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‘Fringe’ Will End On January 18th

by Derek Kraneveldt

After five fantastic years, FOX’s beloved Sci-Fi Drama Fringe is finally set to conclude. FOX today announced that the series will air its final (two hour) episode of January 18th, 2013. Fittingly, the finale will also be the 100th episode of the show.

Admittedly, I’ve not yet seen all of what Fringe has given us, (I’ve only watched the first two seasons) but I loved every minute of it. It’s definitely on my list of items to complete, hopefully sooner than later!

I’m really glad the series is getting the conclusion it deserves. I still recall just a year ago when the future of the series was uncertain (and unlikely)!

Here is the press release for those who are interested!

As the Fringe team fights for humanity’s future in the fifth and final season, the imaginative journey toward the end of the acclaimed series will culminate in a climactic conclusion during the two-hour final-two-episodes event Friday, Jan. 18 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. This milestone date will also celebrate the series’ 100th episode.

Series Co-Creator and Executive Producer J.J. Abrams reflected on the show’s run: “It has been an absolute honor to have been a part of the weird and wonderful world of FRINGE. I will always owe the cast and crew for pouring their hearts and souls into every dimension of this series. Creating the show with Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman was a joy, but watching it evolve over the years into such an imaginative, insane and heartbreaking ride is nothing less than a thrill. I am grateful to our blessed fans, and to Kevin Reilly and Peter Rice and everyone at the glorious Fox network for allowing FRINGE to reach its bittersweet conclusion.”

Executive producer and showrunner J. H. Wyman said, “Above all else, from the bottom of my heart, I would like to personally thank everyone involved with FRINGE. From the most amazing fans, to our incredible cast, writers and crew, and our wonderful partners at FOX and Warner Bros. – we would not be here without you. It simply cannot be overstated how grateful I am for the ongoing and unconditional support we have received over the past five seasons. It has been both mind-blowing and humbling. I’ve always been a fan of science fiction, and to be able to tell this story about a family – a family that, through everything, fought together for survival – has been a highlight of my career. As we approach the final chapter, I can hardly believe it, and I’m just truly thankful for this unparalleled experience.”

“FRINGE has truly imagined the impossibilities over its five seasons and will go down in the books as one of FOX’s most riveting and creatively brilliant series,” said Kevin Reilly, Chairman of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. “It has been a blast to work with J.J., Joel and their masterful creative teams, as well as with Anna, Josh and John and the rest of the most talented cast and crew in the business.”

Throughout FRINGE’s thrilling five seasons, the series has followed Special Agent OLIVIA DUNHAM (Anna Torv), enlisted institutionalized “fringe” scientist WALTER BISHOP (John Noble) and his globe-trotting, jack-of-all-trades son, PETER (Joshua Jackson) as the Fringe team explored mysterious occurrences linked between parallel universes, doppelgängers, Observers and unimaginable threats. The unlikely trio supervised by Special Agent PHILLIP BROYLES (Lance Reddick) and assisted by ASTRID FARNSWORTH (Jasika Nicole) – often led them to science and technological corporation Massive Dynamic, founded by WILLIAM BELL (guest star Leonard Nimoy), and its enigmatic chief executive, NINA SHARP (Blair Brown).

The fifth and final flash-forward season of FRINGE is set in 2036, when the “Observers” have become ruthless rulers of a dystopian society. As the battle for the world’s future continues to unfold, the Fringe team is in the midst of making its final stand to save humanity. In the aftermath of the devastating loss of Peter and Olivia’s daughter, ETTA (guest star Georgina Haig), the intensity escalates as the combat continues and Peter makes a pivotal and game-changing move in the all-new “An Origin Story” episode airing tonight (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

What do you think of the current season? Looking forward to checking out the finale?

Watch The First Clip From Fox’s ‘Axe Cop’!

by Shawn Madden

Check out the first clip from the upcoming Fox shorts based on the webcomic from the mind of brothers Malachai Nicolle (who was five years old when the series began) and Ethan Nicolle. Nick Offerman, who you probably better known as Ron Swanson from NBC’s Parks And Recreation, will be voicing Axe Cop in the animated shorts that will be airing Saturday nights on Fox. There really is nobody better to play Axe Cop than Offerman.    Am I saying this due to the mustache? Mostly.

