The Secret Life of Pets is a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2), co-directed by Yarrow Cheney and written by Brian Lynch and Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio
The film features the voice talents of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks.
The pets run wild on July 8, 2016.
Jon Bernthal spoke with Good Morning America about being cast as the Punisher in season two of Netflix’s Daredevil.
“Oh man, it’s just a huge honor to play the part and that’s all I can say about that,” Bernthal told ABC News. “I’m very thrilled and we haven’t started yet, but I’m very much looking forward to it.”
Bernthal rose to fame with his portrayal of Sahne on AMC’s The Walking Dead. He has also appeared in The Wolf of Wall Street and Mob City.
Thanks for the love yall. Let's get it. Honored. pic.twitter.com/ZQ4xNfocHH
— Jon Bernthal (@jonnybernthal) June 9, 2015
Marvel’s Daredevil is Executive Produced by Doug Petrie (American Horror Story, Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Marco Ramirez (Marvel’s Daredevil, DaVinci’s Demons) and Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods, Lost), along with Marvel TV’s Jeph Loeb (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel’s Jessica Jones.)
“Marvel’s Daredevil” is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios. Season one of “Marvel’s Daredevil” is now streaming on Netflix.
Blinded as a young boy but imbued with extraordinary senses, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) fights against injustice by day as a lawyer, and by night as the Super Hero “Daredevil” in modern day Hell’s Kitchen, New York City. Marvel’s Daredevil stars Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson and Rosario Dawson.
Heroic Hollywood is reporting to have the cameo plot points for Aquaman and The Flash.
In Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, there is a scene where Batman breaks deep into Lexcorp/Cadmus and manages to hack into the Lexcorp computers. Batman brings up surveillance footage on the monitors which shows the following:
Ezra Miller’s The Flash is a blur that stops a robbery.
Jason Momoa’s Aquaman is held prisoner in a containment chamber where we see his hand slap against the glass.
Aquaman’s imprisonment could have something to do with the Suicide Squad. It’s rumored that Suicide Squad takes place in between the events of Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice.
About Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice:
Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice is written by Chris Terrio, from a screenplay by David S. Goyer. Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder are producing, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Wesley Coller, David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers.
The film stars Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, with Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, and Holly Hunter.
The film is set to open worldwide on May 6, 2016, and is based on Superman characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, Batman characters created by Bob Kane, and Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Marston, appearing in comic books published by DC Entertainment.
About Suicide Squad:
Suicide Squad stars two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith (“The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Ali,” upcoming “Focus”) as Deadshot; Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg; Margot Robbie (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Focus,” the “Tarzan” movie) as Harley Quinn; Oscar winner Jared Leto (“Dallas Buyers Club,” “Alexander”) as the Joker; Jai Courtney (“Divergent,” upcoming “The Water Diviner”) as Boomerang; and Cara Delevingne (“Anna Karenina,” upcoming “Pan”) as Enchantress.
An all-star roster of actors has joined Warner Bros. Pictures’ new action adventure “Suicide Squad,” bringing DC Comics’ super villain team to the big screen under the direction of David Ayer (“Fury”). The announcement was made today by Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, Warner Bros. Pictures.
In making the announcement, Silverman said, “The Warner Bros. roots are deep on this one. David Ayer returns to the studio where he wrote ‘Training Day’ and brings his incredible ability to craft multidimensional villains to this iconic DC property with a cast of longtime Warner collaborators Will Smith and Tom Hardy, and other new and returning favorites: Margot, Jared, Jai and Cara. We look forward to seeing this terrific ensemble, under Ayer’s amazing guidance, give new meaning to what it means to be a villain and what it means to be a hero.”
Ayer is also writing the script for “Suicide Squad,” which is being produced by Charles Roven (“The Dark Knight” trilogy, upcoming “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”) and Richard Suckle (“American Hustle”). Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns are serving as executive producers.
The film is slated for release on August 5, 2016.
“Thank you, Donald Trump, for making my last six weeks my best six weeks. He is putting me in some kind of comedy hospice,” said Jon Stewart.
