Last year's The Maze Runner was an unusually superb YA adaptation, boasting a strong cast, gritty tone and intriguing story, so it makes sense that 20th Century Fox would push to capitalize on its success as soon as possible. And so, this September will see Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials hit screens, just one year after its predecessor. Luckily, the intense first trailer for the pic doesn't give any indication that the franchise has dropped the ball in this second installment.
Critics of Warner Bros.' and DC Comics' dark and brooding cinematic universe were likely a little taken aback when it was announced that The Lego Movie masterminds Phil Lord and Chris Miller had been tasked with directing The Flash. The pair, also behind both Jump Street action-comedies, did not fit the studios' previously set mold at all. It made a little more sense, however, when Lord and Miller were also handed Sony's animated Spider-Man movie. According to Lord, though, the two projects are alike in how they're both "off a little bit to the side" from their respective franchises.
With Avengers: Age of Ultron already in theaters, comic-book aficionados' eyes are turning even more completely to next year's Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, the second installment in Warner Bros. and DC Comics' cinematic universe. And though the film is still so far off that any actual footage has been sparse, promo art is in steady supply. Last night, superhero scoopster Umberto Gonzalez, settling into his solo site Heroic Hollywood, unveiled two new pieces of concept art, depicting the Caped Crusader and the Man of Steel actually duking it out.
Comic-book aficionados have been speculating lately about whose funeral the likes of Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans), Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Agent 13 (Emily VanCamp) and more appear to be attending in unofficial photos taken during filming on the set of Captain America: Civil War, and now the answer has been revealed.
Mad Max: Fury Road is an action masterpiece, unrivaled by anything we've seen hit screens in years. We Got This Covered critic Matt Donato awarded the George Miller-directed film his first five-star rating of the year, and other critics are going equally over the moon for the post-apocalyptic action-adventure. Now, Miller is delivering more music to his loyal fans' ears by revealing that he has a title in mind for what comes next.
The Indominus Rex is horrifying, homicidal and hungry... for a Mercedes Benz? A new ad for the car marks our first hi-res look at the big beastie of this summer's Jurassic World, though it's hard not to acknowledge that the shot is a pretty underwhelming way to introduce audiences to the monster that is supposedly a match for even the fearsome T-Rex.
It's always entertaining to chart the career of Mark Wahlberg. He's one of the few actors out there today who can easily shift between brassy blockbuster fare and buzzy prestige pics. Last year, he toplined Transformers: Age of Extinction (the year's highest-grossing movie, and one of its worst-reviewed) and followed it up by courting Oscar in a remake of The Gambler. 2015 should prove no different - he'll star in Ted 2 this summer then make an awards bid in this fall's Deepwater Horizon.
Jack Black is reteaming with his Nacho Libre director Jared Hess for Micronations, which will peer inside the bizarre world of "do-it-yourself" countries.
It's official: Jude Law will become the latest A-lister to head to the small screen, with news that he's signed on to topline Paolo Sorrentino's first-ever television series The Young Pope. Confirmation of Law's involvement coincides with HBO picking up the show for broadcast in the U.S.
After embarrassing himself in the awful Annie remake last winter, Jamie Foxx is getting back into thriller territory with heist movie Blink. Noam Murro (300: Rise of an Empire) is in the director's chair for the pic, which boasts a Black List script by Hernany Perla.
