The Terminator series is an extremely uneven one so we’re still not sure if the new instalment is going to be a success (like Cameron’s original and Judgement Day) or a flop (like the sequels Rise of the Machines and Salvation). Genisys has just debuted a new poster for your viewing pleasure. Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) directs the cast of Arnold Schwarzenegger (True Lies, Predator), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, Dom Hemingway), Jai Courtney (Divergent, A Good Day to Die Hard), Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Lawless), Matt Smith (Doctor Who, Lost River) and Oscar winner JK Simmons (Whiplash, Spider-Man).
Another film whose quality is still in doubt is the Marvel reboot Fantastic Four and some character one sheets and a collective banner. The superhero film is directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle) and star Miles Teller (Whiplash, The Spectacular Now) as Reed Richards, Michael B Jordan (Fruitvale Station, Chronicle) as Johnny Storm, Kate Mara (Transcendence, House of Cards) as Susan Storm, Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Dead Man’s Shoes) as Victor Domeshev and Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, King Kong, The Adventures of Tintin) as Ben Grimm.
It may have struggled to gain our favour in the disappointing first trailer and it may never live up to the brilliance of James Cameron’s orginals but these new stills are promising. Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) directs the cast of Arnold Schwarzenegger (Predator, Total Recall, True Lies), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Jai Courtney (Divergent), Matt Smith (Doctor Who) and Oscar winner JK Simmons (Whiplash, Spider-Man).
Dr No! From Russia With Love! Goldfinger! Thunderball! You Only Live Twice! On Her Majesty’s Secret Service! Diamonds Are Forever! Live and Let Die! The Man With the Golden Gun! The Spy Who Loved Me! Moonraker! For Your Eyes Only! Octopussy! A View to a Kill! The Living Daylights! Licence to Kill! GoldenEye! Tomorrow Never Dies! The World is Not Enough! Die Another Day! Casno Royale! Quantum of Solace! Skyfall! In the prestigious fifty year franchise twenty three titles have been thrown into the mix and the twenty fourth has now been confirmed.
Spectre confirms the return of the organisation that plagued Bond and the MI6 from the very beginning and through his early adventures. A similar iteration to it, named Quantum, was emerging in the early Craig films but Skyfall dropped that plot thread but this appears to be a fully fledged revival.
Also the cast has been made public officially for the first time. Returning stars of Skyfall include Daniel Craig (Munich, Layer Cake, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) as James Bond, Naomie Harris (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, 28 Days Later) as Eve Moneypenny, Ben Whishaw (Cloud Atlas, Paddington) as Q, Rory Kinnear (The Imitation Game, Southcliffe) as Tanner and Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Schindler’s List) as M with director Sam Mendes (Road to Perdition, American Beauty).
The new additions include two time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (Inglourious, Big Eyes, Django Unchained) as the villain Oberhauser who we’re praying won’t be a new incarnation of Blofeld, a far too cliched character to ever master on screen. Also it’ll undoubtedly be a case (seen with Naomie Harris in Skyfall, Marion Cotillard in The Dark Knight Rises and with Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek Into Darkness) where the character’s actual identity is leaked and then has to be denied by the stars until the film is released, and by that point the twist surprises no one. Dave Bautista, better known as Guardians of the Galaxy’s dim witted hero Drax, will play Oberhauser’s henchman Mr Hinx.
Other Spectre agents include Italian star Monica Bellucci (The Matrix, Irreversible) as Lucia Sciarra and Lea Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Colour) as Madeleine Swann. One role we are yet to discover much about is Denbigh, played by Andrew Scott. The Irish actor had a very minor role in Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, appears in this year’s acclaimed British films Pride and Locke but he’ll be best recognised as Sherlock’s villainous genius Jim Moriarty. You can admire the full gallery from the announcement below.
Today’s other major release was the trailer for Terminator: Genisys, a reboot that’ll revolve around an alternate timeline. Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) directs the cast of Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Jai Courtney (Divergent), JK Simmons (Spider-Man, Whiplash) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Predator, Total Recall). Some of the footage in the trailer is impressive but a lot of it seems to aesthetically resemble a standard, generic sci-fi blockbuster. It’s certainly shaky ground on which to start a new franchise.
