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Henry Cavill as Superman in ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice’
By Armando
It seems that Warner Bros and Snyder has slowly been starting to give fans a look at this 2016 movie.
A few days ago, we got our first look at Henry Cavill dressed as Clark Kent for his first official Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice promotional photo.
Today the filmmakers released the very first look at what Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel will look like in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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Hugh Jackman Breezes Through CBS’s Ruthlessly Upbeat All-Star Tony Show
About midway through CBS’s live telecast of the 68th Tony Awards on Sunday night, host Hugh Jackman told the audience at Radio City Music Hall that the first show he’d ever been cast in was Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. To prepare, in fact, he’d learned all eight parts to Rock Island,’ the opening number of that signature piece of syncopated Americana, and to prove it, he performed a minute or so, sprecht-singing all eight parts.
The first words are: Cash for the merchandise/Cash for the buttonhooks, which sounds like the beginning of an ode to Broadway, 2014. Then he ushered out LL Cool J and TI, and all three of them rapped “Rock Island,” which sounded a lot like Sesame Street, 1995. It was funny and toothless. Much the same can be said for the most breathlessly upbeat Tony broadcast in memory. Almost nothing memorable happened over the course of just over three hours of good cheer.
Jackman looked somewhat raffish and ragged of beard, as though he was coming from an audition for a revival of Sunday In The Park With George.
Zack Snyder tweets first pic of Affleck as Batman
First GOTHAM trailer is out!
By Armando
Fox has released the first trailer for the upcoming Batman prequel tv series “Gotham.” The original trailer just aired tonight during 24: Live Another Day, and this extended version released online.
The trailer shows us a glimpse of McKenzie as Gordon, as well David Mazouz as a young Bruce Wayne. “I promise you, I will find the man who did this,” says McKenzie’s Gordon as he consoles Bruce amid what seem to be an aftermath of the death of Wayne’s parents.
Although the show takes place before Wayne becomes The Dark Knight, the trailer shows a collage of younger versions of iconic Batman villains such as Penguin, Catwoman, Riddler, and Poison Ivy early in their escapades.
Gotham stars Ben McKenzie in the lead role as Detective James Gordon, with Jada Pinkett Smith playing a gangster named Fish Mooney.
Gotham is scheduled to debut on Fox later this year.
Trailer: Jupiter Ascending is stunning
By Armando
In an upcoming summer full of reboots and sequels comes the Wachowskis’ original sci-fi Jupiter Ascending.
This is the second trailer of the movie released by Warner Brothers. It fleshes out the story more than the trailer we saw last December, but also feels more of a focused attempt by the Wachowskis to go back to their mainstream roots than their last effort, Cloud Atlas.
Its ambitious, intriguing and action packed, with some of the most incredible visuals I have seen in a while, this movie ascends to top tier of movies I’m looking forward to the most this year.
Directors: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Writers: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Stars: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Douglas Booth
Release Date: 18 July 2014 (USA)
CinemaCon: Theatre Ad Sales Rise 6.5% To $678M In 2013 Following 2-Year Slump
This is the highest sales total that the Cinema Advertising Council has reported since it began keeping tabs in 2002 — and no doubt comes as a relief for the industry following a 1.2% downturn in 2012 and a 2.1% drop the year before. “This growth is a result of more new brands moving into cinema, the unique power of the movie theatre as a venue for creative, engaging advertising, and a movement by agencies to a more video-neutral approach that places cinema alongside TV and online platforms,” CAC President Katy Loria says.
“We are optimistic about this revenue momentum, and the direction the marketplace is headed with a strong start to 2014 as we enter upfront season.”
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Oscar 2014: “12 Years wins”, “Gravity” dominates
By Armando
As expected, 12 Years A Slave won the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday. But it was Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity that took most of the trophies with seven including the best director honor for Cuaron, a first for a Latin American director.
It was also a good night for the low-budget film “Dallas Buyers Club,”. Both of the movie’s stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto won in their respective categories. In a remarkable career comeback, McConaughey won Best Actor for his role of an early AIDS activist Ron Woodroof, while co-star Leto, won best supporting actor for his role as Woodroof’s sidekick.
In a night with few surprises, other top acting prizes include Cate Blanchett for “Blue Jasimine”, and Lupita Nyong’o for “12 Years a Slave”.
Here is the full list of winners > Continue reading
New Godzilla trailer is epic
By Armando
After much anticipation, teasers and movie poster releases over the last few weeks, the Godzilla trailer is finally out and it’s epic!
This new trailer follows the first teaser released months ago. But this one ups the ante further in scale. The trailer doesn’t completely provide a full view of Godzilla, but enough of the the Japanese monster’s scale and detail that gives us glimpses of how much damage and destruction Godzilla will leave in its wake.
Here we see soldiers air-dropping onto the monster, a shot of a damaged Statue of Liberty, and a truly epic shot of Godzilla rising out of the ocean. I also find the premise that the nuclear tests in the Pacific, originally the source of awakening the giant creature, were actually intended to destroy Godzilla is very intriguing.
All that promises a lot of action and suspense which hopefully washes the bad taste of that cheese 1998 version. Overall its looking like a massive improvement. And that Bryan Cranston… he is mad as hell!
Godzilla opens May 16, 2014
Director: Gareth Edwards
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen
Release: 16 May 2014 (USA)
Fox’s GOTHAM Casts Four Including THE PENGUIN & ALFRED
By Lucas Siegel
It seems Batman origin stories are all the rage.
The population of Gotham, Fox’s upcoming Batman origin drama, is rising fast after the weekend announcement of Ben McKenzie being cast as the lead role, James Gordon .
THR reports that four more actors have joined the cast, including a police captain, a love interest, a butler, and a villain. Robin Lord Taylor, Zabryna Guevara, Sean Pertwee, and Erin Richards come into Gotham with three out of the four characters being very recognizable names to comic book fans.
Pertwee is the newest person to play Alfred Pennyworth, the butler who also takes care of Bruce Wayne after his parents are killed. Jeremy Irons was also recently cast as Alfred, but for the film version in Man of Steel 2.