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Tom Hanks won’t be in Spielberg’s Harvey

Liam — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:53:50 +0000

Earlier this week we learned that Steven Spielberg’s next directing gig would be Harvey, an adaptation of the Mary Chase Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man who befriends a 6½-foot-tall invisible rabbit. As expected, speculation began as to who Spielberg would cast in the lead role and we heard names such as Tom Hanks and Will Smith, however according to Variety Hanks isn’t interested.

Tom Hanks won’t be the star of `Harvey,’ Steven Spielberg’s contemporary adaptation of the Mary Chase play.
It was widely speculated that Hanks would be Spielberg’s top choice to play Elwood P. Dowd, perhaps because the actor has a likeability factor comparable to Jimmy Stewart, who played the eccentric with the invisible giant rabbit friend in the 1950 film.
While it appears there was a conversation, Hanks and Spielberg won’t pursue it because Hanks is so identified with Stewart. The last thing he would want to do is star in a project so closely identified with the actor. Hanks didn’t even read the Jonathan Tropper script.
Insiders on the Fox-DreamWorks project said that despite press coverage that has fixated on why Spielberg would remake a film classic, the truth is, the Jonathan Tropper-scripted film that was developed by Fox 2000 is a contemporary story that is much closer in tone to the play than it is to that film.

Spielberg and Will Smith have been wanting to make a movie together for a while and have been in talks to remake Oldboy, however that won’t be happening for a while so I guess Spielberg could cast him in Harvey. Anyone have an actor in mind who they’d like to see take the lead?

Tom Hanks agreed to do Toy Story 3 after watching it

Liam — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:51:15 +0000

A few days ago we heard that Disney had shown the Toy Story 3 teaser trailer to a group of luck people, however that’s nothing compared to what Tom Hanks has seen. He’s seen the whole thing! (Kinda)

From Empire:

“They did an interesting thing on this one. They did not send us a script. They showed us a complete story reel of the entire movie, with storyboards moving from one to the next, and the people up at Pixar recorded some voices with some music and sound effects. Tim Allen and John Ratzenberger and I went in a movie theatre, watched the reel and said, ‘This is great, let’s get to work!’”
“I have been in and done three big complete recording sessions and will probably have at least one more to do, possibly in about eight months,” said Hanks of his Toy Story 3 work. “Then eight months after that I’ll do a mop-up and have three more sessions after that. Those movies are beasts.

Angels & Demons has a good score

Liam — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:05:45 +0000

Sony have released a new video for Angels & Demons which consists of a collection of clips from the film, combined with the films score by Hans Zimmer. Even if the film ends up being rubbish, at least we can sit with our eyes closed and just listen to the music.

New Angels & Demons trailer

Liam — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:37:06 +0000

We have a new trailer for Ron Howard’s Angels & Demons, and it looks quite good. The trailer is just an extra long version of the Super Bowl TV spot we got a week or two ago. It looks a lot better than The Da Vinci Code.

Directed by Ron Howard, with Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, and Ewan McGregor. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

Angels & Demons Super Bowl TV spot

Liam — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:48:35 +0000

Explosions aren’t just limited to movies such as Transformers 2 or G.I. Joe, Angels & Demons can get in on the action too! There aren’t too many explosions mind, most of it is religious woffle troffle and Ewan McGregor in a dress, but it still looks good. Check out the Super Bowl spot below!

Directed by Ron Howard, with Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, and Ewan McGregor. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

Pissing Off The Catholics… Again?

Liam — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:41:21 +0000

Apparently, the Catholic Church hasn’t forgotten the firestorm of controversy that The Da Vinci Code (book AND film) dredged up a few years ago.

According to new reports, the team behind the upcoming Angels & Demons film adaptation, including director Ron Howard and actor Tom Hanks, have been banned from filming in two churches because the movie “does not conform to our views,” said Monsignor Marco Fibbi, a spokesman for the diocese.

The crew had asked to film in the churches of Santa Maria del Popolo and Santa Maria della Vittoria, two architectural jewels in the heart of Rome that include paintings by Caravaggio, sculptures by Bernini and a chapel designed by Raphael.
Permission was denied in 2007, but the issue [re]surfaced only now that filming is ongoing in Rome, Fibbi said. The Sony-produced film was put on hold during the Writers Guild of America strike that ended in February and is now scheduled for release in May 2009.
“It’s a film that treats religious issues in a way that contrasts with common religious sentiment,” Fibbi told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “We would be helping them create a work that might well be beautiful but that does not conform to our views.”
Fibbi acknowledged that the controversy over writer Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” and its blockbuster movie version had weighed on the decision.

The ban won’t extend to the exterior of the buildings, but film crews will not be allowed inside.

Something the church DOES seem to have forgotten is that, by boycotting and otherwise trying to block the release of the movie (and book, for that matter), it only added fuel to the controversy and probably made the franchise THAT MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL. People who wouldn’t ordinarily have read the book or seen the movie were intrigued by something the church was so vehemently trying to squash.

Lesson to be learned: If you don’t want to make a big deal out of something, IGNORE IT. Besides, they obviously haven’t read A&D, because it has nothing to do with biblical conspiracies. The movie’s going to be successful anyway. Ah well.

Tom Hanks Injured On The Set Of Angels & Demons!

Liam — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:02:09 +0000

Tom Hanks, voice of Woody in Toy Story, has suffered an accident which resulted in a serious injury on the set of The Da Vinci Code prequel, Angels & Demons.

They were filming in Rome when the accident occurred, and medics were on the scene immediately to attend to Tom Hanks, who is apparently being paid $20 million for the film.

The images of the accident are quite graphic so you’ll have to scroll down to see them.

Warning: Graphic Images Below!

Lets hope Hanks makes a full recovery as poorly fingers can be fatal. Angels & Demons was already set back due to the writers strike so if Hanks has to pull out or have time off it would be devastating for the production crew and Sony.