New Line Kicks Off Its Vertigo Slate With Tom Hardy For 100 BULLETS

Much may have been up in the air as to whether or not actor Tom Hardy would be up for a comic book role after departing Suicide Squad long before filming. Alas, if there really indeed was, it appears that question has finally been answered.

For this, we leer on over to a new report from THR announcing the Child 44 and The Dark Knight Rises co-star's newly attached role in New Line Cinema's first foot forward with Vertigo Comics properties, 100 Bullets. The award-winning comic property, created by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, ran 100 issues between 1999 and 2009 and tells the story of Agent Graves, the perpetual driving force of a story of a man who, for reasons unknown, presents select recipients with a gun, a photo of the person who ruined their lives, and 100 rounds of untraceable ammunition.

The Vatican Tapes scribe Chris Borelli is well underway in developing the script for Hardy and producer Dean Baker to produce through their Hardy Son & Baker banner. DC Entertainment is also overseeing the project as well with New Line as Veritgo's previous handler, Warner Bros., has its hands full with the current development of its newly awakening Batman movie franchise and the cinematic universe revolving around it with the upcoming Justice League movies, and then some. Also on deck from New Line is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's long-developing take on Neil Gaiman's fantasy epic, The Sandman, further lending an edgier tone to New Line's slate of comic book movies.

Hardy's hugely-received action blockbuster, Mad Max: Fury Road is now up for grabs on digital platforms while his next dual role in London crime drama, Legend opens this October in the U.S., followed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's latest, The Revenant, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio this Christmas.

Leonardo DiCaprio Fights For Survival In The New Trailer For THE REVENANT

Following the uproar received last year over his costume dramedy, Birdman, Babel helmer, Academy Award® winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu's latest cinematic offering now comes through the reunion of Inception co-leads, actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy for the Holiday release of The Revenant. Author Michael Punke's 2002 book of the same name provides just the source material here for the compelling look now seen here with our actors starring as explorers in the late 1800's - one of them forged in the wake of near-tragedy, betrayal and harrowng survival.

SYNOPSIS:

Inspired by true events, THE REVENANT is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.

It's a piece of work that since deemed its author as "the most successful" according to Maxim last November, and judging by Iñárritu's reception, I don't have much reason to believe it shouldn't deserve the Oscar appeal it is currently generating. The film does, however, open on December 25 going up against films like J.J. Abrams's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ericson Core's Point Break remake and the 70mm premiere of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight.

Boy oh boy... Unless you're up for a quadruple-header, choose your destiny!

Watch the new trailer for The Revenant below!

SDCC 2015: Ubisoft Gets A New Writer For SPLINTER CELL

San Diego Comic-Con may be over, but the news still remains residual for quite a number of upcoming projects, namely Ubisoft Motion Pictures's upcoming theatrical adaptation of the hit game, Splinter Cell. Actor Tom Hardy, star of Mad Max: Fury Road and the upcoming crime biopic, Legend, is tapped to star as of late 2012 and now, word from Deadline states script writing duties remain on-going with the addition of Frank John Hughes now writing the next draft.

Hughes, who wrote the script for actor Denzel Washington's upcoming post-apocalyptic future thriller, Shovel Ready, is third in line to work the script for the new film following previous drafts by award-winning writers Eric Warren Singer (The International, American Hustle) and Sheldon Turner (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, X-Men: First Class). Ubisoft's Splinter Cell franchise stems from a series of books began by military sci-fi author Tom Clancy about Sam Fisher, a highly-trained special ops soldier who works in a fictional black-ops sub-division called “Echelon”, a team best known for its use of cutting edge weaponry and unique combat skills to take on terrorists and neutralize powerful enemies in action-packed stories ripped from real-world headlines.

Hardy's recent appearance in Mad Max: Fury Road earned close to $360 million dollars globally since its theatrical run began two months ago. His next dual role in Brian Helgeland's Legend opens in the U.S. on October 2, 2015.

LEGEND Gets A New Trailer With Tom Hardy And Tom Hardy Starring!

If there were ever a dual performance to look forward to, it's with what Mad Max: Fury Road star, actor Tom Hardy appears to have accomplished in acclaimed screenwriter Brian Helgeland's latest, Legend. Based on author John Pearson's 1972 novel, the story here set in London's swinging era bodes just nicely with Hardy immersing himself as Reggie and Ron Kray - two notorious twin brothers with very distinct personalities rising in the criminal ranks. You can imagine what all else factors into that sort of decision making as things mount with more sizzling drama, grit and danger, and it's nice to see such an actor seemingly pulling it off so well.

SYNOPSIS:

From Academy Award® winner Brian Helgeland comes the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ron Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in an amazing double performance. LEGEND is a classic crime thriller taking us into the secret history of the 1960s and the extraordinary events that secured the infamy of the Kray Twins.

The film's release in the U.K. and Ireland has since been booted up two to its new date on September 9. Check out the trailer!

