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posted by PoetistSTAFFMOD on February 19, 2017 at 7:01 AM
Here is the synopsis for Nomis:
When a cyber killer hunts for his victims, Sherrif Marshall (Henry Cavill) with the help of Cooper tries to stop the killing of the innocent people. The story takes a turn when Alexandra Daddario (Marshall's wife) gets missing. Will Marshall be able to save his wife? A psychological thriller which will take your breath away. Written by ALone Princess
Reply by Poetist
on October 17, 2018 at 6:31 PM
LOL.
It's the same pic/time. It's just the pic that Dany posted on her IG in which she commented how it seemed as if she was the center of attention opposed to HC or something along those lines.
Yes, it did, but the incident happened in April. It was just reported later.
Reply by Poetist
on October 19, 2018 at 3:07 AM
Grace updates the latest re: HC and Ben
Reply by ToniTurnyne
on October 19, 2018 at 6:27 AM
Wow! I saw that news about the Flash but I missed the part about WB not making any new Superman or Batman movie in the near future. Boy that’s the second time they released news about that.It is a bit sad in a way because I don’t think it’s neither BA’s or HC’s fault that their movies didn’t do so well. I blame Zack Snyder more for making them too dark. After the lacklustre performance of MOS, WB should have chosen someone else to do the other movies.
I agree with Grace’s assessment with BA. Robert Downey Jr went through the same problems when no one would hire him because of his problems. I think Kevin Feige really gambled casting him as Iron Man because I’m not even sure how much they had to insure to hire him. However, I’m surprised Grace did not mention BA’s movie, Gone Girl which actually did well in the cinemas. That was released not long after BvS.
I am not sure about her assessment with HC. The story about him being ‘difficult’ is something I didn’t hear about him before, apart from some actors saying he’s ‘aloof’ or possible tension between him and BA. He seemed to be a hard worker in the MOS set. It seems more the case that after MOS finished filming, he just didn’t make any movies. He himself said he wasn’t interested with indies too much and money was more important for him. I could imagine though that since Dany became his manager, the demand for more money reached a new level. Himwalking out of the Stratton movie didn’t help his reputation too much either. But still, I couldn’t imagine him being a ‘diva’ on the set. (Cruise would have asked the studio to fire him from the MI movie if he was not behaving on the set.)
Reply by Poetist
on October 21, 2018 at 2:13 AM
I agree, but obviously, Zach was on contract to do other movies w/the franchise. Plus, his wife is a producer of MOST of the DC films.
Well, it wasn't too much of a gamble. RDJ worked successfully on TV for six years, showing that he was clean before he was offered Iron Man.
Www-hat? Gone Girl was released in 2014, which was two years before BvS. When BA took on Batman, he was coming off a string of successes.
Well, I don't know about diva behavior on set too much either, but he did trash Snyder's name, who is a man married to the producer of most of the DC films. Then, he turns around and demands control of the script for a possible MOS2, more money, and producing credit.
Let's not forget that little movie, Stratton, which managed to make big news by saying HC walked off the set. That sent a major wave in Hollywood, because that sends off signals that HC is a potential flight risk or difficult. No one does that and expects to be forgiven for it. Legal actions towards HC for breach of contract were in effect, and that's like the Scarlet Letter, when you walk off the set, no matter how small the film.
Case in point, Kim Bassinger refused to star in a small (indie like Stratton) movie Boxing Helena, a role she signed on the dotted line for, and she was sued. Her career was essentially ruined.
No, Cruise, as a businessman, would not have HC fired, because that would set back production months, and it was already behind six weeks w/TC's injury. Sometimes, production has to suck it up and make a mental note never to hire again. With that said, I don't think HC was a diva on the MI6 set.
Reply by Poetist
on October 22, 2018 at 1:52 AM
Culinary, on this video at 00:31 it states that they had HC for a few years, and they were keeping it under wraps. So, they thought, because the news of HC doing a video game was posted as early as Dec/Jan.
Anyway, here are the people behind Squadron 42 stating that.
Reply by Culinary1604
on October 22, 2018 at 11:57 AM
THanks Poetist
Reply by ToniTurnyne
on October 24, 2018 at 8:25 AM
Actually, RDJ only lasted one season in Ally McBeal because he started taking drugs again. I remember because his exit from Ally McBeal was kind of abrupt, and it was later reported he was fired because of his drug problems and there were reports he was ‘uninsurable’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/08/news
Jon Favreau also said in an interview that he had to convince Marvel to cast RDJ. The studio was very wary of RDJ and Favreau did say it was a gamble taking him on.
https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Jon-Favreau-Details-His-Fight-With-Marvel-Studios-Cast-Robert-Downey-Jr-Iron-Man-43293.html
I also recall other articles discussing insurance costs studios have to make for certain actors with “issues” and I recall RDJ was cited as an example.
True, but Grace is wrong about The Accountant. It was made for $44 million and grossed more than $150 million worldwide. A sequel is being planned for it. Live By Night and Justice League are his duds after BvS, but he’s still making another movie with WB.
She made a partial comeback with her award-winning role in LA Confidential.
I’m not so sure. Tom Cruise had set back production for months because he injured himself by doing a stunt that he should have let someone else do. Tom Cruise actually does have a say on actors and actresses that could star with him in a movie.
