AMC’s The Walking Dead showrunner Scott M. Gimple spoke with Entertainment Weekly about the new characters on the show and expectations for season six.
Merritt Wever will play Dr. Denise Cloyd, she has a very important role among the group with her skill set as a surgeon. Ethan Embry will play Carter, this is a combination of multiple characters from the comic.
“Ethan plays a combo of a few characters that we actually haven’t hit yet or weren’t able to hit in other characters,” said Gimple to EW. “He is an Alexandrian, and has been there the whole time, just quite busy.”
Corey Hawkins has been cast as Heath a supply runner, in the comics he is romantically linked to Denise.
“He’s terrific and I’m so excited to see him bring Heath to life. It’s been fun and he dove in with both feet. He’s tough and skeptical when the cameras are rolling, and then when they’re off he’s just like a goofy fan. He’s really, really excited to be there,” said Gimple.
The Walking Dead returns to AMC for a sixth season on Sunday, October 11.
Odds are, if you were to go up to the average person and ask them whether or not they liked Tom Cruise, you would get a negative response. Most people tend to focus on his beliefs or some of his past actions and allow that to formulate an opinion of Mr. Cruise. Some people, and writers, just think he’s lost some cool points over the years. I posed the question on Facebook:
Here are some of the responses I received.
Here’s another –
Some felt a bit differently
It’s gotten to a point now where even the public opinion is influencing box-office reception. I can think of no bigger example of when Edge of Tomorrow went up against The Fault in our Stars, which should have wiped the floor with the teen weeper. That didn’t happen, as the teenage crowd arrived in droves to support the YA adaptation. It seems people are now choosing to not see his films, not on the merit of the movie, but based on whether or not they like Cruise. If you ask me, whether we like or hate Tom Cruise is irrelevant when it comes to evaluating his films. Sure, I’m not a big fan Cruise. However, Mission: Impossible – Rouge Nation is one of the most entertaining action movies this summer.
This fifth story kicks off with the IMF being disbanded and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) out in the cold. A new threat known as “The Syndicate” emerges from the shadows. The Syndicate is a group a highly trained operatives who are determined to disrupt the World Order. Faced with impossible odds (wink), Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with a British operative (Rebecca Ferguson) who may or may not be part of The Syndicate.
Rouge Nation does what most movies should do when they have a successful formula, and that is stick with it. The audience loves to see Cruise running and blowing stuff up and running some more. The audience loves to see him risking his neck performing increasingly absurd stunt work, like the most incredible dalliance outside a plane as it takes off from the runway. Director Christopher McQuarrie ratchets up the action that was more subdued in his collaboration with Cruise on Jack Reacher, and it keeps you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. When you have a formula that works, why would you change it?
Cruise seems very comfortable wearing the action hero pants, however, what makes this movie pop in my estimation is Simon Pegg. You need Pegg to add some humor and to point out the absurdity of the situations that they find themselves in time after time. It’s this comic relief that adds some flavor to the kinetic fireworks throughout.
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is the epitome of summer entertainment. You don’t have to think, You don’t have analyze. It’s nonstop fun from beginning to end, and audiences should leave satisfied.
No matter how much we may or may not like Tom Cruise, it’s hard to ignore the fact that Mission: Impossible does it again.
HBO has acquired U.S. rights to VERY SEMI-SERIOUS: A PARTIALLY THOROUGH PORTRAIT OF NEW YORKER CARTOONISTS, directed by Leah Wolchok and produced by Davina Pardo. An offbeat meditation on humor, art and the genius of the single panel, the feature-length documentary debuts MONDAY, DEC. 7 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) exclusively on HBO, following a limited theatrical run (Nov. 20-Dec. 3) in New York at Lincoln Plaza, in San Francisco at the Roxie Theater, and in Los Angeles.
Leah Wolchok’s light-hearted yet poignant debut film, which had its world premiere at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, offers a window into The New Yorker, the undisputed standard bearer of the single-panel cartoon. Whether they leave readers amused, inspired or even a little baffled, the iconic cartoons have been an instantly recognizable cultural touchstone over the past 90 years.
VERY SEMI-SERIOUS is an unprecedented glimpse into the process behind the cartoons. The film follows cartoon editor Bob Mankoff as he sifts through hundreds of submissions and pitches every week to bring readers a carefully curated selection of insightful and humorous work.
