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Zack Stentz Writing Booster Gold Movie or TV Series

Update: Booster Gold movie confirmed.

It’s learned Zack Stentz, known for writing Thor, X-Men: First Class, last night’s Kevin Smith-directed episode of The Flash and the upccoming Power Rangers movie, is writing a Booster Gold movie or TV series for DC.

While Stentz doesn’t confirm Booster Gold while appearing on Smith’s Fatman on Batman podcast, according to BMD, it’s for Booster Gold.

Stentz explained he got the gig to write The Flash because he is working on a DC project with EP Greg Berlanti (who is rumored to be directing the Booster Gold movie), and that during some downtime, they offered Stentz an episode of The Flash to write.

“Well, interestingly enough I was working with Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg and Sara Schechter, the amazing trio that make that amazing machine [TV] run, and we were working on a different project that I’m not really allowed to talk about right now…”

The camera then switched to Kevin Smith and co-host Marc Bernardin who said they know what it is, with Smith giving it two thumbs up and Bernardin saying “it’s awesome.”

It’s possible Stentz may actually be developing a Booster Gold TV series with Berlanti, as Booster Gold was once supposed to air on SyFy. In addition, Berlanti, Kreisberg and Schechter are all involved with DC TV and not the current movies (at least to date), though Berlanti did write and produce the 2011 Green Lantern movie. It is possible following the poorly received Batman Vs. Superman that WB may have turned to their successful TV creators for help (smart move).

Later on in the podcast also saw Stentz reveal he will be writing more Flash episodes next season and has been elevated to consulting producer on the series.

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Batman Vs. Superman Blamed For Captain America: Civil War Lower Box Office

So why didn’t Captain America: Civil War open to $200 million at the box office?

Blame Batman Vs. Superman?!

According to John Campea, who is known around the movie blogosphere, the negative response to Batman Vs. Superman affected Captain America: Civil War‘s box office.

Campea argues most of the general audience doesn’t know the difference between a DC and a Marvel film, and that since they didn’t like Batman Vs. Superman, the audience figured they wouldn’t like Captain America: Civil War as well, so some didn’t bother to go out and see it.

While Batman vs. Superman might seem like a good scapegoat, could the lower box office draw for Captain America: Civil War have anything to do with the fact that Avengers: Age Of Ultron wasn’t as well received as either The Avengers or Captain America: Winter Soldier? Perhaps some of the audience figured since Avengers 2 wasn’t that good, that Civil War wouldn’t be as good as well?

Or could it have been as simple as Civil War not being titled Avengers 3? General audiences might not have realized Civil War was essentially a third Avengers film and chalked it up to another Captain America movie, which obviously sees less of a draw than Avengers.

Or we could even argue that Captain America: Civil War simply wasn’t that good of a movie. Word-of-mouth may have caused the lower Captain America: Civil War box office draw as perhaps not enough buzz was created as Marvel played it too safe with the movie by not killing any characters (like the comics) or really anything important happening at all. Is Captain America: Civil War a “must see” movie? Looking at the big picture, it doesn’t seem so.

We all know Cap and Iron Man will make up and reteam for Avengers: Infinity War, right? So aside from the cool special effects seeing the Avengers battling each other, what was so good about the storyline? They killed off Crossbones right away (lame). Daniel Bruhl’s villain was rather bland until he teased more at the end (at least in my opinion), and Tony Stark seemed out of character. In addition, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Black Panther and Hawkeye were shoehorned in to the movie (good or bad), which felt oddly enough pretty similar to Batman Vs. Superman‘s Justice League characters.

I could also argue Marvel and Disney – once again – revealed way too much footage online, which may have caused Captain America: Civil War to come off as rather underwhelming, which, in my opinion, is what happened with Avengers 2.

Another question to consider: Is it possible Marvel made a mistake by greenlighting Captain America: Civil War as a direct result of Warner Bros. announcing Batman Vs. Superman? Since when does Marvel play catch-up?

Perhaps the blame is not with the direct competition, but right in the mirror on this one?

Negative response to BvS absolutely effected Civil War’s opening boxoffice. Marvel & DC want/need eachother to succeed. Saying this forever.

— John Campea (@johncampea) May 9, 2016

@ragnarockn_it Except 95% of the movie going audience don’t differentiate between DC and Marvel like the sweaties do.

