David S. Goyer Says He Turned Down Nolan’s ‘Batman Begins’ At First & Jake Gyllenhaal Was His Initial Batman Pick

Rep. George Santos is opening up about his weight loss.

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater are enjoying a rare night out together.

Michaela Zee Jason Blum is bringing the “Blumhouse edge” to the upcoming “Spawn” film adaptation. During a press line for Blumhouse at New York Comic Con 2023 (per Screen Rant), Blum teased the “Spawn” movie currently in development at his eponymous production company. “It’s going to be edgy and original as compared to other superhero movies,” he said.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Best-selling Australian novel, Runt” is to be adapted as a feature movie that will begin shooting from next month. Studiocanal is handling international rights sales and local distribution in Australia and New Zealand. The story is a heartfelt, contemporary Australian tale, set in the country town of Upson Downs, where eleven-year-old Annie Shearer and her best friend, an adopted stray dog called Runt, try to save their family farm by competing in the Agility Course Grand Championships at the prestigious Krumpets Dog Show in London. The book was released in 2022 and won a clean sweep of the major Australian literary awards including the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s book of the year for young readers, book of the year for younger children at the Australian Book Industry Awards, and overall book of the year at the Australian Indie Book Awards. The movie is adapted for the screen by its West Australian author Craig Silvey (“Jasper Jones”), to be directed by John Sheedy (“H is for Happiness”), and produced by Jamie Hilton (“Breath,” “June Again”). See Pictures is producing with major production investment from Screen Australia, Screenwest and Lotterywest and the WA Regional Screen Fund.

Travis Scott brought his concert in Dallas, Texas to a halt to help a female fan who may have been about to be kicked out from the show.Fan-filmed footage shows Scott performing onstage when he noticed security causing a commotion near the barricade where the fan had fallen. “One thing you not gonna do, you not gonna kick a fan out,” Scott said from the stage. “You not gonna do that, brother.

Welcome to Plathville” Mom Kim Plath is likely thrilled that her new boyfriend, Ken Palmer, is getting along so well with her children. It even looks like he may allegedly be trying to steal Barry Plath‘s kids from him.Kim Plath of TLC’s “Welcome to Plathville” reality series recently told her children she was dating again. She says she told her youngest son, Isaac Plath, the news first because it would affect him the most.

Taylor Swift may have been at the Kansas City Chiefs game to support her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. However, the singer was also seemingly having a great time with her new girl gang member, Brittany Mahomes. The two looked to be having a great time together as they cheered on their guy.

The M62 was closed in both directions by police on Sunday afternoon (October 22) after an 'aggressive bull' had escaped.

Millie Bobby Brown addresses being labeled as a “brat” when she was a child – Just Jared Jr Kim Kardashian talks hiring a manny for her kids – Celebitchy Keke Palmer is sharing some cute new photos of son Leo – Popsugar Billie Eilish is showing off her massive new tattoo – Just Jared Jr

Dolly Parton is addressing her favorite form of communication.

Skindred made their debut appearance on Later… With Jools Holland last night – check out their performance of ‘Gimme That Boom’ below.The song is taken from their album ‘Smile’, which was released in August, and made headlines when it entered a closely-fought battle for Number One upon its release. Though it missed out on Number One, losing out to Cian Ducrot, it ended up becoming their highest-charting album despite the band forming 25 years ago.Their appearance on …Later is their latest big achievement on the ‘Smile’ album cycle, and it’s not their first appearance on the BBC of late either.

The Last Of Us star Bella Ramsey has discussed how their neurodivergence has shaped their acting craft.The actor found out they were neurodivergent while they were filming the smash-hit HBO show after “thinking for years” they were so. “o find that out whilst filming this show was super special,” they told Elle earlier this year.In a new interview with The Times, Ramsey was asked if their neurodivergence influences their acting, to which they said “Massively.”“I don’t know if I’d be an actor if it wasn’t for that.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” opened with an unconvincing second place debut at the South Korean cinema box office. It earned $406,000 between Friday and Sunday and $499,000 over its full four-day opening period. Its market share was a shade below 9%, according to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That left “Love Reset,” a local romantic comedy, at the top of the chart for the third successive weekend.

It appears Paul Mescal has joined the plethora of celebs on dating apps these days, as he's reportedly signed up to at least one app.The Normal People star, 27, split from singer Phoebe Bridgers nine months ago, and appears to now be ready for love again. Revealing that Paul has signed up for an app, a source told The Mirror: "Paul, like many other actors, has a mad schedule which can make getting to know people hard.The great thing about apps is that you can chat to people wherever you are." While the insider did not reveal the name of the app, Paul was previously spotted on Raya before he and Phoebe began dating.

Made in Chelsea star Tiffany Watson has opened up on her "tough" body battle after welcoming baby son Jude in June. The 29 year old TV star gave birth to her first child a few months ago, who she shares with her Colchester United footballer husband Cameron McGeehan.

