By George Robbins
Henry Cavill is a well-known face in the film industry right now as he has managed to play some pretty major roles over the past few years. This has made it possible for him to be a part of many different series and it will most definitely be a continuing trend as time goes on. Cavill has mostly been known for playing the role of the iconic Man of Steel in DCEU films over the past few years. This is far from the only thing has he done over the years though as he has interests in playing many different roles in all types of genres. He found himself playing a spy in ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E‘ and he played the role well which earned him a lot of recognition in that respect.
This is what eventually led to Cavill being cast as a major character in the most recent Mission: Impossible film, ‘Mission: Impossible- Fallout.’ He played his role as well as he did with every other piece of media he has been in and it has definitely put him on a list of actors that studios look out for to fill a role. One of the most recent roles he has taken on has been the role of Geralt in the ‘Witcher‘ series and he has done just as well with that role as well. What some people may not know, is that he actually wants to be involved in a James Bond movie, and not just involved, but be the famous agent himself. In fact, he already tried to be the character once before.
One would think that given how well he can play the spy role in a film, he would seriously be considered for the role of Bond. Unfortunately, this did not come to fruition and he could not play the character which wasn’t too much of an issue at the time since Daniel Craig was still willing to be Bond. The issue is starting to crop up again though as this upcoming Bond film, ‘No Time to Die,’ will be Craig’s final appearance as the iconic character. This iteration of the character being done with means nothing for the over-arching intellectual property though as they will simply reboot the character again. After all, a character as iconic as James Bond is not just going to disappear, so they will be looking for someone to be a replacement.
This means that in the not too distant future, we will more than likely be looking a auditions taking place for someone to fill the role of the new Bond. Considering how things are going in the movie industry, there is still plenty of time for them to come up with plans for a new film. This is just a good time to start thinking about the future and, although he was turned down before, Henry Cavill has put his name out there to play the next iteration of the character. There is no telling if he will really be able to fit the role; that will only be decided when they start the casting process. Given what Cavill has been a part of over the recent years, I wouldn’t be too surprised to see him actually end up in the role.
By George Robbins
Marvel has, by far, been catapulted to the front of pop culture and has become the most recognized franchise we have seen outside of Star Wars. This has easily made it a franchise the likes of which very few other franchises can make it to. Therefore it is not that big of a surprise that they can take a number of liberties with how they choose to adapt the source content. Marvel Studios is responsible for these adaptations and they do all that they can to make sure some of it can stay true to source material. What ends up being the most important thing for them though is the fact that what they make has to be interesting.
Making their movies interesting has never really been much of an issue, but they still do what they can to give older fans something new. It is cool to take something that people like and turn it into another enjoyable form of media, but it is another thing to make it new. What I mean is that they took characters that people loved from the comics and gave them new and interesting stories to follow in the movies. This has given fans new and old something to enjoy whenever they go see a Marvel film. This trend will also not end any time in the near future and the ability to do things as they please gives them plenty of ways to proceed.
One of the more interesting ways we are seeing these creative actions take form is with the villains we see in each of the films. Also, the adaptation of each hero we see in the films changes what we would expect from any of the films as well. This is because not every character is the iteration of that character that we expected to see, which is the case in the Ant-Man movies. So far, every Marvel film has had the hero portrayed by their comic counterpart, and Ant-Man is no exception. The difference this time is that he is played by the second iteration of the character, Scott Lang, instead of the first iteration, Hank Pym. The villains for those films seem to make sense, but it still doesn’t change the fact that the upcoming film has a villain many perhaps weren’t expecting.
In the upcoming ‘Ant-Man 3,’ we have found out that the main villain we are supposed to be seeing in the film is the villain, Kang the Conqueror. He is a being that is more in-line for being an Avengers-class villain and we are supposed to be seeing him in a standalone film. This has many fans wondering what exactly will be happening in the future of the MCU and what plans are in place for the next over-arching storyline. We have no idea what we are even supposed to be looking forward to in the future of the MCU. This still hasn’t changed the fact that we already know what movies we will be seeing next though.