The animated series will premiere next summer on Fox.

Matthew Vaughn No Longer Directing ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

Probably some of the most unexpected news of the day. Matthew Vaughn, who directed X-Men: First Class, has decided not to direct the sequel X-Men: Days Of Future Past for 20th Century Fox. Instead, Vaughn’s next project will be the big screen adaptation of The Secret Service, a comic book series which he co-plotted with writer Mark Millar and artist Dave Gibbons.

With the film having a release date set for July 18th, 2014 and filming set to begin in January, the studio is now looking for a replacement for the director. They may already have a director on the top of their list though, none other than the director behind the first two X-Men films, Bryan Singer. Matthew Vaughn will still produce the film but won’t be sitting in the directors chair. If anyone is to direct this film, Bryan Singer would probably be the smartest choice for Fox.

Source: Deadline

James Mangold’s ‘The Wolverine’ To Be Set AFTER The Original X-Men Films

by Shawn Madden

While the film was originally believed to be a prequel, director James Mangold has confirmed that his upcoming film The Wolverine will take place after all of the previous X-Men films. Yes, that even includes The Last Stand sadly. In The Last Stand we saw Logan forced to kill Jean Grey. Professor Xavier and Scott Summers (Please Fox…fix this one!) are believed to be deceased, and the team has parted ways. Could the recent rumor of Jean Grey appearing in the film turn out to be true? Could they be fixing the things about The Last Stand that pissed everyone off so much? Mangold stated:

“Where this film sits in the universe of the films is after them all. Jean Grey is gone, most of the X-Men are disbanded or gone, so there’s a tremendous sense of isolation for him.”

“That’s something that for me was very important, that I land in a very specific place in his timeline. I wanted to be able to tell the story without the burden of handing it off to a film that already exists and having to conform to it. The ideas of immortality reign very heavily in this story and the burden of immortality weighs heavily on Logan. For me that’s such an interesting part of Logan’s character that is nearly impossible to explore if you have a kind of league or team movie.”

We will have to wait and see what they’re up to. For now though, check out the newest still from the recent issue of Empire Magazine!

The Wolverine slices into theaters July 26th, 2013.

Source: Empire

‘Wanted’ Sequel To Feature New Female Lead

by Shawn Madden

Speaking with Hollywood.com, Wanted co-writer Derek Haas offered a small update on the upcoming sequel to big screen adaptation of Mark Millar’s Wanted. Haas and Michael Brandt are currently getting ready to send out a second draft of the script to Universal.

The team had actually left the sequel after creative differences between them and Universal. Universal then hired multiple writers to tackle the Wanted 2 script after Haas and Brandt departed but in 2011, the studio reapproached them for the job.

While he didn’t give much away about the sequel a small bit of what to expect in the film was revealed. According to Haas, the film will see an introduction to the new female character that will be teaming up with Wesley.

“The only thing I can tell you is that Wesley [James McAvoy] is now, four years later, recruiting a young woman who is in his situation in the first movie. She’s got a sh**ty life. He’s sort of in the Fox role. This new girl is brought into the world.”

I’m actually glad that they won’t be bringing back Angelina Jolie, who was rumored to be returning for awhile, in the sequel. While the film strayed away from the comic it was based on it was definitely fun and I hope that the sequel is just as fun and action-packed.

Josh Trank Looking At Jack Kirby & Stan Lee Material As Inspiration For ‘Fantastic Four’

by Shawn Madden

One of Mark Millar’s project that he will oversee for Fox will be the upcoming reboot of Fantastic Four. Josh Trank has been attached to direct the upcoming film, and Millar has stated thats Trank’s Chronicle was his favorite superhero film last year, and is excited to see what the director will bring to the table.

“You can tell from Chronicle that it was a new way of looking at superheroes, and I think he’s going to apply that same slightly skewed way of looking at heroes to the Fantastic Four, but do it in a way that feels incredibly reverential to the Kirby and Lee stuff.”

