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Pirates Of The Caribbean Boss Says Johnny Depp Return Talks Continue

Pirates Of The Caribbean Boss Says Johnny Depp Return Talks Continue

Pirates Of The Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer has claimed that he is currently in negotiations with Johnny Depp to get him to return to the franchise. Over the weekend, Bruckheimer appeared at Disney’s annual D23 fan event, where updates are given about the company’s films, theme parks and other major projects. During the event, Pirates Of The Caribbean’s lead producer confirmed to Deadline that he was “talking with Johnny” about getting him to play the role of Captain Jack Sparrow again. “We’re working on a screenplay, and hopefully we can get this done,” he added. HuffPost UK has contacted Johnny Depp’s team for comment. Last year, Bruckheimer made similar claims, telling Entertainment Weekly that he’d been in contact with Depp about coming back as Jack Sparrow. “If he likes the way the part’s written, I think he would do it,” he said, adding: “It’s a reboot, but if it was up to me, he would be in it. I love him. He’s a good friend.” “He created Captain Jack,” Bruckheimer added at the time. “That …

7 Scenes Actors Flat-Out Refused To Film

7 Scenes Actors Flat-Out Refused To Film

In a job where a regular day of work might involve bunching your genitals into a drawstring bag or spending 12 hours in a sweaty costume (not all of which allow you to pee easily), actors are pretty used to unusual requests. Even among the most seasoned pros, however, some scenes are a step too far. Some actors will never go nude for a role, for instance, while others won’t co-star alongside certain other big names. Often, the reasons are unique to a specific script or storyline. Here, we rounded up seven scenes actors flat-out refused to film: 1. Charlotte Rampling allegedly left her first Dune adaptation because of a mass poop scene Charlotte Rampling stars as Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam in Denis Villeneuve’s recent Dune movies. But the actor had previously been pitched the role of Paul Atreides’ mother, Lady Jessica, in director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s doomed ’70s adaptation. His version lasted 14 hours and was meant to have a star-studded cast including Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles and Mick Jagger, though it never got …

Christopher Nolan Admits Directing A Rom-Com Is A ‘Terrifying’ Thought

Christopher Nolan Admits Directing A Rom-Com Is A ‘Terrifying’ Thought

Still, the director has insisted that he’s more in his comfort zone doing something as strenuous as his latest big-screen epic than he would be something seemingly more straightforward, like a traditional romantic comedy. During a new interview on The Tonight Show about just how much his latest film put him through his paces, host Jimmy Fallon joked to Nolan: “Did you ever think to yourself, ‘man, next movie I want to do an easy one?’. How about a Christopher Nolan rom-com?” “I think doing a rom-com would be incredibly difficult,” the Oscar winner responded. “I love watching those movies, but I think comedy, people who direct comedy, people who do comedy, I think that’s one of the hardest things in the world – to make people laugh that way.” He explained: “You know, if I show [one of my films] to people and maybe they don’t respond to bits of it, I’m like, ‘ah, they don’t get it’. There’s no hiding behind that when you do comedy.” “I would be terrified of doing anything …

Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige Talks Being Repeatedly Rejected By Adam Driver

Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige Talks Being Repeatedly Rejected By Adam Driver

Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has claimed that a Marvel movie isn’t a Marvel movie unless Adam Driver has turned down a part in it. Feige has made no secret of the fact that he and his colleagues have long hoped to secure the Oscar-nominated Star Wars actor to play a major character in one of their many superhero film series. Asked if they were “getting close to getting him on board”, Feige remarked: “It’s no secret we’d like to. But it’s a tradition to Zoom with him and then he passes. That’s a long-lived tradition.” He added that the actor “couldn’t be more cordial” in the conversations, but is “usually upfront about how he’s feeling” towards whatever the suggested project might be. “You never know what the future may bring,” he teased, calling Ryan and Cynthia “very good actors” (and Ghost Rider and Storm “great characters”). Source link

How Did Christopher Nolan Create The Cyclops In The Odyssey?

How Did Christopher Nolan Create The Cyclops In The Odyssey?

Christopher Nolan has claimed that bringing the cyclops to life in his new movie The Odyssey is “right at the top” of the most difficult technical tasks he’s come across in his directing career. As ever, Nolan tried to eschew green screen technology and CGI as much as possible in his adaptation of the Ancient Greek epic, instead relying on practical effects and filming on location. This included when it came to the cyclops sequence in The Odyssey, which the Oscar winner has said he achieved through the use of both puppetry and animatronics. “Everything about the Cyclops sequence is aimed at trying to imagine: what would this be like in real life?” Nolan told Empire last month. “Not approaching it from a storybook or cartoony point of view, but really trying to be in there with Odysseus and his men. It’s a horrifying situation.” The cyclops as depicted by Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey To pull it off, he reunited with the actor Bill Irwin, who previously puppeteered and lent his voice to the robot …