— John Campea (@johncampea) May 11, 2016

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Sounds Like Rocket Raccoon Confirmed For Avengers: Infinity War

We already have confirmation Star-Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy will appear in Avengers: Infinity War, and now it seems as if Peter Quill will be bringing his pal Rocket Raccoon along for the ride.

Avengers: Infinity War writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely spoke with The Verge about Captain America: Civil War, which led into questioning about making Thanos work in the Infinity War films with Rocket seemingly confirmed:

You said the magic word there, grounded. You’ve done a very good job in making these superhero movies feel like they’re part of a recognizable reality. But as you said, there’s a big purple space guy coming in the next two movies. How do you make that work, tonally?

SM: We’ll try to split the difference. We certainly don’t want to try to betray the Jim Starlin Thanos, all those comic runs. They get pretty trippy. That’s in the DNA of it. But before we get there, you’ll see Guardians 2, you’ll see Doctor Strange. My hope is that the movie audience will be a little bit more prepared for some trippier stuff.

CM: Also, whether they’re a 12-foot purple guy, or a raccoon, or an android, they’re all people, and we’re going to write them as people. You can’t write them any other way. So, ideally it will stay grounded because you’ll completely understand why the characters are doing what they’re doing, and you will in some way or another empathize.

I’m curious to see if Rocket Raccoon will be brought to Earth or if they’ll keep him out in space for the Avengers: Infinity War movies. I have to agree with what Guardians of the Galaxy comic book writer Dan Abnett said about bringing Rocket to Earth which is a rather goofy approach, but keeping him in an outer space setting works. Here’s the quote:

I think that’s why I’ve always loved the cosmic side of Marvel: placing super heroes in an [sci-fi] context means that it’s less about costumes and secret identities and integrating super hero roles into a ‘real world.’ These are characters [that] look and behave the way they do because of non-terrestrial technology, culture, and abilities. We get a sense of the whole universe, and the possibilities are vast and ingenious. Take Rocket, as an example. On Earth, he’d be a curiosity, a goofy “fun” character. Out in the universe, he’s non-human adventurer that we don’t have to qualify or excuse. We can just get on with enjoying his misadventures.

“The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1” has a May 4, 2018 release followed by Part 2 on May 3, 2019 directed by Joe and Anthony Russo.

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Captain America: Civil War Spider-Man Marvel Legends Figure Officially Revealed

Hasbro has released official info and high-res images for the Captain America: Civil War Marvel Legends 3-Pack that comes with the Spider-Man, Captain America and Iron Man action figures.

Info:

MARVEL’S CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 6-Inch LEGENDS 3-Pack Figures

(Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $59.99/Available: August 2016)

When the lines between right and wrong are blurred, which heroes will emerge victorious? Fans can collect their favorite heroes from the highly anticipated new film MARVEL’S CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR with this super trio of CAPTAIN AMERICA, IRON MAN, and SPIDER-MAN figures. Each figure comes equipped with iconic accessories inspired by the movie, such as CAPTAIN AMERICA’s shield and IRON MAN’s repulsor blasts. Figures come in an impressive 6-inch scale and feature premium articulation and detailed sculpting and deco. Includes three MARVEL LEGENDS figures, six accessories, and one shield. Available at most major retailers and on HasbroToyShop.com.

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New Gal Gadot Wonder Woman Image

Following Gal Gadot letting it be known Wonder Woman has wrapped, now director Patty Jenkins has taken to Twitter to thank the cast and crew, which also sees a new pic of Gadot as the super-powered Diana Prince.

So happy and excited to have wrapped the first Wonder Woman film!! And one William Marston’s birthday, no less! (WW’s creator)

What an incredible cast and crew. So grateful to them. And going to miss being with Gal Gadot every day. What a shining star of a person.

Good, kind, strong and impressive and what a performance! Gal is a Wonder Woman, for real.

And Chris Pine is one of the greatest people I’ve ever met. He blew my mind and became one of my favorite humans. Mindblowing talent and…

..what a special spirit. Gal and my best friend, and partner, beginning to end. I love those guys and the whole cast and crew.

Will miss you guys. Can’t wait for everyone to see all of your great work. Happy bday to WMM!

This cast and crew were truly phenomenal. Can’t wait to share their work on the big screen! #WonderWoman @galgadot

Sending great love and gratitude to the many, many cast and crew who were missing from the photo.

