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Best of the Week: Sundance Preview, Miles Morales Got a 'Spider-Man' Movie, New 'Logan' Trailers and More
20 January 2017 11:00 PM, PST
The Important News Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be the version of Spider-Man in Sony's non-mcu animated feature. DC Extended Universe: Dwayne Johnson will get his own Black Adam spinoff. Star Wars: Lucasfilm announced they will not have a digital Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: Episode IX James Bond: Tom Hardy could be the next 007 and he wants Christopher Nolan to direct. Sequels: The Eastern Promises follow-up Body Cross is shooting this Spring. Richard Armitage joined Ocean's Eight. Guillermo del Toro is polling fans on the Hellboy III demand. Remakes: Kenya Barris is redoing White Men Can't Jump. Andre Holland joined the Widows redo. Anne Hathaway joined Nasty...
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- Christopher Campbell
Today in Movie Culture: Milla Jovovich Recaps the 'Resident Evil' Series, Animated 'Logan' Trailer and More
20 January 2017 9:30 PM, PST
Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture: Franchise Recap of the Day: Get ready for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter by refreshing your memory of the last five installments with Milla Jovovich as your guide (via /Film): Remade Trailer of the Day: Nice and quick, Philysteak already redid the new Logan trailer with the old animated X-Men series footage: Mashup of the Day: Wouldn't it be fun if there was a cartoon about the Fast and Furious gang as kids? This mashup with the Little Rascals movie is close enough: Fake Movie of the Day: BossLogic gave us dreams of a La La Land remake starring the Joker and Harley Quinn out in...
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- Christopher Campbell
Tom Cruise and Ryan Reynolds Are On the Shortlist of Actors for 'Green Lantern Corps'
20 January 2017 7:30 PM, PST
It worked for the X-Men franchise. Ryan Reynolds played Deadpool in a terrible movie that fans hated, but they put X-Men Origins: Wolverine behind them and got him back for a new take on the character, and it was a massive hit. Now Warner Bros. seems to want Reynolds back as Hal Jordan for another go at Green Lantern. According to The Wrap, the studio has a shortlist of actors they're interested in pursuing for the role of Hal Jordan in Green Lantern Corps, the DC Extended Universe entry that's been described as "Lethal Weapon in space." Reynolds, who played Jordan in the 2011 flop Green Lantern, is on there as are the following mix of actors: - Tom Cruise, who has not yet been in a superhero...
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- Christopher Campbell
'The Field Guide To Evil' Introduces a Different Way to Crowdfund a Movie
20 January 2017 6:00 PM, PST
Crowdfunding has always been a mostly one-way street between backers and creators. The backers are essentially preordering a product before it's created. In the case of movies, it almost always means getting a digital download or a t-shirt in exchange for early financial backing. And that's great if you're just a fan who wants to help kickstart a product into the real world. But now there's a new way to crowdfund films, and it's one that turns a contribution into a legitimate investment. Every project is bound to have different terms, but basically, your contribution isn't just preordering some movie schwag, it's literally buying into the film. If it makes it profit, you make a profit. Pretty cool, right? One of the first films to employ...
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- Peter Hall
Comics on Film: A New Spider-Man Swings Onto the Big Screen
20 January 2017 4:30 PM, PST
Here at Comics on Film, we've spoken about our love for Miles Morales, aka the "Ultimate Spider-Man," for a long time. While in the past we've speculated about whether or not the character would make the transition to the big screen in live-action, fans of Miles were given a pretty awesome consolation prize in the form of confirmation that he'll be heading up Sony's in-development animated Spider-Man film, due out next year. One of the coolest things about this news is that it has the chance to provide longtime fans of the character's movies with an entirely new dimension of Spidey's world, especially considering that even immediately upon his debut, Miles was seen as a welcome new perspective on Marvel heroism with deeply relatable...
