Six Other Actors Were Up for Max in 'Mad Max' Before Tom Hardy Got the Role (& We Know the Final 3, Too)

TV icon Eric Richard shot to fame after playing the role of Sergeant Bob Cryer in the hit ITV show The Bill. Eric starred as the copper for more than 789 episodes between 1984 and 2004. His character left the show after he was accidentally shot and injured by PC Dale Smith.

The minor news of the day: Lucasfilm’s “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny” is finally coming to Disney+ on December 1. The final chapter in the Indiana Jones story, ‘Dial Of Destiny’ came out at the end of June and grossed $383.9 million worldwide, but failed to crack $175 million domestically and thus was viewed as a disappointment, and Disney reportedly lost $100 million on the film.

Tom Hardy took to Instagram to compliment Tony Todd’s performance as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, describing him as a “legend”.Todd is most famous for playing Candyman, the titular ghost of a series of horror films in the ’90s, as well as characters in the Star Trek universe in the shows The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager.He has also appeared in a number of video games including Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Dota 2, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2, Half-Life: Alyx, and Back 4 Blood.The actor returned to the film role of Candyman in 2021. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 director Bryan Intihar happened to hear Todd’s voice in the trailer for the film at the same time that Todd had sent in his audition for Venom.According to the director, the timing couldn’t have been more ideal.

banned from celebrating Halloween as former Queen Victoria instituted a rule that members should “uphold total class and sophistication” at all times.However, the duo play by their own rules and enjoy their American life far away from the royals in their Montecito, Calif. mansion.So, let’s take a look back at their Halloween history. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle celebrated their first Halloween together by attending an apocalypse-themed party in Toronto, alongside Princess Eugenie and her husband, James Brooksbank.

Fisherman, family, blue-collar life, debts that pile up, and crime all swirl together in the new drama, “Finestkind” from Oscar-winning writer/director Brian Helgeland, who won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for “LA Confidential” in 1998. Helgeland’s done a ton since, writing the Oscar-winning “Mystic River” for Clint Eastwood, “Man on Fire” for Tony Scott, and directing the Jackie Robinson biopic “42,” “Legend” with Tom Hardy, and now, “Finestkind.” “Finestkind” stars Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Tommy Lee Jones, and Jenna Ortega, and it’s a crime drama about a crew of fishermen who tread dangerous waters after their debts start piling up.

Robert Pattinson had already established himself as an emerging talent in Hollywood with his portrayal of Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter franchise before he landed the role of Edward Cullen in Twilight. That turned him into a mega-star.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic One fan drove all the way from Louisiana to Little Rock to see the new Austin Butler movie, “The Bikeriders,” hoping the “Elvis” star might show up. Unfortunately, the ongoing actors strike prevented Butler from attending Filmland, a local industry fundraiser that hosted the Arkansas premiere of the film earlier this week — a rowdy portrait of a 1960s motorcycle gang freely inspired by a book of photos New Journalism pioneer Danny Lyon took while embedded with the Outlaws.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Amazon MGM Studios have landed rights to Benjamin Percy’s novella “American Criminal,” with Gavin O’Connor negotiating to direct. The film, which Hidden Pictures and NeoText will produce, follows a professional thief who, after being apprehended by an FBI agent, is coaxed into infiltrating a violent Midwestern gang with the goal of dismantling them from the inside.

Katcy Stephan Tony Todd recalls the day he landed the role of Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 like it was yesterday. “You know, I thought I had magic calls before. I remember when I got the call for Zoom in ‘The Flash.’ When I first got the Fallen in ‘Transformers,’” he muses.

Tom Hardy as “the most intense guy” he’s ever seen when performing on camera.The two actors star together in director Jeff Nichols’ upcoming drama The Bikeriders, which follows the rise and fall of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club.Speaking to actor Josh Brolin for Interview magazine, Butler explained how Hardy had “surprised” him by managing to switch off his intensity between takes.“There’s an intimate sensitivity to The Bikeriders,” Butler said in comparison to the “spectacle” of Elvis and Dune: Part Two. “It’s the roaring engines and the smell of grease that we got to be around.

Austin Butler opened up in a revealing conversation with Josh Brolin for Interview magazine.

Harry Potter and Twilight are two of the biggest young-adult film franchises of all time, and they put Daniel Radcliffe and Robert Pattinson on the map.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Austin Butler assumed Tom Hardy was always going to be serious while making their upcoming drama “The Bikeriders,” but it turns out Hardy has the impressive ability to turn on and off his intense persona. The two actors lead Jeff Nichols’ gang drama alongside Jodie Comer. The film, inspired by Danny Lyon’s book, follows the rise and fall of a fictional 1960s motorcycle club in the Midwest.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is the third outing for Tom Holland’s web-slinger in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Directed by Jon Watts, the follow-up to 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home sees Spidey take on, thanks to multiverse shenanigans, villains from the superhero’s past – including Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina) and Electro (Jamie Foxx).The sequel also features notable crossovers with past Peter Parkers, namely Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, as they join forces to restore balance across multiple realities.After dealing with the villains, one of Green Goblin’s bombs takes out the confinement box holding Doctor Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) botched spell. This leads to everyone across the multiverse knowing the identity of Spider-Man.To counter the spell, Peter Parker (Holland) decides that if everyone forgets who he is, then no one will know who Spider-Man is.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “The Bikeriders,” a drama starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, and Tom Hardy and directed by Jeff Nichols, has been delayed amid the ongoing actors’ strike. Disney and 20th Century were scheduled to open the film on Dec. 1 but it’s been taken off the calendar for now.

Disney has unset the wide theatrical release of Jeff Nichols’ Bikeriders from its Dec. 1 theatrical release. Wouldn’t you know? AMC has their Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé on that date. Even though Beyoncé won’t be as big as Taylor Swift, she’ll the queen bee at the box office on the post Thanksgiving dead December weekend with around a $20M start.

If you weren’t already aware, Matthew Vaughn’s history with the “X-Men” franchise goes beyond making “X-Men: First Class,” attempting to cast Tom Hardy as a younger version of Wolverine, and developing “X-Men: Days of Future Past” before handing it over to now-disgraced director Bryan Singer. Once upon a time, 20th Century Fox was lucky enough to convince Vaughn to direct “X-Men: The Last Stand,” but he ultimately exited and was replaced with Brett Ratner (something of another Hollywood pariah due to his own sexual misconduct/sexual assault allegations).

The Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Max streamer will launch in 22 European countries in spring 2024 and France and Belgium later next year, the media outfit revealed today.

Tom Hardy is getting in a morning workout.

Tom Hardy has teamed up with writer Scott Snyder to create a brand-new comic book series — Arcbound.The Venom actor has taken on the title of creative collaborator and will focus on character development for the broader Arcbound universe.As part of the comic’s release, Hardy and the creative team will appear for a signing on Saturday (October 14) at New York Comic Con from 4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.