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Bruce Willis Calls 'Fantastic Four' Rumor 'A Good Rumor,' Pushes For 'Unbreakable 2'

Posted 10/12/10 10:31 am EST by in Marvel, News


Bruce Willis isn't unfamiliar with the comic book and superhero genres, having previously starred in adaptations of "Sin City" and "Surrogates." He's set to voyage further into the medium with "Red" this coming weekend, but the ride won't stop there -- if rumors are to be believed, at least.

This past summer, a rumor floated around that Willis might be up for the part of Ben "The Thing" Grimm in 20th Century Fox's reboot of the "Fantastic Four" franchise. When MTV News spoke with Willis at a recent press junket for "Red," Willis identified the rumor as exactly that — a rumor — but it's a rumor that he just so happens to like.

"It's a rumor, but I love rumors," said Willis. "I haven't gotten that call yet. It's a good rumor, though. I like that film. It's a good comic, as well." Read More...

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'Red' Fight Sequence Between Bruce Willis And Karl Urban Puts The 'Graphic' In Graphic Novel

Posted 10/11/10 11:29 am EST by in DC Comics, News


There are plenty of reasons to check out "Red" next weekend, from its exciting ensemble cast to director Robert Schwentke's frenetic pacing. But perhaps the most exhilarating moment in the film comes in the form of a brutal knockout drag-out fist fight between leading man Bruce Willis and an opposing CIA operative played by Karl Urban.

"We had a fight scene that was probably the most gritty, arduous, difficult, intense two weeks of my life," Urban told MTV News of the fight sequence. "We gave each other a really good crack, we really did. It was all done within the bounds of safety, but I felt very grateful to be working with him. The most fun I had was throwing Bruce around an office, smashing stuff up." Read More...

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BREAKING: Bruce Willis Joins Seth Rogen On MTV News' First Comic-Con Livestream At 3PM ET!

Posted 7/22/10 1:58 pm EST by in News


Bruce WillisThe celebs are starting to pour in here at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, and one of their first stops will be none other than our Comic-Con studios. And now we can announce that Bruce Willis and his "Red" co-star Karl Urban will join previously scheduled guests including Seth Rogen, Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo on the first edition of MTV News' Comic-Con Live webcast today at 3pm ET.

So set your alarm clock to hear the latest from Bruce on his new comic book flick, Seth Rogen on his Green Hornet role and Danny Trejo and Robert Rodriguez on their grindhouse ode "Machete."

Keep it locked to Splash Page throughout the show for all your Comic-Con 2010 news, interviews, and exclusives. You can also follow your friendly neighborhood editor Rick Marshall and the rest of the Splash Page team on Twitter!

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What We Want To See In An 'Unbreakable' Sequel

Posted 2/25/10 11:31 am EST by in News


Bruce Willis is up for an "Unbreakable" sequel. He says that M. Night Shyamalan is still thinking about it, as the filmmaker has told MTV News in the past. Even Samuel L. Jackson is interested in the project. With all three central forces seemingly on board, could "Unbreakable 2" be far off?

Both Jackson and Willis have spoken about Shyamalan's plans for the second "Unbreakable" installment, which would focus on the continued and increasingly violent conflict between their characters of Elijah "Mr. Glass" Price and David Dunn, the unbreakable man. Assuming that story is still in place, here are a few other suggestions for where the "Unbreakable" franchise should go. Read More...

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Bruce Willis Says M. Night Shyamalan 'Still Thinking' About 'Unbreakable 2'

Posted 2/22/10 5:29 pm EST by in News, Video


Confession time, folks: There are a few of us around Splash Page HQ who are big fans of M. Night Shyamalan's dark superhero tale "Unbreakable" — so we can't help bringing up the possibility of a sequel every time we talk to the filmmaker or one of the film's cast. Back in June 2009, Shyamalan told us that he still had plans for a sequel, so when we caught up with actor Bruce Willis during this weekend's "Cop Out" junket, we had to get his take on whether we'll ever see "Unbreakable 2."

"I talked to [Shyamalan] over the holidays, and he is still thinking about doing the fight movie between me and Sam that we were going to do," Willis told MTV News. Read More...

