Henry Cavill cast as Superman
Warner Bros. has just announced that The Tudors star Henry Cavill will be donning the tights for the Christopher Nolan-produced and Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot.
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced today that Henry Cavill has won the coveted role of Superman, the iconic superhero.
The film will be directed by Zack Snyder, who stated, “In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time, and I am honored to be a part of his return to the big screen. I also join Warner Bros., Legendary and the producers in saying how excited we are about the casting of Henry. He is the perfect choice to don the cape and S shield.”
Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Deborah Snyder are the producers of the film. The screenplay is being written by David S. Goyer based on a story by Goyer and Nolan. Thomas Tull and Lloyd Phillips are serving as executive producers.
Cavill recently wrapped production on “The Cold Light of Day” and stars in the upcoming “Immortals,” opening this fall.
Targeted for release in December 2012, the new Superman movie will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
Royal Pain
Earlier today, the Director’s Guild of America, most known for its very accurate barometer when it comes to predicting the eventual Best Picture and Best Director winner at the Oscars, chose to reward The King’s Speech and its director Tom Hooper in place of the heavily favored David Fincher film The Social Network.
The DGA recipient has matched an overwhelming 56/62 times with the Academy, clearly cementing the British prestige pic as the clear frontrunner to sweep the Oscars come February.
Having not yet personally seen Hooper’s film, it would be unfair of me to directly hammer his film with relentless chiding. What irks me however is that the DGA decided not to reward Fincher for his career achievement, not to mention overlook heavyweights from the likes of Darren Aronofsky, Christopher Nolan and even David O. Russell to bestow the Hooper, in just his sophomore effort, with their top award. That’s not to say that sophomores aren’t any better than the experienced fellows I listed above – heck I even liked The Damned United. It’s just that this will simply go down as one of those years where the Academy got it all wrong.
Carlo Chong
No Popcorn Allowed 
One More ‘Speech’ at the SAG Awards
Only one film that’s nabbed the Producers Guild, Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild has not won the Best Picture Academy Award (Apollo 13). It is certainly a very precarious situation for David Fincher’s The Social Network, which was once thought to be a major player come February 27 after winning accolade after accolade during the critics awards circuit, as it came up empty during today’s SAG Awards.
It was an unfortunately predictable night, with the frontrunners in all of the top four categories coming up with confirmatory wins in their march towards the Oscar podium. Firth, Portman and Bale look like virtual locks at this point, but I am still having second thoughts about Melissa Leo’s campaign as I am still sensing a Hailee Steinfeld intrusion (or most probably hoping for one) on the red carpet.
Inception chalked up its consolation prize with Best Stunt Ensemble and you can pretty much only hope for wins in Sound Editing, Mixing and Visual Effects for the box office juggernaut. And even those might be in peril.
The King’s Speech is looking more and more likely to come up with a lopsided sweep come Oscar night, while outstanding films such as Fincher’s will forever be sidelined alongside other great films which failed to capture the elusive Academy Award.
The best part of the night? The amazingly dressed and drop-dead gorgeous Mila Kunis.
Full list of winners after the cut…
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January 31, 2011 | Categories: Awards, Commentary | 2 Comments