Best make up artist ever and a special part of making WW magic. Thanks for giving us your special gifts. xo

Wonder Woman has a June 23, 2017 release directed by Patty Jenkins also starring Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis , Ewen Bremner, Saïd Taghmaoui, Elena Anaya, Lucy Davis and Connie Nielsen.

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Watch: Deadpool “Creating Colossus” Behind-The-Scenes With Concept Art

Check out a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Colossus for the Deadpool movie, which includes concept art.

The Deadpool Blu-Ray is now on sale.

“Deadpool” has a February 12, 2016 release directed by Tim Miller starring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, TJ Miller as Weasel, Gina Carano as Angel Dust, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Morena Baccarin as Copycat and Ed Skrein as Ajax.

Synopsis:

Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

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New Release Dates For Green Lantern Corps?, Godzilla & Godzilla Vs. King Kong

Warner Bros. announced new release dates for a batch of upcoming films.

Thought to be Green Lantern Corps, WB has announced an untitled DC Comics movie will move from June 19, 2020 to July 24, 2020. The release date has never been confirmed for GLC other than speculation by various Hollywood-connected sites.

WB also announced an “event film” will be released on Christmas Day 2018.

Garth Edward’s Godzilla 2 will now be released on March 22, 2019 (from June 8, 2018).

Godzilla Vs. King Kong will be released on May 29, 2020.

Here is WB’s current DC Comics release date schedule:

Suicide Squad: August 5, 2016

Wonder Woman: June 2, 2017

Justice League: November 7, 2017

The Flash: March 16, 2018

Aquaman: July 27, 2018

Untitled DC movie: October 5, 2018

Justice League Part 2: June 14, 2019

Untitled DC movie: November 1, 2019

Cyborg: April 3, 2020

Untitled DC movie/Green Lantern Corps: July 24, 2020

*DC has yet to schedule the solo Ben Affleck Batman movie

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Captain America: Civil War Passes $700 Million At Box Office

Captain America: Civil War has passed $700 million at the box office, which has also led to Disney topping $1 billion in sales at the U.S. box office in only 128 days, the fastest ever.

Currently, Captain America: Civil War has a $705.231 worldwide gross, with $192.431 million coming from the U.S. and $512.8 from international receipts.

For those keeping track regarding comparisons to Batman Vs. Superman, BVS bested Captain America: Civil War on their first Monday screenings: Batman Vs. Superman made $15.040 million to Civil War‘s $13.291 million, though BVS did have the Easter Monday holiday.

In its first four days, Captain America: Civil War has brought in $192,431,018 domestically, while Batman Vs. Superman saw $181,047,843 million, a 6% difference.

Captain America: Civil War also sits at 90% with critics at Rotten Tomatoes and 92% with fans.

Regarding Disney topping a billion, in addition to Civil War, the Zootopia movie and Jon Farvreau’s Jungle Book also added to the mix. The previous fastest studio to a billion at the box office was last year with Universal who did it in 165 days, which Disney has blown away this year.

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High-Res Assassin’s Creed Images & Descriptions

Ahead of tomorrow’s Assassin’s Creed trailer, Fox has released a batch of high-res images as well as descriptions to go along with the pics.

Assassin’s Creed has a December 21, 2016 release date directed by Justin Kurzel.

Synopsis:

Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.

ASSASSIN’S CREED stars Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past, 12 Years a Slave) and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard (The Dark Knight Rises, La Vie en Rose). The film is directed by Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth); produced by New Regency, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, DMC Films and Kennedy/Marshall; co-financed by RatPac Entertainment and Alpha Pictures; and distributed by 20th Century Fox. ASSASSIN’S CREED opens in theaters worldwide on December 21st, 2016.

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Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) tries to make sense of his incredible experiences

Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) reacts to a revolutionary technology, administered by the mysterious Sofia (Marion Cotillard).

As he awaits his “execution,” Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) is as yet unaware of the incredible adventures that lie ahead for him.

Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain.

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Watch: Deadpool Blu-Ray Stop-motion Puppet TV Spot

Watch a new spot for the Deadpool Blu-Ray, which is now on sale.

The stop-motion puppet TV spot happens to feature none other than DJ Stan Lee.

Check it out below.

“Deadpool” is directed by Tim Miller starring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, TJ Miller as Weasel, Gina Carano as Angel Dust, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Morena Baccarin as Copycat and Ed Skrein as Ajax.

