Guillermo Del Toro Gives Update On "HULK" TV Show!

I actually forgot about this new upcoming TV show was happening. Guillermo Del Toro gave fans an update on how the making of the new version of the show was doing. Here's what he said,
"Is Hulk still happening?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We turned in the outline to ABC about four weeks ago. And then we did a rewrite for ABC on the outline, and now we are lining up the pages.
Is it safe to assume this will be a different Hulk than we've ever seen before?
I think so. Or we wouldn't be trying it. Actually, one of the points of this project early on with Marvel, was "We're going to do this thing different, and here's how. Are you interested?" And they were."

"Xerxes" Prequel Retitled!

Warner have announced that they have changed the title of "Xerves" to "300: Battle Of Artemisia". The film is confirmed to be a prequel to the Zach Snyder's 2006 film, "300" and will be set about 10 years before the events of the first film.
Warner have also confirmed that Zach Snyder will deffo not be directing the upcoming prequel, as he's busy with their new 2012 "Superman" film. They have narrowed possible director down to two, Noam Murro and Jaume Collet-Serra. Murro was the guy behind the live-action trailers for the "Halo" franchise. He's also up for the role of director for "Die Hard 5". Collet-Serra directed "Orphan" and is currently helming a new "Dracula" film, "Harker".
Gerard Butler is being offered his role again from the first film, Leonidas. It's yet unknown if he'll return or not, but I'm sure he will..........hopefully.

Four New Character Posters For "Fright Night" 2011 Reboot!

Tom Hanks Says A Fourth "Toy Story" Is Happening!

While in an interview with the BBC News, "Toy Story" star, Tom Hanks said that Pixar are making a "Toy Story 4" right now, as we speak. This is what Hanks said, "I think they are trying to do another one. The spirit afoot is to make a fourth,...Whatever is going on at Pixar headquarters is a mystery to me. I'll wait until they blow white smoke out of the chimney or whatever it is that says there's another Toy Story coming down the pipe."
Now, I was happy with the way Pixar ended the trilogy last year with the (again) universally acclaimed "Toy Story" film, "Toy Story 3". I really truthly don't want another full-length feature film. Just stick with the wee shorts that they are planning to do, for example, the "Toy Story: Hawiian Vacation".
Can Pixar really come up with another amazing story for a fourth film, or could it all go terribly wrong for them? We'll have to wait and see when the film comes out.

New Images From "Transformers: Dark Of The Moon"

"Law & Order: SVU" Star Joins "Superman: The Man Of Steel"

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star, Christopher Meloni is the newest cast member and possibly the last cast member to join Zach Snyder's "Superman: The Man Of Steel".
It's unspecified which role he is playing, though fans are saying that he may be playing either Lex Luthor or even Lois Lane's father, General Sam Lane.

Steven Spielberg Directing Next "Transformers"?

Shia LaBeouf has said that Michael Bay may not be returning for a "Transformers IV" after he's completely done with this latest installment. Bay did confirm that he won't be returning too, but things do change. Rob Zombie didn't want for a "Halloween II" and he did.
News is spreading that May is considering returning as producer for a fourth "Transformers", with Steven Spielberg possibly directing it. Spielberg is the exec-producer for the present trilogy. The next "Transformers" may end up being a total reboot, rather than a sequel, seeing as La Beouf has confirmed that he really really ain't coming back for another.

"Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D" Plot Details!

Here's the plot details for the upcoming "Chainsaw" sequel/reboot to the 70's original,
The new film, set today, will see the authorities and some angry townspeople ambushing the Sawyer home – where Jeb Stuart is accused of carrying out his butchering.
Hooper, the local by-the-book sheriff, had agreed to give Leatherface/Jeb Sawyer a fair trial and grant him a good lawyer…. But that’s before local mayor Burt Hartman, an imposing town tough-guy, arrives with a mob to see that the murderer/s don’t even make it past their front door. Though they both want justice, Hooper and Burt have different methods. Things escalate when Burt’s mob start tying ropes to trees, prepping for a hanging, and ultimately throw a flaming cocktail into the Sawyer home… burning the place, and it’s residents (including Jeb’s father, Drayton, played by Bill Moseley), to the ground.
Goodbye Sawyers… goodbye Leatherface?
You can guess what happens next : The Chainsaw killings start up again (there’s a fun sequence at a carnival where our villain starts chopping away at the attendees) and Hooper is forced to believe that Jeb Stuart somehow survived the fire and is back for revenge. But is it Jeb? And if not, who is it? and why have they surfaced?
To entice the young ones, there’s a young heroine in the film, Heather who – Halloween H20 should maybe get a ’special thanks’ in the credits – learns she has a disturbing connection to the murderous Sawyer. Heather’s a bit of a hornbag but possibly more disturbing is her taste for things of a darker nature (not just referring to her boyfriend either) – like her art pieces which border on revolting. Still, there’s good in this family member and enough intelligence and determination to find out what’s really going on.
All the 3D jumps and scares are weaved into the script – the ‘teeth that come flying at the audience’ when Leatherface smashes one of the youngster’s mouths with a meat hammer. They’re fun moments but what’s most impressive about the story here is that it’s a really intriguing mystery movie, it’s not as cut-and-dry as the previous Chainsaw movies, and will have you both thinking… and freaking.

