X-Men: Days of Future Past is a sequel to X-Men: First Class. So far from what I've heard, it will be pretty awesome like the rest of the X-Men movies. Days of Future Past is scheduled to come out in 2014.
James McAvoy is returning as Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, and Jason Flemyng as Azazel. Pretty much everyone who was in the first movie that didn't die, of course, will be in the next one. There are a few new, but old, characters in the Days of Future Past. Patrick Stewart will be Professor X and Ian McKellen will be Magneto. So what I'm thinking is that either there will be a future flash forward or this movie will be will be extremely long and showing their entire lives up until X-Men or X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I highly doubt that will be the case, so expect them to have cameos or a future scene.
Something that kinda upset me was the ending to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Professor Xavier is Patrick Stewart and he is walking around and at the end of X-Men: First Class, James McAvoy is Professor X, which is fine, except he is already in a wheel chair at the end. They should have thought about that before making the end to First Class.
Another rumor update: Hugh Jackman is in negotiations to play Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past, which will make that movie more awesome than it already is. He had a cameo in First Class, so hopefully he will have a full part in this movie.
UPDATE:
X-Men Days of Future Past. This movie actually time travels to the future, which is why everyone from the original X-Men movie is going to be in it including Magneto, Professor X, Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Jean, Rogue, and Iceman.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
15 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Star Wars
The 15 things you probably didn't know about Star Wars plus a random fact.
1. Between Star Wars Episode V and VI, Mark Hamil was in a car accident which disfigured his face.
2. Darth Vader's breathing was created by using a scuba regulator.
3. Han Solo was based on George Lucas' friend, Francis Ford Coppola, who often wore a vest.
4. Besides Harrison Ford, Kurt Russle, Nick Nolte, Christopher Walken, and Al Pacino were discussed to play Han Solo.
5. Chewbacca was based on George Lucas' dog, Indiana. Also where the name Indiana Jones came from.
6. The Millennium Falcon was inspired by the shape of a hamburger with an olive on the side.
7. R2-D2 is named after a piece of Film Editor's Jargon, it means "Reel 2, Dialog 2".
8. Joe Johnston, the director of Captain America: The First Avenger, created the design for Boba Fett's armor.
9. Denis Lawson, who plays Wedge Antilles, is the uncle of Ewan McGregor, who plays Obi-Wan Kenobi.
10. Christopher Lee, who plays Count Dooku, was originally cast as Grand Moff Tarkin, but eventually it was given to his good friend, Peter Cushing.
11. Star Wars A New Hope was the first movie to ever gross more than $300 million.
12. The famous opening, " A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." was originally "A long, long time ago in a not too distant future...".
13. Han Solo was originally supposed to be a green alien with gills.
14. "The Adventures of Luke Starkiller, As Taken From The Journal of the Whills; Saga One -- The Star Wars" was the working title of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
15. Yoda was originally going to be named Buffy.
Random Fact. Samuel L. Jackson, actor who plays Mace Windo, wanted his lightsaber to be purple so that everyone would know it was him during the Battle of Geonosis.
Sources:
www.forkpary.com
www.buzzfeed.com
www.popculture.com
www.imdb.com
1. Between Star Wars Episode V and VI, Mark Hamil was in a car accident which disfigured his face.
2. Darth Vader's breathing was created by using a scuba regulator.
3. Han Solo was based on George Lucas' friend, Francis Ford Coppola, who often wore a vest.
4. Besides Harrison Ford, Kurt Russle, Nick Nolte, Christopher Walken, and Al Pacino were discussed to play Han Solo.
5. Chewbacca was based on George Lucas' dog, Indiana. Also where the name Indiana Jones came from.
6. The Millennium Falcon was inspired by the shape of a hamburger with an olive on the side.
7. R2-D2 is named after a piece of Film Editor's Jargon, it means "Reel 2, Dialog 2".
8. Joe Johnston, the director of Captain America: The First Avenger, created the design for Boba Fett's armor.
9. Denis Lawson, who plays Wedge Antilles, is the uncle of Ewan McGregor, who plays Obi-Wan Kenobi.
10. Christopher Lee, who plays Count Dooku, was originally cast as Grand Moff Tarkin, but eventually it was given to his good friend, Peter Cushing.