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Watch: Deadpool Honest Trailer

Watch the “Honest Trailer” for the Deadpool movie as put out by the Screen Junkies YouTube channel.

Today also sees the release of the Deadpool Blu-Ray.

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Tom Hardy’s Star Wars: Episode VIII Role Revealed

As Cosmic Book News first reported on for Star Wars Day, Tom Hardy has a role in Star Wars: Episode VIII.

Now details about the role are known, which is said to be a small sequence akin to Daniel Craig’s cameo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Making Star Wars offers the following (spoiler warning):

Tom Hardy plays a First Order stormtrooper who sees a glimpse of FN-2187 (Finn) who is on a secret mission. Tom Hardy walks up behind Finn and slaps him on the ass. Finn turns around and thinks he’s going to be dead and/or captured, but Tom Hardy is elated to see his old friend from back during their First Order academy days. Hardy then congratulates Finn on being promoted to a Resistance infiltrator and spy. Finn goes about his business to his amazement.

“Star Wars: Episode VIII” has a December 16, 2017 release directed by Rian Johnson starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Andy Serkis, Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern and Kelly Marie Tran.

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First High-Res Look At Big Spoiler In Captain America: Civil War

Marvel released a first look at Giant Man in Captain America: Civil War, played by Paul Rudd.

“We played with a number of different ideas in terms of what it would be, but none of them had the potency of that Giant-Man beat there,” director Anthony Russo told USA Today. “He’s just really impressed with Captain America, he just wants to deliver and he figures out a way to deliver where he might actually tear himself in half but he’s willing to do it and it works. It just lined up on a lot of different levels.”

Joe Russo also revealed the special effects were created using a green screen with a combination of Paul Rudd’s action on set with a motion-capture performer who would move around slowly as a giant would, stomping on things and tearing a wing off an airplane, and then they mapped it onto a 50-foot-tall man in post-production.

“The sequence that almost ate the movie,” Anthony Russo added. “I would say at least 40% of our entire post time was on that sequence, just because it was so complicated.”

“Captain America: Civil War” is now in theaters directed by Anthony and Joe Russo starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, Emily VanCamp, William Hurt, Martin Freeman and Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther.

Synopsis:

Captain America: Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.

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Watch: X-Men: Apocalypse: James McAvoy Professor X Featurette

Watch a new featurette for X-Men: Apocalypse below featuring James McAvoy becoming Charles Xavier.

“X-Men: Apocalypse” has a May 27, 2016 release directed by Bryan Singer starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Josh Helman, Lana Condor & Ben Hardy.

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Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.

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Two More Assassin’s Creed Images; Trailer Hits Wednesday

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Following the previous three, now check out two more images for Assassin’s Creed.

It’s also learned the Assassin’s Creed trailer will drop this Wednesday.

Update: High-res images and descriptions have been released.

Assassin’s Creed has a December 21, 2016 release date directed by Justin Kurzel.

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Captain America: Civil War Has Frame Rate Visual Effects Problems

Haven’t seen this yet reported in the main stream, so here it is.

I noticed something was off regarding the visuals for Captain America: Civil War, especially for the Cap/Winter Soldier/Black Panther chase scene and the Crossbones scenes.

I watched Captain America: Civil War in 2D and noticed the issues. My first thought was some sort of frame rate issue, possibly too fast? It seemed to happen more in the beginning of the movie, or it’s possible my eyes adjusted as the movie progressed.

Likewise, our movie reviewer Lawrence Napoli noticed the problems in IMAX 3D — so much so that he was getting sick because of it.

Now reports are hitting Twitter and Reddit about the problem.

Max Landis even tweeted about Black Widow looking off in the funeral scene:

question: Did anyone else think Black Widow’s body looked weirdly digital in the funeral scene in Civil War? Anyone else notice this?”

Yeah this is what I meant. Black Widow looked…stretched.

I’ve noticed a couple posts on reddit about it as well, with one complaining about Captain America: Civil War “ghosting” issues:

Did anyone else notice a lot of ghosting problems in the first part of the action sequence with cross bones? It felt like it was missing a lot of frames and had a lot of weird ghosting.. very faint but you can see it. as the movie went on i didn’t notice it anymore but it was very jarring.

