Guess who won’t be playing Catwoman and Jonah Hex
It should come as no surprise that a Warner Bros. representative has shot down the rumor that Cher will play an aging Catwoman in the sequel to The Dark Knight.
I’m a little disappointed, though. Oh, not that it’s untrue — really, did anyone think it was for real? — but that it was shot down so quickly. Four days is an awfully short life span for a casting rumor.
But another, longer-lived rumor also has bitten the bullet: Thomas Jane won’t be playing Jonah Hex in Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor’s upcoming adaptation.
That’s despite Jane’s Sean Young-like effort to convince the filmmakers he’s right for the role.
“He’s a great guy,” the directors said in a video interview with The Movie Blog. “But we don’t see the guy as Jonah Hex, to be quite honest with you. But we like him.”
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• Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea has grossed $109.6 million in Japan since its July 19 opening, setting it up to become one of the biggest box-office hits of all time in that country. The Dark Knight isn’t faring quite as well there. [Variety, Slashfilm]
• Sony Pictures is auctioning a Spider-Man 4 “VIP experience,” which includes a set visit, walk-on role, meet-and-greet with cast, and a trip to the premiere. Proceeds to benefit Stand Up to Cancer. Bidding started at $5,000. [Sci Fi Wire]
• Relative unknown Max Makowski reportedly will direct Relativity’s adaptation of Voltron. [Latino Review]
• Robert Downey Jr. is in negotiations to voice a character in DreamWorks Animation’s superhero send-up Master Mind, produced by Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films. Tina Fey also is expected to join the cast. [Hollywood Insider]
• Shots of a fully rendered CGI Astro Boy and concept art have leaked out from Imagi’s upcoming movie. [Astroboy Online, via First Showing]
August 29th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Is this like the first real confirmation that they’re going to have a Spider-Man 4? I mean it was assumed that Sony would go forward with or without Raimi, Maguire, etc. The eBay listing doesn’t say anything about which cast members will be available for the meet-n-greet.
August 29th, 2008 at 10:50 am
No. In June, producer Laura Ziskin announced to theater owners that Spider-Man 4 is tentatively set to open in May 2011.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Too bad about Jane. He really seemed excited and passionate about Hex.