Disney may have brought Star Wars: The Force Awakens to its annual D23 expo without a new sizzle reel to showcase, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the mega-company turned up empty handed during Sunday's presentation for all things Star Wars. Having unveiled Drew Struzan's stylized poster, we're now beginning to see scores of photos from the convention floor appear online, and Collider just published a bunch of stills spotlighting the armor worn by Captain Phasma.
Having stood the test of time for over 60 years, few characters in popular culture can hold a candle to James Bond. Ian Fleming's indelible super-spy made his bow in the original Casino Royale back in '53 and since then, his globe-trotting adventures have entertained readers and viewers for generations. Then again, with some many directors, novelists and actors adding their own idiosyncrasies to the 00 agent, his origin story has been left largely unexplored, and that's precisely the area that Sam Mendes will explore in this year's Spectre - albeit it with a twist.
Disney's D23 event is beginning to kick off and already we've been treated to some teasers of the studio's future slate. Specifically, those teases are coming by way of Pixar, who took to Twitter to unveil a series of posters for upcoming sequels including Finding Dory, Toy Story 4 and perhaps the most exciting of the bunch, Brad Bird's The Incredibles 2.
Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has flirted with the reboot treatment for years at this point. Following the middling 2003 adaptation that brought together Sean Connery et al., 20th Century Fox is said to be contemplating an all-female cast to spearhead a new live-action take on the classic Victorian tale.
As a self-proclaimed superfan, Spaced and The World's End star Simon Pegg has been vocal in the past about his desire to one day be involved in a Star Wars project. Imagine his delight, then, when he's cast in J.J. Abrams' winter blockbuster, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But as the director reveals in an interview with Entertainment Weekly - the undisputed bastion of all things Star Wars in recent days - Pegg's role in the film is much bigger than we first imagined.
August 7 brought an end to a long and seemingly problematic production for Fox's Fantastic Four reboot, and the early verdict is that Josh Trank's rendition of Marvel's First Family is an unmitigated disaster. Despite showing early signs of promise - not to mention an impressive cast - script doctoring has fuelled an impassioned blame game between director and studio, with each party attributing the cause of FF's quick demise to one another. It's an unfortunate turn of events for everyone involved, though one can't help but raise the question: what went wrong?
Over the course Edge of Tomorrow and Christopher McQuarrie's recent box office hit Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Tom Cruise has been fortunate to star opposite strong female leads in Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson, respectively. Now, with Cruise primed to return as the one-man reign of terror later this year, The Wrap reports that Avengers star Cobie Smulders is in talks to co-lead Jack Reacher 2.
After warding off malevolent spirits in the 2013 sleeper hit Oculus, Mike Flanagan and Annalise Basso are primed to dust themselves off and tackle the supernatural once again with Ouija 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Disney and Pixar may have kicked the hornets nest when the esteemed pair announced plans for a Toy Story 4 late last year, particularly given the conclusive ending of its animated predecessor, though slowly - bit by bit - the studios are beginning stoke the embers of excitement for the latest installment in the beloved series.
For the longest time, it looked as though Sony's second big-screen rendition had effectively stalled. Shortly after The Amazing Spider-Man 2 failed to draw in the big bucks - or critical praise - those plans for a Sinister Six spinoff were quietly disbanded, casting a major doubt over the future of Andrew Garfield in the lead role. Shortly thereafter, Marvel brokered a deal with Sony to bring the webslinger back to his original home, casting The Impossible's Tom Holland as the much younger Spider-Man in the process.