11. Star Wars A New Hope was the first movie to ever gross more than $300 million.
12. The famous opening, " A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." was originally "A long, long time ago in a not too distant future...".
13. Han Solo was originally supposed to be a green alien with gills.
14. "The Adventures of Luke Starkiller, As Taken From The Journal of the Whills; Saga One -- The Star Wars" was the working title of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
15. Yoda was originally going to be named Buffy.
Random Fact. Samuel L. Jackson, actor who plays Mace Windo, wanted his lightsaber to be purple so that everyone would know it was him during the Battle of Geonosis.
Sources:
www.forkpary.com
www.buzzfeed.com
www.popculture.com
www.imdb.com
Friday, November 16, 2012
Agent Phil Coulson Returns
Yep, you read that right. Agent Phil Coulson of SHIELD is returning to Marvel. After he died in The Avengers, it was kinda a letdown. A lot of people including myself really liked him with his dry sense of humor. He was a good fit, he brought all the superheroes together to form The Avengers.
Unfortunately, he won't be returning to any Marvel movies, but he will star in the upcoming Marvel TV show, SHIELD. You probably won't see any superheros in this, the show is going to focus more on the spy operation of SHIELD. So maybe Nick Fury will appear, sense he is the actual founder of SHIELD in the comics.
This show will probably be aired on ABC, but I'm not positive. When Disney bought Marvel they talked about expanding it to TV and ABC came up a lot.
This show's main character is Phil Coulson played by Clark Gregg. There are some other actors, but I didn't recognize any of the names. This show will be directed by Joss Whedon who also directed The Avengers.
Not sure when this show will air, I'm guessing next year. It got the green light to air the pilot, so I guess that means their filming it.
Unfortunately, he won't be returning to any Marvel movies, but he will star in the upcoming Marvel TV show, SHIELD. You probably won't see any superheros in this, the show is going to focus more on the spy operation of SHIELD. So maybe Nick Fury will appear, sense he is the actual founder of SHIELD in the comics.
This show will probably be aired on ABC, but I'm not positive. When Disney bought Marvel they talked about expanding it to TV and ABC came up a lot.
This show's main character is Phil Coulson played by Clark Gregg. There are some other actors, but I didn't recognize any of the names. This show will be directed by Joss Whedon who also directed The Avengers.
Not sure when this show will air, I'm guessing next year. It got the green light to air the pilot, so I guess that means their filming it.
The Wolverine
The sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine, actually takes place after X-Men: The Last Stand. That was the third movie in the original X-Men trilogy. Hugh Jackman is returning as Wolverine and besides taking place after The Last Stand, it will also be in Japan.
This will be Hugh Jackman's sixth movie as Wolverine including his cameo in X-Men: First Class. I can't really see anyone else playing Wolverine, can you? He is the perfect fit for the character.
If you don't remember The Last Stand, let me refresh your memory. Jean Grey who turned into Phoenix was killed by Wolverine because otherwise she would have killed everyone, Professor X kinda died, I don't want to give away any spoilers if you've never watched the ending after the credits of The Last Stand, but if you haven't seen the last scene, watch it. Magneto kinda lost his powers but actually didn't because he moves the metal chess piece.
So I'm guessing Wolverine is pretty upset right now, because Jean died. It was reported that there will be a flashback with Jean Grey in The Wolverine, so that will be pretty cool. The villain is reported to be Silver Samuari and played by Will Yun Lee. Will Yun Lee is the main character's voice in Sleeping Dogs, if you've ever played it. So far there is no one else reported in the movie from the original trilogy, but we'll see eventually.
