Actor Taylor Kitsch seems like a sharp young man with a career that really could be huge. After spending years as part of the cast of NBC’s popular show “Friday Night Lights“, he was cast as the popular “X-Men” character Gambit in 2009′s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Next summer is going to be big for Kitsch as he’s playing the title character in Disney’s John Carter of Mars, directed by Andrew (WALL•E) Stanton, and a key role in Peter Berg’s Battleship, both of which look to be big movies as well as ones we’ve seen almost nothing for so far.

But first, Kitsch can be seen in Steven Silver’s The Bang Bang Club, a portrait of the group of photographers who captured the atrocities during the later years of Apartheid in South Africa on film, pictures that caught the world’s attention. Kitsch plays Kevin Carter, the member of the club who took his craft to rock star levels, doing drugs and eventually killing himself after a controversial photo he took seemingly turned the world against him.

Ryan Phillipe plays Greg Marinovich, the newest member of the Bang Bang Club–the film is based on the novel of the same name he wrote along with fellow member João Silva–and Malin Akerman plays the photo editor whose support helps the Bang Bang Club achieve global recognition.

In our video interview, which you can watch below, we talked about how he came onto the project and tried to learn as much about the person he was playing as he could and how this movie relates to recent events in Libya where a number of photojournalists including Oscar-nominated director Tim Hetherington were murdered. We also got in a few questions about Battleship and John Carter of Mars–he was a bit worried he may have told us too much about the latter–as well as asking whether we’d ever see him as Gambit again.

The Bang Bang Club is now playing on Video on Demand, but it will open in New York and L.A. on Friday, April 22. (source)

According to reports, John Carter of Mars has been pushed forward to be released March 9, 2012 which means that we won’t have to wait too much longer, though it’s still quite a wait.

Walt Disney Pictures has pulled the release date to “John Carter of Mars” forward to March 9th 2012.

Source: Insomniac Maniac

First up, Taylor-Kitsch.net would like to wish Taylor a very happy birthday! He turns 29 today!

Taylor Kitsch Will Sink Your Battleship

Taylor Kitsch (upcoming John Carter of Mars, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, “Friday Night Lights”) will star in Universal’s adaptation of the Hasbro game Battleship.

Peter Berg is directing the action adventure, which will unfold as a massive Naval adventure across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.

The script, by Jon and Erich Hoeber, sees an international fleet come together to battle a water-bound armada of otherworldly origin.

Heat Vision says Kitsch is playing a Naval commander named Alex Hopper, described as “wildly spirited” and “a great seaman but a lousy politician.” Other key roles in the film include the female lead as well as a Japanese commander.

The Hurt Locker star Jeremy Renner was previously in the running for the role but opted to do Paul Thomas Anderson’s new drama instead. (source)

Kitsch Set, Collins Confirmed for John Carter of Mars!

Walt Disney Pictures has announced that “Wolverine” stars Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins (confirming our earlier scoop) will reteam for John Carter of Mars, the live-action debut of WALL•E and Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton.

Kitsch will play the title character, a damaged Civil War veteran who finds himself mysteriously transported to Mars where his involvements with warring raced of the dying planet force him to rediscover his humanity.

Collins will play Dejah Thoris, the heir to the throne of Mars’ Helium kingdom.

The screenplay for the sci-fi action-adventure, based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs classic series of fantasy/sci-fi novels, was written by Stanton and Mark Andrews with a polish by Michael Chabon.

Jim Morris (WALL•E) and Colin Wilson (upcoming Avatar, Munich, War of the Worlds) are producing the film, which will start production early next year. (source)

Gambit ‘Doesn’t Care What You Think’
Taylor Kitsch, best known for his roll on “Friday Night Lights,” shares details about his X-Men character.

‘Gambit’ Solo Movie Should Return To The Thieves Guild

Hugh Jackman headlines “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” when it opens around the U.S. this week, but it’s on the shoulders of Taylor Kitsch to convince Fox to bring Gambit back to the big screen.

The X-Men’s resident thief and sharp-tongued Cajun has long been a fan favorite in comic books, and now Kitsch has high hopes for the character on film. He even has suggestions for where Fox could take the character in a “Gambit” solo film.

“I would love to go darker,” Kitsch told MTV News. “[Gambit] in Vegas was fun, but I want to go into the Thieves Guild part of his story.” Read full article »