Taylor Kitsch in Disney's John Carter Mars Movie Directed by Wall-e's Andrew Stanton, and starring Taylor Kitsch in the title role, Disney's $250 million-budgeted sci-fi/adventure John Carter opened on Wednesday in France. Though by far the biggest new release that day, John Carter sold a relatively modest 66,583 tickets at 505 sites according to Cbo-Box Office — placing it in the sixth slot among the year's top opening-day movies, smack between Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar, starring the internationally popular Leonardo DiCaprio, and the 3D adventure Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, which stars Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, and Vanessa Hudgens. According to France Soir, John Carter doesn't have much time to continue its box-office dominance among the new releases in France. Opening next Wednesday is Florent-Emilio Siri's Cloclo, starring Jérémie Renier as '60s and '70s singing sensation Claude François and Benoît Magimel as François' manager, Paul Lederman. The biopic,...
- 3/9/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Recently, I reported on the plans to reboot the Tomb Raider franchise with a character-driven origin story featuring a younger Lara Croft.
That means no more Angelina Jolie in the role. I mentioned some of the names put forward by fans and asked you - the readers of The Geek Files - to suggest who you wanted to see playing the new version of the action heroine.
I've taken what seem to be the most popular choices and created a poll on the right-hand side of the page where you can vote and comment.
Among the popular suggestions were some of the Lara Croft models who have portrayed the character in public appearances and promotions.
The first models included Katie Price (aka Jordan) and Nathalie Cook, and then Rhona Mitra who had the role from 1997-1998 and went on to appear in Doomsday and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.
Next...
That means no more Angelina Jolie in the role. I mentioned some of the names put forward by fans and asked you - the readers of The Geek Files - to suggest who you wanted to see playing the new version of the action heroine.
I've taken what seem to be the most popular choices and created a poll on the right-hand side of the page where you can vote and comment.
Among the popular suggestions were some of the Lara Croft models who have portrayed the character in public appearances and promotions.
The first models included Katie Price (aka Jordan) and Nathalie Cook, and then Rhona Mitra who had the role from 1997-1998 and went on to appear in Doomsday and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.
Next...
- 6/5/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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