Millar went on state that for the Fantastic Four to work properly it really has to be done with the Lee and Kirby prospective. While the current trend for comic movies is to give them a darker feel, don’t expect that one from Marvel’s fantastic family.

“I don’t think you could do Fantastic Four and try and make it grim and gritty.”

It appears that Millar and Trank are going after a different approach than the current trend of movies. I’m pretty excited to see what the two combined can come up with. And I know for one thing that I hope this means we will get the Mole Man, The Moloids and his creatures on the big screen.

Source: SFX via ComicBook.com

Rob Liefeld Gives A More Encouraging Update On ‘Deadpool’ Movie

by Shawn Madden

Earlier today we posted a piece about director Tim Miller giving an update on the status of the Deadpool big screen adaptation that made it sound like there was nothing really going on with that at the moment. But, with Mark Millar coming in to oversee Fox’s comic book project’s the chance of Wade Wilson hitting the big screen have definitely increased. And it actually sounds like there may be going on with the flick than Miller let us know.

Deadpool creator Robert Liefeld has chimed in on Twitter stating that the departure of former Fox CEO Tom Rothman is one obstacle down on the path to bringing everyone’s favorite Merc With The Mouth to the big screen. Liefeld says that he’s actually already met with Mark Millar & Tim Miller to discuss the project.

But what was the most interesting piece of his Tweets today? Well, Liefeld re-tweeted the following tweet:

 

Could there be big plans to get re-introduce the character to the big screen after the abomination that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine? It’s quite possible. The script for the film has actually leaked out and been praised across internet forums and there is a bit of test footage that was made that Liefeld has called “Bloody PERFECT.” Fox, the fans have spoken. Make this one happen.

Did Mark Millar Confirm That We Will See Sentinels In ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’?

by Shawn Madden

One of the smartest moves that Fox has made regarding their comic book titles was bringing Mark Millar on to oversee their project. An article featured on Digital Spy says that Millar recently gave an interview to SFX about the upcoming X-Men: Days Of Future Past where he called the the plot of the film “X-Men meets The Terminator”. He also said the following about the film:

“”You’ve got robots, you’ve got time travel, you’ve got superheroes – it’s got everything in one film.”

Robots? Well, I think there’s only one thing that could mean. Sentinels!

Millar also stated that it is “no spoiler on [his] part” to say that the film goes into an apocalyptic future.” He also confirmed that they have definitely increased the budget from the first film. Millar didn’t go on to mention what characters or time periods we will see in the film, but those small tidbits alone are enough to get any X-fan X-cited.

Ed Brubaker Sells Two TV Titles: Will Act As Writer And Executive Producer

by Derek Kraneveldt

Comic writer extraordinaire (and Eisner Award winner) Ed Brubaker is busting into a new form of media!

 

The multi-award winning scribe has just sold his first two television projects:

 

Rising Suns follows an American Yazuka boss fighting for his life and falling for the FBI agent who is hunting him. This one will come from 20th Century Fox, and Kyle Killen (creator of Awake and Double Life) will also serve as an executive producer.

 

NBC has also taken interest in a title from Brubaker. This one remains untitled, but will follow an agent-in-training as she erases all traces of the agent she is shadowing.

 

Of course, nothing more is known about these titles, but one from one-line synopses we have so far, they certainly sound interesting!

 

Will you be checking these out whenever they make it to the small screen?

 

Photo credit Luigi Novi

Set Photos From ‘The Wolverine’ Reveal A First Look At Silver Samurai!

by Shawn Madden

Will Yun Lee (Red Dawn, Die Another Day) has finally been spotted on the set of the set of The Wolverine. Lee will be playing the main villain in the film, Kenuichio Harada aka The Silver Samurai. And from the looks of it we are definitely getting Lee in the full silver armor. Harada has the ability to charge his swords with an electrical current giving them the ability to slice through almost any substance. It appears that the claws are coming out on the set of The Wolverine!

Source: Hartnett.4BB

Drama Is Life With The Dull Bits Cut Out: Watch The Charming Trailer For ‘Hitchcock’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Fox Searchlight today released the first trailer for the highly anticipated Hitchcock.

The film features a pretty stellar cast with the likes of Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Jessica Biel, Scarlett Johansson, and many more.

