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Tom Hardy (sculptor)
Edward Thomas Hardy (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor. After studying acting at the Drama Centre London, Hardy made his film debut in Ridley Scott's '' Black Hawk Down'' in 2001. He had supporting roles in the films '' Star Trek: Nemesis'' (2002) and ''RocknRolla'' (2008), and went on to star in '' Bronson'' (2008), ''Warrior'' (2011), ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), '' Lawless'' (2012), '' This Means War'' (2012), and '' Locke'' (2013). In 2015, he starred as "Mad" Max Rockatansky in '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' and both Kray twins in ''Legend'', and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' The Revenant''. Hardy appeared in three Christopher Nolan films: ''Inception'' (2010), ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012), and ''Dunkirk'' (2017). He has since starred as the title character in the film ''Venom'' (2018) and its two sequels. Hardy's television roles include the HBO war mini-series '' Band of Brothers'' (2001), the BBC histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con is a comic book convention and multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California, at the San Diego Convention Center. Founded in 1970, originally showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fantasy media, Comic-Con has grown to include a large range of popular culture, pop culture and entertainment elements across virtually all genres. According to ''Forbes'', Comic-Con is the "largest convention of its kind in the world". Since 2010, Comic-Con has filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with over 130,000 attendees. Comic-Con is home to the Eisner Awards, which recognizes creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the comic industry's equivalent to the Academy Awards. San Diego Comic Convention, Trade name, doing business as Comic-Con International, is the corporate name of the public-benefit nonprofit corporation behind Comic-Con. The corporation also organizes WonderCon, an annual convention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fury Road
''Mad Max: Fury Road'' is a 2015 Australian post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-produced and directed by George Miller, who collaborated with Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris on the screenplay. The fourth in the ''Mad Max'' franchise, it was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Kennedy Miller Mitchell, and distributed by Roadshow Entertainment in Australia and by Warner Bros. Pictures internationally. The film stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, with Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton. Set in a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland where petrol and water are scarce commodities, it follows Max Rockatansky (Hardy), who joins forces with Imperator Furiosa (Theron) against warlord Immortan Joe (Keays-Byrne) and his army, leading to a lengthy road battle. Miller came up with the idea for ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' in 1987, but the film spent many years in devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Band Of Brothers (miniseries)
''Band of Brothers'' is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. It was created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who also served as executive producers, and who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film '' Saving Private Ryan.'' Episodes first aired on HBO from September 9, to November 4, 2001. Critically acclaimed, the series won the Emmy and Golden Globe awards for best miniseries. The series dramatizes the history of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. It begins during Easy Company's paratrooper training and follows its participation in the Western Front of World War II. The events are based on Ambrose's research and recorded interviews with Easy Company veterans. The series took some literary license, adapting history for dramatic effect and series structure. The characters portrayed are based on members of Easy Company. Each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Dance
Last Dance or The Last Dance may refer to: Books *''The Last Dance'', the fiftieth 87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain *''The Last Dance'', period novel by Paul Charles Film and television * ''The Last Dance'' (1912 film), an American Selig Polyscope Company film * ''The Last Dance'' (1930 film), an American drama film starring Fred Walton * ''The Last Dance'' (1941 film), an Italian film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque * ''Daibyonin'' (also known as ''The Last Dance''), a 1993 Japanese film by Juzo Itami * ''Sista dansen'' (''The Last Dance''), a 1993 Swedish-language film * ''Last Dance'' (1996 film), starring Sharon Stone * ''Last Dance'' (1998 film), or ''The Hole'', a Taiwanese film by Tsai Ming-liang * ''The Last Dance'' (2000 film), an American drama film directed by Kevin Dowling * ''Last Dance'' (2002 film), a documentary featuring the Pilobolus dance company * ''Last Dance'' (2012 film), an Australian film * ''Magic Mike's Last Dance'', an 2023 film by Steven Sod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let There Be Carnage
''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' is a 2021 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Venom. The sequel to ''Venom'' (2018) and the second film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), it was directed by Andy Serkis from a screenplay by Kelly Marcel. Tom Hardy stars as Eddie Brock and Venom alongside Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, and Woody Harrelson. In the film, Eddie and the alien symbiote Venom must face serial killer Cletus Kasady (Harrelson) after he becomes the host of an offshoot of Venom named Carnage. ''Venom'' was intended by Sony Pictures to be the start of a new shared universe, and plans for a sequel began during production on the first film. Harrelson was cast to make a brief appearance as Cletus at the end of ''Venom'', with the intention of him becoming the villain Carnage in the sequel. Official work on the sequel began in January 2019, with Hardy and Harrelson confirmed to return along with Marcel as writer. Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venom (2018 Film)
