Universal's supernatural thriller/ horror film 'Ouija' first look trailer

Universal has just released the theatrical trailer for its upcoming supernatural thriller/horror film "Ouija".
Here is a synopsis for the film: Ouija follows a group of friends who must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.

Ouija will be released on Halloween 2014.
See trailer below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T1Jj1inE8M

Remember "Hammer Films"...well they are coming back! Universal to Relaunch Classic Movie Monster Franchises

Fantastic news for all classic horror movie fans (such as yours truly)!!!
Latest news coming out of Deadline.com,

EXCLUSIVE: In recent years Universal Pictures has become defined by its The Fast And The Furious, Despicable Me, Bourne and Jurassic Park franchises. But the studio’s most enduring legacy is its library of classic movie monsters that include Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, Creature Of The Black Lagoon, The Invisible Man, Bride Of Frankenstein, and The Mummy. Universal is now dedicating renewed resources and an unprecedented, far-reaching commitment to revitalize its monster heritage.
The studio is in early stages of developing a substantial new production endeavor that will expand and unify a network of classic characters and stories. The architects of that narrative will be Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan. Kurtzman recently broke with partner Roberto Orci, but his big-scale projects have included Transformers, Star Trek and The Amazing Spider-Man. Morgan is the writer behind five installments of The Fast And The Furious, which has been Universal’s most reliably lucrative franchise. It’s not set in stone yet if either will write, but they will soon be going around town enlisting talent to bring new cinematic life to these enduring characters from lore, literature and Universal’s own library. While Universal has selectively tapped its Movie Monster library for The Mummy, Van Helsing, The Wolfman, and the upcoming Dracula Untold, this will be the first time that the studio has formalized an approach to these classic characters in a cohesive, connected way rather than as a series of stand-alone projects by disparate filmmaking teams.
They’ve begun the meetings to put together an interconnected slate of Monster films, and the first will be a reboot of The Mummy, which will be released April 22, 2016. Part of their duty will be to work closely with production, marketing, promotions and consumer product to support the revival. They will also reevaluate projects which have preexisting attachments, and bring it under one cohesive strategy.
While some of those monster pictures haven’t panned out, this seems like a smart move. If Marvel Studios and Disney can build a billion-dollar business relying on the Marvel Comics superhero character library, why shouldn’t Universal redouble its efforts to dust off and modernize the classic movie monsters that inspired many of the movie monsters we see today?

Brad Pitt's /Terry Gilliam's "12 Monkey" TV series trailer watch it on SYFY

Terry Gilliam's '12 Monkeys' is the one movie that made me appreciate the acting abilities of Brad Pitt and the wacky imagination of the insane and charismatic Terry Gilliam.

If you were a fan of the original 1995 "cult"classic (cult may be a long shot as it was a box office success), you will surely want to catch this new series premiere on the ever ambitious SyFy channel.
Here is the trailer for the upcoming TV show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOiCPEbrmOk

Star Trek 3 News and plot details. Release date confirmed

From an interview with  Star Trek star Zachary Quinto.
Variety online was able to get some plot details out of the Spoke actor.

"Director Roberto Orci has already promised that the upcoming “Star Trek 3″ will head back into deep space and star Zachary Quinto has now teased slightly more about the plot.
Quinto told audiences on Friday at the Television Critics Press Tour that the latest installment of the rebooted franchise will most likely revolve around the five-year mission. As narrated by James T. Kirk in the opening to “Star Trek: The Original Series,” the five-year mission is “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”
“I think the five-year mission will be a part of this next film in some way,” Quinto said while promoting his new Starz docuseries “The Chair.” “We’re coming up on the 50th anniversary of one of the most iconic sci-fi series in entertainment history so it’s inherently an ongoing story. But I do think that we’ll feel some sense of evolution in these characters that’s been building through the first few films.”
The mission was an assignment given to Starfleet starships to explore uncharted space in the original series.
Quinto, who plays Spock in the franchise, also described new helmer Orci as a Trekkie purist.
“Bob (Orci) is definitely sort of a purist about the ‘Trek’ universe so I’ve spoken to him a number of times about his ideas and they’re really exciting and I’m really excited that we get to be a part of his feature directorial debut,” he said. “It’ll be a different world without J.J. (Abrams) on set every day, but this is a family and Bob is an essential part of that family and we’re all really excited to see where it goes. … The script is being tightened and polished and finished, and I imagine that the phone will be ringing in the next few months to see when we’ll go back into production.”
The sequel marks Orci’s directorial debut. Orci, who co-wrote the first two movies, will also help pen “Star Trek 3.” He co-wrote “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ and the first two “Transformers” movies. Abrams will produce this third installment after directing the first two films.
“Star Trek 3″ is set to hit theaters in 2016.

