The summer blockbuster bloodbath of 2011 won’t kick off for another couple weeks, but that hasn’t stopped the studios behind some of the summer’s biggest films from hiring writers to work on sequels. Now, Marvel’s movie mogul Kevin Feige has confirmed to Disney’s D23 Magazine that sequels to Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger are in development.
There is a large contingent of prestige and art-house releases and re-releases this week, but none bigger than the Best Picture Oscar winner, The King’s Speech, loved my most critics and audiences around the world. But if you have a more anti-establishment viewpoint, then the more independent films will appeal to you.
Animals
provide us with a lot of joy, whether as pets, wild creatures or
performers. They have been the source for many lovable characters in
animated films, and the new release of Rio hopes to do that with
parrots in the city of Rio de Janeiro as filmmakers continue to look for
new animals and locations for their movies.
Most children are
acclimated to animals from an early age, from having pets, stuffed toys
and visiting attractions like zoos. Animal characters slowly made their
way into literature with books like The Jungle Book, The Wind and the Willow and Tarka the Otter,
as well as in fairy tales, from Puss in Boots to the wolf in Little Red
Riding Hood. Also, many animals are national symbols, from the Bald
Eagle for the United States, Lions for England, Tigers and Elephants for
India, Pandas being related to China, and the list goes on.
Bad Taste just recently interviewed Hemsworth to discuss several upcoming projects, and The Avengers was of course one of the topics. During that part of the conversation, the interviewer asked about Portman participating in the film, and he responded with an affirmative ““Sì, Natalie ci sarà.”
Welcome to Box Office Wizard, Player Affinity’s premiere movie box office prediction competition that you ignore every week because you don’t hath the stones of a real wizard. Entering is and always has been simple, so why not get your beard on and give it a try? Just read through this post and leave a comment with, in order, what you think the top five box office finishers will be this weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you will win something COOL.
In 1996, Wes Craven (creator of A Nightmare On Elm Street, which spawned an entire series of slasher films) created an entirely new scary movie franchise. This franchise turned the slasher genre on its head while following the formula that slasher films and sequels have followed since their creation. It threw new ingredients and different elements in this already successful horror sub-genre.
Rio is a pure formula picture with many familiar elements such as when Blu’s taken from the wild as a chick, the animosity between Blu and Jewel that has an obvious trajectory, the story of the evil Nigel having a tragic past and being rejected, etc., but formula does not have to be bad and when it’s done right it can easily lead to an enjoyable film for all the family.