''Venom'' is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The first film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), it was directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, and Kelly Marcel. It stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock and Venom, alongside Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, and Reid Scott. In the film, Eddie, a struggling journalist, gains superpowers after becoming the host of Venom, an alien symbiote whose species plans to invade Earth. Following Venom's appearance in '' Spider-Man 3'' (2007), Sony Pictures attempted to develop a spin-off film based on the Venom character, which was stalled due to issues with the company's ongoing ''Spider-Man'' franchise. In March 2016, work began on a new version that would start a new shared universe featuring the non-Spider-Man Marvel characters that the studio possessed film rights to. Sony also originally intended for the ''Venom'' film to share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venom (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)
Venom is a fictional character played by Tom Hardy, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Introduced in ''Venom'' (2018), Venom is depicted as a symbiote who binds with human investigative journalist Eddie Brock after landing on Earth, with the duo subsequently becoming a vigilante jointly known by Venom's name, and later as the Lethal Protector, facing Venom's former team leader, Riot, and later Venom's son, Carnage, in combat. They are the second incarnation of the character in film, after Topher Grace and Tobey Maguire's respective portrayals of Eddie Brock and Venom and a symbiote-enveloped Spider-Man in ''Spider-Man 3'' (2007). , the character has appeared in four films: ''Venom'' (2018), '' Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' (2021), '' Venom: The Last Dance'' (2024) and an uncredited cameo appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). While Hardy's portrayal of the character in ''Venom'' was met with a mixed c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunkirk (2017 Film)
''Dunkirk'' is a 2017 Historical drama, historical War film, war thriller film written, directed, and co-produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II from the perspectives of the land, sea, and air. It features an ensemble cast including Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles in his feature film debut, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hardy. The film portrays the evacuation with little dialogue, as Nolan sought instead to create suspense through cinematography and Film score, music. Filming began in May 2016 in Dunkirk and wrapped that September in Los Angeles, when post-production began. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot the film on IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large format, large-format film stock. ''Dunkirk'' has extensive practical effects. It employed thousands of extras as well as historic boats from the evacuation, and period aeroplanes. Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Knight Rises
''The Dark Knight Rises'' is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it is the final installment in Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy, ''The Dark Knight'' trilogy, and the sequel to ''The Dark Knight'' (2008). The film stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne (The Dark Knight trilogy), Bruce Wayne / Batman, alongside Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Michael Caine. Set eight years after the events of ''The Dark Knight'', it follows a retired Wayne being forced to resume his role as Batman to save Gotham City from nuclear destruction at the hands of the terrorist Bane (DC Comics), Bane (Hardy). Christopher Nolan was hesitant about returning to the series for a third film, but agreed after developing a story with his brother and Goyer that he felt would conclude the series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inception
''Inception'' is a 2010 science fiction action heist film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced it with Emma Thomas, his wife. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets. He is offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. The ensemble cast includes Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao, and Michael Caine. After the 2002 completion of ''Insomnia'', Nolan presented to Warner Bros. a written 80-page treatment for a horror film envisioning "dream stealers," based on lucid dreaming. Deciding he needed more experience before tackling a production of this magnitude and complexity, Nolan shelved the project and instead worked on 2005's ''Batman Begins'', 2006's '' The Prestige'', and 2008's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Nolan
Sir Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. Known for his Cinema of the United States, Hollywood Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbusters with complex storytelling, he is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. Christopher Nolan filmography, Nolan's films have earned over $6.6 billion worldwide, making him the List of highest-grossing film directors, seventh-highest-grossing film director. List of awards and nominations received by Christopher Nolan, His accolades include two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and two British Academy Film Awards. Nolan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2019, and received a Knight Bachelor, knighthood in 2024 for his contributions to film. Nolan developed an interest in filmmaking from a young age. After studying English literature at University College London, he made several short films before his feature film debut with ''Following'' (1998). Nolan ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revenant (2015 Film)
''The Revenant'' is a 2015 American epic western action drama film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. The screenplay by Mark L. Smith and Iñárritu is based in part on Michael Punke's 2002 novel '' The Revenant'', which describes frontiersman Hugh Glass's experiences in 1823. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. An earlier movie '' Man in the Wilderness'' (1971) is also loosely based on the life of Hugh Glass, however Iñárritu does not credit it as an inspiration. In August 2001, Akiva Goldsman purchased Punke's manuscript. Iñárritu signed on to direct ''The Revenant'' in August 2011; in April 2014, after several delays due to other projects, Iñárritu confirmed that he was beginning work on it and that DiCaprio had the lead role. Principal photography began in October 2014. Location and crew concerns delayed production from May to August 2015. ''The Revenant'' premiered at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on December 16, 2015. It had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
