Tuesday, August 30, 2011

News, News, News: Is This The Official Title And Plot for Bond 23?, Drive Character Banners, Clooney Leaves U.N.C.L.E., Real Steel and Ides Of March Posters

This blog knows some things about the 23rd James Bond film that opens next year. First, Sam Mendes is directing it, Daniel Craig and Judi Dench are back, and they got Javier Bardem as the villain and Ralph Fiennes. We also know that it'll open in the U.K. on October 26th and in North America on November 9th. But now, do we have the official plot and title? This is just a rumor for now, but reports are saying the title will be Carte Blanche, which coincidentally is the same name for the latest Bond novel written by Jeffrey Deaver. Does that mean that the book could be the source material for the film? Blic Online (via Bleeding Cool) also reports a Serbian cellist named Jelena Mihailovic will compose the iconic opening theme for the film. Like I said before, all of these are just rumors, but you never know if one of them turn out to be true. We'll just have to see in the upcoming months.

Six new character posters for Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive has landed on the web today. One includes Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan in that little elevator scene, Albert Brooks looking ahead, Ron Perlman in one of his vehicles, one with Bryan Cranston, one with Christina Hendricks and the other with a bearded Oscar Issac.  Of course, this film is on my must-see list this year and many people have seen it, but me. Wow. Luckily if I get the chance, I'll catch it at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Check out the character banners which can click to enlarge. Expect to see one of them on a bus any time soon. The film hits theatres everywhere September 16th.







Deadline has reported that George Clooney will not team up with Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh once again for his adaptation of the 1960's series, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.. No reason was said why he left the project, but seeing as Warner Bros. slated the film to be released February 2012, they have to find someone to replace him and we all know that's not going to be easy. Soderbergh has been busy, promoting his latest thriller Contagion, out September 9th, and getting ready to promote his action flick, Haywire, out January 20th. On top of that, he's filming Magic Mike with Channing Tatum and not only will he film U.N.C.L.E., but he plans to work on the Liberace biopic. Clooney, however, you can see in his latest directorial effort, The Ides of March, out October 7th and Alexander Payne's The Descendants on November 23rd.

Speaking of The Ides of March, here's a new poster for the film, which also stars Ryan Gosling, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood and Paul Giamatti. The poster comes via IMP Awards. Like I said, the film comes out October 7th.



Another film that comes out on the same day is Real Steel, a movie set in the near-future where boxing has gone high-tech. This poster finally has Hugh Jackman on it, along with the robot he trains in the film. You can check it out now.


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