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Watch two new spots below for TMNT 2.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” 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 the movie also featuring Bebop and Rocksteady.
A new trailer for Jason Bourne hits this Thursday.
Check out a pair of short but cool teasers below featuring Matt Damon in action.
Update: with short teaser #3 below.
Jason Bourne has a July 29, 2016 release directed by Paul Greengrass also starring Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles and Tommy Lee Jones.
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Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role in Jason Bourne. Paul Greengrass, the director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, once again joins Damon for the next chapter of Universal Pictures’ Bourne franchise, which finds the CIA’s most lethal former operative drawn out of the shadows.
For Jason Bourne, Damon is joined by Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel and Tommy Lee Jones, while Julia Stiles reprises her role in the series. Frank Marshall again produces alongside Jeffrey Weiner for Captivate Entertainment, and Greengrass, Damon, Gregory Goodman and Ben Smith also produce. Based on characters created by Robert Ludlum, the film is written by Greengrass and Christopher Rouse. www.jasonbournemovie.com
Watch a new promo clip below for X-Men: Apocalypse with “In the Footsteps of En Sabah Nur .”
“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.
Synopsis:
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.
Check out three new spots for Captain America: Civil War below.
“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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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.
Watch a new clip below for Captain America: Civil War featuring the Black Panther chase and also check out Black Panther pics and behind-the-scenes images.
Chadwick Boseman plays Black Panther and will also be featured in the solo film, which is out February 16, 2018.
“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.
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.
Following the earlier look at toy packaging, now LEGO has released a teaser for their Star Wars: Rogue One sets, which features a look at the cast in LEGO form.
It’s probably a safe bet Disney will unveil the Star Wars: Rogue One merchandise first with some kind of event similar to “Force Friday” for Force Awakens.
“Star Wars: Rogue One” has a December 16, 2016 release directed by Gareth Edwards starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in Rogue One, and Riz Ahmed.
Synopsis:
Rogue One tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star.
Check out a batch of new Captain America: Civil War images including Black Panther concept art and international movie posters.
“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.
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.
A bomb went off the other day on the internet when Scarlett Johansson was cast in the Ghost in the Shell movie as a well known Asian character.
The controversy even saw Agents of SHIELD‘s Ming-Na Wen take to Twitter to offer up she wasn’t happy with the news.
“Nothing against Scarlett Johansson. In fact, I’m a big fan. But everything against this Whitewashing of Asian role,” Wen tweeted along with an “unamused” emoji.
There has even been a report that Paramount actually went out and had digital tests done on some of the actors in Ghost in the Shell to make them look more Asian (I’m sure that would have went over well), but it’s said the studio decided against doing it.
Now Max Landis has weighed in on the controversy. Landis is a Hollwood screenwriter who grew up in the business and wrote Victor Frankenstein, American Ultra and Chronicle.
You can watch the videos below.
Nothing against Scarlett Johansson. In fact, I’m a big fan. But everything against this Whitewashing of Asian role.https://t.co/VS6r6iish9
— Ming-Na Wen (@MingNa) April 14, 2016
Everybody’s going nuts over Scarlett Johansson getting cast in Ghost in the Shell. May she was just the best person for the job? Right?
— Matt McGloin (@mattmcgloin) April 17, 2016
The current rumor going around is that, similar to Spider-Man, the X-Men may be coming back to Marvel.
It’s been rumored on more than once occasion that Fox and Disney are striking up a deal, which would see X-Men characters interact within the MCU.
One specific rumor stated an Avengers and X-Men movie is being planned for 2020, with another stating the X-Men are getting rebooted under Marvel following X-Men: Apocalypse.
The bad news is that it may not be happening.
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 director James Gunn recently held a Facebook Q&A where he was asked about the crossover.
“I wouldn’t believe any of those rumors about Fox Disney,” Gunn said.
While Gunn seemed to have shot the rumor down, at least Fox’s Simon Kinberg and Deadpool’s Tim Miller are open to the idea of a crossover.
“Yeah, I think we all would,” Simon Kinberg recently said about crossing over Avengers and X-Men. “There’s so much crossover in the comics it would be neat to one day be able see those characters share a movie.”
You can watch more from James Gunn in the video below who also offers up he is not sure if he will be doing Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and Gunn also says John C. Reilly will not be back as Nova’s Rhomann Dey for Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” has a May 5, 2017 release.
