Sure, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes were able to defeat Loki, and thwarted the plans of Ultron, but the Avengers could not rise above the drawing power that is Floyd “Money” Mayweather. In fact, a huge coalition of sports over the weekend successfully torpedoed the sequel’s chances of not only cracking the $200M opening weekend plateau, but also matching the opening numbers of 2012’s The Avengers. Continue reading
Producer Michael Bay has released a photo giving us our first look at Arrow star Stephen Amell as vigilante Casey Jones in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. The mask he’s wearing seems to have all the elements of what we’ve seen in the comics, but it also has its own exaggerated style. The look definitely fits the style of these movies. Continue reading
Director Rupert Sanders’ (Snow White and the Huntsman) live action take on the classic anime Ghost in the Shell will be released a little earlier than expected. Disney and DreamWorks have announced that the release date of the film has moved from April 14th, 2017 to March 31st, 2017. Continue reading
Deadline is reporting that James Wan is in talks with Sony to take the Robotech anime and transform it into a gigantic live-action movie with fighting robots, jets, and love. Continue reading
Brian Tee has been cast as the Shredder in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.”
New movie, new Shredder: Variety has word that the upcoming “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2” will feature Brian Tee in the role of Shredder. Tee takes over from Tohoru Masamune, who played the famous “Turtles” arch-nemesis in the previous 2014 film that rebooted the live-action franchise. Continue reading
Producer Michael Bay released three images from the set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 on his website, and they show off the vehicles that we will see in the movie. The vehicles you see here include a garbage truck that has been transformed into an urban assault party wagon vehicle for the Ninja Turtles as well as a Polaris Slingshot.
At CinemaCon, Universal rearranged some of the biggest movies on its upcoming release schedule and ended up delaying some highly-anticipated projects in the process. Duncan Jones’ Warcraft, which wrapped filming about a year ago and was initially slated for a December 2015 release, had already been pushed to March of 2016 (presumably due to the assumed holiday dominance of Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Continue reading
Sony has officially announced a sequel to the Denzel Washington thriller “The Equalizer.”
Rumors of an “Equalizer” follow-up began months before the R-rated auctioneer opened in September, but it was the film’s strong box office results and home entertainment sales that ultimately pulled the trigger on the second installment.
Washington is expected to reprise his role as vigilante Robert McCall in “Equalizer 2.” Continue reading
It was still just rumored that Paramount was reportedly planning on creating a shared cinematic universe for the Transformers films under the creative control of Batman & Robin screenwriter Akiva Goldsman It’s now been confirmed as their strategy moving forward. Continue reading
A few months ago it was announced that Scarlett Johansson would be taking on the lead role in the live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. There was a mixed reaction from fans, as some people thought the casting was great, while others were upset they cast a white girl in the role of a Japanese character.
While speaking with Collider, Johansson said, “It’s happening. It will be shooting the beginning of next year, so I think we start production January or February and it’s me and Rupert [Sanders], and that’s all I know.” Continue reading
