HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ was a well received show that had a strong story to it that builds off the story from the original 1987 comic book of the same name. The show has a lot of racial tension between the white supremacist group dubbed the Seventh Kavalry and the Police Department. One of the most important story points is the relationship between characters Angela Abar and Dr. Manhattan who was disguised as her husband. Wanting to try and see what a normal life would be like, Manhattan removed his memories and forgoes his powers.
Everyone is trying to hunt down Manhattan in order to try and get his unbelievable powers to themselves. In the end, Manhattan is dead and Angela survives, but there is a strong cliffhanger in the fact that she may have inherited his powers. Many consider this cliffhanger to be a sign that the show will return for a second season. However, the show creator Damon Lindelof has said that he has no ideas for a second season.
This is a massive part of his decision to not be involved if ever there were a second season, since he has nothing left in his story that he wants to tell. He has said that he wishes that there would be a season 2 for Watchmen, but he and the others who worked on the show put it all into the first season. With people responding so well to the first season of the show, Lindelof believes that one season of the show was enough but wouldn’t fight against a second one. For now, with no story in place, there is absolutely no news for a second season.
I think at this point, we know that Disney can make a movie based off of any of their properties, or in this case, rides. ‘Jungle Cruise’ is a movie that is based off of the ride of the same name in the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Other movies that are based off rides in the park are ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ ‘Tower of Terror,’ ‘Tomorrowland,’ etc. Some of these movies ended up being worth the production fees because they brought in a lot of money and were received pretty well.
This upcoming movie, ‘Jungle Cruise,’ is a film that sees the main characters having to face off against dangerous animals and supernatural beings. While all of the other ride films, save ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ haven’t been able to spawn a series. The story for the film follows Frank and Lily Houghton, a riverboat captain and scientist who journey together to find a mystical tree with healing powers located deep in the Amazon. The biggest part of the journey is the danger that comes with seeking a mystical power the world has never known.
With a supernatural villain, there is a lot of fun to be had in the film especially with humor that is no stranger to Disney films. ‘Jungle Cruise’ is set to be a much more simple type of film with writers Michael Green (The Call of the Wild) and Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Focus) creating a simple MacGuffin styled like an Indiana Jones artifact. The movie stars Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramirez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti. The movie is being directed by Jaume Collet-Serra with a release date currently set for July 24, 2020.
Spawn is an Image Comics character that became relatively popular after his inception in the 90’s. So popular in fact, that he got his own movie with Michael Jai White starring as the titular character. The story of the character was interesting enough to make the film possible, but like most films of the time that featured comic book heroes, it didn’t do very well critically. Now, the character’s creator, Todd McFarlane, wants to remake the movie to give the character to some and a better movie. Based off of the title of this post, I think we all now know that Jamie Foxx is meant to play the character in this new planned remake.
A Spawn remake or reboot has been discussed for well over a decade at this point, but starting in 2017, plans for it gained traction. Jason Blum came onto the project announcing that McFarlane would be the writer and director of the film. Within the next year, Jamie Foxx joined the cast as the main lead of the film. Foxx has already stated in 2013 that he would want to play the role of the titular character should there be any kind of remake, reboot or sequel for the film. There had recently been rumors that Foxx was no longer on the film after McFarlane said that an “academy award-winning guy” was no longer on the film.
However, it turns out that the person that Todd McFarlane was talking about that had left the project was a writer working on the film. The writer is someone that hasn’t been mentioned by name thus far as McFarlane is the only known writer for the movie. McFarlane has been keeping fans in the loop regarding the movie for years by using social media with the most recent update for the film being that the film is set to be rated R. This is not the only thing known about the film.
Blumhouse Productions is giving the film a smaller budget which means the film will have to work with what it has. While the story of the film is not known at this time, we do know that it will not be an origin story. What is also known about the movie is that Jeremy Renner may play the character of Detective Twitch Williams, a tertiary character in the series. Spawn still has no release date in sight, but development will continue throughout this year and hopefully news for it will soon follow.