Empire Magazine Does "The Hobbit"

Above is the first ever look at both Bilbo (Martin Freeman) and Gandolf (Sir Ian McKellen), which will feature in next months Empire Magazine.
Also, while we're on "Hobbit" stuff, "Sherlock" star, Benedict Cumberbatch has joined the cast of the upcoming "Lord Of The Rings" prequel. He will star alongside his fellow "Sherlock" star, Martin Freeman. He'll be playing Smaug.

"Green Lantern" Is Good & Bad!

Went and saw "Green Lantern" the other day. In a nut-shell, the film is good and bad. I didn't think it would have been amazing when I saw the trailers, but it did looks as though it would have it's moments.....and it did. It's no "X-Men: First Class", but it's deffo watchable.
Critics have slagged it big time, and it ain't that bad. It seems as though Warner don't give a shit about the critics. It's just been announced that they are going ahead with "Green Lantern II". It was announced, way back before the first film came out, that the script for number 2 had been wrote and was getting touched up a bit. Then after the reception of the first film, everyone thought that the sequel was in major trouble, but it seems as though it's fine then.
The film, at first, was extremely slow. It did pick up big time, but by that time it was nearly finished, which was really pish. Ryan Reynolds is the shit as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern.He was perfect for the role. The CGI suit is amazing. Had some daubts on the suit, but it was fucking amazing looking. The things he could do were cool, but some of the things were a bit stupid, but it was fun. Some of the CGI was a bit shity looking. I felt as though I was watching a kids CGI cartoon. Bit too much CGI for some things. But hey, what can you do.
Mark Strong was great as the Lantern leader, Sinestro. There's a scene at the end that sets him up for something big in the sequel. Sinestro hates Hal Jordan at first. Makes him believe that he's not good enough to become a Lantern, but he proves him wrong at the end, after fighting Paralax. Peter Sarsgaard was brilliant as Dr Hector Hammond, but his part in the film was pretty shite. He wasn't given enough on-screen time. His character became mega brilliant for about 20 minutes and then got (SPOILERS) killed off. Shite!!! And now onto Blake Lively as Carol Ferris. Her character was, with out a doubt, fucking pointless. She was just there to be the sex-on-legs character for the guys to love. She's hot, but shite. I don't know if it was because of the wrong casting. Not sure, but I didn't like the character.
The film's main villain, Paralax was cool looking. Great villain. The story basically circuled around him or it coming to earth and destroying anything and everything in it's way on the way there.
Here's hoping the sequel will be a lot better (storylines wise). I'd give it 6/10.

UPDATE: Warner have released a statement saying that a sequel has actually not been confirmed yet. It's still in discussion.

Kings Of Leon Recording Theme Song For "BOND 23"?

Kings Of Leon drummer, Nathan Followill has said that Daniel Craig have asked the band, not once, but three times to record the theme song for the next Jame Bond film.
I always thought that they were good for the song. The Killers have been rumored to be up for the record too.

Jamie Foxx Is Django!

Hey guys and gals, sorry for not having any posts up for nearly two weeks. Been really busy with work and my laptop is fucked, so it's also been hard to get a hold of a computer. Hate going to libraries.
Anyways, back to the news...........Jamie Foxx has been to confirmed as the male actor to take on the role of Tarantino's leading slave in his upcoming December 2012 western, "Django Unchained".
First, Will Smith was rumored for the role, then it was "Luthor" star, Idris Elba, but it seems as though Jamie Foxx has snatched it off them both.

Where's This "Star Wars" Live-Action TV Series?

Now I'm sure the so-called "Star Wars" live-action TV show was meant to be on TV like a way back in 2009 or something. So where is it then? The franchises producer, Rick McCallum spoke out about the status of the "kinda not happening" TV series.

Where they're shooting:

 “Oh, absolutely. This would be one of the primary places because of the talent."

