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Perth Now
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Taika Waititi to helm new Judge Dredd film
Taika Waititi is to direct a new Judge Dredd movie. The Thor: Ragnarok filmmaker has been tapped to oversee a new picture featuring the popular British comic book character. Drew Pearce - who has penned action movies such as The Fall Guy and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - is set to write the script. Insiders say that Waititi and Pearce are friends who both grew up with the books and have been trying to find a project to collaborate on for several years. Dredd was created in the late 1970s by scribe John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra and debuted in the British weekly anthology comic 2000 AD. He is a police officer in the bleak future metropolis of Mega-City One and is empowered to be judge, jury and executioner. Dredd proved to be a hugely popular character, featuring in several more comic strips, video and board games, books and even postage stamps in the UK. Over 100,000 comics and graphic novels featuring the character are said to have been sold. A Hollywood movie about Dredd was made in 1995 with action legend Sylvester Stallone in the title role, but the film was critically panned. The character returned to the big screen in 2012 for a more positively-received film with Karl Urban starring and a script by 28 Days Later writer Alex Garland. Plot details are yet to be revealed but it is believed to take inspiration from the comics rather than previous movie adaptations - leaning into world-building and dark humour. It is said to be a fun sci-fi blockbuster that is hoped to mark the launch of a Dredd universe that could be expanded with more films and shows on various platforms. Taika has helmed two movies in the Thor franchise but revealed that he had "no interest" in working in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and only accepted the project because he was "poor". The 49-year-old director told the Smartless podcast: "You know what? I had no interest in doing one of those films. It wasn't on my plan for my career as an auteur. "But I was poor and I'd just had a second child, and I thought, 'You know what, this would be a great opportunity to feed these children.'" Waititi added: "And Thor, let's face it – it was probably the least popular franchise. I never read Thor comics as a kid. That was the comic I'd pick up and be like 'Ugh'. And then I did some research on it, and I read one Thor comic or 18 pages, or however long they are." Taika felt that Marvel reaching out to him suggested that they were unsure about what to do with Chris Hemsworth's god of thunder. The Jojo Rabbit director explained: "I think there was no place left for them to go with that. I thought, 'Well, they've called me in, this is really the bottom of the barrel.'"
Perth Now
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Simon Pegg reflects on ‘bittersweet' ending of Mission: Impossible with The Final Reckoning
Simon Pegg thinks it's "bittersweet" that 'Mission: Impossible' is ending. The 55-year-old actor has portrayed I.M.F (Impossible Mission Force) technician Benji Dunn in the action franchise from 2006's 'Mission: Impossible III', and has now admitted it is "strange" to see the franchise be sunsetted with 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning'. Speaking with Collider, Pegg said: "It's strange. It's bittersweet, is the best way I can describe it. "It's been such a ride. It's been such an amazing experience. I feel grateful, and I feel sad, and I'm excited for people to see this movie. I mean, what an incredible wrapping up." The 'Hot Fuzz' star added director Christopher McQuarrie - who has helmed the series from 2015's 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' - "has done such an incredible job" of building on what has come before, and crafting the story of Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise). Pegg continued: "[McQuarrie] has done such an incredible job embracing everything that's gone before and pulling it into this movie as a kind of culmination of all Ethan's choices. "I don't think there could be a better way to go out." Reflecting on his favourite moments from the series, Pegg revealed he never thought he would be involved in so many major action sequences in the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise. He said: "I drove a speedboat up the River Seine, which was so much fun. They basically closed the River Seine for me. "There's a lot of aqua. In fact, it's all water-related. I drove a water taxi through Venice, and I rescued, or rather retrieved, Sean Harris from a submerged armored car wearing a rebreather, which is different to scuba. "So, every day on 'Mission' is like that. Bombing through Casablanca in a battered BMW, being up there on the mountain watching Tom do that stunt where he jumped off a cliff. I mean, it's one of those jobs." Pegg's Benji Dunn will join Cruise's Ethan Hunt and the rest of his I.M.F. team - as portrayed by Hayley Atwell and Ving Rhames - in 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning', which will follow the agents as they desperately try to stop an all-powerful artificial intelligence known as The Entity from causing a nuclear apocalypse. Pegg recently teased Cruise's stunts in 'The Final Reckoning' "just beggar belief". Speaking on a panel at AwesomeCon about 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning', he said: "For me, it was my favourite of the six 'Missions' that I filmed. It was my favourite to shoot. "We were in the Arctic; we were in South Africa. The stunts Tom is doing just beggar belief. I mean, really, really dumb s***." The 'Shaun of the Dead' actor added that his 62-year-old co-star was always "incredibly focused" and "incredibly careful" during his death-defying stunts. Pegg continued: "A lot of people say, 'Is he mad?' But he's not. He's incredibly focused, and he's incredibly careful when it comes to those stunts. "He rehearses and trains, but he does it because he actually cares so much about the cinematic experience for the audience, he will literally risk his life. Which he does, again and again, and it's kind of more inspiring to watch."