"Thank you, Donald Trump, for making my last six weeks my best six weeks. He is putting me in some kind of comedy hospice." — Jon Stewart► Watch the episode: http://on.cc.com/1GsT2bE
Posted by The Daily Show on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, arguably the two most bankable young stars working today, are officially moving forward in Passengers, a sci-fi romance that has shuffled around Hollywood for almost a decade.
Sony has confirmed the two are attached to the project, which was at one point attached to Keanu Reeves and Rachel MacAdams as the stars. Budget adjustments and the successes of Pratt and Lawrence have undoubtedly pushed this project forward from purgatory.
Here is the synopsis of Passengers:
“Passengers follows a man (Chris Pratt) who finds himself woken ninety years early from cryogenic sleep on board a colony ship partway through its decades long journey through space. Faced with the prospect of spending decades alone he decides to wake up another passenger (Jennifer Lawrence) which sparks a unique romance between the two.”
The premise is certainly intriguing, s is the inclusion of director Morten Tyldum, who will follow up his Oscar nomination for The Imitation Game by stepping behind the camera here. Passengers has potential to be a copelling and thoughtful sci-fi flick. Filming will begin this September.
Starz has given a greenlight to FremantleMedia North America’s (FMNA) adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel American Gods. Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Heroes”) and Michael Green (“The River,” “Kings,” “Heroes”), will pen and showrun the series. Gaiman will also executive produce the series. FremantleMedia North America will produce. Start of production is dependent on casting the lead role of “Shadow Moon.”
Starz CEO Chris Albrecht said, “STARZ is committed to bring American Gods to its legions of fans. With our partners at FremantleMedia and with Bryan, Michael and Neil guiding the project, we hope to create a series that honors the book and does right by the fans, who have been casting it in their minds for years. The search for Shadow begins today!”
Commented Neil Gaiman, “I am thrilled, scared, delighted, nervous and a ball of glorious anticipation. The team that is going to bring the world of American Gods to the screen has been assembled like the master criminals in a caper movie: I’m relieved and confident that my baby is in good hands. Now we finally move to the exciting business that fans have been doing for the last dozen years: casting our Shadow, our Wednesday, our Laura…”
Commented Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, “Almost 15 years ago, Neil Gaiman filled a toy box with gods and magic and we are thrilled to finally crack it open and play. We’re grateful to have STARZ above us and FremantleMedia at our backs as we appease the gods, American or otherwise.”
Craig Cegielski, Co-CEO, FremantleMedia North America said “’American Gods’ has been the passion project for us at FMNA since Stefanie Berk brought this exceptional piece of literature to the company when she joined two years ago. Chris, Carmi and the entire team at Starz are committed partners, sharing the same creative vision and ambition for this series. Neil’s novel is a brilliant work of art, and together with the talented Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, we are committed to delivering a series that is nothing short of extraordinary.”
The 2001 novel has been translated into over 30 languages and earned numerous accolades including Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards for Best Novel. The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of biblical and mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon, is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities.
FremantleMedia North America’s Craig Cegielski and Stefanie Berk will executive produce the series along with Bryan Fuller, Michael Green and Neil Gaiman. Senior Vice President of Original Programming Ken Segna will be the Starz executive in charge of “American Gods.” Starz will retain all network pay TV and SVOD rights to the project. FremantleMedia will distribute the series worldwide.
Fans can tweet @AmericanGodsSTZ and @STARZ_Channel using the hashtag #CastingShadow to share who they think should play the role of “Shadow Moon.”
The search for Shadow begins today! Who do you envision as Shadow Moon in #AmericanGods? Tweet us your thoughts with #CastingShadow.
— American Gods (@AmericanGodsSTZ) June 16, 2015
Source: Starz Media
On The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Monday night, Jessica Williams voiced her opinion on the Rachel Dolezal scandal.
“Iggy acts black to make money but Iggy’s not fooling anybody. Rachel Dolezal actually just single-white-femaled all black women. We don’t need oppression cosplay. We need allies, not replacements,” said Jessica Williams on The Daily Show.
