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Tom Hardy to play Al Capone in Josh Trank’s Fonzo

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Josh Trank is looking to put last year’s disastrous Fantastic Four reboot behind him and has tapped Tom Hardy to star as infamous mobster Al Capone in his new film Fonzo, Deadline is reporting. Written and directed by Trank, Fonzo “centers on Alfonse Capone, the ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron […]

Tom Hardy to explore the Antarctic as Ernest Shackleton in new biopic

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Deadline is reporting that Tom Hardy has signed on to play the legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton in a big screen biopic from StudioCanal and writer Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). The Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton is one of the key figures of the ‘Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration’, and led three expeditions to the Antarctic; […]

Tom Hardy to play war photographer Don McCullin

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Tom Hardy has signed on to play acclaimed war photographer Don McCullin in an upcoming adaptation of McCullin’s memoir Unreasonable Behaviour, Entertainment Weekly has revealed. London-born photojournalist McCullin was lead photographer for The Sunday Times between 1969 and 1984, during which he covered the likes of Beatlemania, the construction of the Berlin Wall, the Vietnam […]

Tom Hardy says Christopher Nolan should direct Bond 25

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Casting the next James Bond isn’t the only task on the agenda for the producers of the 007 franchise, as Skyfall and Spectre director Sam Mendes has decided to pass on the torch and see what other filmmakers can do with the property for Bond 25. And, according to Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road), the […]

Triple Frontier loses Tom Hardy, Channing Tatum, and Paramount

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It’s not been a good day for J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier which was supposed to start production next month. Deadline Hollywood has confirmed that the film is no longer with Paramount, and that stars Tom Hardy and Channing Tatum are out as well. The film – which at one time was meant to star Johnny Depp, […]

Ridley Scott and Tom Hardy teaming up for War Party

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Over the last couple of years Netflix has been furthering their original content and they are close to gaining a sought-after film in Hollywood. According to Deadline, the streaming service is close to a deal for War Party, a package pitch that from producer Ridley Scott and director Andrew Dominik that will see Tom Hardy in […]

George Miller believes the Mad Max: Fury Road sequels will happen

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George Miller has gone on record as saying that he believes that the sequels to Mad Max: Fury Road will happen. With the great success of the series’ return in 2015, both commercially and critically, the classic franchise was given a whole new lease of life and a whole new generation of fans to entertain. […]

Splinter Cell will be a “badass Tom Hardy action movie”, confirmed as PG-13

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Splinter Cell franchise producer Basil Iwanyk recently spoke about the direction the film adaptation will be heading during an interview with Collider. “The challenge of making Splinter Cell interesting was we didn’t have this IP with a very specific backstory. That allowed us to make up our own world and really augment and fill out […]

Movie Review – The Revenant (2016)

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The Revenant, 2016. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson, Paul Anderson, Lukas Haas, Brendan Fletcher, Forrest Goodluck, and Grace Dove. SYNOPSIS: In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling. You […]