Tom Hardy and Jason Statham are reportedly under consideration for the role of Snake Plissken in the upcoming reboot of "Escape from New York" at Silver Pictures and Studio Canal. After several failed starts, producer Joel Silver and Studio Canal announced the other week they were coming together for what is being planned as a new trilogy of films … [Read more...]
Tom Hardy Turns Grunt For “Samarkand”
February 28, 2013 by
Tom Hardy is set to play a soldier in the drama "Samarkand" for Solar Pictures. Hardy plays an SAS veteran returning from the Middle East who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as he tries to reintegrate into society. Photographer Greg Williams will make his feature directorial debut on the project, he and his brother Olly Williams wrote … [Read more...]
Rapace Joins Hardy In “Animal Rescue”
December 25, 2012 by
Noomi Rapace ("Prometheus," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") has been offered the female lead role opposite Tom Hardy in Michael R. Roskam's adaptation of the Dennis Lehane short story "Animal Rescue" at Fox Searchlight. The drama focuses on a man who wants to shed his criminal path but somehow gets mixed up in a bad heist and a killing … [Read more...]
Warners, Hardy Develop Two Poaching Films
October 17, 2012 by
How do you make sure your film gets made? You create your own rival. Tobey Maguire‘s Material Pictures, Leonardo DiCaprio‘s Appian Way and Tom Hardy‘s Executive Options have put into development a second film about illegal poaching and endangered species trafficking says Deadline. The first film, previously announced back in April, is described … [Read more...]
Fire crews spending night on Hardy Island
October 7, 2012 by
Provincial fire crews had to be boated to Hardy Island after a propane fire involving two outbuildings spread to nearby forest. Coastal Fire Information Officer Donna MacPherson says because it was so dark, crews won't know how big the fire is until daybreak. "We've got five people who arrived by boat. Four of them are firefighters who are staying … [Read more...]
Tom Hardy Set To Climb Liman’s “Everest”
September 25, 2012 by
Tom Hardy is in early talks to star in Doug Liman's "Everest", an adaptation of Jeffrey Archer's historical novel "Paths of Glory", at Sony Pictures says Deadline. Archer's book deals with the mystery of George Mallory's ascent of Mount Everest. The mountain climber made several attempts to be the first to reach the summit. However Mallory and … [Read more...]
Murder in Port Hardy
September 10, 2012 by
RCMP are investigating a murder in Port Hardy. The victim is a 28 year old woman. It appears she'd been assaulted. She later died in hospital. The victim has been identied as 28 year old Cindy Scow of Port Hardy. A 19 year old Port Hardy man is under arrest and in custody. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
DiCaprio, Maguire, Hardy Into Poaching
August 28, 2012 by
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Tom Hardy are teaming to produce an untitled animal-trafficking drama at Warner Bros. Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter. Much like "Traffic", the film will follow several different story lines about the impact of animal-trafficking at different points along the chain - from the ground war on poachers in the … [Read more...]
Hardy, Shannon Travel The “Red Road”
August 17, 2012 by
Tom Hardy and Michael Shannon are set to star in a film adaptation of "Hung" writer/producer Brett C. Leonard's play "The Long Red Road" at Whipsmart reports Variety. Hardy plays Sam, an alcoholic living on a South Dakota Indian reservation. When a visitor from his past arrives, Sam has to take a hard look at the life he left behind. Shannon is … [Read more...]
New “Knight” Images As Hardy Talks Bane
May 14, 2012 by
The recent issue of Total Film has done a cover story on "The Dark Knight Rises" and in it caught a couple of words from Tom Hardy about Bane's mask and how it's actually more comfortable than it looks. "It's not as bad as you might think. You just put it on. Work out where you drool goes. That's it. Mask work is good fun. This one wasn't painful; … [Read more...]