When we might finally see the show on TV:

“The TV series is on hold, but that has nothing to do with the Czech Republic; it has to do with [the episodes being] so ambitious,” McCallum told Czech Position. “We have 50 hours of third-draft scripts, but the problem we have is there is a lot of digital animation; we don’t have the technology yet to be able to do them at a price that is safe for television. Since we would be financing them, it would be suicide for us to do this [now]. So we are going to wait three or four years,"

The plot of the show and it's possible characters:

McCallum did reveal some of the basic storyline in the finished scripts. “It takes place between episodes three and four, when Luke Skywalker was growing up as a teenager, but it has nothing to do with Luke,” he said, adding that there is no young Luke Skywalker in any of the episodes. Episode three, “Revenge of the Sith” covers the time up until Luke’s birth. Episode four — the original “Star Wars” released in 1977, later called “A New Hope”— finds Luke at the start of his involvement with the Rebel Alliance.

“Basically, it is like ‘The Godfather’; it’s the Empire slowly building up its power base around the galaxy, what happens in Coruscant, which is the major capital, and it’s [about] a group of underground bosses who live there and control drugs, prostitution,”

LaBeouf Ain't Back For Fourth "Transformers" Film!

While in an interview yesterday, "Transformers" star, Shia LaBeouf confirmed that neither himself or Michael Bay will return for a fourth outing in the mega bucks "Tranformers" BIG-screen franchise. It was announced earlier in the year that Bay was possibly returning as producer, but LaBeouf confirmed that Bay wont be back at all.
"I'm not coming back to do another one. I don't think Mike [that's Michael Bay] will either. It still is a hot property, I think, especially coming out of the third one. So, I imagine they'll reboot it at some point with someone else." 
And there you have, Hollywood is possibly striking again with another reboot. Now, is rebooting the franchise a good thing or a bad thing? Maybe the second film in the reboot series will actually be better than the second film in this one..................

LX11: Promo Art For Upcoming Films!

The New "X-Men" Is First Class!!!

Just saw the new "X-Men" the other day and it's literally amazing, actually PERFECT, well apart from Matthew Vaughn trying to recreate the start of the original film. He recreated the Nazi scene, with young Magneto bending the gates. It was a really shitty recreation, but apart from that the film was perfect. It's starts off very much like the start of the 2009 "Star Trek" reboot does, with 5-10mins of the young Xavier and Magneto (X-Men: First Class) and the young Kirk and Spock (Star Trek).......brilliant!!!
I know I love a lot of films, but there are some films that I walk away from and think they are outstanding.......and this is deffo one of those films. Well better than the previous films. If Fox had never done an "X-Men" film before, this would be an EPIC start to a franchise.
Now, obviously I'm not going to talk a lot about the film, don't wanna give the plot away for those who haven't seen it yet. So much happens in this prequel/reboot film. It deffo sets up for a "First Class 2&3" and kinda sets things up for the original films, well kinda. There are some things that are in the first three films, but there are also brand-new things that make you think "Oh my God!". It kinda tells the fans to forget about "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", as wee see what happens to Xavier and how he gets into his wheelchair, where as Patrick Stewart is still walking and bald in the Wolverine prequel film. We've to kinda forget about some things in the first three films, but still keep them in mind.
Matthew Vaughn has done a great job on this film. I truely can't believe he walked away from "X-Men: The Last Stand". If he stayed on to direct it, it would have been EPIC! Once you watch this film, at the end you kinda want it to finish there and not ruin it with sequels. But so much is still to happen and it deffo sets up for a "part 2" story. It's that good that you want more and more. I really don't want Fox or Marvel to make an "X-Men 4&5", eventhough they have both been greenlighted. I think (now) they should just concentrate on the "First Class" films. I just wanna watch it again and again. I'll probably go and see it again either this week or next.
The cast all play their characters well, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are just outstanding as Xavier and Magneto. Fassbender has a quick "Bond" moment about 20mins into the film. Same as the moment that Daniel Craig had in "Layer Cake", which was also directed by Matthew Vaughn. And Craig became the new James Bond. I truely have a funny feeling that Fassbender may actually become the next James Bond after Craig. His name will deffo be considered anyway. Jennifer Lawrence is the perfect choice for the younger Mystique. Such a hottie in the film, even when she's blue. January Jones was the shit as Emma Frost. She literally does walk around in her underwear for like most of the film. At first when I saw Beast, I thought he looked fucking stupid, but then I really got into him. The effects for him are pretty good looking. I originally thought his make-up was all CGI, but you can see in the behind the scenes pics, the effects are all real.
The young team also make up the names for each of the heroes, even Xavier and Magneto. Xavier's right hand girl, Moira MacTaggert, who's played by Rose Byrne gives the X-Men their, well X-Men title. At first they're called the G-Men, as they all work for the Goverment. Kevin Bacon is so cool in the film. He plays Sebastian Shaw, who is basically the film's lead villain and creator of Magneto. Magneto does make a comment on Shaw being Frankenstien and Magneto being his monster. Quite a kick-ass reference.
The cameos are amazing. There are two ones that are obvious, but I wont tell you who they are. All I'm saying is that they are two of the best cameos in comic-book history. Deffo in the top 5 list. Number 1 being Robert Downey Jr's cameos as Tony Stark. There's also a few name drops too.
I really wanna see what Vaughn and Singer do next with the sequel/s. Singer has spoken out about sequel details. Vaughn has also commented on the fact that he's excited about doing the sequel. EXCITING!!!

