Today marks the official start of the blockbuster season with the release of Furious 7. From hereon out it's back-to-back action tentpoles, high-profile comedy capers and of course, a couple of behemoth Marvel movies. Sneaking up on audiences much later in the summery popcorn schedule is Fox's Fantastic Four, another comic book adaptation fans are approaching with caution due to the previous big-screen treatment of the beloved property.
A cursory glance over the official synopsis for The Harvest reveals that it's the first film John McNaughton has made in "nearly 15 years." After that lengthy hiatus, the cult director responsible for bringing out a bold performance from Michael Rooker in Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer is back to send more heebie jeebies down your spine.
After squaring away a significant amount of Bond movies Pierce Brosnan still can't shake off the action. In his post-007 career the actor has turned in a handful of standard shoot-em-up affairs, but none that are likely to stand the test of time in comparison to the world's favorite secret agent. Bearing that in mind, will 2015 be Brosnan's year to shine? He has another couple of actioners due for release, the Owen Wilson-Lake Bell actioner No Escape and the subject of today's trailer: Survivor.
Aside from the household-name headliners populating Warner Bros.' Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, there's a few lesser-known characters scheduled to appear. One of those plucked from the DC comics back catalogue is fan favorite Aquaman, who's set to be played onscreen by Game Of Thrones' Jason Momoa. Set to first appear next spring in BvS, and then in 2018 for his solo outing, Momoa is also contracted for the two-part Justice League movie. And now, thanks to a recent interview (via THR), we know that the movie doesn't yet have a script.
Hollywood's habit of leaving no stone unturned and no franchise rebooted looks to be hitting its limit with the news that Fox are ushering a movie version of Play-Doh to the big screen. Early word on the flick points toward Bridesmaids and The Heat director Paul Feig taking up residence in the director's chair with Butter writer Jason Micallef handling the script. Hasbro, the company behind the toy, are connecting with Chernin Entertainment to produce alongside Feig's Feigco production arm.
Fantasy mastermind George R.R. Martin is gearing up for another small screen adventure. The man behind the hugely popular A Song Of Ice And Fire series of novels, which formed the basis for HBO's Game Of Thrones, is cooking up a brand new show for the cable network. Titled Captain Cosmos, the series has entered preliminary stages of development with Martin's The Outer Limits collaborator Michael Cassutt set to pen the pilot.
The wheels are in motion on Tim Miller's long-awaited Deadpool feature with production in full swing as of this week. After a drawn-out development period which spanned several years, the quippy mercenary is back for a reinvented origin tale. Next February, fans who mourned the slipshod treatment of the beloved character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine will be able to feast their eyes on a truly loyal representation of the Merc With A Mouth. However, as we live in an age replete with Insta-web technology, the first sight of Deadpool and his comrades in action has arrived today in a series of set photos.
Shortly after initial reports alluding to an extended X-Men: Days Of Future Past cut hit the web, the man behind the mutant sequel stepped up to issue his official position on the matter. Bryan Singer, whose social media presence permeates production on all of his movies, has now addressed the topic of the long-rumored ‘Rogue Cut’ of last year’s blockbuster.
MGM's remake of the 1960 gun-totin' Western The Magnificent Seven is bringing aboard fresh meat to fill out its sizeable roster of characters. So far the stack of actors tapped to star include Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Chris Pratt, Vincent D'Onofrio and Haley Bennett. From what's been leaked thus far the first three are likely to play some of the titular seven with D'Onofrio up for the baddie role and Bennett cast as the widow who kickstarts the entire shebang. That leaves another four bodies needed to round it up to seven, and American Sniper's Luke Grimes looks like he's ready to go into battle.
David Fincher turned Gillian Flynn into a household name with his adaptation of her novel Gone Girl, which led many into believing her entire back catalogue would soon receive similar treatment. That assumption isn't entirely untrue - it's just taking much longer than expected. One of Flynn's earlier works, Dark Places, preys on a similar vibration to Gone Girl (i.e. it's a page-turner that's creepy as hell) and is now on its way to the big screen.
