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Ludi Lin Joins James Wan’s Aquaman Cast

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Although James Wan announced two weeks ago that Aquaman has already started shooting, casting for some of the major roles are still underway. According to Deadline, up and comer Ludi Lin is set to play Murk in James Wan’s Aquaman.

This is of course not the first time that Lin played a superhero. Most recently, he was Zack/Black Ranger in the action sci-fi “Power Rangers”. Although Power Rangers was somewhat a minor hit a few months ago, it did debut at the boxoffice above expectations, and gave Lin sufficient of exposure.

In Aquaman, he is joining a star studded cast including Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundren, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, and Jason Momoa who plays the title character.

Murk is a relatively new side character in the universe of Aquaman. He is a military leader for Atlantis’ Men-of-War who serves Aquaman. As such, the extent of his role in the film is still unknown.

Aquaman is set to be released in December 21, 2018.

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First Look At’ Wonderstruck’

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Todd Haynes is not exactly known for making films for all ages, having recently directed provocative R-rated films ‘Carol’, and ‘I’m Not There’. But it’s always great to see inspired artists work outside of their comfort zone.

‘Wonderstruck’ is Haynes’ new movie that is set to debut a week from now at the Cannes Film Festival, which is celebrating it’s 70th anniversary edition, competing for the Palme d’Or in the main competition section.

The movie is set in two time periods, 1927 and 1977. The trailer started in the modern day, in full color, with Ben (Oakes Fegley of ‘Pete’s Dragon’) playing around the American Museum of Natural History, followed by scenes of Rose (Millicent Simmonds) from the past and in black and white.

Scheduled for limited release on October 20, and to be distributed by Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions, the film also stars Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams,

Here’s the official synopsis from the studio’s youtube page:

Based on Brian Selznick’s critically acclaimed novel Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his home and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out on quests to find what they are missing that unfold with mesmerizing symmetry.

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Amazon Picks Up 40 SXSW Films

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It seems that online retail giant Amazon went to SXSW and did a shopping spree of it’s own. As reported by Variety today, the e-commerce site acquired streaming rights to 40 feature films that played at SXSW Film Festival.

It is a massive haul considering that $1.9 million will be paid upfront for each film, which includes the 2017 Grand Jury Award winner “Most Beautiful Island”.

The titles were acquired through Film Festival Stars initiative, the same program under which Amazon acquired 15 films from Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, both of which designed to bolster Amazon Video Direct.

Here’s the 40 titles picked up by Amazon:

“Inheritance,” “Assholes,” “Win By Fall,” “Signature Move,” “Like Me,” “Sylvio,” “Satan Said Dance,” “Paa Joe & The Lion,” “A Bad Idea Gone Wrong,” “Maineland,” “The Cloud Forest,” “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin,” “Bad Lucky Goat,” “Bill Frisell, A Portrait,” “Divine Divas,” “Pornocracy,” “Tormentero,” “Inflame,” “The Secret Life of Lance Letscher,” “I Am Another You,” “Most Beautiful Island,” “A Critically Endangered Species,” “Dara Ju,” “Spettacolo,” “Ramblin’ Freak,” “DRIB,” “Two Pigeons,” “Going to Brazil,” “Daphne,” “Meatball Machine Kodoku,” “The Honor Farm,” “The Light of the Moon,” “Flesh and Blood,” “Fits and Starts,” “La Barracuda,” “MFA,” “California Dreams,” “Easy Living,” “Let There Be Light,” and “Infinity Baby.”

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New Red Band “Baywatch” Trailer Is Hilarious

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Paramount Pictures dropped the latest trailer for “Baywatch” and looks more like a spoof than a reboot of the classic TV series. Extremely good-looking people are still there running in slow motion, except this time with an extra surface of rude and super lewd R-rated comedy.

It is also more action-packed than previous trailers of the move we have seen previously, which suggests the studio is finally rolling out is promo blitz two weeks before the film’s release. If luck is on Paramount’s side, this could be this year’s surprise hit “21 jump street” or the start of a franchise ala “Hangover”, both of which attracted frat guys and sorority girls into the summer’s multiplexes.

It helps that the film is directed by Seth Gordon, the man who turned modestly budgeted Horrible Bosses and Identity Thief into certified $100 million hits, and stars Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron, who both attract sizable following.

Also starring, Priyanka Chopra, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Jon Bass, Hannibal Buress, and Rob Huebel, Baywatch is scheduled for release on May 25.

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‘Artemis’, Andy Weir’s follow-up to ‘The Martian’

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Fans of Andy Weir’s “The Martian” should be happy to know that, not only will his follow up “Artemis” be released later this year, but the movie rights was already picked up by Fox, as Deadline reports.

Artemis novel is scheduled to be released on Nov.14, in North America and is already available for pre-order Amazon. This was announced by Crown Publishing on its website, which also included description of the novel as follows:

An adrenaline-charged crime caper that features smart, detailed world-building based on real science and the charm that makes Weir’s writing so irresistible, Artemis introduces a protagonist every bit as memorable as The Martian’s Mark Watney: Jasmine Bashara, aka Jazz. Jazz is just another too-smart, directionless twentysomething, chafing at the constraints of her small town and dreaming of a better life. Except the small town happens to be named Artemis—and it’s the first and only city on the moon.

