Just days after signing on to appear in Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn, Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe has been cast in The Lighthouse, a new film from The Witch helmer Robert Eggers which is set up at New Regency and A24. The film takes place in the early 20th century and sees Dafoe as Old, an […]
Willem Dafoe joins Adam Wingard’s Death Note
According to Mashable, Willem Dafoe has signed on to lend his voice to the character of Ryuk the Shinigami in Adam Wingard’s adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s manga series Death Note. Dafoe joins a cast that includes Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), Margaret Qualley (The Nice Guys), Keith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton), Paul Nakauchi […]
Willem Dafoe cast in Justice League
With production on Justice League – Part One ramping up, The Hollywood Reporter has announced WB and DC have added an additional cast member to the superhero team-up film: Willem Dafoe in an unspecified role for Zack Snyder’s upcoming film. Dafoe is no stranger to comic book films, memorably appearing in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man as […]
Willem Dafoe joins the cast of Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express
John Wick and The Grand Budapest Hotel actor Willem Dafoe has become the latest addition to the all-star cast of this year’s Murder on the Orient Express. The news about the Kenneth Branagh-directed film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic 1934 murder-mystery novel comes from Deadline, who claims that Dafoe will play Gerhard Hardman, an undercover detective. […]
Willem Dafoe to play Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity’s Gate
Deadline has revealed that Willem Dafoe is set to take on the role of legendary artist Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity’s Gate, the new film from Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls). The film will focus on Van Gogh’s time in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France, and is described as […]
Blu-ray Review – To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
To Live and Die in L.A., 1985. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, Dean Stockwell, John Turturro, Robert Downey Sr., Dwier Brown, Michael Greene, Darlanne Fluegel, Steve James. SYNOPSIS: A secret service agent goes out for revenge when his partner is killed but has to resort to criminal […]
Movie Review – Pasolini (2015)
Pasolini, 2015. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Ninetto Davoli and Riccardo Scamarcio. SYNOPSIS: The final few days of Pasolini’s life, told through dreams and reconstruction. He had plans. The last shot of Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini leaves us in no doubt toward the plans Pier Paolo Pasolini had for the future. On his passport, […]
Second Opinion – John Wick (2014)
John Wick, 2014. Directed by Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane and Lance Reddick. SYNOPSIS: A former hitman comes out of retirement hell bent on revenge for the men who took everything from him. After a few dud movies and […]
DVD Review – A Most Wanted Man (2014)
A Most Wanted Man, 2014. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Brühl, Robin Wright, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Derya Alabora and Nina Hoss. SYNOPSIS: A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror. With this release Corbijn has once again proven himself to […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – The Florida Project (2017)
The Florida Project 2017 Directed by Sean Baker Starring Bria Vinaite, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Willem Dafoe, Caleb Landry Jones and Macon Blair. SYNOPSIS: In the shadow of Disney World is a motel called The Magic Castle. Among the residents is six year old Moonee, who spends the summer months getting into mischief with her […]
