While nobody was looking, Paramount stealthily removed a Terminator: Genisys sequel from its upcoming release schedule. The potential sequel was replaced by the big-screen adaptation of Baywatch, which might have more depth and charm than any new Terminator film.
Exhibitor Relations, who also noticed the Fantastic Four sequel was taken off FOX’s schedule, pointed out the absence of a new Terminator: Genisys… 2, or whatever ridiculous title it would have, on their Twitter feed:
After the disappointing grosses of the latest reboot, Paramount's TERMINATOR 2 has been reset from 5/19/17 to UNSET.
This despite the claim from Skydance a few months back that the sequel – the second part of this new trilogy – was a sure thing. When Genisys did boffo numbers in China’s market it did seem like we were going to be beaten down by another failed entry into the franchise.
Paramount may have saved us from the machines.
The Terminator franchise has five entries thus far and only two good movies. It should have quit 25 years ago, and it’s time to move on to new ideas and new franchises. Until the Terminator reboot comes along.
Wednesday Sony announced the studio was moving up the date on the Untitled Spider-Man film to July 7, 2017. Filming is expected to start this summer in Atlanta.
Spider-Man will be introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe on May 6 in Captain America: Civil War. The third film adaptation of Spider-Man is directed by Jon Watts from scripts by John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein. Tom Holland will play Peter Parker / Spider-Man and Marisa Tomei has been cast as Aunt May.
Check out the updated Marvel Studios filming schedule below.
2016
March 18: Marvel’s Daredevil Season 2
May 6: Captain America: Civil War
November 4: Doctor Strange
No Date: Marvel’s Luke Cage – Netflix
2017
May 5: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
July 7: Untitled Spider-Man
November 3: Thor: Ragnarok
No Date: Marvel’s Jessica Jones Season 2 – Netflix
No Date: Marvel’s Punisher – Netflix
2018
February 16: Black Panther
May 4: Avengers: Infinity War, Part 1
July 6: Ant-Man and the Wasp
No Date: Marvel’s Iron Fist – Netflix
No Date: Marvel’s The Defenders – Netflix
2019
March 8: Captain Marvel
May 3: Avengers: Infinity War, Part 2
July 12: Inhumans
2020
May 1: Untitled Marvel Studios film
July 10: Untitled Marvel Studios film
November 6: Untitled Marvel Studios film
In last night’s midseason premiere of TheFlash, we were teased throughout with quite possibly one of the biggest reveals this season – the reveal of Barry’s secret identity to current girlfriend Patty Spivot.
Haunted by nightmares of a terrible fate to his significant other at the hands of Zoom, Barry and Patty have hit a rough spot. Reeling from the nightmares, Barry is closed off and further edging himself towards his imminent reveal. From the get-go, we see Patty and Barry enjoying a night out, only to be cut short by a speedster tearing her away. A chase ensues to the top of a building, and Zoom drops her to her death, with Barry watching, just out of time to save her.
Knowing full well that something is putting him off, Patty fully expresses her care for Barry, her hopes of a brighter future and a desire for him to be open with her. With a seemingly unnatural amount of people knowing Barry’s secret, it’s only a matter of time before he does reveal it.
But, really, just tell her!
However, this show wasn’t just a battle of mentality, despite the large amount of the inner battles occurring. Between Barry’s fight between telling Patty and keeping her in the dark, Harry’s secret rendezvous with Zoom and the larger picture and a hidden secret with Jay, an additional foe just adds to the drama.
Introducing, Russell Glosson A.K.A. The Turtle.
In a show full of speedsters, it’s definitely a curve ball when the baddie of the week turns out to slow things down, literally. When a series of robberies occur and no one has a face to put to it, it was easy for the team to assume that another speedster is to blame, until it’s discovered that the robberies are done in real time, just with everything in the vicinity entirely frozen in time.
With the ability to manipulate kinetic energy, the Turtle is able to “pulse” and stop everything in it’s tracks. With that, he easily just walks through and nonchalantly grabs his prize, which share a common theme of something that is personally treasured by the owner. Wish is the perfect way to spring Team Flash’s trap on him.
Via an art exhibit with a timeless piece of art; Jay, Barry and Caitlin dress to the nines with the correct assumption that Turtle will walk into town. Disguised as a date night to make up for his distant nature with Patty, the night seemed to have everything figured out. But, as the story goes, they had no control in their first attempt. Patty goes all gun-ho and accelerates the process in which the team anticipates the attempt to capture him. From there, we see him use his power to hold everyone in their place. Even with the Flash’s speed, he was no match for the misunderstood burglar. Add the attempt at Patty’s life and a chandelier falling, Barry chose love over his enemy and pushed Patty out of the way, but getting knocked out by the chandelier in the meantime.