Marvel's Ant-Man casting news and set pics

If you caught Michael Douglas  on  "The Late Show with David Letterman" have heard him confirm what many rumors had already suggested  that he will be starring in Marvel's upcoming superhero flick "At-Man"

Ant-Man's synopsis:  Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

Also check out the set pics below.
Ant-Man is set for a  July 2015 release

Breaking Bad "Better Call Saul" spinoff, behind the scene pics & plot details revealed

If you were a fan of Breaking Bad, you should have probably heard by now that show favorite Saul Goodman is getting his own spin-off series.
Better Call Saul has been in development almost as soon as the series came to an end.
AMC has released some plot details as well as behind the scene production images from the upcoming show.
Details out of AMC are as follow:

"AMC today released 2 photos from the set of the "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul," currently in production in Albuquerque, NM.

The photos feature series stars Bob Odenkirk and Michael McKean.
  In addition, the network confirmed the line-up of series regulars for Saul, set to premiere in early 2015. Joining Odenkirk are Jonathan Banks as "fixer" Mike Erhmantraut, Michael Mando  as Nacho,  all new and old characters will represent both legitimate and illegitimate sides of the law.

Although it has been said that the series will jump around in time, "Better Call Saul" is described as being a prequel "Breaking Bad". Gilligan and Peter Gould created the show together and serve as co-showrunners of the premiere season. The series is set six years before Saul Goodman (Odenkirk) meets Walter White. When we meet him, the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is Erhmantraut (Banks). The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts "criminal" in criminal lawyer.  The series tone is dramatic, woven through with dark humor.

As previously announced, Gilligan directed the first episode of the series, which has already been greenlit for a second season of 13 episodes. The debut season will consist of 10 episodes.

The Walking Dead - Season 5 Teaser...

Season four of The Walking Dead broke rating records. Today AMC has debuted a new poster for it's upcoming season 5. 

See below for the season 5 teaser poster...if you haven't seen the season finale, well i'm sorry

 Rick is still alive. 

Pablo Escobar - 'Narcos' TV series on Netflix- casting news

News out of wenn.com

Did you know Pablo Escobar owned Hippos and now some are roaming wild in Colombia...

ANYWAYS read the Netflix announcement below

Brazil’s top film star Wagner Moura will bring back to life the charismatic trafficker and politician Pablo Escobar in a Netflix Original Series "Narcos," from acclaimed director Jose Padilha and Gaumont International Television.

An all-new take on the amazing story of the Medellin Cartel, once the world’s most ambitious and violent trafficking organization, "Narcos" reunites the creators of the ultimate Brazilian cop action and political film, Elite Squad: Moura (Elysium) and Padilha (RoboCop).

“Jose and Wagner together created one of the most sophisticated and chilling portraits of criminality and official corruption ever in their 'Elite Squad' movies,” said Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. “Their version of the Escobar saga will be like nothing ever seen before.”

“Our idea is to tell the true story of how cocaine became such a huge problem in the U.S. and Europe – and how it all started here in Medellin,” said Padilha, now preparing Narcos in Colombia.

“We are so thrilled to be working with Jose and Eric on this gripping and timeless story,” said Katie O’Connell, Chief Executive Officer, Gaumont International Television. “Netflix is the perfect partner to launch this series and we are happy to be working once again with the amazing team there.”

