Convincing audiences it is the fairest of them all with a stronger-than-expected debut, dark fairytale spin Snow White and the Huntsman easily charged into first place while Men in Black III and The Avengers held quite well.
Clark Gregg’s character had been a reliable presence in Marvel fare such as Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Thor and as would be expected, a number of people would love to see his return.
Ridley Scott definitely comes to mind when one thinks of iconic directors. The three-time Oscar nominee has helmed films about aliens, gladiators, gangsters and two women fleeing the law in a Thunderbird, but what about a movie about the Bible? That hasn’t happened yet, but it might very soon.
Guy Ritchie has been attached to many projects over the years, including the 300 sequel, an adaptation of DC’s Lobo, a remake of Cannonball Run and an adaptation of Sgt. Rock. Now, one of Warner Bros.’ go-to directors has been offered the chance to direct an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.
Welcome to Rumor Has It, Player Affinity’s weekly roundup of highly buzzed-about movie rumors circulating throughout Tinseltown. On this week’s docket, we have some things Kevin Feige, the President of Marvel Studios, said about Iron Man 3, Thor 2, the Hulk, and more.
Disney has been extremely busy planning for 2014 lately; the studio has quickly moved to shift a couple other high-profile projects in Lone Ranger and Steven Spielberg‘s Robopocalypse.
Haven’t gotten enough of The Avengers yet? Well fear not mere mortal, Disney and Marvel are planning a complete six-film, ten-disc collection of all The Avengers lead-ups, the ensemble spectacle itself and a bonus feature disc.
Jason Bourne is better known for putting people in the hospital (and he killed a guy called The Professor), so it seems his actions have left a wake of destruction even in his absence, as the newest trailer forThe Bourne Legacy goes to show. Seeming to run concurrently and passed the events of the last film, Bourne’s exposée on the assassin-factory known as Treadstone at the end of The Bourne Ultimatum appears to have forced nefarious higher-ups to shutdown the program and fire it’s employees.Among those leaving Treadstone’s payroll is new lead Jeremy Renner as Aaron Cross, as it looks like we’ll be exploring the more-super-than-usual soldier’s career both as the program’s top asset, and now it’s biggest target.As for the returning players, we get only glimpses of Joan Allen and David Strathairn but a greying Edward Norton gets some room to stretch and stress out as the new older white guy tasked with finding Cross by ordering around surveillance techies.
Today was a big day to get the lay of the blockbuster landscape for the next few years. With summer 2012 well underway, studios are looking to the future for their next hits—announcements for the sequels to X-Men First Class, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Thor all making news today.
One of the most persistent rumors plaguing his upcoming Star Trek sequel is that new addition to the cast, Benedict Cumberbatch, will be playing the villainous role of Khan. Now, Simon Pegg, the new Scotty of Abrams’ Enterprise crew, is calling out the rumor as false.
