If you’re a redblooded male who grew up in the 1980′s, this is the moment you’ve been waiting for….the trailer for The Expendables has finally gone live.
Look, to hype this movie, all I need to do is give you the names….
Sylvester Stalone.
Jason Statham.
Jet Li.
Terry Crews.
Eric Roberts.
Steve Austin.
Randy Couture.
Mickey Rourke.
Dolph Lundgren.
Danny Trejo.
…and two cameos which the trailer completely gives away, but I’ll leave it up to you if you want to see them before you see the flick.
Simply put, it’s a gigantic testosterone fest.
The Expendables hits theaters on August 13th…which makes it a great pairing with Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, if you were looking for a day out at the cineplex.
Oh, those folks at CollegeHumor.com never stop, do they?
The latest viral video clip from the venerable workhorse of the web takes the modern hit “Empire State of Mind”, by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys, and gives it a Star Wars twist.
The end result is “Galactic Empire State of Mind”, and it’s done well enough that I had to share it with ya’ll.
Way way back when, it used to be that all of the innovations of the world were premiered at World’s Fairs.
I’m not really sure when the shift came from these fairs to individual Expos, but in Iron Man 2 we’re going to get a taste of what was, and how it would be today with the 2010 version of the Stark Expo.
To give viewers some footing into the fictional world, the marketing team behind the latest shellhead flick has decided to create a fake website promoting the Stark Expo, complete with commercials and galleries for “this year’s” expo.
If that wasn’t enough, the site also gives a look back to Stark Expo 1974, including an old-timey style TV commercial. What makes this commercial really special is that it’s our first glimpse at Mad Men’sJohn Slattery as Howard Stark, Tony’s father.
Click through below to check it out! …and be quickly annoyed by the bombastic music embedded into the website.
So according to this story, which I stumbled upon via the fine folks at The Onion’s A.V. Club, Fox is planning on making a movie, built around the BABIES from the E*TRADE COMMERCIALS.
I…
Ugh.
There are THOUSANDS, if not MILLIONS of people at ANY GIVEN MOMENT who want to CREATE A FILM. And their stories DESERVE TO BE TOLD.
INSTEAD, YOU THINK, “THOSE BABIES FROM THE 30 SECOND COMMERICALS SURE CAN ANCHOR A FILM!”?!
Because, as we ALL SAW with the TWO EPISODE LONG run of the Geico Cavemen sitcom, THIS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA.
It was only last night that I popped on here complaining about the poorly composed international poster for Iron Man 2, but it seems that the US is getting one which is just as bad. And this one doesn’t even feature the villains! Exclusively premiered on MySpace (remember that site!), it just doesn’t do anything for me.
It’s a shame that after the REALLY great teaser poster that there haven’t been other posters which have been just as stunning/iconic, but I suppose not every movie can be The Dark Knight.
Let’s be honest though, the poster could be a piece of cardboard with I-EARN MAYUHN TOO written on it in poop, and we’d still pack theaters on May 7th. Maybe a great, memorable poster is now a thing of the past.
I’m a big fan of Rachel Weisz, especially after her turns in The Brothers Bloom and The Fountain. I’m also a huge fan of the Daniel Craig starring James Bond reboot series.
So with this rumor, it sounds like I’m going to get a movie combination of Reese’s cup style awesome.
As the rumor goes, the third James Bond film in this latest series will feature 007 finally taking on the evil group known as Quantum. And we’ll find out who has been putting the screws to Bond his entire career. The twist? It’s going to be a strong, domineering woman – played by Rachel Weisz.
Honestly, I think it’d be brilliant casting with an actress who can more than live up to the role. What better way to subvert the decades of James Bond style sexism than by having the new villain be a woman herself?
I’m all for it – should the rumor pans out. But as MGM is currently seeking a buyer, any Bond rumors are just that…rumors. So we shall see if in 2012 it’s Weisz vs. Craig.
In what may be a first, AMC announced today that they have picked up the Walking Dead TV series…without a single frame filmed.
It was just last week that word came that AMC had greenlit the TV pilot, and I guess the script was so good that they wanted to make the series count, and count quick, as the first 6 episodes of the series will be the crown jewel of this October’s Fearfest event.
As a long time Robert Kirkman and Walking Dead fan, all I can say is this – I am so there.
As the Superhero boom starts to meet its eventual end (after all, how many A-list heroes remain to have films made?), Hollywood needs to stay ahead of the trends, and figure out where the next source for quality event films is.
Of course, one would go “young, hungry screenwriters?!”, but you’d be wrong. The next source to be tapped dry? Japan!
Much how the comics world saw their fandom shift to anime and then manga (and then back to comics?), film is now looking toward Japan with some stunning looking projects, two of whom were announced over the weekend.
The one which is farthest ahead is an adaptation of the 70′s giant robot series Gaiking. The filmmakers who are behind it intend to use a mixture of CGI and practical effects to make the film happen, and they unleashed a teaser to the web, which appears below – it’s VERY cool, VERY exciting stuff.
If that wasn’t enough, we’re now going to see yet ANOTHER American attempt at adapting Godzilla, this time coming from Warner Brothers. The full press release is as follows:
Burbank, CA – March 29, 2010 – Legendary Pictures announced today that they will develop and produce a new film based on Toho Company’s famed GODZILLA character. Through the terms of the agreement, Legendary Pictures has acquired the rights to produce a movie inspired by Toho’s Godzilla, a franchise the Japanese company created and has nurtured for over fifty years.
Toho’s GODZILLA franchise boasts one of the most widely recognized film creatures worldwide, resulting in a series of books, television programs, video games and more than 25 films worldwide. Legendary intends to approach the film and its characters in the most authentic manner possible. The company will, in the near future, announce a filmmaker to helm the film for an intended 2012 release. The film will fall under the company’s co-production and co-financing deal with Warner Bros. Toho will distribute the film in Japan.
“Godzilla is one of the world’s most powerful pop culture icons, and we at Legendary are thrilled to be able to create a modern epic based on this long-loved Toho franchise,” said Thomas Tull, Chairman and CEO of Legendary. “Our plans are to produce the Godzilla that we, as fans, would want to see. We intend to do justice to those essential elements that have allowed this character to remain as pop-culturally relevant for as long as it has.”
“Godzilla is a signature Japanese character which we have nurtured over the years. It is a great honor to reach an agreement with Legendary Pictures, the parent to many a blockbuster film, and we are delighted in rebooting the character together to realize its much anticipated return by fans from all over the world,” comments Hideyuki Takai, President of Toho Co., Ltd. “We are anxious to find out where Godzilla’s new stomping will take us.”
“Godzilla is emblematic of the kind of branded, event films for which Warner Bros. and our partners at Legendary are best known. We have enjoyed a great deal of success together to date and this newest opportunity represents yet another chance for us to collaborate on a property that is very clearly in their wheelhouse,” said Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
In addition to Legendary, producers on the new film will be Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Brian Rogers. Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira and Doug Davison will Executive Produce.
Personally, I don’t care the source, so long as the films are good, but again I ask aloud – where are the ORIGINAL ideas?
Let us hope these movies aren’t just a cash-in, and the money from these films go toward some original projects.
