E.H. Ruddock wrote:Matthew Fox has been hit or miss for me.
I think Matt's a really solid actor that has the ability to go there. He just needs the help a director he's comfortable with. Here he'll have a great cast surrounding him, so I expect he'll do just fine.
Re: The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread
Posted: Fri September 11, 2015 7:24 pm
by bada
King Kong & Godzilla To Join Together
By Garth Franklin Friday September 11th 2015 01:09AM
King Kong & Godzilla To Join Together
Legendary Entertainment, Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures are all in talks to shift the upcoming "Kong: Skull Island" project from under the control of Universal to Warner Brothers. Why? The end goal is a cinematic universe that will combine classic screen monsters King Kong and Godzilla .
The recent "Godzilla" reboot was produced by Legendary and Warner Bros. Pictures with a sequel in active development for a 2018 release. Legendary left its home at Warners and shifted to Universal where they set up 'Skull Island' which is set around the mysterious island that serves as the home of King Kong.
With talk of an eventual crossover happening not just in fan circles but amongst those at the studios, talks began to shift distribution of 'Skull Island' to Warners. As Universal was only distributing the movie, it has no significant financial stake in it.
Combine that with Warners being in keen need of a tentpole film with franchise possibilities, Legendary having the "Godzilla" rights from Toho, and the rights to Kong being in the public domain - it means the deal isn't that complicated.
Both Kong and Godzilla previously squared off on screen in 1962. Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston and Corey Hawkins star in "Kong: Skull Island" which is expected to begin shooting in the next few weeks ahead of a March 2017 release.
Source: Deadline
My ninos are pretty obsessed with the '62 version.
Re: The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread
Posted: Wed September 16, 2015 3:11 am
by Kaius
This looks pretty cool.
Re: The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread
Posted: Wed September 16, 2015 3:59 am
by Orpheus
I'm definitely checking that out.
Re: The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread
Posted: Wed September 16, 2015 4:07 am
by LoathedVermin72
Call of Duty: The Movie
Re: The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread
Posted: Wed September 16, 2015 4:08 am
by Orpheus
The sci-fi component and general over-the-top-ness of it looks like it'll be much more entertaining than that.
Re: The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread
Posted: Wed September 16, 2015 4:11 am
by Kaius
For sure. I thought "video game" as well, but it looks pretty, the sci-fi bits were engaging (not too out there, but not too close to reality), and the action looks brutally entertaining.
Re: The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread
Posted: Wed September 16, 2015 4:16 am
by LoathedVermin72
Orpheus wrote:The sci-fi component and general over-the-top-ness of it looks like it'll be much more entertaining than that.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare: The Movie
(For the record, I don't really mean this pejoratively.)
This element concerns me a bit. I'm generally not a fan of how sadistically violent a lot of action movies are now.
I feel that way about torture/horror movies, but I like my action as real as it gets.
Re: The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread
Posted: Wed September 16, 2015 4:43 am
by Orpheus
I'm more interested in just the technical quality of it all. It's such an intense way to make a film, even when it's something relatively sedate. This just looks insane.
Re: The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread
Posted: Wed September 16, 2015 12:58 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Speaking of video game movies, I wish they'd expand on the Halo movie/mini-series they made. That was pretty cool.