Even though details for ‘Ant-Man 3’ have been revealed already, the movie is not set to start production until June of 2021. This is still a little ways off and we don’t have anything close to a release date, so all we can go off of are upcoming movies. This is something that is much easier to keep track of as they are movies that we should be seeing in the near future. Unfortunately, this pandemic has made those plans sort of difficult for Marvel Studios and Disney as a whole because release dates keep having to be pushed back more and more. Soon enough, we were supposed to see the movie ‘The Eternals’ which was the first new character movie to premiere in Phase 4 of the MCU. This seems like it was not meant to be though and the new release date for the film is unknown.
The release date for ‘The Eternals’ was given to ‘Black Widow‘ when the movie’s release was postponed after the pandemic began. Given how poorly theaters are now performing despite being reopened to the public, Disney has decided to once again push back the release dates for many of their films including ‘Black Widow. There is no true release date as of yet because we don’t know how the following months will turn out. Therefore, the entire line-up they had planned for Phase 4 is now borked and we have nothing to go off. Luckily, the studio knows that we are getting bored waiting for the film to release and, in turn, they have released some details for the film to get us excited for it again.
Going back to the whole creative liberties thing, they are choosing how they want to play out the Cold War, and its aftereffects, in the MCU. In the comics, things turn out similarly, but those comics were made during the Cold War, so the new movie is showing us their adaptation and it definitely sounds interesting. According to details given from the movie, the Cold War in the MCU was actually an Arms Race to create better super-soldiers in the form of superheroes. These details have been given to us over a few different films at this point, but ‘Black Widow’ seems like it will expand upon this and show us a more in-depth look at the era. More specifically it will give us a look at the post-Cold War aftereffects, which makes us all the more excited for the film.
By George Robbins
Horror movies, like all movies, have to change over the years in order to keep up with the expectations of the public. It has been a difficult road because of all of the genres out there in the open-market, horror is one of the least appreciated. This is due to the fact that not everyone can handle horror movies and this was made clear during the age of the slasher film. This period of time was around the 70’s and 80’s and it saw people getting upset with the horror genre as a whole because of the violence on screen. Although this is the more talked about period of time, horror movies have always had issues finding a place among the public.
Even back in the earlier part of the 20th century, any kind of horror films that came out were looked down on and this was when they were a lot more tame by comparison. Back then, horror movies were actually monster movies and they were entirely different from what we know today. Horror back then was just deformities and not really any kind of true horror movies as we know them today. Eventually, they became more accepted, but they still have a hard time keeping up because people just grew disinterested over time. Blumhouse has made a strong effort to change that and we are now seeing a pretty strong era for horror films.
They are known for producing low-budget horror movies that have managed to draw in crowds of people that would most definitely want to watch those films. Even their movies that are R-rated have managed to garner plenty of attention over the years and it is starting to become apparent that, although a PG-13 rating makes their films more accessible, they can do more in R-rated films. I think most of the criticism for their PG-13 films comes from this fact and it has hurt them on a couple of the films they have done. Their upcoming horror-comedy ‘Freaky,’ which is a spin-off for ‘Happy Death Day,’ may help prove even more that an R-rating should probably be the standard for their future horror titles.
By George Robbins
Filming at this period in time is something that many people are wary of but they understand that they need to do it to get paid as it is a part of their job. Just recently, many productions have started back up again after having been shut down since earlier this year. This doesn’t mean that there aren’t any hiccups going into this though as there are clearly rules in place in order to keep people from spreading disease. This is what director James Cameron had to do when he wanted to start filming ‘Avatar 2.’ Every part of his production crew had to be quarantined and tested before they could even begin the filming process.
Even though it took some time for the filming process to begin, Cameron worked hard to get the film done properly, and as of now, the filming process is complete. Many other films are trying to follow in those footsteps now so that they can be finished for showings they may not even have next year. Truth be told, it is still pretty much unknown what will happen in the near future and we don’t know if movies will even be able to play when the time comes. With movie theaters not doing so well, movie releases have been pushed again which I’m sure will only end up pushing these dates as well.
