I don't get it. From time to time, a film will land at the box office and get derided by critics for reasons beyond me. Divergent is one of those films - with its strongly individualistic messages, appealing cast and refreshingly intelligent script, Divergent is far and away the best of the post-Hunger Games YA crowd, and it even surpasses that franchise in some respects. So why did the critics savage it so? Perhaps it's simply because they're sick and tired of dystopia as a whole. Regardless, don't let the negative buzz keep you away. Divergent is an immensely enjoyable watch, as well as a typically polished and atypically progressive one.
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues proved that cult comedies can still garner sequels years later, and after that long-awaited followup was met with box office success, many assumed that a green light for Zoolander 2, another much-demanded but never realized sequel, was finally at hand. Now, we're hearing that the project is finally going to get off the ground.
We still don't know exactly when David Cronenberg's Hollywood satire Maps to the Stars will be landing stateside, but it's still very high on our list of films to see. Boasting a stellar cast in addition to a script by Bruce Wagner (a writer renowned for his biting views on the entertainment industry), it has the potential to be one of Cronenberg's most exciting films in years. Now, a UK trailer for Maps to the Stars has popped up online, giving us another look at the movie.
Most of the writers here at We Got This Covered can assure you that there is very little love lost between film critics and director Michael Bay with regard to his juggernaut Transformers franchise. Despite being huge moneymakers, each entry has been seemingly more turgid and painful to sit through than the last - partly thanks to Bay, who just can't seem to keep the runtimes down. However, we're hearing today that the director may soon depart the Transformers franchise, possibly even before Transformers 5.
Though Better Call Saul won't be landing in November of this year, as was previously planned by AMC, Breaking Bad fans craving their latest Albuquerque fix don't have that long to wait for the highly anticipated spinoff. A new teaser trailer released by the network today promises that the show, which follows the misadventures of lawyer Saul Goodman before he ever became entangled with dastardly chemistry teacher Walter White and his meth-cooking partner Jesse Pinkman, will land in February.
Today is just not a good day for sequels. Already this morning, we brought you word that Evil Dead 2 might not be happening - and that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 is. Now, it appears that the future of another enjoyable franchise is mired in uncertainty. Kick-Ass 3, which would have been adapted from the final graphic novel by Mark Millar, may not be happening due to lackluster box office receipts for the second film.
Fede Alvarez's grisly Evil Dead remake had us equal parts grossed out and engrossed, but Sam Raimi's ever-shifting plans for the future of the horror franchise, which will now include a TV series, might mean that we'll never see a direct follow-up to that film.
Jake Gyllenhaal won't be going into the ring alone for his upcoming boxing drama Southpaw. Recently, Naomie Harris and Beau Knapp both joined the Antoine Fuqua-directed film, penned by Sons of Anarchy writer creator Kurt Sutter, in key supporting roles.
We have no one to blame but ourselves - after Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles leapt to the top of the box office with a surprisingly strong $65 million domestic opening, the studio has greenlit and scheduled a sequel, with Michael Bay returning to produce.
"Inaction is the greatest evil," Abraham Setrakian barks to Eph in "Runaways," and he might as well be talking about The Strain's latest installment as a whole. This episode is all about pushing individual pawns down the chessboard one space at a time, not a new strategy for this show, but added flashbacks to Setrakian's time as a prisoner in the Treblinka extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland makes "Runaways" feel less urgent and important than previous entries.
