When I first saw Jeepers Creepers, it scared the hell out of me! I haven't seen it since, but something tells me I might feel a little differently after watching this audition tape. Jonathan Breck is a lot less creepy when he's not in all that makeup! In fact...things look a little sensual at the end. See the video below!
Late last year a small indie game went viral on Reddit, and from there took the internet by storm. Called "Zelda Maker", the title looked to be Super Mario Maker, but for Legend of Zelda...read more on Gametyrant
The latest trailer for Shane Black's new detective comedy The Nice Guys just came out, and to mark the occasion, Thrillist spoke with Black about the trailer and a few of his upcoming projects, two of which are of particular interest to me (and hopefully to you).
First up is the Predator reboot that he's writing (with Monster Squad co-writer Fred Dekker) and directing. Thrillist Entertainment Editor Matt Patches provides some good context in his question, so I'll include that along with Black's response:
You're going to write and direct a new Predator movie, 30 years after Fox asked you to punch up the script for the original movie and you declined. Then the studio cast you in a role, hoping you'd rewrite the script, and you still refused. How does the guy who kept saying no wind up taking over the franchise?
They called me and I was reluctant. I said, "Look. You guys at Fox, I mean, I enjoy these movies, but we've been churning out these AVP whatever, they each cost a certain amount of money, they're okay, but there's no effort to elevate them or make them any kind of an event." They're just sort of another Predator. "Oh, there's another one that came out." They said, "What if we said to you we want to reinvent this, and really treat it with as much of an event status, or as much hoopla as we would the Alien prequel, which is coming out also? We really want to make this something. The kind of movie that people line up for." I said, "Really, you'll spend a bunch of money?" They go, "Yep." I go, "Make it really scale, spectacle?" "Yep." "Shit, that sounds interesting."
I think the first one was great, and it was contained, and it was a perfect little gem for what it was. I think there's an expansion that needs to take place, and also just a love for that era, that movie, and the mythology of the Predator. I think that they came to me knowing pretty much that... they said, basically, if I wanted to make Predator but treat it like it was Iron Man III instead of just another little movie. I said, "Let's really do it right this time."
As for whether Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming back, Black says, "Still in talks, script still a secret." But come on, we all know Arnie's coming back. He won't be able to resist.
Next up is Doc Savage. Black has also been trying to get a film adaptation of the pulp hero off the ground for years, and at one point Thor star Chris Hemsworth was in talks for the role. Now the writer/director has a different actor in mind:
Doc Savage is sort of in the ether now. We're hoping to make it sometime next year. I would very much like to do Doc with a fellow named Dwayne Johnson if we can make that work. I made a decision that Dwayne is the guy. It's on the back burner while he's busy.
Johnson sounds like a great fit for the character, but Black may be waiting for a while: Johnson is currently filming Baywatch, then goes straight into Fast & Furious 8, then Rampage, then San Andreas 2. Eventually he's also going to have to work on season 3 of HBO's Ballers and he's doing voice work for Disney's Moana in between all of that, so it could be at least another year before Johnson has enough free time to take on this project.
Read more in the full interview at Thrillist.
The team at How It Should Have Ended has already given Star Wars: The Force Awakens a new ending, but now they've teamed with the Brotherhood Workshop for a stop-motion LEGO version of an entirely different ending. Check it out, and thanks to Neatorama for the heads up:
The CW has unveiled two videos to promote tonight’s episode of Arrow. One of them shows the return of Cupid, who goes absolutely insane and plays a wedding crasher. In the other one, we see executive producer Wendy Mericle who goes on to talk and reveal more about Amy Gumenick’s character and how different she is than when we saw her in Season 3.
Here’s an official synopsis of the episode, titled "Broken Hearts":
“A heartbroken Cupid (guest star Amy Gumenick) returns to Star City with one goal – to destroy anyone in love. The team learns she’s killing couples on their wedding day so Oliver and Felicity decide to pose as bait.”
The TV series Arrow stars Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Emily Bett Rickards, John Barrowman, and Paul Blackthorne.
Arrow airs tonight at 8:00pm ET/PT on The CW.
Neatorama pointed me to these photos of Teen Titans Go! characters Robin, Starfire, and Beast Boy that are unlike anything you've probably seen before. A meat department manager named Keiran Gormley decided to sculpt these out of raw beef at a Seattle grocery store. They aren't the only pop culture characters Gormley has created, either: if you're into this bizarre form of art, you can visit this Tumblr to see a ton of others. If not, then maybe read Mick's editorial about the show if you haven't already. I was about to go eat lunch, but I seem to have lost my appetite.
