If one person could do justice to Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, it would have to be Neil deGrasse Tyson. This new trailer for the reboot of the classic series proves just that and Tyson doesn’t even speak a word. I won’t be comparing this to the original when I watch it, rather I am going to just enjoy the fact that Sagan’s dream will live on for yet another generation to discover.
Cosmos premieres in 2014 on Fox and National Geographic Channel.
Joss Whedon has shed some light on his just announced sequel to The Avengers, Age of Ultron. Once again, Whedon makes us internet guessers look foolish by saying that this will be a completely new origin for the character of Ultron. His script is going to bring in the robotic terror in a new way. So no Hank Pym…yet. Whedon also said that since this will be a new story that this past years Age of Ultron story will have no bearing on the next Avengers film.
Check out the interview he gave for Marvel at Comic-Con just after the announcement:
Two big bombs this weekend would normally be a cause of worry, but when a small film hits it big, it eases the news. James Wan’s The Conjuring hit it huge over the weekend raking in $41 million. Wan has become the go-to director for small budget horror. The director of the original Saw and last year’s Insidious has another low risk/high reward winner on his hands. His next film will have a bit more at stake because he will take over the director chair for Fast & Furious 7.
It was a double bad break for Ryan Reynolds this weekend. He had two huge movies that both failed to reach even low expectations. Turbo, the DreamWorks animated feature, only managed $21.5 million which is one of the lowest totals ever for a DreamWorks animated feature. Then we have R.I.P.D. which cost $130 million to produce and it seemed like the writing was on the wall before the movie even released. The comic -based film could only bring in just over $12 million and will probably be a movie you see on TNT on a week to week basis before you know it.
1. The Conjuring- $41.5 million/ $41.5 million
2. Despicable Me 2- $25.1/ $276.2
3. Turbo- $21.5/ $31.2
4. Grown Ups 2- $20.0/ $79.5
5. Red 2- $18.5/ $18.5
6. Pacific Rim- $15.9/ $68.2
7. R.I.P.D.- $12.7/ $12.7
8. The Heat- $9.3/ $129.2
9. World War Z- $5.2/ $186.9
10. Monsters University- $5.0/ $248.9
You knew Marvel could not leave San Diego Comic-Con without something pertaining to The Avengers right? At the end of the panel which featured Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy, Joss Whedon came out on stage and announced the title for his follow-up to the second biggest movie of all time.
The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Not exactly what anyone was expecting huh? I think most thought that Thanos would be the big bad in the second Avengers film, but this tells me that he will most likely be held off until #3. Why would you have him be the villain in the second film where he doesn’t even have top billing?
The title does (possibly) reveal a few things about the upcoming Marvel cinematic universe. We know that Vin Diesel has been teasing his future work with Marvel and the fact that Ultron will be the villain in Avengers 2 almost guarantees that he will be cast as The Vision, who was created by Ultron. The villain also may be the segue into the Ant-Man movie with the robotic terror being a creation of Hank Pym himself.
Marvel certainly got a lot of people talking now about the next Avengers, but was it enough to trump the DC announcement of the Batman/Superman movie?
Marvel’s Comic-Con panel isn’t until tonight, but Warner Bros. may have just won Comic-Con with their HUGE announcement today.
Their two greatest heroes, Batman and Superman, will be heading to the big screen together in the summer of 2015. Zack Snyder will return to direct with a script by Man of Steel writer David S. Goyer. Christopher Nolan will serve as executive producer and presumably head up the entire project. Henry Cavill will return as Superman and a search will begin for a new Batman.
Snyder surprised everyone by showing up at the Comic-Con panel and had an excerpt from The Dark Knight Returns read and the Superman logo was shown on screen then a new Batman logo appeared behind it.
NERD FEELS….EVERYWHERE!!
On the heels of this big event, it is also being rumored that Warner is prepping a Flash movie for 2016 which will lead into a 2017 Justice League film.
Here is the official statement from Warner Bros. on the massive team-up of the two biggest superheroes in the world:
“On the heels of the worldwide success of Man of Steel, director Zack Snyder is bringing together the two greatest Super Heroes of all time —Batman and Superman —for the first time on the big screen. The announcement was made today by Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, and Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution,Warner Bros. Pictures.
The current hit, Man of Steel, has taken in more than $630 million at the worldwide box office to date, and climbing. Along with its star, Henry Cavill, the upcoming film brings back Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane. The new Batman has yet to be cast.
Snyder is co-writing the story with David S. Goyer, who will then pen the screenplay. Production is expected to begin in 2014, with an anticipated release date in Summer 2015.”
Even for fans that have turned their backs on The Walking Dead, you can not deny that the Season 4 trailer shown at Comic-Con is easily the best the show has ever looked. The main characters are established with Tyreese and Michonne now firmly entrenched in the group and the remnants of the population of Woodbury moved in. Now it appears that someone is secretly compromising the safety of the prison forcing Rick and everyone to think about leaving.
For a fan of the comics (me) this is the closest the show has been in tone and feel to the monthly series since Season 1. I am loving the “solve the mystery” aspect the trailer plays up as the group wonders why the prison is closing in around them.
The Walking Dead returns on October 13th.
A mystery trailer was shown at Hall H today at the San Diego Comic-Con which turned out to be the first teaser for the movie based on the World of Warcraft franchise simply entitled Warcraft. Descriptions were of a knight and an orc going to battle and the screen going black as the death blow comes revealing the movie’s logo.
Director Duncan Jones, who directed the wonderful Moon, came on stage and told everyone of his love of the franchise and announced that the movie would begin production in early 2014.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will have a big panel at this year’s Comic-Con and to get ready, a new website has opened titled “Before the Dawn”. It features a great new banner for the movie, which you can see above, and also has a short prequel comic embedded on the site when you scroll through.
It does not go into great detail about the years between the films, but it does get you back into the universe of Caesar and the apes rise against humanity.
Check out the site here. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes releases on July 18, 2014.
To those attending the Sherlock panel at this week’s San Diego Comic-Con, they were given a special treat in the form of a video from Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. Freeman’s message is short and concise thanking fans for coming out and supporting the show while Cumberbatch went in a different direction.
Take a look at the video below and let it reinforce the fact that Cumberbatch is not just the best Sherlock ever, but the best thing going in acting.
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Now if you have a perfectly good 360 sitting at home this may not be a good enough deal, but is a great bonus add-on for whoever is in the market for a new system.
Check out the deal here.