In a recent interview, Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi revealed that the planet Sakaar will be included in the film, according to MCU Exchange.
“Sakaar was just an insane, far-off, futuristic place which was the biggest shift for the film and these characters.”
This bit of news gives potential details on Hulk’s whereabouts are in the movie. In the comics, Sakaar is where the character landed after being sent away from earth. It looks like that’s similar to the storyline we’ll be seeing in next year’s Thor movie.
Are you looking forward to Thor: Ragnarok? Leave us your thoughts in the comments below!
There is NO chance for fans to see the Kingpin from Netflix’s Daredevil series show up in a future Tom Holland Spider-Man movie. Vincent D’Onofrio, who plays the burly crime lord in the series, confirmed this via his Twitter account, according to sources at Comic Book Movie.
When asked if Wilson Fisk would appear at some point in a Spider-Man movie, D’Onofrio tweeted this:
“That I doubt. Seems to be so many characters in the film uni to service. The films are already jam packed.”
Which is a shame because D’Onofrio is such great casting.
The character of the Kingpin first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #50-52 way back in July of 1967. He was created by Stan Lee and John Romita, Sr., who modeled the crime lord after the physical appearance of legendary Hollywood character actor Sydney Greenstreet.
Initially, Kingpin was a typical mob boss who used crazy contraptions to wreak havoc on Spider-Man. Writer and artists Frank Miller gave the character a make-over during his time on Daredevil in the 1980s. Miller’s Kingpin became a calculating crime lord always one step ahead of his opponents.
D’Onofrio also tweeted that he knows when the Kingpin will be back, but didn’t let the cat out of the bag. It could be on the next season of Daredevil or the upcoming new series The Defenders.
The Kingpin was previously played by the late Michael Clarke Duncan in Ben Affleck’s Daredevil movie, and voiced by Roscoe Lee Brown on the 1990’s Fox animated series, Spider-Man.
Bruce Wayne himself doesn’t have enough money to temp Ben Affleck into making a craptastic Batman movie, according to sources at Entertainment Weekly and Movie Web.
Affleck made EW‘s Entertainers of the Year 2016 list for his roles in Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice and the upcoming vintage crime thriller Live By Night. In an interview, EW brought up the topic of The Batman, which Affleck will direct and co-write with DC Entertainment’s Geoff Johns. Here’s what Affleck had to say about the progress of the script:
“I’m… not going to write and direct anything that I don’t think is good enough to be made. I’m definitely going to make sure I have something that is special-there’s not enough money in the world to make a mediocre version of Batman worth it.”
Which is great news. The last thing the world needs is another Batman & Robin. Judging by Affleck’s previous film offerings like Argo, The Town, and Gone Baby Gone, he will undoubtedly give us a legendary Batman movie. Affleck’s appearance in Suicide Squad was one of that film’s highlights. And with the announcement of a Gotham City Sirens movie, it’s fair to speculate he might make an appearance there.
So far, the only known casting for Affleck’s The Batman is Joe Manganiello as the villain Deathstroke. It’s likely that JK Simmons will reprise his Justice League role of Commissioner James Gordon. No release date is etched in stone yet, but rumors circulate it’ll hit theaters in 2018.
Affleck’s next movie, Live By Night, is in theaters January 13, 2017. Zoe Saldana, Scott Eastwood, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Cooper, and Elle Fanning co-star. Affleck directs from his own script, adapted from the novel by Dennis Lehane.
Trailers for 2017 are coming fast and furious these days. We already had one trailer for the highly anticipated John Wick 2, and now we have one with the terrific description of “Wick Goes Off.”
Check it out:
Keanu Reeves returns in the sequel to the 2014 hit as legendary hitman John Wick who is forced to back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers. Lionsgate’s “John Wick: Chapter 2” arriving in theaters on February 10, 2017.
Technically the title is John Wick: Chapter2. But either way you cut it this should be pretty great.