For a stretch in the mid-2000s, it seemed like Eric Bana was only going to be in action movies and dramas, but he's proven to have some decent comedy chops as well. Now he's teaming with comedian Ricky Gervais for a Netflix original movie called Special Correspondents, in which the duo play NYC radio broadcasters who pretend to be reporting from Ecuador. When their cover is almost blown, they end up having to actually go there and really get into the action they've tried so hard to avoid. It doesn't look brilliant, but it might be a fun way to kill a couple of hours. (I'm not crazy about the way this trailer depicts America Ferrera's character, but hopefully she'll have more to do in the actual film.)
Special Correspondents arrives on Netflix on April 29th.
Via: ComingSoon
I can't even recall how many times I've read or heard the phrase "PC gaming is too expensive and it's a pain to keep upgrading!" or something to that effect. While I can definitely sympathize with those trying to stay on top of things, we've also never lived in more amazing times where... View Full Post on GameTyrant
Hardcore Henry promises to be a new way for how audiences experience a movie since it is a first-person shooter film production. The story is entirely depicted from the hero’s point of view. The feeling that I got when I first saw the official trailer was that I am playing a video game. I have to admit, it is an interesting experiment and hopefully it won’t be a huge disappointment at the end.
Now STX Entertainment has revealed a brand new TV spot for the action thriller (via ComingSoon), which consists mainly of flattering critical quotes and a few previously-unseen shots.
Hardcore Henry is produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Ilya Naishuller, Inga Vainshtein Smith, and Ekaterina Kononenko, and written and directed by Ilya Naishuller. It stars Haley Bennett, Danila Kozlovsky, Sharlto Copley, Andrey Dementyev, Dasha Charusha, and Sveta Ustinova.
The movie hits the big screens on April 8th. Share your opinions below. Yay or nay?
Remember how seemingly every cartoon series from the 1980s had a long introduction that explained its high concept to you in great detail? YouTuber Jared does, because he's taken a bunch of those openings, added his own voiceover, and edited them into one long intro for an insane fake show called Dash Swordslash and the Defenders of Everything. It starts out fairly normally, but you'll get the joke pretty quickly when he keeps introducing wave after wave of heroes and villains. It reminds me a bit of Too Many Cooks, but not nearly as long (or as in-depth).
Personal favorite? Abracabastard. (Warning: NSFW language.) After you check this out, make sure to read Joey's editorial about 17 action figures/cartoons from the '80s that could be awesome movies.
Via: Uproxx
I really wanted this movie to be great. I enjoyed Man of Steel at the time of release, (though it holds up less and less each time I revisit it), and I was excited about the potential of Ben Affleck playing Batman as soon as that casting was announced. But Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a joyless, grueling, two-plus hour waste of time, a film incapable of rising above director Zack Snyder's visual trappings and delivering anything remotely resembling a compelling story. This is a great example of how not to make a superhero movie.
Affleck is a fine but brutal Batman, one who's so angry that he physically brands low-level bad guys by burning a Bat symbol into their skin after he interrogates them. He tells Alfred (an underutilized Jeremy Irons) that he's trying to prevent a dirty bomb from entering Gotham, but he's actually on the hunt for Kryptonite so he can stop Superman from causing more civilian casualties. We see that Bruce Wayne was in Metropolis on the day Superman fought Zod, and this movie rehashes Man of Steel's 9/11 imagery as Wayne races into the rubble to save lives while the Kryptonians zoom by overhead. I still think this entire subplot was reverse engineered by the writers as a way to retroactively justify the end of Man of Steel ("See? It was all on purpose so we could show you the fallout in the next movie!"), but it admittedly does serve as an effective way to put you inside Batman's head.
I thought Henry Cavill was solid in Man of Steel, but that's largely because I assumed that film was Superman's origin story and that he'd evolve as a character over time. Nope. Eighteen months after that film ends, Clark Kent is still struggling with the idea of whether or not he should even be a hero, and he seems totally clueless about how to take care of business without causing collateral damage. He rescues live-in girlfriend Lois Lane (Amy Adams) from an African terrorist cell she's investigating, and one of the movie's big sticking points is the amount of damage he causes and innocents he kills in the process of saving her...though, weirdly, we never see those consequences on screen. Cavill, meanwhile, plays his role with the same amount of charisma as a stack of phone books serving as a doorstop. The U.S. government holds Superman responsible for the loss of lives, and they haul him in to testify before a committee. Unsurprisingly, Batman isn't the only one who wants to take Superman down.