Tom Hardy Dons Two Faces In The New Trailer For Crime Thriller, LEGEND!

Acclaimed screenwriter Brian Helgeland has had masses of success with his written and directorial work in some capacity on numerous films like Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential, the 2000 Mel Gibson crime comedy Payback and actor Chadwick Boseman's 2013 hit, 42 to name a few. Not resting on his laurels though, he's back with actor Tom Hardy in a new flick that takes us back to the roaring 50's and 60's when a pair of twins ruled the town, based on Helgeland's adaptation of author John Pearson's 1972  novel.

SYNOPSIS:

From Academy Award® winner Brian Helgeland comes the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ron Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in an amazing double performance. LEGEND is a classic crime thriller taking us into the secret history of the 1960s and the extraordinary events that secured the infamy of the Kray Twins.

Emily Browning and Colin Morgan also star. Catch the first trailer in the player below ahead of its September 11 UK release!

The New Trailer For MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Unleashes Its Final Fury!

Is it enough that several trailers are pillaging their way through the interwebs for the new death race roadkill adventure, Mad Max: Fury Road? Is it enough that franchise auteur and director George Miller has already won the hearts and minds of fans everywhere who've hung onto every spectacular piece footage to surface since last summer? Or is it enough that Miller and Warner Bros. are already looking toward three more movies in what could be a quadrilogy of epic proportions?

No, of course not. While there's only so much detail the footage rolling out can spare, we have some fresh new imagery of Miller's gritty, dirty and sizzling reboot in a final trailer for the film with actor Tom Hardy narrating his way through this scorching hot warzone alongside Charlize Theron. The production here is big and bold, and packing tons of gasoline to help light the way to a burning hot streak at the box office, and what with all the bloodshed and ashes these trailers keep leaving, you can all bet your wallets and your fandom there's plenty more where that came from when the film finally unleashes its 'Fury' on May 15.

Watch the shit out of this trailer below and count the days!

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Gets A New Trailer. Watch It Now!

Director George Miller's latest dystopian fantasy action revival, Mad Max: Fury Road has been on a social media blitz with growing fanfare attributing some gorgeous fan-based poster art online and short bursts of promo footage via Twitter with the #MadMax hashtag in recent weeks. The fanfare alone, stemming from last year's SDCC trailer, was enough to get a real conversation going on just how well the new film might bode, sporting all kinds of stunning visuals and a fresh look that stays true to the core aesthetic of a Mad Max movie, now with Tom Hardy in the title role.

All things considered, it's a great time to be in the Mad Max camp ahead of its upcoming releases beginning in May, and thankfully, we now have a fresh new trailer from Warner Bros. to help keep the momentum afloat. Watch it below the official press release in addition to a handful of teasers embedded in the player at the very bottom.

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--From director George Miller, originator of the post-apocalyptic genre and mastermind behind the legendary “Mad Max” franchise, comes “Mad Max: Fury Road,” a return to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky.

Haunted by his turbulent past, Mad Max believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord marshals all his gangs and pursues the rebels ruthlessly in the high-octane Road War that follows.

Tom Hardy (“The Dark Knight Rises”) stars in the title role in “Mad Max: Fury Road”—the fourth in the franchise’s history. Oscar winner Charlize Theron (“Monster,” “Prometheus”) stars as the Imperator, Furiosa. The film also stars Nicholas Hoult (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) as Nux; Hugh Keays-Byrne (“Mad Max,” “Sleeping Beauty”) as Immortan Joe; Nathan Jones (“Conan the Barbarian”) as Rictus Erectus; Josh Helman (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) as Slit; collectively known as The Wives, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”) is Splendid, Riley Keough (“Magic Mike”) is Capable, Zoë Kravitz (“Divergent”) plays Toast, Abbey Lee is The Dag, and Courtney Eaton is Fragile. Also featured in the movie are John Howard, Richard Carter, singer/songwriter/performer iOTA, Angus Sampson, Jennifer Hagan, Megan Gale, Melissa Jaffer, Melita Jurisic, Gillian Jones and Joy Smithers.

Oscar-winning filmmaker George Miller (“Happy Feet”) is directing the film from a screenplay he wrote with Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris. Miller is also producing the film, along with longtime producing partner, Oscar nominee Doug Mitchell (“Babe”, “Happy Feet”), and P.J. Voeten. Iain Smith, Graham Burke and Bruce Berman serve as executive producers.

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes Oscar-winning director of photography John Seale (“The English Patient”), production designer Colin Gibson (“Babe”), editor Margaret Sixel (“Happy Feet”), Oscar-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan (“A Room with a View”), second unit director/supervising stunt coordinator Guy Norris (“Australia”), and makeup designer Lesley Vanderwalt (“Knowing”).

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Kennedy Miller Mitchell production, a George Miller film, “Mad Max: Fury Road.” The film is scheduled for release on May 15, 2015, and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.

