Jamie Foxx Eyes Electro Role in Amazing Spider-Man 2

Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is reportedly in early talks to play the villain in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. And which villain is that?

According to Variety, Foxx would play Electro.As the trade reminds us, "In The Amazing Spider-Man's post-credit sequence, set inside Dr. Curt Connors' cell at an asylum, the Lizard is approached by a mysterious, shadowy figure (Michael Massee) who asks if Peter Parker knows the truth about his father. Lightning features prominently in the scene prompting auds to believe that Electro would be featured in the sequel."

Foxx hinted at the role with his tweet today: "Dressed up as Electro for Halloween last night. Costume fits well."

Electro, aka Max Dillon, was a criminal who gained the power to control electricity. He's one of Spidey's oldest foes, debuting back in 1964 in The Amazing Spider-Man #9. We ranked him 87th on our list of The Top 100 Comic Book Villains.The Ultimate version of Electro was retooled to be the result of bioengineering, which is in keeping with the Spidey movie reboot's emphasis on science.

Here's our bio of him:

Max Dillon's father left when he was eight years old. His mother became overprotective, which led to an inferiority complex. But we'll get to that later. He took a job as a lineman for an electric company to someday become an electrical engineer. One day, while he was repairing a power line and holding a wire, lightning struck and mutated his nervous system making him a living electrical capacitor. Thus Electro was born.

Electro's powers include shooting up to one million volts of electricity from his fingertips. When his body is charged, he is superhumanly strong and fast, can glide over power lines and can even ride lightning bolts. Doctor Octopus once got him to ionize metals for a science experiment. He can also absorb electrical equipment and manipulate those devices with his mind. But do not get him close to water. Well, unless you want to stop him.

He almost killed Spider-Man in their first meeting, just by being touched. He has been in basically every incarnation of the Doctor Octopus clubs-the Sinister Six, Sinister Seven and Green Goblin's Sinister Twelve. He's been part of the Chameleon's Exterminators and the Hood. As part of the Frightful Four, he used Spider-Man as bait to trap the Fantastic Four. He attacked Sue Storm and Reed Richards at their wedding of all places. He blew up cars with children in them, tried to take over New York's power supply and was even hired by J. Jonah Jameson to beat up Spider-Man on TV.

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Jamie Foxx Eyes Electro Role in Amazing Spider-Man 2

Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is reportedly in early talks to play the villain in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. And which villain is that?

According to Variety, Foxx would play Electro.As the trade reminds us, "In The Amazing Spider-Man's post-credit sequence, set inside Dr. Curt Connors' cell at an asylum, the Lizard is approached by a mysterious, shadowy figure (Michael Massee) who asks if Peter Parker knows the truth about his father. Lightning features prominently in the scene prompting auds to believe that Electro would be featured in the sequel."

Electro, aka Max Dillon, was a criminal who gained the power to control electricity. He's one of Spidey's oldest foes, debuting back in 1964 in The Amazing Spider-Man #9. We ranked him 87th on our list of The Top 100 Comic Book Villains.The Ultimate version of Electro was retooled to be the result of bioengineering, which is in keeping with the Spidey movie reboot's emphasis on science.

Here's our bio of him:

Max Dillon's father left when he was eight years old. His mother became overprotective, which led to an inferiority complex. But we'll get to that later. He took a job as a lineman for an electric company to someday become an electrical engineer. One day, while he was repairing a power line and holding a wire, lightning struck and mutated his nervous system making him a living electrical capacitor. Thus Electro was born.

Electro's powers include shooting up to one million volts of electricity from his fingertips. When his body is charged, he is superhumanly strong and fast, can glide over power lines and can even ride lightning bolts. Doctor Octopus once got him to ionize metals for a science experiment. He can also absorb electrical equipment and manipulate those devices with his mind. But do not get him close to water. Well, unless you want to stop him.

He almost killed Spider-Man in their first meeting, just by being touched. He has been in basically every incarnation of the Doctor Octopus clubs-the Sinister Six, Sinister Seven and Green Goblin's Sinister Twelve. He's been part of the Chameleon's Exterminators and the Hood. As part of the Frightful Four, he used Spider-Man as bait to trap the Fantastic Four. He attacked Sue Storm and Reed Richards at their wedding of all places. He blew up cars with children in them, tried to take over New York's power supply and was even hired by J. Jonah Jameson to beat up Spider-Man on TV.

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Will Nicolas Cage Get Left Behind?

Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is currently in talks to star in the Left Behind reboot, based on the best-selling books and movie series about the biblical end of days.

The writer and producer of the original films, Paul Lalonde, and John Patus, who worked on the novel series' final entry Left Behind: World at War, have collaborated on a screenplay and are hoping to turn it into a feature film with an estimated $15 million budget, says The Hollywood Reporter. Legendary stunt man Vic Armstrong will direct.

The original films, which launched in 2001, starred Kirk Cameron as Buck Williams, a television journalist who is left behind alongside many others after the dawn of Armageddon.

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Joe Wright Circles Houdini Biopic

Director Joe Wright (Hanna, Atonement) is now in talks to adapt Lionsgate-Summit's The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero, based on the controversial biography by William Kalush and Larry Sloman.

