Johnny Depp Could Replace Hugh Jackman in ‘Collateral Beauty’ 0 1587

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Ah, scheduling conflicts. Those pesky little things that often stop actors from taking on potentially great projects. That’s the case with Collateral Beauty, a new drama that’s said to be one of the hottest projects around in Hollywood at the moment.

Hugh Jackman was originally attached to star in the film opposite Rooney Mara and Jason Segel but due to conflicts with other projects, he is unable to shoot it this year as strictly planned; it could be conflicted either with X-Men: Apocalypse or with musical biopic The Greatest Showman on Earth in which he is playing P.T. Barnum. Deadline is reporting that producers are now looking to nab Johnny Depp to replace Jackman in the lead – not a bad trade!

The evidently great script for Collateral Beauty, written by Allan Loeb (Rock of Ages, The Dilemma) was bought for a whopping $2.5 million by PalmStar Media and Likely Story. The plot centres on, “a New York advertising executive who experiences a deep personal tragedy. When his colleagues devise an unconventional plan to break him out of his depression, the plan works, but not in a way that anyone imagined.”

It will be the second directorial effort from Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, who made a splash at Sundance this year with Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. It’s still a long way away from Depp signing on that dotted line as, as you can imagine, he’s a busy guy, too, not least filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. But one wonders what the central character here is like if Jackman could easily replace Depp.

Source: Deadline

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Leonardo DiCaprio Producing Volkswagen Scandal Movie 0 1400

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Wow, talk about things moving fast in Hollywood!

It may have only been a few weeks since the scandal erupted around the Volkswagen fuel emissions cheating but there’s already a movie in the works. DiCaprio is on board to produce the film alongside Jennifer Davisson through his Appian Way company.

There’s no mention of stars, writer or director yet – one might assume that DiCaprio might star himself but he’s a known environmentalist who has produced these types of themed films before (the climate change documentary The 11th Hour chief among them) so it wouldn’t surprise me if he kept himself strictly as a producer for this one, too.

Paramount is the studio behind the movie, having nabbed the presumably sought-after rights to the upcoming book by Jack Ewing. Variety has the details on what it exposes:

“…The company placed illegal software in their clean diesel cars that could tell when a car was being tested for fuel emissions and would turn on the emissions control to cheat the test and meet EPA standards. During normal driving conditions, emission control software was shut off  — resulting in as much as 40 times more pollution than allowed by law. Volkswagen is currently facing up to $18 billion in fines from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.”

If there’s one thing Hollywood loves it’s a true story and, more specifically, a controversial one. Getting this one made and out in the world will be crucial for it to feel relevant to audiences. DiCaprio being attached can’t exactly hurt its box office chances.

The actor will next be seen in the amazing-looking The Revenant.

Source: Variety

Watch: Incredible New Trailer for ‘The Revenant’ 0 1238

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We don’t usually post trailers individually – saving them for the Trailer Watch – but this one was just too good to pass up.

The Revenant is the new film from acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who most recently won an Oscar for Birdman. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter in a tale of a forntierman in 1820 who sets out on a path of vengeance who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

We already had one amazing teaser trailer, now check out the equally great new trailer below:

Could this be the film that finally wins Leo his Best Actor Oscar? Quite possibly!

The Revenant is set for release in the UK on January 15th, 2016.