Star Wars:The Force Awakens has done a tremendous job of closely guarding the plot surrounding this highly anticipated film. Unfortunately, its next to impossible to keep everything under wraps in this age of camera phones. Comicbookmovie.com has posted an image of Mark Hamill dressed as Luke Skywalker on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. What we can see in this image is that Luke Skywalker is dressed eerily similar to Obi Wan Kenobi (Sir Alec Guinness) from the original film. Could this be a clue into what role Luke will play in the new trilogy?
Actress Emily Mortimer stopped by to talk about her latest film 10,000 Saints starring Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield and Emile Hirsch.
This is the second time Mortimer has worked with Butterfield and she commented on his performance in 10,000 Saints.
“He’s an incredible actor. You take one look at him on screen and those blues, it’s just like, he kind of is cinema in a way,” said Mortimer.
10,000 Saints will be in theaters and on demand August 14.
The conversation led to her sitcom on HBO, Doll & Em in which Mortimer heads to Hollywood, closely followed by best friend Dolly Wells as her assistant. Wells is her life long best friend.
We joked about if Mortimer and Wells argued over who would shag Ewan McGregor in season two.
“I did get a little bit jealous on the set when she (Dolly) was making out with Ewan McGregor,” said Mortimer.
The second season of Doll & Em will premiere on HBO in September.
Bonus track: Should Marvel make a Blade Netflix series or a fourth film?
Straight Outta Compton is a provocative, musically motivated mixed blessing of a biopic. It aims not only to evoke outrage, but also break your heart. The finished product is a very Hollywood version of events that led to the rise of N.W.A. and subsequently the mainstreaming of gangsta rap. When the producers of the film are three of the actual protagonists (Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Easy E’s Widow) from that tumultuous time period, I’m not too shocked that nothing in this film is either too harsh or too unflattering.
As told through the vision of director F. Gary Gary, this film focuses on the rise of South Central LA Hip-Hop revolutionaries N.W.A. (Ni***z With Attitudes). It begins in Compton, California, in 1986 and ends less than a decade later, with Eazy-E’s death due to complications from AIDS in 1995. By that point, N.W.A. had altered the musical landscape, creating an environment where rap was considered part of the musical norm.
The first half on the film features the exciting stuff: in any musical biopic, the road to stardom. We are first introduced to a young Cube (O’Shea Jackson, Jr.) as he and an up-and-coming deejay, Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins) sell drug-dealing Eazy-E ( Jason Mitchell) on the idea of funneling in some of his profits into creating a record label. Straight Outta Compton seems to focus heavily on the creation of the 1988 studio bombshell of the same name. Some of the most riveting parts of this film take place in the studio.
My favorite scene in Straight Outta Compton happens to be one of the more uncomfortable moments. The group is taking a break outside a recording studio in Torrance, California, when local police show up and all hell breaks lose. Producer Jerry Heller (Paul Giamatti), who at this point has not shown his true stripes, walks out to all the members of N.W.A. as they lie face first on the concrete. The cops shake down the young men and malign the very existence of rap. What happens in this moment is riveting and the tension feels real. It certainly makes a statement as to the status of race relations during this time period; some would argue even today. Shortly after this altercation, we cut to Ice Cube recording N.W.A’s most famous provocation – “F**k tha Police,” and it becomes beloved by millions.
Jackson Jr. portrays his father’s tough-guy charm in Ice Cube. Mitchell’s Eazy-E emerges as the role that was the most complicated for a number of reasons, and he executed that tough road beautifully. The movie is full of wives, girlfriends, groupies coming and going, but the good times continue to roll. The script, shaped by Johnathan Herman and Andrea Berloff, alternates between party scenes and very “Hollywood” retellings of confrontations/reconciliations.
What we have here in the end is a very polka dots and moon beams version of what went down during the rise of one of the most influential groups of our generation. A tougher-minded biopic would have tackled some of N.W.A’s tougher moments. I find it hard to believe that when Dr. Dre walked in one day to Death Row Records and told Suge Knight that he was leaving the label that Knight was nearly as nice as he was portrayed in the movie. I also saw no mention of anything involving Dr. Dre being arrested after assaulting TV Host Dee Barnes. If you are going to claim that this is the “True” story of what went down during the rise of N.W.A. then why not actually gives us the truth? The truth has the potential to be one of the greatest stories of 2015.
I did enjoy Straight Outta Compton, tremendously. When the music is the focus, the film is second to none. The point that I’m trying to make is that I see this movie as a missed opportunity. We had a chance to see a fuller story that could have easily been one of the top three movies of 2015, but what we ended up with is just a good movie about one of the greatest groups of all time.
Wesley Snipes talked with Comic Book Resources about the return of Blade and if that return would be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Snipes also hinted Marvel may have another character in mind for the actor.
“Well, we’ve had some discussions. We have had very positive and favorable discussions about the Blade character and other things they have in mind. We’ll see where it goes. For those Blade fans, if we never reprise Blade, I have another character that will stand toe to toe with Blade any day. It’s not done yet,” said Snipes to CBR.
Do you want to see a fourth film or a Netflix series?