EW.com spoke to both Jared Leto about the Joker in Suicide Squad where Leto let it be known in researching how to play his version of the Joker, he went and spoke with real life experts, doctors and even spent time with psychopaths.
Check out some highlights:
We knew we had to strike new ground. There had been such great work that we knew we had to go in a different direction. So you had a kind of direction from the very beginning, knowing that you can’t go that way, so you have to head this way. That was really helpful. But the Joker is fantastic because there are no rules. The Joker operates from instinct.
He became a real person. I don’t know if person is the right word. I think the Joker lives in between reality and another plane. Kind of a shaman in a way. It’s a very intoxicating role to take on. You have permission to break rules and to challenge yourself and anyone around you in a really unique way.
I first started at the beginning, educating myself, researching, reading as much as I could, going back to the source material. And then at a certain point, I knew I had to stop doing that. Because the Joker has been redefined, reinvented many times before. I think the fun thing about it is when people have done it in the past, there is some spirit of the Joker essence that they keep, but they either build upon something or tear something down and start again at the beginning. For me, I knew once I had gone through the process of educating myself, I had to throw everything away and start from the beginning and really build this from the ground up. It was a transformative process. There was a physical transformation. There was a physical conditioning.
There are a lot of things. It’s probably better to not get into it but to the Joker, violence is a symphony. This is someone who gets an extreme reward from the act of violence and manipulation. Those are the songs he sings and he is very in tune with what makes people tick. I did meet with people that were experts, doctors, psychiatrists that dealt with psychopaths and people who had committed horrendous crimes, and then I spent some time with those people themselves, people who have been institutionalized for great periods of time. I guess when you take on a role, any role, you become part detective, part writer, and for me that’s my favorite time of the entire process, the discovering, the uncovering, and the building of a character. Yeah, it’s really fun.
As far as the look of the Joker, it was a collaborative process. There were things I brought to the table and things David brought to the table and it was a mashup of both of our sick and twisted minds. There were specific things that he liked and wanted and I was there to help bring them to life in the best way I could.
I think the most important thing I brought was probably not to do with the outside but with the internal. But you know David was specific with tattoos. They were his idea but there was a lot to play with. Who knows what will end up in the final film?
“Suicide Squad” has an August 5, 2016 release date directed by David Ayer starring Will Smith as Deadshot, Jared Leto as the Joker, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Cara Delevingne as Enchantress, Jai Courtney as Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Adam Beach as Slipknot, Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc, Jay Hernandez as El Diablo, and Scott Eastwood in an unknown role.
Watch a new spot above for Captain America: Civil War with “Friendship At Any Cost.”
“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.
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.
At the recent Tribeca Film Festival, Chris Rock and J.J. Abrams sat down for a Q&A, with Rock bringing up the Fantastic Four franchise.
As J.J. Abrams has saw success with Star Trek and Star Wars, Chris Rock asked Abrams to save Fantastic Four.
“Can you direct the Fantastic Four?” Rock asked him, reports EW.com. “Can someone save it? I love the Fantastic Four, and they keep f—ing it up!”
The latest Fantastic Four reboot tanked pretty bad at the box office netting only $167 million worldwide. Rotten Tomatoes also squashed the movie with a 9% approval rating.
Currently, there doesn’t look to be Fantastic Four sequel in the works.
Honestly, I didn’t think FF was all that bad. If they fix Doom, the Thing and gave it a bit more story, it may have not been all that bad.
Hey, with rumors of the X-Men going back to Marvel, maybe there is hope for Fantastic Four.
Idris Elba’s villain in Star Trek Beyond stands revealed as the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly reveals a first look as well as an interview with Elba.
In the interview, Elba offers up he is playing a character named Krall, who is not a Gorn, and is new to the Star Trek Universe.
I play Krall. This is a man with a definite purpose. I say a man, but he’s not a man. Or is he?
What’s interesting about him is that he has a real beef with what the Enterprise stands for. Krall’s a character who’s deeply steeped in hatred — in my opinion, a well-earned hatred — for the Federation. It felt quite political. There’s a relatability to what’s happening in our world. Not everybody’s happy with what everybody calls the good guys.