The Wolverine is scheduled to be released on July 26, 2013.
This will be Hugh Jackman's sixth movie as Wolverine including his cameo in X-Men: First Class. I can't really see anyone else playing Wolverine, can you? He is the perfect fit for the character.
If you don't remember The Last Stand, let me refresh your memory. Jean Grey who turned into Phoenix was killed by Wolverine because otherwise she would have killed everyone, Professor X kinda died, I don't want to give away any spoilers if you've never watched the ending after the credits of The Last Stand, but if you haven't seen the last scene, watch it. Magneto kinda lost his powers but actually didn't because he moves the metal chess piece.
So I'm guessing Wolverine is pretty upset right now, because Jean died. It was reported that there will be a flashback with Jean Grey in The Wolverine, so that will be pretty cool. The villain is reported to be Silver Samuari and played by Will Yun Lee. Will Yun Lee is the main character's voice in Sleeping Dogs, if you've ever played it. So far there is no one else reported in the movie from the original trilogy, but we'll see eventually.
The Wolverine is scheduled to be released on July 26, 2013.
Transformers 4
Almost a year after Transformers: Dark of the Moon came out Michael Bay, the director of the Transformers trilogy, said that he will be making a fourth Transformers movie.
Shia LeBeouf only signed on for three movies, so he will not be in the upcoming Transformers, but a few days ago Mark Wahlberg signed on for Transformers 4. I'm not sure what the plot is going to be for this movie yet and I'm not sure if Wahlberg is going to be a Shia LeBeouf character, the whole chosen one thing. I'm kinda hoping it'll be based more around the military fighting with the Autobots against the Decepticons.
After the aftermath of Transformers: Dark of the Moon with Megatron and Sentinel Prime both dying, I'm not sure who the villain in this movie could be. Micheal Bay did also say that this movie will take place four years after Transformers: Dark of the Moon. That didn't really make it any clearer for me, but Micheal Bay is directing it so you can always look forward to an overabundance of explosions.
Shia LeBeouf only signed on for three movies, so he will not be in the upcoming Transformers, but a few days ago Mark Wahlberg signed on for Transformers 4. I'm not sure what the plot is going to be for this movie yet and I'm not sure if Wahlberg is going to be a Shia LeBeouf character, the whole chosen one thing. I'm kinda hoping it'll be based more around the military fighting with the Autobots against the Decepticons.
After the aftermath of Transformers: Dark of the Moon with Megatron and Sentinel Prime both dying, I'm not sure who the villain in this movie could be. Micheal Bay did also say that this movie will take place four years after Transformers: Dark of the Moon. That didn't really make it any clearer for me, but Micheal Bay is directing it so you can always look forward to an overabundance of explosions.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Will Star Wars: Underworld Happen Now?
To those of you who don't know, Star Wars: Underworld was supposed to be a live action Star Wars TV show that takes place between Episode III and Episode IV. This show has been in talks for a few years, but now that Disney has bought out Lucasflim hopefully they will start making it.
When Disney bought out Lucasfilm, besides making Episodes VII-IX, they also said they want to branch out into TV and games. The first thing that came into my mind was actually Star Wars Battlefront 3, which has been in production for a few years now too.
The only current Star Wars TV show is The Clone Wars cartoon, so hopefully they will branch out into live action and make Star Wars: Underworld. Just think how cool this show would be and all the things that would help connect Episode III and IV together. Some of the things I would like to see would be:
How Han and Chewie met, Luke's life on Tatooine, Leia's life on Alderaan, Boba Fett becoming a bounty hunter, the construction of the Death's Star, maybe even Darth Vader's secret apprentice, how Han and Lando met, Yoda's life on Dagobah maybe, there is a lot of stuff that they could have on the show and it would all be pretty awesome.
It may happen soon or maybe after the movies are made, either way I know that I will definitely watch it.
When Disney bought out Lucasfilm, besides making Episodes VII-IX, they also said they want to branch out into TV and games. The first thing that came into my mind was actually Star Wars Battlefront 3, which has been in production for a few years now too.