While unconscious, Jay and Caitlin dragged Flash away and out of sight, leaving Patty to awaken alone in the middle of the expo. Furthering the conflict between the two, Barry and Patty duke it out over the fact that Patty feels like no matter how close they get, there will always be something that keeps them distant. Once Barry is finally ready to tell her, Patty reveals to Barry that she plans on leaving Central City. With Weather Wizard behind bars, she is finally ready to join the CSI program she has wanted to pursue for so many years before devoting herself to putting her fathers killer away.
In the theme of keeping the distance, we get more looks at Keiynan Lonsdale’s Wally West as the father-son dynamic put through the ringer. Obviously, the news of having a son was both a shock and a welcoming relief to Joe, who desperately tries to establish a relationship with Wally, who doesn’t have any of the same feelings. His rebellion against his father is key, as he is constantly dropping his father down a peg, mocking his detective abilities (you know, being that he couldn’t figure out that he had a son) and even ditching a dinner invitation. From this, Joe seems to lose all optimism that he can still be a father to him.
Later on, we see a scene with just Wally and why exactly he came to Central City. In a very Fast and Furious kind of way, it’s apparent Wally’s thrill of speed goes a lot further than his future fate. Leaving Keystone City for a new racing scene, Wally is a successful street racer, pulling off an aggressive victory against another racer. His victory is short lived, with Joe in the crowd watching him. They mix words and it’s clear, Wally knows he is the man of his house, resorting to his winnings to pay for his mothers hospital bills.
Back to the main plot, Barry is mulling over finally revealing himself, going through the motions of bringing her into his double life, getting the support from the team, minus Harry. Bringing the point up that he can cause more harm than good by letting her know, he muddies the water and clouds his thought process.
Mirroring his want to bring her in to his world, we turn to a shot of Patty in her home, when a knock at the door catches her attention. She answers to the Turtle, who busts into her house and confronts her. Relying on her gun once more, she fires three shots, which he pulsed and stopped in mid air and lets them fall to the ground. Barry arrives to discover her missing, her pistol and the bullets on the ground. With fears of his nightmares turning to a reality, he ramps up his fight against his slow counterpart.
Racing off, Team Flash look for connections in the same detective-ish way that it’s always done. Through complex analysis and computer databases, the team managed to connect the dots of Turtle and his past wife’s former place of employment in the Central City archives. Taking residence in an abandoned building is a typical place of operations in the Flash universe, so it was a bit obvious that they found his fortress fairly quickly.
The next sequence of events gets a bit off of the beaten path, as Turtle reveals his motivation behind what he does, citing his wife as his precious possession being taken from him, thats why he takes what is the most precious from them. With a sense of urgency regarding the villain taking his best girl hostage, Barry does what Barry does best. Racing off with no real plan in action, Barry thinks on his feet and quickly bolts in. Acting solely on quick thinking, Barry is easily stopped on the first pulse, despite the team advising him to work in between his pulses. After the first attempt, he races out and runs back, gaining more speed to push through the pulses.
After an easy victory, the team is back at S.T.A.R. Labs celebrating when it takes an odd turn. Harry is clearly feeling the pressure from a lack of success in saving his daughter and his hidden agenda in trying to make Barry stronger and faster. He’s distraught, he is overly focused on his work, slaving at every possible option to get his family back. He’s keeping voice memos, trying to remain grounded in his seemingly endless battle of pure knowledge. He goes to Turtle’s cell and without warning, rams a syringe up his nose and takes a blood sample.
Caitlin, taking a cell sample from Jay in secret, finally opens up conversation, confronting him about it. It’s finally out there, Jay is dying. Without his speed and powers, he will continually get worse and worse until it ultimately kills him.
If it wasn’t clear already, Barry is getting stronger with each passing episode, and these B-list bad guys are just tools to continuously getting stronger and faster, which, ironically, is where Zoom wants him to be. Obviously, his mindset is cloudy with his dilemma in Patty leaving and him unable to voice his secrets to her. Will she really leave? We aren’t sure, but it is clear that if Barry can’t reveal himself soon, then we will not be seeing Patty for much longer.
I love the drama played out on so many levels. While a lot of times it dilutes the actual story, Flash is handling them really well. People have their conflicts, and it’s nice to see a human side of conflict between an otherwise successful group of individuals. It’s the secrets now that will play the big roles later. Therefore, I will obviously be tuning in next week to see what happens next.
