The Bad & Ugly posted the first images leaked out from Guy Richie’s new film, Sherlock Holmes. Jude Law is almost unrecognizable as Watson, but oddly enough, Robert Downey Jr. looks kinda like he did about 10 years ago before he started rehab. Whatever. I love Robert Downey Jr., so I’ll be waiting in line for this movie for sure. What’s most interesting, though, is how Richie is deviating from his usual, British gangster movies. I’m curious to see how this turns out.
Okay, so the movie tells the true(ish) story about a homeless man (Foxx), who was a musical prodigy until he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the down-on-his-luck journalist (Downey Jr.) who befriends him and writes a column about him in the newspaper which ultimately brings them both success and happiness. There’s been a lot of talk about this movie being ‘Oscar bait,’ but it looks to Hollywood for me. All I know is I love Robert Downey Jr. and I’ll probably see this movie.
Robert Downey Jr. has become one of my favorite actors in past years and now, with Iron Man catapulting him into the spot light, it looks like he’s finally going to be getting some much deserved attention. He is currently set to star in Guy Ritchie’s drama about the famous literary detective Sherlock Holmes, which will begin shooting this October, right before the Sherlock Holmes comedy starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell. A release is projected to be sometime in 2010.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to see what Guy Ritchie does with Sherlock Holmes, but with an actor like Robert Downey Jr., how can you go wrong?
A new international trailer for the Ben Still war comedy, Tropic Thunder made its way to the internets. If you’ve seen the other trailers, especially the red-band trailer, you know this movie is going to be hilarious. This new international trailer is just a little bit more reassurance. I don’t know about you, but I love Robert Downey Jr. and I can’t wait to see him play a black man. It’s friggin genius.
The film opens on August 15. Between Pineapple Express and this, I think August is going to be one kickass month.