The only current Star Wars TV show is The Clone Wars cartoon, so hopefully they will branch out into live action and make Star Wars: Underworld. Just think how cool this show would be and all the things that would help connect Episode III and IV together. Some of the things I would like to see would be:
How Han and Chewie met, Luke's life on Tatooine, Leia's life on Alderaan, Boba Fett becoming a bounty hunter, the construction of the Death's Star, maybe even Darth Vader's secret apprentice, how Han and Lando met, Yoda's life on Dagobah maybe, there is a lot of stuff that they could have on the show and it would all be pretty awesome.
It may happen soon or maybe after the movies are made, either way I know that I will definitely watch it.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Star Wars VII: Choosing a Director
A lot of people are wondering why all these great directors like Spielberg and Abrams keep turning down the chance to direct the upcoming Star Wars movie.
The reason they keep turning it down is because they're scared. They know if they were to direct it and mess it up somehow, they would be shunned for life. Everyone would know that they were the one who messed up Star Wars.
The recent directors in the running include Joe Johnston and Jon Favreau. Johnston directed Captain America: The First Avenger and Favreau directed Iron Man and Iron Man 2. Disney owns Marvel, so it kinda makes sense why they are looking into these directors to direct the upcoming Star Wars.
It doesn't really matter to me who directs it, because come on, its Star Wars. It'll always be good. I do have to say though, there are a few directors that I wouldn't choose to direct it like Tim Burton or Guillermo del Toro.
Tim Burton is a good director, he likes to use a lot of colors in his movies which is fine for certain movies, but we really don't want to see a pale Luke Skywalker.
Guillermo del Toro, I'm not really a fan of his mostly because he casts the same actor in all his movies and his movies tend to be crappy because of the one actor. Can you just imagine Ron Perlman as Han Solo? Pretty horrible, right?
I wouldn't mind like Marc Webb, director of Amazing Spider-Man, or Joss Whedon, director of Avengers, directing it. I'm sure whoever Disney chooses to direct it, it will be good.
The reason they keep turning it down is because they're scared. They know if they were to direct it and mess it up somehow, they would be shunned for life. Everyone would know that they were the one who messed up Star Wars.
The recent directors in the running include Joe Johnston and Jon Favreau. Johnston directed Captain America: The First Avenger and Favreau directed Iron Man and Iron Man 2. Disney owns Marvel, so it kinda makes sense why they are looking into these directors to direct the upcoming Star Wars.
It doesn't really matter to me who directs it, because come on, its Star Wars. It'll always be good. I do have to say though, there are a few directors that I wouldn't choose to direct it like Tim Burton or Guillermo del Toro.
Tim Burton is a good director, he likes to use a lot of colors in his movies which is fine for certain movies, but we really don't want to see a pale Luke Skywalker.
Guillermo del Toro, I'm not really a fan of his mostly because he casts the same actor in all his movies and his movies tend to be crappy because of the one actor. Can you just imagine Ron Perlman as Han Solo? Pretty horrible, right?
I wouldn't mind like Marc Webb, director of Amazing Spider-Man, or Joss Whedon, director of Avengers, directing it. I'm sure whoever Disney chooses to direct it, it will be good.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Need For Speed: Most Wanted Review
Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a remake basically of the original Need for Speed: Most Wanted. As much as I was looking forward to this game, I have to say I was pretty disappointed. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of pros to this game, but still way too many cons.
The Pros. The game is back on the streets with the police ready to chase you and stop you with their spike strips and road blocks. Its always fun escaping the police and totaling their cars after winning a race. The cars in the game are awesome, from the Lamborghini Aventador to the Dodge Viper SRT10 to the Ford F-150 Raptor. Yeah, there are trucks and SUVs in this game, pretty nice for off road racing. The graphics of the cars you drive are pretty sweet.