Overall, this episode is ripe with plotlines and it was a great start to the second part of this season, throw in the fact that Eobard Thawne makes his mysterious reappearance and kickstarts his “origin story.” Clearly the parallel universes are playing another confusing role in this constantly expanding show.
Agent Carter is back! Quite a bit happened in the long-awaited season two premiere but in the interest of avoiding spoilers let’s kick off the first of my weekly reviews with a roll call of Agent Carter’s season two primary and supporting characters:
Peggy Carter returns with her measured approach to espionage
First and foremost, there’s Peggy, the character the show’s named after who made a strong impression in Captain America: The First Avenger and originally appeared in a Marvel comic in the ‘60s, an issue of Tales of Suspense, as a passionate memory of a thawed out Captain America. Deftly portrayed by Hayley Atwell, she shoots only after asking a series of rationally framed questions.
Next, Edwin Jarvis. The butler to Tony Stark’s dad Howard Stark in the Marvel TV/cinematic universe, he originally appeared in an issue of Tales of Suspense in the ‘60s, again as a lifetime butler to the Starks.
Next, Chief Daniel Sousa, the SSR division chief with a heart of gold and a bum leg. This character appears to have been invented by the writers of Agent Carter. His and Peggy’s ongoing Ross and Rachel will they/won’t they sexual tension serves as an ongoing love story for those interested.
Along with the relatively boring Chief Jack Thompson, another Agent Carter creation, returning from last season we also have Hugh Jones, played by Ray Wise. Hugh Jones’s first appearance in a Marvel comic was in an issue of Captain America comics in the early ‘70s. In it Jones is the President of the nefarious Roxxon Oil.
Peggy first appeared in this issue of Tales of Suspense
New this episode are Jason Wilkes and Whitney Frost. Whitney Frost is introduced in this episode as the wife of Senate hopeful Calvin Chadwick, Chadwick being another new character created for the show. Whitney Frost, however, and Jason Wilkes are names borrowed from Marvel comics, both again from issues of Tales of Suspense from the ‘60s.
I’m sensing a theme here. Seems to me most of the characters in this show that are actually based on Marvel properties are from issues of Captain America or Tales of Suspense from the ‘60s and ‘70s. In fact, Tales of Suspense is even mentioned in passing during the season two premiere, although it’s implied that it’s a series of movies rather than a popular comicbook title.
So, this is all great. It’s nice that characters from Marvel comics are actually being mentioned and used on the show. And, the writers seem to be using some of the right source material, contextualizing Peggy by using contemporary characters created by Marvel in the ‘60s and ‘70s. But, not to beat a dead horse, where are the characters who were created in or before 1947 when the show is meant to be set: Human Torch, Blonde Phantom, Namor? Obviously, and thankfully, we’re not likely to see a Super-Rabbit cameo, and, for reasons that are obvious to those who watched Netflix’s Jessica Jones, we’re not likely to see a Patsy Walker cameo, but would it be too much to ask to have Chief Sousa’s nurse girlfriend be named Nellie or to have Peggy cross paths with a manipulative redhead named Rusty? A notable first appearance of a super-heroine in 1947 is that of Namora … ‘nuff said.
Namora first appeared in Marvel Mystery Comics in 1947, the year Agent Carter is set in
Alas and alack, it seems that the creative team of Agent Carter is locked into a system of borrowing from comics from the ‘60s and ‘70s, mostly Tales of Suspense, and creating characters of their own when needed. This could be a great way to go about making a show like this especially since Peggy herself, as mentioned earlier, first appeared in a Tales of Suspense comic from the ‘60s.
If Agent Carter’s season two premiere is any indication, though, this tactic isn’t proving to be very effective at producing entertaining television, and, like Agent Carter’s sister show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., this tactic throws too many familiar balls into the air only to let them all fall in order to introduce new characters created for the show. What happened to Arnim Zola, featured at the end of the last season of Agent Carter? Although like all good villains he may return, I fear Zola may have gone the way of Franklin Hall, who appeared in season one of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a great villain lost in time.
For whatever reason, practically every studio in Hollywood today has decided to move around release dates for their upcoming slate of films. First, Star Wars Episode VIII got a six-month delay, then Pirates of the Caribbean 5 took Episode VIII‘s old spot. Now, it seems the new Spider-Man is getting its release date moved up.
Sony has shifted its untitled Spider-Man reboot several weeks ahead of schedule, from July 28th, 2017 to July 7th, 2017. Tom Holland will make his debut as Spider-Man this summer in Captain America: Civil War before getting his own standalone film directed by Jon Watts, director of the 2015 film Cop Car.