11 Roles Samantha Morton Played Before The Odyssey

11 Roles Samantha Morton Played Before The Odyssey

However, before the film had even been released, there was one supporting cast member whose performance was already being singled out for praise. British actor Samantha Morton plays Circe in Christopher Nolan’s new take on Homer’s Greek epic, and has repeatedly been mentioned as a stand-out. In fact, her performance in the movie was so jaw-dropping, the cast and crew apparently stood around and gave her a round of applause when she was done shooting. “This was a massive film and she is someone who comes in and changes the dynamic,” Nolan told the LA Times. “In some weird way, the film lived or died over that character. She was the fulcrum.” While The Odyssey might be one of Samantha’s most high-profile projects to date, the Bafta winner has been working steadily in both film and TV since the early 90s – and anyone who has seen her work over the last 35 years won’t be surprised to hear that she is a highlight in Nolan’s film. In honour of her work in The Odyssey, …

Matt Damon Shares Ben Affleck’s Reaction To The Odyssey

Matt Damon Shares Ben Affleck’s Reaction To The Odyssey

Matt Damon has claimed that Ben Affleck’s reaction to his performance in The Odyssey came in the form of a phone call he’d been waiting decades for. The two actors are close friends as well as frequent collaborators, having co-written the Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting, as well as sharing the screen in the likes of Dogma, Air and The Rip. During a new interview with MTV UK to promote The Odyssey, Matt opened up about his friendship with Ben, recalling how they’d been through “a whole hell of a lot together”. “He’s one of the great loves of my life, I will say about Ben,” he enthused. Matt then shared that after Ben watched The Odyssey for the first time, he “got a phone call from him that I think I’ve been waiting 45 years to get”. “He didn’t stop talking for an hour,” the Bourne Identity star said. “It was like he’d seen the movie 20 times. He got absolutely everything, every detail, he somehow soaked it all in in one viewing.” But Ben …

Tom Holland ‘Wanted To Hit’ Robert Pattinson Filming Tense Odyssey Scenes

Tom Holland ‘Wanted To Hit’ Robert Pattinson Filming Tense Odyssey Scenes

“He is such a treat to work with because he’s so good and he really keeps you on your toes as an actor,” Tom enthused. “You can never coast when you’re working with Rob. Everything is going to challenge you. He’s going to make big choices.” “Acting is listening, you have to be able to react to him,” he continued. “I do remember in that scene when he’s talking to me, having this feeling inside of like, ‘I want to hit him so fucking bad’. But he’s great and I love him, he’s excellent in this film.” Tom added: “I feel like he’s probably the only person that could have found that version of Antinous. He really has a unique way about him.” The Odyssey hits cinemas on Friday 17 July. Source link

The Odyssey Cast, Release Date, Trailer, Rv And Everything We Know

The Odyssey Cast, Release Date, Trailer, Rv And Everything We Know

We’re now less than one week away from the release of what promises to be one of 2026′s most talked-about films, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. The whole world has been waiting for the British filmmaker’s take on the Ancient Greek epic since it was first announced in 2024 – and our patience is about be rewarded. Nolan’s first film since Oppenheimer’s Oscars sweep, The Odyssey is an epic tale of war, love and loss with a stacked all-star cast, and marks the director’s first movie shot entirely with IMAX cameras. Excitingly, even this close to release, lots about The Odyssey is still shrouded in mystery, but here is everything we do know about one of this year’s most talked-about movies… What is The Odyssey about? The Odyssey is based on an epic poem by the ancient Greek writer Homer, which follows the King of Ithaca, Odysseus, on his harrowing 10-year journey home after the Trojan War. Over the course of his voyage, Odysseus battles numerous mythical monsters, including a cyclops, as well as sirens and …

The Odyssey Director Compares Samantha Morton To Heath Ledger

The Odyssey Director Compares Samantha Morton To Heath Ledger

Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited adaptation of The Odyssey features an all-star cast that includes Oscar winners Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o and Charlize Theron alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Robert Pattinson, Zendaya and Tom Holland. We were intrigued, then, when many of the early reactions to the film on social media singled out one performance, Samantha Morton’s, for praise. The British actor – known for her work in the likes of Minority Report, Band Of Gold and The Walking Dead – plays Circe in Nolan’s new take on the Ancient Greek epic. During a new interview with the LA Times, The Odyssey’s director Christopher Nolan agreed that Samantha gives one of the stand-out performances in his new film, comparing her to Heath Ledger, with whom he worked on the Batman movie The Dark Knight. “This was a massive film and she is someone who comes in and changes the dynamic,” he claimed. “In some weird way, the film lived or died over that character. She was the fulcrum.” He continued: “I’ve …