James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic, Aliens) was the man who magnificently made sci-fi thriller The Terminator and its sequel, the immortal classic Judgement Day, but his lack of involvement with the rest of the series caused a franchise that sped out of control. The fifth instalment will see Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) attempting a new resurrection with the cast including original Terminator Arnold Schwarzengger (Predator), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Jai Courtney (Divergent), Matt Smith (Doctor Who) and JK Simmons (Spider-Man).
Paramount appear confident enough with the film to set preliminary dates for two more sequels. Terminator 6 will arrive May 2017 while Terminator 7 will follow up in June 2018. This isn’t the first attempt at getting the franchise to run consistently. 2003’s Rise of the Machines’ critical failure prevented the rebooting while you may remember that Christian Bale was signed on for a trilogy before various controversies plagued 2009’s Salvation. Hopefully Genisys can return the series to its former glory.
Marvel spent three years and five films establishing its main heroes, with mixed success. When the franchise’s ensemble combined in 2012’s The Avengers the series became something else entirely. Not only did it gross $1.5 billion worldwide but gained an irreplaceable spot in fan’s hearts. Marvel’s third phase saw spin off sequels Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier were great successes while Guardians of the Galaxy has proved that Marvel will be able to conquer with new properties. However next year they return to The Avengers once more for Age of Ultron.
The new banner for the film has been published online and it offers the very first full look at the android Vision, played by A Knight’s Tale and A Beautiful Mind’s Paul Bettany. Joss Whedon (Serenity, Firefly, Toy Story, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) will write and direct the film that’ll also star Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, James Spader, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Cobie Smulders, Don Cheadle, Hayley Atwell, Thomas Kretschmann, Stellan Skarsgard, Samuel L Jackson and Andy Serkis.
The fifth instalment of James Cameron’s ailing Terminator franchise is finally kicking into top gear with production now complete but we’re mildly disturbed by the film’s indecision on an official title, a telltale sign of a messy production and lacklustre release. The simple Terminator was the working title but that swiftly morphed into Terminator: Genesis. Recently a new rumour emerged that the title had reverted back to the original Terminator. We’ve now learned of a more worrying title change; on on set teaser image promises the title Terminator: Genisys, a purposeful mispelling of the previous subtitle. The bizarre choice I think would only be explained by perhaps an unrevealed character, or more likely corporation, of that name that’d feature in the film. Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) directs the cast of Arnold Schwarzenegger (Predator), Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Jai Courtney (Jack Reacher) and JK Simmons (Spider-Man).
In today’s other major news, we finally have the results of the greatest game of chicken Marvel and DC have ever played. Earlier this year, both comic book companies adventurously set their flags at the weekend of May 6th 2016 for Captain America 3 and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. At first, most backed the Man of Steel sequel claiming the lack of fan interest but the critical and commercial success of Captain America: The Winter Soldier was drastically underrated, significantly outgrossing MoS.
We’ve now gained the great surprise that DC have cracked and shifted the unpromising Dawn of Justice into a timid March 2016. Zack Snyder directs Ben Affleck (Argo), Hanry Cavill (Immortals), Gal Gadot (Fast and Furious), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Diane Lane (Unfaithful), Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) and Jeremy Irons (The Lion King) while we’d expect Cap 3 to feature Chris Evans (Snowpiercer), Scarlett Johansson (Her), Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bureau), Jeremy Renner (The Town, The Hurt Locker), Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) and Samuel L Jackson (Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Pulp Fiction) under directors Anthony and Joe Russo (The Winter Soldier).
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice – March 25th 2016
We apologise for not publishing an update yesterday. We were close to finishing our report on Tim Blake Nelson’s casting as Mole Man in The Fantastic Four and a potential collaboration of Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby director Baz Luhrmann and Saving Mr Banks writer Kelly Marcel on an Elvis biopic. We return today though with a couple of stories that would be the biggest of the week were it not for the obvious.
We’ve still got some pretty major scoops on our hands though. You may remember that when Disney made the multi-billion purchase of Lucasfilm in late 2012, they delighted fans by confirming JJ Abrams’s Star Wars: Episode VII (which finally announced its cast of Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson, Adam Driver, Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis and Max Von Sydow) as well as crushing some with the cancellation of the highly regarded animated TV series The Clone Wars, after a six season run. Later though they did announce their plans for Star Wars: Rebels, which just revealed a short teaser for the upcoming debut trailer.