Hitchcock follows the relationship of Alfred Hitchcock (Hopkins) and his wife Alma (Mirren), the trials and tribulations that they face, and the making of Hitchcocks most famous film, Psycho.

It’s quite the story, and looks to be shaping up to be quite the film. Check out the trailer below, and let us know what you think!

Hitchcock gets a limited release on November 23rd.

Fox Adapting ‘Battlefield: Bad Company’ For Television

by Shawn Madden

Deadline reveals that Fox has begun development on Bad Company. This series will be an hour long action comedy based on the EA video game, Battlefield: Bad Company. The first person shooter, while serious at times, definitely was one of the more light-hearted FPS’s out there. Battlefield: Bad Company was released in 2008 and spawned a sequel two years later. The game has received mostly positive reviews. The critics praised the story’s humor as well as the game’s technical aspects.

The series is being developed by John Eisendrath (Alias), Sony TV and Happy Madison studios. The pilot for the series has already been written by Eisendrath and will feature the main characters from the game. The show has been described as:

“It follows four renegade soldiers as they exit military life and enter the private sector. But trouble is never far behind as they realize their commanding officer had used them to further the ends of a shadow unit within the government and now wants them dead to cover his tracks.”

Video games haven’t had the best track record when being adapted so far. But maybe a television show may work out better than a film?

Easter Egg In ‘Prometheus’ Ties Movie To ‘Blade Runner’

by Shawn Madden

Could Ridley Scott be establishing a shared universe between the Alien and Blade Runner franchises? It seems that it could be possible given the following Easter Egg from the U.K. steelbook release of Prometheus.

The following memo from Peter Weyland, who was played by Guy Pearce, has Weyland talking about his “mentor and long-departed competitor”. No names are mentioned, but it’s pretty obvious to any Blade Runner fan that Weyland is referring to Eldon Tyrell. Tyrell was the head of the Tyrell Corporation who were responsible for creating the Replicant’s minds and memories in Blade Runner.

With a sequel to Blade Runner in the works it couldn’t be entirely unlikely that Scott is setting up a shared universe between the franchises. However, we’re going to have to wait and see on that one. Remember, big things have small beginnings.

Source: The Playlist

Famke Jansenn May Also Be Returning For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

Ever since the title to the sequel to X-Men: First Class was revealed many have been speculating how the time travel will play into the film. Just recently it was revealed that Patrick Stewart may be reprising his role as Professor Charles Xavier and now it seems he may not be alone.

Well, now it’s Famke Janssen, who played Jean Grey, who may be dropping some subtle hints about making a return to the franchise. In a recent interview with MTV the topic of X-Men: Days Of Future Past came up and if she will be appearing in the film. Jansenn replied:

“One never knows. Jean Grey, the Phoenix…she finds a way to reincarnate herself constantly, so one never knows.”

However, the actress did make a point to state that she is “in no position to say anything” too definitive. She also stated that she has no idea if she will return but that fans should “stay tuned”. While, this is definitely not confirmation that the actress will be back it definitely does feel like there is a chance based on her reply.

Matt Reeves Will Direct ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Last week we showed you Fox’s list of possible directors for the sequel to last years phenomenal Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The list included some great names, such as J Blakeson (The Disappearance Of Alice Creed), Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later), Rian Johnson (Looper, Brick), and Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy)

Shawn had commented that Matt Reeves had stepped down from his other projects, signaling that he may have ben the chosen one.

Looks like that is in fact the case! Deadline has revealed that Matt Reeves will in fact be at the helm of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The film is set to release on May 23rd, 2014.

What are your thoughts? Looking forward to the film? What did you think of his previous efforts, Cloverfield and Let Me In?

Mark Millar Talks About Working With Fox On Their Marvel Properties

by Shawn Madden

It was announced just yesterday that Fox would be bringing Mark Millar (The Ultimates, Kick-Ass) on as their creative council for their Marvel films. Basically, Fox has made Millar their Joss Whedon. Below, Millar also thanks directors Matthew Vaughn and Joe Carnahan who were instrumental in Millar getting the gig. While we know that we can expect great things from the combination of  Vaugh and Millar, it’s going to be interesting to see what could possibly come from him and Carnahan. Maybe we will see Nemesis released by Fox? Anyway, Millar has decided to talk about what he will be doing with Fox which you can read below.