Executive produced by Padilha, Eric Newman (Children of Men), the team of Doug Miro and Carlos Bernard (Sorcerer’s Apprentice), and Chris Brancato ("Hannibal"), the ten episode initial season of "Narcos" will soon begin filming in Colombia with the series arriving in all Netflix territories in early 2015

FOX's upcoming Batman TV Series 'Gotham' on casting news- The Riddler

FOX's upcoming Batman-inspired series "Gotham" has found its Riddler! EW reports that Cory Michael Smith (who stars opposite Kristen Stewart in the upcoming drama Camp X-Ray) is set to play Edward Nygma with the character planned to debut in the pilot episode.

"Gotham" is an origin story of the great DC Comics super villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. From executive producer/writer Bruno Heller (“The Mentalist,” “Rome”), "Gotham" follows one cop's rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil and chronicles the birth of one of the most popular super heroes of our time.

New 'The Fantastic Four' film news- Dr Doom

I was not a fan of the original Marvel comic and loathed the latest film efforts of The Fantastic Four, however the latest version is looking promising

Here's some Fantastic Four film news for anyone interested

The actor previously named as one of the top choices for the role, Variety reports that Dawn of The Planet of The Apes star Toby Kebbell has taken the role of Dr. Victor von Doom in director Josh Trank's The Fantastic Four

Kebbell will go up against Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara and Miles Teller as Marvel's First Family with production expected to begin in Baton Rouge this month.

The film is set for a summer 2014 release

Review on Jason Bateman's "Bad Words"

Here is my short and unedited review of Jason Bateman's directing and acting effort "Bad Words"

Vulgar profanity and witty jokes simply act as fillers for this average comedy.
Starring Jason Bateman, 'Bad Words' tells the story of a 40 year high school dropout who, by finding a loophole in spelling bee contests, competes against high schoolers as a sort of revenge for his missed childhood.
The jokes are funny but few and far between, and the entire movie relies a little to heavily on Bateman.

Although the humor of 'Bad Words' is reminiscent of a lighter version of 'Bad Santa'...and along the lines of what I would consider funny, this film did not keep me entertained. Jokes aside, the interaction between characters is weak and any non-Bateman related scene were lame.
I love me some Jason Bateman, and you can clearly see his humor stamped throughout the film, but the story is thin and unfortunately- despite positive reviews, I can only recommend this movie as a weekend comedy filler.

The Walking Dead season finale is going to be "bloody and deadly"- news

News out of Hollywood Reporter

AMC's The Walking Dead wraps its fourth season Sunday with an episode that promises to pack a wallop, judging by the zombie drama's three previous finales.
A refresher: Season one featured the suicide/bombing at the CDC after Rick (Andrew Lincoln) learned from Jenner that everyone was infected; season two featured the start of the "Ricktatorship" and first appearance of Michonne (Danai Gurira); and last season ended with Andrea's shocking death. 

So how deadly and bloody will this weekend's season-four finale be? The Hollywood Reporter quizzed executive producers Scott M. Gimple and Robert Kirkman -- as well as a few castmembers -- to find out. Of course, there's always the off chance that it ends with a hopeful message.

Kirkman, who created the comics the AMC zombie drama is based on, warned: "I would expect a very high level of deadliness. Our season finale is not going to disappoint anyone; we've got some big stuff planned."

Gimple, who has taken a "remix" approach to the comics and a nuanced approach to the series as showrunner this season, says: "It's pretty deadly. There will be some very difficult, shaking moments for these characters. Everything they know is shaken."
Michael Cudlitz, who boarded the show this year as Army guy with a mission and comics favorite Abraham, cut right to the chase: "The season finale is pretty damn bloody. It's bloody and deadly."

Norman Reedus, whose Daryl has been accepted into the "Claimers" group after Beth's abduction, warns that the episode is "insane -- it's f---ing nuts!"

