‘The Hobbit’ Skipping Comic-Con This Year - Video Blog

‘The Hobbit’ Skipping Comic-Con This Year - Video Blog

Last year, Peter Jackson unveiled The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in HFR at Cinemacon. The response was not good. So a few months later at Comic-Con, Peter Jackson opted to not show any HFR or 3D at the presentation. So the question this year is, would Peter Jackson opt to show anything from The Desolation of Smaug? The answer appears to be no, for various stated reasons but one can only imagine that he wants to avoid the hullabaloo that he ran into yesteryear (I still think HFR is not the right way to improve quality).

But, he has unveiled a new video blog, with the first instlalment…

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‘The Wolverine’ Featurette

‘The Wolverine’ Featurette

If you’re looking forward to The Wolverine, I’ve got a featurette here for you.

Much has been explored about Logan’s immortality, but now it seems they want to experiment a bit with something that’s more relatable to us as an audience: mortality. And of course, who knows to what extent these trailers and now this featurette is misleading us regarding Logan’s apparent inability to heal at some point in the film, but I’m looking forward to seeing how this plays out. I think one of the great struggles for a character like Logan is that there is never any real danger to him. He’s going to…

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James Mangold Discusses ‘The Wolverine’

James Mangold Discusses ‘The Wolverine’
Germain Lussier - /Film

In the discussion we talked about working around the constructs of the Frank Miller/Chris Claremont Wolverine story, the original movies, his trepidations about the project, how the superhero audience is changing, how Christopher Nolan’s approached influenced him, if he had to hand off to Days of Future Past, developing the bullet train sequence, marketing in the Internet age, meeting Mark Millar, the work of Darren Aronofsky and Christopher McQuarrie and more.

If you’re looking forward to The Wolverine, this interview is packed with insight and information. It’s a great long…

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‘Pacific Rim’ Roundup, Not Tracking Well, Trailer, and 2 Clips

‘Pacific Rim’ Roundup, Not Tracking Well, Trailer, and 2 Clips

Jason McDonald over at The Playlist mentions:

As recent reports have revealed, tracking has suggested that “Pacific Rim” may succumb to the Adam Sandler sequel “Grown Ups 2,” which opens the same weekend. It’s certainly dire news for fans of kaijus and robots, but Guillermo Del Toro isn’t taking the speculation sitting down.

On DelToroFilms, an official fansite for the acclaimed director, Del Toro took to the forums to try and restore faith to his loyal fans. And despite the rumblings around town that the monster movie might flop or under-perform, the director remains optimistic. “We…

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Neeson Willing to Star in ‘Taken 3’ For A Large Sum

Neeson Willing to Star in ‘Taken 3’ For A Large Sum
Angie Han - /Film

Here’s one from last week I meant to post and never got around to.

Shortly before the release of Taken 2, star Liam Neeson sounded deeply skeptical about the prospect of a Taken 3. “I don’t think it’s going to happen,” he shrugged. “I can’t see a possible scenario where audiences wouldn’t go, ‘Oh, come on…! She’s taken again?’” But for an eight-figure salary, he’s apparently willing to keep an open mind.

Neeson is in final negotiations to star in the next Taken movie, which is being scripted once again by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen.

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For Taken 3Deadline reports that…

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Julianne Moore to Play President Coin in ‘Mockingjay’

Julianne Moore to Play President Coin in ‘Mockingjay’
Kevin Jagernauth - The Playlist

Deadline reports that Julianne Moore is being lined up to star in the two-parter conclusion “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.” She would be taking the role of President Alma Coin, the head of District 13, who leads rebellion against the Capitol and factors very heavily in the lines of Katiness, Prim, Peeta and more. It’s a major role, and while the paycheck is probably nice, we’d have to imagine the fact that the script is being written by “Game Change” scribeDanny Strong (you’ll recall she played Sarah Palin in that film to great acclaim) is likely a nice incentive as well.

I honestly…

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New ‘Terminator” to be Reboot

New ‘Terminator” to be Reboot
Edward Davis - The Playlist

Ahem, your attention please. Another franchise is joining the reboot train:

Once known as “Terminator 5” colloquially, Paramount revealed in a press release that the new “Terminator” film will start over in reboot form and relaunch a new trilogy. Rebooting/remaking a film isn’t hard, it’s been done countless times (see the upcoming “RoboCop” or the rather lackluster “Total Recall” for recent examples), but it is harder to pull off in a satisfying and creatively unique manner when you don’t have as much source material to work with. Then again, there are four “Terminator” films of varying…

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Marvel Schedules Untitled Film for 2016

Marvel Schedules Untitled Film for 2016
George Wales - Total Film

Marvel has announced another untitled film to be slotted into its long-term release schedule, the third such project pencilled in for 2016 and 2017.

The announcement confirms the studio’s commitment to a two-films-per-year output, with the film in question slated to arrive in US cinemas on 8 July 2016.

Well, well, what kind of a film could we be looking at?

As for what these unnamed films might turn out to be, there’s plenty of room for speculation. We know that Marvel is keen on a Doctor Strange movie, while there has been plenty of online clamour for a Black Panther…

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Johnny Depp Under Arrest in ‘Lone Ranger’ Clip

Johnny Depp Under Arrest in ‘Lone Ranger’ Clip

On July 3rdThe Lone Ranger comes riding into theaters, and if you want a sneak peak at a clip before that happens, I’ve got one right here for you.

And I still don’t know what to make of this film, but I’ve decided to go to the theater and enjoy it for what it is, which is likely silly, almost senseless, low plot, high action fun. And based on this clip, well, see for yourself the senseless part. But fun non-the-less.

‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’ International Trailer

‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’ International Trailer

This film could be a fun fantasy flick. I still need to see the first one, which I plan to do before this film comes out. It does have Nathan Fillion in it, which is always fun, and apparently it also has Stanley Tucci, which nearly makes it a must see.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters continues the young demigod’s epic journey to fulfill his destiny. To save their world, Percy and his friends must find the fabled and magical Golden Fleece. Embarking on a treacherous odyssey into the uncharted waters of the Sea of Monsters (known to humans as the Bermuda Triangle), they battle terrifying…

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