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- Chris Clow
Miguel Ferrer, Character Actor Extraordinaire, Passes Away at 61
20 January 2017 3:00 PM, PST
Actor Miguel Ferrer, known for a variety of distinctive roles in movies and television shows, has passed away, according to Variety. He was 61. The son of Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney and cousin of George Clooney began his entertainment career as a musician before turning to acting, landing his first role in 1981. He began popping up in television shows and movies, then broke through in a big way as the nasty and ambitious corporate stooge Bob Morton in RoboCop (above). Note: clip below is Nsfw due to explicit language and bloody violence. He showed a different side of his acting personality as FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield on TV's Twin Peaks, a forensic analyst with a cutting sense of humor. In Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, Ferrer was...
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- Peter Martin
Movie News: Anne Hathaway Joins Rebel Wilson in 'Nasty Women'; Watch First 'American Fable' Trailer
20 January 2017 1:30 PM, PST
Nasty Women: Anne Hathaway (Colossal, above) is in talks to join Rebel Wilson in Nasty Women. It's described as a gender-swapped remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine, which itself was a remake of 1964's Bedtime Story, starring Marlon Brando and David Niven. If things work out, Hathaway and Wilson will play con artists who compete to cheat a tech prodigy out of his fortune. Jac Schaeffer wrote the new version. [Deadline] Crossbreed: Vivica A. Fox is showcased in the first image from Crossbreed. She portrays the president of the United States in the sci-fi movie, which revolves around a mission "to retrieve an extraterrestrial being from an illegal medical facility using its DNA to manufacture weapons." Daniel...
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- Peter Martin
Sundance 2017: 'An Inconvenient Sequel,' 'I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore,' Kristen Stewart and More
20 January 2017 12:00 PM, PST
The first day of the Sundance Film Festival is when high anticipation meets cold reality. In the case of Mason Blair's I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, starring Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood, the immediate reaction on social media has made everyone feel quite warm: . I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore: solid first film @MaconBlair! Moves pretty deftly between comedy & tension #Sundance pic.twitter.com/mPVcUnmRUg — Alicia Malone (@aliciamalone) January 20, 2017 Macon Blair's I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, or ??: The Movie. Daily anxiety bottled up for a hysterical thriller. #sundance — Matt Patches (@misterpatches) January 20, 2017 I Dont Feel At Home In This World Anymore: A seriocomic PSA for...
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- Peter Martin
Today in Movie Culture: Pierce Brosnan as 'Deadpool 2' Characters, the Best Shots of Sundance and More
19 January 2017 11:00 PM, PST
Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture: Casting Rumor of the Day: Pierce Brosnan is rumored for a role in Deadpool 2, so BossLogic shows us the actor as Cable and Mr. Sinister (via ComicBook.com): Working with @ComicBook on a @PierceBrosnan cable piece, I never expected this to be a rumour but hey he is a dope actor pic.twitter.com/j8FDsZx5LN — BossLogic (@Bosslogic) January 18, 2017 And there is that other rumour which I like #brosnan4sinister @PierceBrosnan pic.twitter.com/mEgQxadxcn — BossLogic (@Bosslogic) January 19, 2017 Visual List of the Day: As this year's Sundance Film Festival kicks off, One Perfect Shot counts down the best shots from the best Sundance films of all...
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- Christopher Campbell
2017 Sundance Film Festival Preview: Our Most Anticipated Movies, Performances and More
19 January 2017 9:30 PM, PST
It’s the start of a new year, which means new resolutions and cold weather (for some of us, at least), but it also means we get to head to the mountains of Park City, Utah for the annual Sundance Film Festival. So why should you care about the Sundance Film Festival? Well some of the year’s most exciting and most talked-about films will premiere at Sundance first. This year’s big awards contender Manchester By the Sea debuted at the festival last year, and not only do they have a great track record when it comes to awards contenders, but many of Hollywood’s next great filmmakers, actors and actresses will be discovered there. If you are a movie fan, you want to keep an eye on Sundance. And when it comes to this year’s big movies...