Does this small change in release plans get you more hyped knowing you’ll get to see your favorite webslinger on the big screen even sooner? Let us know in the comments below!
After a short break, the second season of iZombie is back and hits the ground running. ‘Method Head’ as of now, is probably the funniest, most interesting, and overall best episode of iZombie thus far.
Review of iZombie Season 2 Episode 10 ‘Method Head’
There is a ton to cover in this most recent episode of iZombie, this episode probably got the most done. It even ended on a cliff-hanger arguably worse than the mid-season climax.
Firstly Major and Blaine both learned the temporary nature of their cured-ness, however, this is played pretty lightly. Not much time is dedicated to either’s reaction to this.
On the bright side, the show’s decision to progress through time was utterly brilliant, it allowed the show to make it’s Christmas jokes (like Ravi and Liv digging in field at midnight with joyful Christmas music… great moment), this point in the narrative (where “Cape Town” left off) doesn’t have much going on anyway.
The episode’s murder in Zombie High was pretty fantastic. The jokes about cliches really wrote themselves, the mystery was interesting enough, and that meta joke about zombies as protagonists was just magnificent. The only issue that could really be brought up would be that fact that Zombie High was introduced the very same episode it became relevant, while this isn’t bad per se, it does seem like a wasted opportunity.
During the primary time skips, it was really interesting to see Liv from more of an outside perspective. For this first time in the entirety of the show’s run, Liv had a vision we didn’t see. While the vision itself was not relevant to the actual case, it still resulted in feeling farther separated from Liv this point, which the show did nothing with.
Liv’s brain this week was pretty good, it enabled a pretty great moment (detailed below) and wasn’t too obtrusive. However, there were a couple of missed chances, such as the fact that Liv was a fan of this brain, there are so many things that could have happened here, the fact that it didn’t is a little disappointed. Additionally, it took a good while for Liv to actually eat the brain while this is not indicative of poor writing (on the contrary the pacing was great), it does reveal the shift in priorities in the second half of this season. With the episodic murders taking a back seat.
It is at this moment that I would like to highlight some of the just perfect quips ‘Method Head’ delivers. iZombie has always been a witty show brimming with one-liners, however ‘Method Head’ takes the cake, both in quality and quantity. Here I would like to spotlight a couple of them: “Beard color… white as snow”, “She’s seen every episode… on purpose”, “A major Major problem? Or a minor Major problem?”, “Marlon Brandouche”, “I did! It’s like mental pork rinds, I can’t stop!”, and finally, “And by canvas I mean… have sex with.” The reason this last line really stands it is due to the masterful subversion of expectations. As mentioned above iZombie has always been witty, thus, it is typical to begin expecting such wit, this line specifically messes with that, and instead delivers on the delightfully dull, “I mean have sex with.”
There were larger moments too, such as Liv’s rant about true acting (Rose and Rahul), Liv’s quip about Power Rangers, and as always the brain preparing montages are mouth-watering.
Regarding other plotlines, Blaine continues to freak about his clientage being picked off. It’s kind of surprising Blaine doesn’t suspect Major for killing his zombie clients, not many people know about zombies, and Major does have a history of going all zombie-hunter before.
The bit with an employee speaking out against Max Rager was really, really interesting while I can fully understand both Major and the writers for stopping that idea in its tracks, that would have been a really cool direction.
Finally, we learn Dale, our favorite female FBI agent (and… canvas), is about to find Major, through Minor and is going to hunt down Blaine. Leaving us with one of the biggest iZombie cliff-hangers since the first finale.
Overall ‘Method Head’ was pretty much one of the greatest episodes to fall into our laps as humble viewers. While the safe route was chosen quite often, and gives us visions of fascinating plotlines that will never be explored, that doesn’t affect the quality of what we did get. Which was just a great episode.
Could Lobo be finally coming to the big screen? Or the small for that matter? Danny Trejo was on Twitter seemingly teasing the idea by posting the following image.
A Lobo movie was once in the works with Dwayne Johnson said to be up for the role and director Brad Peyton attached (and Guy Ritchie at one time), but the Lobo movie never saw the light of day. Could Lobo show up in the Justice League movie or could he show up in the DC Television Universe. Regardless of where the character ends up, it’s pretty evident that either Danny Trejo already has the role or is pushing hard for it. If he hasn’t secured the role yet, then DC needs to make this happen because who better to play Lobo than Machete himself?
