Movie Review: "Cars 2"

Seen on: June 15, 2011

The players: Directors: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis, Writers: John Lasseter, Ben Queen, Cast: Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer

Fact of interest: The character of Finn McMissile was originally written in the first flick as the lead in a movie Lightning and Sally see at the end.

The plot: Best Friends Lightning McQueen and Mater head off around the world for a series of big races. On the trip, Mater gets mistaken for a spy, and troubke ensues.

Our thoughts: It’s summertime again, and that inevitably means we're in for another masterpiece from the creative geniuses at the Pixar animation house. With 11 films under their belt already,  and every single one a critical and commercial smash hit, expectations run sky high with each new offering.

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Michael Caine joins 'Center of the Earth' sequel

The great Michael Caine will embark on an adventure in "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," the 3D sequel to "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D." He joins Dwayne Johnson and Josh Hutcherson.

Heat Vision reports Caine is in final talks to board the film directed by Brad Peyton. In the film, Johnson and Hutcherson team up to travel to a mysterious island to find Hutcherson's granddad (Caine).

Caine is currently onscreen in "Inception." He recently starred in "Harry Brown." He also appeared in "The Dark Knight," "Sleuth," "Flawless" and "The Prestige." He will make this sequel better for sure!

Johansson and McConaughey in a heist flick?

Michael Caine is at it again. Just a few weeks after he talked about the possibility of Johnny Depp and Philip Seymour Hoffman showing up in the sequel to “The Dark Knight” (a rumor that turned out to be false), the actor is now talking about who may star in one of his upcoming projects.

“Then I’ll probably do a film with Scarlett Johansson. I forget what it’s called. It’s an adventure film. I was told yesterday that they have Matthew McConaughey as the guy. I’ve got go home and read it again. It’s a heist adventure film,” Caine told MTV.

As long as we don’t have a confirmation from McConaughey’s and Johansson’s camps, this of course, is just a rumor. I personally hope it’s not true, because I have great difficulties imagining these two together in a heist flick.

Whatever happens, Caine will always be a great actor. It’s kind of funny that he’s been spending some tie throwing casting rumors out there. Maybe he’s just having a little fun.

Seymour denies 'Dark Knight' sequel casting rumors

By now, I'm sure you've all read about the rumors of Johnny Depp and Philip Seymour Hoffman being considered to play The Riddler and The Penguin in the sequel to Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight." Unfortunately, as far as Hoffman is concerned, none of it is true.

MTV talked to Hoffman today at the Toronto Film Festival, and this is what he had to say: “No one has talked to me about it ever — never.” He went on to say, “It happened, like, five years ago, too. It was a rumor back then and it’s still a rumor. [laughs] It’s just in the press. It’s funny.”

Well, there you have it. Turns out part of Michael Caine's earlier comments are not true. Now the question remains: what about Johnny Depp? I'm sure we'll find out more about that soon enough. In the meantime, click here to read what else Hoffman had to say about not playing The Penguin.

Johnny Depp, Philip Seymour Hoffman as villains in 'Dark Knight' sequel?

Although nothing is official yet, Michael Caine is currently spilling details on who we may see in the roles of two popular Batman villains in the sequel to Christopher Nolan's ultra-successful "The Dark Knight."

In a recent interview with MTV at the Toronto Film Festival, Caine said Warner Bros. is thinking about casting Johnny Depp as the Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman in the role of The Penguin. Well how about that?

Here's a snippet of what Caine had to say: "I was with [a Warner Bros.] executive and I said, ‘Are we going to make another one?’ They said yeah. I said, ‘How the hell are we going to top Heath? And he says ‘I’ll tell you how you top Heath — Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin.’ I said, ‘S–t, they’ve done it again!’”

Aaaaaaand that's pretty much all we know about it at this stage. Even though none of it is confirmed, I definitely like the idea of Seymour Hoffman playing The Penguin. As for Depp as The Riddler, I don't know yet. I think I have to warm up to that idea first.

Anyway, what do you think about this? Do these seem like great ideas? Or do you think Depp has no business being in a Batman flick? Feel free to sound off below. We'll let you know as soon as we learn more about these interesting casting considerations.

Update on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 3:13PM by Franck Tabouring

As it turns out, Philip Seymour denies the rumor. Read about it HERE.