New Trailer for “Southpaw”
New trailer for Southpaw.
Directed by Antoine [Training Day] Fuqua and starring Academy Award® nominees Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whitaker from a story by Kurt [Sons of Anarchy] Sutter.
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What if The Avengers Had Been Made in 1985?
Chris Tilly at IGN.com decided to take a stab at casting with his piece What if The Avengers Had Been Made in 1985?
There’s not much to quibble with. Tilly’s choices are on point, although I’ll bet a part would have been found for Sylvester Stallone since he had two of the three top grossing movies in 1985.
The question is what part would he have played?
“London Has Fallen” Poster!
That’s the new poster to London Has Fallen [sequel to Olympus Has Fallen] and reunites Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Radha Mitchell with the new addition of Jackie Earle Haley to round out the cast.
Source: Flickering Myth.
Jon Cryer Reveals the Inside, Insane Account of Charlie Sheen’s Infamous Meltdown
The Hollywood Reporter recently posted an excerpt from Jon Cryer’s So That Happened: A Memoir.
The THR piece, titled Jon Cryer Reveals the Inside, Insane Account of Charlie Sheen’s Infamous Meltdown, lives up to the billing. Be advised before you click over that adult language and topics are discussed.
Trailer for “Maggie” Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is Here!
Maggie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by Henry Hobson doesn’t look to be our typical zombie movie. Actually, it may be for that reason I want to see it even more.
Gerardo Moreno Draws “Last Blood”
SZoner, Gerardo Moreno is back with a new poster – Last Blood!
I’ve always enjoyed Gerardo’s Stallone art, and know that I can see more of his art here.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s San Andreas Poster
A new poster for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s San Andreas premiered today. The poster is okay. I’m hoping the movie will be better than okay.
Furious 7: Fun Facts & Trivia You Need To Know
Coming Soon posted Furious 7: Fun Facts & Trivia You Need To Know.
All of the trivia is interesting, but these are my two favorite facts from the list:
Denzel Washington turned the film down.
It’s rumored that Denzel Washington was originally asked to take part in the flick, but the Academy Award winning actor declined the role. Instead he was replaced with Kurt Russell who reportedly plays the role of Brian O’Conner’s fatherfigure. Some speculation paints him as Dominic Toretto’s father figure instead.
Furious 7 is the sequel to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
According to the storyline, the franchise’s fourth, fifth, and sixth releases were actually prequels to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. The storyline for Furious 7 reportedly picks up after “Tokyo Drift” and continues the storyline.
Schwarzenegger in “King Lear” & Robin Williams in “Jack and the Beanstalk”
The screen-grab above is from The Last World: Jurassic Park and features two fake movie posters. Arnold Schwarzenegger in William Shakespeare’s King Lear and Robin Williams in Jack and the Beanstalk.
If you want to know more about these two particular Easter eggs, you can get the full story on them and others here. I love stuff like this.
Source: JoBlo.com.
“The Expendables” Event Series Coming to Fox with Sly Stallone Attached
It is being reported that The Expendables is heading to FOX television as “an event series based on the movies, with the franchise’s writer and star Stallone executive producing alongside the films’ producer Avi Lerner and NCIS veteran Shane Brennan… as showrunner.”
Awesome news for Stallone and Expendables fans.
Source: Deadline Hollywood.
Z-View: “The Prince” – Mercy is for the Weak
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s do a riff on ‘Taken’ with Bruce Willis!”
“Are you nuts? We can’t afford Bruce Willis.”
“Sure we can if we don’t make him the star. We put him in a scene or two at the start and end of the movie. Glorified cameo, but list him first in the credits and put him first and biggest on the poster!”
“Let’s do it!”
The Tagline: “Mercy is for the weak.”
The Overview: When an auto mechanic’s [Jason Patrick] daughter gets caught up with bad men, the mechanic goes to get her. Oh, and get this, the auto mechanic was once the most feared hit man in the city.
The Good:
- Way back in 2008, when I first read the synopsis of The Prince and John Carpenter was trying to get it off the ground, I was excited. Sadly it didn’t pan out with Carpenter.
- It has a classic set-up: dad goes to rescue daughter and isn’t who/what he seems.
- I enjoyed the scene in the bar where a guy starts to crack wise with Jason Patrick and the guy’s uncle comes over to set his nephew straight because he recognized Patrick. Patrick’s response as to why he didn’t kill the uncle years ago is also good.
- Rain.
The Bad:
- When the star of the movie is the smallest star featured on the movie poster.
- The aim of everyone trying to shoot Jason Patrick.
The Ugly:
- The two guys below featured prominently on the poster have glorified cameos. Same for 50 Cent and John Cusack.
Rating: 2 of 5 stars
15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”
Mental_Floss posted 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines by Sean Hutchinson. Here are three of my favorites from the list…
1. ARNOLD CAME BACK—BUT AT A PRICE …
Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $29.25 million to star in T3.
11. THE PRODUCTION CREATED AN ENTIRE STREET FOR ONE SCENE …
Several city blocks used during the crane chase sequence were created because the production needed a level of destruction that wouldn’t be possible on a real street.
12. … AND SCHWARZENEGGER FOOTED PART OF THE BILL.
During the crane chase sequence, The Terminator—hanging from the crane—swings through an entire building façade. The studio didn’t want to foot the bill for the sequence, so Arnold Schwarzenegger put up his own money to complete the scene.
Grzegorz Domaradzki’s “First Blood” Limited Edition Prints
Grzegorz Domaradzki created the poster above and now Grey Matter Art under license from StudioCanal has announced new officially licensed, limited edition screen prints with two variant editions for Sylvester Stallone and First Blood fans.
For more information and to see the above poster and the variants in larger format check out Gotham News and Grey Matter Art.
Norm Macdonald Takes Behind the Scenes for the SNL 40th Anniversary
Like millions of other viewers I enjoyed the recent Saturday Night Live anniversary special. Like any series that spans 40 years, SNL has had its ups and downs.
Truth be told, I haven’t watched SNL regularly for years… more like decades. But I sure tuned in to see the special.
My favorite parts were the scenes from the first years with the original cast and Celebrity Jeopardy, but even the stuff that wasn’t great was enjoyable.
Norm Macdonald sent out a series of tweets about preparations in the week leading up to the SNL 40th Special and they’re entertaining and informative. Thankfully the Gothamist pulled them all together for an easy read.
