Posts tagged Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe Offered The Part Of The Colonel In ‘Akira’?
Nov 23rd
Hot on the heels of news that Gary Oldman has passed on the part of The Colonel in Jaume Collet-Sera’s (Unknown, Orphan) upcoming live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s acclaimed 6-volume graphic novel ‘Akira.’ Twitchfilm tpday bring word that Warner Bros have now offered the part to Ken Watanabe. The Colonel is the military leader assigned to take down Tetsuo once they realize he may have enormous power.
Previous reports have Helena Bonham Carter, Kirsten Stewart and Garrett Hedlund linked to the film. The role linked to Kirsten Stewart is Kei, a young medium who becomes the love interest for Kaneda – the role offered to Garrett Hedlund. Helena Bonham-Carter has been offered Lady Miyako. The likes of D.J. Cotrona, Logan Marshal Green, Toby Kebbell, Richard Madden, Rami Malek, Michael Pitt, Paul Dano and Alden Ehrenreich are all apparently testing for the role of Tetsuo, a young man whose latent powers will release the powerful being known as Akira. The cyberpunk sci-fi epic moves from Neo-Tokyo to a rebuilt New Manhattan where a leader of a biker gang saves his friend, discovered with potentially destructive psychokinetic abilities, from government medical experiments.
New IMAX Inception Poster
May 7th
I’ve only gone a few days without gushing over this film so I’m not going to write much, especially with a new trailer coming in a few days. This poster did give me a mangasm though – when a man, has an extreme rush of joy similar to an orgasm from something manly/awesome, I thought I should put that out there. Below is the official synopsis.
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb’s rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible–inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming. This summer, your mind is the scene of the crime. Inception stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine