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  • Armie Hammer, Henry Cavill: ‘Man from U.N.C.L.E.’

    Armie Hammer and Henry Cavill star in the upcoming film based on a 1960s TV favorite–The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and a new trailer promoting the movie was just released. Henry Cavill stars as CIA agent Napoleon Solo, while Armie Hammer stars as KGB agent Illya Kuryakin. The two put aside their differences to stop an international crime organization that is set on committing worldwide harm.

    Hugh Grant plays the role of the head of U.N.C.L.E., which as those who loved the TV show know means United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.

    “They’re both wonderful people and a pleasure to work with,” Cavill says of Armie Hammer and Hugh Grant.

    He even admits that lots of joking goes around on set.

    “Any funny stories I’m going to keep to myself, though. No telling tales out of school,” Henry Cavill adds.

    Guy Ritchie directs The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Cavill–also known for his role as Superman–calls it “a cool, sexy and especially not heavy Cold War spy thriller.”

    In addition to Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, and Hugh Grant, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. will star Alicia Vikander in the lead female role as the daughter of a missing German scientist who helps Armie Hammer and Henry Cavill’s characters infiltrate the international criminal organization. Elizabeth Debicki plays the role of Victoria Vinciguerra, who is the driving force behind a worldwide shipping company with a rather questionable background.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E. won’t hit theaters until August 14th, so that gives fans of Armie Hammer, Henry Cavill, Hugh Grant, and more the likely opportunity to see even more trailers promoting the film.

    Did you watch The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on TV in the 1960s? Will you likely add this to your list of must-see summer films?

  • ‘Lone Ranger’ Actors Claim Critics Killed The Movie

    ‘Lone Ranger’ Actors Claim Critics Killed The Movie

    Reviews or the Disney film adaptation of “The Lone Ranger” were pouring in before the movie even premiered on July 3rd, and they were almost unanimously against the summer blockbuster.

    Now that the film has tanked in the U.S. box office the stars are blaming the harsh treatment of the film at the hands of critiques for its poor performance. The Long Ranger himself, Armie Hammer, said of those who panned the movie before its release, “This is the deal with American critics: they’ve been gunning for our movie since it was shut down the first time, that’s when most of the critics wrote their initial reviews.”

    Co-star Johnny Depp was just as disappointed by the film’s treatment by the media. In the same interview with Yahoo U.K. he spoke of the media preconceived notions of the movie:

    “I think the reviews were written seven to eight months before we released the film. I think the reviews were written when they heard Gore [Verbinksi] and Jerry [Bruckheimer] and me were going to do ‘The Lone Ranger.’ They had expectations that it must be a blockbuster. I didn’t have any expectations of that. I never do.”

    Hammer echoed that sentiment and added a little more emphasis to his disapproval:

    “While we were making it we knew people were gunning for it. I think it was the popular thing when the movie hit rocky terrain they jumped on the bandwagon to try and bash it. They tried to do the same thing with to ‘World War Z’, it didn’t work, the movie was successful. Instead they decided to slit the jugular of our movie.”

    Disney cannot be pleased with the results the movie yielding in the U.S., especially since it is speculated that the film could end up costing the company around $190 million dollars. Disney will hope to make up some of that cash when the film opens in the U.K. on August 9th.

  • Lone Ranger: Critics Holding Nothing Back

    Lone Ranger: Critics Holding Nothing Back

    “The Lone Ranger”, which opens today, has already gotten some pretty negative reviews from critics, who say it’s not so much that the film is bad; it’s that it doesn’t really understand what sort of beast it is.

    From the get-go–pretty much as soon as those pictures emerged of Johnny Depp’s costume, not to mention the fact that Depp is playing Tonto–many were skeptical of the plot. Taking an old televised western and bringing it to the big screen is tricky enough without bringing in all the trappings of a big-budget summer action flick, and many critics are saying that Gore Verbinski fell short.

    According to The Wrap, “The Lone Ranger feels schizophrenic, a state of affairs that would be forgivable if it delivered as a post-modern comedy or as an exciting Western or even as an exhilaratingly brainless piece of summer entertainment. It is a drag as an action movie, it’s not funny in its attempts at self-parody, and it feels like a Western made by people working off a checklist of tropes without ever really understanding the genre. [Director Gore] Verbinski and his writers have taken a promising idea and put a silver bullet in its head.”

    Variety says, “No longer simply the sidekick, Tonto gets top billing in Disney’s extravagant but exhausting reboot, whose vaguely revisionist origin story partners a heavily face-painted Johnny Depp with the blandly handsome Armie Hammer. Directed by “Pirates of the Caribbean’s” Gore Verbinski, this over-the-top oater delivers all the energy and spectacle audiences have come to expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer production, but sucks out the fun in the process, ensuring sizable returns but denying the novelty value required to support an equivalent franchise.”

    Of course, there are a few people online who say they thoroughly enjoyed the film, but they seem to be in the minority at this point.

  • “Fortunately,” Nobody Confuses Armie Hammer with a Real Winklevoss

    Armie Hammer, aka the guy who played (both) Winklevoss twins in 2010’s The Social Network, stopped by Conan to talk about his upcoming role as The Lone Ranger, being tall, and more. Eventually, the conversation shifted to his role in the great movie about Facebook’s creation.

    Hammer talks about not having a twin despite Hollywood’s insistance, the Winklevii, and being recognized in a unique fashion.

    Check it out. The Social Network talk starts around 2:45.