Wall Street 2 Set Photos: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf…
The Daily Mail has just posted the first photos of Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf and Frank Langella on the set of “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.” The film will also star Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Susan Sarandon, Vanessa Ferlito and Charlie Sheen. Oliver Stone is directing.
Michael Douglas, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps
Set in New York City, the film takes place 20 years after the original, revolving around the 2008 stock market crash. The film’s plot mainly centers around Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) acting as a more of an anti-hero rather than a villain, and follows his attempts to help Wall Street before its soon-to-be stock market crash, and to repair his relationship with his daughter Winnie (Mulligan); though all of his attempts are unsuccessful.
While Gekko is trying to fix his relationship with Winnie, Jake “Jacob”’s (LaBeouf), mentor Lewis (Langella) unexpectedly dies, Jacob blames Bretton (Brolin), and soon after makes a deal with Gekko; Gekko helps Jacob get revenge on Bretton, and Jacob helps Gekko repair his relationship with Winnie, who is Jacob’s fiancee.
Charlie Sheen Joins “Wall Street 2″
“Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” shooting begins this week in New York, 23 years after its predecessor – Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street.”
“I thought it was a bubble that was over,” Mr. Stone said of the 1980s. “I thought those days were going to come to an end. The excess.”
The story finds Gordon Gekko finishing his prison sentence and attempting to reconcile with his estranged daughter. “Wall Street” could be a movie about second chances.
“When Gekko (Douglas) comes out of prison in the beginning of this movie, he essentially has to redefine himself, redefine his character,” Stone said of the sequel’s story. “He’s looking for that second chance.”
Oliver Stone has just confirmed to NY Times that Charlie Sheen, who played the central role of Bud Fox, a young trader, in the original, will make a cameo in his upcoming “Wall Street” sequel.
Susan Sarandon To Star In Wall Street 2
Susan Sarandon will probably star in “Wall Street 2.”
Sarandon is negotiating to join “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” for 20th Century Fox.
She joins Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Frank Langella and Carey Mulligan in the sequel to the 1987 “Wall Street” film. Josh Brolin is currently in talks to star in the film as well.
Sarandon will play the mother of a young Wall Street trader (Shia LaBeouf) who falls under the seductive influence of Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas).
Carey Mulligan’s character is romantically linked to LaBeouf’s, a young Wall Street broker on his way up. Oscar nominated Langella (”Frost/Nixon”) will play Lewis Zabel, a mentor to Shia LaBeouf’s character.
Oliver Stone will direct from the script written by Allan Loeb.
The story reportedly finds Gekko finishing his prison sentence and attempting to reconcile with his estranged daughter, who is dating LaBeouf’s character.
Shooting begins next month in New York.
Carey Mulligan Joins Wall Street 2
Carey Mulligan will play Gordon Gekko’s daughter in “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.”
Mulligan joins Michael Douglas (Gekko), Shia LaBeouf and Frank Langella in the sequel to the 1987 “Wall Street” film.
Josh Brolin is currently in talks to star in the film as well.
Mulligan’s character is romantically linked to LaBeouf’s, a young Wall Street broker on his way up. Oscar nominated Langella (”Frost/Nixon”) will play Lewis Zabel, a mentor to Shia LaBeouf’s character. Michael Douglas will reprise his role as Gordon Gekko.
Allan Loeb wrote the current script.
The story reportedly finds Gekko finishing his prison sentence and attempting to reconcile with his estranged daughter, who is dating LaBeouf’s character.
Shooting will begin in September in New York.
Mulligan’s breakthrough performance was in “An Education,” premiered at Sundance Film Festival. She has appeared in a bit part in Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” and she will soon be seen co-starring opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire in “Brothers.”
Frank Langella To Star In “Wall Street 2″
Frank Langella has been added to the cast of Oliver Stone’s 1987’s “Wall Street” sequel – “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.”
Shia LaBeouf stars with Michael Douglas, who’ll reprise his Best Actor Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko role 21 years later. Josh Brolin is currently in talks to star in the film as well.
Oscar nominated Langella (”Frost/Nixon”) will play Lewis Zabel, a mentor to Shia LaBeouf’s character, a young Wall Street broker.
Allan Loeb (”21,” “Things We Lost In The Fire”) has scripted the project. The story reportedly finds Gekko finishing his prison sentence and attempting to reconcile with his estranged daughter, who is dating LaBeouf’s character.
