Hello ladies and gentlemen, Since I didn't get to bring you news from yesterday I figured that I would combine today's and yesterday's news (3 stories from each day). So here is some movie news with some of my thoughts and opinions (which will be in BOLD print). So without further ado...
(NOTE: All of these stories come from comingsoon.net)
(7/28/14)
Following its debut at Comic-Con, Lionsgate has just released online the trailer for the much-anticipated The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1. You can check it out below.
The worldwide phenomenon of "The Hunger Games" continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage.
Also starring Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Natalie Dormer, Stef Dawson, Evan Ross, Lily Rabe, Patina Miller, Wes Chatham, Elden Henson and Robert Knepper, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 opens in theaters on November 21.
This teaser is actually pretty cool. Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed the messages released by President Snow that came out a couple of weeks ago, but this one revs it up a little. I'm finally glad to see some footage and this gets me pumped for the film and I can't wait until November.
New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures have released the teaser trailer for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies which you can watch below.
Opening in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on December 17, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.
Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo's frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide – unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance.
(NOTE: All of these stories come from comingsoon.net)
(7/28/14)
Following its debut at Comic-Con, Lionsgate has just released online the trailer for the much-anticipated The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1. You can check it out below.
The worldwide phenomenon of "The Hunger Games" continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage.
Also starring Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Natalie Dormer, Stef Dawson, Evan Ross, Lily Rabe, Patina Miller, Wes Chatham, Elden Henson and Robert Knepper, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 opens in theaters on November 21.
This teaser is actually pretty cool. Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed the messages released by President Snow that came out a couple of weeks ago, but this one revs it up a little. I'm finally glad to see some footage and this gets me pumped for the film and I can't wait until November.
New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures have released the teaser trailer for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies which you can watch below.
Opening in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on December 17, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.
Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo's frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide – unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance.
All I can say about this trailer is wow. This trailer had everything I wanted to see and this film will not disappoint when it comes out later this year.
Legendary Pictures surprised Comic-Con's Hall H this past Saturday by ending their presentation with a teaser trailer for the upcoming King Kong reboot, Skull Island. Now, Deadline reports that an offer to direct is out to Attack the Block helmer Joe Cornish. What's more, the outlet reports that Godzilla scribe Max Borenstein will provide the screenplay.
Appearing to be a sort of Kong "origin story," Skull Island looks like it will explore the life of the classic movie monster before he was taken to civilization. Previous works have touched on the island, but staying and exploring this mysterious and dangerous place offers Legendary the opportunity to take audiences deeper inside this rich world with a style and scope that parallels other Legendary productions.
Cornish recently signed on to helm Section 6 for Universal Pictures. He was also, with Edgar Wright, a writer on the original draft of Marvel Studios' Ant-Man.
Skull Island will be released on November 4, 2016.
I think that this is a great choice. If you have never seen Attack the Block then I suggest you do simply because it is awesome. That happens to be Joe Cornish's only directorial work but I have complete faith that he'll do a great job with this.
(7/29/14)
Though she'll be appearing as the green-skinned assassin Gamora in this weekend's Guardians of the Galaxy, Zoe Saldana is about to step back into the shoes of the blue-skinned Neytiri for James Cameron's Avatar sequels. Speaking with the Daily Mirror, Saldana provided an update on the upcoming three sequels, which she says will shoot in Los Angeles and will take the better part of a year.
"James Cameron is still working on the final drafts of the script and then everyone in the cast will get the call. We're going to be shooting mainly in Los Angeles and that will make things easier for me since I live there. Because we're doing the sequels back-to-back and it's going to take at least eight or nine months or more to finish the (three) films."
Set to also feature the return of cast members Sam Worthington, Stephen Lang and Sigourney Weaver, Avatar 2 is scheduled for a December 2016 release which will be followed by Avatar 3 in December of 2017 and Avatar 4 in 2018. The original film remains the top grossing movie of all time with $2.782 billion at the worldwide box office.
Avatar 2, 3, and 4 will be produced by Cameron and Jon Landau through their Lightstorm Entertainment.
This is interesting to hear. It's interesting because it's been 5 years since the first Avatar film was released and it's just amazing that Cameron hasn't finished the scripts yet. Hopefully he can get them done quickly so that they can begin filming.
At some point during the madness of the San Diego Comic-Con, Benedict Cumberbatch made a comment about not being cast for the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII but alluded to the fact that perhaps Simon Pegg would appear in the highly-anticipated sequel. Speaking with Vulture, Pegg was asked about this and seemed to say he's not involved, at least not in any form we would recognize him. "Well, J.J. uses me in different roles, and we're good friends. I feel like my face in Star Wars would pop people out of the movie. Look, I love Star Wars, and I don't want people to watch and go, 'Oh, there's Simon Pegg's face.' The film is cleverly cast with these amazing, unknown actors."
When asked outright if he wasn't in the film, he replied with a smile and said: "Of course I visited the set. It's amazing, and I love Star Wars. I want to see everything happening. It looks wonderful, and you need to believe those characters. Any type of stunt casting might just pop you out of the movie."
Pegg has been a noted fan of "Star Wars" going all the way back to his short-lived Channel 4 series "Spaced" which he co-created with Jessica Stevenson just after the release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which was integral to the plot of many of the show's episodes. He also provided a voice for the "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" animated series as well as the "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars special." He recreated a sequence from the original "Star Wars" for College Humor back in 2011 as well.
With all of these connections to "Star Wars" and his friend J.J. Abrams (with whom he has worked with on both "Star Trek" and "Mission: Impossible" films) directing the film, it would seem highly unlikely that Pegg won't appear in the film in some capacity; however, we may not know until opening day.
Star Wars: Episode VII is currently set to debut in theaters on December 18, 2015.
I honestly hope that this is true. I love Simon Pegg and his comedic abilities and I think that he would be a great addition to the film. I do however understand his point of possibly taking the audience out of the film simply because he's recognizable but the same could have been said for Sir Alec Guinness in the original film.
20th Century Fox has released the new trailer for director Wes Ball's The Maze Runner, coming to theaters on September 19. Based on the best-selling novel by James Dashner, the film stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Aml Ameen.
When Thomas (O'Brien) wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape. Check out the trailer below.
This is actually a pretty cool new trailer. It gives a little more insight into the film. Look I didn't read the book but from this trailer I think I'm actually getting pretty pumped to see this film.
So there you have it ladies and gentlemen, which of these stories peaked your interest or was there another story that interested you? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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