Doing a quick search I came across the fact that Captain America: Civil War was the first movie to use the new Imax/Arri 2D cameras. Not sure if those are to blame or not.

Anyone else notice?

“Captain America: Civil War” has a May 6, 2016 release date directed by Anthony and Joe Russo starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, Emily VanCamp, William Hurt, Martin Freeman and Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther.

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Watch: TMNT 2 Spots: “The Cast” & “Rumble”

In addition to the new poster and browser game, two new spots for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 have been released with “The Cast” and “Rumble.”

Watch both spots in the player below.

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2” has a June 3, 2016 release directed by David Green and produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, starring Megan Fox as April O’Neil, Will Arnett as Vernon, Stephen Amell as Casey Jones, Tyler Perry as Baxter Stockman, Brian Tee as Shredder, with Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson, “Sheamus” Farrelly and Gary Anthony Williams.

Synopsis:

Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, and Raphael return to theaters this summer to battle bigger, badder villains, alongside April O’Neil (Megan Fox), Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett), and a newcomer: the hockey-masked vigilante Casey Jones (Stephen Amell). After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (WWE Superstar Stephen “Sheamus” Farrelly), to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.

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Watch: X-Men: Apocalypse “Cyclops Discovers Powers” Clip

Watch a new clip below from X-Men: Apocalypse which features a young Cyclops disovering his mutant power for the first time.

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New TMNT 2 International Poster & Smash and Dash Game

Check out a new international poster for TMNT 2 below.

Stephen Amell shared the poster on Facebook.

A new “Smash and Dash” game is also available, which is similar to Temple Run.

Head on over to ninjaturtle.co.kr/smashanddash to play.

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Paul Feig Clarifies A-Hole Ghosbusters Fan Comments

It probably didn’t go over too well with Sony brass when the director of their new Ghosbusters reboot seemingly insulted every fan on the planet.

“Geek culture is home to some of the biggest a–holes I’ve ever met in my life,” Feig is quoted as stating.

Now, however, it’s being said Paul Feig made those comments last year, and that the comments were taken out of context.

The NYDailyNews has since updated their article to make a correction noting the comments were from last year, and Feig has updated with the following (read Feig’s full comment in the tweet below):

“My quote was in answer to the question, ‘Has the paradigm shifted to a point where (because geek culture is currently so popular) the geek is the asshole now? I very much regret saying in my answer that I had actually met any assholes from the geek community. I have never met anyone from the geek world face-to-face who wasn’t a warm, kind person.

The a–holes of which I speak are the ones who live online, who write those hateful tweets and posts and comments. I’m not talking about the people who have true concerns and worries about the rebooting of a franchise they love, nor am I talking about people who have watched the trailer for our movie and didn’t like it. Those are all valid opinions and I respect them all. I am talking about those that write misogyny and hate and threats. Those are the assholes of which I spoke.

The bullies are not the norm and I would dare say they are not even true geeks,. They are the micro minority. God bless the true geeks of the world and here’s to taking our community back from the bullies.

In case you have trouble opening my last link, here is my text in picture form. Thanks. pic.twitter.com/9NbvUU4AiL

— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) May 9, 2016

“Ghostbusters” has a July 15 2016 release directed by Paul Feig also starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Charles Dance and Michael Kenneth Williams.

Synopsis:

Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. This summer, they’re here to save the world!

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Watch: Independence Day: Resurgence “United We Survive” Clip

Watch a new clip below for Independence Day: Resurgence with “United We Survive.”

A new viral site has also been launched with Join the ESD.

“Independence Day: Resurgence” has a June 24, 2016 release directed by Rolan Emmerich starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Angelababy, Maika Monroe, Sela Ward, and Jessie Usher.

Synopsis:

We always knew they were coming back. After INDEPENDENCE DAY redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.

United we stand, united we survive. Visit JoinESD.com now to learn how you can help GOARMY.COM defend our planet.

Posted by Independence Day on Monday, May 9, 2016

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Gal Gadot Wraps Wonder Woman Movie

Gal Gadot has finished filming the Wonder Woman movie.

Gadot posted the following on her social networks announcing the news:

Today was my last day shooting the solo Wonder Woman movie! It’s been such an amazing, exciting, dreamy, happy and fascinating experience I will cherish it forever. Thank you to everyone who was involved, our amazing cast, crew and phenomenal director.

