Roberto Orci on ‘Star Trek 13’

Roberto Orci on ‘Star Trek 13’
TrekMovie.com

Well, fans are a little bit nutty, so I have got to be careful with what I say, but I can tell you that it definitely takes place in [deep] space. They’re finally on their five year mission and that hasn’t been the case in any of the previous movies. The first two movies are set up to where the original series started. Now when you watch this movie, hopefully, you will see that Kirk, Spock and Bones and Scotty, Uhura, and Chekov are very close to the original characters that you saw in the original series and from [there] they’re going to hopefully discover some stuff that you haven’t seen…

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Suposed ‘Star Wars VII’ Plot Details

Suposed ‘Star Wars VII’ Plot Details
Devin Faraci — Badass Digest

I’m going to keep this vague. I have no interest in spoiling Star Wars Episode VII, although I’m sure some people will find any information about the film’s plot to be spoilery. If you’re a spoilerphobe or want to go into Star Wars Episode VII totally, completely clean, stop reading now. If you want to know what, on a very basic and general level, is the premise of Star Wars Episode VII, read on. 

Ready?

You’ll have to click through for the details, I’m not going to post the spoilers here — although I don’t even know if what Devin posted can be considered spoilers. In any event, what…

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A Few Details About ‘Heroes Reborn’

A Few Details About ‘Heroes Reborn’
Tor.com

Despite the reboot premiering sometime next year according to plan, Kring was still pretty vague on details. “It takes place in a post-season 4 universe,” he said. “So it will tie into some of the ideas that were left dangling.”

And yet, it’ll also be treading new ground, through the introduction of an almost entirely new cast. Kring explained that they wanted to bring back a few of the core characters “really only to give a sense of continuity and a tether to the original world.” They’ve signed on Noah Bennet (Jack Coleman), the man with the horn-rimmed glasses, “because he was a character…

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‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Has Great Opening Weekend

‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Has Great Opening Weekend
Rodrigo Perez — The Playlist

Biting sharply into Michael Bay’s box-office hegemony, 20th Century Fox’s “Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes” took the #1 spot this weekend with an extremely healthy $73 million opening. That’s up around 33% from 2011’s “Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes,” a surprise hit that veered very close to $500 million worldwide. A lot of components factored into its success: extremely positive reviews (here’s ours), great word of mouth and little competition And considering Matt Reeves’ sequel is darker, more adult and nowhere near as “crowd-pleasing” as the average blockbuster (at least not in the…

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Critics Say ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ is Certified Fresh

Critics Say ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ is Certified Fresh
Tim Ryan — RottenTomatoes

Released in 2011, Rise of the Planet of the Apes showed that there was still life in the venerable Apes franchise. It looks like that was no fluke; the critics say Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes is everything a sequel should be: visually striking, emotionally resonant, and intellectually weighty.

Yay! Currently at 92% critic rating. I’m pretty optimistic about this one. We’ll be talking about it next week on The MovieByte Podcast and I am betting you won’t want to miss it!

Mila Kunis to Be ‘Full-Time Mom’ After Baby Is Born

Mila Kunis to Be ‘Full-Time Mom’ After Baby Is Born
Hilary Lewis — The Hollywood Reporter

Mila Kunis’ new film, Jupiter Ascending, won’t hit theaters until next year, after it was recently pushed back from its original July 18 release date. But by the time she’s gracing the big screen with co-star Channing Tatum, Kunis may be taking a break from acting.

The actress, who’s currently expecting a baby with her That ‘70s Show co-star fiance Ashton Kutcher, tells W Magazine that she’ll be a “full-time mom” after her baby’s born — for a year at least.

I normally don’t comment on or post stuff like this when it comes to stars day to day lives because I find it both a little boring,…

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Disney Developing Live Action ‘Dumbo’

Disney Developing Live Action ‘Dumbo’
Marc Graser — Variety

Disney is developing a live action “Dumbo,” based on the animated classic of 1941.

“Transformers: Age of Extinction” scribe Ehren Kruger is writing the script that will build a family tale around the circus elephant who is ridiculed for his enormous ears and learns to fly through the help of his only true friend, a mouse.

The toon was Disney’s fourth animated film after “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Pinocchio” and “Fantasia.” It’s also one of Disney’s shortest animated film at 64 minutes.

Wow. “Dumbo” seems to be the correct title for this live action film. What is the deal with…

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‘Star Wars VII’ Taking Two Weeks Off for Harrison Ford Injuries

‘Star Wars VII’ Taking Two Weeks Off for Harrison Ford Injuries
Devin Faraci — Badass Digest

Buried at the bottom of a casting announcement on StarWars.com - announcing two unknowns hired for unkown roles - comes the latest update in the Harrison Ford Leg Saga:

In August, the team will take a brief two-week hiatus while adjustments to the current production schedule are made as actor Harrison Ford recovers from a leg injury. Harrison is doing well and is looking forward to returning to the set soon. Shooting remains on track to wrap in the fall with the film scheduled for release on December 18, 2015.

How weird is it that they just say ‘leg injury?’ It’s all part of the spin - by…

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Henry Cavill in Gritty ‘Batman “Five” Superman’ Poster

Henry Cavill in Gritty ‘Batman “Five” Superman’ Poster

I like my superheroes the way I like my chocolate milk: dark and gritty… er, well, dark… actually I guess it’s more of a light brown.

Oh I don’t even know where I’m going with this. Whatever. But I can tell you that I’m totally more interested in Batman Five Superman now that we’ve got this dark and gritty Superman poster — only, whatever the opposite of more interested is. This film looks to me like it’s going to be every bit the disaster that Man of Steel was, or worse (if that’s possible).

Here’s your poster though, because I know it’s a big world and there are some of you who will be…

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‘Pacific Rim 2’ Will Be “Very Different” Guillermo Del Toro Says

‘Pacific Rim 2’ Will Be “Very Different” Guillermo Del Toro Says
Michael Calia — The Wall Street Journal

Without spoiling anything, what can fans expect from “Pacific Rim 2″?

We are three years away, so to spoil anything would be fantastically silly of me. What I can tell you: [screenwriter Zak Penn] and I really went in, we started with [screenwriter Travis Beacham] about a year and a half ago, kicking ideas back and forth. And, admittedly, I said to Zak, let’s keep kicking ideas till we find one that really, really turns the first movie on its ear, so to speak. (…) It was hard to create a world that did not come from a comic book, that had its own mythology, so we had to sacrifice many…

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