Worldwide Gross:
Blade (1998) – $131,183,530 (budget n/a)
Blade II (2002) – $155,020,032 ($54 million budget)
Blade: Trinity (2004) – $128,905,366 ($65 million budget)
Jimmy Fallon extended his NBC “Tonight Show” contract for six more years, which will take him through Fall 2021, Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt said on Thursday.
Kevin Hart and Ice Cube are back for Ride Along 2, Hart’s screams exploded on the internet today as the first trailer dropped. The dynamic duo are headed to Miami solve a case and Olivia Munn is added to the cast to kick ass and chew bubble gum (and she’s all out of bubble gum). If Hart gets tired of screaming the producers brought in Ken Jeong to help out.
Ride Along 2 will be in theaters on January 15, 2016.
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind the Emmy Award-winning program Sesame Street, and HBO, the nation’s leading premium cable network, today announced a new partnership that will make the next five seasons of the iconic series available on HBO and its multiplex channels, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and the new internet-only SVOD service HBO NOW. As a key part of the deal, Sesame will be able to produce almost twice as much new content as previous seasons, and for the first time ever, make the show available free of charge to PBS and its member stations after a nine-month window.
“Our new partnership with HBO represents a true winning public-private partnership model,” said Jeffrey D. Dunn, Sesame Workshop’s CEO. “It provides Sesame Workshop with the critical funding it needs to be able to continue production of Sesame Street and secure its nonprofit mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger and kinder; it gives HBO exclusive pay cable and SVOD access to the nation’s most important and historic educational programming; and it allows Sesame Street to continue to air on PBS and reach all children, as it has for the past 45 years.”
In addition to the next five seasons of Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop will produce a Sesame Street Muppet™ spinoff series, as well as develop a new original educational series for children. HBO has also licensed over 150 library episodes of Sesame Street. The new episodes will begin airing as early as late fall 2015, and HBO will be the exclusive, first-run subscription television distribution partner for Sesame Street and the new series. HBO will have the right to air all series in both English and Spanish. All new series will also be made available to PBS and its member stations after the first window. Episodes of Sesame Street will continue to be made available, uninterrupted, as part of the PBS KIDS service on PBS member stations.
“We are absolutely thrilled to help secure the future of Sesame Street and Sesame Workshop’s mission for the nation’s kids and families,” said Richard Plepler, Chairman and CEO of HBO, and Michael Lombardo, President, HBO Programming. “Home Box Office is committed to bringing the most groundbreaking and creative shows to its audience. Sesame Street is the most important preschool education program in the history of television. We are delighted to be a home for this extraordinary show, helping Sesame Street expand and build its franchise.”
“I’ve long admired the creative work of HBO and can’t think of a better partner to continue the quality of Sesame Street’s programming,” commented Joan Ganz Cooney, co-founder of Sesame Street. “Over the past decade, both the way in which children are consuming video and the economics of the children’s television production business have changed dramatically. In order to fund our nonprofit mission with a sustainable business model, Sesame Workshop must recognize these changes and adapt to the times.”
In addition to Sesame Street, HBO will also license approximately 50 past episodes of the two acclaimed children’s series Pinky Dinky Doo, an animated series for preschoolers that focuses on early literacy, and The Electric Company, which was rebooted in 2009, from Sesame Workshop.
San Diego Comic Con is the biggest pop culture convention in the states. (Notice I didn’t call it a comic book convention.) Dragon Con boost the most insane cosplay, but 2015 was my first Mega Con and I was so impressed with amount and the quality of the cosplay in Orlando, FL.
FD Sedano from Miami put together not one but four insane cosplay music videos to showcase the talent from Mega Con 2015.
Earlier we reported that Garret Dillahunt tweeted out there were credible Deadwood movie rumors. In a statement released to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO confirmed those rumors.
“In reference to Garret Dillahunt’s tweet regarding the rumored Deadwood movie, there have only been very preliminary conversations,” the statement reads.
The series ran from 2004 to 2006 and was canceled due to budget concerns. Deadwood was created by David Milch and stared Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, John Hawkes, Molly Parker, Kim Dickens, Powers Boothe, Brad Dourif and Garret Dillahunt.
The Fantastic 4 released last weekend to a massive flop. The crazy part is that the super group had another awful foray in film in 1994, but would it still be better than the latest cut?
The short answer is yes the 1994 version of Fantastic 4 is better than the new one because I didn’t have to pay for it.
The long answer is no, because this movie would have been what nightmares are made of had it been released.
Painfully awful cinematography, the destruction of a few classic characters and a badass villain all while the strongest man on screen looks like a ninja turtle that was left in the sun for a decade.
Count me out.
At first I was fully prepared to say that I would rather sit through an unwatchable, unreleased Fantastic 4 movie but then I saw the sheer horror that the movie studios shielded the masses from and I take it back. Roger Corman definitely tried his best at the time but this trailer and the film, if you choose to watch it, are reminders of why comic book films were looked at as jokes up until recently.
One redeeming aspect is that Dr. Doom doesn’t look as awful as The Thing, but I can’t even imagine what it looks like when Human Torch turns the flame on.
I don’t care how painfully awful the new Fantastic 4 is, I would probably be brought to tears if I had to watch the full length film.
What do you think of this trailer? Let us know in the comments below if you toughed it out and watched the entire film!
