Tag: Max Von Sydow
14 New Solomon Kane Photos
Today we have 14 new hi-res photos from the upcoming “Solomon Kane” movie.
It tells the heroic story of a savage warrior in 16th Century England who seeks redemption for a lifetime of sins by renouncing violence to live a life of purity, only to find himself compelled to pick up his sword once again to vanquish a growing evil.
James Purefoy has been cast as puritan swordsman Solomon Kane in a movie of the same name to be made from the stories of “Conan the Barbarian” creator Robert E. Howard. Kane is a 16th century soldier who learns that his brutal and cruel actions have damned him but is determined to redeem himself by living peaceably. But he finds himself dragged out of retirement for a fight against evil.
Second Shutter Island Trailer
The second trailer for Martin Scorese‘s much anticipated “Shutter Island“, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, has been released.
“Shutter Island” is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.
The film also stars Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Jackie Earle Hale and Emily Mortimer.
Brand New Solomon Kane Poster
Here’s brand new poster for the upcoming film “Solomon Kane” based on a story by Robert E. Howard (Conan the Barbarian) in 1928.
Synopsis: A 17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. His adventures, published mostly in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, often take him from Europe to the jungles of Africa and back.
Deathwatch’s Michael J. Bassett directs from his own script, with Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alice Krige and Mackenzie Crook co-starring.
Brand New Solomon Kane Photos
Earlier we posted trailer for the upcoming Solomon Kane movie and today we have a brand new photos.
The movie tells the origins of Solomon Kane and is hoped to be the first of a trilogy of movies. When the story opens Kane is a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting in Africa, but after an encounter with a demon, The Reaper, he realizes he must seek redemption or have his soul damned to Hell. He returns to Engand and lives a life of peace, converting to puritanism, but soon the doings of an evil sorceror upset his plans and he must take up arms again.
New SHUTTER ISLAND Photos
We now have two new photos from the set of the upcoming “Shutter Island,” psychological thriller that was directed by Martin Scorcese.
“Shutter Island” is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.
SHUTTER ISLAND Trailer
The first official trailer for Martin Scorsese‘s “Shutter Island” has arrived online.
Based on the 2003. novel “Shutter Island” by Dennis Lehane, the film follows the story of U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio), who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island. Before long he wonders whether he hasn’t been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. And as you can see in the trailer below, Teddy quickly goes from guest to prisoner as the twisted nature of this instituation begins to unravel before his eyes.
Emily Mortimer, Jackie Earle Haley and Max von Sydow join ‘Shutter Island’
Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer and Jackie Earle Haley have joined the cast of Martin Scorsese’s mystery drama ‘Shutter Island’ AKA ‘Ashecliffe’ which was adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from Dennis Lehane’s 2004 novel.
The film follows the story of Teddy (DiCaprio) and his partner (Ruffalo) who travel to Shutter Island to investigate the escape of Rachel Solando, a murderess, from the mental institution on the Island.
Poster from ‘Solomon Kane’
The terrific Pete Postlethwaite (who most of us probably remember from “In the Name of the Father” – - – and that one guy remembers as the mercenary man from “The Lost World”) and veteran actor Max Von Sydow (recently wasted in the atrocious “Rush Hour 3”) have joined the cast of “Solomon Kane, an epic tale of a 16th century soldier (James Purefoy) tormented by his past evil deeds, seeking redemption by battling a sinister power threatening the kingdom.
Rachel Hurd-Wood (“Perfume: the Story of a Murderer”), Alice Krige (“Silent Hill”) and Mackenzie Crook (the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films) have also been cast, according to Variety.
The pic, set to be directed by Michael J. Bassett (“Deathwatch”), is based on the pulp novels of Robert E. Howard (“Conan the Barbarian”).