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First Photos From 'Red' Hit The 'Net

Posted 1/21/10 5:31 pm EST by in News, Wildstorm


Red"Red" kicked off production earlier this week in Toronto, and now the first photos from the set of Robert Schwentke's film based on the Wildstorm comic have arrived online.

The seven photos posted on The HSX Dude feature two of the film's stars, Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker, and offer the first glimpse at how the adaptation of Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner's miniseries will look when it arrives in theaters October 22. The comic followed a former black-ops CIA agent forced out of retirement to discover who ordered his assassination.

Previously, Schwentke told MTV News the film would be a "funny" take on the dark thriller. Ellis has since offered up his thoughts on why the changes were necessary. Read More...

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'Surrogates' Special: Bruce Willis' Five Best Law Enforcement Roles

Posted 9/25/09 9:49 am EST by in Lists


SurrogatesBy my count, Bruce Willis has taken on some sort of law-enforcing, crime-solving, humanity-protecting, uniform-wearing big-screen role 18 times in his career. You might say the guy has something of a cinematic Messiah complex.

Today, the sci-fi graphic novel adaptation "Surrogates"—in which Willis plays an FBI agent in a world where humans uses robotic doppelgangers in everyday life while they chill in the safety of their homes—brings the actor's total to 19 and climbing. Here are some of our favorites.

John McClane (the "Die Hard" films): Any conversation about Bruce Willis and cops must begin with McClane, whose foul-mouthed catchphrases have entered the pop culture lexicon and whose barefoot-on-broken-glass disregard for his own well-being continues to set the bar high for adrenaline-raising action flicks. Heck, it was enough to earn McClane a Greatest Movie Badasses Of All Time" nod. Read More...

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What Would The 'Surrogates' Cast Do With Their Robot Doubles?

Posted 9/24/09 2:20 pm EST by in Top Shelf, Video


FROM MTV.COM: It's already been a smash comic book, and we've been following its development into a movie for quite some time. Now, the Bruce Willis sci-fi flick "Surrogates" is finally hitting theaters this weekend, fueled by one very provocative question: If you had a robot doppelgänger to live life for you, what would you do with it?



"My surrogate would be fighting fires and saving the world," said Radha Mitchell, one of the stars of the film. "The surrogate could also be doing all that menial stuff. My surrogate would be doing everything. I could just relax and get a massage instead."

"I'd send him down to Washington, tell him to fire all the politicians and start looking for that $780 billion they can't seem to find," grinned Willis, who plays the futuristic cop investigating a series of murders in a world where people stay indoors, resting while their robots do all the living for them. "It'd be a good day."

For more on what the "Surrogates" cast would do with their robotic stand-ins, head over to Movies.MTV.com.

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EXCLUSIVE: New 'Surrogates' Image Debuts In Our Fall Movie Preview!

Posted 8/24/09 10:49 am EST by in Hot Stuff, News, Photos, Top Shelf


"Surrogates" lands in theaters September 25, and while Jonathan Mostow's adaptation of Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele's graphic novel won't include the original story's villain, it will include quite a bit of Bruce Willis as the story's protagonist, Detective Harvey Greer.

We've already seen at least one image of Willis on the set of the film, and now we have another exclusive photo of the actor in action as Greer. Check it out:


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From the amount of hair Willis is sporting in the photo (and the lack thereof in the previous image of Willis), it's pretty clear that we're looking at Greer's robotic surrogate in the above photo, and not the flesh-and-blood detective. Read More...

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EXCLUSIVE: Robert Schwentke's 'Red' Adaptation To Be A 'Funny' Take On Warren Ellis' Story

Posted 8/4/09 9:41 am EST by in News, Wildstorm


Robert SchwentkeNegotiations between Robert Schwentke and Summit Entertainment must have gone well, because the "Time Traveler's Wife" director has confirmed his status onboard their film adaptation of Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner's WildStorm miniseries "Red." And by his own admission, the project will be a much lighter vision of the source material.

In fact, the new movie starring Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis could turn out to be more of a comedy than Ellis originally envisioned.

"I love the script," Schwentke said told MTV News. "It's very funny, which the comic book isn't." Read More...

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