Mark Strong will continue his acting streak as a professional villain by starring in Martin Campbell’s adaptation of The Green Lantern. According to a recent Twitter post by Geoff Johns (the famous comic, television and film writer), Strong has been cast as Lantern’s arch nemesis, Sinestro despite rumors that Jackie Earle Haley landed the part.
Ever since it was announced that Warner Bros/DC Comics were producing a live action Green Lantern movie the villain of choice has been a hot topic. For the most part we’ve heard that Watchmen co-star Jackie Earle Haley was in the running to star as Sinestro, the suggested bad guy. But according to MTV, Mark Strong might be playing the character instead.
It’s finally time for Guy Ritchie’s good ol’ English detective novel turned blockbuster, Sherlock Holmes to hit the screen with mega-stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, and Rachel McAdams. From deconstructing sight scenes to watching Watson and Holmes bickers like an old married couples, this is definitely the entertaining adventure that you’re all hoping it will be.
Let’s take a deeper look below…
One year later, after the press conference which launched the shooting of Sherlock Holmes, the cast and crew were back in the London’s Freemasons Hall to promote Sherlock Holmes. Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Joel Silver, Kelly Reilly, Mark Strong, Susan Downey, Dan Lin, Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram and Hans Zimmer attend the conference (sadly Rachel McAdams wasn’t able to make it), to explain how they were all introduced to Sherlock Holmes and what drew them to the project. Robert Downey Jr. was his typical wisecracking self, playing around with the audience and the cast and the crew, but everyone else was done in a rather typical “straight-laced must sell the film” mode.
Hope you enjoy.
Sherlock Holmes is one of the recognized characters in English literature. It also holds the Guinness World Record for the most portrayed movie character, with 70 actors playing the famous detective in over 200 films, starting from 1930 straight through to 2009. The film is based on the graphic novel created by Lionel Wigram, which in turn is based on the Arthur Conan Doyle short stories.
In London, the home of Sherlock Holmes, directors Guy Ritichie, actors Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, and Mark Strong, producers Joel Silver, Susan Downey, Dan Lin, and writer Lionel Wigram were all on hand to tell us why they brought the world’s famous detective back to the screen and how they intend to re-introduce the character to an new audience. They believe that this film is a closer adaptation to Arthur Conan Doyle’s original’s vision of the character than any other previous efforts and most importantly, their Holmes is most importantly quintessentially English at all times (despite having an American actor playing the role).
How much testosterone does one film need? The casting for the big screen adaptation of John Carter of Mars is starting to remind me of 300 from a few years back. The cast of John Carter is led by Taylor Kitsch in the title role, with Willem Dafoe on board as his right hand man, and according to THR, James Purefoy, Thomas Hayden Church, and Mark Strong have all signed on to co-star.
How did this little film starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, and Mark Strong, written by BAFTA Award-winning screenwriter Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland) and directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald slip by us for so long? We didn’t even hear about them casting Eagle of the Ninth, but everything is set and the crew is currently on location in Hungary and Scotland, and they have begun filming!
The film was adapted for the screen by Brock, off of Rosemary Sutcliff’s classic novel of the same name. For more on the story keep reading…
A new one sheet poster has been released for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes. It features the film’s villain Lord Blackwood, as played by actor Mark Strong. Doesn’t he seem to be the bad guy in everything? Holmes is the action packed, updated version of the classic literary character as portrayed by Robert Downey, Jr. It also co-stars Jude Law as his sidekick Watson, and Rachel McAdams as his love interest, Irene Adler. The film hits theaters this Christmas.
Check out the full poster below.
Well, well what. What are you up to now Holmes? Apparently, a lot of fun on Guy Ritchie’s set for Sherlock Holmes.
We haven’t seen too much for the film yet, but thank to some pictures posted by USA Today, we get a little more insight as to what we can expect from the film. So far everything looks very Ritchie-like. Whether or not you enjoy his style is your call. If one thing is for sure, you know what you’re getting when you go to one of his films. It looks like there’s a lot of action sequences, dirty looks, fun costumes, and of course, amazing performances. I’m still not convinced that this will be a good film, but I’m more than willing to be proved wrong.
Check out the photos of Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler, Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes, Jude Law as Dr. Watson, Guy Richie as “the fun Director,” and a first look at Mark Strong as Blackwood below…