A teaser trailer for Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation doesn’t show us much, but plenty to unnerve you a little. The film stars Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, and Michiel Huisman as members of a strange dinner party taking place among several sets of exes.
Here is the teaser:
Here is the synopsis:
In this taut psychological thriller by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Jennifer’s Body), the tension is palpable when Will (Logan Marshall-Green, Prometheus) shows up to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife Eden (Tammy Blanchard, Into the Woods) and new husband David (Michiel Huisman, “Game of Thrones”). The estranged divorcees’ tragic past haunts an equally eerie present; amid Eden’s suspicious behavior and her mysterious house guests, Will becomes convinced that his invitation was extended with a hidden agenda. Unfolding over one dark evening in the Hollywood Hills, THE INVITATION blurs layers of mounting paranoia, mystery, and horror until both Will—and the audience—are unsure what threats are real or imagined.
This promises to be extremely uncomfortable and probably, eventually, horrifying, though Emayatzy Corinealdi, who appears in the film, said The Invitation is not easy to categorize. Speaking to Collider, she said “My first impression of the script was that it didn’t fit into any kind of mold. It wasn’t a thriller. It wasn’t a drama. It wasn’t anything in that sense, and I loved the character discovery of what was going on. You have these people in this situation, but it doesn’t play out like a typical thriller in that sense where you have a group of people in a house.”
It was revealed earlier this week that production for ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ was pushed back a month due to rewrites by Rian Johnson to create more screen time for Rey, Finn, Poe and lessening the roles for the two new female characters that will be introduced in the film. (Meet The Movie Press)
Today, Disney announced that it is moving Star Wars: Episode VIII from its original May 26, 2017 release date to Dec. 15, 2017. Taking over Episodes VIII’s old Memorial Day slot is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales which is moving up from its July 7, 2017 date.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM DISNEY
“Star Wars: Episode VIII, originally scheduled for release on May 26, 2017, will now debut on December 15, 2017. The move follows the extraordinary success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was the first Star Wars movie to premiere in December. In the popular holiday moviegoing corridor, it smashed numerous records, including biggest domestic and global debuts of all time as well as the biggest domestic second and third weekends, en route to becoming the highest grossing domestic release of all time with over $861M and the third biggest global release ever with $1.887B.”
The new Suicide Squad trailer hit the internet last night, and it’s safe to say it caused a buzz. Set to Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” this new offering gives a better look at the Squad in action.
Below we have five awesome moments from the trailer which stood out.
1. The baptism of Harley.
You only briefly get a glimpse at it, but it definitely looks as though The Joker is emerging from a pool of some kind with Harley in his arms. There are lots of different colours in the pool, which would explain Harley’s hair and possibly the pallor of her skin. Just before this, you see The Joker jumping from a ledge to join Harley in the pool. It would seem this is after The Joker has broken down Harleen F. Quinzel, and Harley Quinn is born.
2. Joker and his toys.
As the camera pans away and upwards, we see the Joker lying on the floor, surrounded by an arsenal of weapons, laughing gleefully in a way only The Joker can. Jared Leto looks as though he has done a fantastic job in creating a new version of the psycho, which was no small feat when you look at who has come before him.
3. Harley’s humour.
If looks could kill…
This is a bit of a cheat as it’s more than one moment in the trailer, but it was hard to choose the best one. From Harley talking to the voices in her head, to taking time out from the mission to steal a handbag because, as she so finely puts it “We’re bad guys. It’s what we do.” Margot Robbie is clearly going to get more than a fair share of the screen time. If you didn’t love Harley Quinn before, you’re going to love her after this.
4. Deadshot’s target practice.
It’s fair to say Will Smith didn’t get the reaction he wanted when announced he’d be playing Deadshot. Fans worried he would get more screen time than anyone else and hog the film. After watching this part of the trailer, where he is picking off people left, right and centre, I hope we see a lot more of this. It’s exciting to see him playing such a bad guy, and to see how he fits in with the rest of the Squad.
5. Captain Boomerang’s sneaky drink.
There were moments in the trailer with this character that stood out. Hiding behind a car so he can have a cold beer was absolutely one of them. It gave a nice break in the section, and it’s pretty funny. Another one worth mentioning was when he is let loose from the bag and just starts to attack the guards around him. It looked like some drunk fighting and hopefully there will plenty of this for Jai Courtney. Maybe this is his breakout role, or, at least, a role that changes perception on the actor.
Its worth mentioning that Scott Eastwood’s character is still not named on IMDB, as they are keeping it as much of a secret as they can.
Which parts of the trailer stood out for you?
If you’re unsure, here it is again for your viewing pleasure.