There are plenty of movies that tell stories about WWII and the incredible tales of heroism that people had lived through. Over time, more and more stories are uncovered about the events that transpired during WWII. Among those events are stories about both groups and individuals who managed to accomplish or at least tried to accomplish astounding feats. Whether those feats be ones that proved that they could do something others didn’t think they could, or they went above and beyond is what those films were all about. Now, we are going to be getting a movie that explores the former and shows us a mission many thought could fail.
This upcoming film, ‘Greyhound,’ tells a story about a first-time captain leading a convoy of Allied ships across the Atlantic. The goal of the Allies in this crossing is to survive the waters of the “Black Pit.” This area was a place outside of the range of antisubmarine aircraft in the mid-Atlantic gap. So, for the entire journey across the Atlantic, he and his passengers had to brave waters full of Nazi U-boats to reach their target. Without any air cover for 5 days while out in the Atlantic, they must battle what they cannot see and avoid an enemy that will never stop.
From a screenplay by and starring Tom Hanks, ‘Greyhound’ also stars Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan, and Elisabeth Shue. The movie is being directed by Aaron Schneider and produced by Gary Goetzman. Tom Hanks’ screenplay is based off of the novel “The Good Sheperd” by C.S. Forester. This movie will tell a story we have not yet seen on the big screen and tells us a story about courage in the face of death. ‘Greyhound’ will release theatrically on June 12th, 2020.
There are a lot of independent films out in the world constantly being made, including ones with well known actors. Sony Pictures Classics produces and distributes all kinds of independent films that have been seen at film festivals already. ‘The Last Vermeer’ has premiered at the Telluride Film Festival already and was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for distribution in the United States. This film was filmed primarily in the Netherlands and is executively produced by Ridley Scott based off of screenplay by James McGee and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby.
‘The Last Vermeer’ is a film that tells the story of Dutch folk hero Han Van Meegeren. He was a man who was responsible for swindling millions of dollars out of the Nazis during the time of WWII. He succeeded in doing this by convincing them that they were buying paintings done by Johannes Vermeer. In reality, these paintings were done by Meegeren himself in order to get back at them and make money while he was at it. This plan of his and the success of the venture made him considered the most successful art forger of all time.
This film was originally known as the ‘Lyrebird,’ but recently it was changed to ‘The Last Vermeer.’ The movie stars Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, and Roland Møller. ‘The Last Vermeer’ was directed by Dan Friedkin who also originally produced the film alongside Ryan Friedkin. With Sony Pictures Classics’ acquisition of the distribution rights for the movie the movie will have a theatrical release here in the States. As of now, the theatrical release date for the movie is May 22, 2020.
So, obviously the Coronavirus is no laughing matter and it is a worldwide issue that has a lot of attention circulating around it. That is for a good reason since the virus is a deadly one that, as of now, will continue to spread. That is not to say there will not be a look into a vaccine, but people need to be much more careful right now so as not to accidently end up with the virus. The most recent film in the James Bond Series, ‘No Time to Die’ was pushed back for this exact reason.
Despite the delay for the newest James Bond film, Disney and Universal have already confirmed that their newest releases will not be delayed. ‘Black Widow’ and ‘F9’ are both set to release in May and are, of course two massive money-makers for the two companies. The fact that the two movies aren’t being pushed back just means that in the meantime in the near future, everyone is going to have to be just a little bit more careful when they go out to the movies.
The Coronavirus is something that people should definitely be on the lookout for and is a better reason than ever for people to be hygienic right now. Whether the pushing of the Bond film is for some monetary reason regarding panic or if it is to try and keep the virus from spreading, we won’t truly know. However, it is better that there is, at least for now, one less way for it to spread. Please, just heed this warning though to be careful of your surroundings, because if the virus can be slowed down and stopped, these things may not have to happen again in the future.
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