News of the Week (05/12/12) – Damon, Foxx & Schwarzenegger

“In a race against time, a crew of art historians and museum curators unite to recover renown works of art stolen by Nazis before Hitler destroys it” – that is the true story synopsis of The Monuments Men, to be directed by George Clooney. Clooney will also be starring in the film alongside a rather impressive cast: Daniel Craig, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban. The latest big name actor to join the project is good friend and previous co-star of Clooney’s Matt Damon. Clooney is also co-writing the feature and it is set to start shooting in Europe at the beginning of 2013.

It has long been confirmed speculation, although not actually confirmed, that Jamie Foxx would be playing the main villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Well this week it has been announced that what everyone already knew IS true. Foxx seems very excited to be playing the role and he should make for a good villain. Another piece of casting news was announced this week regarding the sequel and that is that Dane DeHaan, of Chronicle fame, will indeed be playing Harry Osborn. Like Foxx, DeHaan has been linked with the role for a while now so it is good to get some solid confirmation about it.

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger has made a swift return to acting since leaving his post as the governor of California, starring in The Expendables 2 and having an incredible four films slated for release in 2013. However, he will also be returning to Conan for The Legend of Conan. The Legend of Conan will not be a reboot or a remake but a catch-up with the old character, a greater hero story apparently. It will completely ignore the Jason Momoa update that was released earlier this year and absolutely flopped. Sylvester Stallone, a good friend of Arnie’s, has relatively good success when he brought back his famous characters (Rocky and Rambo) to the big screen a few years ago and Schwarzenegger will be hoping to do the same with Conan.

 

And how could I ignore the two posters that were released this week for two of the most hyped movies of the next year: Star Trek Into Darkness and Man of Steel.

‘The Avengers’ – New Posters!

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Marvel has today released several new posters for their upcoming superhero ensemble: The Avengers. With The Avengers (or Avengers Assemble as it has been renamed in the UK, but I refuse to call it that) being one of the most anticipated films of the year and being released in about a month and a half, Marvel are really stepping up their promotion campaign.

The new posters feature Hawkeye, who has been absent from a lot of publicity recently. Black Widow remains a central point of the advertising campaign, no doubt because she is the only female Avenger. Fans are surely going to be happy to see Hulk featured and Captain America in two posters whilst Iron Man only on one.

Some fans have been annoyed that the majority of the film’s advertising has been focussed on Iron Man and that other characters have had to take a back seat, but these posters provide something for everyone. There is even a poster featuring Nick Fury if that’s your sort of thing. Enjoy.

Here they are…