The Cons. If you've ever played a Burnout game, this is basically the Need for Speed version. Its fun smashing other racer's cars to a point. In this game, the only way to win a racer's car is by totaling it after the race is over. Which means you have to chase him and ram him, this can become annoying.
This game isn't like the classic Need for Speed racing games like Carbon or Undercover. After winning a race, you don't earn money. Instead you earn Most Wanted points and you have to rank yourself up the Most Wanted chart. Also by not earning money, you cannot put details on your car and you cannot customize your car how you want it. In this game, besides getting Most Wanted points you get features for your cars but its not the same as personally making your own upgrades. Also by not getting money, you do not buy cars in this game. You have to find them around the city, which can be good because they are all free, but I'd rather have the choice to buy the cars I want.
There isn't really a story to this game, the main purpose is to get to the top of the Most Wanted list. It's fun to drive around and find cars and do races, but this game could've done a lot better. I give this game a 6.5/10.
This game isn't like the classic Need for Speed racing games like Carbon or Undercover. After winning a race, you don't earn money. Instead you earn Most Wanted points and you have to rank yourself up the Most Wanted chart. Also by not earning money, you cannot put details on your car and you cannot customize your car how you want it. In this game, besides getting Most Wanted points you get features for your cars but its not the same as personally making your own upgrades. Also by not getting money, you do not buy cars in this game. You have to find them around the city, which can be good because they are all free, but I'd rather have the choice to buy the cars I want.
There isn't really a story to this game, the main purpose is to get to the top of the Most Wanted list. It's fun to drive around and find cars and do races, but this game could've done a lot better. I give this game a 6.5/10.
Is 2015 Too Soon for Justice League?
Warner Bros. is planning to release the Justice League movie in 2015. The Justice League movie is a great idea, but 2015 is way too soon. That's like two and half years from now and all the DC movies that have been made recently are not connected to each other.
Christopher Nolan, the director of the Batman trilogy, has already said that he doesn't want anything to do with the Justice League movie. With that said that means Christian Bale most likely won't be Batman in the Justice League movie. Plus including the obvious, the Batman trilogy had nothing to do with The Justice League.
Man of Steel, the upcoming Superman movie that's coming out next year, will probably be the starting point for The Justice League. Henry Cavil looks pretty sick in the new design of the Superman costume. Superman will probably start it off, but there hasn't been any talk involving Justice League.
The Green Lantern movie that came out a few years ago didn't do quite as well as everyone hoped. Ryan Reynolds was the perfect cast for Green Lantern, but the movie had its flaws. Personally, I didn't think it was all that bad. So they will probably end up casting someone else for Green Lantern.
Flash. There hasn't been any recent Flash movies. There are rumors about a possible Flash movie coming out in the next few years, but if you were to search for it, you wouldn't find anything that would lead you the conclusion of a Flash movie coming out soon. Personally,I would like to see Bradley Cooper play Flash.
Wonder Woman. There were also talks of a Wonder Woman movie and it was supposed to come out this year actually, but that never happened. I heard it was turned into a TV show, but I may be mistaken. So they need to make a Wonder Woman movie also.
Aquaman. Also no Aquaman movie, nothing in talks. So they need to make an Aquaman movie also.
They need to create origin movies for all these characters before they can make The Justice League, otherwise, it won't make much sense. They need to make it like how Marvel did it with the Avengers and all the movies that led up to it.
UPDATE:
The Justice League is still moving forward, but instead of having all those characters above. The final roster is going to consist of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern.
UPDATE:
It's been rumored that Christopher Nolan is going to direct The Justice League and that Zack Snyder is going to produce. Also it's rumored since Nolan is directing, Christian Bale will return as Batman and Henry Cavil will return as Superman. With this said, the above update with the roster change may be incorrect now. Especially since the guy who was originally going to write the story will not be writing it. So hopefully they will add Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, and hopefully Green Arrow. If Nolan is defiantly directing, you can expect this movie to be more realistic like his Batman trilogy and the Man of Steel which comes out in the summer.