There’s some history that we explore, to understand why he feels the frontier needs to push back. There’s definitely an opposing argument to the good that the Federation think they do. There are purists that believe in independence, and believe that we’re all made differently for a reason, and will fight tooth and nail to defend that. There’s massive relatability to modern world politics in that sense.
Krall is predatory. He’s not one for big speeches. He is one for going to get what he wants. If that means having to do it himself, outside of his army, he is not afraid to do that.
“Star Trek Beyond” has a July 22, 2016 release directed by Justin Lin starring Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Sofia Boutella and Idris Elba.
Following the recent poster and viral video, check out video below of Keanu Reeves at CinemaCon talking John Wick 2. It’s a rather cool inerview, and Reeves is pretty excited about the movie and also offers up there has been talk of potential further sequels. “I love John Wick. We had an amazing time making
While at CinemaCon promoting The Conjuring 2, MTV caught up with director James Wan for an update on his Aquaman movie, where Wan also mentions Justice League.
A big part of it was me telling them what potential I saw in this character. As we all know, Aquaman is somewhat the butt of the joke in the superhero world. There’s something cool about that. I love the idea of being the underdog, coming in with a take on this underdog character and completely blow people’s expectations away. Like, ’Oh, you thought he was going to be a wimpy character? No no no.’ It’s going to be so cool.
There’s Justice League that happens before it, so I have to be respectful to that But in a lot of ways… it’s a continuation but there are origin elements as well — and that’s the story that I’m excited to tell.
Jasom Momoa first appeared in Batman Vs. Superman in a cameo role; Justice League is currently filming for its November 17, 2017 release, and the Aquaman movie is scheduled for a July 27, 2018 release also starring Amber Heard as Mera.
In addition to news of Tony Revolori, now it’s reported Laura Harrier has been cast in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
The Wrap reports Laura Harrier, known for One Life To Live, has been cast in a significant role, which is currently unknown.
The report also mentions Tony Revolori is playing a friend to Peter Parker. The previous report stated a nemsis/enemy.
Spider-Man: Homecoming has a July 7, 2017 release directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May and Zendaya as Michelle.
Tom Holland first appears as Spider-Man in next month’s Captain America: Civil War.
It’s learned Tony Revolori has been cast in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Deadline reports Tony Revolori, known for recently playing Ralph Fiennes’ sidekick in the Wes Anderson-directed Grand Budapest Hotel, will play Peter Parker’s nemesis/enemy at high school, but is not playing a super villain (sounds a lot like a Flash Thompson character). The role is unknown.
Update: A separate report describes Revolori’s character as a friend to Peter Parker named Manuel.
Update #2: The character is named Flash.
The report also seems to suggest it’s too early to state that Michael Keaton has been cast as the villain of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Spider-Man: Homecoming has a July 7, 2017 release directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May and Zendaya as another school chum of Parker’s named Michelle.
Tom Holland first appears as Spider-Man in next month’s Captain America: Civil War.
Check out an announce trailer, info and screenshots for the new Ghostbusters video game coming to consoles.
A second game, Ghostbusters: Slime City, will also be available for mobile.
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC. AND SONY PICTURES CONSUMER PRODUCTS ANNOUNCE NEW GHOSTBUSTERS VIDEO GAMES COMING THIS SUMMER
Play Co-op With Friends in a New Action Game Coming to Consoles and PC Build a Ghostbusting Team for Asynchronous Co-op on Select iOS, Android and Kindle Devices
Activision Publishing, Inc., in collaboration with Sony Pictures Consumer Products, has announced a pair of new Ghostbusters video games set in and inspired by the comedic action world of the upcoming Ghostbusters film, in theaters on the July 15th. Taking place after the events of the new movie, both Ghostbusters games introduce new casts of rookies keeping watch over the station while the now-famous Ghostbusters tour the country stopping high-profile poltergeists. When paranormal phenomena unleash apparitions across New York City, these new squads of recruits must don their proton packs and wrestle those rogue spirits back to the afterlife!
The console game, Ghostbusters, is a third-person action role-playing game positively charged for thrilling couch co-op with up to four players locally. As rookie Ghostbusters, players can level up their characters’ gear and abilities by tackling objectives, defeating ghastly creatures and discovering hidden collectibles in Manhattan’s most haunted haunts. There are four heroes to choose from, and each has his or her own unique personality and play style, bringing special strengths to support the team.
