Twentieth Century Fox’s Die Hard franchise put Bruce Willis on the map as an action star and has endured as a must-see for action lovers. The series’ fourth installment, Live Free or Die Hard, pulled in its budget threefold across the globe, so a follow-up was surely in order.
The Coen Brothers are great filmmakers with an amazing back catalogue of movies – so much so that the release of The Coen Brothers Collection Blu-ray box set was DISCussion’s Recommendation of the Week. As you can imagine, we at Player Affinity get excited with any kind of Coen Brothers news and Variety has reported that their next movie has found a financer.
Zack Snyder’s “Superman” reboot Man of Steel was once a hot topic in the film world for its casting of Henry Cavill as the titular hero and Amy Adams as his love interest Lois Lane. However, nowadays the film’s costuming serves as the most buzzed-about aspect of the film.
UPDATED: Representatives for Lionsgate have confirmed that Craig Gillespie has not left the helm of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Apologies about the false information, everyone.
There is one clear winner for Player Affinity’s Recommendation of the Week, The Coen Brothers Collection, offering us four classic movies on Blu-ray in one boxset. And to top it off, it offers a mix of genres and a good starter kit if you are not aware of their work.
Park Chan-wook’s thriller Oldboy, about a man on a path of vengeance after an unexplained stint in solitary confinement, took critics by storm. Hollywood’s looking to give it an English-language revamp, and with the capable Spike Lee at the helm, it looks like the film finally has its protagonist.
The ‘80s sci-fi flick Tron didn’t catch on with audiences immediately, but over the years it proved to be a cult classic and formidable presence with home video. It was over 20 years until the sequel, Tron: Legacy, arrived, but it won’t be that long before we get another installment.
We’ve known since February that a sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger was in the works, but apparently the script is still open to ideas. One of the film’s co-writers, Christopher Markus, told the L.A. Times what his ideal sequel would include: MODOK, and he wants Peter Dinklage to play him.
There’s been chatter of a third “Ghostbusters” installment for a long time, though mostly just various stars of the original commenting or not commenting on it happening or not. However, it looks like we finally have solid information about Ghostbusters III from one of the series’ stars.
A brief teaser for The Hunger Games, based on Suzanne Collins’ novel of the same name, debuted last night toward the end of the MTV Video Music Awards with a brief intro from Oscar nominee and star Jennifer Lawrence
