Tag: Garrett Hedlund
Garrett Hedlund Joins Coen Brothers’ INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Here’s a little casting update for the upcoming Joel and Ethan Coen‘s project Inside Llewyn Davis.
According to the latest reports, Tron: Legacy star Garrett Hedlund is in talks to join previously announced Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman and Jeanine Serralles who are all on board for this musical drama.
Kristen Stewart Offered AKIRA Female Lead
The lead female role of Kei already offered to Keira Knightley has now been offered to The Twilight Saga star Kristen Stewart in Jaume Collet-Sera‘s live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira manga.
Tony Gilroy’s The Bourne Legacy Without Bourne?
The Bourne Legacy huge update! Director Tony Gilroy has been meeting with several actors this week to find the lead for the upcoming franchise that will this time, revolve around a new assassin with a similar background as Jason Bourne’s.
I’m sure you’ll be satisfied to hear that Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, Garrett Hedlund, Taylor Kitsch and Kellan Lutz are all being considered to play that assassin.
But that’s not all! According to Deadline, Gilroy will also be meeting with Joel Edgerton, Josh Hartnett, Paul Dano, Michael Pitt, Oscar Isaac, Michael Fassbender, Luke Evans, Alex Pettyfer and Benjamin Walker.
So, you already guess, nothing is official at the moment, but, as Variety report – Gilroy has an idea of what kind of actor he wants while Universal has their own ideas about who they want on that poster; it’s implied the studio’s vision doesn’t align perfectly with Gilroy’s.
Jennifer Lawrence in Talks to Star in Oliver Stone’s Savages
Winter’s Bone star and Oscar-nominee, lovely Jennifer Lawrence is in talks to join the cast of Oliver Stone‘s upcoming Savages!
The movie is an adaptation of Don Winslow‘s best-selling novel that already has some interesting cast involved. Actually, at this moment we could call that just a rumor, but what a rumor that is!
Leonardo DiCaprio, Aaron Johnson, Tom Hardy, Garrett Hedlund and James Franco have all met with director Stone regarding the characters! And that’s not all, because according to the latest reports, Stone is trying to get Benicio Del Toro to play the bad guy, a Mexican drug leader who takes issue with the whole operation.
But, first, check out the Savages synopsis:
“The future is looking good for Laguna Beach, Calif., marijuana growers Ben and Chon, until they receive an ominous e-mail from the Baja Cartel. Attached is a photograph showing the decapitated bodies of other independent drug dealers. The message is clear: sell your product through us or else.
Country Strong Hits Theaters This Weekend
If you are not a country fan it’s too bad you can’t mute the sound at the movie theater. Gwyneth Paltrow: eye sweets for the men…Tim McGraw: eye candy for the ladies. If you are a country music fan Country Strong hit theaters last night and it was all about country music.
Country singing star Kelly Canter (Paltrow) is in rehab due to heavy drinking. During a concert in Dallas Kelly, she falls off stage. The singer is five months pregnant.
During her stay in rehab Kelly meets the charming, handsome singer Beau. Beau sings at a small club on the weekend. He sings for the love of singing, he has no higher ambitions. However, the former ‘Miss Dallas’, Chiles Stanton (Leighton Meester) wants the celebrity and everything that goes with her 10 minutes. Kelly’s husband who is also her manager gets Kelly released from rehabaholic early.
Tron: Legacy Review
Tron: Legacy almost operates as a litmus test for how much we will tolerate in our tent-pole filmmaking. Just how much bad dialogue, poor acting, inexplicable plotting, and emotionally-vapid characterizations will we accept as long as we’ve been convinced that the film is “cool”? How little actual content will we demand in exchange for $300 million light shows disguised as motion pictures? We casually accept seemingly intentional mediocrity in our franchise films, from The Flintstones to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, holding our nose but making these films into smash hits.
I am reminded of Patrick Stewart’s monologue towards the end of Star Trek: First Contact. “The line must be drawn here. This far, and no further.” If we as moviegoers accept this artless, soulless confection as a suitable example of big-budget filmmaking, then we deserve everything we get in the following years. The apparent absence of any attempt at quality renders even the (only occasionally) pretty pictures impotent and dull. And make no mistake; Tron: Legacy is a stunningly dull would-be movie…read more [The Huffington Post]
Tron: Legacy Soundtrack Debuts in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Chart
The original motion picture score for Tron: Legacy, composed and produced by the iconic and critically acclaimed Grammy® Award–winning French duo Daft Punk, debuts on the Billboard 200 at No. 10, scanning over 70,000 units in its first week of release (according to Nielsen SoundScan). It is the first score soundtrack to debut in the Top 10 in five years (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith in 2005). The soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on December 7, 2010. Walt Disney Pictures’ Tron: Legacy hits U.S. theaters on December 17, 2010, in Disney Digital 3D™, Real D 3D and IMAX® 3D.
Two New Tron: Legacy Featurettes
From Walt Disney Pictures comes two brand new featurettes for the upcoming Tron: Legacy. The first one is 15 minute look at behind the scenes and the second focusing on the vehicles in the new movie.
The film stars Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain, Beau Garrett and Michael Sheen.
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Country Strong Poster
Screen Gems has released a poster for writer/director Shana Feste’s Country music drama Country Strong .
Country Strong tells the story of a rising country-music songwriter played Garrett Hedlund who sparks with a fallen rehab released star played by Gwyneth Paltrow. Together, they mount his ascent and her comeback, which leads to romantic complications involving her husband and manager played Tim McGraw and a beauty queen-turned-singer portrayed by Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester.