In addition to interviews with New Yorker staffers, including editor David Remnick, VERY SEMI-SERIOUS includes interviews with legends Roz Chast and Mort Gerberg and young hopefuls like graphic novelist Liana Finck as they discuss their cartoons and go through the process of submitting them each week to the magazine. The documentary observes Mankoff as he strives to nurture new talent and represent the magazine’s old guard, while also considering how his industry must evolve to stay relevant.
“We are thrilled VERY-SEMI SERIOUS has found a home at HBO,” says Wolchok. “The New Yorker cartoons bring insightful humor to the magazine weekly, and we hope the HBO audience enjoys meeting and spending some time with their creators.”
Take a trip to the University of Michigan campus and you may find yourself in a ghost town. Where are all the people? This particular town was not created for people. U of M’s recently unveiled 32 acre ‘Mcity‘ is populated entirely by driverless cars.
The 10 million dollar test city for driverless cars will allow for the unabridged testing of these vehicles. Fully autonomous vehicles will certainly be a vital element for the future of society, and potentially solve a number of obstacles that drivers currently face.
Senior citizens and people facing disabilities would have better opportunities for transportation without having to rely on a driver. Ideally the probability of traffic accidents would be virtually eliminated. Although Google’s driverless cars have been involved in a number of collisions in California, in all cases humans were at fault, according to Google.
Mcity currently has only one resident, a robot named Sebastian. Sebastian was created by U of M engineering students to give the driverless cars a pedestrian obstacle. The driverless cars are tested on how they would react to live pedestrians by avoiding Sebastian as he walks in front of them.
The Michigan Department of Transportation also contributed 3 million dollars toward development of Mcity. Thirty affiliate sponsors plus Ford, General Motors, and Verizon also contributed over 1 Million to the project. These sponsors are allowed to use Mcity for their own purposes at four hour intervals.
It seems that Mcity will likely create a progressive research utopia for autonomous vehicles. What are your thoughts on the progression of this technology, and what would you do if you could spend a day with Sebastian in Mcity?
Content Sources:
Felton, R. (2015, July 26). Welcome to MCity, Michigan’s ghost town of driverless cars. The Guardian. Retrieved from www.theguardian.com
Harris, M (2015, May 11). Google’s driverless cars have been involved in three car accidents. Quartz. Retrieved from www.qz.com
So, I finally got to see Ant-Man yesterday. I know, I know, late to the party (wait until you hear that I haven’t even seen Ultron yet), but as I left the theaters I realized something awfully sad.
Before I get to that sad thing, I need to cover my bases. I really loved Ant-Man. The CGI was great, it had a real ‘weight’ to it. I loved the fact it was a heist film. Paul Rudd and Michael Douglass gave fantastic performances. Ant-Man is by far the funniest MCU movie yet (though, it’s only real competition is GotG). Ant-Man might not have a chance at the ‘Best MCU Movie’ award, but it was definitely a fun time.
Now, back to the sad thing. It’s no secret that Marvel seems to have a problem getting the villains right in their movies. But I never really felt bothered by it. Sure, Ronan the Accuser was a pretty boring antagonist, but it felt like that’s all they could do with him, so I let it slide.
Darren Cross, the antagonist of Ant-Man, however, does not feel like that. In fact, Darren Cross had the potential to be a fantastic villain. Spoiler Alert: he isn’t.
What do I mean? Well, Darren Cross is your typical money-focused evil businessman, but he’s also more than that; he’s the apprentice of Hank Pym, obsessed with finding his mentor’s secrets. He’s also slightly off his rocker due to his exposure to the Pym Particle.
There is so much potential here! Perhaps a flashback of when Hank left him, and have him gradually get crazier as the film progresses could have really given him some more depth.
But I’m not a filmmaker so I don’t know. What I do know is that there was so much potential in Darren Cross, and Ant-Man would have been a much better movie with that potential harnessed.
ComicBookMovie has posted several new stills from WB’s wildly anticipated Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice. The stills give us a more detailed look into the production and some insight into the overall story. These stills come from Empire’s upcoming issue which promises to give fans an in depth look into the story and a sit down with the film’s cast and crew. Click the images for full versions.
Fearing the actions of a god-like super hero left unchecked, Gotham’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.
Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice stars Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman, Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, with Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane returning from Man of Steel, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, and Holly Hunter as a US Senator, Callan Mulvey, Scoot McNairy and Jena Malone in unspecified roles and Jason Momoa making an appearance as Aquaman. Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is set to open in theaters on March 25th, 2016.
