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| Michael Douglas in Marvel's 'Ant-Man' Posted: 13 Jan 2014 10:55 PM PST The actor, who recently won a Golden Globe Award, wants to surprise audiences by playing a brainiac. After throwing audiences a curveball by playing flamboyant pianist Liberace, leading man Michael Douglas is ready to make another unconventional career choice, this time playing a scientist in Marvel superhero film Ant-Man. Disney-owned Marvel said that Douglas, 69, will play Henry "Hank" Pym, the creator of the technology to shrink a human to the size of an insect and thus become Ant-Man. Anchorman star Paul Rudd, 44, will play Scott Lang, the alter-ego of the diminutive Marvel superhero. "I've been dying to do a Marvel picture for so long," Douglas told Reuters. "The script is really fun, the director is really good. Dylan (the actor's 13-year-old son) will love it. He'll have a picture he can see." Pym's character first appeared in the 27th issue of Marvel Comics series Tales To Astonish in January 1962. Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, said in a statement posted on Marvel.com that Douglas will play Pym with "charm and fortitude". Douglas, who won a Best Actor Oscar in 1988 for Oliver Stone's financial drama Wall Street and picked up a Golden Globe award on Sunday for his turn as Liberace in HBO movie Behind The Candelabra, is taking a rare step into the world of big-budget franchise action films. "Sometimes – like (when) they didn't see you for Liberace – you've got to shake them up a little bit and have some fun," Douglas said of surprising both studios and audiences with his decision to do a superhero film. Walt Disney Co's foray in bringing Marvel's superhero universe to the big screen has proved to be a lucrative choice, with films such as Avengers and Iron Man 3 crossing the US$1bil mark at the worldwide box office. The plot for Ant-Man is being kept firmly under wraps. The film, directed by Edgar Wright, is scheduled to be in theatres in July 2015. While Douglas has only done one sequel in his career spanning more than 40 years – Gordon Gekko in 2010's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – the actor teased about his involvement in future Ant-Man sequels. "(Marvel) reciprocated well, there are sequels. Who knows?," the actor said. — Reuters |
| Skarsgard for 'The Diary Of A Teenage Girl' Posted: 13 Jan 2014 10:55 PM PST Actress Kristen Wiig will also join him in the movie. Alexander Skarsgard and Kristen Wiig have joined the cast of The Diary Of A Teenage Girl, alongside new lead Bel Powley. What would you do if you ended up in a relationship with your mother's boyfriend? That's the dilemma in front of Powley in the movie. The film is based on a graphic novel by controversial and accomplished illustrator Phoebe Gloekner (rather than on Melody Carson's series of Christian stories) and is set in the 1970s. With Powley set to fill the role of the novel's 15-year-old Minnie Goetze, there'll be no surprises should Wiig be confirmed as Minnie's mother, and Skarsgard the boyfriend that Minnie ends up sleeping with. The film is both adapted and directed by Marielle Heller, an experienced screenwriter who is married to Saturday Night Live and The Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone. Primarily known as a British stage actress with experience in West End and Broadway shows, Powley will be flanked by Wiig of Bridesmaids and The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, as well as True Blood and Generation Kill star Skarsgard. — AFP Relaxnews |
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