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Jake Gyllenhaal almost played Batman in Christopher Nolan‘s trilogy!

Tim Burton has shared his thoughts on Nicolas Cage‘s cameo as Superman in The Flash, released earlier in the year – see what he had to say below.In the 1990s, Burton – who had directed 1989’s Batman and 1992’s Batman Returns starring Michael Keaton – was tapped to direct a Superman film led by Nicolas Cage titled Superman Lives. However, that film was scrapped just three weeks before it began filming, with the only public memories of the film being footage of Cage testing out costumed for the titular role.However, Cage’s take on Superman received a long-awaited revival earlier this year in the form of a computer graphic-generated cameo for The Flash. Now, Tim Burton has spoken out about the cameo.Speaking to the British Film Institute, Burton was asked if he had any regrets about not being able to push through with Superman Lives.

Tim Burton was not a fan of Nicolas Cage’s Superman cameo in “The Flash”.

British Film Institute, Tim Burton discussed the impact of Warner Bros. scrapping “Superman Lives,” which had Nicolas Cage attached as the titular hero, as well as how he felt seeing Cage as Superman and Michael Keaton’s Batman in DC Studios’ “The Flash.” “No, I don’t have regrets,” Burton said of the scrapped Superman project. “I will say this: when you work that long on a project and it doesn’t happen, it affects you for the rest of your life.

told the Independent. “Literally, it was a day and a half. We know what we have to do.

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah were the directors behind Batgirl, the DC film at Warner Bros. with Leslie Grace in the titled role. The superhero movie would end up being axed by the studio and with the release of The Flash earlier this year, the filmmakers are reflecting on their film.

Michael Keaton has been acting in movies long enough to know that if you’re making one, as he does for the second time with the proficient neo-noir “Knox Goes Away,” your opening shot needs to say something. His says it all: a tight close-up inventories the personal affects of an unseen figure taking them one by one, heading out the door, then doubling back to grab the watch, filling the audio track with its relentless ticking.

Batgirl film abruptly shelved by Warner Bros. last year have shared their reaction to fellow DC title The Flash, describing their experience watching the film as “sad.” Filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who co-directed Batgirl prior to its shock cancellation last August, spoke of The Flash in a recent interview with Insider. “We watched it and we were sad,” El Arbi said.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Knox Goes Away” is a silky and entrancing thriller directed by its star, Michael Keaton — but as soon as I heard the film’s premise, I’ll admit I was skeptical. Keaton plays an underworld hit man who is diagnosed with dementia. That sounds a bit trendy, and more than that it sounds like a stunt premise.

Beetlejuice 2 director Tim Burton has revealed that filming for the sequel was “99 per cent done” just before the SAG-AFTRA strike shut the production down. The follow up to 1988’s Beetlejuice began filming in London in May of this year, but was put on indefinite pause once the SAG-AFTRA strike began on July 14.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Batgirl” directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah told Insider while promoting their new Syrian war drama “Rebel” that watching Warner Bros.’ most recent DC tentpole, “The Flash,” was a sad experience for them. They claim they were told by studio executives that “Batgirl” would release after “The Flash,” thus continuing Michael Keaton’s revived run as Batman/Bruce Wayne. But that never panned out after Warner Bros.

Michael Keaton, after making his directorial debut with 2008’s The Merry Gentleman, steps behind the camera for only the second time with his latest film, Knox Goes Away in which he also delivers one of his finest and most poignant performances as a man facing a rare form of fast moving dementia, but who is racing the clock to save his estranged son’s life before it is too late.

Danny Elfman‘s score to Batman is to be performed by a live symphony on a 35th anniversary tour of North America and Europe.Across 14 dates ranging from January to June 2024, the DC in Concert series will bring the iconic score to theatres across the States and to gigs in Paris and London.At the shows, the score will be performed in front of a projection of the original Batman, which starred Michael Keaton in the titular role and Jack Nicholson as the Joker.The gigs begin in January in Los Angeles, and run until late April in the US. The tour then wraps up with a gig at Paris’ Le Grand Rex on May 24, and at London’s Barbican two days later.Pre-sale tickets go on sale on September 13 at 10am local time, with a general sale beginning at the same time on September 15.

It is never a normal “opening night” when it comes to the Toronto Film Festival which is offering numerous films including the much anticipated Hayao Miyizaki film The Boy And The Heron which is the key opening night gala, but there are others including two exceptional directorial debuts from celebrated veteran stars Kristin Scott Thomas and Patricia Arquette making it all a very memorable kickoff for TIFF on many fronts.

UPDATED with latest: The Toronto Film Festival began September 7 in Ontario with opening-night movie The Boy and the Heron, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. It kicks off a lineup for the fest’s 48th edition that includes world premieres of GameStop pic Dumb Money, Netflix’s Pain Hustlers, Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, Kristin Scott Thomas’ Scarlett Johansson pic North Star, Chris Pine’s Poolman, Michael Keaton-directed Knox Goes Away, Anna Kendrick’s Woman of the Hour, Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils, Michael Winterbottom’s Shoshana, Grant Singer’s Reptile, Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt, Lee Tamahori’s The Convert and Alex Gibney’s doc In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon.