The debut trailer for Spotlight, a new docudrama about corruption and child molestation within the Catholic Church, has been released. Recent Oscar nominees Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton lead an impressive all-star cast into the murky waters of the corrupt clergy.
Here is the Spotlight trailer:
As you can see, the cast is remarkable. Rachel McAdams, Billy Crudup, Mad Men‘s John Slattery, Billy Crudup, Liev Schreiber, and Stanley Tucci join Ruffalo and Keaton. Spotlight has been selected for both the TIFF and the Venice Film Festival, which released its lineup today.
Spotlight is directed by Tom McCarthy, a character actor who has had some success with smaller films like Win Win and The Visitor. In addition, it’s nice to see Keaton parlay his success from Birdman into another compelling film, rather than squander this opportunity at a career renaissance.
Spotlight will be released November 6 after taking its tour on the festival circuit.
The star of Lavalantula Steve Guttenberg stopped by to talk about his new monster movie franchise, our need for heroes, and the difference between giants spiders that shoot lava and Shakespeare.
“It is very important to take the audience’s mind into an absurd place. That they know this is a movie. That they know this couldn’t happen, so you can have fun,” said Guttenberg. “You want them to take the leap of faith, but you want them to realize that it’s light on a sheet.”
Lavalantula gathered 1.44 million viewers and Syfy has greenlit the sequel 2 Lava 2 Lantula coming out in the summer of 2016.
Guttenberg defined the 80s with 19 films, including Diner, Police Academy, Short Circuit, Cocoon, and 3 Men and a Baby.
Bonus track: Top 10 Marvel Super Heroes of All-Time
What is Lavalantula?
Giant lava breathing tarantulas – Lavalantulas – erupt out of ancient volcanos in the Santa Monica Mountains, raining death and destruction upon Los Angeles, in the new Syfy Original Movie Lavalantula, premiering in Summer 2015.
With the City of Angels on the verge of incineration, only a washed up ‘90s action hero actor, played by Steve Guttenberg (Police Academy, Diner) – joined by Police Academy alumni Leslie Easterbrook (Police Academy) and Michael Winslow (Police Academy: The Series) — stand in the way of this monstrous swarm of bloodthirsty creatures who burn their victims alive.
The new Benghazi drama 13 Hours marks somewhat of a departure for director Michael Bay, who is tackling a hot political issue in lieu of giant robots. A new red band trailer has been released for the upcoming thriller, though I’m not certain what makes this trailer R-rated.
Nevertheless, here is the 13 Hours trailer:
First off, this still has the look and feel of a testosterone-fueled Michael Bay action film, only with more of a purpose behind it. It’s nice to see John Krasinski shed the rom-com shell for something weighty. The writing feels a bit curious, however, especially when one character says “welcome to Club Med.” Is Club Med still a thing? Who says that anymore?
13 Hours is based on the non-fiction novel by Mitchell Zuckoff, which tells the story of six security members who fought to protect Americans in the embassy in Benghazi. Starring alongside Krasinski are James Badge Dale, Max Martini, and fellow Office alum David Denman.
I’m curious to see if Michael Bay can avoid political angles with 13 Hours, or if it will even matter in the end as Bay will undoubtedly steer the film towards explosions and heavy gunfire. We’ll see when the film gets a wide release January 15, 2016.
Jeff Sneider from The Wrap has reported that negotiations between Channing Tatum and 20th Century Fox are underway, as the studio tries to keep the actor from exiting the X-Men spin-off, Gambit.
Channing Tatum playing Gambit felt like a done deal, with the film set to release in October, 2016. That is no longer the case. Somebody close to the project said the actor, who is also a producer of the film, might not end up playing the lead:
One individual close to the project told TheWrap that Tatum’s reps are still in active discussions with the studio but acknowledged that “something is up.”
This is yet to be confirmed or denied by either 20th Century Fox or representatives of the actor.
We also don’t know anything else from the situation, what prompted Tatum to want to leave, or how close both sides are to a deal, but we can only hope that this is solved soon. The actor has been pushing for this project for some time, and with director Rupert Wyatt on board, they were in the process of testing female leads.
Tatum also made a brief appearance at Comic-Con 2015, alongside Marvel God, Stan Lee, Deadpool‘s Ryan Reynolds, and the rest of the X-Men and Fantastic Four ensemble.
If Channing Tatum left the Gambit movie, who do you think could replace him?