Ian McShane is back with Keanu Reeves, as is Lance Reddick as the suave hotel manager, Charon, and John Leguizamo as Aurelio. Joining them in John Wick 2 is Peter Stormare, Laurence Fishburne, Bridget Moynahan, Ruby Rose, and Common. Stuntman Chad Stahelski is also back behind the camera for this second go round.
Unlike a lot of these movies we’re getting trailers for in December, we don’t have to wait nearly as long for John Wick 2. It will be here February 10.
Hello readers! My name is Emma Nicholson and I’m new here at MFR; so, to introduce myself I present to you my favorite films from the year I was born: 1992.
The 1990s saw the beginning of the digital revolution which would very quickly come to dominate cinema, confining most dramas to the indie sector (and awards season). However, nineties films were still bursting with stories of real people, in the real world, leading believable lives.
My parents’ extensive VHS collection informed my early appreciation of film. This was where I would discover tales of misfits, family films, and thrilling action.
Here are my five favorite films from 1992, some very much off the beaten track: exactly where you’ll find me.
5. Chaplin
Chaplin is not terribly easy to sit through. Perhaps it’s my modern, concise, TV biopic familiarity talking, but Richard Attenborough’s passion project falls short of its potential. That said, Robert Downey Jr. gives an uncanny portrayal of the slapstick king in a performance which had Chaplin’s daughter awestruck at the actor’s resemblance of her father.
This picture is uncomfortable and fascinating in equal measure with some magical moments and artistic set pieces, even if it is too much ‘talkie’ and not enough Chaplin. While the film doesn’t stand up to repeated viewing, Downey Jr.’s masterful acting is so enchanting that the clunky storytelling can almost be forgiven.
4. A River Runs Through It
In A River Runs Through It, director Robert Redford invites the audience to share in the memories and life lessons of one man’s Western childhood. Craig Sheffer is the straight-and-narrow Norman Maclean, big brother to Brad Pitt’s defiant and free-spirited Paul. Their parents are the anxious Brenda Blethyn and Tom Skerritt‘s austere and watchful minister who teaches them morals and integrity through the medium of fishing.
At the heart of this nostalgic all-American tale is a tender story of family nestled comfortably in the stunning vistas of Montana. This coming-of-age drama is a good old-fashioned heart warmer, and has the audience hook line and sinker.
3. School Ties
This is a film I had the good fortune to stumble upon on Netflix one rainy afternoon. It is a story of a talented quarterback who leaves his Jewish family to attend an elite prep school. Set in the mid-1950s when casual anti-semitism was common, David (Brendan Fraser) is persuaded to hide his Jewishness. In a melting pot of themes from coming-of-age, rags-to-riches, and outsider drama, David struggles to balance his ambition with his secret identity.
Surrounded by his privileged contemporaries and their lazy entitlement, Greene fits in just fine, at first. But his secret inevitably crumbles and it comes to light in a room full of his school’s highborn alumni.
Finally, after a climax where the school’s honour code justice system meets with toxic social prejudice, the lasting impression is of acceptance, not just among friends, but within your own identity.
2. Scent of a Woman
Al Pacino won an Oscar for his portrayal of blind, sarcastic and abrasive Lieutenant-Colonel, “not sir!” Frank Slade, opposite Chris O’Donnell’s prep school scholar. The movie is cut from the same heartwarming cloth as Rain Man. Both characters have something the other desperately needs.
Built around the familiar coming-of-age formula, it also has ingredients from prep-school misfit drama thrown in. The schools internal justice system is the setting for the finale, a popular theme in 1992, apparently. It culminates in an overblown cheese-fest which is also the least convincing scene of the film.
Scent of a Woman will have you sitting uncomfortably through Al Pacino’s many volleys of insults – “uh oh, we got a moron here!” In the end, I defy you not to find a smile stretching across your face.
