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Josh Trank says he wanted to cast a black actress as Sue Storm in the 2015 film Fantastic Four, but the studio vetoed his plan. The director recently discussed the casting of the superhero saga during a virtual video interview with Geeks of Color. He told the outlet that he had specific plans for the cast, but got…

In 1986, huckster reporter Gerald Rivera staged a hyped, bloated, two-hour TV special called The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vault, tantalizing viewers with what treasures might be buried there. When it was finally opened, there was nothing, a big con that led nowhere. That almost describes this new film, Capone, which…

EXCLUSIVE: Shameless actor Noel Fisher and Tilda Del Toro joined the cast in the Tom Hardy-led Al Capone biopic Fonzo, written and directed by Chronicle helmer Josh Trank. The film is focused on the final days of the ruthless businessman who ruled Chicago with an iron fist during the Prohibition Era and was the most…

EXCLUSIVE: British actor Jack Lowden is adding another role to his growing list of credits, boarding Al Capone biopic Fonzo from writer/director Josh Trank. Tom Hardy stars as the ruthless Chicago businessman and bootlegger; Lowden will play FBI agent Crawford. Matt Dillon, Linda Cardellini, Kyle MacLachlan and…

The Josh Trank written and directed Al Capone biopic, Fonzo, is boosting its cast with the addition of Matt Dillon (Crash, Wayward Pines), Linda Cardellini (Bloodline, Daddy’s Home), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Desperate Housewives), and Katherine Narducci (The Sopranos, HBO's Wizard Of Lies) joining previously…

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Trank, who next is directing Tom Hardy in Fonzo, the feature film about the final days of mobster Al Capone, has just signed with CAA, who is repping the U.S. distribution rights for the film along with WME Global. Trank had been repped by WME. Trank most recently directed Fantastic Four for Fox and…

Tom Hardy is attached to play all-time American gangster Al Capone in Fonzo, a new project written and to be directed by Josh Trank. Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder of Addictive Pictures and Lawrence Bender are producing the pic, which centers on Capone in the final days of his life. The real-life Capone died…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING: I feel the need to start off with Ryan Kavanaugh. Has a snake oil salesman been treated as lovingly by the press as this…

In a tweet that was deleted soon after it was posted, director Josh Trank appeared to deny all blame for the negative reviews that have greeted Fantastic Four, and to distance himself from the film. Who does he hold responsible? They remain nameless, and you can draw your own conclusions. But he insisted that he had…

Just under a year after he was announced to direct a pic in the Star Wars franchise, Chronicle and Fantastic Four reboot helmer Josh Trank has left the Galaxy far far away. "After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I'm making a personal decision to…

Not one to be left out of a trend, following the leak earlier this morning of a new trailer for 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot, the studio has made the official video available online. Now revealed, the look of iconic Fantastic Four villain Doctor Doom. The answer: kind of awesome. The trailer gives us…

BREAKING: Disney and Lucasfilm are wasting no time moving along on its Star Wars films. They’ve just set Chronicle helmer Josh Trank, who’s next directing the Fantastic Four reboot at Fox. It is the second big hire of a hot young director for the franchise. After the monster Godzilla opening, director Gareth Edwards wa…