Frank Langella will next be seen starring with Cameron Diaz and James Marsden in Richard Kelly-directed thriller “The Box” and Andrew Jarecki’s “All Good Things” with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst.
“Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” is supposed to start shooting this week and is scheduled to be released in early 2010.
Josh Brolin To Join Douglas In “Wall Street 2″?
Josh Brolin will probably reteam with Oliver Stone to star as the villain in the sequel to 1987’s “Wall Street”
Javier Bardem was originally lined up for the role, but withdrew from the project earlier this month.
The film will be Brolin’s second movie with Stone following their success with George W. Bush biopic “W.” last year.
Stone’s follow-up to the classic 1987 financial drama will see Brolin face off against Michael Douglas’s Gordon Gekko and Shia LaBeouf’s young stockbroker.
Michael Douglas will reprise his Best Actor Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko 21 year later.
Allan Loeb (”21,” “Things We Lost In The Fire”) has scripted the project under the title “Money Never Sleeps.” The story reportedly finds Gekko finishing his prison sentence and attempting to reconcile with his estranged daughter, who is dating LaBeouf’s character.
The movie is scheduled for release in February 2010.
Transformers 2 Reviews
Everything from the girls to the action in “Transformers 2” is designed for cheap thrills. Bay aims for every low-brow joke in the book. Racial stereotyping, bad sex jokes, and “hilarious” humping scenes are just a few of the gems he’s able to come up with. These cheap jokes actually went over well with the audience in my screening, but when a movie has three humping scenes and none of them involve an actual human doing the humping there’s something wrong with that…read more [Blogcritics]
This is all standard negative criticism for Bay movies, however. The question you’re all wondering has yet to be fully addressed: Are the action scenes good? My answer is that yeah, they’re pretty sweet. Bay manages to drop the pretense that he was trying to make a film with plot, and just let giant robots fight near or on pyramids. A special note should be made of their IMAX cinematography. The scale of the Transformers and the picture quality really do add a lot of enjoyment to some scenes, notably the ones where Devastator is involved. The acting even manages to improve a bit from bad comic acting to legitimate moments of care and concern for the characters. There’s not much else to say about this; the action is cool, but trying to describe why it’s cool is kind of a futile pursuit… read more [ScreenJunkies]
The film should really be called “Transformers: Bigger, Longer, Unintelligent.”
In case you missed the first movie and since both films are nearly the same in execution that isn’t really necessary the good robots, called Autobots led by Optimus Prime (voice of Peter Cullen), fight the bad robots, called Decepticons led by Megatron (voice of Hugo Weaving). A human named Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) gets thrown into the battle as the unlikely savior accompanied by a sexy love interest, Mikaela (Megan Fox). Sam’s parents, Ron (Kevin Dunn) and Judy (Julie White), provide comic relief as does John Turturro as Agent Simmons…read more [MetroWest]
Transformers 2 Hi-Res Images
A brand new hi-res image of Twins, two new Autobots who act like little brothers and sometimes form together to create one alt mode vehicle, and seven other images from “Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen” have hit the web.
A sequel to the hit 2007 “Transformers”, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is set a year after the end of the first film. This time, Sam and Mikaela become the target of attack by Decepticons due to Sam’s knowledge over the origins of the Transformers and their ancient history on Earth. Battling the Decepticons’ effort to capture Sam, Autobots unite with U.S. military and an international coalition to fight back the villains’ attack.
“Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen” is in theaters June 24th, 2009 (Wednesday) and stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Isabel Lucas and Rainn Wilson.
Transformers 2 Music Video
Linkin Park has released their new full-length music video for “New Divide,” which was filmed on the set of the film, and will be featured on the soundtrack for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”
The new music video, directed by Joe Hahn, features some new battle footage from “Transformers 2.”
The film stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Isabel Lucas and Rainn Wilson.
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is directed by Michael Bay and hits theaters on June 24, 2009.
Brand New Transformers 2 Movie Photos
A brand new shots of Optimus Prime and Devastator from “Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen” have hit the web. Check them out below. As always, click on any of the photos to enlarge.
In the highly-anticipated “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” debuting June 24, 2009, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
“Transformers 2″ stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Isabel Lucas and Rainn Wilson.
