News Roundup
- JJ Abrams secretly produced a sequel to Cloverfield called 10 Cloverfield Lane being released on March 11 2016. Click here for the statement from Paramount and JJ Abrams. (HitFix) http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/jj-abrams-pulls-a-sneaky-and-releases-a-surprise-10-cloverfield-lane-trailer
- The 2016 Oscar nominations made us excited (AE) http://www.audienceseverywhere.net/live-updates-and-reaction-to-the-2016-oscar-nominations/
- Black Panther gets Ryan Coogler as its director. Thank you, God. (AE)
- Creed 2 might go on without Coogler as it heads for a November 2017 release (Variety)
- John Boyega teases a darker Star Wars sequel to The Force Awakens (Vogue)
- Green Room teaser shows Patrick Stewart leading a gang of Nazis (Empire)
- Guillermo Del Toro is developing a film based on “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” in case you needed more creepy imagery to keep you up at night (Guillermo Del Toro)
- AND Pacific Rim 2 is not officially canceled! (Guillermo Del Toro)
- George Miller was reported to not make anymore Mad Max movies until he clarified they’re coming… just not yet (TheWrap)
- Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Barden will make a movie with Darren Aronofsky at Paramount (Variety)
- James Gunn says Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 has a completed script (James Gunn’s Facebook)
- Definitely watch this trailer for The Witch at night when you’re home alone I promise it will end well for you (A24)
- Priyanka Chopra from Quantico might join Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in Baywatch (Variety)
- Joe and Anthony Russo are planning Avengers: Infinity War which is said to have 67 characters – though the directors made sure to clarify the number wasn’t literal. (Collider)
- The Avengers lineup will continue to shakeup as we move into Phase 3 and Phase 4 (Comicbook.com)
- Amber Heard might be the queen of Atlantis in the DC movies (THR)
- Chris Pine has good things to say about Wonder Woman and Finest Hours (Sun)
- Batman and Superman really don’t like each other in this clip from Conan (Conan)
- World War Z sequels loses Juan Antonio Bayona as its director (Deadline)
- Legendary pictures was just bought out by China’s Wanda (via Collider)
- There might be another villain in Batman vs. Superman if you like spoilers (LatinoReview)
- Gary Gray says Furious 8 will not be “more of the same” (Collider)
- Kung Fu Panda 3 directors and producers discuss making the best possible sequel and franchise future (Collider)
- Ridley Scott is going for the hard R rating for Alien: Covenant (Ridley Scott)
- Rachel McAdams is possibly joining Naomie Harris, Michael Pena, Ed Norton, and Helen Mirren in David Frankel’s Collateral Beauty (TheWrap)
- Jumanji remake has a director by the name of Jake Kasdan (Deadline)
- A Gambit movie is still happening and it shoots this year (WGNO)
TRAILER OF THE WEEK
Okay guys. Cloverfield 2’s “blood cousin” has a pretty great “leaked” trailer. I put it in quotations because there’s like a 90% chance this was “leaked” the same way the Deadpool footage was “leaked.” Update: Paramount has since officially released the trail:
TWEETS OF THE WEEK
Alan Rickman exits the stunt air bag after completing his famous fall in DIE HARD, 1988 pic.twitter.com/688YH5UYza
— Larry Wright (@refocusedmedia) January 14, 2016
THE PRESTIGE (2006) Cinematographer: Wally Pfister Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 Director: Christopher Nolan pic.twitter.com/KoVReGH3Mb
— Cinema In ƒRAMES (@CinemaInFrames) January 12, 2016
Writing about this dumb movie got much more confessional and intimate than I anticipated. https://t.co/TyN8tw2z5A
— [sly glance emoji] (@J_Rosenfield) January 13, 2016
i won $7. split 14 ways. brb, have to go kill 13 people. pic.twitter.com/ZmcT03v0Rb
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) January 14, 2016
Samuel Jackson is upset that I foolishly forgot to mention the brilliant Ryan Coogler and MB Jordan he is right I owe them everything
— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) January 12, 2016
Chan and I tried to have fun and do a silly bit. the Internet wasn’t feeling it. All good cuz we got this photo : pic.twitter.com/XitqDYyIkL
— Jonah Hill (@JonahHill) January 12, 2016
alicia vikander smiles at her consolation prize, michael fassbender. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/H7mBD29B7Z
— Kathleen Hou (@kathleenhou) January 11, 2016
— Dan Kois (@dankois) January 11, 2016
FINN THE HUMAN AND BB-JAKE pic.twitter.com/S2I8MAmMrT
— space cadet grace (@OBlWAN_) January 13, 2016
The Revenant got nominated for Visual Effects over: Everest The Walk Jupiter Ascending Jurassic World Tomorrowland Ant-Man Avengers Furious7
— Matt Brown (@CallMeRoy88) January 14, 2016
#OscarsSoWhite Before you ask…. pic.twitter.com/osNSC3i2rW
— JAPSPEPORJ FENWAY (@SidizenKane) January 14, 2016
is this the hot topic christmas party pic.twitter.com/Rw3zeyElxh
— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) January 11, 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio Hopes He Screamed And Cried Good Enough In ‘The Revenant’ To Win Oscar https://t.co/MGGViSyxqy pic.twitter.com/uOKMYKo3CN
— The Onion (@TheOnion) January 14, 2016
“Rey shouldn’t have been so good with a lightsaber so fast. You know who’d be good with a lightsaber? Me.” pic.twitter.com/viKtdwBtUA
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 13, 2016
Aren’t aliens unisex? #TheXFiles pic.twitter.com/mOpdVnxywz
— Gillian Anderson (@GillianA) January 13, 2016
All white, all white, all white – Matthew McConaughey reading the acting Oscar noms
— Sean Fallon (@Equiatic_Bind) January 14, 2016
If you added up the notable female characters from BIG SHORT/REVENANT/SPOTLIGHT/MARTIAN, you’d have about as many women as FURY ROAD does
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) January 12, 2016
First time the front page of The Hollywood Reporter featured a guy taking a piss? pic.twitter.com/3zwVybLDv4
— Phil Nobile Jr. (@PhilNobileJr) January 12, 2016
I’ve been to the Razzies. It’s just a bunch of grown-up theater kids hungry for attention. Got the impression most never even saw the movies
— Amy Nicholson (@TheAmyNicholson) January 13, 2016
You know what they should do instead of a young Han Solo movie? Make another Tobey Maguire Spider-Man. Sorry. I’m tired. Been a long week.
— Jake Baldino (@JakeBaldino) January 13, 2016
My whole life has been leading up to this moment. I ranked every episode of #LizzieMcGuire. https://t.co/48X9lemi07 pic.twitter.com/1WLtDCjXWn
— Katie Minard (@KatieMinard) January 12, 2016
Taron Egerton for young Han Solo or gtfo
— Britt Hayes, Esq. (@MissBrittHayes) January 11, 2016
Because his dad is the Green Goblin. https://t.co/ekcLYTbFYo
— Diego the Halls (@deggowaffles) January 11, 2016
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