Dear Boys and Girls,

I’m just out of bed and hardly slept a wink. Weirdly, the baby slept right through and we could have had a clear eight hours, but I was still buzzing about the big announcement last night. It’s pretty much the biggest thing that’s ever happened to me so as you can imagine adrenaline is coursing. For those who missed, I’ve just signed a contract with Fox to work on ALL their Marvel movies, details of which can be seen here:

PRESS RELEASE: Mark Millar To Consult On FOX’s MARVEL ADAPTATIONS

It’s way too early to talk about plans just yet, but as you can imagine the idea here is to make exactly the kind of superhero movies you and I want to see most. There literally isn’t a more talented bunch of film-makers to be working with and the team at Fox are incredibly excited about this bold new direction too. I also want to post this here to say thanks for the hundreds of emails I woke up to this morning and the thousand-plus tweets I got overnight from well-wishers. I wish I had time to reply to them all today – I usually reply to most of my tweets @mrmarkmillar – but this morning was an AVALANCHE and so I just wanted to so a big thanks, that I’ve read every one and that they’re hugely appreciated. A highlight, I think, was well-wishes from Stan The Man himself. That’s like the Pope sending a message. Couldn’t have been more exciting.

But my biggest thanks has to go to director Joe Carnahan, I think. It was Joe who suggested me to the bigwigs at Fox for this role as he’s always been a supporter of what I did in comics like The Ultimates and so on. He and Matthew Vaughn – both of whom have a very strong relationship with Fox – really pushed for me to get this gig and I just want to publicly thank them both for their support.

Right, better get my Scottish ass showered, dressed and onto work. Kick-Ass 2 resumes shooting here on Monday and I’m on set the week after next, but a TON of stuff to get written before I can get down to Pinewood. Finished issue 2 of Jupiter’s Children yesterday for Mister Frank Quitely and issue one of Kick-Ass 3 is now in the can too. Oh, and thanks to everyone who picked up Hit-Girl #3 this week. We sold out by yesterday afternoon and will be going back to press on this and with the FOURTH printing of issue one. Thanks again for spending your hard-earned cash on these Millarworld books and keeping it away from the Romney campaign!

Right. Work. Catch you all later and I promise you are in for an awesome few years. If you’re on this board you know how much I’m INTO this stuff.

Lotsa love,
MM

Not only is this a great decision it is a smart decision. It’s clear that these movie studios are learning from Marvel Studios success that the best choice for people to work on films are not studio people, but rather the people who actually write comics and read them. It may have taken a number of years for them to learn this but I am glad they have. While there are many fans who want Marvel Studios to get back their Fantastic Four and X-Men properties I think that it’s better that they don’t have them. Yes, I know I just probably pissed someone off with that one.

As long as they’re making money Fox isn’t going to be letting go of these properties any time soon. And it’s better that way. We don’t need a Marvel Studios reboot of these films while they have tons of other properties that we could explore. But now with Millar on board, who has written X-Men and Fantastic Four titles before, you can definitely expect it to stick closer to the source as well as bring in some awesome things that you may not expect at all. I definitely can’t wait to see what he brings to the table.

 

Daniel Radcliffe May Be Playing The Lead In Fox’s ‘Frankenstein’

by Shawn Madden

According to The Wrap, Daniel Radcliffe is interested in playing the lead role in Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin) and Max Landis (Chronicle) take on Frankenstein. So, he’ll be playing Dr. Frankenstein or the monster? Nope, none of the above. Earlier this month at Comikaze Landis revealed that his film’s main character would be Frankenstein’s assistant, Igor.

The movie which is currently in development at 20th Century Fox, will definitely be a very different take on the story that we all know.  The most interesting part about this story? Landis actually said during his panel a few weeks ago:

“Igor is the main character. Hey guys, Igor may be Daniel Radcliff.”

Could this possibly mean that Radcliffe has already been cast but no announcement has been made yet?

