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Although Rosario Dawson was originally cast as the doctor, Alice Braga will portray a version of the character who serves as a mentor and caretaker for the young mutants.

Obviously, there are a lot of storylines and characters going on here, and this isn't even getting into the return of Moira McTaggart (Rose Bryne), or Xavier's new students (Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers / Cyclops and Kodi Smit - McPhee as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler) who stand in as the young versions of the characters who featured in the original X-Men films.

As usual, there are dark versions of some characters who are more powerful than the originals.

Not exact matches

The characters help humanize the Avenger, who, beforehand, was just a male version of Katniss Everdeen to those unfamiliar with comics.

Despite a real - life narrative stuffed with secrets and suspense, the film version quickly feels bloated as Stone treats us to scene after scene of Snowden struggling with his inner dilemma and, especially, with his devoted girlfriend, Lindsay, who is a major character in her own right.

«With the revelation of the Oedipal code, Freud becomes the final hero, the hero who could unmask himself, asserting a paranoid version of psychology in order to display his own «narcissistic» character and to enjoy the triumph of that attractively disturbing irony.

The central character, Ed Pekurny (Matthew McConaughey), is an amiably serene, aw - shucks rube who is plucked from obscurity by a fledgling cable channel called True TV and made the star of his own round - the - clock, this - is - my - private - reality show, a kind of marathon solo version of The Real World or An American Family.

For those who have been waiting patiently for Bond to stop brooding so heavily, Spectre is about as close as the Craig version of the character is probably going to get to the quipping, unflappable 007 of yore.

The ogre Shrek (Mike Myers) lives alone, quite happily, in his own private swamp, until his solitude is shattered by a noisy, restless troupe of fairy - tale and nursery - rhyme characters who've been forced from their homes by the nasty Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow), who, with his Prince Valiant haircut and long, squared - off jaw, resembles nothing so much as a cartoon - world version of Laurence Olivier's Richard III.

While the choreography is generally fairly minimal (at least for this sort of mega-production), first time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who helmed the original stage version) has woven together a tightly edited and exceedingly well shot film that capitalizes on the music wonderfully while never worrying too much about such nettlesome items as character or motivation, providing enough other movement that one ultimately doesn't miss huge dance numbers a la Robbins or Fosse that much in the long run.

Charley's mom walked out when he was young, and his dad is a beer - bellied slob (played by one - time Calvin Klein model Travis Fimmel, here looking more like the redneck version of his rugged «Vikings» character), not a bad guy, but no role model either, getting drunk after work and using what remains of his homecoming - king charm to bring home local women (it's a part better suited to Steve Zahn, who appears later, miscast as an abusive, borderline - homeless man).

But now Toby Kebbell, who plays the film's version of Doctor Doom, has revealed a few things about his character.

Nolte is OK in a part that affords him very little to build a character from, Robert Shaw does a dialled - down version of his salty dog Quint from Jaws, and the great character actor Eli Wallach appears in a supporting role as an old drunk who plays both sides.

During this recent interview to discuss the TV version of Zombieland, co-creators and executive producers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick talked about the journey from TV series to movie and now back to TV pilot, what it's been like to work with Amazon, what motivated the decision to have the same characters from the movie on the TV show, how they envision it as a road show, how much gore they can have, what Kirk Ward (who was originally cast as Tallahassee before being replaced by Woody Harrelson) brings to this version of the character, what led them to the 30 - minute format, whether they could have any surprise cameos (Bill Murray made a very memorable one in the film), what will determine whether the pilot is successful enough to go to series, and when they might know if they're picked up.

It has been confirmed that owners of the Wii U game will be able to transfer the new Wind Waker characters over from the 3DS version, but developer Omega Force hasn't revealed how this will be done, or if they will be available as standalone DLC packs for those who don't want to buy the game again on the handheld.

Bryan Singer, who is set to direct the film, was reportedly also looking for younger versions of characters such as Jean Grey, Cyclops and Storm a couple of months ago.

