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Chuck Palahniuk isn’t a “big fan” of the ‘Fight Club’ ending. The controversial writer’s novel of the same name was made into a film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton that came out in 1999, with the movie finishing with a huge series of bombs being detonated. Chuck told Variety when asked if there were any parts of the film adaptation he didn’t understand or that left him surprised: “I wasn’t a big fan of the ticking bomb, that counting down clock near the end. “And (screenwriter) Jim Uhls stuck it in because there’s obviously such a trope, and I’ve grown to accept that it is a trope.” Chuc...
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Louis Leterrier had planned a lot of "good stuff" for 'The Incredible Hulk'. The 50-year-old filmmaker had directed Edward Norton in the lead role of the 2008 blockbuster and was hoping to make a sequel until Marvel bosses changed direction, with Mark Ruffalo making his debut as Bruce Banner and his green alter ego in 2012's 'The Avengers', and now the helmsman has opened up about the light side of the series he wanted to show. He told ComicBook: “Yeah there was like a whole sequel. "There was like Grey Hulk, Red Hulks – there was a lot of good stuff that we were planning. “Hulk is a complex c...
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Andrea Riseborough's Oscar nomination has been a "wake-up call" to the Academy. The 41-year-old star's surprise place on the Best Actress shortlist for her work on little-seen 'To Leslie' amid high profile support from the likes of Jane Fonda, Gwyneth Paltrow, Edward Norton and Cate Blanchett prompted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to "conduct a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s nominees", but they later declared she would remain on the shortlist and the organisation's president, Janet Yang, has insisted Andrea earned her nod "fair and square". However, Jane...
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Seth Rogen and Edward Norton auditioned for 'Daredevil'. Director Mark Steven Johnson has told how Rogen tried out for the part of Franklin "Foggy" Nelson - which went to Jon Favreau - but the filmmaker thought he was "too young" to be a lawyer, while Norton had talks for the titular role of Matt Murdock/ Daredevil, which Ben Affleck played in the 2003 movie. Asked if he met with Guy Pearce for the part, Johnson said: "It was definitely one of those roles where everyone was being mentioned. "There were a lot of people in the mix. I don't remember if I met with Guy, but I did meet with Edward N...
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Andrea Riseborough has condemned the film industry as "abhorrently unequal" in her first interview since the controversy over her Oscar nomination. The 41-year-old star's surprise nomination for Best Actress at the Oscars for her work on little-seen 'To Leslie' amid high profile support from the likes of Jane Fonda, Gwyneth Paltrow, Edward Norton and Cate Blanchett prompted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to "conduct a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s nominees" but later declared she would remain on the shortlist. And Andrea insisted the conversation around ...
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Janelle Monae feels rewarded that audiences are enjoying 'Glass Onion'. The 37-year-old star features in the sequel to 'Knives Out' as Helen Brand and has earned awards recognition for her work but she insists that the opportunity to work on the movie is an honour. Janelle told Collider: "There is no awards committee that owes me anything. My reward has already come with the work itself. "I'm rewarded every time I think about working with Rian Johnson. That's the reward. When I'm working with Daniel (Craig), Kate (Hudson), Edward (Norton), Leslie (Odom Jr.), Kathryn (Hahn), Madelyn (Cline), Je...
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Edward Norton is descended from Pocahontas. The ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ actor, 33, made the discovery while appearing on an episode of PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’, set to be broadcast Thursday. (05.01.23) Ed is also seen declaring “these things are uncomfortable” when he finds out on the show his ancestors were slave owners of a couple and their young children. It’s been reported the actor was stunned to find his twelfth great-grandmother was Pocahontas, the iconic Native American daughter of the Great Powhatan. NBC Philadelphia reported Ed says on the show about the discovery: “This...
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Janelle Monae doesn't get starstruck by big names on film sets. The 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' actress appears alongside the likes of Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista in Rian Johnson's whodunnit sequel, but she wasn't fazed by working with so many famous faces. Asked if she ever found herself in awe of her cast mates, she told the 'Smallzy's Surgery' podcast: "Listen, we all had a job to do. "Obviously I'm a fan of everybody on this film, but I think once I got to really know them and see them, they became friends to me. I felt safe and I felt e...
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Janelle Monáe says she would have accepted any role Rian Johnson offered her. The 36-year-old actress portrays tech entrepreneur Cassandra ‘Andi’ Brand in the director’s whodunnit 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery', and she has admitted she has so much admiration for the filmmaker that she would have featured in a two-second commercial for him. Speaking to Collider, she said: “You know what? Yes, indeed. In my mind, I had always said, ‘If Rian reaches out to me, I don't care if it's a two-second commercial, it's a yes.’ And I read the script. I was already a fan of his taste and everything, a...
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Rian Johnson wants to make a third ‘Knives Out’ movie. The ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ director wants to “dive in” with working on making the movies starring Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc a trilogy after the recent limited theatre debut - before it hits Netflix on December 23 - of the new flick also starring Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monae and Kathryn Hahn. The 48-year-old filmmaker told Total Film: "I had for a while thought that maybe I should do something else first [...] But the God's honest truth is, I had so much fun making this one, and the crea...
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