Though we’ve known for quite a while that the audacious comedy was to be given a sequel, during Sony Pictures’ event at CinemaCon, the studio confirmed that 21 Jump Street 2 will be released sometime in 2014. Other than a logo being shown, the bulk of the details remained behind closed doors, but you have to imagine the follow-up will see Schmidt and Jenko – played by Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, respectively – continue in their crime-ridden debauchery.
Kicking up the dust at Universal’s conference at CinemaCon was the studio’s widely successful Fast & Furious franchise. Amid news of other sequels and continuations, Vin Diesel addressed the audience along with his street racing co-stars to confirm the release date for Fast & Furious 7, which has been set for July 11, 2014.
During last night's CinemaCon event at Las Vegas, Michael Bay took to the stage to talk about his soon-to-be-released Pain & Gain, where he also announced some casting details for Transformers 4 – which is a Paramount Pictures production, too. Those details came in the form of a casting call for Stanley Tucci, who will star in Bay’s fourth adaption of the popular Hasbro toy line.
A new thirty-second TV spot for M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth has crash landed on the internet following last night’s MTV Movie Awards ceremony. The footage is a condensed, action packed version of the longer theatrical trailer and hints at the kind of terrestrial horrors facing Kitai Ranger and his esteemed father Cypher, who will be played by Jayden and Will Smith, respectively.
Like a compass navigating cinemagoers to one magnetic point, The Avengers proved to be Marvel Studio’s magnum opus last year and validated their compiling of beloved heroes under one narrative umbrella. However, time waits for no one, and with Iron Man 3 acting as the starting point for the studio's Phase 2 this month, Marvel’s work is far from over. Rather, it’s just beginning, and that’s something Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely – the writers behind Captain America: The Winter Solider – know all too well.
With this year’s The Wolverine acting as a cinematic interlude for Fox’s X-Men, it seems as though the studio is pushing to reinstate the franchise as a global hit. X-Men: Days of Future Past is the follow-up to 2011's critically acclaimed X-Men: First Class and looks to mould the mutant newcomers – namely James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender – with the series’ stalwarts, including the weather-controlling Storm who, according to Halle Berry, will play an important role in the sequel.
Following redundancies at Square Enix and Slant Six Games earlier this month, EA have become the latest company to lay off staff, specifically from its mobile segment in Montreal. It’s been a testing month for the American based industry giant, what with the resignation of CEO John Riccitiello on March 30 and the turbulent launch of SimCity after an eleven year hiatus.
It looks as though Lt. Aldo Raine has been called back to duty, folks, for David Ayer’s upcoming World War II thriller Fury. The film, with Brad Pitt in the lead role, was recently picked up by Sony Pictures who will fund and foster the project for release on November 14th 2014.
In tandem with the announcement, the studio also released a trailer for their upcoming Playstation Vita exclusive Tearaway, which has been penned for an American release on October 22nd with Europe getting the game three days later on October 25th.
The third instalment in the beloved animated franchise has cast a trio of new voice actors, namely Bryan Cranston, Mads Mikkelsen and Bridesmaid’s Rebel Wilson. Jennifer Yuh Nelson will return to direct Kung Fu Panda 3 following her directorial success with the second film.
