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- Star power: Depp, Cruise hail producer Bruckheimer
- 'Kick-Ass' creator baffled by star's rebuke of film's violence
- Adrien Brody joins cast in 'American Heist'
| Star power: Depp, Cruise hail producer Bruckheimer Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:46 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise hailed veteran producer Jerry Bruckheimer on Monday, as the man behind Top Gun and Pirates Of The Caribbean got a star on Hollywood's storied Walk of Fame. The A-listers joined Bruckheimer at a ceremony adding his name on the famous stretch of Hollywood Boulevard sidewalk, which is lined with stars in tribute to generations of entertainment celebrities. Depp, who starred as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates Of The Caribbean films and as Tonto in Bruckheimer's latest film, The Lone Ranger, hailed the 67-year-old as a legend. "Without Jerry, there would be no Pirates, there would be no Captain Jack," Depp said. "Without Jerry, there would be no Lone Ranger, there would be no reinvigorated Tonto. "So I have a lot to thank him for. The man is a legend to me, a legend to us all, hence this congregation to celebrate him for his long-deserved star on the Walk of Fame. I, for one, could not be more honored to be here." Bruckheimer, whose films have made more than US$16 billion at the box office, got the 2,501st star on the Walk of Fame, in a prime location outside the El Capitan Theatre opposite the famed Chinese and Dolby theatres. "My lifelong dream began when I was a young boy in Michigan, and it always remained the same -- to be a filmmaker," he said. "It's been a long exciting journey from the streets of Detroit to the sidewalks of Hollywood, to be given a star to mark my contribution to an industry I love so much," he added. Other celebrities at the ceremony, which came a week or so before the release of The Lone Ranger, included director Gore Verbinski, actor Jon Voight and actress Marg Helgenberger. Bruckheimer called the star an "unbelievable honor," noting that fellow honorees on the tourist-crowded Walk of Fame, which stretches for a mile or two along Hollywood Boulevard, include Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock. "I won't get too big-headed, though, because the list also includes Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and the Three Stooges," he added. |
| 'Kick-Ass' creator baffled by star's rebuke of film's violence Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:19 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The creator of the Kick-Ass action film franchise said on Monday that he was "baffled" over why its star Jim Carrey has publicly objected to violence in the movie since Carrey's character takes an anti-gun stance and refuses to fire a weapon. Comedic actor Carrey, 51, said on Twitter that the December shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, had changed his mind about the violent superhero film that is due to open in theaters in August. "I did Kickass a month b4 (before) Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence," Carrey posted on Twitter on Sunday. The shooting killed 26 people, including 20 children and intensified a push for gun control in the United States. Mark Millar, who wrote the comic books on which Kick-Ass and its sequel Kick-Ass 2 are based and serves as a producer on the films, rebutted Carrey's comments in a post on his website, saying the film deals with the "consequences of violence." "I'm baffled by this sudden announcement as nothing seen in this picture wasn't in the screenplay eighteen months ago," Millar said. "Yes, the body-count is very high, but a movie called Kick-Ass 2 really has to do what it says on the tin." Carrey, who in the past has spoken out in support of gun-control, said on Twitter he was not ashamed of the film but that the Sandy Hook shooting "caused a change in my heart." The Ace Ventura star plays Colonel Stars and Stripes in Kick-Ass 2, the follow-up to 2010's Kick-Ass, starring Chloe Moretz and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, in which a young girl teams up with a nerdy teenage boy to fight evil bullies. "Ironically, Jim's character in Kick-Ass 2 is a born-again Christian and the big deal we made of the fact that he refuses to fire a gun is something he told us attracted him to the role in the first place," Millar said. "Ultimately, this is his decision, but I've never quite bought the notion that violence in fiction leads to violence in real-life any more than Harry Potter casting a spell creates more Boy Wizards in real-life," Millar added. |
| Adrien Brody joins cast in 'American Heist' Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:01 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Oscar winner Adrien Brody, Fast And Furious star Jordana Brewster and rapper Akon will join Hayden Christensen in the action-thriller American Heist. American Heist is the first feature from Christensen's newly-formed production company Glacier Films, which has financing in place and plans to produce 11 movies over the next three years. Sarik Andreasyan will direct American Heist, which is a remake of the 1959 Steve McQueen movie St. Louis Bank Robbery. Story follows two brothers with checkered pasts who get involved in an ill-fated bank robbery spearheaded by a gang of dangerous criminals. The heist tests the strength of their sibling bond and how far they will go for family. Tove Christensen, Gevond Andreasyan, Georgy Malkov and Vladimir Poliakov are producing, while Christensen and Brody will executive produce with Joseph Nasser and Jack Nasser of Nasser Entertainment Group and Jojo Ryder. Glacier Films is financing with Warren T. Goz. Production starts today. Paradigm is repping domestic distribution rights, while Voltage is handling international sales. |
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