Lauren Cohan, whose Maggie suffered the loss of her father in season four's midseason finale and was reunited with her husband, Glenn (Steven Yeun), in the penultimate episode, hopes the gang -- the first to arrive at sanctuary Terminus -- catches a bit of a breather, though she isn't expecting it. "Can't these guys get a break?! It's The Walking Dead! There are worse threats than death."
Melissa McBride, who has had to kill Karen and David in the first half and Lizzie and her sister, Mika, in the back half, warns the finale may compare to the Governor's brutal attack on the prison. "All hell breaks loose! Shots are fired!"
Meanwhile, exec producer Greg Nicotero describes the finale as the "perfect culmination" of all the Easter eggs that have been planted all season long. "Every beat and moment leads somewhere and pays off," he says. "We spent a lot of time crafting those bits and pieces. Seeing where the season goes and how it ends -- the last line in the episode gave me chills when I first read it -- I think people are going to love it. People are going to feel like they went on an amazing journey and all we've done is open a new door to a new journey. The threat level is high. It's suspenseful, thrilling and exciting."

The Walking Dead season finale airs Sunday at 9 p.m. on AMC.

Review on Jason Bateman's "Bad Words"

Review will be published later today...

New 'Harry Potter" films in the works based on "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find"

Warner Bros. Pictures CEO Kevin Tsujihara was interview by The New York Times and revealed a bit more about what the studio is planning for J.K. Rowling's upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and its DC Comics slate.

 It was previously announced that "Fantastic Beasts" would be a film series, but now Tsujihara says they are specifically developing a trilogy.
The article says: "Wherever he learned the skill, his deft touch became clear to Hollywood's creative community last September. That is when Warner announced that Ms. Rowling had agreed to adapt for the big screen her 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,' a 2001 book billed as one of Harry Potter's Hogwarts textbooks. Three megamovies are planned. The main character will be a 'magizoologist' named Newt Scamander. The stories, neither prequels or sequels, will start in New York about seven decades before the arrival of Mr. Potter and his pals."

Tsujihara also commented on the DC Comics properties they are working on. While only Zack Snyder's Superman/Batman film has officially been announced for a May 6, 2016 release, expect an announcement soon for a "film series," which we assume will include more comic book characters.

"As for DC Entertainment, cross-studio collaboration to make better use of its comic book characters appears to have accelerated considerably since Mr. Tsujihara took over, in part because he eliminated some management layers. (He has not named a chief operating officer and did not replace Mr. Rosenblum and Mr. Robinov, choosing instead to divide up their duties and assume some himself.) Two new television shows are coming to the CW and Fox, including one based on the Flash and another on a young Batman, and a film series will be announced in the near future, Mr. Tsujihara said. It is expected to include a "Justice League" movie.

FX's American Horror Story: FreakShow Adds Michael Chiklis

News out of Paleyfest in Los Angeles from Ryan Murphy and his team behind "American Horror Story" took to the stage to reflect on "American Horror Story: Coven" and to look ahead at "American Horror Story: Freak Show," the FX series' fourth story arc.

Murphy revealed to the audience that Michael Chiklis ("The Shield," "Fantastic Four" films) will be joining the freak show; he'll star as Evan Peters' father.

Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, Jamie Brewer, Denis O'Hare and Frances Conroy, as previously reported,  are returning as well.

Details about "Freak Show" pulled from Paleyfest's Twitter are this: The fourth season is about a "freak show" not a carnival or circus and it will be set in Florida.

 American Horror Story: Freakshow will air on the FX network sometime in October

Sin City: A Dame To Kill official Trailer & TV Series News

From New York Times

Robert Rodriguez is hard at work on the eagerly-awaited second Sin City movie, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. The film was originally due in cinemas this year, but has been put back to a release in August 2014 instead. That means it'll follow the first film by nine years, but you won't have to wait too long after that for further on-screen Sin City adventures, it seems.
That's because The Weinstein Company is reportedly mulling over a Sin City television spin-off, which would follow the cinematic release of A Dame To Kill For. Both Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez are involved in the television production.
The Weinstein Company also has the television take on Scream on its slate, A pilot for that is underway for MTV.
Also, the firm is reportedly working with Frank Darabont to put together a 10-part television series of The Mist, based on the Stephen King book. Darabont previously made a rightly-acclaimed film version of the book.
More on all of these projects once I hear more...