Mark Millar To Consult On Fox’s Marvel Titles

by Derek Kraneveldt

20th Century Fox announced today that they have hired Mark Millar as a creative consultant for their Marvel film properties.

Millar is obviously no stranger to either the comic or film world. He has written for a variety of huge and hugely popular titles, and two of his own creations (Wanted and Kick-Ass) have spawned highly successful films. Fox would clearly like a repeat of the success of these films, and as Deadline reports Millar has been tasked with finding new creative avenues for the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises, which may be able to do just that.

Speaking with Deadline, Millar had this to say about the hire:

“As someone who has spent his entire life obsessed with both comic-books and movies, this is essentially my dream gig as it’s a unique combination of both,” stated Millar. “I spent ten years working at Marvel and am really happy with the work I did on the comic side of things so the idea of working with these characters now in a brand new medium is enormously exciting for me. I really like the Fox team, love this bold new direction they have for their franchises and am proud to be working alongside some of modern cinema’s biggest talents. James Mangold is incredible, Matthew Vaughn’s one of my closest pals and Josh Trank gave us, in my opinion, one of the greatest superhero movies of the last decade with Chronicle. The invitation to join this crew was maybe the coolest phone-call I’ve ever had.”

What do you think of this? Are you a fan of Millar’s work?

 

Patrick Stewart Appearing In ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’?

by Shawn Madden

X-Men: Days Of Future Past starts filming next January and other than the title of the movie we haven’t heard much about it. There has been a rumor about Patrick Stewart appearing in the film and many just shrugged it off as a rumor. Well, there is a definite chance that it is more than a rumor. During a panel at the 2012 Montreal Comic Convention, Patrick Stewart made an interesting comment. Or at least started to make one.

Sir Patrick Stewart closed out the 2012 Montreal Comic Convention by offering up a tantalizing tease for fans of the X-Men film franchise. If hisrecent nod at an Apple store seemed to suggest he’d be returning to the silver screen in the role of Professor X, when asked directly by a fan during his Q&A panel, the Englishman gave a knowing smile and spoke the words many have been waiting to hear: “I think there is every possibility.”

 He proceeded to enthusiastically run down the list of his female co-stars: “Halle Berry! Famke Janssen! Rebecca Stamos! Anna Paquin!” The crowd roared back with delight, opting not to point out his mistake regarding Rebecca Romijn’s current last name. He continued, saying “yes, I’ll be reprising…” only to be cut off by his son Daniel, who proceeded to throw out the names of his father’s male co-stars, Hugh Jackman and Sir Ian McKellen.

Now, while he was cut off it appears that he may be reprising his role in the next film. But after the events of X-Men: The Last Stand how would the character appear? Being that the movie deals with time travel they could fix the events of the third film. Or maybe time travel and never have Brett Ratner direct it?

Source: Newsarama

Check Out A New Clip From ‘Taken 2’

by Derek Kraneveldt

We’re just a couple weeks away from Taken 2 and promotion is beginning to ramp up! 20th Century Fox today released a new clip for the upcoming action flick.

Taken 2 hits North America on October 5th: Liam Neeson returns as badass Bryan Mills, and much of the other cast will be reprising their roles as well.

Taken was a great and unexpected surprise in my opinion. I just hope the sequel offers a similar experience! Taken 2 comes from the same writers, Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) however has taken the directors chair!

Check out the clip below, and let us know what you think!

Fox Picks Up Superhero Police Drama ‘Vigilant’ From Max Landis & Howard Gordon

by Shawn Madden

This past Saturday during his panel at Comikaze, Max Landis (Chronicle) revealed that he had sold a television show but could not yet reveal the details. Well, the details have been revealed and Fox has picked up Vigilant a superhero police drama that will be penned by Landis and produced by Howard Gordon (Homeland).

The series that revolves around a twenty-year-old woman who takes on the persona of a crime fighting vigilante in order to take down criminals and flush out corruption from within the police department.

Landis tweeted earlier:

It looks like Landis has even more on his plate now than he already did with him currently working on the sequel to Chronicle, the upcoming Frankenstein project as well as penning Space Mountain for Disney. You can check out some details on those projects here. We’ll be sure to keep you updated as more news hits for Vigilant.

