Man, haven't seen that guy in ages. It's like the Resident Evil movies killed off his film career. But yeah, he'd be an interesting choice, I think.
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So, Milo Venitigliamidnaindnnaiin (of Heroes and Rocky Balboa "fame") is apparently going to be the new Punisher.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/CBMNewsLMB10/news/?a=102301#SyJhOBlsuGUdmT7r.01
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/CBMNewsLMB10/news/?a=102301#SyJhOBlsuGUdmT7r.01
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Uuuuuuuuuuugh he was fucking awful in Heroes, just not a good actor. Give it back to Thomas Jane. Dude was a great Punisher in a bad movie.
That's a really weird choice.
oh yeah, lol, it's not even news, it's complete bullshit
...Huh. So, apparently there's a remake in the works of The Incredible Mr. Limpet.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=120330
It's being written and directed by Richard Linklater. It will star Zach Galifianakis as Mr. Limpet, who will be attempting to save the fish population in his small beach town. The film's villain will be an unscrupulous businessman played by Jon Hamm. Danny McBride and Sarah Silverman will play two live-action characters, while Josh Gad, Kevin Hart, and Key & Peele will be voicing animated sea creatures.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=120330
It's being written and directed by Richard Linklater. It will star Zach Galifianakis as Mr. Limpet, who will be attempting to save the fish population in his small beach town. The film's villain will be an unscrupulous businessman played by Jon Hamm. Danny McBride and Sarah Silverman will play two live-action characters, while Josh Gad, Kevin Hart, and Key & Peele will be voicing animated sea creatures.
I'm more surprised that anyone remembers that movie. I've only seen it on TV like twice and those were ten years apart.
Alright, I've got a fair bit of movie news for you all.
Yesterday, Guillermo del Toro did an AMA over on Reddit. He gave an update on The Haunted Mansion, which he will be producing. They're on a fourth draft, still trying to crack how to make a film that will capture the feel of the ride, namely in having it be intense but yet with a sense of fun. The Hatbox Ghost (originally planned for the ride, but didn't make the cut) still seems to be the central figure to it, with odds being that del Toro wants Doug Jones for the part. Also, it looks like Hellboy 3 won't be happening. Guillermo did talk about what he planned for it, which would have Hellboy facing his destiny as a key to the Apocalypse and channeling his power to become "the best of the Apocalypse" to take down the big threat.
On a bit of good news, Roberto Orci is no longer involved with scripting the Amazing Spider-Man franchise! Even though I'm still not interested in what Sony is doing with the franchise, this is at least a little less garbage involved in the production.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=120494
Yesterday, Guillermo del Toro did an AMA over on Reddit. He gave an update on The Haunted Mansion, which he will be producing. They're on a fourth draft, still trying to crack how to make a film that will capture the feel of the ride, namely in having it be intense but yet with a sense of fun. The Hatbox Ghost (originally planned for the ride, but didn't make the cut) still seems to be the central figure to it, with odds being that del Toro wants Doug Jones for the part. Also, it looks like Hellboy 3 won't be happening. Guillermo did talk about what he planned for it, which would have Hellboy facing his destiny as a key to the Apocalypse and channeling his power to become "the best of the Apocalypse" to take down the big threat.
On a bit of good news, Roberto Orci is no longer involved with scripting the Amazing Spider-Man franchise! Even though I'm still not interested in what Sony is doing with the franchise, this is at least a little less garbage involved in the production.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=120494
They really HAVE run out of ideas.
Since the Don Knotts one was inextricably linked to the Cold War era, I wonder how this one will play out?
Also, will there be singing dolphins?
Also, John Hamm? Well, I suppose so, since John Vernon is dead...
--Patrick
Honestly, the only reason I'm willing to give a chance to this remake is Richard Linklater. I really liked Bernie, so I'm willing to have an open mind and at least see how it shapes up.
Also, it sounds like they're going with an environmentalist angle on the story. My one worry is how the animation will look, considering Linklater's main experience with animation has been rotoscoping in Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly and I wasn't wild about the visual appearance of it in those.
I remember this interview! I still love it.
They've released a teaser for American Horror Story: Freakshow, the next season of the show.
EDIT: Looks like FX has had the teaser pulled from YouTube. Though they claim that it was fan-made, it seems more likely that it was leaked early and now they're trying to cover it up.
EDIT: Looks like FX has had the teaser pulled from YouTube. Though they claim that it was fan-made, it seems more likely that it was leaked early and now they're trying to cover it up.
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Looks like Marvel and DC aren't the only ones looking at making cinematic universes. Universal Studios is looking at crafting their own, this one using their classic monsters. Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan are spearheading it, with a reboot of The Mummy as the intended starting film.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=120652
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=120652
QFT.
If it comes together with a new Monster Squad fighting all the monsters, then I'm okay with this.
But it won't.
I know.
And let's be honest, even if it did, it would wuss out on everything that made the original great. You can't do that stuff in kids' movies these days (i.e. have the kids behave like kids).I know.