See below for trailer, on mobile with Flash enabled devices

 

It is finally happening, the epic cinematographic masterpiece Sharknado has an official sequel

Sharknado 2: The Second One has been given a premiere date by Syfy. If you're a fan of the first film, then tune in on Wednesday, July 30 at 9/8c.

ISharknado 2: The Second One, a freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the population and its most cherished, iconic sites  and only Fin (Ian Ziering) and April (Tara Reid) can save the Big Apple. Vivica A. Fox, Judd Hirsch and Mark McGrath also star.

Kung-Fu classic with a twist of Monkeys & Dragons. Fans of Kung-Fu flicks watch now the trailer for "The Monkey King"

If you are a fan of the real original over-the-top Kung-Fu flicks, but also enjoy the more modern versions such as "Crouching tiger,  Hidden dragon" and "House of Flying Daggers" you cannot miss the upcoming "The Monkey King" featuring Chow Yun-Fat.
See the trailer here below if you have flash enabled of course.

Watch a 3-Minute Teaser clip for the upcoming "The Protector 2"

Tony Jaa is back in The Protector 2, now available On Demand and in theaters on May 2, here's an exclusive 3-minute fight clip from the upcoming action packed sequel.
See the featurette below featuring RZA, Tony Jaa and

Ghostbusters 3 is happening.....so says Ivan Reitman

If you haven't yet heard,
Earlier this week Ivan Reitman did confirm that the much speculated, highly anticipated, often rebutted, overly rumored Ghostbusters 3 will begin production in 2015.
That's all folks!

Liked Fargo the film? What about the upcoming FX TV series featuring Billy Bob Thornton, Bob Odenkirk & many more....Check the trailer here

Following a series of teaser videos, FX has released a full trailer for its upcoming 10-episode limited series, "Fargo," premiering on April 15. Check it out below!

An original adaptation of the Academy Award-winning feature film, "Fargo" features an all-new "true crime" story and follows a new case and new characters, all entrenched in the trademark humor, murder and "Minnesota nice" that made the film an enduring classic.

Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton stars as Lorne Malvo, a rootless, manipulative man who meets and forever changes the life of small town insurance salesman Lester Nygaard, played by BAFTA Award winner and Emmy-nominated Martin Freeman. Colin Hanks plays Duluth Police Deputy Gus Grimly, a single dad who must choose between his own personal safety and his duty as a policeman when he comes face-to-face with a killer. Allison Tolman also stars as Molly Solverson, an ambitious Bemidji deputy.

Rounding out "Fargo's" colorful cast of recurring characters will be Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk as Deputy Bill Oswalt, Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated Oliver Platt as Stavros Milos, Screen Actors Guild Award winner Kate Walsh as Gina Hess, Glenn Howerton as Don Chumph, Joey King as Greta Grimly, Peter Breitmayer as Lieutenant Schmidt, Tom Musgrave as Bo Munk, Josh Close as Chazz Nygaard, Russell Harvard as Mr. Wrench and Adam Goldberg as Mr. Numbers.

See video here if you have flash enabled

Game of Thrones... The MOVIE. Big screen news from George R.R .Martin himself

News out of The Hollywood Reporter :

 

 

Could Daenerys Targaryen's dragons be heading to a multiplex?

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin says the prospect is being actively discussed.

"It all depends on how long the main series runs," Martin told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday following the season-four premiere of the hit HBO series in New York. "Do we run for seven years? Do we run for eight? Do we run for 10? The books get bigger and bigger (in scope). It might need a feature to tie things up, something with a feature budget, like $100 million for two hours. Those dragons get real big, you know."

