‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Final Trailer

‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Final Trailer

Don’t get me wrong, I’m still greatly looking forward to this film. Like, a lot! But this trailer did not really do it for me. Something about the tone felt off before. Several of the previous trailers did a much better job of getting me excited for this film, and that excitement has stuck, but this just didn’t help. The music, the tone, everything just feels off. Just me?

In any event, the film comes to theaters on May 23rd, and it’s going to be epic and I’m very excited for it.

Will Audiences Go See ‘Heaven Is For Real’?

Will Audiences Go See ‘Heaven Is For Real’?
Lindsey Bahr — Entertainment Weekly

It’s no secret that Christian-themed films have the potential to be box office gold, but even though faith-based audiences are starved for more material, it doesn’t always pan out the way studios might hope.

While Paramount’s expensive and provocative Darren Aronofsky-directed Noah continues to climb the steep slope toward domestic profitability and Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s Son of God failed to reach Passion of the Christ heights (after seven weeks in theaters it still hasn’t even made Passion‘s opening weekend numbers), the independently released God’s Not Dead came out of nowhere…

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‘Allegiant’ (The Final Book/Film in the ‘Divergent’ Trilogy) Will Be Split Into Two Films

‘Allegiant’ (The Final Book/Film in the ‘Divergent’ Trilogy) Will Be Split Into Two Films
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

If there’s one thing Lionsgate/Summit have figured out, it’s how to milk YA franchises for all they’re worth. When it came time to say goodbye to “Twilight,” the studio decided to grab money from the fans twice, by extending “Twilight: Breaking Dawn” into two films.

That is a really unfair assessment. I know I’ve talked about this before, but the Twilight books actually have a decent plot mixed in with all the googly eyes lovey dovey gaggy romance. I have said before that the first three books could be condensed into two, maybe one by cutting out all the awful romancy description of…

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‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ 1 Minute Clip

‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ 1 Minute Clip

To fuel your excitement (and mind), a new 1 minute clip from the upcoming Days of Future Past has been released and it’s full of mutants working together to fight Sentinels.

There’s obviously a lack of context for what’s going on in this clip — it is an out of context clip after all that’s just meant to be a teaser — but it looks solid to me.

Possible X-Men Character Spinnoffs Including One for Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique

Possible X-Men Character Spinnoffs Including One for Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

Such is the time we live in when franchises are no longer just about sequels or prequels. Spinoffs are the newest goldmine that studios are looking at, hoping to extend branding outward in a never-ending reach of blockbuster moviemaking. “Cars” has begotten “Planes,” Disney is already planning “Star Wars” standalone movies between the saga sequels, Sony is developing movies around the Spider-Man villains and now Fox are toying with the idea of individual X-Men movies. Because of course they are. But they’ve been here before.

In the lead up to “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” Fox was also working…

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‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ Trailer 2

‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ Trailer 2

I litterally just got my How To Train Your Dragon Blu-ray from Netflix in the mail (yeah, yeah, I know, old school), so I’m about to get caught up in time to see this. I should have a little bit better opinion on this franchse after I see the first film.

But in the mean time, catch the second trailer for How To Train Your Dragon 2. I found the tone of the trailer to be just slightly off-putting. The bright and happy music all throughout, even when the evil wicked guy was doing evil wicked things was a little strange.

We’ll see if it’s any good on June 13.

‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Featurette

‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Featurette

Alright, so this film is not part of Marvel’s cinematic universe, but I’m looking forward to this next X-Men installment quite as much as I’ve been looking forward to any of Marvel’s films. Primarily because it will be good to have Bryan Singer back at the helm — he made the two best films in the franchise thus far. But also because everything I’ve seen up to this point indicates to me that it’s going to be a great film.

This featurette is short but focuses a bit on Bryan Singer and what’s been the best part of returning to the franchise.

‘Captain America 3’ Writers Hard At Work

‘Captain America 3’ Writers Hard At Work
Max Nicholson — IGN

While speaking with Collider, Markus and McFeely revealed that they were invited to work on Cap 3 late last year. Obviously, the project is still in “early days,” but the writers said they’re now in the process of outlining the story.

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McFeely also noted that they’ve read Joss Whedon’s script for Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron, which will mark Cap’s next appearance on the big screen. “I’m very pleased with the way Joss handled Cap in [Avengers] 2.”

Lucky dogs.

As for the future of Bucky Barnes, aka The Winter Soldier, the writers said they’re still figuring out how big of a…

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Warner Bros. Determined to Commit Suicide, Doubles Down on ‘Batman vs. Superman’ Release Date

Warner Bros. Determined to Commit Suicide, Doubles Down on ‘Batman vs. Superman’ Release Date
ComingSoon.net

Yesterday came the official confirmation from Marvel Studios that they will open Captain America 3 on May 6, 2016, where it will face off against Warner Bros.‘Man of Steel follow-up, Batman vs. Superman. This sort of blockbuster clash of superheroes hasn’t been seen before, and has ultimately divided many portions of the community in support of one side. Many remain skeptical that Batman vs. Superman will actually arrive on that date, as the film was originally scheduled to debut on July 17, 2015, but Warner Bros., much like Marvel, says they’re not backing down.

“It doesn’t make a lot of…

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