X-Men 3 wasn’t the worst movie in the world, but it could have been so much better. The films financial success suggested that people wanted to see the mutant freaks, so we are now getting a Wolverine spin-off. But what about X-Men 4? Will it ever happen? Well ShockTillYouDrop caught up with Shawn Ashmore who played Iceman in the trilogy, and he had a few words to say about the franchise.

Shock: You mentioned Bobby Drake earlier, so do you think we’ll ever see you play him again, especially with the way he was developed so much in the last “X-men” movie?
Ashmore: Yeah, it was great. I was waiting to do some of that stuff since the first movie. It was five years, six years in the making to really shoot ice and be in a battle and all that stuff, but honestly, I don’t know. I would love to do another film, but I think they’re doing these spin-offs and origin stories, so I can’t see in the near future there being an “X-Men 4″ but I have no idea to tell you the truth, it’s really hard to say. I’m holding my breath, waiting for it to happen, but I’m not sure if it will or not.

Shock: Hopefully, they won’t wait too long if they do get back into it, because as I said, they really turned Iceman into someone we’d want to see more of and some of the other new characters.
Ashmore: Yeah, and again, it’s a blast. I love the fact that there is such a huge audience for “The X-Men”, characters I love and characters I’ve lived with so long that it’s really exciting when people are like, “Aw, man, I want to see another one.” That’s great, and that gives me a boost to hear that stuff, so that’s really cool.

It’s good to see that he still enjoys the role and the franchise. I think that some of the actors who had to endure 5+ hours of make-up everyday will not be as enthusiastic about an X-Men 4, but I am sure the right price may bring them back.

I am thinking that FOX will get Wolverine out, and if it does well they will do Wolverine: 2 Slashed 2 Furious and then the inevitable Wolverine: The Most Overused Character Ever…in 3D! . Then hopefully enough time will have passed and FOX can start on that Young X-Men movie Zak Penn has been talking about. Or they could pay Halle Berry and the rest of the cast $40 million each to return and make an X-Men 4, which follows on 10 years after the events of X-Men 3. Either way, it’s a long time before we will see Shawn Ashmore’s Iceman on screen again, if ever. However, Shawn should be happy that his characters best moment of the trilogy with this…

It amazes me that some of the movies being produced today haven’t gotten a lot of air time yet. We get all of this information about movies that are still in pre-production or even DEVELOPMENT, yet nothing about some potentially huge movies that are in the works or even very near completion.  So, I’m going to be bringing you some of the ones I think you should watch out for…

The first is called The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, set for release on December 19. Here’s the premise of the movie:

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.  

This movie is being produced by Paramount Pictures for about $150 million. It is based on the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) of the same name.

Still surprised you haven’t heard of it yet? How about I throw in the names of a few of the cast members: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, and Tilda Swinton… three A-List actors (now that Tilda is an Oscar winner!).  

 

As of right now there are no official pictures of the film.  A $150 million movie and it hasn’t even begun to blip on the radar?  I hope they start their advertising soon!

Based on this information, would you go see this movie?

Along with all the TV Spots, we have also got two sneak peaks at The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Rather that post them all in separate posts, I thought I’d do a mega post full of new TV Spots! Prepare to drown on movie goodness!

WALL•E

Iron Man

Speed Racer

Indiana Jones
The new TV Spot can be seen by clicking here

Kung Fu Panda

Yes, you read that right…Hayden Christensen As Superman.

Cinema Blend got word from a rather dominating female who pinned Adam Brody up against a wall and beat him until he revealed information about the Justice League movie to her. Brody is playing The Flash, along with Common as Green Arrow and Megan Gale as Wonder Woman. Adam Brody was in a bar when confronted by the beast, and here is what happened.

“I asked Brody to sign a napkin, and asked what he/they were doing here. They’re in BC to check out locations for their new superhero movie Justice League is Mortal. Brody pointed at Miller and said “George is our director”. He said he’s playing The Flash, Common is playing Green Arrow (or Lantern, one or the other), Armie Hammer (sounded like Arm and Hammer) is Batman, someone from “mad max” is Martian Man-hunter (didn’t catch the name) and Hayden Christensen is Superman. Brody also nodded to the woman to his right and said “she (he said her name but i didnt catch it) is in it too”. Oh, and they had lots of drinks.”

So either Adam Brody is either A) drunk or B) scared or C) Hayden Christensen may actually be putting on the famous cape.

Everyone can understand why Brandon Routh was cast as Superman in Superman Returns, because he looks the part. He has the dark hair, tall figure and muscles. But I can’t see why they would cast some like Hayden Christensen as Superman…oh wait, I can. It’s Hollywood!

I can’t see it. Lets hope Adam Brody was drunk out of his face!

We have been getting reports here and there of a flamboyant foreign journalist doing bizarre things, and now we have a new one. There is no doubt that is it Sasha Baron Cohen making fools out of the American public, and in some cases, himself. A church in Kansas reported that a ‘European’ crew showed up to their Easter play in chains. But in this case, the church sniffed out the prank and stopped what was likely Cohen’s crew from disrupting the play.

Local newspapers in Kansas have also reported that a “European man” was “putting security on red alert” by “stripping down to tight shorts and dancing in the lobby of Wichita Airport”. Luckily someone had a recording device and filmed part of it before one of the crew tried to stop them. Check it out:

Brüno will be released later this year and I can wait! It is going to be hilarious!

 

The Long Run

Written by: Stephen Belber
Sold to: Columbia Pictures
A journalist helps exonerate a highly charismatic death row inmate of a crime he didn’t commit. When the former inmate is recruited to run for elected office, the journalist leaves his post to orchestrate his rise to political prominence but soon faces a crisis of conscience as he discovers that his friend might be guilty of murder after all.