Lee” to the Michael Keaton-directed thriller “Knox Goes Away”) given the uncertainty about what has been agreed to. Still, buyers seem impressed with what’s available to purchase.

With nearly one week to go until the Toronto International Film Festival 2023 (or TIFF 2023) kicks off, the A-listers who are and aren’t attending have been revealed.

EXCLUSIVE: Last week we brought you news of which A-listers would and wouldn’t be attending Venice. This week, the Toronto talent picture is taking shape ahead of its September 7th kick off.

Warner Bros. Pictures and DC’s The Flash, which hit theaters in June, now has a date for its streaming debut on Max: the superhero pic starring Ezra Miller will bow Friday, August 25.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor “The Flash,” the DC pic starring Ezra Miller as the supersonic superhero, is launching on Max next week. The movie makes its streaming debut on Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max next Friday, Aug.

Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Rewind 35 years ago to 1988 and this trio of words were hot on the lips of movie fans everywhere thanks to the summer release of the hit comedy-horror film with the same namesake. We all remember the iconic scenes and the emotions they stirred, from the creepy shrunken head and witch doctor in the waiting room and the hilarious Day-O (Banana Boat song) dining room dance scene, to the shocking first glimpses of Beetlejuice and the hideous sandworm that still haunts us to this day.

EXCLUSIVE: C2 Motion Picture Group has quietly put more than $100M into four Paramount movies in the past 12 months: Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves and Babylon.

“The Flash” served up a dizzying array of superhero cameos from the various corners of the multiverse, with several  incarnations of Batman (played by Michael Keaton, Ben Affleck, and even Adam West’s 1960s television version), and a few Supermen (including those played by Christopher Reeve and Henry Cavill).

There was a theft on the Beetlejuice 2 set!

The film set for Beetlejuice 2 in Vermont was burglarized and authorities are still looking for the culprit.

The dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes aren’t stalling the 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, which announced the first 60 feature films in what’s expected to be a 200-plus-title schedule. Last year counted some 260 full-length films.

The Toronto International Film Festival is back for another big year.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is undergoing some changes.

Desperately Seeking Susan and Pulp Fiction, crashed a car into a Malibu shopping centre, according to Entertainment Weekly, though no other injuries were reported.The site reports police saying that the star mistakenly pressed the gas instead of the brake, and she was subsequently transported to hospital as “a precautionary measure”.According to Los Angeles Fire Station 71 Captain Mike Rivera (via The Malibu Times): “She was a little shook up about what happened.“Around 9:45 a.m. a vehicle that was attempting to park, it was unknown exactly what happened, but instead of backing out, it went forward, and took out three [pillars] that support the roof, luckily no one was injured, we had two tables nearby but luckily no one was sitting there.“Right now we’re just waiting for engineering to come out to deem the building safe and make sure it’s safe.

William Earl The SAG-AFTRA strike has shut down scores of film and TV productions as actors picket. While many sets had already shut down as a result of the WGA writers strike, this will effectively slow Hollywood down to a crawl as negotiations continue. Read Variety‘s list of newly-halted productions below, which will be updated throughout the strike. Beetlejuice 2 The Tim Burton production, with Michael Keaton reprising his role as the crude ghost, is almost done with shooting in London, but was still expected to film one more sequence in Vermont when the strike took place.

Two it-girls of their respective generations are officially linking up for a horror-tastic classic.

Jenna Ortega is hearing the sound of wedding bells! For her  character, that is. The 20-year-old actress was spotted on the set of Tim Burton's upcoming sequel flickin Hertfordshire, England, on Wednesday, filming what appeared to be a wedding scene. Ortega was dressed in a white satin gown with bright pink tulle and rocked chunky white platform boots with pink laces and a flowing veil with her dark hair pulled into an updo.In another photo taken on Wednesday, Ortega holds onto co-star Filipe Cates as he seemingly walks her down the aisle. Also seen on set was the original Lydia Deetz herself, Winona Ryder, who reprises her iconic role some 35 years after she appeared in the original film when it debuted in 1988.Ryder was seen snuggled up in a puffy black coat and matching Ugg boots as she sported Lydia's iconic hairstyle, complete with spiky bangs.Multiple outlets reported that Ortega had signed onto the sequel to play the daughter of Ryder's character. When Warner Bros.

Quentin Tarantino’s original cast list for Pulp Fiction has resurfaced online, with both John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson billed as second options.In the 1994 film, Travolta and Jackson played Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield respectively, alongside supporting cast members Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer.While many of Tarantino’s first picks ended up in the film (including Roth, Plummer, Keitel, Ving Rhames and Christopher Walken), some have different first options.

Tim Burton.After months of rumours, Bellucci addressed their romance for the first time during an interview with Elle France.“What can I say… I’m glad I met the man, first of all,” Bellucci said. “It’s one of those encounters that rarely happens in life… I know the man, I love him, and now I’m going to meet the director, another adventure begins.”Bellucci stars in Burton’s next film, Beetlejuice 2, which began filming in London last month.

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