“If you could make God bleed, people will cease to believe in him.” Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Don Cheadle, and Sam Rockwell, directed by Jon Favreau, opens May 7.
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Mickey Rourke is WHIPLASH in Iron Man 2
Click to enlarge. While I love the idea of Rourke in Iron Man 2, I gotta say, I’m glad I don’t have to put “Academy Award winner” in front of Mickey’s name. I mean, what self-respecting Oscar winner would dress up in a getup like that. Oh yeah. From USA Today: Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) sports [...]
Terry Gilliam’s Don Quixote back on – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Terry Gilliam is teaming with producer Jeremy Thomas to finally bring The Man Who Killed Don Quixote to the big screen. It’s been nine years since Gilliam first attempted to tell the story of a filmmaker who becomes the unwitting Sancho Panza. The production was plagued with set backs (as chronicled in the [...]
TFC Morning Report – Thursday, April 9, 2009 – Fiennes and Neeson are clashing titans
Top Story: Liam Neeson will play Zeus and Ralph Fiennes will star as Hades in the upcoming remake, reboot, re-something of Clash of the Titans. Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk) directs the film for Warner Bros.(THR) In Other News: Kyle Gallner (Smallville) has joined the cast of A Nightmare on Elm Street, which will star [...]
TFC Morning Report – Wednesday, March 18, 2009 – Ellen to play Mother Nature
Top Story-Comedian and talk show host Ellen Degeneres has signed on to star as Mother Nature in an untitled Walden Media comedy. (THR) In Other News-Yeah, so that Transformers 3 date announced yesterday. You know, July 1, 2011. Well, funny thing: Michael Bay says Paramount and DreamWorks meant to say 2012. Opps. (AICN) Adam Sandler’s [...]
TFC Morning Report – Thursday, March 12, 2009 – Mickey Rourke joins Iron Man 2
Top Story: It’s official (almost). Mickey Rourke and Marvel seemed to have worked out their differences (i.e. Marvel stopped low-balling the Oscar nominee), and now the wrestler is on board for Iron Man 2. He’ll play the Russian villain Crimson Dynamo. This is the second time Marvel has haggled with an Iron Man actor over [...]
TFC Morning Report – Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009 – Rourke out of Iron Man 2?
Top Story: The thought of Rourke in Iron Man 2 made movie geeks’ hearts leap, but now NY Mag’s Vulture says Mickey Rourke isn’t involved in the project. I bet the filming schedule just conflicts with his training for WrestleMania. In Other News: Liev Schreiber, one of cinema’s best thesps, will star opposite Angelina Jolie [...]
TFC Morning Report – Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 – ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Top Story: Benderspink has tapped Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain to adapt the Red 5 comic ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction, according to HR. The comic follows a group of elite soldiers sent to the Middle East to clean up after the undead weapons that have gone out of control. In Other News:Slumdog Millionaire picked [...]
UPDATE: How do you kiss an Oscar goodbye?
Mickey Rourke, what were you thinking? Appearing on Larry King Live and exchanging barbs with Chris Jericho? Nothing says Oscar like challenging a professional wrestler to a bare-knuckle fight. It looks like Sean Penn and Frank Langella’s chances at winning the Oscar just got a whole lot better. Update: The Defamer says Mickey Rourke is [...]
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