Established 1961 29 Thursday, May 3, 2018 Lifestyle Gossip Del Toro says Cannes Festival voting process is amusing artin Scorsese has accused enicio Del Toro finds the voting told IndieWire: “Not about the movie, review websites of damag- process at the Cannes Film but laughing about the process. “We Ming the movie business. The BFestival to be amusing. The 51- got to that point where even if you 75-year-old filmmaker - who has year-old actor is set to preside over really care about a movie that was not directed some of the most iconic the jury of Un Certain Regard at the getting any votes, you had to laugh. movies in recent cinema history, such annual film festival in the south of You go, ‘Okay, well I see the world a as ‘Goodfellas’, ‘Taxi Driver’ and France, and Del Toro - who served on little bit different.’” Meanwhile, Del ‘Raging Bull’ - has hit out at review the jury for the 2010 Cannes Toro has also bemoaned the decline of aggregator websites, saying they Competition - has revealed details of cinemas in America. However, the actor devalue cinema. He explained: “It can the regimented voting process. He remains committed to the platform, all be summed up in the word that’s recalled: “You vote really early in the revealing he watches “very little TV”. being used now: content. “All movie morning the day of the awards. It’s like, He said: “They’re in danger in the num- images are lumped together. You’ve you get up at 8am and you go to this bers here in America. “I understand got a picture, you’ve got a TV castle and they close the doors and that they’re not in danger in the [entire] episode, a new trailer, you’ve got a you have to vote for everything in that world. In some places, it’s booming. how-to video on a coffee-maker, day and then there’s a lot of like, back “Me personally, I’m a movie guy. I you’ve got a Super Bowl commercial, and forth: ‘We’ve got to vote again.’” grew up liking movies. I watch all you’ve got ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, it’s Del Toro served on the 2010 jury movies. I watch movies from all over all the same. “They can also turn a picture off and go straight to the next alongside the likes of Tim Burton and the world. I don’t think that movies can piece of content. If there’s no sense of value tied to a given movie, of course, Kate Beckinsale, and he admitted they disappear. The two-hour, the three- it can be sampled in bits and pieces and just forgotten.” Scorsese argued laughed a lot about the process. He hour format. I see very little TV.” that aggregator sites encourage people to make a snap judgment of movies, which he believes to be detrimental to the industry. The Hollywood icon told Entertainment Weekly: “The horrible idea they reinforce [is] that every pic- ture, every image is there to be instantly judged and dismissed without giv- ing audiences time to see it. “Time to see it, maybe ruminate and maybe make a decision for themselves. So the great 20th century art form, the Cavill hints Power Rangers American art form, is reduced to content.” Scorsese told the attendees at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival that they were able to recognize the at rivalry with distinction between disposable content and real cinema. He said: “You know Johnson’s Black Adam franchise sold for $520m the difference between a YouTube video and the great American art form. You react against the devaluation of cinema and movies by showing up.” enry Cavill has hinted he wants Superman to face off against Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Black Adam. The 34-year-old actor - who made his he ‘Power Rangers’ franchise H has been sold to Hasbro for debut as the iconic character in 2013’s ‘Man of Steel’ - has opened up about the possibility of Black Adam T$520 million. The eye-watering appearing on screen alongside Superman. He told acquisition by the world’s biggest MTV: “There’s a lot of things spinning around in the toymaker could have major implica- universe right now with that. Obviously if Black Adam tions for the film franchise, which does become a char- includes the 2017 ‘Power Rangers’ movie that featured the likes of Dacre acter officially, he will Montgomery, Naomi Scott and RJ play him... “I’m pretty Cyler. The world-famous brand is sure it’ll be a being sold by entrepreneur Haim Shazam/Black Adam Saban - who created it 25 years ago thing first. If it does - in a deal that also includes a num- happen, it would make ber of other assets, including the TV sense that way. But series ‘My