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- Erik Davis
Superhero Buzz: The Rock's Black Adam Goes Solo, 'Avengers: Infinity War' Will Visit Many Worlds, and More
19 January 2017 8:00 PM, PST
Whether you're a Marvel junkie or a DC junkie or both, we've got some updates on the big superhero cinematic universes for you: Black Adam We've been hearing about a Shazam! movie for the DC Extended Universe for a while, particularly as it would involve Dwayne Johnson playing the villain Black Adam. But because Johnson is such a big deal, his baddie is now getting his own separate movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Black Adam will be an anti-hero character in the spinoff, though it's unclear if this will happen before or after the events of Shazam!, which is still in the works. It's not mentioned which would be released first, either. For a recap on who Shazam and Black Adam are, check out our guide from...
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- Christopher Campbell
The Last Horror Blog: 'Split' Talk, 'Phantasm' Box Set, 'The Belko Experiment' Trailer and More
19 January 2017 6:00 PM, PST
James McAvoy and M. Night Shyamalan go behind-the-scenes on Split – I’m cautiously optimistic about Split, the latest genre offering from filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. The director seems to have regained his footing with 2015’s surprise hit The Visit, and if the trailers are any indication, he looks to build on that with his latest – a tale of an abduction by a man with multiple personalities. The film is slated to open this weekend, so there’s no better time to see what Shyamalan and star James McAvoy have to say about the project in this new behind-the-scenes clip. Enjoy. Phantasm box set launches in March – If you can’t get enough of Angus Scrimm and those deadly flying silver balls, then you’re in luck – Well...
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- Mike Bracken
Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain to Star In Video Game Adaptation 'The Division'
19 January 2017 4:30 PM, PST
Every movie adaptation is bound to have its own unique set of obstacles. That's just what happens when you move from one medium to another. Maybe a comic book's art style is a huge part of its appeal. Maybe a hit book is filled with inner monologues you just can't recreate in a movie. In the case of video game adaptations, the obstacle is what happens when you remove the interactivity from something that is inherently interactive. Thankfully that's less of a problem for The Division, a game that happens to have a fairly open-ended premise that's already primed for the big screen. It takes place in a future where New York City is in the middle of collapse thanks to a viral outbreak that spreads on Black Friday. The U.S. government quarantines the city and...
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- Peter Hall
In Defense of Celebrity Voice Casting: Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart and Mark Hamill
19 January 2017 3:00 PM, PST
The approaching release of a live-action, all-star version of Beauty and Beast makes us nostalgic for the magical age of the animated original. Disney had kicked off a new era with The Little Mermaid, a wonderful musical comedy featuring a strong female character. Beauty and the Beast was the followup, another musical that was a full-blown romantic drama with comic overtones. What both movies had in common was that their voice casts featured lesser-known stars. That started to change when Aladdin was released; even though Robin Williams only voiced a supporting role, he couldn't help but steal the picture with his hilarious antics. Slowly, the world of animated movies changed, with big stars more and more getting cast in leading roles, even those whose voices are not...
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- Peter Martin
New 'Power Rangers' Trailer Finally Shows Off What You've Been Waiting To See
19 January 2017 1:30 PM, PST
So far the marketing for the Power Rangers movie has been kind of shy about showing off. We got to see the character intros and how they all come across their suits, but the first trailer didn't have any big, full-body shots of the Rangers fighting in those suits. There were definitely no shots of their Zords (which is the name of the vehicles they pilot) or the bad guys they'd be fighting. Basically, we had no sense of it as an action movie, just as a drama about teens that come into superpowers. But now the second trailer shows all of that stuff off and then some. Fans get to hear and see Bryan Cranston as Zordon. We've got Bill Hader's Alpha 5. We've got Elizabeth Banks totally leaning into her Rita Repulsa role. Oh, and we've even got a...
