Did John Hurt replace Sean Connery in Indiana Jones 4?
promised that Sean Connery’s character (Dr. Henry Jones Sr.) was included in the script for Indiana Jones 4. So when the film went into production and Connery announced that he would not be back after-all, we cried fowl.
I hope Conner’s part was very small, for their sake. Because a major character rewrite this late in to development could ruin the entire film.
I mean, Lucas and crew couldn’t have completely delete Connery’s part out of the script without causing a major rift, right? Well, our friends at FilmIck are reporting that Abner Ravenwood was not even included in previous drafts. When Connery made his official exit from the project, you may recall they announced that John Hurt had been cast in the film. He will play the father of Karen Allen’s character. Well rumor has it that John Hurt’s character is basically a rewrite of the role that Sean Connery would have played if he had decided to return. Apparently the Indy screenwriters wrote the role for two characters in case Connery decided to stay at home.
Sounds like the typical Hollywood-type decision which usually ends up ruining a film.
Watchmen: A Visual Cast Comparison Guide
FilmIck have posted a visual guide to the Watchmen casting. The guide compares the characters to the various actors who were supposed to play them over the years. I’m unable to connect some of these names to the directors, but most of them seem legit. Click on the image to enlarge. Watchmen is a classic graphic novel, and I’ve had a lot of pretension to a big screen adaptation. But after hearing Zack Snyder speak about the project at Comic-Con, I was immediately sold. He said all the right things, and addressed most, if not all, of my hesitations.
“I don’t know if Watchmen should come to the people, or if the people should come to it,” says Snyder. “If you get in the place in your life when you need watchman you’ll go find it. I don’t think we’re going to try to make it accessible to teenyboppers.”
Snyder’s Watchmen will hit theaters on March 6th 2009.
Chinese Spider-Man 3 Billboard
I’ve always said that anything in Asian script (Japanese/Chinese) automatically looks ten times cooler. Our friends at FilmIck have posted a photo of a Japanese Chinese Spider-Man 3 billboard, seen above, which is somewhat similar to the recent bus billboards in the states. Click on the image for a better look. Spider-Man 3 hits theaters on May 4th in the States.
Grant Morrison’s We3 Script Reviewed
Our friends at FilmIck have read Grant Morrison’s screenplay for the big screen adaptation of his comic book miniseries We3, and says “It’s even better than the source material.” Brendon claims that it is “the single best unproduced script” he’s ever read. Jeeez, that’s a huge claim.
Published in 2004 by Vertigo, described as “Western Manga”, We3 “tells the unforgettable story of three innocent petsa dog, a cat and a rabbitwho have been converted into deadly cyborgs by a sinister military weapons program. With nervous systems amplified to match their terrifying mechanical exoskeletons, the members of Animal Weapon 3 have the firepower of a battalion between them. But they are just the programs prototypes and, now that their testing is complete, theyre slated to be permanently decommissioned” until they seize their one chance to make a desperate run for freedom! Relentlessly pursued by their makers, the WE3 team must navigate a frightening and confusing world where their instincts and heightened abilities make them as much a threat as those hunting thembut a world, nonetheless, in which there is something called Home.”
You can read Brendon’s first script review installment at this link.