Rebels fills the gap between 2005’s Revenge of the Sith and 1977’s A New Hope, so it doesn’t take place during any instalment. This brief preview offers glimpses at new characters but we can expect the full trailer, dated for this Sunday (Star Wars Day), to unveil the return of Lando Calrissian, voiced by The Empire Strikes back and Return of the Jedi’s Billy Dee Williams. David Oyelowo (The Last King of Scotland, Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Tiya Sicar (The Internship) and Freddie Prinze Jr (I Know What You Did Last Summer) also star but the most exciting aspect is the authentic design; the spaceships, the menacing villain and the Imperial propaganda posters all ooze of Star Wars style.
The excellent Matt Smith handed over the batten, after a three year run, for the lead role In British sci-fi phenomenon Doctor Who to The Thick of It’s Peter Capaldi last Christmas and is now in the process of establishing himself as a Hollywood star, a shot Smith’s Who predecessor David Tennant lost in horror misfire Fright Night. Smith’s attempts involved a supporting role in Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River but he’s just landed a far bigger role.
He’s joined the cast of sci-fi sequel Terminator: Genesis, in a role Deadline describe only as major. This is likely because they hope Smith to return for the planned sequels. Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) directs Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, Dom Hemingway) as Sarah Connor, Jason Clarke (The Great Gatsby, Zero Dark Thirty) as John Connor, Jai Courtney (A Good Day to Die Hard, Divergent) as Kyle Reese, Dayo Okeniyi (The Spectacular Now, The Hunger Games) as Danny Dyson, JK Simmons (Spider-Man, Juno) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (True Lies, Total Recall, The Expendables, Predator) as The Terminator.
Chadwick Boseman experienced huge success last year with his breakout role in drama 42 alongside Harrison Ford but he’ll propel himself to success further with the lead in James Brown biopic Get on Up. The first trailer is online at last and, after years of stalled development, we can get a first look at the film. Alongside Boseman, who plays the troublemaking rock/soul legend, in the cast is Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Dan Aykroyd plus director Tate Taylor (The Help).
Director Alan Taylor moves on from his blockbuster success of Thor: The Dark World to a new franchise with Terminator: Genesis. So far, we have little clues about the plot but we know that Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thrity), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Jai Courtney (Jack Reacher) will join the series as John Connor, Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese respectively with Arnold Schwarzenegger (Predator, True Lies) likely to return as The Terminator. The similar ages of the central trio hints that there’ll be a Back to the Future 2-like set up involving John Connor travelling back in time to the original’s setting.
Now, JK Simmons is negotiating his way to a role in the film. The star is most likely known for Spider-Man (where he plays Bugle editor J Jonah Jameson) and Juno as well as TV’s The Closer and video game franchises Portal and Half Life. He could be joining this summer’s shoot as a weary detective who aids Sarah in her attempts for survival from the robot that’s hunting her down.
2015 sees the stellar release of the new instalment of the time-bending, action-packed, pre-apocalypse franchise The Terminator. This fifth chapter, titled Terminator: Genesis, will be directed by Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) and stars Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Sarah Connor, Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, The Great Gatsby) as John Connor and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Predator, Commando) reprising his role as The Terminator. You’d be right to say that those three are the fulcrum of Terminator’s plot but a fourth icon from the series does exist.
Jai Courtney (A Good Die Hard, Jack Reacher) has been officially cast as Kyle Reese, a futuristic soldier sent back from a future ruled by robots to protect Sarah Connor (mother of future freedom fighter John Connor) from the monstrous Terminator whose been sent to kill her. The previous players of Reese were Anton Yelchin and Michael Biehn. The title Genesis hints that this new film will explore the origins of Skynet and their demonic creations while the two generations of the Connor family go to stop them – please note that’s purely my speculation, nothing about the plot has been confirmed. We’re immensely looking forward to Genesis but please tell us in the comments whether we’re in for another classic or if this’ll be a repeat of Rise of the Machines.
