U.S. Military Wants An ‘Iron Man’ Suit

U.S. Military Wants An ‘Iron Man’ Suit
David S. Cloud - The Los Angeles Times

Now employed by a small defense company, he is part of a crash effort by U.S. Special Operations Command to produce a radically new protective suit for elite soldiers to wear into battle — one with bionic limbs, head-to-toe armor, a built-in power supply and live data feeds projected on a see-through display inside the helmet.

They call it — what else? — the “Iron Man suit.”

“We’re taking the Iron Man concept and bringing it closer to reality,” said Dowling, referring to the Marvel Comics character Tony Stark, an industrialist and master engineer who builds a rocket-powered exoskeleton,…

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Next Bourne Film in 2015 With Jeremy Renner

Next Bourne Film in 2015 With Jeremy Renner
Germain Lussier - /Film

Justin Lin is going from fast and furious cars to fast and furious fists. The director has just signed on to direct the next Bourne movie, which will follow Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) in a story written by Anthony Peckham (Sherlock Holmes). Universal is hoping for a summer 2015 release.

Sorry, give me a minute, I just threw up a little…

No really, The Bourne Legacy was so bad. Why would we want to make another one? What’s it going to be called? The Bourne Folly? The Bourne Stupidity? At least the fired the terrible director from the last film.

Missing the Point Entirely - A ‘Hunger Games’ Theme Park

Missing the Point Entirely - A ‘Hunger Games’ Theme Park
Devin Faraci - Baddass Digest

What if The Hunger Games: Catching Fire turned out to be a really great movie that was very smartly about subversion, and what if the people releasing the movie - Lionsgate - sort of never got it and didn’t understand the concept of bread & circuses distracting the masses from the harsh realities of a system they could - and should - overthrow. Well, they might open a theme park based on the kids-killing-kids fun of The Hunger Games

Actually, they are.

Wow. They’ve got to be joking. This is a joke, right? Right???

Talk about missing the point indeed. This is truly the definition of…

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Thor Drops The Hammer - #1 At The Box Office

Thor Drops The Hammer - #1 At The Box Office
Diana Drumm - The Playlist

I’ll post the full box office report tomorrow, but we do have a clear winner:

This weekend, Marvel’s hammer came down and “Thor: The Dark World” was a smash at the box office with an estimated domestic total of $86.1 million, making it the largest opening of the year so far after “Iron Man 3” ($174.1 million), “Man of Steel” ($116.6 million) and “Fast and Furious 6” ($97.4 million). Internationally, the film has already raked in $327 million (having been released in select international markets last weekend), making back its budget of $170 million and then some. Getting “The Avengers” bump,…

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RoboCop Trailer #2 - America is Robo-phobic Apparently

RoboCop Trailer #2 - America is Robo-phobic Apparently

Samuel L. Jackson wants to know what you Americans’ problem is. Apparently sometime in the future here, you all are going to be rejecting robots as law enforcement. This is of course going to lead the creation of an abomination of a hybrid between man and machine (obviously, where else could this go?).

I have to admit I was never in to Robocop and don’t know a lot about it. I’ve already seen some negative comments regarding this reboot, but as far as I’m concerned, nothing here is sacred sine I wasn’t into previous incarnations of Robocop. And I have to see this looks at leaset a little bit…

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The Hunger Games Catching Fire Clip - “Be A Distraction”

The Hunger Games Catching Fire Clip - “Be A Distraction”

Those familiar with the book will recognize this as an early scene from the story. Katnis is obviously just starting to catch on to just how bad things are getting and are going to get for her. And Haymitch has to try to get her and Peeta through it.

‘Star Wars VII’ Opens on December 18, 2015

‘Star Wars VII’ Opens on December 18, 2015
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

There’s still no title, and it seems even J.J. Abrams is a bit punchy about delivering the movie in time, but mark your calendars as Disney has gone ahead and slated “Star Wars: Episode 7” for a late 2015 release.

As rumors have been suggesting for the past few weeks, say goodbye to the summer tradition of lining up in your Han Solo costume as “Star Wars: Episode 7—Title To Be Determined” arrives on December 18, 2015. The only other movie slated on that day right now is Universal’s videogame adaptation “Warcraft,” which we presume will be getting the **** out of the way of what will surely…

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What Loki Scenes Were Added to ‘Thor: The Dark World’

What Loki Scenes Were Added to ‘Thor: The Dark World’
Germain Lussier - /Film

If one were to believe all the negative buzz during production on Thor: The Dark World, you’d assume the film is a disaster. It’s not. In fact, it’s pretty fantastic and a shining example of how things many laymen think of as huge red flags — such as reshoots and rewrites — can actually be used to drastically improve a film.

During production, several rumors came out about the making of the Thor sequel. In the coming days, we’ll give you the scoop on all of them. First up, much was made over the fact that director Alan Taylor went back to add more scenes with Tom Hiddleston‘s Loki. That’s…

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‘Ender’s Shadow’ Script Exists

‘Ender’s Shadow’ Script Exists
Andrew Sims - Hypable

During an interview with Hypable today, Ender’s Game co-star Aramis Knight revealed a script centered on his character Bean based on the book Ender’s Shadow exists.

Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card is a novel that parallels the story line of Ender’s Game but follows Bean. The character has a supporting role in Game which hit theaters last week.

“There’s actually a script already written for [Shadow] which I got to read a few pages of,” Knight told Hypable. “[Director Gavin Hood] wanted to film right beside Ender’s Game,” he added, but the script needed to be revised and the budget…

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Put the Hammer Down! — What to See This Weekend

Put the Hammer Down! — What to See This Weekend

Woo hoo! This weekend brings us plenty of shiny new things to see. Of course our favorite hammer wielding Norse “God” comes back to the big screen in Thor: The Dark WorldAbout Time goes to wide release and while I think it might be a bit cheesy for me, I do think there’s something there for the right audience. The Book Thief looks really, really good. I almost wish we were talking about it next week on The MovieByte Podcast rather than Thor: The Dark World but it’s in limited release this weekend and not playing in my area, but we’ll get to it soon enough. And How I Live Now is also in…

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