The Joker 2 (officially called Joker: Folie à Deux)is out and it’s not doing very well. Critics don’t seem to like it, audiences don’t enjoy it, and it’s not making nearly as much money as its 2019 blockbuster predecessor. And if you are a big fan of the first Joker and decided to still go see the movie after all the…
The Joker 2 (officially called Joker: Folie à Deux)is out and it’s not doing very well. Critics don’t seem to like it, audiences don’t enjoy it, and it’s not making nearly as much money as its 2019 blockbuster predecessor. And if you are a big fan of the first Joker and decided to still go see the movie after all the…
Nowadays, it’s hard to imagine anyone other than Michael Keaton playing Batman in the original Tim Burton movie, but at the time, Keaton was considered a risky choice. Burton naturally looked at other actors to star in Batman, and that included Terminator star Michael Biehn, who said that he came close to snagging the role.
“I went in and met Tim Burton over at Warner Bros, and back in those days, they were just meetings, they weren’t auditions. I would just go in and meet,” Biehn said in a recent episode of the Just Foolin’ About with Michael Biehn podcast. “But I was very good at telling people how good I was going to be at this role, how I was going to play it, I was going to do this, I was going to do that, sometimes some of the dialogue would slip in, I’ve done that many many times.“
Biehn continued, “I did that with Tim Burton, and Tim Burton, I guess, liked me quite a bit. Tim Burton had me in again, and it was an important enough meeting that Ed Limato (Biehn’s agent) came in with me. We sat and talked with Tim Burton for about an hour. Of course, he ended up casting Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. But Limato told me that [Burton] had two choices: it was either that choice or me and Robin Williams [as the Joker].“
Although Jack Nicholson was the studio’s preferred actor for the Joker, Robin Williams was actually offered the part, only for Warner Bros. to snatch it away in what Williams believed was an attempt to force Nicholson’s hand. Pairing Williams with Biehn would have given us something quite different, and it’s hard not to imagine what could have been.
As Biehn wasn’t a big comic-book fan, he didn’t seem too upset about missing out on the role. However, the actor concluded by praising Matt Reeve’s The Batman. “I f***ing love that movie,” he said. “I thought that was extremely, extremely well done. I liked that one a lot.“
Could you have seen Michael Biehn as Batman?
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Gilbert Auchinleck, better known as Doc Harris, the man whose narration on the English version of Dragon Ball Z has reached iconic meme status over the decades, has died at age 76. News of his passing was first posted by Broadcast Dialogue, which reported Harris died on Saturday, October 5, following “minor surgery”…
Gilbert Auchinleck, better known as Doc Harris, the man whose narration on the English version of Dragon Ball Z has reached iconic meme status over the decades, has died at age 76. News of his passing was first posted by Broadcast Dialogue, which reported Harris died on Saturday, October 5, following “minor surgery”…
Back in June, we heard that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are set to share the screen again in RIP, a crime thriller that’s written and directed by Joe Carnahan and is set up at the Netflix streaming service. Now, Deadline reports that they have a pair of co-stars, as Sasha Calle, who played Supergirl in The Flash, and singer/songwriter Teyana Taylor, who starred in the drama A Thousand and One, have signed on to join the project.
RIP will follow a group of Miami cops whose trust begins to fray after they discover millions in cash in a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on. Details on the specific characters being played by Damon, Affleck, Calle, and Taylor have not been revealed.
Damon and Affleck are producing the film alongside Luciana Damon and Dani Bernfeld for Artists Equity. Michael Joe and Kevin Halloran of Artists Equity serve as executive producers.
Joe Carnahan has previously directed Blood, Guts, Bullets & Octane; Narc, Smokin’ Aces, The A-Team, The Grey, Stretch, Boss Level, and Copshop. He also worked on the screenplays for Pride and Glory, the Death Wish remake, El Chicano, and Bad Boys for Life. He was also attached to direct the Death Wish remake and Bad Boys for Life during the development of those films, but dropped out over creative differences – which is something he also did when he was attached to direct Mission: Impossible 3.
The other movies that have both Damon and Affleck in the cast are School Ties, Glory Daze, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, The Last Duel (which they wrote with Nicole Holofcener), Air, and Good Will Hunting (which they won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for writing). They were also extras on the set of Field of Dreams.
I have been a fan of both Matt Damon and Ben Affleck for around thirty years now and have been a fan of Joe Carnahan’s work for over twenty years, so I’m looking forward to seeing what they’re going to do together on RIP.
Does RIP sound interesting you? Are you a fan of the Damon and Affleck duo, and/or of Joe Carnahan? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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Laucnhing for everyone on Tuesday, the Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Team and Konami is a very well-made recreation of the original horror game. However, while somefans are complaining about certain changes made in the remake, the original game’s director is praising these tweaks online.
Laucnhing for everyone on Tuesday, the Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Team and Konami is a very well-made recreation of the original horror game. However, while somefans are complaining about certain changes made in the remake, the original game’s director is praising these tweaks online.
Dutch Pinball is ready to chase a white rabbit through a brightly lit landscape of twisting turns where the Jabberwok waits to ruin multipliers as silver ball wizards run from angry playing cards, a hookah-smoking caterpillar, and an angry Queen of Hearts while playing the new pinball game Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Inspired by the timeless 1865 novel by Lewis Caroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland finds players at the heart of a bizarre fantasy where tea parties invite chaos every day is your unbirthday. Using John Popadiuk Jr’s black-and-white concert art, lead designer Melvin Williams combines Caroll’s strange world with 2024 technology to create a new pinball game that harkens back to the tables of the 1990s.
Dutch Pinball’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland pinball game has more bells and whistles than you can imagine. The pinball company shared a detailed list of the table’s features, which you can read below:
Dutch Pinball’s Alice in Wonderland-inspired pinball machine features highly detailed, nightmarish art reminiscent of that of the Zenescope comic book publisher. You can find more information about the game on Dutch Pinball’s official website here.
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Unreal Engine is so good at making games look hyper realistic that it’s become a meme for a certain style of uncanny fan video showing everything from The Legend of Zelda to The Simpsons remade with ultra detailed CGI effects. Well, now Halo’s Master Chief is getting that treatment for real, and the initial tease…