CinemaCon is currently under-way in Las Vegas and a few outlets had the opportunity to speak with Fox Chairman and CEO of Filmed Entertainment Tom Rothman about Fox’s upcoming slate. During the interviews Rothman gave us an idea of when we can expect sequels to X-Men: First Class and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and he gave updates on Chronicle 2, Fantastic Four, and Daredevil.
There is a simplicity to many of Jason Statham’s films that a lot of his fans surely appreciate. As an action star, he’s a throwback to the icons of the 70s and 80s, stoic heroes who could wander into a bar, kick a man’s ass for looking at him funny, then silently sit down and finish his drink. The heightened Crank films, and perhaps some of the more insane martial arts sections of The Transporter series, seem to contradict this notion, but make no mistake: Statham is as close as modern audiences are going to get to these stars of old without throwing on a Blu-ray of The Dirty Dozen. His newest film, Safe, feels like a movie ripped from the 70s, with corrupt cops and embattled gangs criss-crossing New York City and Statham and a little girl caught in the middle of it. click to continue…
Due to the whole MGM situation it’s been 4 years since we last saw James Bond on-screen. We’ll be seeing Daniel Craig return as 007 later this year in Skyfall, but it looks like the producers are trying to make up for the hiatus by planning the 24th movie already, with a 2014 release in mind.
Disney/Pixar has released a third (and possible final?) trailer for Brave. This trailer focuses on the family element of the story, and uses Pixar’s past films (Toy Story 3, Up!, Wall-E) to really sell the movie in the hope the same audiences will be up for some adventures in the Scottish Highlands with a redhead.
Entertainment Weekly got their hands on our first official look at Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. The images released show Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, and Leonardo DiCaprio in costume as their respective characters.
About this time last month, we wrote about how Scarlett Johansson was supposed to be returning to the cast of Iron Man 3. It makes sense, considering all of Marvel’s actors have signed on for multi-picture deals. But immediately before a recent interview with Screen Rant, Johansson said that she would not be appearing in the newest adventure of Tony Stark. But the second one actor leaves, another might step in; NeonPunch reports that Asian cinema superstar Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs) could join the cast. Hit the jump for more.
I love it when movies take ridiculous dramatic liberties with real-life people and events. Not so much in something like The Social Network, wherein the people depicted are still alive in our real world, and the movie plays so close to reality that it could be deemed troubling; more like in Inglourious Basterds, where seeing an over-the-top scenario play out in a fully realized cinematic world can excite the imagination and even be a cathartic experience. James McTeigue’s The Raven technically falls into this category by offering one possible series of events that led to Edgar Allan Poe’s mysterious death, but the film itself is so monotonous and predictable that it ultimately cancels out whatever excitement the premise holds and turns into a slog of a murder mystery more interested in capitalizing on the success of the Saw franchise than living up to its potential. click to continue…
In this situation James Cameron could say “you sank my ship” since that’s just what the board game inspired Battleship did last weekend around the world. But in just a few days The Avengers opens in most foreign markets and I believe that’s when both Battleship and Titanic will forever get lost in the depths of the international box office.
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