Collider Movie Talk - The Rock Teams With Universal For Robert Ludlum Movie Universe
1,956On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (May 19th, 2016) Kristian Harloff, Jon Schnepp and Dan Murrell discuss the following:
-Universal teams with The Rock for Robert Ludlum movie universe
-Shia LaBeouf cast as John McEnroe in bio-pic
-Stephen King talks changes to Dark Tower adaptation
-Terry Gilliam’s delayed Don Quixote back on with Adam Driver
-Rob Liefeld made sure Cable was saved for Deadpool 2
-Personal Shopper trailer from Cannes film starring Kristen Stewart
-Opening this week – The Nice Guys
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With its classic movie monster’s universe already in motion, Universal is now ready to develop new movies based on the creator of one of its most popular franchises. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson together with Zodiac and Amazing Spider-Man 2 writer James Vanderbilt have closed a deal with Universal to produce a collective universe of films based on the bestselling novels of Robert Ludlum, who is best known for creating the Jason Bourne series that the studio has already turned into a massive movie franchise. The first feature being developed in the new Ludlum adventure “The Janson Directive” with The Rock starring.
Transformers and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull star Shia LaBeouf will portray tennis legend John McEnroe in the upcoming biopic, Borg/McEnroe. The movie will tell the story of the intense rivalry between McEnroe and his Swedish opponent, Bjorn Borg, who faced off 14 times in the 1970s and ’80s, splitting the wins with 7 each. The deal was announced at the Cannes Film Festival, where LaBeouf is supporting his American Honey, directed by Andrea Arnold.
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Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey will portray the Gunslinger and the Man in Black respectively in director Nikolaj Arcel’s The Dark Tower, which recently began principle photography. Fans have been long waiting for this adaptation which will be based primarily on the first novel, The Gunslinger, in which the title hero and the mysterious the Man in Black, play a cat-and-mouse game as they head to the mystical tower at the center of Mid-World, the fantastical world in which they live. During an interview on the EW podcast Stephen King spoke about the adaptation of the book promising the film will begin as the book does saying,
Variety reports that Brasil director Terry Gilliam has set a shooting date in October for his long in development, long delayed Don Quixote movie. The new film will star Adam Driver as a young filmmaker who returns to an isolated village where he once shot a disastrous adaptation of Don Quixote, only to find the aftermath of the production still plaguing him. Michael Palin will also star as an older member of the village community who believes himself to be Don Quixote, with Olga Kurylenko in a mysterious role, playing the wife of the boss to Driver’s character. .
Fans who stuck around for the end credits scene of Deadpool were treated to a clever parody of an 80’s John Hughes’ movie, Instead of it being just a gag without a payoff, this credits scene promised the big screen introduction of a Marvel Comics character for Deadpool 2, namely Cable. Creator of Deadpool himself Rob Liefeld recently spoke to CinemaBlend revealing that the time traveler with the bionic arm was discussed as appearing in Deadpool’s origin story. But the Merc with a Mouth’s creator advised against it.
The first trailer for Personal Shopper has landed online just following the film’s world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Kristen Stewart leads the thriller in a reunion with her Clouds of Sils Maria director Olivier Assayas. In Personal Shopper, Stewart plays an American celebrity fashion assistant and personal shopper who attempts to communicate with the ghost of her recently deceased twin brother.
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