Category: Movies

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Is DOCTOR STRANGE

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Marvel makes it official:

Have they conjured the perfect actor to play the Master of the Mystic Arts?

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game, Sherlock, Star Trek Into Darkness, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) will play the title hero in Doctor Strange.

“Stephen Strange’s story requires an actor capable of great depth and sincerity,” said Producer Kevin Feige. “In 2016, Benedict will show audiences what makes Doctor Strange such a unique and compelling character.”

Scott Derrickson is directing. Continue reading BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Is DOCTOR STRANGE

TERMINATOR GENISYS Trailer

courtesy Skydance and Paramount
courtesy Skydance and Paramount

He Is Back!

He’s been waiting for you.

The first full trailer for Terminator Genisys is here.

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as the Terminator in a reboot set in the future and in the time of the original classic film that twists the whole series timeline.

Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) is the new Sarah Connor, Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) is John Connor of the war-torn future and Jai Courtney (Divergent, Suicide Squad) is Kyle Reese – the man sent back in time to save Sarah.

But as you will see – Sarah has her own savior already!

Watch and speculate! Continue reading TERMINATOR GENISYS Trailer

JAMES BOND in SPECTRE

courtesy EON Productions, MGM, Sony
courtesy EON Productions, MGM, Sony

James Bond will return in Spectre.

EON Productions, MGM and Sony announced the title and cast of the 24th 007 film in the iconic film series. Daniel Craig returns as Bond for fourth time with director Sam Mendes back to direct after the critical and billion dollar success of the last adventure, Skyfall.

The title is a blast from the past. SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terror Revenge and Extortion) was an evil organization led by Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Ian Fleming’s novels.

The first teaser poster is an homage to the symbol of the ring worn by SPECTRE operatives in the Sean Connery 007 films.

Continue reading JAMES BOND in SPECTRE

JAMES BOND 24 Announcement

James Bond will return in ?

Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures will announce the official title and cast of the 24th 007 film in the iconic film series.

Daniel Craig will be back as Bond for fourth time. Skyfall director Sam Mendes is back to direct after the critical and billion dollar success of the last adventure.

You can watch the announcement live steaming from Pinewood Studios in London at 11:00 am London time, 6:00am Eastern Time and 3:00am Pacific Time in the U.S. Watch it here:

The next adventure starts filming on Monday.

We’ll have a wrap up of the big announcement and thoughts on the next 007 adventure later today.

Bond 24 made our list of 14 geek wishes for 2014 – click and see if we called it or missed the mark.

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TERMINATOR GENISYS Teaser Trailer

courtesy Skydance and Paramount
courtesy Skydance and Paramount

“He Is Back!”

The teaser for the Terminator Genisys trailer arrives a day ahead of the first full trailer for the franchise reboot.

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as the Terminator.

Emilia Clarke is the new Sarah Connor, Jason Clarke is John Connor and Jai Courtney is Kyle Reese. Genre favorites Matt Smith and J.K. Simmons are part of the reboot cast.

Watch and speculate. Continue reading TERMINATOR GENISYS Teaser Trailer

SUICIDE SQUAD Villains For Your Consideration

New Suicide Squad #1 courtesy DC Comics
New Suicide Squad #1 courtesy DC Comics

With “heroes” like these how do you come up with a perfect villain?

Joker, Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Boomerang and Enchantress (to be played by Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Jai Courtney, Cara Delevinge ) are the infamous DC rogues who will appear in Suicide Squad. Update: Tom Hardy dropped out of playing Rick Flag in the Warner Brothers film.

Director David Ayer calls the film “a Dirty Dozen with supervillains” based on the comic book in which captured villains go on missions for a lighter sentence.

Who could the villain be? Continue reading SUICIDE SQUAD Villains For Your Consideration

KREE Revealed On AGENTS OF SHIELD! INHUMANS Next?

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courtesy Marvel

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. producers revealed the mystery alien seen earlier in the series is a Kree in this week’s episode.

(Lee Pace played the Kree villain Ronan the Accuser in Guardians of the Galaxy.)

It’s been a major story thread since the show began. The blood of his alien led to Phil Coulson’s resurrection and saved Skye.

From next week’s episode preview – Skye and villainess Raina could be radically transformed by the Kree. Continue reading KREE Revealed On AGENTS OF SHIELD! INHUMANS Next?

WHO IS SUICIDE SQUAD’S RICK FLAG?

Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag courtesy DC Comics
Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag courtesy DC Comics

Warner Brothers lines up the stars for Suicide Squad.

Jared Leto as Joker, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot and Tom Hardy as Rick Flag.

Most of the team is made of classic Batman villains but you may ask who is Rick Flag?

Flag is actually three generations of men connected to Suicide Squad. The original Flag and founding member was a World War II unit leader then he joined what was then called Task Force X. Continue reading WHO IS SUICIDE SQUAD’S RICK FLAG?