Alongside the Shazam stand - in, we also see the Monica Rambeau version of Captain Marvel and the original character who held the mantle, the Kree warrior Mar - Vell.

Paul Rudd still stars as Ant - Man, Michael Douglas plays Henry Pym, the inventor of the shrinking formula in this version of the movie (and not the original superhero like he is in the comics) and Lily who recently revealed a few more details and said her character Hope Van Dyne «is the daughter of the founders of The Avengers, Ant - Man and the Wasp» which will no doubt lead to lots of confusion as we know from the MCU Ant - Man and The Wasp weren't in those original movies (she's referring to what happened in the comics).

One could be forgiven, however, for confusing him for the older, squatter version of a different character: Bernard Berkman, Jeff Daniels» breathlessly pompous professor from The Squid And The Whale, who Baumbach not so loosely (or secretly) modeled on his own father.

I have fond memories of the 1942 Warner Bros. version — very much a product of its time, complete with Horton butchering «The Hut - Sut Song,» a WWII hit that had lyrics notoriously easy to mis - hear, and Lazy Bird Maisie's vocal inflections based on character actress Joan Blondell, who played a character named Maisie in a series of low - budget quickies (I believe she was also the voice of the Car in «My Mother, the Car,» but I wouldn't swear to it.)

Devoted fans of the 1995 version (and those who just watched it) will recognize that this remake hangs on to the first names of characters from the original and gives them each the same function.

Many of the characters of Netflix's latest original drama series Bloodline put forward the version of themselves they want to be instead of who they truly are.

Kinnear (Skyfall, Penny Dreadful), who recently won an Olivier Award, the British version of the Tony Awards, for best actor, will portray a character by the name of Barry Fairbrother.

The writing doesn't help — the pilot script is full of silly plot short - cuts and painfully cheesy lines — but there's no getting around the fact that the new version of the character has very little appeal, and certainly won't put the memory of Richard Dean Anderson, who originated the role, out of anyone's mind.

In the comics story she's the one who eventually is able to rip the Infinity Gauntlet off Thanos» hand — and she's one of the few main characters who survived the purge in the movie version.

The new version of the character is a Vegas stage magician, who gets roped (kind of) into a battle against a vampire (Colin Farrell) by a high school kid, played by Anton Yelchin.

According to Dan Fogler, who plays Jacob Kowalski, younger versions of fan - favorite «Harry Potter» characters will appear in the films.

Those who purchase the 3DS version of Hyrule Warriors will unlock the new characters in the original Wii U version of the game.

Not only will a promoted character boast better states, but they'll also be able to learn more skills, have more crests and even get a new costume, which is usually a more elegant version of what they're wearing already, or what they were wearing, but now with a lot more armour, but getting the Master Seals will not be easy as some can only be achieved by getting S Rank on certain levels in History Mode and meeting certain requirements like opening specific treasure chests with a key that you can only get by saving a certain NPC as part of a Sub Mission, or killing a character who happens to be carrying one, like a Thief.

Evangeline Lilly's playing her daughter Hope Van Dyne, who looks like she could be shaping up as the MCU version of that character.

It got to a point where star Corey Stoll admitted that his character, villain Darren Cross who becomes the Yellowjacket, had different motivations and levels of plot knowledge in various versions of the film.

Despite earlier reports that Nintendo were not planning on releasing any paid DLC, it can be confirmed now that the character Mewtwo will be available for purchase for those who do not purchase both versions of Super Smash Bros..

For players who pre-order any version of the game, a special character from Dragon Ball Super as well as the Tao Pai Pai Stick, to fly with style...

He's a figure of great notoriety, and has been represented in film several times previous to the Richardson version, including the 1906 silent film The Story of the Kelly Gang and a 1960 Australian television version starring Ken Goodlet as Kelly, who makes an appearance as a supporting character here (amidst a healthy mix of other Australian character actors, including Bill Hunter and Frank Thring).