Source: THR

 

The Jean Grey School For Higher Learning Appearing In ‘The Wolverine’?

by Shawn Madden

Well, it appears there is more than meets the eye when it comes to The Wolverine. James Mangold’s film is said to be a standalone film taking Logan to Japan and including some well known characters in the X-universe, but this film just may not be as standalone as they’re saying it is. The Geek Files has come across an interesting set photo that seems to reveal that The Jean Grey School For Higher Learning will be featured at some point in the film.

Now, this could just could be a cool little easter egg for the fans of course. But it could also be something even bigger. Maybe Fox plans on connecting this movie into their next X-film X-Men: Days Of Future Past via a post credit scene? It’s a definite possibility that we’re probably going to have to wait until next summer to find out about. Well, that is unless someone leaks it online of course. Could this also possibly have some form of tie with the supposed New Mutants film that Fox is said to be working on? Oh, the many possibilities!

Paul McGuinan Replacing Shawn Levy As Director Of Fox’s ‘Frankenstein’

by Shawn Madden

Fox has decided to remove Shawn Levy (Real Steel) from the equation of their upcoming Frankenstein. Rather than spend the $80 million budget that Levy wanted Fox has chosen to a pursue a more econmic route and has attached director Paul McGuinan (Lucky Number Slevin, Push) to direct.

“Levy wanted a big-budget version of the classic monster tale, according to sources close to the project, while Fox wants to keep costs on the project down.”

The film is being penned by Max Landis (Chronicle) who may be doing re-writes due to a new director being attached. In which case, I am hoping won’t take too long due to Landis currently working on the sequel to last year’s Chronicle at the moment. The actual content of the reboot is being kept under wraps but it’s being said that the story will be about “friendship and redemption.” Well, that’s definitely not what I was expecting it to be about. There has no announcement as far as when shooting will begin yet. This could definitely be an interesting project to keep an eye on with Landis and McGuinan behind it.

Source: Variety

First Look At Rila Fukushima As Yukio In ‘The Wolverine’

by Shawn Madden

A few set photos have made their way online last week of the cast and crew of The Wolverine as they begin filming in Japan. Earlier today a first look at model-turned-actress Rila Fukushima as Yukio has made its way online.

The character Yukio is a blood-thirsty assassin tasked with killing Wolverine, but becomes enamored with him  when she witnesses his exceptional killing prowess. She is one of the two love interests featured in Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s “Japanese Saga”. Check out a first look at Fukushima on the set of The Wolverine.

Source: Collider

Observe A New Promo For ‘Fringe’ Season 5

by Derek Kraneveldt

I remember the uproarious internet applause the day that Fringe’s uncertain future was revealed.

The world was sure it would be cancelled: it was too expensive, the ratings weren’t good enough, it was a great show on Fox. Nearly everyone had prepared for the end of Olivia, Peter, and Walter’s crazy journey. Then the unthinkable happened, and it was announced that another season would be produced.

I’ve yet to watch the show beyond the first season. I have no idea what’s going on, but this teaser makes the coming season look cool as hell.

 

Fox Adapting Lisa Joy’s Graphic Novel ‘Headache’ For Television

by Shawn Madden

Fox has picked up the rights to Athena, a drama based on the graphic novel Headache by writer Lisa Joy (Pushing Daisies), with plans to develop it as an hour long drama for the small screen. The graphic novel is described as:

This gripping coming-of-age tale of an 18-year-old girl who happens to be Athena. In Athena’s life, there’s no such thing as hyperbole. Her “evil” stepmother? Hera, who’s actually evil and out to kill her. The bad boy she falls in love with? Hades, king of the underworld. The philandering father whose approval she always seeks and fails to attain? Zeus the ultimate deadbeat dad. And now she must take on all of the gods in order to stop them from destroying mankind.

Deadline states that the show will consist of a storyline in which “each week she must maintain her secret identity while battling a slew of ancient monsters from Greek mythology and searching to uncover which of the other Greek gods is secretly plotting against her to take over the Earth”. Joy will write and executive produce the hour long project alongside Peter Chernin (Rise of The Planet Of The Apes) and Katherine Pope (New Girl).

