Movie Exlusives

Undoubtedly the best living actress Meryl Streep will have fun playing diverse roles in her career again: according to "MovieWeb" she has been hired to play former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a biopic "Thatcher" directed by Phyllida Lloyd ("Mamma Mia!"). The movie, which already has an Oscar feel to it, will also star the equally ultratalented acting legend Jim Broadbent ("Moulin Rouge", "Iris") as Margaret Thatcher's husband, Denis. The film will be set in 1982 when Thatcher was trying to save her career in the 17 days preceding the inglorious Falklands War. The 2 1/2-month war was a major turning point for the prime minister, who, after the victory, saw her approval ratings double and went on to win a second term.
Meryl Streep will also join Jeff Bridges in "Great Hope Springs" in which they will portray a married couple who attends a counseling retreat to try and save their marriage. Philip Seymour Hoffman might appear in this comedy as the couple's therapist, and the possible director is Mike Nichols who already worked with Meryl on "Silkwood", "Angels in America", "Postcard From the Edge"...

Now, before you get your hopes up, this is just something that Robin Williams would like himself. One of the best comedians ever, while speaking to "Empire Magazine", Williams has admitted that he would like to become Batman's nemesis since he loves the famous superhero franchise: I would do Batman in a second, playing anyone. I'd play The Riddler in the next one, although it would be hard to top Heath Ledger as the villain and I'm a little hairy for tights. He also added that he was offered roles in previous sequels, but he didn't get them in the end: The Batman films have screwed me twice before: years ago they offered me The Joker and then gave it to Jack Nicholson, then they offered me The Riddler and gave it to Jim Carrey.
As HOLLYWOOD SPY previously reported, The Riddler might be one of the villains in Christopher Nolan's third brutal attack on Batman, and according to some rumors one of the candidates for the role is young Joseph Gordon Levitt. Everybody knows I don't have a high opinion about Nolan's take on the Batman, but I like the idea of Robin Williams doing a playful Riddler and bringing back the sparkle and humor that Nicholson, Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones had given to Batman films. He was stunning in "Insomnia" and "One Hour Photo", showing that he has a dramatic talent beside the comedic one.