1. Peter’s Friends
The thespian pedigree is strong in this comedy featuring a merry band of British acting royalty (Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, etc.). Peter (Stephen Fry) has invited his friends to stay for New Year in a hopeful attempt at reconciliation of their student days. The convincingly flawed characters and infinitely quotable dialogue ripple with purest British sarcasm. It meets pleasingly at the crossroads between Blackadder and Richard Curtis (Love Actually, etc.)
This brilliantly awkward film is carelessly happy and desperately sad all at once. Kenneth Branagh sums up the central theme of bittersweet nostalgia perfectly: “it’s like kindergarten, school, university, Black Hole…”
So, there you have it. Of the relatively few movies I’ve seen from my year of birth, these are my top five. What are your favorite films from 1992?
Well, remember about an hour ago when we talked about the Blade Runner 2049 synopsis and said a trailer can’t be too far away? Yeah, it’s here…
And it looks incredible.
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
This trailer has me completely converted from skeptic to 100% in on Denis Villeneuve’s vision. The color palette is stunning.
Joining Gosling and Harrison Ford is Robin Wright, Dave Bautista, and Jared Leto, among many other recognizable character actors.
Avengers: Infinity War, along with its follow-up Avengers flick, will begin filming on January 23, 2017, according to My Entertainment World.
As this hasn’t been revealed by Marvel Studios, it should still be classified as a rumor. However, a few months back, company President Kevin Feige indicated that the films would begin shooting in early 2017, so this definitely lines up with those comments.
Avengers: Infinity War his theaters on May 4, 2018, with the sequel being released on May 3, 2019.
Leading up to the Infinity War is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok. Which one are you looking forward to the most? Comment down below!
We have been getting little snippets of details and information about the Blade Runner sequel, Blade Runner 2049, over the last few weeks. And now, we have a synopsis, courtesy of The Playlist:
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
So this sounds pretty cool, especially when you consider that Gosling, Harrison Ford, and Denis Villeneuve are in charge of this thing. The synopsis also helps build some mystery surrounding the mere existence of Deckard 30 years after the end of the first film. Maybe he found a way to “shut off” the Replicant expiration date? Because, let’s be honest here, he was a Replicant in the first one. That was kinda the whole point.
Aside from Gosling and Ford, Blade Runner 2049 also stars Robin Wright, Dave Bautista, and Jared Leto, among many other recognizable character actors.
A trailer, or at least a teaser, for Blade Runner 2049 shouldn’t be too far away now, since all these little tidbits are starting to float out. It opens October 6 of 2017, are you excited to see where this new story goes?
Twin Peaks is headed back to television in 2017 – just one of so many reasons to get excited for the calendar to change – and now we have a new promo for it.
And it’s director David Lynch, eating a donut. So, enjoy…
This is the best thing for a Monday.
Lynch is, of course, playing his Twin Peaks character Gordon Cole in this clip. Or he could be playing David Lynch, who knows? It doesn’t matter, because this clip is awesome. It also assures fans of the series that we won’t be getting away from the weirdness of the original, as if that were ever an option considering Lynch is back in charge.
There is no plot synopsis yet, and I don’t expect there to be really, but we do know most of the original cast is back. Kyle Mclachlan, Russ Tamblyn, Dana Ashbrook, Ray Wise, even Sheryl Lee is back in the fold as Laura Palmer. Then there are actors like Jim Belushi, Monica Bellucci, all credited with one episode as of now.
Who knows where this thing is headed…
Twin Peaks will be back some time in April, 2017. Until then, just watch David Lynch eat this donut and your day will be 20% better than it already was. I promise.
Why Him? delivers a few big laughs and lots of little chuckles thanks to its leads doing what they’ve built their careers on.
For James Franco, that means being a free-wheeling, well-meaning goof. For Bryan Cranston, on the other hand, it means being uptight and easily irked.
The films gets a lot of mileage out of those two oil-and-water traits. But the schtick does get tiresome after a while, and you’re left with what we all dread at the holidays.