"Iggy acts black to make money but Iggy's not fooling anybody. Rachel Dolezal actually just single-white-femaled all black women. We don't need oppression cosplay. We need allies, not replacements." — Jessica Williams ► Watch the episode: http://on.cc.com/1dHXCZx
Posted by The Daily Show on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Rachel Dolezal, fomer NAACP chapter president, sits down with TODAY’s Matt Lauer for an exclusive live interview.
It’s been 33 years since Wes Craven delivered the first film adaptation of Swamp Thing. Based on the DC comics hero of the same name, Craven’s Swamp Thing came two years before A Nightmare on Elm Street, so two years before he gained true notoriety. Swamp Thing was a competent film, solid in some aspects, lacking in others, mostly because of a limited budget. The end result of the ups and downs in Swamp Thing is a kitschy 80s semi-classic, brimming with energy but missing its full potential. And then, in 1989, Heather Locklear starred in Return of Swamp Thing, and the less that is said about that the better.
The time has come for a reboot of Swamp Thing. As crazy as that may seem, with so many remakes and reboots and re-imaginings and yada yada, here is a property in dire need of a new interpretation because so much meat has been left on the bone. As nostalgically entertaining as Wes Craven’s version of Swamp Thing may be, it is still a product of its era, trapped in the effects and budget constraints of 1982, and overall murky and in need of a jolt. A new budget would serve the character well, and not just for effects purposes, but to flesh out the human side of things. As, ahem, memorable as Adrianne Barbeau may be, her performance is most certainly lacking in the end.
What is so intriguing about the potential for a new Swamp Thing is the Alan Moore influence on the character. Not long after Craven’s film version, in the late 80s Moore began publishing The Saga Of The Swamp Thing for DC, enriching the character greatly and sending it through an appropriate gauntlet of emotions. Moore’s stories deconstructed the character, and rebuilt it with more of a focus on political and environmental issues that would be absolutely perfect for the character in the 21st century. Needless to say, Return of Swamp Thing didn’t bother with any sort of environmental concerns.
Swamp Thing could end up being a success for DC if they did everything right. Capture the dark tone of the character, the tortured soul, and keep the grit and the texture true. It could even DC’s response to Daredevil and turn into a series on Netflix. Either way, Swamp Thing has never realized its full potential outside the pages of Alan Moore’s volumes. Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice) recently joined Twitter and showed off several screenplays and concept drawings from dead projects, one of them being four pages of a Swamp Thing script. There’s a start. Of all the unnecessary remakes and reboots and on and on we go down a spiral of decreasing quality, here is a property that actually needs a fresh take. Let’s make it happen, DC.
Yesterday, Deadline announced the merger of Devil’s Due and 1First Comics. The merger brings together 1First co-founder Ken Levin’s film and TV development team and Josh Blaylock’s marketing and convention expertise of Devil’s Due. The new company is called Devil’s Due / 1First Comics LLC.
“About 2 1/2 years ago the first title from the new Devil’s Due Publishing debuted (Yumiko: Curse of the Merch-Girl), after nearly falling into oblivion in 2009. Since then it’s grown at a rapid pace to have one of the best, most diverse groups of indie comics on the market. Now we’re taking another step in our evolution, not just continuing, but increasing our momentum, with the formation of Devil’s Due / 1First Comics. We’re instantly bringing 1First back to comic shops, and with our new partnership, Devil’s Due is immediately restored to its former level of clout in Hollywood. Now it’s time to propel us all collectively to levels not yet achieved. Thanks to the entire DD Crew of creators and staff who have been along for the recent ride: K Lynn Smith, Dirk Manning, Ashley M Witter, Ash Maczko, Gregnfake Petre, Hoyt Silva, CW Cooke, Carl Yonder, Sherard Jackson, Shawn DePasquale, Jeff Newelt Seth Damoose, Murs, Jose Garcia, Nick Apardi, Kit Lux F. Caoagas, Ken F. Levin, Nic J. Shaw, Whitney Cook and I’m sure people I’m leaving out! This sets us on the course to not only continue to correct the issues of the past, but to continue making the new Devil’s Due Entertainment the best yet. Stay posted here for what’s yet to come,” said Blaylock on his Facebook page.
Current titles published by Devil’s Due; Squarriors, Yumiko: Curse of the Merch-Girl, and Tales of Mr. Rhee.
