In Five: Carey Mulligan Joins “Far from the Madding Crowd,” Feist Wins the...
1. Carey Mulligan in talks to join Thomas Vinterberg’s adaptation of “Far from the Madding Crowd.” [CinemaBlend] 2. Feist wins the Polaris Music Prize, an award given to the year’s best Canadian full...
View ArticleIn Five: Tom Hardy Boards “Splinter Cell,” NYPR Set to Record August Wilson’s...
1. Tom Hardy is become attached to an adaption of the video game “Splinter Cell.” Eric Warren Singer (“The International”) has been set to write the script, which “revolves around Sam Fisher, a covert...
View ArticleIn Five: Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace to Rescue Animals, Danny Brown is Back...
1. Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace are in talks to star in “Animal Resuce,” the new project from “Bullhead” director Michael Roskam. The film, based on a short story by crime-writer Dennis Lehane, concerns...
View ArticleIn Five: NBC Dumps “Smash,” New Edward Albee Play, and More Culture News
1. NBC is, not surprisingly, giving up on its ensemble Broadway drama “Smash,” shifting it to Saturday nights starting April 6. The show’s ratings have been much smaller than the network expected, and...
View ArticleIn Five: Tom Hardy as Elton John, Kipling Plagiarized Parts of “The Jungle...
1. Tom Hardy, who donned a mask and terrorized Gotham City as Bane in “The Dark Knight Rises,” is being considered for the role of….Elton John? That’s right. “Rocketman,” the current working title of...
View ArticleIn Five: Tom Hardy is “The Outsider,”“Bridges of Madison County” Coming to...
1. Tom Hardy is set to star in “The Outsider,” the English-language debut of Japanese director Takashi Miike. Written by Andrew Baldwin, the film is “an epic story set in post-World War II Japan,...
View ArticleIn Five: Philip Seymour Hoffman Joins “Child 44,” Broadway Dims Lights for...
1. Philip Seymour Hoffman is in negotiations to join “Child 44,” an adaptation of the Tom Rob Smith bestseller from director Daniel Espinosa (“Safe House”). Hoffman would join Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace,...
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