Ghostbusters is expected to arrive on the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and Windows PC via Steam on July 15th.
The mobile game, Ghostbusters: Slime City, lets players be a Ghostbuster and save New York City from a new wave of threats. Team up with other players in asynchronous co-op, and collect powerful ghosts to rise to the top of the leaderboards. Players can also craft their own proton packs from any number of combinations of components, as well as upgrade their own headquarters and complete jobs around the city for new weapons and rewards.
Ghostbusters: Slime City is expected to launch in July on select iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices via the App Store, select Android devices via Google Play and select Kindle devices through the Amazon Appstore.
About Ghostbusters
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! The film is produced by Ivan Reitman and Amy Pascal, and written by Katie Dippold & Paul Feig, based on the film Ghostbusters, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis and directed by Ivan Reitman. The film will be released in cinemas nationwide on the 15th July, 2016.
Check out the trailer below for the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops III zombies DLC.
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Following the events of Der Eisendrache, the Origins heroes find themselves stranded on a remote Pacific island, home to a secret biological research lab experimenting with Element 115. Players will face new terrifying enemies, devastating traps and classic Zombies side quests to enhance the Origins narrative.
The Eclipse DLC Pack includes four new multiplayer maps — Verge, Rift, Spire and Knockout — and Zetsubou No Shima, Treyarch’s newest chapter in the Black Ops III Zombies adventure.
Eclipse is available first on PlayStation 4 on April 19, 2016. Purchase the Call of Duty: Black Ops III Season Pass today.
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III ECLIPSE COMING FIRST TO PLAYSTATION 4 ON 19th APRIL
Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s Eclipse Features Four New Diverse Multiplayer Maps, Including the Re-imagining of the Call of Duty: World at War Classic, Banzai
All-New Terrifying Zombies Experience Sends Players to the Shores of the Pacific In Next Chapter of Epic Zombies Saga
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Eclipse, the second DLC pack for the No. 1 top-selling console video game of 2015, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, is set to release on 19th April, first for the PlayStation 4 with other next-gen platforms to follow. In addition to a thrilling array of four new multiplayer maps, Eclipse features an all-new Zombies experience that immerses players in an undead World War II Pacific theatre.
“The incredible amount of engagement and response to Black Ops III from our fans continues to inspire all of us at the studio,” said Mark Lamia, Studio Head, Treyarch. “Eclipse continues to demonstrate our commitment to delivering the most exciting gameplay experiences possible with each DLC pack. We are pushing ourselves at every turn to craft new and unique ways to play.”
Eclipse comes packed with four new multiplayer maps: Spire, Rift, Knockout and Verge, a re-imagining of the Call of Duty®: World at War classic, Banzai.
· Spire: Spire takes Multiplayer combat to a futuristic sub-orbital airport terminal set high in the clouds. Multiple levels and open areas promote intense, mid-range combat around a clean, high-tech civilian environment. Watch your step, because one wrong move could send you plummeting back through the stratosphere.
· Rift: Head to the core of a harsh futuristic military complex, set high above an active caldera. Rift funnels and forces tight, intense engagements, where the only way through is forward. Utilise the unique core movement opportunities to outsmart and outplay enemies as you traverse the suspended rail system.
· Knockout : Housed in a traditional Shaolin Temple with a retro twist, Knockout sets the stage for a bloody Kung Fu tournament. This mid-sized map showcases a sharp contrast between the mid-range engagements of the traditional exterior architecture and the tight close-quarters of an eclectic 1970’s styled interior.
· Verge: In this re-imagination of the classic Call of Duty: World at War map, Banzai, Verge drops Multiplayer combat into the centre of a distant post-apocalyptic future, where two warring factions are entrenched in constant battle. Take control of the key bridge, fortresses, tunnel systems and waterfalls as you engage in high-speed action through this medium-sized map.
Eclipse also sets the stage for Zetsubou No Shima, the highly-anticipated, all-new entry in the Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies storyline that spans the four DLC Map Packs for Black Ops III this year. The Origins characters continue on their mission to stop the zombie apocalypse not only in this universe but in all universes. Our heroes find themselves stranded on a remote Pacific island which is home to the Division 9 facility: a secret biological research lab whose experiments with Element 115 and its effects on human, animal and plant biology has created horrors beyond belief. Zetsubou No Shima features a foliage-rich island map including new terrifying zombie enemies, a variety of innovative transport mechanics, more devastating traps and classic Zombies side quests.