DC’s upcoming TV series Gotham has formed hugely in development since the assignment of Danny Cannon as writer and director. Castings such as Ben McKenzie as Commissioner Gordon and Sean Pertwee as Alfred were made and a tonne of actors were introduced to the series but Jada Pinkett Smith is probably the highest profile addition. The Collateral and Madagascar star will play Fish Mooney, the villainous mob boss of young Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Taylor – Another Earth), known to DC fans as The Penguin. A couple of Gordon’s fellow detectives have been cast; Donal Logue will play Harvey Bullock and Zabryna Guevara will play Captain Essen while Welsh actress Erin Richards (Open Grave) will play Gordon’s fiancee Barbara Kean.
The casting for Fox’s reboot superhero reboot The Fantastic Four has taken a huge turn today. It seems as if, after months of casting speculation, the official cast are signing on. Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now, Project X) is Mr Fantastic; Michael B Jordan (Fruitvale Station, Chronicle) is The Human Torch; Kate Mara (127 Hours, Iron Man 2) is The Invisible Woman and BAFTA winning actor Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, The Eagle, King Kong, The Adventures of Tintin) is The Thing. The fresh cast, Bell and Jordan in particular, should be able to generate a lot of interest in audiences, even if it does cause a few problems. Invisible Woman and Human Torch are a sibling duo in the comics but it’s evident that Jordan and Mara won’t be believed as a brother/sisters act. Bell certainly isn’t known for having the boulder like physique Thing is often associated with so I expect motion capture performance. The film is directed by Josh Trank, who called the shots on the fantastically dark superhero horror Chronicle, and might be a part of a co-existing FF and X-Men universe.
Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, Mackenzie Foy, Wes Bentley, John Lithgow and David Oyelowo make up the key cast of the Interstellar, the new sci-fi from Christopher Nolan (director of The Dark Knight trilogy, The Prestige, Inception, Memento). However, the lead star Matthew McConaughey is the only one to feature in the brand new trailer. I’d say it’s more of a mood piece rather than an actual teaser as it features very little original footage of the film but that’s understandable as there’s nearly another year until the release of one from this century’s sci-fi greats.
Finally, we move onto the new instalment of a sci-fi thriller franchise which started off with two brilliant adventures directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in his most iconic role. The ensuing sequels titled Rise of the Machines and Salvation fell short of the original two’s brilliance due to lacking directors, namely Jonathan Mostow and McG. Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) is much more talented and is on board for the fifth chapter which is now titled Terminator: Genesis.
And that’s not all; they’ve finally confirmed that Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones’ Daernerys) will play the lead role of Kate Connor, beating the likes of Brie Larson and Margot Robbie, while we recently reported that Jason Clarke (The Great Gatsby) was in talks to play her future son John. Genesis hints at a plot taking place at the beginning of Skynet’s rule over the humans and their resistance, so it’s after Terminators 1, 2 and Rise of the Machines but before the post-Judgement Day era of Salvation.
Oblivion, Jack Reacher, Rock of Ages, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and Knight and Day are just some of the many Tom Cruise starring films that have fell flat of decent critical reception recently. We’d have to think back to Valkyrie and War of the Worlds (both made by hugely talented directors (Bryan Singer and Steven Spielberg)) for a positively received film with Cruise in the lead role. Edge of the Tomorrow has a good concept (Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers), director (The Bourne Identity’s Doug Liman) and supporting cast (Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton) and so could bring Cruise back into the favour of the critics.
The first trailer for Edge of Tomorrow has come in for your own entertainment. It promises cracking action as well as some truly original plots
We’ve got the very first posters for the new sequel/prequel to a legendary fantasy series that isn’t The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. It’s of coarse Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Matt Reeves (Let Me In and Cloverfield director) is calling the shots while Gary Oldman, Andy Serkis, Judy Greer, Kodi Smit McPhee and Keri Russell all star as well as Jason Clarke who’s now entering talks to play John Connor, confirming that Christian Bale won’t feature. He could be alongside either Brie Larson, Emilia Clarke or Margot Robbie who have all confirmed to have auditioned for the role of Sarah Connor, John’s mother, for the new director Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World). Arnold Schwarzenegger is still set to return.
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