The film has been rated R by the MPAA for intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images.

As the world fell, the madness began. WATCH the exclusive new trailer for #MadMax: Fury Road. https://t.co/KKqFEg86nA
— Mad Max Movie (@MadMaxMovie) March 31, 2015

#MADMAX Unleashes 16 Seconds Of Crazy!

Cannes is granting an out-of-selection screening of director George Miller's latest bit of cinema fanfare revival, Mad Max: Fury Road, this May upon its theatrical release. It's all the hype for those who have grown fond of the previous titles starring Mel Gibson in the title role as the renegade outlaw in a dystopian world of sand, blood and fire, and gasoline is the ultimate commodity for survival, which surely makes for a heavy undertaking for actor Tom Hardy in lieu of any possible sequels that could follow.

In the meantime, Warner Bros. has unleashed a new sneak peek. Short but sweet, and loaded with crazy. R-rated crazy. Watch it below, and keep tweeting #MadMax for more as the campaign rolls on!

Joel Kinnaman Plays A Father From Hell In New Thriller, BACKCOUNTRY, Now Filming

Actor Joel Kinnaman's latest thriller is releasing this Friday in the form of Jaume Collet-Serra's Run All Night with leading badass Liam Neeson. In the meantime, Kinnaman has at least two other films he's currently filming soon so far in Canada, the first which, as of last week sees the actor on the snowy end of Sudbury in Ontario for Backcountry, the new thriller from Drive Productions, JoBro Productions and global rights holder Tajj Media.

Backcountry is being directed by BAFTA winning debut director Rob Connolly from a script by producer Kyle Mann which The Wrap states goes a little something like this:

Kinnaman plays Elliot Baker, who seizes the chance to develop a better relationship with his sons when his ex-wife Karen (Rachelle LeFevre) and her new husband take a vacation and leave the boys with him. What starts as a bonding opportunity turns into a nightmarish adventure when they get stranded in a deserted cabin near the lake as night falls and a snowstorm rages. Bradley (Tom Holland) and Caleb (Percy Hynes-White) quickly learn more about their father and what they truly mean to him in this gripping tale of family and survival.

Michael Risley is co-producing with executive producers are Jeff Sackman and Jonathan Bronfman. Production is expected to wrap on March 28 prior to moving over to Pinewood Studios in Toronto to take the lead as Rick Flagg in David Ayer's Suicide Squad for Warner Bros.

Kinnaman's next appearance will be alongside former Suicide Squad candidate Tom Hardy in Daniel Espinosa's period crime thriller, Child 44 which arrives on April 17.

Tom Hardy Is On The Hunt For A Killer In The New Trailer For CHILD 44

You won't see him as Rick Flagg in David Ayer's Suicide Squad film which is still casting, but librophiles and fans of actor Tom Hardy alike may find interest in what Safe House helmer Daniel Espinoza is offering in his newest thriller, Child 44. The film is set to arrive this April with Hardy reuniting with The Dark Knight Rises co-star Gary Oldman in an intense period drama based author Tom Rob Smith's 2008 U.K. book publication.

SYNOPSIS:

A politically-charged serial killer thriller set in 1953 Soviet Russia, "Child 44" chronicles the crisis of conscience for secret police agent Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy), who loses status, power and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa (Noomi Rapace), as a traitor. Exiled from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with General Mikhail Nesterov (Gary Oldman) to track down a serial killer who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide cover-up enforced by Leo’s psychopathic rival Vasil (Joel Kinnaman), who insists “There is no crime in Paradise.”

The latest trailer is out this week and you can check it out below.

Gyllenhaal May Replace Hardy For Ayer's SUICIDE SQUAD

Looks like perfect timing for Nightcrawler star, actor Jake Gyllenhaal whose most recent debut still of his upcoming boxing drama, Southpaw, from Antoine Fuqua (pictured) is currently making the rounds. Director David Ayer's forthcoming production of the DC Comics live-action adaptation of Suicide Squad is only several months away from commensing principal photography up over in Canada, and Gyllenhaal's going to need to apply those movie muscles once again now that actor Tom Hardy is no longer starring.

The Wrap reports that Hardy's scheduling conflicts between working on The Revenant with helmer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu prior to joining the promotional tour for Warner Bros. Mad Max: Fury Road between mid-March through May 15 when the latter film releases, possibly leaving room for Gyllenhaal to take his place. Hardy was listed in the official press release late last year for the role of Rick Flag, leader of the titular ragtag team of anti-heroes along with Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jared Leto as the Joker, Jai Courtney as Boomerang, and Cara Delevingne as Enchantress, while official word awaits on the potential casting of actress Viola Davis as the oft-antagonistic government overseer of the team, Amanda Waller.

Gyllenhaal previously starred in Ayer's 2012 crime drama, End Of Watch, so seeing those two reunite could bring something refreshing to the table for fans. For now, let's wait and see what happens.

The film is slated for release on August 5, 2016.