Category: Media
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Key & Peele Prove Stan Lee Can Sell Anything
EXCELSIOR….motherf***er.
Side note: I would buy the hell out of an Overweight Jamaican Maid monthly series.
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Christoph Waltz Will Take On James Bond
If there is one thing Daniel Craig has always had with his run as James Bond is great villains. From Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale to Javier Bardem in Skyfall, Craig has had great actors to share screen time with (we will conveniently forget Quantum of Solace).
Let’s add another name to that list.
Christoph Waltz, who has stolen the show in both Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained (winning two Oscars in the process), will be the newest baddie to try and take down 007. He will be joined by the already announced Dave Bautista as Jinx.
Skyfall is tied for the top spot as my favorite Bond movie ever, largely due to Bardem’s performance. Now I am excited as ever for Bond’s return to theaters.
Bond 24 releases November 6 2015.
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Margot Robbie Cast As Harley Quinn In Suicide Squad
Director David Ayer seems to be getting his Suicide Squad together for their closeup in 2016. Rumors of Jared Leto circling the role of The Joker last week should have confirmed that Harley would be a definite member and now it has happened.
Margot Robbie, who you may remember as the wife of Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street, has been cast as fan favorite psycho Harley Quinn. The character was introduced in Batman: The Animated Series in 1992 and became a permanent comic staple since.
Harley is one of those characters that comes with a rabid fan base and how she is handled in Suicide Squad is going to be scrutinized big time. That is what nerds do. To an annoying degree.
Robbie was very good in The Wolf of Wall St. with the character she was given. Let’s hope she has the goods to pull off the giddy insanity.
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Key & Peele’s Strike Force Eagle 3: The Reckoning
At this point there is no debate that Key & Peele is the funniest thing on television. Their newest sketch takes on 80’s action movies that I grew up on, including utilizing the great equalizer of finishing moves.
Can they crowd fund a full theatrical version of this? I have money. You can has it.
Adding to the Reaganomics scale of tubular is the music by Power Glove, who brought their unique sound on the soundtrack for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.
Let’s get Key & Peele together with the guys from Sunny for the Strike Force Eagle/ Lethal Weapon team-up movie we deserve.
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Marvel Reveals Movie Lineup Including Captain Marvel, Black Panther And More
Marvel couldn’t let DC have all the press by announcing their movie lineup. Today, at a live event, they unveiled the titles and release dates of nine features. This includes the first official announcements of Black Panther and Inhumans.
Here are the official release dates with title shots after.
Captain America: Civil War – May 6th, 2016
Doctor Strange– November 4th, 2016
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 – May 5, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok – July 28th, 2017
Black Panther – November 3rd, 2017
Inhumans – November 2nd, 2018
Avengers: Infinity Wars Part 1 – May 2018
Captain Marvel – July 6th, 2019
Avengers: Infinity Wars Part 2 – May 2019
There were a few casting notes during the announcement as well. Yesterday we found out that Benedict Cumberbatch would be their sorcerer supreme, Doctor Strange, and today they gave us more casting with Chadwick Boseman , from 42, playing Black Panther. If DC hit an infield fly with Ezra Miller as Flash, Marvel launched one 500 feet with that casting. See the first concept art of Black Panther below.
So much to take in.
-We already knew Robert Downey, Jr. signed on for the third Cap movie with Civil War being the end result. The title should be no surprise.
-The casting of Cumberbatch is great for Marvel because it means he is locked in for more than one appearance, per normal Marvel contracts.
-Guardians of the Galaxy 2 moving to the May spot shows how much they believe in the franchise after it blew up this year, making over $700 million worldwide.
-The events of Civil War will affect Thor as well it seems with the Ragnarok title. Will Loki being on the throne lead to “the end of all things”?
-Black Panther is the one character that had the most internet support to have a movie from Marvel. With the Avengers team changing its look after Age of Ultron, it is a good possibility Panther will join.
-Vin Diesel had dropped hints that Marvel was going to release an Inhumans feature and that he might be involved. Seems like he wasn’t blowing smoke up our asses.
-Captain Marvel has me the most intrigued of all of these. This will be Marvel’s first female led movie and it will come a year after Wonder Woman. They have yet to trip up in casting, so let the rumors begin on who will play her.
-Avengers: Infinity War releasing only a year apart is huge. You have to think they will film it all as one due to the actor’s contracts for appearances. Thanos will be one tough cookie to take up two movies.
