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So, welcome to my thread, "The Trailer for The Prestige: or how I beat Puffy Treat to movie news".
Starring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, David Bowie, and Scarlett Johansson. Directed by Christopher Nolan with a screenplay from himself and his brother Jonathan (Momento).
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This is the first I've heard of it, even though I'm a Christopher Nolan fan. He has yet to disappoint me, and this movie looks pretty damn good.
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YES! You just made my day! I'm a huge Chris Nolan fan, and I've been following this movie since forever.
You should have heard me rage when I heard about The Illusionist. It's Madagascar all over again, another studio trying to steal the genre by rushing a crappy production to the screen. Nolan deserves better than that, dammit.
Also, I'm calling Paul Bettany as casting for the Joker. Any bets?
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Critical opinions of the movie aside, it was Dreamworks discovering what Disney was working on, then slapping together a quick production to rake in what money there was in the genre. If it's not theft, it's damn immoral -- maybe less so for crap like The Wild, but I hate to see it done to the likes of Nolan. The guy's real quality, and shouldn't have to rush his work.
TV suffers from much the same. Fox puts together anything ABC or NBC think of in half the time they can, then sits back and listens to people complain about the copycat shows flooding television. Again, not necessarily an illegal or even egregiously diabolical move, but not one I like to see pulled on class filmmakers.
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quote:Also, I'm calling Paul Bettany as casting for the Joker. Any bets?
There has definitely been a lot of speculation about Bettany playing the role. I think I read on IGN that Bettany said no one had contacted him about it, and that he had heard the rumors from friends, nothing official. I think he's a good actor, but I personally can't see him as the Joker.
I'm thinking Mark Hamill should play the Joker. Or, if they're going for someone younger, Crispin Glover.
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Honestly, I can't imagine anyone doing a better job than Mark Hamill has. Were I given control of the film, I'd cast Paul Bettany to play the role and Mark Hamill to voice it -- it'd be a useful schtick to get free publicity, and is there any possible better way to portray the Joker? -- but I don't know if that pipedream'll ever come to pass.
But yeah, props to Mark. I love that guy, and my girlfriend's still fervently hoping he'll be cast for the role.
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If you want to keep up to date on Joker casting and other Batman 2 news, Batman On Film is the best place to keep an eye on. It gets a lot of insider news and has really good relations with Warner Brothers. According to the webmaster Jett, he's heard that Nolan's personal favourite for the role is Australian Lachy Hulme.
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Yes, interesting indeed. I haven't seen enough of Ledger's movies to be outraged, mystified, sad, etc., though I can definitely say that he never entered my mind as a possible Joker. Maybe that's why he was cast.
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