Weir’s debut novel “The Martian”, which follows the survival efforts of Mark Watney after he becomes stranded alone on Mars, was a huge breakthrough for the novelist. The book received generally positive reviews and sold 3 million copies.

But it wasn’t until Twentieth Century Fox optioned the rights to the film that the novel attracted broader recognition. Directed by Ridley Scott, that film starred Matt Damon, made more than $600 million at the boxoffice, and received seven academy award nominations.

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“Blade Runner 2049” First Trailer Is Here

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Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for is hotly anticipated “Blade Runner 2049”. The neo-noir sci-fi stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, and directed by Denis Villeneuve who recently directed 2016’s “Arrival”. This being a sequel to 1982’s Ridley Scott classic “Blade Runner”, Harrison Ford is reprising his Rick Deckard character who disappeared 30 years ago.

The intense two minutes trailer debuted Monday at a live event with the two stars and the director. “The first film made me question what it meant to be a human being,” Gosling said of the original film.

Though the trailer did not reveal much of the film’s plot beyond what the studio has already released so far, it is effective nonetheless, evoking many of the original’s grit and beautiful cinematography that is part of it’s appeal.

The film also stars Jared Leto, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri, Barkhad Abdi, and Dave Bautista, and is due for release on October 6.

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“Hellboy” Reboot In The Works

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A new “Hellboy” is currently in development, but this time, without director Guillermo del Toro, who directed the first two movies. According to Variety, Neil Marshall of “Game of Thrones” is attached to take over directing duties, while “David Harbour” is in talks to star.

This news might not be a complete surprise to some. In an interview with Screen Rant last year, Ron Perlman, who originally played the character, admitted that making Hellboy 3 is unlikely to happen, or at least not with him on it.

The first ‘Hellboy’ came out in 2004 to minor boxoffice success but developed a strong cult following. The success of Del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” a couple of years later provided the director enough influence to push forward the production of a sequel in 2008, “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, which was a slight financial improvement.

‘Hellboy’ is based on the graphic novels of the same name by writer/artist Mike Mignola who also broke the news in his facebook site. In the film, the character is a well-meaning demon superhero brought into this world by Nazis who want to unleash the “Seven Gods of Chaos” but raised to became a superhero to do battle with supernatural enemies.

David Harbour is the current lead character Police Chief Jim Hopper in the Netflix series ‘Stranger Things’ which recently won TV Show of the Year at the MTV Movie & TV Awards.

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‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Stranger Things’ Big Winners At MTV Movie & TV Awards:

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With a new brand name comes new categories added this year, including including best host, best reality competition, tearjerker, next generation, trending, best musical moment and best American story.

But it was the first category of the night that drew lots of attention. “Billions” star Asia Kate Dillon presented the first gender-less “best actor in a movie,” which went to “Beauty and the Beast” star Emma Watson. The Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles. The category is the first in history of putting both male and female actors competing in the same category.

Stranger Things won two prize, one for Show of the Year, and another for star Millie Bobby Brown, who was named best actor in a show.

The cast of Fast & Furious was also honored with the MTV Generation Awards, and Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson and Jordana Brewster were there to accept the award for their highly successful franchise. “In 2002, I was standing on this stage and MTV had given Paul Walker and I an award for Best Duo, and now 15 years later, I’m with my whole family and you’re giving us the Generation Award,” Diesel said.

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Wonder Woman Epic Final Released During MTV Movie & TV Awards

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Its less than a month away from Wonder Woman’s release, and today, Warner Bros. debuted the surprise trailer during the MTV Movie & TV Awards, formerly known as the MTV Movie Awards.

This particular trailer is bigger in scope and more action-packed than previous clips we’ve seen so far. It shows Gal Gadot’s Amazonian princess from Themyscira in action with her iconic lasso of truth and shield, Wonder Woman scaling buildings, long sequences of World War I combat, and a few comedic encounters with American pilot Steve Trevor.

Directed by Patty Jenkins, the movie also stars Chris Pine stars as Steve, Robin Wright as Antiope, and Connie Nielsen as Hippolyta, Wonder Woman’s monther.

“Wonder Woman” opens in the United States and in most of the world onJune 2.

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Intense Official Trailer For Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’

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The official trailer for Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” was released by Warner Bros. on Friday and it is both harrowing and epic. Written and directed by Nolan, the movie concerns the mass rescue and evacuation of allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, France during World War II, where they were stranded and surrounded by the German army.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill referred to the events in France “a colossal military disaster”. This line can be heard narrating the opening scenes, and quickly followed by ticking of the clock as we watch the allied troops under duress on land, air and sea.

The trailer is haunting, beautifully shot, and captured the intensity and chaos in Dunkirk. This all reminds us that the acclaimed filmmaker is not slowing down on making such large scale epic films, and that can only be a good thing. Nolan has put his heart and soul into this: in addition to his star-studded cast, he’s recruited 6,000 extras for the film. IMAX cameras were also hand-held by cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema for long durations, a painful yet pioneering practice on a feature film.

Dunkirk hits theaters July 21, similar to Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ and ‘Inception,’ which were both released in July.

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