The book, which was published by Atria Books in 2006, insinuated that the escape artist Harry Houdini was in fact a secret service agent for Britain and America. The studio picked up the movie rights back in 2009 with the aim of creating an action thriller depicting Houdini as part Indiana Jones and part Sherlock Holmes.

The Hunger Games' Gary Ross was previously attached to helm the project, however, the filmmaker has since moved on to his Peter Pan project Peter and the Starcatchers.

Via the L.A. Times

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Tom Hardy May Climb Everest

The Dark Knight Rises' Tom Hardy is in early talks to star in director Doug Liman's period adventure film Everest for Sony Pictures.

Deadline reports that the actor would play George Mallory, the 1920s climber who tried three times to scale the world's highest mountain. After disappearing on his third attempt, it is still unknown whether or not Mallory ever reached the top.

The film was adapted by Up in the Air scribe Sheldon Turner from Jeffrey Archer's book Paths of Glory.

Liman will direct Everest once he's completed shooting Tom Cruise's All You Need is Kill for Warner Bros.

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Anne Hathaway Eyes Spielberg's Robopocalypse

Imagine Catwoman and Thor together in a sci-fi film directed by Steven Spielberg. It might just happen.

The Hollywood Reporter says Anne Hathaway is in early talks to play the female lead opposite Chris Hemsworth in Robopocalypse.

No details yet on their roles, but the project is an adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's book. It's set to be Spielberg's next film following the release of Lincoln.

Former 20th Century Fox boss Tom Rothman has also come aboard to produce Robopocalypse, which is a Fox-DreamWorks co-production.

Robopocalypse is set to open April 25, 2014.

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Underworld Director Reboots The Mummy

Len Wiseman, he of Total Recall reboot and Underworld franchise fame, is in talks to direct Universal's reboot of The Mummy. Or re-reboot, one might say.

We learned last April that Jon Spaihts -- who also handled the first draft of Prometheus -- was scripting the film. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Star Trek, Transformers) are producing with Sean Daniels and Jim Jacks, the producers of Universal's Mummy series with Brendan Fraser that began in 1999.

Not much is known about Spaihts' script, though it is said to be set in the modern era. "I think the sensibility and the cutting edge of Underworld is a fantastic meld for what we want to do going forward with The Mummy,” Daniels told Heat Vision. “We are going to push the edge of scary entertainment.”

Boris Karloff, of course, starred in the original The Mummy in 1932. That film spawned a successful franchise in and of itself, which eventually culminated in a run-in with Abbott and Costello. Watch:

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Bruce Willis Might Join the CIA in American Assassin

Action icon Bruce Willis is now in talks to star as a CIA agent in the CBS Films thriller American Assassin, based on the Vince Flynn novel. Mike Finch scripted the adaptation for producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Jeffrey Nachmanoff is attached to direct.

Variety details the film's story, which centers on Mitch Rapp, "a former Syracuse grad student who joins the CIA after his girlfriend his killed by a terrorist attack." Willis is in negotiations to play the mentor figure to Rapp.

Should he accept the role, this would mark a reunion for Willis and di Bonaventura, who worked together on Red and G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

The studio is currently eying a fall 2013 production start date.

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Harrison Ford in Expendables 3 Talks

With The Expendables 2 about to hit cinemas worldwide, producer Avi Lerner has been discussing a potential threequel, with some very big names apparently in talks.

Speaking to Total Film, Lerner said “We’ve approached Clint Eastwood to be one of the guys. We’ve got a character in mind for him. We’re talking to Harrison Ford. Wesley Snipes when he comes back from prison. I’ll give you one more name – we’ve got Nicolas Cage.”

And if that weren’t enough testosterone Lerner also has plans for one of the stars of the original who failed to return for part two.

“We’re going to bring Mickey Rourke back, if he won’t be too crazy. I like Mickey. And of course, all the existing stars [will return].”

Which includes the superstar likes of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham and Jet Li.

So are there any other action stars you’d like to see added to the Expendables rosta?

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Steve Pink in Bad Santa 2 Talks

We’ve been talking about a Bad Santa sequel for the best part of a decade, but a green-light seems to be moving ever closer with a director now in talks to board the project.

According to Deadline, Steve Pink – who has previously directed Accepted and Hot Tub Time Machine– is in talks to both rewrite and helm Bad Santa 2, which would see Billy Bob Thornton return in the title role.

Johnny Rosenthal wrote the previous incarnation of the script, although there’s no word on a plot or start date.

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Worthington in Talks for Schwarzenegger's Ten

Terminator Salvation's Sam Worthington is currently in talks to work alongside the original Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger in David Ayer's action thriller Ten.

According to Variety, Worthington plans to accept the offer, provided his reps can make ends meet financially. The story is a revved up adaptation of Agatha Christie's book Ten Little Indians: A DEA task force robs a dangerous drug cartel under the guise of a tactical raid and takes refuge in one of its safe houses -- that is until team members are slowly picked off, one by one.

QED International is financing the film, and Open Road Films will distribute it in the States.

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