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Source: Variety
While Zack Snyder himself scoffed at the idea of Zod being a villain in the upcoming Superman film ("the internet has no idea what's going on" - Snyder's exact words), it seems that maybe he's slightly less informed than the rest of us. Warner Brothers sent out a press release this morning stating that 'Boardwalk Empire' actor Michael Shannon has been cast as General Zod in the new Superman film, which apparently is now just being called 'Man of Steel'.
Snyder stated:
Fans may point out that Zod also starred in the first 'Superman' film (played by Terrance Stamp), but didn't actually appear as a villain until 'Superman II'. However, the press release clearly states that Zod will be going "toe-to-toe" with actor Henry Cavill (Superman), so it's safe to assume that yes - he is the primary villain of the film.
More concerning is that the film is dropping the 'Superman' part of the title completely and going with 'Man of Steel'. Not even 'THE Man of Steel', just... 'Man of Steel'. Anti-Snyder speculation is rampant, alleging that the change was made by WB to distance the Superman franchise from a potential disaster (much like Shaquille O'Neal's 1997 'Steel'). However, it's much more likely that the name change is simply to reflect a change in comic book film trends (i.e. 'The Dark Knight').
Source: THR
Speaking of Gotham's caped crusader and film villains - it appears that Josh Pence (Armie Hammer's body double in 'The Social Network') will fill Liam Neeson's sideburns as a young Ra's al Ghul in 'The Dark Knight Rises'. While al Ghul's body was never actually recovered from the train wreckage in 'Batman Begins', and even though the comics have the character constantly resurrecting through "fountain of youth"-like Lazarus Pits, expect no such circumstances in Christopher Nolan's bat-universe. Sources say that Pence will appear in flashback scenes that take 30 years prior to the events in 'Rises'.
The rumored casting goes a long way towards fan speculation that the final Nolan-led Batman film would center around The League of Shadows and would involve his daughter Talia (reportedly Marion Cotillard) and the deadly and intelligent Bane (Tom Hardy) as the heirs to Ra's al Ghul's criminal empire, who return to Gotham to finish what Ra's couldn't - the complete destruction of Gotham City. It would also confirm Nolan's reported goal of bringing the series full circle.
Source: LATimes
As we reported a few weeks back, 20th Century Fox is intent on producing a 'Deadpool' film, but one that completely ignores the ridiculous continuity from 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' where he was a teleporting, blade-armed mute with laser vision. However, recent production updates have the film strangely labeled as 'X-Men Origins: Deadpool', which kind of flies in the face of their previous announced intentions. As always, there is more than one way to look at it. Perhaps they're trying to associate Deadpool as a definite X-spinoff, hence the X-Men designator. Or, maybe they just don't want people to confuse 'Deadpool' (a film about a hilarious a**hole mercenary with a healing factor) with 'The Dead Pool' (the 1988 Clint Eastwood "Dirty Harry" crime thriller).
Regardless of title, it appears that the project has found a director in visual-effects supervisor Tim Miller ('X-Men', 'X2', 'Scott Pilgrim vs. The World'). Having previous experience on Fox's X-films can't hurt the first-time director, especially for the film in question. The first draft of the script, which was written by 'Zombieland' scribes Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, literally opens up on a massive freeze frame scene that expands outwards from a giant clusterf**k of death and mayhem. Considering the variety of trouble Deadpool gets into, and the added visual needs of a film about a man who is absolutely insane and psychotically delusional, having a visual effects guru at the helm is a pretty smart move.
Source: BleedingCool
Having been working on it for a very long time, Edgar Wright and co-writer Joe Cornish have apparently turned in the second draft for 'Ant-Man'. Cornish, in a recent panel at Kapow-Con, let slip that the script had been turned in to the studio a matter of days ago, so the project is still in the works. Marvel, who is quickly nearing their massive crossover 'The Avengers', has expressed interest in bringing some of their smaller characters (no pun intended) to the big screen. However, hopes that Wright ('Hot Fuzz') was basing the film on Robert Kirkman's popular 'Ireedemable Ant-Man' storyline (in which SHIELD agent Eric O'Grady steals a prototype Ant-Man suit and proceeds to use it to spy on Miss Marvel in the shower while becoming a bit of a second-tier hero) have been dashed - when asked if their script was based or influenced by that story arc, Cornish replied "definitely not".
Until next time!
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Comment by The Riddler on April 13, 2011 at 2:20am -
I say this about Deadpool all I want them to do is to do the transition from that bad Deadpool in Wolverine to this one the way Deadpool would.
Start with a narrative over the right Deadpool running through bullets or over rooftops or something like that... he then says "You may be wondering how I went from this [still shot of Origins DP] to the unbelievable super-awsome spectacle you see before you" Deadpool looks right to the camera
"Don't worry about it" and then continue movie, he adressed how bad it was and says just ignore it more or less.
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Comment by Ziyad B on April 12, 2011 at 9:04pm -
Cool.
Superman- Even thought i got no problem with this actor or zod, I'd rather they used someone else because superman has over 50 bad guys.