Its motion - capture CGI renders the characters in rubbery, apple - cheeked versions that sometimes slide queasily into the uncanny valley; its script (written by the dream team of Doctor Who show - runner Steven Moffat, Hot Fuzz writer - director Edgar Wright, and Attack The Block writer - director Joe Cornish) is an of - the - moment action movie, little more than a lengthy series of big setpieces, crammed with fights and chases.

He gets help from a ragtag band of strangers including a bad - ass Goth chick who goes by the name Wyldstyle (an adorable Elizabeth Banks); Batman (Will Arnett, doing a Batman version of his pompous «Arrested Development» character, Gob); a makeshift pirate captain called Metal Beard (Nick Offerman); and the unflappably happy Unikitty (Alison Brie) which is — you guessed it — half unicorn and half kitty.

The sequence, fittingly titled «Belle,» features Watson as the titular character, fleshed out by the townspeople, made up of the film's chorus, who — like the townspeople in the animated version — don't understand why Belle is all about the books, and not about acting like everyone else.

There's an unhealthy anachronism to these characters, who riff with one another in modern day fashion, with at least one character giving his version of a Boston accent (though his portrayer, Stephen Graham (This is England, The I Inside), is from Liverpool, England).

Brosnan, who has wanted to do a grittier version of the James Bond character e...

Lily and Jeremy were joined on set by Josh Dylan who is playing the younger version of Stellan Skarsgard «s character Bill.

But one can also interpret this pattern in the opposite way: the camera's closeness to Jean, Laura, and Samy — all of whom behave recklessly and often hysterically, and who in many important ways can be regarded as three versions or aspects of the same character — alienates us from their compulsive behavior, while the jump - cutting energizes us, repeatedly pushing us forward in a manner that forces us to share their compulsiveness.

Spinning the original comic depiction of the character on its head, the image features Domino — who in the illustrated version sports a pale complexion with a black mark over her left eye — as a black woman with a white mark over her eye, in what appears to be vitiligo, as well as her natural hair.

Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark on HBO's «Game of Thrones» will portray a younger version of the «X-Men» character Jean Grey in the upcoming film «X-Men: Apocalypse.»

Contraband is, in fact, the American remake of the Icelandic film Reykjavik - Rotterdam, and while I haven't seen that film to know for sure, the script for this American version (adapted by Aaron Guzikowski) tries to do too much with some of the subplots and supporting characters — which would've been more of a pronounced distraction if director Baltasar Kormakur (who produced the Icelandic version) and his team of editors hadn't cut them down to size.

Talking of the Deadpool game, two more characters have been revealed and they are Cable from X-Men and a re-imagined version of Death in female form who will be a love interest.

The character of Scapelli would seem to be an altered version of Foreman Spike from the game Wrecking Crew, who was also obstructive to Mario's career.

This relationship between T'Challa and the Dora Milaje informs Priest's version of Nakia, which will seem very different to those who primarily know the character from the film.

Anyone who has seen The Public Enemy has probably noticed the same thing: In the opening scenes, where Tom and Matt as young men are seen, the character playing young Tom looks like a young version of Edward Woods and the young version of Matt looks like a young version of James Cagney.

You can get all of the minor move set changes, characters and stages with the downloadable upgrade available on Xbox Live, PSN and PC so the retail version is only there for people who like to dress up their fighter, or for those who haven't yet experienced Street Fighter IV yet.

«The Room» tells the story (I use the term loosely, as the script is a mishmash of many unexplained developments and characters, with a plot even more out of focus than the camera) of Johnny (played by Wiseau, and Franco as Wiseau in this version), a successful banker who has a fiancee named Lisa (portrayed by Ari Graynor), a best friend named Mark (played by Dave Franco as Greg Sestero), and a teenage protegee of some kind named Danny (played by Josh Hutcherson).