Awkward family time.
What’s it about?
Cranston plays Ned Fleming, devoted, tweed-wearing husband, father of two and the “Big Cheese” of a Midwest-based printing company.
His pride and joy, aside from the company he runs, is Stephanie (Zoey Deutch), his eldest, recently off following his footsteps at Stanford. As the holidays approach, Ned gets the surprise no dad enjoys receiving from “Daddy’s Girl”: Stephanie has a boyfriend, one she neglected to mention until his existence was revealed accidentally.
That boyfriend is Laird (Franco), and Laird can’t wait to meet the Flemings. He intends to win them over any way he can, but Stephanie, knowing how her dad can be, wants to try to control the getting-to-know process.
What follows is absolute bedlam. Buttoned-up Ned just can’t handle the tatted-up, potty-mouthed, no-social-filter Laird. Meanwhile, Laird, who wants to marry Stephanie, can’t figure out why he and “Dad” can’t connect.
Add to the mix Laird bonding almost immediately with Ned’s son Scotty (Griffin Gluck) and slowly winning over wife Barb (Megan Mullaly), and Ned’s on the defensive from minute one. “An octopus,” Ned comes to see Laird as, wrapping his tentacles around everything he loves.
It’s only a matter of time (and a wild party and lots of misunderstandings) before the tension explodes. Merry Christmas, Flemings!
The Art of the Uncomfortable
Before Cranston carved a new niche for himself in pop culture as Walter White in “Breaking Bad,” he played Hal, the man-child dad in “Malcolm in the Middle.” While Ned is a far more competent father figure Hal was, its tough watching Cranston get defensive and territorial to not think of the earlier role.
That’s not a bad thing, necessarily. Cranston’s cringing can be particularly funny, especially if audiences are repulsed or just plain befuddled right along with his character.
The strength in what Cranston does here is that he makes Ned relatable at all. Any male audience members who’ve raised a daughter would be hard pressed to not be rooting for Ned at least at the outset.
It’s also helps that Franco is in his full-on comedic weirdo mode. It’s pretty clear the story (by Jonah Hill and director John Hamburg) and the role were made for him, and he goes for broke having Laird push all of Ned’s buttons.
The back and forth between the two performers is fun to watch, for a while. Not every gag gets laugh-out-loud results — by the end, you may just find yourself groaning and covering your eyes.
Keegan is key
As enjoyable as the leads in Why Him? are, arguably the supporting cast delivers the most consistent laughs.
The standout here, as he is just about whenever he shows up in film, is Keegan-Michael Key. Key simply steals every scene he appears in playing Laird’s major domo, the Cato to Laird’s Clouseau, Gustav.
Gustav is butler, bodyguard, cheerleader, and life coach to Laird, and desperately wants to help him win over the Flemings. Thus, his exasperation with Laird’s bungling efforts comes to rival Ned’s annoyance.
Winsome Zoey Deutch is lovely and charming as the “Malcolm” in this Middle, and Kaley Cuoco from “The Big Bang Theory” also gets a small but memorable role in Why Him?, playing herself, sort of.
Worth seeing?
As far as holiday-themed comedies go, Why Him? isn’t the most enjoyable one out there in 2016. That title belongs to Office Christmas Party, which is more consistently entertaining.
But you could do worse than Why Him? if you’re looking for something cute and goofy at the movies on Christmas Day. If you’re a fan of Cranston and/or Franco, that will help with your enjoyment considerably.
However, if you’re not a fan of the F-word, avoid this film entirely. The F-bomb count in the film’s final cut must be in the triple digits.
Why Him?
Starring Bryan Cranston, James Franco, Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullaly, Griffin Gluck, Cedric the Entertainer, and Keegan-Michael Key. Directed by John Hamburg.
Running Time: 151 minutes
Rated R for strong language and sexual material throughout.