Robert Pattinson was all smiles on Saturday evening as he stepped out to GO Campaign's annual gala with his girlfriend Suki Waterhouse in Los Angeles.The Batman actor, 37, donned an all-black suit while he was snapped sharing some sweet moments with Suki, as the pair giggled together and posed on the red carpet. Suki, who recently appeared in Amazon Prime's Daisy Jones & The Six, put on a stunning display in a sheer burgundy gown, while matching her make-up to the ensemble.

Former Geordie Shore star Marnie Simpson has been cruelly mum-shamed after posting a racy snap to Instagram.The 31 year old, who is mum to sons Rox, three, and Oax, 17 months, looked sensational in the snap as she laid seductively on a white fur throw in her lingerie as she posed for Playboy. She was promoting her account for Playboy Plus, where adult performers can share X-rated material, as she wrote: "Come chat to me exclusively @playboy.

Jack Carroll, who was the runner-up on Britain's Got Talent during series seven, has moved to acting and secured a role in Coronation Street - set to hit the small screen just days after Christmas. The comedian, 25, will be playing Bobby, the son of Carla Connor's brother Rob Donovan, who is currently serving life in prison for the murder of Tina McIntyre.

JLo and Kylie Jenner’s best friend Anastasia “Stassie” Karanikolaou order soda with a side of betrayal. Diddy, who spoke exclusively to HOLA! USA about his new album, celebrates his youngest daughter Love’s birthday.

Matthew Vaughn is no stranger to the superhero genre being the director of Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class and has a suggestion for Marvel Studios and DC as “superhero fatigue” continues to be a topic of conversation.

John Stamos is opening up about being labeled a playboy when he was younger.

Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse are hitting the red carpet!

McKinley Franklin editor This home improvement show isn’t like anything you’ll see on HGTV. “The Curse,” a genre-defying series starring Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder, will premiere on Nov. 10 via Paramount+ with Showtime ahead of its on-air Showtime debut on Nov.

How does a filmmaker figure out which villain to use a superhero film? Sometimes, it feels as if the studio mandates that a certain villain is included. But in the creation of the three ‘Dark Knight’ films, filmmaker Christopher Nolan and writer David S.

Martin Scorsese is doing the press rounds for his forthcoming Killers of the Flower Moon, and during a recent feature article, he was once again quizzed on his opinions about comic book films. 

William Earl In a sprawling new profile with GQ, director Martin Scorsese discussed comic book and franchise culture, a topic which he has spoken out about at length in the past. When asked about those blockbusters, Scorsese said that their omnipresence could be negative to audiences who aren’t well-versed in other types of film. “The danger there is what it’s doing to our culture,” he said.

Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy has revealed that studio bosses wanted to cast Leonardo DiCaprio as a key villain.David S Goyer wrote the three Batman adaptations alongside Nolan. He’s now explained how, at the premier of The Dark Knight, the head of Warner Bros studio put forward the suggestion of DiCaprio as an actor to appear in The Dark Knight Rises.Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Goyer said the boss suggested that DiCaprio should play The Riddler in the final film in the trilogy.

Screenwriter David S. Goyer dropped some insider information on a new episode of the.

Jake Gyllenhaal almost played Batman in Christopher Nolan‘s trilogy!

Zack Sharf Digital News Director David S. Goyer is the co-architect of Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy. The director recruited Goyer to help him flesh out the story and co-write 2005’s “Batman Begins,” before Nolan and his brother Jonathan penned the scripts for 2008’s “The Dark Knight” and 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises” based on stories cracked by Goyer.

Like many filmmakers, the lost and unmade movie list of David Fincher list is long, so long we did an entire feature out of it back in 2014, and it’s more than 30 films long. The list includes “Black Dahlia” (which Brian DePalma eventually made), “Mission Impossible 3,” “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea” and more (interestingly enough, both “Mank” and “The Killer” were on it, then-unrealized projects that seemed like they would never get made).

Ever wanted a behind-the-scenes take on how desperate Warner Bros. was for the DCEU to be like the MCU? Variety reports that screenwriter David S. Goyer went into detail about the rapid creation of WB’s ill-fated cinematic universe while on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director In a career-spanning interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, “Man of Steel” writer David S. Goyer agreed with host Jake Horowitz that Warner Bros. should’ve developed a standalone Superman sequel with Henry Cavill instead of rushing to create a universe with “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” The studio did so in order to compete with Marvel and create its own superhero universe.

Guillermo del Toro was set around “four years ago” to direct a Star Wars movie that has never come together, screenwriter David S. Goyer has revealed.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Guillermo del Toro confirmed on X/Twitter that he planned to direct a “Star Wars” movie around four years ago from a script by David S. Goyer, best known known for writing superhero movies such as “Batman Begins,” “Man of Steel” and more. The project never made it past development, but Goyer confirmed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that “a lot of cool art work” was produced for it.

Well, “Star Wars” fans, the rumors were true. In a new interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, screenwriter David S.