Tiger Beat. The deciding factor will be if Tarantino tries to scrape together a posthumous performance from Jonathan Brandis.
Feb 21 2008 DiCaprio, Gordon-Levitt Join Drastically-Altered 'Akira'
Weekly, when I write down a list of Leonardo DiCaprio's interests, it generally includes the same items: acting, the environment, supermodels, Martin Scorsese, never quite growing out of a scrunched baby face. Never would I have dreamed "anime" would make the list, particularly over "idiotic facial hair." But apparently it has, with Leo announcing plans to bring the classic '80s manga/anime Akira to the big screen, with himself in the lead as Kaneda and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tetsuo.
Of course, since the film will take place in Neo Manhattan instead of Neo Tokyo, the names will probably be changed to something moms can more easily pronounce. And since DiCaprio is in his mid-30s, the whole teenage thing will have to be altered a bit, maybe adding some references to mortgages. And with his views on environmentalism, the signature motorcycle will probably be changed to hybrid mass transit, or maybe a community-shared bicycle. But ignoring all of the massive changes, it sounds like it will be a very faithful adaptation that should please all of the original's rabid, obsessive fans.
Is this as bad an idea as I think it is? All I can remember from the anime is the constant screaming.
Dec 11 2007 First Look at Adult Leo in 'Body of Lies'
I have high hopes for Ridley Scott's newest, Body of Lies. Based on David Ignatius's novel, and scripted by The Departed writer William Monahan, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Roger Ferris, a former Iraq War journalist employed by the CIA to hunt down an Al Qaeda leader. In this first image, we're given the assurance that Leo has definitely thrown away the boyish image of his past. If The Departed was his Bar Mitzvah, this is whatever Jewish thing would come after that.
How can you tell?
Disconnected facial hair - Leo not only has a moderately pronounced beard, but a beard that is completely removed from the headhair, utterly devoid of sideburn. It is a newborn child composed of wiry hair, too powerful to continue living off the cheek's umbilical cord to the brain. This beard has its own thoughts and dreams. It would clearly never grow on a baby face.
Slicked-back hair - Nothing says "like Shia LaBeouf, or Dracula, I am now a full-fledged adult" like a thick wave of slicked-back hair. Bangs are for pussies.
A suit - Come on, would you dress a boy in a full suit? Only at his own funeral.
Furrowed brow - With age comes the weight of the world, and you can see it in Leo's forehead. "If only I could laugh again," says the brow, "but there's no way, with all this paperwork and background Americana."
Welcome to manhood, Leo!
Oct 23 2007 Scorsese, DiCaprio Continue Love Affair on 'Island'
It's great to see young love. Or at least love between someone with a youngish, teen-stached face and an old man with eyebrows the size of my palm.
So imagine how pleased I was to hear that Martin Scorsese and his muse, Leonardo DiCaprio, are teaming up for another picture, Shutter Island. Set in 1954, DiCaprio will play Teddy Daniels, a US Marshall on the island to investigate the the disappearance of an escaped "murderess" (Variety is particular on the gender of murderers).
This is one of the few times, as much as I'd love to see another Scorsese/DiCaprio drama, I think this could be even better as a reality show. As little as we need more shows about watching people do nothing, throwing some D-list celebrities on an island and having them hunt an escaped murderess--preferably a celebrity herself, or at least fixated on murdering celebrities--could be worth a TiVo.
The title Shutter Island will still be relevant, because there are also paparazzi trying to both photograph and murder the celebrities.
Scorsese, DiCaprio team for 'Island' [Variety]
Oct 11 2007 Clooney and DiCaprio Getting (More) Political
George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio getting political? You don't say. That's right, the most political politically-charged political thriller ever is coming, with the Roseanne hunk directing the Growing Pains bad boy in Farragut North:
The story follows a young, idealistic communications director who works for an inspiring, though unorthodox, presidential candidate. During the campaign, his career is done in by more seasoned politicos who thrive on poisonous partisan politics, dirty tricks and back-stabbing.
This pairing should be good. Between takes, they can smugly discuss whose vehicles give off less emissions, and this gives Clooney the perfect chance to get Leo hand in the pretty boy jack-off pool of Ocean's 14-30. Hooray!
Clooney, DiCaprio eye journey ‘North’ [Hollywood Reporter]
Jul 17 2007 DiCaprio to Maybe Play Hefner
You, with the boobs, my room, 10 minutes.
According to the Guardian, Leonardo DiCaprio is in talks to play Hugh Hefner in the upcoming biopic. The British are about as well known for responsible journalism as they are for world-class dentistry, and "in talks" is pretty vague as it is anyway, so who knows.
I would've liked to see Aaron Eckhart, because he has the whole ridiculously cleft chin thing down and you can't teach that in acting school. But either way it's probably going to suck because that chubby douche Brett Ratner is directing it. In other news, I will continue to not wear pants.
Jul 9 2007 The 11th Hour Trailer
Continuing the trend put forth by An Inconvenient Truth, actor/actvist Leonardo DiCaprio has enlisted a team of documentary filmmakers to make his own plea for environmental change. From what I can gather from the trailer, he seems to be suggesting humans might in some way be responsible for destroying the earth. Interesting idea, but "wrath of God" seems like a much simpler and more popular explanation.
