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If Vladimir Putin can be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, why can’t the people at Funny or Die win one for this wonderful video? Now I am running through all my favorite movies in my head and imagining the Alan Silvestri theme at key parts. Roy Batty catching Deckard and lifting him in the pouring rain or the moment Taylor says “take your stinking paws off me you damn, dirty ape”.
Many of you may know by now that author Tom Clancy passed away last night. The author had over 100 million books in print and his most famous character was undoubtedly Jack Ryan. Paramount has picked today to release the first poster for their Jack Ryan reboot, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Whether it was planned ahead of time or done as a tribute to Clancy, it still seems a little odd.
Despite the sad news of Clancy’s passing, there is good reason to be excited about this new movie. Chris Pine takes over the role previously played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. Kenneth Branagh is pulling double duty as director and villain. Kevin Costner and the human stick figure Keira Knightley also star.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit releases on Christmas Day.
Universal and Legendary Pictures have announced that their movie based on Blizzard’s Warcraft franchise will be released on December 15, 2013. The movie is being directed by Moon and Source Code director Duncan Jones. Casting has begun with rumors that Colin Farrell, Paula Patton and Anton Yelchin have been approached for lead roles with Anson Mount from Hell on Wheels up for a role as well.
Warcraft will certainly have a battle when it opens. Star Wars Episode VII is expected to release in December 2015 as well. As loved as Warcraft is, if the movies open close together, it may be a losing battle going against Star Wars.
Alright J.J. Abrams complainers, the director has seen the error of his ways. Your four year mission of pissing and moaning about lens flare may finally be over. Let’s forget that both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness were wonderful movies that brought the crew of the Starship Enterprise back into mainstream pop culture after not mattering for almost a decade.
Abrams admitted he had a problem in an interview with Crave, even admitting that his wife was annoyed.
“I know I get a lot of grief for that. But I’ll tell you, there are times when I’m working on a shot, I think, ‘Oh this would be really cool… with a lens flare.’ But I know it’s too much, and I apologize. I’m so aware of it now. I was showing my wife an early cut of Star Trek Into Darkness and there was this one scene where she was literally like, ‘I just can’t see what’s going on. I don’t understand what that is.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I went too nuts on this.’”
“This is how stupid it was,” J.J. Abrams added. “I actually had to use ILM [Industrial Light & Magic] to remove lens flare in a couple of shots, which is, I know, moronic. But I think admitting you’re an addict is the first step towards recovery.”
You see! People can change! Now shut the f*** up.
Hannibal was my favorite new show of last season. Bryan Fuller crafted a show that completely rebuilt and in many ways remastered characters created by author Thomas Harris. Mads Mikkelsen brought a new debonaire aura to Hannibal Lector that had not been seen before, even by Anthony Hopkins. The first season was one disturbing character breakdown of special investigator Will Graham and when we last left him he was locked in a mental hospital.
The show was not a ratings juggernaut but did have enough of a following for NBC to pick up a second season at the last possible moment. If you have not had a chance to experience the show for yourself the first season has [amazon_link id=”B00CWIMY3O” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]just been released[/amazon_link]. You can thank me later.
The poster for the second season will look very familiar to fans as it looks like Will will be seeing Hannibal for his true self this next season.
Hannibal returns next year.
Amazon is giving sci-fi fans one of the best deals ever today with their Gold Box Deal. You will get all nine seasons of The X-Files plus both movies (The X-Files: Fight the Future and I Want to Believe) for only $89.99. That is 73% off of the regular price. If you are a collector that has been wanting to complete a collection this is the perfect opportunity.
This deal is good for today only.
202 episodes and two movies for only $90. Check it out here.
Now we are getting to the good stuff. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’s new trailer is here and if you were hoping the second film would stick closer to the book then you are going to be disappointed, but for fans who have not read the book (really, it has been out 76 years, come on) and fans (like me) that don’t mind creative liberties this looks like a whole lot of fun.
We get a few highlights including Legolas back in action and a love affair story with Evangeline Lilly’s Tauriel, Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman and the big daddy at then end is hearing Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug, which he absolutely owns.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug releases on December 13th.
We are only a few months away from returning to Middle Earth with the second part of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. A new banner has just been released featuring Bilbo, Thorin, Kili, Fili and Dwalin. The Desolation of Smaug will also see the return of Orlando Bloom as Legolas.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug releases on December 13th.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 won the weekend with ease taking in $35 million with little competition. Ron Howard’s racing drama Rush finished in third behind last week’s winner Prisoners and Joseph Gordon Levitt’s directorial debut, Don Jon, finished with $9 million, already making back its budget.
Next week is an exciting one for fans of Alfonso Cuarón. The Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Children of Men director releases his long-awaited Gravity with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.
1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2- $37.0 million/ $37.0 million
2. Prisoners- $11.2/ $38.9
3. Rush- $10.3/ $10.5
4. Baggage Claim- $9.3/ $9.3
5. Don Jon- $9.0/ $9.0
6. Insidious Chapter 2- $6.7/ $69.5
7. The Family- $3.7/ $32.6
8. Instructions not Included- $3.3/ $38.5
9. We’re the Millers- $2.8/ $142.4
10. The Butler- $2.4/ $110.2
Sherlock and The Hobbit star Martin Freeman is coming to American TV. He has joined the cast of FX’s Fargo as lead character Lester Nygaard. His character will be put through the ringer by Lorne Malvo, played by Billy Bob Thorton.
The show will be based on the Coen Brothers 1996 film. It will premiere next spring on FX. For anyone that has not seen Martin Freeman in BBC’s insanely good Sherlock, you are in for a treat. You can’t ask for a better lead then add in Thorton and the show already has high expectations from me.
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