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    Entries by Jamie Williams (2045)

    Saturday
    May182013

    New Anchorman 2 Teaser Trailer

    Another "Announcement Teaser Trailer" for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is playing in front of Star Trek Into Darkness this weekend.

    Nothing past the Channel 4 News Team ad-libbing, but that's still funny. It's a cleaned up version, by the way. I swear to God I heard Ron Burgundy yell, "Fuck face!" when I saw this last night. I laughed, but heard gasps in the audience.

    With the 70's behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), returns to the news desk in "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues."  Also back for more are Ron’s co-anchor and wife, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), weather man Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), man on the street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) and sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner) - All of whom won’t make it easy to stay classy…while taking New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

    Friday
    May172013

    Christopher Nolan Approached to Direct the Next James Bond Film

    A James Bond movie directed by Christopher Nolan.

    This has a better chance of happening than we realize. The Daily Mail says talks have informally begun between the Broccolis and the Dark Knight Trilogy director. The experiment of hiring an Oscar-winning auteur director in Sam Mendes reaped the $1 billion reward for Skyfall. They saw the benefits of taking such a risk and figure to maintain those profits you have to reach out even further.

    Nolan is arguably the most famous Bond fan-turned-blockbuster filmmaker, besides Steven Spielberg. And we all know how Cubby Broccoli infamously turned down his requests before and after becoming the world's most successful director with Jaws.

    Be warned. The logistics alone say it's unlikely. Nolan is in pre-production of Interstellar, due November 2014, and the untitled 007 installment has no set release.  But that's probably not what this is about. The Broccolis are getting their feet wet.

    Thursday
    May162013

    Last Vegas Teaser Trailer

    If the thought of seeing your (grand)father wasted and in raunchy sexcapades is a turn off, then Last Vegas is not for you. Fortunately, I am a sick and disturbed man. Bring on, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline "like we've never seen them before."

     Well we've seen Douglas this way. You might also know it as his late 80s/early 90s filmography.

    This is merely the teaser, but a filthy red-band trailer should't be too far from our future. And if this isn't disgusting, I will be disappointed.

    Source: Yahoo! Movies


    Thursday
    May162013

    New Pacific Rim Trailer

    Pacific Rim requires a change of course if it is to be the mega-blockbuster Warner Brothers/Legendary Pictures hopes and what many online pundits think it will be.

    Skyscraper-sized robots trading punches with likewise-towering monsters in a futuristic environment sounds awesome, if we lived in Japan and this was 1970. We live in this era of Transformers (Stating a fact; not a preference). So anyone to come along the scene with the same promise of robot destruction had better distinguish themselves.

    And in that sense, this new trailer succeeds, though it isn't a game-changer wiping off the "For Geeks Only!" stigma.

    In the near future, giant monsters identified as "Kaiju" have risen from a crevice in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in a war which takes millions of lives and quickly consumes humanity's resources. To combat this new threat, a special type of weapon is designed: massive robots, known as Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. As time passes, even the powerful Jaegers prove almost defenseless in the face of a relentless enemy. On its last stand and on the verge of defeat, the remaining defending forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to pilot a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the early trials of the mechanical titans. Together, they must stand as the human race’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

    Wednesday
    May152013

    Riddick Trailer

    The Riddick series has its fans, besides Vin Diesel and David Twohy.

    Surely they see the regression in scope with the trailer for Riddick. What started as a cool, little sci-fi/horror actioner morphed into, what was supposed to be, a bigger story of a criminal-turned-hero with oft-comparisons to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and original Star Wars trilogy.

    That didn't come to pass as The Chronicles of Riddick, intended to be the start of a trilogy with Pitch Black serving as its Hobbit, wasn't the bona fide hit they hoped. So now while fans got their wish, still surprised this came to pass, this looks, acts and feels like a retread of the afore-mentioned 2000 creature-feature. Not sure this is what they had in mind.

    Tuesday
    May142013

    Badass New Poster For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    After winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) returns home to District 12 along with fellow winner Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). After shortly returning home, they must embark on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts, leaving behind their close friends and family. During the tour, Katniss senses that a rebellion is brewing in the districts, but the Capitol is still firmly in control as President Snow (Donald Sutherland) prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games, known as a Quarter Quell.

    Monday
    May132013

    Wolverine Has Gone Back to the Future

    Not every one of Bryan Singer's Tweets is news worthy. No offense. Not every snapshot of Michael Fassbender scratching his ass or Jennifer Lawrence pitting her nose between takes requires us racing to our keyboards. This latest from the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past most definitely is.

    What appears to be confirmation Wolverine is the time-traveler (One of several remains to be seen) trying to fix whatever mishap goes down in 1973. Need proof? He's standing next to Nicolas Hoult as a surprisingly de-furred Hank McCoy.

    Source: Bryan Singer's Twitter

    Monday
    May132013

    Seth Grahame-Smith to Produce Gremlins Remake

    Another of your VHS fixtures growing up in the 80s and 90s is getting repackaged for youngsters, and those in our age bracket today. Warner Brothers is officially commencing with a Gremlins redo, as opposed to the longtime In Development Hell sequel, reports Bloody Disgusting.

    And the honors lie to Seth Grahame-Smith, responsible for Get Rich Quick Schemes-cum-best-selling crap Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, will co-produce. He recently ran his pen (read: laptop) through a Bettlejuice sequel that may or may not appear if you say his name three times.

    This might never go past Development phase but the latest rumblings, as of months back, had the studio waiting for Steven Spielberg to give the thumbs up. Even with his non-participation he still gets a check and still has to OK everything. Not too worked up over revisiting Gremlins personally. I suppose it was bound to happen (Everything is about brand-name recognition these days).

    The '84 original is fine but my heart always belonged to the bat-shit crazy, and brilliant, 1990 sequel.

    Sunday
    May122013

    Yet Another New Man of Steel TV Spot

    So we've gotten good-to-great TV spots but awful posters for Man of Steel. Hmmm, that seems like a fair trade off.

    A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

    Friday
    May102013

    Caesar On Horseback On Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Set

    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is shooting in New Orleans.

    Friend-of-a-friend thing (Largely how "buzz" for or against projects originate), but word is the script is good. That helps since Matt Reeves is directing, and his track-record is pretty good so far.

    Speaking of its director, he too is joining the ever-growing trend of directors tweeting pictures, video, etc. from the set as opposed to fans taking less than flattering cell-phones pictures. Here it's Caesar (Andy Serkis in all his mo-cap/pajama glory) on horseback interacting with Jason Clarke.

    Source: Matt Reeves's Twitter