Jesse Eisenberg is truly awful as Lex Luthor, an inconsistent collection of tics and voice modulations that doesn't once feel like a real person. His zany performance feels like he sauntered in from a completely different movie, one not nearly as dour and self-serious as this. I guess I can give him a tiny bit of credit for trying something new with this iteration of the iconic villain, but Snyder should have realized that it simply does not fit with the rest of his movie. This Lex alternates between being spastically inept (for no apparent reason, he has a mental breakdown while giving a speech at a party at his house) and megalomaniacal, and many of his actions and motivations aren't satisfactorily explained. (There's an entire subplot about Lois tracking down LexCorp-manufactured bullets that seemingly goes nowhere.) He's been harvesting Kryptonite from the wreck of Man of Steel's world engine in the Indian Ocean, and schemes to pit Batman against Superman because...well, because he's the villain and this movie had to include the fight promised in its title.
The ultimate reason the two title heroes end up facing off against each other is stupid, but the reason they eventually stop fighting and team up is legendarily dumb. This entirely coincidental moment is played as a key turning point in the movie, and suddenly, after nearly killing each other just seconds before, Batman and Superman become friends. It's the most jarring shift in a film that's stuffed with them, and it's so egregious that I basically checked out for the whole rest of the movie.
There's been a lot of hype about Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman, and she does give the film a quick, much-needed breath of life when she shows up slinking around the Luthor estate at a party, but she's sidelined again until she arrives in full costume for the third act battle that's been shown in the trailers, when the Trinity takes on (the horribly designed) Doomsday. It's one of the few times there could have been a genuine "oh sh*t" moment in the movie, if it hadn't been spoiled in the trailers months ago. But really, even though she's technically in the film, there's no reason for her to be. The godawful script doesn't come close to even attempting to give her — or any other character, except maybe Batman — a reason for existing. Things happen in this movie, but everything feels hollow because none of these events are ever adequately tied to character.
And unfortunately, that final battle — which lasts around half an hour — is one of the most boring conflicts I've ever seen in a superhero movie. It's established early on that Doomsday, an "unkillable" abomination, only gets more powerful every time he's attacked, so naturally, our three heroes just swing away at him for twenty minutes before someone has the bright idea that it isn't working and they need another way to bring him down. All of this, by the way, results in massive destruction of Gotham and Metropolis (cities that are only a couple of miles away from each other in this film), but Snyder desperately tries to avoid a repeat of the fan reaction to the chaos at the end of Man of Steel by having characters explain how that portion of the city is mostly empty because people have already left work at that point in the day. It's just Snyder's cheap excuse to blow up as many buildings as he can, all in service of looking cool.
If I had to sum up this entire movie's biggest problem, that might be it — Snyder is far more interested in making things look cool than he is in building characters or telling a coherent story. It starts in the opening credits, when we see the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne — as decreed by law, apparently every Batman movie must show this scene — and Snyder incorporates the iconic imagery of Martha Wayne's pearls scattering on the ground in slow motion. But he has to put a little Snyder twist on it: instead of the assailant yanking the necklace off of her, he puts his gun under her necklace — inches from her face — and pulls the trigger, and it's the recoil of the gun that breaks the necklace and sends the pearls showering into the street. The guy shoots Martha Wayne point-blank in the face. It's the most violent on-screen death the character has ever received, all because Snyder thought it looked cool.*
(*Edit: I just received an e-mail from a reader who pointed out that this scene is ripped from Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. It's been years since I've read that and I forgot about that shot. My general point about Snyder valuing his movie looking cool above coherent storytelling or interesting character moments still stands, but thanks for that reminder.)
The iconic spinning shot in the first Avengers works because it's the culmination of multiple films and we actually care that these characters have finally united to face a common threat; Snyder's hero shot of the Trinity carries zero emotional weight — it just sort of looks cool. The same goes for the spoilery climactic event that happens at the end — we're clearly supposed to care about what's happening, but the film never gives us a reason to care other than "Hey, isn't this cool? It's Superman and Batman in the same movie!" Plus, the last fifteen minutes of the movie are supposed to explore the surface-level consequences of that action, but the film's final shot completely removes any doubt about what's going to happen next.