 

Facebook Page For ‘The Wolverine’ Give Us A First Plot Synopsis

by Shawn Madden

Fox’s The Wolverine is currently filming in Australia and recently, a Facebook page for the movie popped up. The James Mangold directed movie will be based off of Frank Miller’s Japanese saga and once again see Hugh Jackman back on the screen as Logan. While not too revealing a plot synopsis is featured on the Facebook page for the film

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, THE WOLVERINE finds Logan, the eternal warrior and outsider, in Japan. There, samurai steel will clash with adamantium claw as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will leave him forever changed.

Check out official Facebook page here.

The page also confirms that Svetlana Khodchenkova, who had been rumored already after Jessica Biel dropped out, will be playing Viper in the film.

The Wolverine will hit theaters July 26th, 2013.

Mad Men’s John Slattery Joins Cast Of Arrested Development’s Fourth Season!

by Shawn Madden

I know we are all excited that the new season of Arrested Development has begun filming and we can’t wait to see it. Want something to get you even more excited? Ron Howard is saying that the new season will be including some new characters. Details of the new characters are unknown except that one of the roles is going to be filled by Mad Men star John Slattery. However, there are no details currently as to what his role is going to be but it is known that he will be appearing in multiple episodes.

The new season is set to stream on Netflix in 2013 but in the meantime you guys can hold yourselves over watching all three previous seasons on there as well. Or maybe you could just go to Burger King. Did you know that you can get a refill on any drink you want there, and it’s free?

Source: Collider

Joe Carnahan Discusses Why We Won’t See His Vision Of ‘Daredevil’ Hit The Big Screen

by Shawn Madden

Joe Carnahan sat down and talked to The Radio Dan Show about his plans for a Daredevil movie that was supposed to happen until Fox pulled the cord. We also find out why he wanted to make the movie a period piece rather than set it in the present. Collider has hooked us up with a transcription on what was discussed.

On why there wasn’t enough time to bring his version to the screen:

I was brought in pretty late in the game, and my take probably didn’t help matters since they had an existing script. But I just thought that if you were going to do it, this was the way to go. This is the way that intrigued me…It was initially something I passed on because Christopher Nolan had done such a lovely job with Batman and unless you’re going to go after that trilogy, then that’s how you have to think. You can’t out-hurdle that, then what’s the point of trying? So it set the bar extraordinarily high, and I thought ‘Well, if we’re going to do this, let’s have a discussion about Hell’s Kitchen, and how it was really Hell’s Kitchen in the 70s,” so that got me really excited. But as I mentioned, the clock ticking and this kind of October drop-dead date, it wasn’t tenable. And having gone down this road in the past when you’re trying to write something and shoot it at the same time is disastrous, and I think you’d need an adequate amount of time to put that script together in the right way. My brother [Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom)] was interested in writing it with me, so we’ll see.

On why he thought a period piece for Daredevil would have been a good choice:

As I’m finishing my kind of reimagining of Death Wish, I think the 70s is figuring into my conscious and subconscious mind right now. I think it was the last time music and movies were just tremendous. We just cranked out some great stuff. I think that’s why the sizzle reel is able to be kind of abstract because people have such great fondness in their hearts for that decade, particularly the early part of that decade. I’m excited; you know the idea of having Daredevil on top of a building somewhere with the Serpico marquee in the background was enough, that image was enough, for me to want to make the movie.

Many fans weren’t too fond of the idea of another Daredevil film being brought to us by Fox until they found out about Carnahan’s attachment to the project. And after his sizzle reels were shown to us last night, giving us an idea on what the project would have been like, some of us are actually let down that it isn’t happening. Now, the big questions is…what will Marvel do with the man without fear?

Watch Joe Carnahan’s Sizzle Reels For ‘Daredevil’!

by Shawn Madden

With news breaking that Fox is going to let Daredevil’s rights revert back to Marvel director Joe Carnahan has decided to let us check out the sizzle reels that he used to present his vision to the studio of what his film would’ve been like. The reels are comprised of  footage from other movies and some comics art, and man does it look like we may have actually been getting an awesome Daredevil movie. Watching these kinds of makes me sad that Fox is letting go of the rights.

Source: IGN