It is surprising that the people responsible for filming the upcoming newest entry to the ‘Scream‘ series, ‘Scream 5,’ wouldn’t just take things a bit slower. They have had 3 people recently test positive for the virus and yet they still plan to continue the filming process the same way they were going to do it. This seems dangerous and it seems like if it is not handled properly, it could result in the film having a horrifically long production process. In the long run this could only end up hurting the production, so who knows what the studio is thinking about when they made this decision. The best way of handling these things is still just to test all members of the crew, so there is no telling what affect this will have.
By George Robbins
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU, is now by far one of the largest and most profound franchises in existence. It is well known by just about everyone all over the world and it has touched base with just about every community in some way shape or form. This has made it incredibly easy for Marvel Studios to integrate almost any idea they want into their movie adaptations. This is why the Marvel films are not exactly portrayed the way they are in comics, but they still end up turning out pretty well. It is because they have adapted the comics to the medium in a well-developed and well-structured way to allow people to adjust correctly.
Creative liberties can be taken when approaching these films and plenty of different story arcs can take place due to the work that has already been put in. This all stems from the fact that the MCU has been established as its own parallel universe from the Earth-616 universe that the comics take place in. This pretty much means that they can do whatever they want within the means they established for themselves when they made the MCU. This comes in handy now, because when they want to cast someone for a role or make some kind of plot-line, they have some sort of baseline to do it with. Therefore, actors have a lot of leeway with their entry points into the MCU.
John David Washington is an actor who has been making his way up the chain over the past few years to the point that he was the main star in Christopher Nolan’s movie ‘Tenet.’ Although the movie itself is having a terrible time due to the lack of funds being brought in by the box office, Washington is noted has having played the part well. This gives him a chance to put himself out there to be a part of the MCU and the character he wants to play is not one most would expect. He wants to play the role of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, whenever they finally decide to add him to the MCU with the Fantastic 4. Needless to say it would definitely be an interesting casting choice, but as we all know, the MCU gives its roles out based on whose best for the job.
By George Robbins
Movies are having just a bit of a tough time as of now due to the fact that the pandemic has made people extremely wary of theaters. This isn’t really all that surprising considering everything we already know about what is currently going on. Theaters cannot seem to really draw people in because people are not willing to put themselves in harm’s way in order to just go see a movie. People are actually getting more used to being able to see movies from the comfort of their own home than going out to see them in theaters. This was actually something that has been witnessed fairly recently with the release of the movie ‘Tenet.’
The thing about the ‘Tenet’ release is that the release of the movie was handled differently than most other films that have been put out on the market. Warner Bros. still wanted the movie to have a theatrical release, but the issue of when to release the movie proved to be quite tenuous. For instance, no matter what date they came up with for a release, the movie had to be pushed back until theaters could open their doors. This eventually came to a head when theaters decided that they would be opening their doors by a specific time-frame, period. This ended up giving them a proper release window for their film, but the pandemic issue in the U.S. made things a bit more difficult.
In the weeks leading up to the release of ‘Tenet,’ the United States had a bad wave of infection cases. This made the studio decide to have an international release before there was a domestic release, but this only ended up being a weeks difference. This ended up working for them in the first weeks of release in both markets, but the following weeks have shown just how bad the market is. Almost no money was made on the film in the following weeks and theaters may just end up shutting down again, at least domestically. So with this in mind, more focus is currently being put into action on projects that are still being worked on.
If there is no guarantee of when exactly theaters will be able to show films, then studios just have to push back their release dates. This is happening now and many films have been pushed out of this year’s line-up which makes next year a pretty packed one, if things start looking up. There is no guarantee of what will end up happening over the next few months, but for now it would seem that movies in production will get to have a bit more leeway. This is good for a number of reasons, but the most important reason why this is so good is because it allows crews the opportunity to get work done without rushing. This means that we could get a lot of good movies coming up in the near future as it means movies will be of better quality.
One such movie that we are expecting high quality from is the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster ‘Avatar,’ which is aptly named ‘Avatar 2‘ right now. According to director James Cameron, the filming for the movie has been completely finished as of now, which just leaves a lot of post-production work to be done for the film. The movie is still expected by Cameron to make its late 2021 release date so they are still on a schedule, but they should have plenty of time to get the work done. They have been filming for a couple of months now, so it is nice to know that there weren’t really any hiccups with the movie and that we will get to see it in its glory. All we have to do now is wait until next year.
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