>>831 Ha! I'm loving that his most 'insane' fans who staunchly defended any damage to his reputation are now shitting themselves that he has no other projects announced. No, it's not normal. Not at all.
The GQ cover, while marginally increasing his US profile, was obviously negotiated in exchange for an exclusive on TayTo.
There's a lot riding on Shit Island.
This, according to an ONTD user, is a summary of early SI screener reviews:
'It's apparently is like Jurassic World. Big on Kong vs Island creatures fighting, and low as hell on script/plot. 75% of the film is Goodman vs. Jackson, Brie is the damsel Kong falls in love with but it's only a call back and not as heavily prevalent like in the original film and she has minimal screen time. Hiddleston is apparently hilarious because he can't even pretend to feel peril by CGI monsters and his facial reactions are hilarious.
From what I've gathered, it's pretty bad but 'it's covered up by 2 hours of big creatures beating each other up and is only here to set up for Godzilla vs Kong.'
'..it's a mess..'
>>832 Lord...severe eyeroll at that Mirror article. That one smacks of Luke Windsor trying to do damage control but failing miserably. They just to let that disaster go and move on, like they did for Graham Norton Show.
>>833 Doesn't he have that cyborg Frank Miller comic, Hard Boiled with Ben Wheatley lined up? Or is that just in initial talks and hasn't been greenlit yet? So far the SI trailers and TV spots are underwhelming. I can wait til it comes on Netflix. Maybe Tom will end up having to do theater and TV for a year or two after Shit Island bombs and he realizes that maybe character acting is his forte than trying to be leading man. Leading man days were a thing of the 80s and 90s, the concept is pretty much non existent nowadays.
I think I know to whom you refer, Anonon. I can't be bothered to scroll back though her page though.
I am interested that you say that it's not normal to have no projects announced.it is the great stan cliché that he must be VERY BUSY behind the scenes reading plays and preparing new projects - as if that actually took as much time as a proper day job and didn't leave loads of time for loafing around! And as if it were somehow bad for him to take a break anyway...
I wonder if he recognises that after filming or promoting since January 14 with barely a break, he needs a rest. Since end '13 he has done: Coriolanus, CP, HR, ISTL, [shortish break of maybe 2 months], TNM, TIFF promo, Kong, ISTL promo [shortish break in May 16 but not really as loads of appearances], THE SUMMER OF LOVE, Thor. He has had a bit of a break since Thor finished and I think this is the longest since at least January 15 when he finished ISTL and hadn't started TNM. He will then have what I am sure will be a fairly punishing press tour for SI - it is being heavily promoted in the Far East so I am sure there will be more China trips.
I think the Hard Boiled thing is only in development. I am sure TH will do it and I am sure he has attached his name to it early to help Ben Wheatley get funding. But it seems unlikely to be a project for the back end of his year, for example.