Dkr- that news is okay since they slightly resemble each other but I'm more interested in if bane's henchmen are gonna be in the movie because i think it would be efficient to combine those guys with some lower ranked league of shadows characters.
Deadpool- i may be the only one who doesn't want them to completely ignore the other film simply because id rather they own up to their mistakes and use that movies deadpool as the marvel film universe version of Headpool, the talking zombie head from Deadpool corps.
Ant-Man- I'm glad that someone is willing to give the original Ant-man a chance to be cool so more power to you.
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Comment by Cthulhu R'lyeh on April 12, 2011 at 6:15pm -
@Happy Birthday Roboto
Yes, I did notice this. I was always perplexed about the mirror scene in Inception, since I felt like Nolan was trying to blow my mind or something and I wasn't cooperating.
But to be fair, he is perfectly capable of doing amazing bigger than life moments in his movies. Like in BB, when Batman uses bats to his command. That moment defines his Batman, just like the closing shot of Batman 1989 defined Burton's.
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on April 12, 2011 at 4:55pm -
@Cthulhu R'lyeh
Dude, I know that you're a Chris Nolan fan and so am I but have you noticed how he shoots every shot of his movies in a "matter of fact" style as if it were really happening and he were there with a crew? Almost the exact opposite of what Tim Burton would do! You see I think that Nolan is a man who thinks in logical terms and frankly the idea of a sureal dreamlike world either never occured to him or he didn't feel he could pull it off or he just plain didn't want to do it that way!
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Comment by Cthulhu R'lyeh on April 12, 2011 at 12:59pm
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@CHEEZYSPAM
I have problems with that level because it felt too ordinary. I wanted something crazier.
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Comment by CHEEZYSPAM on April 12, 2011 at 11:12am -
@Cthulhu R'lyeh, that is of course assuming you didn't love INCEPTION from the beginning (which I do).
I can easily put aside any problems I might have with crazy "james bond" like action sequences because the whole movie wasn't ever set in reality. Just as crazy as JGL floating around a hotel or Ellen Page bending a city over on top of itself. Even the "real world" had to convince us that such a world exists where we can enter other people's dreams.
That said... a Chris Nolan directed horror flick would pretty much be the ultimate filmgasm experience.
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Comment by mst3k4evur on April 12, 2011 at 10:44am -
@Happy_Birthday_Roboto
Damn, you beat me to it! Yeah, as much as I am getting tired of the deluge of British actors in American roles I think we can all name a few we approve of. My only problem is guys like Stephen Moyer who attempt the American accent but it comes off awkward and forced.
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Comment by D.J. Postley on April 12, 2011 at 9:20am -
Fox? FUCK!!!!! :'( If you say the script is perfect then they better not fuck it up. Don't ever fix what isn't broken. Deadpool is a Rated R film! It would appeal to an actually bigger audience. People who don't know the character would want to see this movie. Fucking 16 and 17 year old kids would sneak in the theatre to see this.
That is very true. I would be very picky with where I give money to as well. But Mr. Big should've known the many differences between Chris and Zach (besides sanity and G.P.A.).
Chris came up with his idea in a dream. He would then grow an obsession on this idea, spending an entire decade of his free time changing the concept over and over again, being more defined, taking notes, pictures, drawings, researching; creating the world of the dream. In other words the young Chris would eventually become God and create a whole new world. Adam was the cinematography and Eve was the script (because everything needs a rib, the script is always the rib in movie making). But God realized that Mr. Big is the only person who can give him what he needs, so God did what any smart director would've done which is take are most prestigious (no pun intended) comic book character and turn him to one of the greatest movie franchises in movie history. But God took Mr. Big by the chokehold, demanding $160,000,000 took make the movie he's "always wanted to make since he was a teenager." God (Chris), Adam and Eve teamed up and created one of the best movies of the 21st century. The best part was that Eve never took a bite out of the apple.
Zach came up with Sucker Puch when he was jacking off to Hentai, listening to terrible metal music, next to his dragon poster and set of fake samurai swords. I can't seem to find a link for the zombie nazis.
WAIT!!!! I got it. He skeeted on a swastika and a copy of Dawn of the Dead! He when then lather, rinse, and repeat this addiction till one day he was pitched the role of director of a Superman movie. He would except but on one condition. That condition was to get $80,000,000 for the "movie he always want to make since he was teenager". Instead of making a good movie, Zach jacked off to a Hentai, listening to terrible metal music, next to his dragon posters and set of fake samurai swords, skeeting on a swastika, a copy of Dawn of the Dead and $80,000,000.
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Comment by Cthulhu R'lyeh on April 12, 2011 at 9:14am
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@CHEEZYSPAM
Of course that would have changed the tone drastically, but don't forget that the plot would have also been different. It would have also saved us the horrible James Bond action level.
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on April 12, 2011 at 8:54am
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@CHEEZYSPAM
I totally agree with you, but remember, Chris Nolan was indie movie wonderboy when he made Memento, but when he made Insomnia he was movie studio appointed director, who was a no-name nobody and it would be the stars who would sell the movie. So he went from playing by his own rules to playing by theirs.Once he had proven his worth the studio gave him more freedom on Batman Begins, so in a way, Insomnia was a rite of passage!
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