C.O.D

Written by: Lars Jacobson
Sold to: DreamWorks Pictures
A New York City bike messenger becomes a puppet in an assassin’s deadly game, forced to deliver bombs to save his family’s life. A female FBI agent with a vendetta against the villain must work outside the system to catch the messenger and solve the case before it takes on global implications.

Gang Leader for a Day

Written by: Michael Caleo
Sold to: Paramount Vintage
A Columbia University professor spends years chronicling a crack-dealing gang in Chicago for a research project. He befriends the Black Kings & their leader and is allowed to observe close up. The professor is even invited to call the shots of the criminal enterprise for a day.

Cutlass Island

Written by: Tom Wheeler
Sold to: Regency Enterprises
Two shipwrecked brothers discover a lost world of mythological and magical creatures.

I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President

Written by: Josh Lieb
Sold to: Warner Bros. Pictures
A chubby 13-year old boy is an evil genius and the third-richest person on the planet, with a secret compound beneath his unsuspecting family’s modest suburban home. He hides his identity to keep himself safe from his enemies and because he can’t legally claim his empire until he turns 18. This boy attempts to prove himself in the eyes of his do-gooder father by being elected class president. Unfortunately, the tactics he uses to stage coups in Central America prove to be less effective in running a middle-school campaign.

The Man Who Invented Fidel: Castro, Cuba and Herbert Matthews of the New York Times

Written by: Anthony DePalma (author)
Sold to: Moxie Pictures
A foreign correspondent is smuggled into the jungles of the Sierra Maestra Mountains to get the first detailed interview with Castro. That and other glowing articles impact American perception before the fall of the Batista regime and Castro’s takeover of the Cuban government.

The Long Road Home

Written by: Martha Raddatz (author)
Sold to: Phoenix Pictures
In 2004, insurgents ambush an Army platoon on routine patrol in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City during which eight soldiers die and more than 70 are wounded.

Untitled Janet Leigh Jones Story

Written by: Patricia K. Meyer
Sold to: Paul Pompian Productions
Shortly after arriving in the Green Zone to work for defense contractor KBR (then a Halliburton subsidiary), a woman claims she was drugged and gang-raped by six KBR employees. After she reports the crime, she is locked in a shipping container without water or food. The woman puts a lawsuit in the works and describes her ordeal on Capitol Hill.

Imaginary Friends

Written by: Cornelius Uliano & Bryan Schulz
Sold to: DreamWorks Pictures
Being kept under wraps.

Afterburn

Written by: Paul Ens (creators), Scott Chitwood (creators) & Wayne Nichols (artist)
Sold to: Relativity Media
Set a year after a solar flare burns half of the planet leaving life mutated from radiation and fallout, a group of treasure hunters for the right price extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates along the way.

Janky Promoters

Written by: Ice Cube
Sold to: Dimension Films
Two music promoters get the chance to book a top-tier hip-hop artist into a midsized California venue. The pair are ill equipped for such a task and everything goes wrong.

Underage

Written by: Scott Neistadter & Michael Weber
Sold to: DreamWorks Pictures
A man in his mid- to late 20s goes home with a young woman he’s met in a bar. Later, he discovers she’s only 17 — a fact that allows her to blackmail him into being her boyfriend for the next six months, so she can exact revenge on her ex-boyfriend.

The Tomb

Written by: Jason Keller
Sold to: Summit Entertainment
The world’s foremost authority on structural security is forced to escape from the master prison of his own design and use every trick up his sleeve to find the person who put him there.

The Lone Ranger

Written by: Ted Elliot & Terry Rossio
Sold to: Walt Disney Pictures
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice. Remake of the classic movie and TV series. Jerry Bruckheimer will produce.

The Last Equation

Written by: Stuart Gibbs
Sold to: Lionsgate Entertainment
Government agents, a criminal and a math whiz begin a quest to find a buried Albert Einstein formula that could harness energy with deadly consequences.

Maynard and Jennica

Written by: Liz Meriwether
Sold to: Miramax Films
In New York, a young couple goes through a courtship and their relationship evolves through the life-changing events of Sept. 11, 2001.

Hereafter

Written by: Peter Morgan
Sold to: DreamWorks Pictures
No details given.

Command Performance

Written by: Dolph Lundgren & Stave Latshaw
Sold to: Millennium Films
A drummer plays in the warm-up band of a big American performer giving a concert for the Russian premier. When bad guys break up the show the ex-Marine drummer springs into action.

It seems Nicolas Cage may finally have a good movie coming out. After a couple of misses such as The Wicker Man, Ghost Rider and Next, Cage is playing the lead in Bangkok Dangerous, a remake of the Pang brothers 1999 debut Thai film with the same title.

Check it out!

Here we have a poster for X-Files 2. Its nothing special but still looks kinda cool.

There are 2 bootleg trailers for the next X-Files movie floating around the internet, if you want to see them then Google is your friend. However, if you want to wait for an official HD version then keep your eyes on XFiles.com.

The Daily Mail reported that Thomas Sangster had landed the role of Tintin in…Tintin, and now they have had the chance to talk to him about the role.

The teenager, who is taking A levels in art and media studies and works part-time at a garage, admits he had not read the Tintin books until a few days ago.

He said: “I love the cartoons. I never saw the books because I was never that big on reading. Tintin is like a super boy scout. He would hit people over the head with bottles. He was cool.”

I suppose that is the typical response from a teenager, ‘I don’t read and violence is cool’. No doubt Steven Spielberg hired him because he has some talent, which should be interesting to see through all of the Beowulf style motion capture that will be going on.

Andy Serkis is already on board as Captain Haddock, and some filming is taking place as you read this. Filming on the film will officially start over in New Zealand later this year.