Between The Aisles – Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Eclipse Director & Trailer for Ink

The latest news about upcoming films

By Ivy Fuld

The headlines from this week’s Between The Aisles – The best Hollywood news in one post!

> First Look At Tim Burton’s Upcoming Alice in Wonderland

> Iron Man 2 Casts Official “Bad Guys”

> Twilight Eclipse Names Director

> The Bang Bang Club Starts Casting

> Bekmambetov’s Black Lightning Teaser Hits The Internet

> First HBO Grey Gardens Promo

> Trailer For Upcoming Indie Fairytale Ink

First Look At Tim Burton’s Upcoming Alice in Wonderland

We now have an early look at Tim Burton’s highly anticipated, Alice in Wonderland. I can say, full of enthusiam, that I think even from this first very first early look that visionary Burton seems to be heading in the right direction. Alice herself, played by Mia Wasikowska, looks like she’ll fit the part perfectly, combining childlike demure with Burton’s favored “porcelain skin” look.

Excited, yay or nay?

Iron Man 2 Casts Official ‘Bad Guys’

After months of back and forth, rumours from the actors and studios, vehement denial from reps, and false casting confirmations, we finally have the identities of Iron Man 2′s Black Widow and Whiplash. It’ll be the now “back by popular demand” Mickey Rourke, and the “always in everything” Scarlett Johansson. Fans seem to be generally pleased with the casting of Rourke, but a little more uncertain about Johansson given an attachment to the prior actress attached to the role, Emily Blunt. But I’m sure Johansson will do a good job in her place, she does have plenty of experience playing the bad girl vixen. Can’t we all just be happy that Favreau agreed to direct the sequel?

Twilight Eclipse Names Director

Just as I was about to report updates on the Director buzz surrounding Eclipse of the Twilight series, Nikki Finke over at Deadline Hollywood Daily claims she can confirm that Summit has told them privately that they are officially bringing Guillermo del Toro protege Juan Antonio Bayona aboard to helm the project. His last big gig was directing The Orphanage, which I never saw. Did people like that movie? Now awhile back I mentioned before word was out about Weitz taking over New Moon, that I thought a foreign director (ahem, Alfonso Cuaron) would be a really good choice. It worked for Potter afterall.

Variety (the god on high of sources), has now confirmed this is true. Time to celebrate!

The Bang Bang Club Starts Casting

Now here’s a movie that might (I stress might) have potential. Malin Ackerman, better known now as Silk Spectre II, Ryan Phillippe, and Friday Night Lights favorite Taylor Kitsch (soon to play Gambit in X-Men Origins) will star in Steven Silver’s The Bang Bang Club. The film will be based on the real life “Bang Bang Club” a group of South African combat photographers who showed the brutal violence of apartheid to the world. Of the group of 4, Ken Oosterbroeck was killed by friendly fire in 1994 and Kevin Carter committed suicide later that same year. The two still living, Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich, wrote the memoir on which the film will get its inspiration. Not knowing much about the director, Silver, I wasn’t sure what to expect after hearing this news, but apparently he is a South African Documentarian, so now it’s a no brainer. Phillippe will play the still living Marinovich, while Kitsch will take on the late Carter. Filming is set to begin in April.

**Bekmambetov’s Black Lightning Teaser Hits The Internet**

I am a huge Timur Bekmambetov fan(try saying that… once), and one of his his next Russian action packed projects now has a teaser, Black Lightning. Clearly, there’s not much to go on with this teeny teaser as of yet, but doesn’t it just rev your motor? vroom vroom!

Watch the teaser here.

**First HBO Grey Gardens Promo**

I’ll admit to being very skeptical about HBO’s Grey Gardens when I first heard about it, and even now I remain so. But after seeing the first official promo, some of the ice is starting to thaw because Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange look like they really could pull off being the Bouviers. It seems make-up can perform astounding miracles. The original documentary portraits are deeply ingrained in everyone’s mind, and this can never take away from that. So whatever they do, the original brilliance will always stay intact.

Go here for the promo.

Trailer For Upcoming Indie Fairytale Ink

I know I’m a little late in getting this trailer up, but reading Cole, over at Film School Reject’s glowing review reminded me. From the trailer Ink looked like a much scarier, indie live action version of Monsters, Inc. and from the review it looks like I was right! It’s being pegged as a visually splendiferous dark fairy tale, that pushes the boundaries of the medium… I don’t know about all that, having not yet seen it, but I can say the trailer looks pretty interesting, and I hope I get a chance to see it… somewhere… some day. Where the heck is this playing? To view to trailer, go here.

View Comments

Anders Wotzke Said,
Good to see Rourke back in the game, however, I doubt Iron Man will showcase his talent like The Wrestler. Then again, I still stand firmly by my opinion that Iron Man is grossly overrated.
Ink looks great though!

Posted on March 17th, 2009 at 5:38 am
Katina Said,
Why are they getting another director for Eclipse is what I want to know… not enough faith in Weitz already? They only just started filming New Moon! I just hope that multiple directors doesn't affect the continuity of the story. As for Alice, that is looking to be amazing!

Posted on March 18th, 2009 at 12:23 am
cheerfuld Said,
Anders, I agree that Iron Man likely won't do much Rourke, but he was pretty damn good in Sin City… so you never know.

Katina, apparently all the online sites spoke too soon when we called Bayona as "officially" the new Eclipse director, but there's a chance they still might pick someone else. We'll see. But the reason they aren't using Weitz again is because these films are being shot back to back and post production of New Moon will overlap with Eclipse, so there was no way he could do both. At least, that's what they're saying…

Posted on March 18th, 2009 at 2:15 am
karenakarson Said,
They already have a leaked “screener” of the film over here, it's the full film but doesn't include some of the final effects.. Anyway it's over at http://vostuu.com/watch28014.html

They make you do a little questionnaire thing first for some reason but after that it's good to go

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 11:56 am