We have seen plenty of teaser images from Dwayne Johnson on his Twitter from the filming of next summer’s Hercules: The Thracian Wars but now he has tweeted the first image of him in all his bearded glory. And as proof that he is the busiest actor going he tweeted the first image of Hobbes on the set of Fast & Furious 7.
Seriously. I don’t know what your image of Hercules is in your head. It may be the Disney version or Kevin Sorbo or some imaginary version you have always thought of but it looks like Johnson’s Hercules will take all of their heads off and sh** down their necks.
Hercules: The Thracian Wars releases on July 25, 2014.
Sorry Thor. Even though you are only a few weeks away from your second movie my Marvel countdown has already switched to Cap’s second adventure. Captain America is my second favorite Marvel movie and I am looking forward to The Winter Soldier much more.
The first trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier has just been released and can I just give a good hearty “holy look at Cap’s new costume, wait it looks like an awesome political thriller, hold on it’s The Falcon, this is too insanely good, did The Winter Soldier just catch his shield shiiiiiiiiiiiit”.
For those of you who could not get into the first Captain America because of the World War II setting, may I introduce you to the kick ass Captain that should get you excited.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier releases on April 4, 2014.
Don’t think that Thor is the only mythical God returning to theaters this winter. Ron Burgundy is on the path to redemption in the new trailer for Anchorman 2 that has just been released.
Captain America is standing tall over our nation’s capital in the new poster for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I like to imagine that the reincarnated/cloned/magically resurrected Agent Coulson is standing behind him with his blood-stained trading cards. Cap will face a familiar person in The Winter Soldier, who has his sights set on taking revenge.
A teaser trailer will be coming this week also giving us our first look at Cap’s second solo movie.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier releases on April 14, 2014.
Not even a blood-spattered Carrie could take down Gravity this week. For the third week in a row the Alfonso Cuarón film took the top spot at the box office grossing $31 million. It looks like the only movie that can bring it down to Earth will be Thor: The Dark World on November 8th.
The remake of the classic Stephen King novel and 1976 movie finished in third with $17 million ahead of all other new releases this week which included Escape Plan and The Fifth Estate.
1. Gravity- $31.0 million/ $170.6 million
2. Captain Phillips- $17.3/ $53.3
3. Carrie- $17.0/ $17.0
4. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2- $10.1/ $93.1
Hans Zimmer has spent the last eight years crafting the cinematic music for the DC movie universe. He has handled every installment of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy and this year’s Man of Steel. When it comes to 2015’s huge team-up film, the composer is not so sure he wants to return to the studio.
“Honestly, I’m just sort of grappling with that right now. Quite seriously, the thought right now is that no, I don’t want to go and take what I did with Chris and just plonk it into another movie. There isn’t one good reason to do it, and there are so many good reasons not to do it.
Zack hasn’t talked to me about it, so I don’t have to worry about it! I’ll worry about it when I have to worry about it, and then, if I’m lucky, I’ll have an idea. If I have an idea, I can do something with that, but if I don’t have an idea, then my good idea is going to be, ‘Get somebody else.’”
Now first off, I loved Zimmer’s work on all four films. Yes, it can get a bit repetitive. The Dark Knight is by far the most complete soundtrack of the bunch but all four of them are instantly recognizable. His work on Man of Steel this year was especially commendable considering whoever does music for a Superman film is always living in the shadow of John Williams.
That being said, I hope he does take a break and let someone else take a shot at it. There are many composers who could make this soundtrack memorable. First on my list would be Michael Giacchino. His work on 2009’s Star Trek and this year’s Star Trek Into Darkness were wonderful and for anyone who doubts him, just go and listen to the Up soundtrack for which he won an Oscar. I can still tear up to that music.
There would be no problem going with someone unexpected also like Batman: Arkham City composer Nick Arundel who absolutely killed the music for that game.
Whoever is hired they have a massive task ahead of them. They have to bring the sense of hope that Superman embodies as well as craft a new Batman theme that must accompany the most scrutinized actor to ever play the part.
Who would you like to bring their talents to Batman vs. Superman?
Twilight, the NFL, The Hunger Games, the presidential race. Bad Lip Reading has done them all. None can compare to the newest offering from the first season of Game of Thrones. They make an entire movie trailer out of it called Medieval Land Fun-Time World and it is filled with so many great lines that more than one viewing is required. If only to hear Tyrion ask Joffrey if he thinks they should make iPhones for babies.
If you were waiting on The Walking Dead to show signs of slow down in the ratings, you may have a long wait ahead. The Season 4 premiere of the AMC show set another ratings record last night with 16.1 million viewers. The previous highest watched episode was the Season 3 finale with 12.4 million viewers. It was so big that the major networks Sunday night ratings were down 17% total.
How about this? NBC has not announced the ratings for last night’s Sunday Night Football but there is a good chance that The Walking Dead may have drawn more viewers in total. That is f***ing insane. With DVR playback, AMC thinks that total viewership could top 20 million viewers. For a basic cable show.
I enjoyed last night’s premiere. I know the series is far from perfect and can never truly encapsulate how great the comic series is but the show made great strides in Season 3 and looks to be moving at a good pace.
The Talking Dead also had big ratings with 5.1 million viewers. I think we can attribute that to Nathan Fillion.
Captain Phillips had a great start in its first weekend but still could not catch Gravity. The space drama fell only 21% grossing $44.2 million. That is an incredible holdover for a fall film. The great reviews and word of mouth (check out my review here) have made the wonderful film a true blockbuster. In two weeks it has grossed $191 million worldwide.
Tom Hanks may not have finished in first but he returned to theaters strong. Captain Phillips opened with $26 million, well above expectations. After a slow start to the year for award worthy movies, it looks like we have had two open up back to back with Gravity and Captain Phillips.
Machete Kills had a huge cast and a lot of promotion and could only manage a sad $3.7 million. It is the lowest gross for a movie opening in over 2,500 theaters in…well, forever.
1. Gravity- $44.2 million/ $123.4 million
2. Captain Phillips- $26.0/ $26.0
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2- $14.2/ $78.0