Christopher Nolan, the director of the Batman trilogy, has already said that he doesn't want anything to do with the Justice League movie. With that said that means Christian Bale most likely won't be Batman in the Justice League movie. Plus including the obvious, the Batman trilogy had nothing to do with The Justice League.
Man of Steel, the upcoming Superman movie that's coming out next year, will probably be the starting point for The Justice League. Henry Cavil looks pretty sick in the new design of the Superman costume. Superman will probably start it off, but there hasn't been any talk involving Justice League.
The Green Lantern movie that came out a few years ago didn't do quite as well as everyone hoped. Ryan Reynolds was the perfect cast for Green Lantern, but the movie had its flaws. Personally, I didn't think it was all that bad. So they will probably end up casting someone else for Green Lantern.
Flash. There hasn't been any recent Flash movies. There are rumors about a possible Flash movie coming out in the next few years, but if you were to search for it, you wouldn't find anything that would lead you the conclusion of a Flash movie coming out soon. Personally,I would like to see Bradley Cooper play Flash.
Wonder Woman. There were also talks of a Wonder Woman movie and it was supposed to come out this year actually, but that never happened. I heard it was turned into a TV show, but I may be mistaken. So they need to make a Wonder Woman movie also.
Aquaman. Also no Aquaman movie, nothing in talks. So they need to make an Aquaman movie also.
They need to create origin movies for all these characters before they can make The Justice League, otherwise, it won't make much sense. They need to make it like how Marvel did it with the Avengers and all the movies that led up to it.
UPDATE:
The Justice League is still moving forward, but instead of having all those characters above. The final roster is going to consist of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern.
UPDATE:
It's been rumored that Christopher Nolan is going to direct The Justice League and that Zack Snyder is going to produce. Also it's rumored since Nolan is directing, Christian Bale will return as Batman and Henry Cavil will return as Superman. With this said, the above update with the roster change may be incorrect now. Especially since the guy who was originally going to write the story will not be writing it. So hopefully they will add Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, and hopefully Green Arrow. If Nolan is defiantly directing, you can expect this movie to be more realistic like his Batman trilogy and the Man of Steel which comes out in the summer.
Star Wars Episode VII
Newest Biggest Movie News: Star Wars Episode VII
I am a huge Star Wars fan and I am very excited for this movie to come out. There are just some things that I really hope they don't do.
1st, Disney cannot have their Disney Castle before the credits. That would kill the classic opening.
2nd, They cannot cast Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamil as Han, Leia, and Luke. They are much too old. Remember Harrison Ford in Indiana 4? That wasn't the best, plus no offense, but that movie kinda stunk. Aliens, really? They need to do what Star Trek did, cast actors who look like them when they were younger. I do think they should give Ford, Fisher, and Hamil cameos, they definitely deserve them.
3rd, I've been hearing rumors about the dumbest idea ever: resurrecting Darth Vader. Please no. Thank goodness, George Lucas still has the authority to approve the script before it gets made. By the way, don't pay any attention to rumors, they are usually not true. Plus this resurrecting rumor was on like a UK website, not sure how UK would know things about an American movie company that we Americans haven't even heard of.
4th, I think they should definitely use some of the stuff from the Timothy Zahn Star Wars books. They should also make up some of their own stuff too. How cool would it be to have Grand Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade in the new movie? Pretty awesome. Plus throw in Han and Leia's kids and Luke and Mara's kids eventually.
5th, Going back to the books, Boba Fett didn't die in the Sarlacc Pit, he actually killed it and escaped it. It would be totally awesome to have Boba Fett in the new movie, but let Temuera Morrison, Janjo Fett's voice plus the Blu Ray Star Wars of the original three movies voice, instead of Jason Wingreen, the original Boba Fett voice. It would make a lot more sense to have Morrison do it, since Boba is a clone of Janjo so they would have the same voice.
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