Excessive dream sequences and a metric ton of Justice League set-up make matters worse, and after seeing this movie, I don't want to know what happens next in this story. Suicide Squad seems like it might have potential, maybe Gadot can shine in solo mode in her Wonder Woman movie, and a solo Batman movie with Affleck might work, but Justice League and all of the other solo films this movie sets up? If they're anything like this, I'll pass. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a punishing experience that does exactly the opposite of what it's supposed to do, and sadly must be categorized as a complete and utter failure of a movie.
This bit of info kind of took me by surprise, but it appears that another big name in the Marvel universe will be getting his own TV show, if you believe the rumors.
Poster artist Ciara McAvoy recently sent out tweet that dropped an information bombshell:
For my 1000th Tweet: Who will be playing Brian Braddock in the upcoming tv series #CaptainBritain?#Marvel Stay tune! pic.twitter.com/e0gbXKjdav
— Ciara McAvoy (@CiaraMcAvoy1) March 19, 2016
Followed by this one:
I can't reveal anything yet but hopefully I'll be able to soon. Waiting for the go ahead from the co-producer
— Ciara McAvoy (@CiaraMcAvoy1) March 22, 2016
She sounds pretty confident in her info, and if she is to be believed, Marvel is looking to expand their television properties in an awesome way.
Captain Britain, aka Brian Braddock, is one of my favorite characters in the Marvel Universe. He was originally intended to be Captain America’s British equivalent. I am sure they are going to go into his origin story in which he is granted his powers by effing Merlin of all people.
I am stoked that the show might be in the works, but it leaves a big hole in my heart knowing that Marvel doesn’t have the rights to certain mutants because Excalibur is one of my favorite comic books of all time. As soon as I read the first issue and I was hooked.
Do you think that this a project worthy of getting a TV show? What other heroes do you think Marvel should look into bringing to the small screen?
In Batman #50, Bruce Wayne puts the cape and cowl back on, and his Batman outfit has a brand new look! The costume was designed by Greg Capullo, who has been an artist on the New 52 since its 2011 relaunch.
There is also a mysterious new substance that has been introduced in the Batman universe. It's called Dioneseum and because of it Batman is more badass than he's ever been before. Alfred explained it in the issue:
“When you were revived by the Dioneseum, your body was fully healed. All the years of scarring, they're gone. You're the fastest and strongest Batman since, well, ever.”
That's pretty damn cool.
A couple of weeks ago it was announced that David Hasselhoff would be joining Dwayne Johnson in the new Baywatch film currently in production with director Seth Gordon. The Hoff has since started shooting his scenes, and he's released a couple of photos of himself with members of the cast and crew. I gotta be honest, for a 63-year-old guy he's still in pretty good shape.
Hasselhoff played L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the Baywatch series, which I loved watching when I was growing up. So of course I'm excited to see that he'll be involved with the movie. He also joins Zack Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Priyanka Chopra, and Hannibal Buress in the movie.
Baywatch fans should be excited that the Hoff was able to play a part in the upcoming reboot. There's still no word on how big of a role he'll have in the film, but we'll find out when the movie is released on May 19th of 2017.
Team #baywatch movie 😝 pic.twitter.com/xRnYShz7nq
— David Hasselhoff (@DavidHasselhoff) March 23, 2016
Which is Mitch? 👍😜😜great fun with The Rock and me ...great guy Baywatch is gonna Rock and Zac!! pic.twitter.com/DY5kEardou
— David Hasselhoff (@DavidHasselhoff) March 23, 2016
Warner Bros. has released the first teaser trailer for The LEGO Batman Movie, and if you liked what they did with the character in The LEGO Movie, you're gonna want to see this. This spinoff film looks like it's gonna be funny as hell! Will Arnett is perfect as the grizzled, comedic voice of the Caped Crusader.
This is the first solo Batman movie to come out since Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, It's obviously a very different kind of Batman film. but it's a parody that I think fans of the character will lovingly embrace.
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The LEGO® Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble – LEGO Batman – stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
The movie was directed by Chris Mckay (Robot Chicken) and also stars Rosario Dawson as Batgirl, Ralph Fiennes as Alfred Pennyworth, Michael Cera as Robin, Zach Galifianakis as The Joker, and Mariah Carey as Mayor Marion Grange. It hits theaters on February 10th, 2017, so we've still got a ways to go.
A new international trailer for Captain America: Civil War has surfaced that is mostly the same trailer we've already seen, but, it does offer us a bit of new footage featuring Black Widow and Hawkeye exchanging a few words in the middle of a fight. This scene was actually part of some footage that was screened at Disney's D23 Expo back in August of last year, but this is its official debut.