Levin has a firm grasp on Hollywood with his involvement in Road To Perdition, Hellboy, Wanted, Painkiller Jane, Quarry, and the Preacher.
Devil’s Due / 1First Comics LLC will publish six original graphic novels and launch five new ongoing titles. The new imprint will start shipping books in September.
The reason I am doing two episodes at a time now is that Sense8 is so much more slow and shallow than I initially thought. So I’ve decided to, while still taking in all the show has to say, do it in a more quick fashion. Also because like nothing happened in episode 4. And unlike my last three Sense8 episode articles I won’t be giving a recap about what happened. I’ll just be going over my thoughts about the episodes. If you want a refresher for episode 4 and 5 here are links to the episode description. And no they’re not just short for brevity sake, nothing important almost ever happens in this show.
So like I said episode 4 is a real bore for most of its run. And while I am being a little harsh because there are certainly things that happen that pertain to the plot in this episode, it just feels like stuff that has been a long time coming. It’s not satisfying, it’s just like, “Finally!”
So once Will is able to meet with Jonas, using his ability, we get to learn quite a bit about being a sensate. And since I wrote in my last article about how we desperately needed some explanation, this is a good scene. But again, I feel we needed it long ago and the only reason I liked it is because almost nothing happens. A good way to describe this show is like a parent keeping the bucket of ice cream away from their kid. They only give him a scoop every now and then because they know if they give him the whole bucket he’ll eat it all and get a stomach ache. Well this show is the parent, the ice cream is the plot, and I’m the kid. So just give the damn ice cream already! I don’t care if I get a stomach ache, because at least its better than waiting around for someone to give me the ice cream. But anyway, the way Jonas explains things isn’t too convoluted and gets straight to the point, which is nice. I also like how he brings up Nomi again and kind of scolds Will for still not doing anything about it.
Speaking of Nomi she finally gets out of the hospital after being heavily sedated. Somehow Will takes over her body and finds enough strength and where with all to get out of the hospital where Nomi’s girlfriend is waiting for her. Kinda convenient but forgivable. I’ll explain the main reason I like this scene at the end of the article.
Also there’s a nice, but pointless, scene where Wolfgang sings a song and Riley is listening to the same some. And then every sensate starts to sing along. Even Nomi who is the process of being drugged. I think its suppose to symbolize togetherness, but honestly there really is no evidence for that, so this scene doesn’t really hold the weight it could. I mean only two at this point have actually spoken to each other.
Episode 5 on the other hand I really liked and mainly for a key scene that has been on my mind since I watched it. But before I get to that I just need to rant a little.
Nomi’s girlfriend is way to accepting of all things crazy. She just thinks everything will be sunshine and rainbows if they’re together. And thinking about consequences are stupid. She also has this horrible speech comparing supernatural anomalies to choices people make. Now I get why she was comparing them but if you take even a few seconds to think about it, the whole idea falls apart. I was kind of insulted because this speech is played to be eye-opening and inspirational, but clearly is half-baked and not well thought out at all. Just another excuse to show how strong these two people are to be living the way they are. We get it! They’re gay girls, one of which who used to be a man, get on with it!
Anyway getting to the scene I loved. Capheus and Sun see each other walking and eventually meet up. Now keep in mind they are still in their home countries and only seeing each other through their ability. But the conversation they have here gives a lot of importance to the ability itself. Now what I mean by that is in a lot of stories there are MacGuffins that only exist to expand the plot forward and serve little purpose on whats actually going on in the story. If this doesn’t make sense to you then I think you should look up the difference between plot and story. Because they are two different things. But anyway now sensing isn’t just fuel for the plot, its directing things that are happening in the story. It has meaning to these characters. Sun is facing a decision and without this ability Capheus couldn’t be able to help her in her conflict. Sun gets to do a little of character development because she is able to talk to him through their ability. That’s why I liked the scene where Nomis escaped so much. And the scene where Capheus fights off the guys who stole his moms medicine. Their abilities are being used to progress the story instead of just being in service of the plot, which is nice, and I approve. Do more of that Sense8!