Gal Gadot will next film Justice League, which is currently shooting in the UK.

Today was my last day shooting the solo @wonderwomanfilm! It’s been such an amazing, exciting, dreamy, happy and fascinating experience I will cherish it forever. Thank you to everyone who was involved, our amazing cast, crew and phenomenal director.

A video posted by Gal Gadot (@gal_gadot) on May 9, 2016 at 10:03am PDT

A video posted by Gal Gadot (@gal_gadot) on May 9, 2016 at 10:03am PDT

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Dwayne Johnson Updates Jumanji Remake

Dwayne Johnson has taken to his social networks to offer an update on the Jumanji remake.

Johnson said cast announcements will be made later this week. See below for more.

Jumanji has a July 28, 2017 release directed by Jake Kasdan also starring Kevin Hart, with Tom Holland rumored for a role as well.

Via The Rock’s Instagram:

therockAnd the #JUMANJI magic begins.

Excellent meeting with our director Jake Kasdan, producer Matt Tolmach, and our @SevenBucksProd team to work on our new re-imagining of this amazing story.

I felt like in order to craft something cool we should begin where it all started. Award winning writer Chris Van Allsburg’s source material of JUMANJI. Chris also wrote THE POLAR EXPRESS (later adapted by Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks) and has a very special & magical way of storytelling.

I’m feelin’ good and confident stepping into these shoes as a producer as well as actor to bring you something great that you and your entire fam can enjoy.

An important thing that I want to be honest and bring up is Robin Williams. The love and respect I have for this man is boundless. You have my word, we will honor his name and the character of “Alan Parrish” will stand alone and be forever immortalized in the world of JUMANJI in an earnest and cool way. I have an idea of what to do and I think his family will be proud. I also think Robin is somewhere lookin’ down and laughing, remembering the first time we met backstage and I (for the first time ever) was a star struck bumbling idiot that couldn’t even get my words out. Idiot. He literally calmed me down w/ that smile and laugh. But that’s for another fun story down the road.

We got a great team assembled already over at our home base of SONY and now we build from here.

Here’s another fun part… in the original movie there were three big roles. In our new story there’s now FIVE. Been so damn cool to see all my actor buddies push their projects aside so hopefully they can come play in our world. Should have cool casting announcements this week. Will keep you posted.

#TheMagicBegins #JustPressStart #JUMANJI

A photo posted by therock (@therock) on May 9, 2016 at 10:23am PDT

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Captain America: Civil War Opens Lower Than Estimated

Captain America: Civil War opened this weekend to lower than estimated numbers.

At first, it was said Captain America: Civil War might out do Avengers 2 with a $200 million opening or more.

However, that number was adjusted to around $188 million.

Then just yesterday saw the number estimated to around $181 million.

Now the most recent estimates have Captain America: Civil War bringing in $178 million, which of course is still not a bad number at all.

The $178 million figure also still gives Captain America: Civil War the fifth best domestic weekend opening, just passing Iron Man 3‘s $174 million.

Disney is expected to release official numbers later today.

(via Deadline)

“Captain America: Civil War” is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, Emily VanCamp, William Hurt, Martin Freeman and Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther.

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The Wolverine Will Be Rated-R; Now Filming Hugh Jackman’s Last X-Men Movie

It’s learned Hugh Jackman’s final Wolverine movie has begun filming and will be rated-R.

Collider caught up with Simon Kinberg at a press event for X-Men: Apocalypse where Kinberg offered the following:

“It’s a very radical, bold, different Wolverine than you’ve ever seen in any of these movies.”

“I’m not sure what I’m allowed to say about that. I will agree with you that Patrick Stewart was rumored to be a part of that film. It takes place in the future, and as you and others have reported, it is an R-rated movie. It’s violent, it’s kind of like a western in its tone. It’s just a very cool, different film.”

The untitled Wolverine movie has a March 3, 2017 release directed by James Mangold also starring Richard E. Grant, Stephen Merchant and Eriq Lasalle.

Hugh Jackman is also heavily speculated for an appearance in X-Men: Apocalypse, which hits May 27th.

Giving new meaning to “it takes a village.” With the awesome Renya. Liz is nearby too!

A photo posted by Hugh Jackman (@thehughjackman) on May 2, 2016 at 6:14pm PDT

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Poll: Would Chloe Moretz Make A Good Captain Marvel?

