This Week’s Best Tale

JASON MOMOA: FROM KHAL DROGO TO… AQUAMAN?

This Week’s Best Tale in truth began over six months in the past, when Jason Momoa was once introduced as being in talks to costar within the Batman/Superman film. At the moment, the expectancy was once that he was once taking part in a villain of a few type, or possibly Martian Manhunter. A number of guesses had been made. What makes film information from December information now’s that it wasn’t till this week that we came upon what position Jason Momoa is in truth taking part in (each in that film and long term movies, like 2017’s Justice League). First off, take into account that we’re speaking concerning the muscular actor who performed Khal Drogo on Recreation of Thrones, and was once additionally starred within the reboot of Conan the Barbarian. K, were given that during thoughts? Now image that man as Aquaman. Born in Hawaii, Momoa is a well known browsing fanatic, so we no less than know he loves to be within the water so much. Lingering within the background as a explanation why Warner Bros would possibly need to snag a muscular, brunette, surf-loving actor like Jason Momoa is the rumor that Common Footage may well be stealth making plans on liberating Namor: The Sub-Mariner on November 4, 2016. First printed in 1939, Sub-Mariner was once a well-liked comedian ebook personality that predated the 1941 creation of Aquaman via two years. Each Aquaman and Namor are Atlantean-human hybrid rulers of the underwater Kingdom of Atlantis. One reason why Aquaman is extra well-known 70 years later, is most probably on account of Tremendous Buddies, and different TV displays like Smallville (Sub-Mariner was once one of the crucial stars of the short-lived 1966 Wonder Tremendous Heroes animated TV collection). Namor: The Sub-Mariner, like Spider-Guy, the Improbable 4, and X-Males, is a type of Wonder characters whose rights are nonetheless held via a studio rather than Wonder/Disney. In different WB/DC rumors, there was once additionally one this week about Ben Affleck starring in a solo film referred to as The Batman to be scheduled for 2019 after Affleck wraps his subsequent directorial effort, Are living Via Night time, scheduled for October 7, 2016.

Recent Traits This Week

#1 LOOPER DIRECTOR LANDS STAR WARS EPISODE VIII

Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Footage had been busy of overdue, touchdown younger “emerging famous person” administrators for 2 in their Megastar Wars spin off initiatives (specifically, Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank). This week, some other such director joined their ranks via touchdown the process on Megastar Wars Episode VIII. That writing and directing process, in addition to an preliminary remedy, for Megastar Wars Episode IX, has long past to Rian Johnson, the director of Looper. Preliminary reviews had Rian Johnson additionally directing Megastar Wars Episode IX, however that was once temporarily debunked (like, inside of a couple of mins). The relatively formidable liberate time table seems, for now, to have the “Episode” motion pictures launched in Decembers of atypical years, and the “spin offs” in Decembers of even years. In different phrases, Megastar Wars Episode VIII is scheduled for December of 2017 and Megastar Wars Episode IX is scheduled for December of 2019. After all, that’s additionally six years from now, and issues may just simply alternate (so much) via then.

#2 THIS WEEK IN MARVEL PART 1: DOCTOR STRANGE

This week, there have been a couple of other information pieces we will be able to string in combination via their relation to Wonder’s Physician Atypical. First off, there may be that movie’s director, Scott Derrickson (Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose), who has signed with MGM to cowrite their long-in-development adaptation of the 1960s science fiction anthology TV collection The Outer Limits. Derrickson and Sinister cowriter Robert Cargill shall be adapting the vintage brief tale “Demon with a Glass Hand” via Harlan Ellison, which was once tailored as one of the crucial episodes of the unique TV collection. Going again to Physician Atypical immediately, we additionally discovered this week that Wonder Studios is negotiating with Prometheus cowriter Jon Spaihts to paintings on a brand new draft Physician Atypical, post-Derrickson’s-hiring. In spite of everything, right here’s essentially the most tangentially similar of the 3, and that’s best as a result of Jared Leto is certainly one of a number of actors reportedly within the working for the position (at the side of Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy). Jared Leto is now in talks with Mythical Footage to famous person within the science fiction movie Brilliance, following the new departure of Will Smith, who had up to now been hooked up to famous person within the movie. Smith left Brilliance in order that he may just famous person in a “NFL concussion” drama for director Ridley Scott, who could also be generating Brilliance.

#three THIS WEEK IN MARVEL PART 2: RUMORS SWIRL ABOUT THE ANT-MAN VILLAIN(S)

When Edgar Wright departed Wonder’s Ant-Guy, and Adam McKay got here aboard to put in writing a brand new draft, something that can have modified is the movie’s villain. At this time, we don’t know needless to say if this type of factor did or didn’t occur. However, we do know that this week, there have been a few other on-line tales purporting to grasp information about the Ant-Guy villain. The earliest Ant-Guy (and Large-Guy) tales featured the introductions of a number of villains who went directly to grow to be reasonably vintage Wonder villains (like Black Knight, Whirlwind, and the Porcupine… k, possibly now not *that* vintage). On the other hand, maximum of them went directly to grow to be villains for the Avengers, or different superheroes, and sooner or later, Ant-Guy wasn’t left with a lot of a rogue’s gallery in any respect, until you rely Egghead. We already knew that Corey Stoll and Patrick Wilson were solid within the movie in unknown roles, and if this week’s reviews are proper, we now know who they’ll be taking part in. Reportedly, Stoll has been solid as industrialist Darren Pass, and Patrick Wilson will play his cousin William Pass, who could also be identified within the comics because the murderer Crossfire. There was once additionally a rumor this week that the “actual” villain of Ant-Guy shall be Yellowjacket, which results in much more questions, as Yellowjacket was once one of the crucial alter-egos of Hank Pym (ie, Michael Douglas) (specifically, Yellowjacket was once the gown Hank was once dressed in when this came about). What complicates issues is that Yellowjacket has additionally been the identification of different characters, so the film would possibly have an absolutely other Yellowjacket (like possibly Darren Pass wears the swimsuit, to shrink down and combat Ant-Guy on his personal stage?).

