Category: Media

TMNT Co-Creator Has Some Thoughts About Megan Fox As April O’Neil

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Well this is certainly unsurprising news.

Co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Peter Laird, took to his blog to give his opinion about the casting of Megan Fox as April O’Neil in Michael Bay’s ~~version~~ bastardization of everyone’s favorite heroes on the half shell.

“My only exposure to Megan Fox as an actress is through her role in two Transformers movies and the wretched (but happily forgettable) Jennifer’s Body. It may not be fair to judge her range of acting skills just from those three movies, but I think it is safe to say that there are probably hundreds of better choices for the role of April O’Neil. Of course, her name has promotional value, and maybe that’s what they want. Who knows? I can’t get myself too worked up about it.”

In other words, he said in the nicest way possible that Megan Fox sucks. She sucked in Transformers and she sucks so bad that he doesn’t want her in a movie where all she has to do is wear yellow and talk to fake, CGI alien, non-ninja turtle like creatures that like to blow stuff up excessively. It’s Michael Bay, you know I am right.

When asked for response, Megan Fox had this to say.

March 6, 2013
J.J. Abrams Had A Hand In Iron Man 3

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In a recent interview with IGN, Robert Downey Jr. revealed that at one point in the production of Iron Man 3 they turned to Star Trek and Star Wars director J.J. Abrams for some advice on the film’s third act.

“There were a couple times in Iron Man 3 where our lifeline was we’d call Jon Favreau. ‘What do we do?’ He’d be like, ‘Stick with this. Stick with the love story,’ or whatever. Then he’d say, ‘Wait, didn’t we used to do this same thing with Shane?’ Because we reached out to Shane a bunch, particularly in the first Iron Man.

Then I think we reached out to J.J. Abrams at one point when we were really confused in Act III, and he helped us, too. It’s just interesting. Usually you think, in the legacy of filmmakers that come and go, there’s something so evocative about how strange it is that this particular strain of the Marvel universe was so successful, so what are the reasons for that and how do we keep that vital and just have fun?”

Seriously?! Is there nothing that Abrams has his hand in now?? First Star Trek, then Star Wars and now Marvel?

Well…now that I think about it there is no guarantee that Joss Whedon would return for The Avengers 3.

Smooth move J.J. You sir, are thinking ahead of the curve.

March 6, 2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ‘Capitol’ Portraits

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Here are the newest set of photos from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. There are ones for Katniss, Haymitch, Cinna, Effie and Caesar and they have a washed out, classic look to them. Lionsgate has plenty of time to change all the posters to say Academy Award Winner Jennifer Lawrence.

I actually prefer this shot.

Check out the rest of the photos below

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire releases on November 22nd.

March 6, 2013
Carrie Fisher Confirms She Is In Star Wars Episode VII

It looks like Star Wars Episode VII is going to be a full blown reunion. Mark Hamill has already talked about his possible involvement and Latino Review has reported that Harrison Ford is set to return as Han Solo (insert shot first joke here). Now Carrie Fisher is confirming that she will be returning to the galaxy far, far away. She is the first of the three stars to announce this themselves.

Now we just have to keep her off the crazy train for three more years so this movie can get made. That is easier said than done, but where there is a will, there is a high priced Disney employee whose job it will be to follow her around 24-7 to make sure she doesn’t go off on a Wookie sized bender.

And let’s put all of our fanboy expectations into perspective. When Episode VII releases in a few years this is not the Leia of you childhood dreams when you would go hide in a closet.

Example:

We won’t be getting this.

We will be getting this.

Perspective.

March 6, 2013
New Trailer For Iron Man 3 Is Here!

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Excited yet for Iron Man 3? Well if you aren’t then the new trailer just released today should do the trick.

We get a bunch of new footage and a good look at every character including Ben Kingsley’s Mandarin and Guy Pearce’s Aldrich Killian. Tony Stark is left a changed man after the events of The Avengers and The Mandarin finds this time the perfect time to strike.

And try to contain the goosebump feels when Tony and Rhodes make their appearance at the end with an army of Iron Men ready to fight.

Iron Man 3 releases on May 3rd.

March 5, 2013
Anchorman 2 Adds Harrison Ford….This Is A Real Thing

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I know what you’re thinking. This is another one of those rumor posts like all the Justice League stuff or how many gerbils did Richard Gere really use. I assure you this is real.

Harrison Ford has been cast in Anchorman 2 opposite Will Ferrell and the rest of the Channel 4 News Team. Ford will play television newsman Tom Brokaw in what can only be a satirical way. The movie will take place ten years after the original and re-team the greatest news team ever and place them in New York City, which is German for a whale’s a**hole.

Anchorman 2 releases on December 20th.

March 4, 2013
New Character Posters For Season 3 Of Game Of Thrones

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For those of you that have read at least up until A Storm of Swords, then you know just how important the next season (or two if they split the book) is to the Game of Thrones universe. And for those of you that simply watch the show I will not spoil anything sufficed to say, if the first season pissed you off….just get ready.

HBO has released a collection of character posters for the upcoming third season. Tyrion, Arya, Cercei and others are cast in a pale blue light in the posters. May I just ask HBO where are my posters for Brienne and Davos??

Season 3 of Game of Thrones premieres on March 31st.

March 4, 2013
The Hobbit: There And Back Again Delayed

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It appears that Bilbo, Gandalf and company have been scared off by the X-Men.

Warner Bros. have delayed Peter Jackson’s third (necessary?) film of The Hobbit from July 18, 2014 to December 17, 2014. The July date was also the opening of Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future’s Past which is turning into way more than just a sequel to First Class. It is becoming an X-Men all-star movie starring almost every character from the entire franchise.

With The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey closing in on one billion dollars, the move to December should not hurt its box office, even taking it out of a prime summer slot. As of right now the third Hobbit movie will open up in December 2014 unopposed. Much better than fighting with Professor X for moviegoers wallets.

March 1, 2013
Is Super Troopers 2 Filming This Year??

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MOTHER OF GOD.

The long rumored sequel to the 2001 classic (it’s a classic, dammit) Super Troopers may finally be getting made this year. Kevin Heffernan has gone on record as saying as much.

Farva had this to say on the long gestating sequel:

“We wrote the script and handed it in to Fox, and now we’re just negotiating the time and the place and hopefully shoot it some time this year. I have to start growing my mustache now.”

Can I just go ahead and say that this has made my day. Broken Lizard has been promising a sequel for ten years, but other projects have gotten in the way. So this is big news that one of the cast has said that the script is officially done.

Lets get this made…..RIGHT MEOW!!

February 27, 2013
New Iron Man 3 Poster Shows Tony’s Marks

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And the Iron Man 3 poster bonanza keeps on rolling! Today we get a final one sheet showing a beaten to hell Tony floating atop a piece of debris as all the different versions of his suit take off around him. Rumors suggest that during the film Tony makes an Iron Man army that he controls himself thus the armor he is wearing is the Mark 47 with all the other armors being different Mark numbers.

A new trailer will premiere next Tuesday March 5th at 11AM CST.

Iron Man 3 releases on May 3rd.

February 27, 2013