With Captain Marvel movie news coming by the end of the Summer, I spotted an image of Chloe Moretz, which I thought resembled Carol Danvers Ms. Marvel.

I posted the pic on the Cosmic Book News social networks which quickly went viral reaching over a half million people.

Since not everybody is on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, you can voice your thoughts in the poll below.

Would Chloe Moretz make a good Captain Marvel? Vote yes or no below.

The Captain Marvel movie has a March 8, 2019 release.

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A photo posted by Cosmic Book News (@cosmicbooknews) on May 8, 2016 at 1:51pm PDT

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Watch: Taking Earth Trailer

Watch the trailer below for the new indie sci-fi movie, Taking Earth, that makes its debut at the Cannes Film Festival.

Taking Earth is directed by Grant Humphreys, produced by Grant Knight and Michael Harrison, and stars Ronan Quarmby, Brad Richards, Marco Torlage, with Dick Sorensen and Barbara Harrison.

Visit takingearthfilm.com for more.

Synopsis :

An unexplainable event that has thrust the world into chaos brings two survivors together as a portion of the world’s population presumably infected by a strange outbreak, hunt them. These Infected Ones (IO’s) seem motivated by an obsession to rein chaos with a need for tasting blood. The two survivors; David (Ronan Quarmby) and a teenager named Cameron (Marco Torlage) form a bond as they try to find their lost loved ones, but the young man has a secret about the outbreak – all is not as it seems. A race from another world are orchestrating this attack on Earth as they hide in the skies, searching for the one out of seven billion people… searching for Cameron. Controlling the IO’s who are gripped in a bicameral state, time is running out as the ‘Visitors’ patience is waning and a greater threat faces our world if the boy is not found. David must help Cameron find his mom, Ellen (Barbara Harrison) and do what they can to stop the alien attack.

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Watch: Evan Peters Talks “Quicksilver Time” & More For X-Men: Apocalypse

The breakout star of X-Men: Days Of Future Past returns for X-Men: Apocalypse, which happens to be fan-favorite Evan Peters as Quicksilver.

Watch Evan Peters below talk about “Quicksilver Time” in the movie as well how fun it is to play the character, on Apocalypse waking up, on the film being about family, on being a big special effects and suphero film, on Simon Kinberg and more.

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22 X-Men: Apocalypse Easter Eggs & Pop Culture References

Spoilers follow for X-Men: Apocalypse.

Here is a list of X-Men: Apocalypse Easter Eggs and references to various pop culture icons and movies that will be featured in the film:

• Stan Lee cameo with wife Joan Lee

• X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days Of Future Past footage

• Metallica’s “The Four Horseman”

• Star Trek TV series footage with music

• Knight Rider footage with music

• $25,000 Pyramid footage with music

• A Flock of Seagulls “I Ran (So Far Away)”

• Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)”

• Bruce Lee

• Poster from The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and Kid

• Return of the Jedi poster

• Bachelor Party poster

• Romancing The Stone poster

• Revenge of the Nerds poster

• Up The Academy 1980 movie footage

• Ronald Reagan footage

• Six Million Dollar Man t-shirt

• Midway Arcade Games

• Ms. Pac-Man

• The Hurt Locker

• A quote is used from T.H. White’s “The Once and Future King”

• Army anthem “Be All That You Can Be”

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Metallica To Be Featured In X-Men: Apocalypse

It’s learned Metallica will be featured in X-Men: Apocalypse.

A song featured in the movie (or credits) will be the aptly titled “The Four Horseman,” the second track from Metallica’s 1983 debut album “Kill ‘Em All.”

You can listen to “The Four Horseman” below.

X-Men: Apocalypse will also feature the music of

• A Flock of Seagulls “I Ran (So Far Away)”

• Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)”

• Knight Rider theme

• $25,000 Pyramid theme

• Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7

• Jake Holmes’ “Be All That You Can Be” Army theme

• Malari’s “Kaltes Klares Wasser”

• Venom’s “Countless Bathory”

• Frederick Steiner’s Star Trek music “Apollo’s Kiss” and “End Of Apollo”

• Byron Burton’s “Rest Young Child”

• J. Bronshire’s “Glory Of Trumpets”

• Milos Moravek’s “Kdo Jsem”

• Paul Howard Emanuel’s “Let Me Hear You Say Hey.”

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