Behind The Scenes Pics From The "X-Men: First Class" Sets!

Jon Favreau Will Be Happy Again!

Jon Favreau has announced that he will play Tony Stark's right hand man, Happy Hogan in Shane Black's "Iron Man III", as long as Hogan becomes The Freak in the upcoming 2013 sequel. Favreau talked about this alongside friend and co-star, Robert Downey Jr, while at HeroComplex film festival.
Here's what happened in the Q&A with both of the guys:

RDJ: Here’s the first thing I want to say. The most difficult part of making Iron Man 3 is going to be negotiating Jon Favreau’s acting deal.
Favreau: If The Freak isn’t in it, I’m not doing it. If Happy Hogan doesn’t turn into The Freak, I’m not doing it. Here’s what happens to Happy Hogan, he marries Pepper Potts…
RDJ: Wait a minute, you want both?
Favreau: I want a love scene with Pepper Potts with my shirt on and I want to transform into The Freak.

Favreau and Downey Jr also commented Shane Black directing the third film:

RDJ: - The negotiations have begun and so far I’m in agreement on every point. Well Shane, interestingly enough, there was a point when Jon and I were stuck on an idea [with a previous film]. We were just in an exploratory phase. So I said, ‘We should talk to Shane.’ And I was like, ‘Shane, we can’t really pay.’ And he was like, ‘Bring me some salmon and some blueberries.’ And we went to Yoda’s house in Miracle Mile and it wound up coming in handy, particularly for a couple scenes. So what I can say about this kind of circle of life thing is Shane, as he’s getting into the process [to direct Iron Man 3] and getting his sea legs and stuff, he goes, ‘When can we talk to Jon?’ So there’s going to be this kind of conglomerate of efforts.
Favreau: And I love the franchise and I’m a big fan of Shane’s as well so hopefully I can be helpful because I want to see this thing grow and transform. And actually, when it finally landed on Shane, it was like, ‘All right, that’s gonna be something interesting.’ Especially because it’s gonna be so difficult for whoever does that one because although it’s Iron Man 3, the whole Avengers thing…I guess in comics you can say that it’s an individual storyline and you can break it off into a group. But in movies, it’s hard not to take into consideration what just happened. What are you gonna say? ‘They all just lost their cell phones and you can’t get help?’ So it’s going to take a lot of ingenuity to make it make sense to a mainstream film audience as well as a comic book audience.

Eight New Photos From "Transformers 3"

Kick-Ass New Poster For "Captain America"

"Doctor Who: Series 6-Part 1" Round-Up Time!

WOW! What a hell of a series so far. Sooooo much things have happened, we've finally found out who River Song is Amy and Rory's daughter, Melody Pond. Not sure if she is The Doctor's wife yet, but I'm sure it'll all be revealed in September when the series returns. We've witnessed The Doctor regenerate and die, then a younger version of the same Doctor comes back. 

Turns out that the Amy we've seen wasn't the real Amy. She was a ganger. The real Amy was pregnant and she did give birth. Some we girl in an astronaut suit killed our Doctor and then she just regenerated at the end of episode 1, but we'll find out what that was. It's now suggested that she may actually be a younger version of River Song.

We've had more than just the above, there's been Pirates, Nazi's, basically a female Popeye, the 10th Doctor's TARDIS desktop, a bearded 11th Doctor, scary as hell aliens (The Silence) and The Doctor's wife......his TARDIS! 

Next half of "Series 6" (airing sometime in September) should hopefully be as incredible as this half has been. We see the return of James Corden, David Walliams as an ugly looking alien, more River Song aka Melody Pond, we find out more about The Silence, Amy and Rory's baby, female Popeye and the MASSIVE series finale.......how EXCITING!!!