Pet Monster’, ‘Popples’, you never know, and ‘Julius Jr’. The original ‘Power maybe there will be a Rangers’ TV show - which was Superman movie and inspired by a holiday Saban took in Shazam will come and Japan - was launched in 1993 and help.” Henry’s hint proved to be a huge global success. comes shortly after Since then, the brand has branched Dwayne, 46, revealed out into other areas, including toys he hopes his ‘Black and three ‘Power Rangers’ films.Brian Adam’ movie will be Casentini, the senior vice-president released in 2019. The of Saban Brands, previously wrestler-turned-actor explained why the characters have is set to appear as the proven to be so popular with young villain in the upcoming DC movie and, after multiple children. In 2014, he shared: “These delays to the project, Dwayne confirmed in April that are in a full costume, including a hel- significant progress is now finally being made. He met. “It’s far easier for a child to proj- shared: “The script came in, it’s great, we’re working ect themselves into that costume and on it. If things come together in the way we anticipate imagine themselves as a Power them coming together, that feels like a 2019 movie.” Ranger than it is with Superman. “It’s DC movies have often been overshadowed by those of something that a young child can Marvel, which is responsible for money-spinning fran- watch and not be frightened of. The chises like ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Thor’. Despite this, Dwayne monsters are wackier, they’re in rub- is confident that DC knows what it is doing. He ber costumes, it’s not as threatening explained: “Marvel is doing such an incredible job of as some of the older superhero universe building ... and DC is doing a great job finding shows. We do that by design. “We the footing and tone of their movies.” can’t fight the natural progression that occurs with a child. What we can do is try to tell stories that res- onate as old as we can get. Our core audience is four to eight and then they graduate and move on. Power Rangers fundamentally remains every child’s entry point into the superhero genre.” Mirren joins cast of The One and Only Ivan ame Helen Mirren has joined the cast of ‘The One Dand Only Ivan’. The 72- year-old actress will work along- side Danny DeVito and Angelina Jolie on Disney’s live-action/CG Chastain to lead hybrid adaptation of Katherine Applegate’s acclaimed book. female spy movie 355 Angelina, 42, is producing and voicing one of the characters, with essica Chastain will lead the all-star cast for female spy movie ‘355’. Bryan Cranston and Ariana The 41-year-old actress is set to star in the large-scale espionage Greenblatt also set to appear in the movie directed by Simon Kinberg, which will also feature a cast full live-action elements of the movie. J of A-list actresses including Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Lupita Elsewhere, Sam Rockwell and Nyong’o, and Fang Bingbing. According to Deadline.com, all the actress- Brooklynn Prince will join Mirren es will star as international agents in the edgy action thriller movie, which and DeVito as part of the voice comes as a move to break into the male-dominated genre with a full cast. Production work for the film female ensemble. Alongside starring in the movie, Jessica is also set to started earlier this week, but produce alongside Kelly Carmichael under her Freckle Films banner, with in Diesel was “intimidated” by Dame Helen Mirren Disney is remaining tight-lipped director Simon Kinberg also producing through Kinberg Genre. Deadline when he met her for the first time. The 72-year-old about character details for the time also reports that the hope is to launch a franchise around the movie, in actress approached the ‘Fast & the Furious’ star at a being. ‘The One and Only Ivan’ was the same vein as popular spy franchises ‘Mission: Impossible’, James V originally published in 2012 and it Golden Globes after-party, where she spoke to him about Bond, and the ‘Bourne’ movies. Speaking to the publication, Jessica said: the possibility of starring in the money-spinning film fran- tells the story of a silverback goril- “I love the ‘Bourne’ movies, the ‘Mission: Impossible’ films, and wondered chise. Recalling his conversation with the award-winning la who lives in a cage at a mall. why, except for ‘Charlie’s Angels’, there hadn’t been a true female ensem- actress, Vin shared: “She’s very intimidating, despite her 5’2? Meanwhile, Helen previously joked ble action-thriller spy film.