Ryan Reynolds to Play Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine? Other Casting Includes The Blob, Silverfox, Stryker
According to AICN, Ryan Reynolds (Definitely, Maybe) will definitely be suiting up to play anti-hero Deadpool in 2009’s first X-Men spinoff X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Reynolds has been attached to the role for some time, including the character’s own flick. This news arrives after several bits of casting info for the film have popped up as of late. Before we get into that, I don’t understand why fanboy sentiment runs so high for Reynolds in this role. I mean, check out the image above (and yes, I liked the dude in The Nines).
Film School Rejects reports that The Blob, one of the more obese villains in comic lore, is set to appear in the Gavin Hood-directed summer tent-pole as well. What’s more, their source says the character will appear as an actor in a fat suit (as opposed to CGI) and pegs the villain’s weight at around 800-1,200 pounds (producers want the latter), which is several milkshakes past his comic book weight of 510. In the comics his skin and fat can absorb missiles, and cannot be punctured, making him a challenge to Logan. Has anyone tried middle school insults? No actor was named, but let’s hope it’s not Mike Myers.
As for the mercenary William Stryker, played previously in the X-Men films by Brian Cox, actor Danny Huston (30 Days of Night, The Kingdom) is set to play a younger version of the character according to JoBlo, against rumors that Dexter’s Michael C. Hall was a lock for the part. Lastly, giving Wolverine a little relief from all of these heavily armed antagonists (also Liev Schreiber’s Sabretooth) is the flick’s love-interest, Kayla Silverfox aka Silver Fox, “one of the few female victims of the Weapon X project,” and IESB says she’ll be played by redheaded actress Lynn Collins (Bug, The Number 23).
I didn’t expect this project to skimp and actually thought it’d be cool to see a less crowded X-Men flick, but The Blob news is definitely a surprise. Hugh Jackman wasn’t kidding when he said this would be on the scale (if not bigger) of a regular X installment. No need to worry that this means too many villains in the pot just yet, especially if Hood brings a fresh creative direction as expected.
Sam Rockwell and Jemaine Clement Sign On For Jared Hess’s Gentlemen Broncos
The actor with the best perma-squint in showbiz, Choke’s Sam Rockwell, has just signed on, alongside Flight of the Conchords Jemaine Clement and youngster Michael Angarano, to star in director Jared Hess’s comedy Gentlemen Broncos. Angarano will play a teen attending a writer’s convention (what fun those are) where he discovers that his idea has been stolen by a “legendary fantasy novelist” played by Clement. Rockwell should have a field day as he plays the title character (what an odd name) in both the kid’s and novelist’s stories.
Hess, who previously directed Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, wrote the script with his wife, Jerusha Hess, and I like the log line, sounds write up his alley. Oh yeah, to the guy who bemoans when I don’t mention this, that would make Hess, ahem, a writer-director. The film is set for release in 2009.
Not sure why, but I’m in the mood to see a comedy about a fantasy novelist, and Clement, whose face is quite devilish and elastic, is a bit of inspired casting. Movies that literally play with literary structure are always interesting, whether it’s terrible (The Number 23) or mildly amusing (John Candy’s Delirious). Anyone got another flick that fits this category? Discuss below.
Source Link: THR
One Missed Call - The Worst Reviewed Movie in Over a Year
Last week I saw a press screening of One Missed Call. And by press screening, I mean a screening at 10:00pm pt the day before the film was released nationally. I’m not entirely sure why studios offer such last minute screenings, as most publications have a deadline earlier in the week. I think they basically hold these type of screenings as a way to say “see, we screened it for you, you just didn’t come.” Because not many press show up at these last minute showings, and they know that will be the case. That’s probably why they dump the worst of the worst movies on Thursday nights, hoping that no press will actually show up.
One Missed Call was worse than I ever imagined it could be. Even the audiencing was laughing throughout at moments that were intended to be scary, but instead came off as stupid or over-the-top. I told my local publicist while exiting the theater that it was “The Worst movie of the year,” adding “but it’s only been three days.” But truth is, I racked my brain, trying to think of the last movie I had seen which may have been worse. Last year’s Joel Schumacher thriller The Number 23 starring Jim Carrey quickly entered my mind, but even that was more enjoyable. So I brought my quest to the one website that makes movie reviews their business - Rotten Tomatoes.
It came to no surprise that One Missed Call is officially “The Worst Reviewed Film of the year (So Far)” according to the numbers laid out. The film is currently getting a dismal 0% tomatoemeter rating with 48 reviews. But truth is, only six other films in history have gotten over 40 reviews and currently hold strong (or should it be weak?) at a 0% positive critic rating:
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
- Roberto Benigni’s Pinocchio
- King’s Ransom
- Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
- National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers
- Crossover
The last of which is a teen streetball craptackular called Crossover, which was released in September of 2006. So the answer is:
One Missed Call is the Worst Reviewed Movie of the last 16 Months.
Trivia: Daddy Day Camp might have earned the highly coveted 0% tomatoemeter rating if it wasn’t for Fred Topel, a movie critic who wrote that the “story actually provides a strong moral center about fathers and sons communicating.”
Thanks to the Rotten Tomatoes team of Jen Yamato, Alex Vo, and Tim Ryan for their help with this report.
The Best and Worst Reviewed Movies of 2007 (So Far)
Rotten Tomatoes have published their Mid-Year Report, which features a list of the best and worst reviewed movies of the first six months of 2007. You can see the top ten of each below.
Best Reviewed Movies
1. “Ratatouille”
2. “Away From Her”
3. “Once”
4. “Knocked Up”
5. “Hot Fuzz”
6. “Sicko”
7. “The Host”
8. “Zodiac”
9. “Waitress”
10. “The Lookout”
Worst Reviewed Movies
1. “Because I Said So”
2. “The Number 23″
3. “Premonition”
4. “The Reaping”
5. “Norbit”
6. “Perfect Stranger”
7. “Happily N’Ever After”
8. “Are We Done Yet? ”
9. “Code Name: The Cleaner”
10. “Hannibal Rising”
Not many surprises to be found. Ratatouille has wrestled the best reviewed wide release of 2007 title away from Knocked Up, which is still holding strong at #4.One unusual observation is that the best movies list features a lot of comedy/romantic comedy films (Ratatouille, Once, Knocked Up, Hot Fuzz, Waitress). In the past usually dramatic indie flicks have dominated the list. I’m also glad to see Zodiac as I’ve fielded negative comments about the film from most people I have spoken with. David Fincher’s film is one of my favorites of the year thus far.
Because I Said So and The Number 23 are the film’s I’ve least enjoyed this year so far. So I feel a little vindicated seeing them rank at the top of the worst reviewed films list. I am actually surprised to see Hannibal Rising make the worst list at #10. I didn’t enjoy the film, but at the same time, I didn’t hate it either. I wonder if there is a huge backlash on the film purely based on it’s comparison against Silence of the Lambs?