More Batman casting rumours
Monday, July 31st, 2006
So the word was out at Comicon last week that Heath Ledger will be playing The Joker, i'm still not certain this has been confirmed. The rumour started at LatinoReview, who apparently heard it from a reliable studio insider. Like it or not, I think Ledger could do a decent job of taking the joker somewhere other than the Nicholson route
So now a new rumour has surfaced from 'Batman on film' via filmstalker that Ryan Phillippe has been cast as D.A Harvey Dent. Phillippe certainly has the skills as an actor to pull off the role. In the comics Harvey Dent was a bat allie (and supposedly will be all the way through the film) helping batman fight the joker, well… legally at least. It'll be interesting to see if they try to do a 'pirates of the caribbean', lead straight into another film, turning Harvey Dent into 'two face' the coin wielding schizophrenic somewhere near the end.
I've already talked
Paul Thomas Anderson, the writer/director behind 'Boogie Nights', 'Magnolia' and 'Punch Drunk Love' is cool as fuck. I have no idea why I ever thought he was a dick, I think my brain drew the conclusion without me, for the soul reason the picture on
Rian Johnson is someone I hope to hear a lot more about in the future, I would say after seeing his debut
Long before he was turning tricks for Tarantino as a coke dealer in 'Pulp Fiction' Eric Stoltz was one of the original bratpackers, and was heading for success with a part in 'Back to the future' I don't know the story behind why he dropped out/got fired but it's still cool to see the stills.
So the story goes something along the lines of; they're filming in London, stunt supervisor, producer, director, whoever goes to pub, starts drinking, leaves very important 19 page storyboard in the pub. what a dope.
I've talked about the new Martin Scorsese film 'The Departed'
I love trailers that in the first couple of seconds you think it's one thing (I was waiting for the Jerry Maguire music to kick in, and the voiceover to start 'Daniels day started like any other') then in the space of 4 seconds it turns a corner into something utterly bleak. love it.