Reply by Poetist
on October 24, 2018 at 5:14 PM
That is true, but he had seven years to of consistent "drug free-ish" work. Unlike on McBeal, he was caught twice w/drugs and before that, he was arrested for drug offenses.
By the time Iron Man came alone, Jon Favreau could argue that RDJ had seven years of clean living.
That is true RDJ fell off the wagon during McBeal, but he had many chances after that to show he was worth the risk. Now, I'm not saying he didn't have a rep or that he wasn't a risk. I'm just saying that it took him a long time, but a long streak -- of no-offenses -- was something that helped his cause.
Kim filmed LA Confidential after ignoring her duty to act in Boxing Helena. I guess she thought since it was a weird indie, she could get away by doing that.
Anyway, the producers of Boxing filed suit. It took a minute, but by the time Kim was finished with LA Confidential and got an Oscar for her performance, she soon went to court for Boxing Helena. She lost the case. In the end, she had to file for bankruptcy. She "left" acting to raise her kid, and she only returned to do bit parts.
"But even as her acting career was pushing forward, the tabloid headlines were beginning to overwhelm her body of work. Basinger was linked to a string of purported high-profile romances: Richard Gere, Prince, and Alec Baldwin, who she married in 1993. That same year, a protracted legal battle between Basinger and Main Line Pictures over a bizarre erotic drama called Boxing Helena ended in disaster when a jury decided that Basinger had breached an oral contract by first agreeing to star, and later pulling out of the project. She was ordered to pay $7.4 million—a decision that sent her into Chapter 11 bankruptcy."
Kim Bassenger's curious career
I'm not saying Tom doesn't have a lot of say. I'm saying that the businessman in Tom would not have stopped a production that was already delayed. That would have sent the budget spirling, and it's really not worth it, especially if you can find some way to work around it.
Reply by ToniTurnyne
on October 29, 2018 at 8:40 AM
In that article, Jon Favreau was turned down several times by Marvel to hire RDJ. That tells me that they were gambling hiring hm because even if he was “clean” and was sober, RDJ was considered a high risk actor to by insurance companies. From 2001 prior to him being in Iron Man, he didn’t make much movies and I’ve read there were some where a director/producer wanted him but couldn’t hire him because of his ‘difficult-to-insure’ status (some companies simply refused to insure him). Other producers/directors who took the big risk of hiring him placed special clauses in his contract just to get over the insurance problem.
On top of RDJ’s insurance problems, Marvel at that time was not the big successful movie studio it was now. Before they launched they didn’t do so well with the Hulk — they had successes with their other characters whose rights they sold to Sony (Spider-Man, Fantastic Four) or Fox (X-Men series). No one really knew how Iron Man was going to pan out, particularly since Iron-Man wasn’t a big seller in comic books like Spider-Man or the X-Men.
So yes, I would say taking on RDJ with his problems, high risk insurance issues, taking on a relatively not-so popular (at that time) comic book hero was big hero for Marvel. So it was a good thing it all turned out well, as Iron Man did start off the success of the MCU.
I remember this case because I know it scared a lot of other actors. I remember Keanu Reeves’ manager advised him to go ahead with the movie The Watcher even though he didn’t want to do it. He apparently made a verbal agreement to star in the movie but wanted to back out later on. His manager cited what happened to Bassinger so he stayed on.
However, I thought Bassinger’s success with LA Confidential came after the Boxing Helena fiasco...
One would think given the high-profile loss of Kim, HC would’ve been more careful backing out of Stratton at such last minute.
I don’t think HC was a diva on the set of MI6 either. I am just saying if he was he could’ve been fired either through TC’s request or other powers that be from the studio. There had been numerous situations when studios have been known to fire directors or actors even though well-advanced in production. And the gist of this is that I am questioning Grace’s story of him being ‘difficult’/‘diva’. Sure I heard of other actors negative impressions of him, tensions with Ben, but overall I always thought he was a worker on the set. It is probable though that him backing out of Stratton or whatever he and Dany did to negotiate a MOS sequel may have caused problems.
Reply by Poetist
on October 30, 2018 at 2:09 AM
It did.
However, the Boxing case was four long years, because there were appeals, which ended a few weeks shy of the year 1996.
In 1995, she was approached to do LA, but she refused twice. Later, she agreed to film LA and file for bankruptcy.
In 1996, she filmed LA Confidential.
1997, she got the Oscar, but she had to sell mostly everything she own. I guess you can say she "won", but she was 41 at the time. Instead of being a hot property, she was completely ignored. There were no big projects lined up for her after LA Confidential.
Of course, there is the Oscar curse, but for Kim, a tall pretty blonde, that wasn't the case. People weren't calling her before the Oscar, except to do this small film, (LA Confidential) in which she refused to do. Mind you, Kim was a hot commodity before Boxing, and then, all people talked about was Boxing.
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I agree.
Point taken.
And where there is smoke, there is fire, because why would WB publically put HC on blast with that THR article?
Reply by Poetist
on October 31, 2018 at 3:30 AM
Here is what they say HC will make for the Witcher.
Reply by Poetist
on October 31, 2018 at 5:28 PM
Extra, extra!
Here's a look at HC as Geralt in the Witcher.
Reply by Poetist
on October 31, 2018 at 5:32 PM
More of a look!
Reply by Poetist
on October 31, 2018 at 5:34 PM
The wig must have been purchased at Party City. OMG.
Reply by Poetist
on November 1, 2018 at 1:30 AM
Looks as if they are shooting something.