Perth Now
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Tom Cruise wants to make movies 'into his 100s'
Tom Cruise hopes to be making movies "into [his] 100s". The 62-year-old actor has no plans of slowing down, following the release of 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning', and Tom has revealed that he doesn't have any intention of ever retiring from the film business. The actor - who previously said he wanted to keep making films into his 80s, like his inspiration Harrison Ford - told The Hollywood Reporter: "I'm going to make them into my 100s. "I will never stop. I will never stop doing action, I will never stop doing drama, comedy films — I'm excited." Tom made his film debut in the 1981 romantic drama, 'Endless Love', before he enjoyed a career breakthrough in 1986's 'Top Gun'. The actor has starred in the 'Mission: Impossible' film franchise since 1996, and remains passionate about making movies. Recalling his "exceptional" experience of making the films, Tom said: "There's been so many levels of reward with the filmmakers that I've collaborated with, the crews, the people, the cultures that we've worked in. "Everything that I've learned and continue to learn about storytelling, about life, about leadership, about character and every aspect of filmmaking. "It's been exceptional, it really is exceptional. I feel very fortunate to be able to make the films that I make, and I love it, I just making movies." Tom has filmed countless stunts for the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise, and the actor has revealed that he's developed a series of "pre-stunt rituals" in a bid to "keep [him] alive". The veteran movie star - who is one of the best-paid actors in Hollywood - shared: "There's a lot of pre-stunt rituals that keep me alive - it depends on what I'm doing and the amount of preparation I have to do. "A lot of thought goes into it, and they are very complex and very interesting." Tom famously hung off a military plane in the opening scene of 2015's 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation', and he's performed numerous aerial sequences in the money-spinning film series. Tom previously revealed that he has to be fuelled with energy before he does his stunts, explaining that he'll eat "almost a dozen" eggs with bacon and sausages and down several cups of coffee before the cameras start rolling. Speaking to People magazine, Tom shared: "I actually eat a massive breakfast. "The amount of energy it takes - I train so hard for that wing-walking. "I'll eat, like, sausage and almost a dozen eggs and bacon and toast and coffee and fluids. "Oh, I'm eating! Picture: It's cold up there. We're at high altitude. My body is burning a lot."
Daily Tribune
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Tribune
Tom Cruise spills secret to preparing for death-defying aerial stunts
Bang Showbiz | Los Angeles Tom Cruise always eats a 'massive breakfast' before doing any daredevil stunts. The 62-year-old Hollywood legend famously hanged off a military plane in the opening scene of 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation', and has done numerous jaw-dropping aerial sequences in the film series where he plays Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt. Cruise has now revealed that he has to be fuelled with energy before he does his stunts and he'll eat 'almost a dozen' eggs with bacon and sausages and down several cups of coffee before the cameras start rolling. In an interview with PEOPLE magazine's 'Mission: Impossible' issue, he said: 'I actually eat a massive breakfast 'The amount of energy it takes - I train so hard for that wing-walking. 'I'll eat, like, sausage and almost a dozen eggs and bacon and toast and coffee and fluids. 'Oh, I'm eating! Picture: It's cold up there. We're at high altitude. My body is burning a lot.' Despite Tom dubbing the opening stunt to the 2015 flick as one of the least-safe stunts, his late mom Mary Pfeiffer is glad she did not know about it before she saw the footage. She said: 'Oh, honey, I'm so glad you didn't fill me in on that one beforehand.' In the eighth instalment of the critically acclaimed series, 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' - which is released in May - the 'Top Gun' icon experienced what it was like to spin inside a washing machine as the crew built a tank to shoot a submarine interior that tilted and spun 360 degrees.
New Straits Times
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Tom Cruise always eats 'massive breakfast' before daredevil stunts
HOLLYWOOD: American superstar Tom Cruise always eats a "massive breakfast" before doing any daredevil stunts. The 62-year-old Hollywood legend famously hung off a military plane in the opening scene of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, and has done numerous jaw-dropping aerial sequences in the film series where he plays Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt. Cruise told People magazine recently that he has to be fuelled with energy before he does his stunts and he will eat "almost a dozen" eggs with bacon and sausages and down several cups of coffee before the cameras start rolling. He said: "The amount of energy it takes - I train so hard for that wing-walking." In the eighth instalment of the critically acclaimed action movie series, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - which will be released later this month - Cruise experienced what it was like to spin inside a washing machine as the crew built a tank to shoot a submarine interior that tilted and spun 360 degrees. Wearing a Scuba mask, Cruise breathed in his own carbon dioxide but did not need to worry as the pilot had trained for carbon dioxide build-up for when he earned his wings in 1994. The Oscar-nominated actor explained: "You're not going to feel as connected with the character if I went with a regular mask and a thing in my mouth to breathe. "Luckily when you're flying jets you train for hypoxia and for carbon dioxide build-up. You start to be able to perceive your body and how it's reacting so that I knew when to stop." Cruise - who was inspired to do stunts after seeing footage of wing-walkers as a child - said that he loved making movies, even if it means dicing with death.