The Call of Duty: Black Ops III Eclipse DLC Map Pack is available at a discounted rate via the Call of Duty: Black Ops III DLC Season Pass, which features four DLC Map Packs planned for the year, as part of the discounted bundle. Call of Duty: Black Ops III is rated PEGI 18.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III Eclipse is scheduled for release on PlayStation 4 games and entertainment system from Sony on 19th April 2016 with other next-gen platform availability to follow.
Check out new cast additions to the Finnish superhero movie Rendel as filming continues.
Images and the latest trailer is featured below as well.
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THE SHOOT OF FINNISH SUPERHERO FILM RENDEL CONTINUES
The final shooting period for Rendel started on Wednesday night in Mikkeli, the home town of the Finnish superhero. Aerial footage of the city’s skyline was shot for various parts of the film. On Saturday the film crew will be shooting in snowy Puolanka at one of the highest waterfalls in Finland, Hepoköngäs. The next two weeks of the shoot will continue with the most action-packed scenes in Kajaani. These scenes will include international stars.
The new cast members for the film are Johnny Vivash from the United Kingdom, Canadian-Finnish professional wrestler Michael ‘StarBuck’ Majalahti, and Michael Hall from the United States.
Johnny Vivash will be playing Radek and bring extra power to the previously announced international assassin squad. Finding the most suitable face and appearance took some time but the perfect match was found. The director of Rendel, Jesse Haaja is excited about directing Vivash next week.
“Finding the perfect actor to play Radek was not an easy task,” Haaha said. “The role is very important in the storyline and it requires a certain looks from the actor. Johnny had something that really convinced me.”
Vivash will be arriving in Finland next week for five days of shooting.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the cast as of Rendel, this exquisite dark, revenge thriller,” Vivash said. “I am hugely looking forward to shooting in Finland and working with this brilliant cast and crew.”
The most internationally renowned Finnish wrestler Michael ‘StarBuck’ Majalahti will be bringing impressive energy to the film playing Jimmy. He was also part of the demo shoot for Rendel in 2014. StarBuck has won the European, Finnish, and Italian championships in wrestling in his wrestling career that has lasted more than 20 years. At the moment he is one of the top wrestlers of all-around classic American style in Europe. He also stars in a Finnish documentary film Spandex Sapiens (2015) directed by Oskari Pastila.
The director Haaja was hoping to get Majalahti to the feature length film after seeing him acting and performing stunts in the demo.
“Michael has basically been involved in the production from the beginning. It is an honour to get this wrestling legend to star in the film and the role of Jimmy is perfect for him,” Haaja said.
StarBuck is thankful for the bad guy’s role offered by the director.
“I am stoked to be a part of Finland’s first-ever superhero movie! I’ve been a heel in pro wrestling all across the world over the past 22 years, and I know how to pull that role off in spades. Let the punishment begin!” Majalahti offered.
Rendel will be played by Kris Gummerus. Other cast includes Bianca Bradey, Sheila Shah, Michael Hall, Rami Rusinen, Renne Korppila, Alina Tomnikov, Aake Kalliala and Matti Onnismaa. The film will be shot about 50 days in total and finish in 2016.
Rendel is based on the comic character created by Finnish director and producer Jesse Haaja. In the movie the masked vigilante Rendel seeks revenge and fights against the notorious VALA criminal organization. Rendel’s journey from a social media hit into a full grown superhero movie has already gained tens of thousands of followers and Rendel enthusiasts from all around the world.
Rendel is produced by Haaja & Arwo Design, Black Lion Pictures and Frozen Flame Pictures.
Keep in touch with “Rendel” on Facebook and RendelMovie.com.
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Following last night’s news that the Batman: The Killing Joke animated movie will have an R-rating, now WB has officially announced and confirmed the news.
See below.
WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT ACCEPTS MPAA “R” RATING FOR BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE
All-New Animated DC Universe Original Movie to Authentically Reflect Best-Selling & Eisner Award-Winning Graphic Novel; First Non-PG/PG-13 Rated Film in 9-Year History of Franchise
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has accepted the MPAA’s “R” rating for its upcoming animated film, Batman: The Killing Joke, choosing to remain true to the landmark DC Comics graphic novel’s violent, controversial story, and making the film the first non-PG/PG-13 rated movie in the nine-year history of the DC Universe Original Movie franchise.
Batman: The Killing Joke, one of the best-selling graphic novels in history, tells the tale of The Joker’s origin story – from his humble beginnings as a struggling comic, to his fateful encounter with Batman that changes both of their lives forever. Actors Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their Batman: The Animated Series roles as Batman and The Joker, respectively.
Since its inception in 2007, the DC Universe Original Movie franchise has brought classic and current DC Comics stories and characters to animated life through a series of primarily PG-13 rated films. Throughout the 26-film history of this popular franchise, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment have crafted animated productions that appeal to the adult fan – from adaptations of fan favorite stories (Superman: Doomsday, Justice League: The New Frontier, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) to liberal adaptations of contemporary tales (Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Batman: Bad Blood, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox) to original narratives (Batman: Gotham Knight, Wonder Woman, Justice League: Gods & Monsters).
Animation visionary Bruce Timm guided the DC Universe Original Movie franchise for its initial 16 films, then returned last summer with his own original story, Justice League: Gods & Monsters. Timm takes the reigns once again for Batman: The Killing Joke, reuniting a trio of actors (Conroy, Hamill & Tara Strong) from the game-changing Batman: The Animated Series cast to add even greater reverence to this heralded tale. Recognizing the fans’ dedication to the highly acclaimed graphic novel, Timm has worked meticulously to accurately maintain the intense adult content of The Killing Joke.
“From the start of production, we encouraged producer Bruce Timm and our team at Warner Bros. Animation to remain faithful to the original story – regardless of the eventual MPAA rating,” said Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Digital Series. “The Killing Joke is revered by the fans, particularly for its blunt, often-shocking adult themes and situations. We felt it was our responsibility to present our core audience – the comics-loving community – with an animated film that authentically represented the tale they know all too well.”
At this time, there are no plans for an edited, PG-13 version of the film.
A two-time Eisner Award winner written by renowned comics author Alan Moore, Batman: The Killing Joke has maintained an unparalleled popularity throughout its 28 years of existence – as evidenced by its ranking as the best-selling graphic novel of 2015. Batman: The Killing Joke was greenlit in 2013 and announced in July 2015 at Comic Con International in San Diego.
Batman: The Killing Joke also features the voices of Tara Strong (Teen Titans; Batman: Arkham games), as Barbara Gordon and Ray Wise (Twin Peaks, RoboCop) as Commissioner Gordon. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will host the film’s World Premiere at Comic-Con International this summer, and see a subsequent release in 2016 on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD.
Watch a new Captain America: Civil War featurette with Elizabelth Olsen and Scarlett Witch.
Below you can also find a Captain America: Civil War Skittles promo poster.
“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.
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.
The DC vs. Marvel Flame Wars have officially begun.
Following comments made by Chris Evans that no one can copy a Marvel movie, now Henry Cavill fires back on Facebook by stating Superman is better than Captain America, and uses an image of Scarlett Johansson to get his point across.
Cavill posted an image of himself as Clark Kent with a microphone holding it up to an advertisement with Johansson’s image.
“Reporting in from the Huawei P9 launch event in Shanghai and according to my sources Superman is indeed better than Captain America,” Cavill added, along with tagging the post with: “#P9 #Huawei #Shanghai #ScarlettJohansson Chris Evans #girlscoutcookies.”
Regarding Evans’ comments, he recently said about Marvel: “They’ve got a monopoly on it, they’re doing it and no one else can try and copy it.”
The battle between Captain America and Superman will officially come to a head when Captain America: Civil War opens May 6th. Batman Vs. Superman saw a huge opening weekend with $166 million. Will Cap be able to top that?
Henry Cavill has also started filming on Justice League, which opens November 17, 2017.
While Cosmic Book News is siding with Team Cap for Civil War, we might have to go with Team Superman when it comes to the battle of the boy scouts.
Watch a new spot above for X-Men: Apocalypse with “Sky Fibre,” and below is a new promo poster featuring M&M’s.
“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.
Synopsis:
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.
