Oldman to be a villain.

[pablo_super1!]

http://www.joblo.com/oldman-vs-denzel

Gary Oldman is slipping into his villain britches for THE BOOK OF ELI, a Western-flavored post-apocalyptic sci-fi flick from the long-absent Hughes Brothers (DEAD PRESIDENTS, FROM HELL). The movie, from writer Gary Whitta, stars Denzel Washington as the hero tasked with protecting a sacred book that could save the tattered remnants of humanity.

Oldman is the man and this sounds very interesting. I can't wait to see him play the villain again in a film.

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The thought of Denzel and Oldman going head-to-head excites me. So heeeeeellz yeah!

[Powerslave]

That sounds awesome, and Oldman always makes a badass villain.

[Steven S.]

Can't wait for this one. It seems like our iconic villain actors (Oldman, Walken, Rickman) have been on a long vacation doing well-adusted dudes or light comedy.

[dennisv]

I thought Oldman was retiring after TDK... but seeing him playing the villain again is always awesome. His villain in Leon is in my top ten. Tizighttt.

[LordSimen]

Can't wait for this one. It seems like our iconic villain actors (Oldman, Walken, Rickman) have been on a long vacation doing well-adusted dudes or light comedy.

Rickman was a villain in Sweeney Todd.

[Sigur509]

I'll see this for oldman alone. He playes the best bad guys. He was perfect in The Professional and Fifth Element.

[SCope07]

Like my collegues above, I am pumped for this. Post apocolyptic films are only as good as their heroes and villains. These guys are two of the best so I'll be there. Anyone know if this comes from a novel or anything?

[Monotreme]

Allow me to remind everyone that Rickman is also kind of a villain in the Harry Potter movies: not in the strictest sense, but since Harry hates Snape he is portrayed as villainous in the films.

Also, this movie makes me very excited: Post-apocalyptic western with Denzel and Gary Oldman. Will hopefully put the genre back on the blockbuster map (The Road is my most anticipated movie like, ever, but I'm not kidding myself in that I know it has very limited box office prospects; on the other hand, Denzel is like a walking pot of gold, so this should do some definite business.)

[Robot]

The premise sounds fantastic. Gary Oldman vs Denzel Washington will be worth the price of admission. I'm a big fan of post-apocalyptic movies and will be the first to admit the genre has been lacking as of late. This has the potential to bring back this type of movie to the mainstream, so I'm excited.

[Steven S.]

Rickman was a villain in Sweeney Todd.
D'oh! Forgot about that one! Serves me right for not being musical.

Allow me to remind everyone that Rickman is also kind of a villain in the Harry Potter movies: not in the strictest sense, but since Harry hates Snape he is portrayed as villainous in the films.
Okay, fair enough. He's definitely antagonistic. So I'll eat my words with Alan Rickman. God bless the man for keeping the villain flag flying. But the man made Anti-sainthood for me a long time ago with his hat trick of Die Hard, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Quigley Down Under.

Also, this movie makes me very excited: Post-apocalyptic western with Denzel and Gary Oldman. Will hopefully put the genre back on the blockbuster map (The Road is my most anticipated movie like, ever, but I'm not kidding myself in that I know it has very limited box office prospects; on the other hand, Denzel is like a walking pot of gold, so this should do some definite business.)
Yes, Washington and Oldman together seem like as sure a thing as there is. Putting Denzel in a postapocalyptic setting is an exciting prospect, since his "darker" roles are to me by far his most interesting. I liked his burned-out, suicidal ex-merc in Man on Fire just as much his corrupt narc detective in Training Day.

[Jig Saw 123]

Oldmen was born to be a villain. The Fifth Element was good because of his character and I didn't even realize he was in Hannibal until I saw the credits.

[ShaggyLpool]

Oldman is due to appear in a Japanese film called Rain Fall which is based on a series of books by Barry Eisler. Having read the books about and assassin this is the Oldman film im looking forward to most

[JCPhoenix]

Oldman is due to appear in a Japanese film called Rain Fall which is based on a series of books by Barry Eisler. Having read the books about and assassin this is the Oldman film im looking forward to most

Agreed - Rain Fall is definitely one of my most anticipated movies this coming year - it's one of those books I always thought would make a really cool movie (hitman story with a cool atmosphere set amongst the jazz clubs, etc of Tokyo) and I was really surprised to go on IMDb one day and see it was in production already - last I had heard about it a few years back, Jet Li had optioned the book. I'm really hopeful that this and Shutter Island will actually turn out great unlike some of my other favorite books (The Black Dahlia, Golden Compass, Gone Baby Gone) in the past few years, especially since Max Mannix was one of the writers on Tokyo Sonata.

Nonetheless, Book of Eli also sounds like it'll be a pretty entertaining movie. From Hell had a cool atmosphere and I'm a sucker for anything post-apocalyptic. The addition of a Western tinge wouldn't have had me excited a few years back (not a huge fan of Westerns) but after the past few years of great films with Western elements in them (Assassination, No Country, Open Range, The Proposition, There Will Be Blood), I'm actually pretty excited by the idea.

[chasingbanky]

Seems like the Post Apocalyptic theme is coming back in a big (Zombie-like) way... I am legend started off the mainstream deal, and now we have this, The Road, That Keanu movie (not sure it's of this theme, but sounds like it is), and the game Fallout 3 (which is possibly the greatest game out right now). Anyone think this will get worn out like so many other genres?

[bigred760]

Oldman is always awesome as a villain; he's played different types of bad guys in movies from The Fifth Element, The Professional, Hannibal, True Romance, etc. and each is as different from the others as they can be.

And the fact that he's going up against a Denzel Washington hero makes this movie that much more exciting.

Already looking forward to it.

[muttly69]

Oldman to be a villain. What a suprise.