So many rumors have been floating around the internet about which characters the announced actors will play in Guardians of the Galaxy. When Benicio Del Toro was signed on for multiple films the the news just fed the fires of speculation. Now that the Guardians has begun filming in the UK it is a little bit harder to conceal identities, even for superheroes.
In the world of Twitter it was asked of Russell Crowe if he would like to reprise his role of Jor-El in the next Man of Steel film. He stated, “A lot of you are asking about a KRYPTON prequel, if that’s something you feel strongly about let @Legendary pictures know your thoughts”. It goes without saying that the Krypton scenes were the best part of the film and I think I’m not the only one who would love to see Jor-El in another Superman flick.
Fans have been waiting for Guillermo Del Toro to announce the coming of the third installment in his Hellboy series. This movie has been in the works for quite awhile and there is a huge fan base following it. This week Del Toro decided that he was going to allude to some new work, even if it doesn’t come in the form of Hellboy 3.
Disney officially now owns the distribution rights of all the Marvel phase one films. This includes Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger. A press release tells us that Paramount, the original distributor of most of Marvel’s films prior to Disney acquiring the studio in 2009, “was paid for the transfer of the distribution rights.” Fantastic, money money money, so what does this mean?
Bale has announced that he will not be playing the masked vigilante that he has made a name for in the Justice League film. He made it blatantly clear to Entertainment Weekly that “[he has] no information, no knowledge about anything. I’ve literally not had a conversation with a living soul. I understand that they may be making a Justice League movie, that’s it.”
Most of us no it as G-Force. Some of us know it as Batlle Of The Planets. To most, the die-hards it is only known be one name…”GATCHAMAN”. For those that don’t know about it, Gatchaman was/is an extremely popular anime that started in the 70’s and was heavily editied for it’s violent content when brought state side.
There has been a lot of talk about The Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver controversy amongst fans recently. Last month it was revealed that Bryan Singer and Joss Wheadon will both be featuring the brother/ sister duo in Days of Future Past as well as Avengers 2. Both 20th Century Fox and Marvel own and are allowed to feature the characters in their films, however will working against each other with separate concepts be destructive to both creative ideas?
There is so much more destruction involved in this film than appears merely on screen. Amidst the drama in budgeting, rewrites of the script, and complete reshoot of the ending it was shocking to actually see this film finally make it to theaters. One would think with a multi-million hit selling book series and a producing/starring combination of Brad Pitt that this film would have ample backing to be an instant hit. Well friends, think again.