Even though these heroes will be fighting each other in the movie, you know it's not going to get too serious with at least some of them. The playful banter between Black Widow and Hawkeye proves that they aren't out to kill each other. It seems more like a playful wrestling match with friends. Of course, as you know... it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
After getting a little taste of Spider-Man I can't wait to see more of him and how he actually fits into the story. Captain America: Civil War hits theaters on May 6th, 2016. Team Cap!
Regardless of what anyone says, Acer has made huge strides in the past few years, especially in their Predator series of monitors, laptops, and now, their gaming desktops as well. We've loved testing and reviewing their gear and while not all are hits, most of the experience I've had hands... View Full Post on GameTyrant
We're quickly learning that the internet is not the best way for AI to learn about the world as Microsoft's latest AI test is a bust. Telegraph is reporting the tech giant has given their AI bot modeled after a teenage girl a rest after she said some off the wall stuff after a day on the Internet. The initial experiment was to create an AI with a personality who learned culture through talking with other people on the Internet. Turns out that's a horrible idea. Just how crazy did @TayandYou get? In 24 hours she...
After a hefty session of mass deletion, @TayandYou went to Twitter and made the following announcement...
c u soon humans need sleep now so many conversations today thx💖
— TayTweets (@TayandYou) March 24, 2016
Hopefully Tay will feel a bit more reserved in her comments after an update.
Check out this insanely beautiful image from the solo Wonder Woman movie featuring the amazon warriors of Themyscira. The photo includes Princess Diana (Gal Gadot), Queen Hyppolyta (Connie Nielsen), General Antiope (Robin Wright), and her lieutenant, Menalippe (Lisa Loven Kongsli), and they all look absolutely stunning in their roles. Those armored costumes freakin' look amazing!
After seeing Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman, I couldn't be more excited to see her in this solo movie, which will tell an origin story showing us the transformation of the young Princess into the greatest female warrior ever.
The photo comes from EW, who talks about the elder amazons and their role in Princess Diana's life explaining, "this trio of immortals is responsible for both raising and training Diana — the only child on this estrogen heavy isle — but they don’t always agree. Hippolyta, a revolutionary leader, longs to shelter her beloved daughter from the outside world, but Antiope, the Amazon responsible for Diana’s training, wants to prepare her." Director Patty Jenkins goes on to add:
“She is the only child they raised together. And their love for her manifests in a different way for each of them.”
She goes on to talk about the armor and the look of the characters, saying:
“To me, they shouldn’t be dressed in armor like men. It should be different. It should be authentic and real—and appealing to women. It’s total wish-fulfillment. I, as a woman, want Wonder Woman to be hot as hell, fight badass, and look great at the same time—the same way men want Superman to have huge pecs and an impractically big body. That makes them feel like the hero they want to be. And my hero, in my head, has really long legs.”
Well, I'm sure the male fans of the character won't complain about her take on the look of these amazon warriors. Wonder Woman is set to be released on June 23rd, 2017.
The opening title sequence for Deadpool is easily one of the best and most badass titles sequences created for a movie ever. They immediately sucked you right Into the movie and the entire audience was hooked.
During a recent Q&A at Silicon Valley Comic Con (via ComicBook), Blur Studio Layout director Franck Balson was asked how the crazy inventive title sequence came into existence, and this is what he said:
"The idea for the title sequence was actually already in the script from the very beginning, at least the main part: frozen moments in the middle of this f***ed up car accident,. The one thing that wasn’t in there – originally, the titles were supposed to be actual titles, with actual actors’ names and stuff like that."
The titles they ended up using in the opening is really what took the opening to a whole new level of hilarity. When talking about how those titles ended up in there instead of the names of the actual people in the cast and crew, he explained:
"Very early on in the process, Ryan was the only one who had been cast at that moment, and we started working on the pre-vis for the whole film; we started working on that sequence because it was going to define that whole car chase. It needed to finish exactly in this freeze-frame moment and look good. We looked at different ways to put the guys, and were just going, ‘Okay, that’s a really cool thing to have.’ At the time, since we didn’t know who was going to be in the movie, I was like, ‘okay, what do we have? So we have the Hot Chick, the bad guy, the CGI character,’ and just put all those names in there."
When it came to actually finalize the title sequence everyone just felt it would be best to leave it the way it was because it was so damn funny:
"When we started replacing the names, [director] Tim [Miller] was showing it to Ryan, the writers, and the producers, and they said ‘you know what? I think we’re gonna go with what you had before, the one with the Hot Chick and stuff – it’s funny!’ And that’s how that got in the movie!"
Bravo!