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- Peter Hall
Watch: These New 'Logan' Trailers
19 January 2017 12:22 PM, PST
This March 3, Hugh Jackman straps on those adamantium claws one last time (or so he says) for the actor's final outing as the X-Men character Wolverine in Logan. This will be Jackman's ninth time portraying Logan, aka Wolverine, in a film (including cameos), and his tenure as the clawed anti-hero dates all the way back to that first X-Men movie in 2000. While Jackman has played Wolverine for the past 17 years, early buzz around Logan signals that it may be his best and more ferocious outing yet. Check out the badass new U.S. trailer. We recently had a chance to watch the first 40 minutes of Logan before having an extensive conversation with its director, James Mangold, returning for his second go-round with the character (he also directed...
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- Erik Davis
Movie News: Michelle Williams to Star as Janis Joplin; Guillermo del Toro Asks: Do You Want 'Hellboy III'?
19 January 2017 12:00 PM, PST
Janis Joplin: Michelle Williams (Manchester By the Sea, above) is once again set to star in a movie about legendary singer Janis Joplin. Filmmaker Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), who was first attached to the project in July 2012, will direct. The project is currently seeking distribution, with shooting expected to start in the spring. [Deadline] Hellboy III: This past summer, Guillermo del Toro said that a third installment of Hellboy "is a wish that will never be fulfilled [because] the first two movies made really good profits on a market that doesn’t exist anymore." Now, however, del Toro has asked fans to tell him their feelings on a prospective Hellboy III -- by voting either "yes" or "hell, yes" -- and then promised...
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- Peter Martin
Today in Movie Culture: 'Qui-Gon: A Star Wars Story' Fake Trailer, 'The Witch' Lego Figures and More
18 January 2017 11:00 PM, PST
Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture: Mashup of the Day: Video essayist Dominick Nero mashed up Martin Scorsese's Silence with Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace for a fake trailer for a standalone Qui-Gon spinoff: @starwars fans, i made a trailer for a Qui-Gon standalone film. @disney please don't destroy me pic.twitter.com/wOwlYMawKn — Dominick Nero (@filminick) January 18, 2017 Fake Trailer Remake of the Day: One of the fake movie trailers from Rick and Morty has been remade with footage from actual live-action movies and it's awesome (via Geek Tyrant): Toys of the Day: These probably aren't real, but A24 shared this glimpse at a set...
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- Christopher Campbell
'Before I Fall' Trailer Is Like a Young Adult 'Groundhog Day'
18 January 2017 9:00 PM, PST
This week we've already seen further evidence that E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is such a good movie that decades later it still wholly owns the "kids hiding something supernatural from their parents" subgenre. But it's not the only classic sci-fi movie that is still the gold standard for its genre. Groundhog Day will forever own the "stuck in a repeating time loop" genre, no matter how many different ways it's presented. Case in point, the trailer for Before I Fall, which is about to premiere at Sundance. This is basically the young adult melodrama version of Groundhog Day, with Zoey Deutch stuck in the Bill Murray role. Based on the trailer we have no clue why she's stuck in this loop or what she'll do to get out of it. But if we...
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- Peter Hall
Watch the Mysterious Trailer for Sundance Thriller 'The Discovery'
18 January 2017 7:30 PM, PST
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, and while we wait for the buzz on what's good and what's not we're starting to get first looks at some of the anticipated selections. Today Netflix dropped a trailer for its original sci-fi romance The Discovery, and if it wasn't on your radar before, it will be after you watch. Starring Jason Segel, Rooney Mara, Riley Keough, Jesse Plemons and Sundance founder Robert Redford in one of his alleged final acting roles, The Discovery is about a love story set in a future in which the existence of an afterlife has been proven and everybody is killing themselves to get there. It seems Segel and Mara are the coupled characters. But that's not entirely clear, as the trailer has nothing to...
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- Christopher Campbell
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