Marvel released a new batch of high-res images for Captain America: Civil War which includes another look at Spider-Man on the tarmac (just a wider view) and the recent behind-the-scenes images.
Check out all the images below.
“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.
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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The upcoming Batman: The Killing Joke animated movie has received an R-rating.
EW.com reports the R-rating marks the first for WB’s original animated DC movie universe and the second in WB’s DC movie slate (Batman Vs. Superman director’s cut is rated-R).
“From the start of production, we encouraged producer Bruce Timm and our team at Warner Bros. Animation to remain faithful to the original story — regardless of the eventual MPAA rating,” said Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Digital Series, in a statement. “The Killing Joke is revered by the fans, particularly for its blunt, often-shocking adult themes and situations. We felt it was our responsibility to present our core audience — the comics-loving community — with an animated film that authentically represented the tale they know all too well.”
It’s noted no plays are underway for a PG-13 version of the movie.
Batman: The Killing Joke premiers this Summer at Comic-Con starring Mark Hamill as Joker and Kevin Conroy as Batman, and will be released later this year on Blu-Ray and digital.
Watch: Batman: The Killing Joke sneak peek:
While Tom Hiddleston previously stated Thor: Ragnarok might be the last time we see Loki, the good news is that Hiddleston recently hinted that’s not the case, and now says he would like to take on none other than fellow Brit star Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange.
“In some hypothetical world, I don’t quite know when, for Loki and Dr. Strange to share the same frame would be very exciting indeed,” Hiddleston told the Daily News. “Because Benedict Cumberbatch is an old friend. So I would think it would be interesting to see who would get the upper hand.”
Hiddleston also again continues with mention of Loki’s future in the MCU, this time stating he knows what’s going on, but doesn’t offer specifics.
“Truthfully, I do actually know at the moment how many more times I’m going to play Loki, but I’m not going to tell you,” said Hiddleston. “It’s not personal it’s just keeping it fresh for all paying customers to enjoy their films. And also I’m the God of mischief so it’s my predisposition to play games.”
Tom Hiddleston will next be seen as Loki in Thor: Ragnarok, which has a November 3, 2017 release.
Watch the new Doctor Strange trailer below. That movie gets released this year on November 4th.
Doctor Strange trailer:
Watch the video below featuring Sophie Turner offering up her best impressions of Jon Snow from Game Of Thrones, Wolverine and Professor X from X-Men, and even Justin Bieber.
Sophie Turner returns as Sansa Star for Game of Thrones Season 6 on April 24th. She also stars as Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse out next month.
Check out the new logo for the Power Rangers movie below as revealed at CinemaCon.
Power Rangers has a March 24, 2017 release starring Becky G as Trini, the Yellow Ranger; RJ Cyler as Billy, the Blue Ranger; Naomi Scott as Kimberly, the Pink Ranger; Ludi Lin as Zack, the Black Ranger; Dacre Montgomery as Jason, the Red Ranger, and Elizabeth Banks stars as the villain, Rita Repulsa.
Synopsis:
Saban’s Power Rangers follows five ordinary high school kids who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove – and the world – is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover that they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so they will have to overcome their real-life issues and band together as the Power Rangers before it is too late.
Batman Vs. Superman has now passed $800 million at the box office.
The current numbers for Dawn of Justice have the movie at $800,801,288.
Domestically, Batman Vs. Superman has now netted over $300 million: $301,201,288.
Internationally sees Batman Vs. Superman approaching $500 million: $499,600,000.
Batman vs. Superman doesn’t look to be hitting the billion dollar mark anytime soon and continues to have slow weekday viewings (as much as a 50% drop compared to Man of Steel).
The good news is that WB doesn’t seem to be phased by the low numbers as WB CEO Kevin Tsujihara recently remarked Batman Vs. Superman “set up a great foundation for our DC slate, which includes at least 10 movies through 2020.”
Justice League is currently filming in the UK for its November 17, 2017 release, and Zack Snyder recently addressed CinemaCon with a message from the set and cast.
A solo Ben Affleck Batman movie has also recently been confirmed.
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is directed by Zack Snyder starring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Ray Fisher as Cyborg with Callan Mulvey, Holly Hunter as Senator Finch and Tao Okamoto as Mercy Graves.
Synopsis:
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