Dammit, I want to watch that now, but it's too late on a work night. Maybe this weekend I'll pull out the DVD and my wife can see it at last.
I'm actually okay with this. It's ether going to be okay or so hilariously awful that I'm still going to be interested.
Watched "The Butler" yesterday.... it's a decent movie. Whittaker is great as usual. Felt really weird seeing Oprah in the movie... and Mariah... though she's only in it for a minute.
The period pieces are well done but I was disappointed so much time and effort went into his rebel son as I would have liked more inner workings as per the movie premise on the stuff going on in the White House.
Is it just me, but if one of the Prez's butler's sons was in an organization such as the Black Panthers.... should he still have that job?
Anyways, most of it was loosely (very much so) to an actual man.
All in all, a decent movie but can easily be missed and you'd be OK.
The period pieces are well done but I was disappointed so much time and effort went into his rebel son as I would have liked more inner workings as per the movie premise on the stuff going on in the White House.
Is it just me, but if one of the Prez's butler's sons was in an organization such as the Black Panthers.... should he still have that job?
Anyways, most of it was loosely (very much so) to an actual man.
All in all, a decent movie but can easily be missed and you'd be OK.
Everybody's getting movie news and last seen movie threads mixed up! The past and the future are colliding! Nothing is real anymore!
Mass hysteria! Cats and dogs living together!Everybody's getting movie news and last seen movie threads mixed up! The past and the future are colliding! Nothing is real anymore!
So apparently the Venom and Sinister Six movies will be separate cinematic universes from Spider-Man but also connected. No God damn wonder the Star Trek movies are so stupid, Jesus Kurtzman.
http://www.movieweb.com/news/alex-kurtzman-talks-sinister-six-venom-and-classic-universal-monsters
http://www.movieweb.com/news/alex-kurtzman-talks-sinister-six-venom-and-classic-universal-monsters
"We'll see how it goes" AKA "We have no idea what we're doing, but fuck it"
Well, it takes the willingness to build towards it over years instead of just jump right in, the history to draw from (they have this), and application of appropriate talent to each portion.
So, they have one out of three. And I hope every attempt that doesn't want to go through the effort fucking bombs. It took years for Marvel to get to The Avengers, and they weren't sure it would work out, but they cast people right for the roles and gave the projects to people whose attributes and abilities matched the source material, and they were patient. Yeah, each move (except the first Iron Man) has little tidbits of stuff for the others that shows they have a shared universe, but they still work as their own movies.
Marvel didn't just drop it all off at Zack Snyder's doorstep with a list of demands and an unrealistic deadline. Yeah, he can have whatever budget he wants, but sometimes throwing money at a situation doesn't help. Sometimes you need time and talent to make something work, and while in some cases audiences will eat up the most ill-conceived shit (Transformers), you can't guarantee that all the time. I don't know anyone who's big-time looking forward to the Justice League movie, because WB hasn't earned it. There hasn't been a successful Wonder Woman movie, there hasn't been a successful Green Lantern movie, there hasn't been a successful Aquaman movie, etc. You've got an unrelated Batman and a Superman best known for killing people.
Meanwhile, remember 2011, 2012? People were fired up for The Avengers. Yeah, a good chunk of them were in it for Tony Stark, but many who didn't know shit about the comics were still aware of a universe, and had seen at least one of the other movies because those movies attracted people on their own power, not just on the promise of a future cross-over project.
And I know WB doesn't care. I know Sony doesn't give a shit. If they did, there attitude wouldn't be "we'll see how it goes". It's not like they're really trying to establish anything here. It's a money-grab, and they'll move onto the next big thing as soon as they see it while Marvel continues to build their properties, likely until the point where it's so big and multi-fringed that it's no longer sustainable or sensible (like the comics). What eats WB and Sony up inside has nothing to do with quality, it's the worry that they won't make as much money this way as Marvel has. And they probably won't. And they're gonna have to live with it.
I just find it so funny that they can't comprehend what Marvel did to make it work. If you want to make these things, you can't just observe their results. You have to dig in and find out what works about them. RedLetterMedia has a phrase I adore, "you didn't notice, but your brain did." Many movie watchers may not know why The Avengers worked for them so well, but their brains did. That's the disconnect WB is having; they're only hearing the after-movie interview of "It was awesome!" and not understanding why.
There's also the fact that it took Marvel decades of trial and error (emphasis on error) to get a successful movie. DC has been having theatrical success with Superman and Batman since the 40's. They've never really had any competition in this field until the last decade and 1/2. (Or slightly longer if you count Blade, but Blade was a moderate success. I think it placed 27th in the year of it's release.) So when you're the only game in town you don't have to set any standards you don't want to.
FFTY (theatrically)
Stands for: Fucking Fixed That, Yo!
I phrased it that way because just having a theatrical Wonder Woman movie wouldn't be enough. It needs to be done well and be a big deal beyond just being Wonder Woman.
I actually enjoyed the Blade movies. They were entertaining. A bit silly, but entertaining.
--Patrick
I was strictly speaking financially. YMMV when it comes to enjoyment.