#Four THE CAST OF THE N.W.A. MOVIE STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON IS REVEALED

Every other film to get multiple information tale this week was once Common Footage’ Immediately Outta Compton, the actual tale of rap workforce N.W.A. First off, there was once the casting of the crowd’s most renowned contributors, with Marcus Callendar taking part in Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell taking part in Eazy E, and Ice Dice’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr. taking part in Ice Dice himself. This information was once quickly adopted via the announcement of a liberate date of August 14, 2015. And that’s the purpose at which this tale will get highjacked via some other Common venture, as a result of that was once previously the discharge date for the 5th Bourne film, which has now been moved to July 15, 2016. And that resulted in a brand new, late-breaking rumor simply as we went to press that the film was once held again a yr to assist lure Matt Damon to go back to the franchise.

#five ANNA KENDRICK TO STAR IN DREAMWORKS ANIMATION’S TROLLS

Anna Kendrick, costar of Pitch Very best and the impending sequel Pitch Very best 2, has been solid because the lead personality in DreamWorks Animation’s adaptation of the long-running doll franchise Trolls (sure, the ones Trolls). Anna Kendrick will voice “Poppy,” a “relentlessly upbeat princess” who is going off on a wacky journey to find the secrets and techniques of why trolls have “gravity-defying hair.” Sure, truly. At this time is the place you ask why it is a Recent Building. Smartly, we’re grouping tales in combination in a hectic week, and the second one part of DreamWorks’ week involved Steven Spielberg. Specifically, that we now know the discharge dates of his subsequent two movies as director: The untitled U2 undercover agent airplane drama shall be launched on October 16, 2015; the kids’s ebook adaptation The BFG shall be launched on July 1, 2016; and Trolls shall be launched on November 4, 2016.

#6 KEANU REEVES JOINS COURTROOM DRAMA THE WHOLE TRUTH

This week, Keanu Reeves changed Daniel Craig because the famous person of the court drama The Complete Fact for the director of the indie hit Frozen River, Courtney Hunt. The venture was once up to now scheduled to start out filming in April, however Daniel Craig pulled out of the venture simply 4 days prior to the primary day of filming. Keanu Reeves joins Renee Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked, and Gabriel Bosso within the tale of an legal professional combating to get his teenage shopper “acquitted of murdering his rich father.” There’s an excellent likelihood that the indie manufacturers are hoping to get The Complete Fact wrapped in time for a premiere at Sundance in January of 2015.

Rotten Concepts of the Week

#three THE FOOSBALL ANIMATED MOVIE UNDERDOGS GETS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY RELEASE

This film in truth will have been lined again in March when the Weinstein Corporate got the rights, however at the moment, this creator was once not sure if the film would get a theatrical liberate. Now, we all know, and the number of January 16, 2015 (when a large number of Rotten motion pictures are launched) doesn’t instill a lot more self assurance. The film we’re speaking about is the animated foosball comedy Underdogs, which now has a trailer that you’ll “experience.”

#2 THIS WEEK IN SUBMARINES: CAPTAIN NEMO, AND THE DUELING “DRUG SUB” MOVIES

One thing that every so often occurs when much-ballyhooed initiatives get behind schedule is that some time later, some other studio begins creating their very own equivalent film. So, now that it seems like David Fincher’s 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea for Walt Disney Footage is delated indefinitely, hi there, right here’s an absolutely other Captain Nemo film! This one got here to Sony Footage as a pitch from the staff of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who’re perfect identified for his or her years on TV’s Smallville, however in addition they labored on such Rotten movies as Herbie: Absolutely Loaded, Hannah Montana: The Film, and maximum not too long ago, I Am Quantity 4. Talking of films about the similar matter, this week, we discovered available in the market are at the moment are two motion pictures about “drug subs” (the observe by which drug smuggling cartels use submarines to get to the United States). Antoine Fuqua’s Narco Sub was once joined in pageant this week via Hyperbaric, from The next day By no means Dies director Roger Spottiswoode. Neither movie has began filming but, so this race is certainly simply starting.

#1 SCOOBY-DOO REBOOT NOW PLANNED AS LIVE-ACTION (ZOINKS!)

Again in August of 2013, the inside track broke that Warner Bros was once making plans on rebooting the vintage 1970s caricature Scooby-Doo as an animated movie, and we referred to as it a Recent Building on account of, neatly, most commonly nostalgia, most probably. With this week’s information that the Scooby-Doo reboot will simply be some other reside motion movie (when we already had two of the ones in 2002 and 2004). It additionally didn’t assist the Recent or Rotten nature of this tale a lot that it broke on June 17, two days after the passing of Casey Kasem, AKA the voice of Shaggy within the cartoons. Relaxation in Peace, Casey.