The best-selling author said another big-screen possibility being considered is one based on Tales of Dunk and Egg, a series of three prequel novellas Martin penned that revolve around a group of characters, including Ser Duncan the Tall, who lived in the mythical Westeros 90 years before the events depicted in A Song of Ice and Fire.

"They could be the basis for [a film]," Martin added at the post-premiere bash held at the Museum of Natural History, where a suspended giant whale cast a shadow over the crowd not unlike one of Martin's dragons. "I have written these three stories, and I have about a dozen more."

Martin says the prequel characters are the direct ancestors of some of Game of Thrones' players, but he wouldn't reveal how they relate.
Warner Bros. would be the natural fit for a studio partner. Warners released the two films based on the long-running HBO series Sex and the City and is behind the upcoming big-screen adaptation of Entourage. The studio also knows how to market a dragon tale, with its The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug having earned nearly $1 billion worldwide.

Doug Liman to Direct Splinter Cell with Tom Hardy Headlining

The video game announced for development as a motion picture property in 2012 with Tom Hardy becoming attached to star last year, Deadline today reports that Splinter Cell has found a director in Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow).

The first game, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, was released in 2002 and set in 2004, following the adventures of Sam Fisher, a covert operative assigned to a top-secret National Security Agency branch called the Third Echelon.

The game has had several sequels including, most recently, Tom Clancy's Spinter Cell: Conviction, released in 2010. The latest game, "Blacklist" was released last August.

The International's Eric Warren Singer is providing the screenplay.

Godzilla Movie news, Kaiju fans rejoice!!!

News out of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures....

They've unleashed a new poster for director Gareth Edwards' Godzilla. Check it out in the gallery viewer below!

Opening in 3D, 2D and IMAX theaters on May 16, the film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston. An epic rebirth to Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

Casting of J.K. Simmons confirmed for the upcoming Terminator: Genesis TV series

Fans of the Terminators series might be happy to hear the latest confirmed casting news of famed TV and film actor JK Simmons.

Simmons best known for playing Jonah J Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man series as well as con-man Vern Schiller from HBO's OZ

Simmons is set to play a regular role in the upcoming Terminator: Genesis as a "weary and alcoholic detective who has followed a bizarre case involving Sarah Connor and robots for more than three decades."

The reboot of the franchise being produced by Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions will bring back Arnold Schwarzenegger in the title role with Jai Courtney playing Kyle Reese, Jason Clarke as John Connor and "Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke playing Sarah Connor. The idea is to thread together ideas from the previous movies to re-launch the story of a cyborg from the future sent back to prevent computers from gaining sentience and turning on humanity.

The Hollywood Reporter notes that Simmons' character has been following the case since 1984, which is the year in which the original Terminator, directed by James Cameron, was released.

Simmons has been a regular on the big screen for many years, but he recently returned to television starring in NBC's comedy "Growing Up Fisher" and recently co-starred in the Sundance award-winning drama Whiplash opposite Miles Teller, which will be released by Sony Pictures Classics. He can also be seen daily on TV in commercials for Farmers Insurance.

Captain Marvel film could see the light ... so says Marvel Studio president

News out of Bad Ass Digest

It's only a matter of time before Marvel Studios releases a film which focuses on one of their many wonderful female heroes. There have been several rumors and stories regarding a potential Black Widow movie, but in a recent interview with Badass Digest, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige indicates they would rather start fresh with a new character.

"Frankly if we do a Black Widow movie after Age of Ultron, when she’s been central in three or four movies I don’t think we’d get the quote unquote credit for it. People would say ‘She’s already a big giant superhero!’ But if we had a great idea, we’d do it....I like the idea if we’re going to do a [female lead] do a new one. Do a wholly new character, do an origin story."

But which hero would they use? Feige was asked about Captain Marvel, to which he replied:

"We’ve talked a lot about [Captain Marvel]. I think that would be very cool."

Captain Marvel has seen a surge in popularity in the recent years, due largely in part to her revived comic series that saw former Ms. Marvel Carol Danvers "promoted" to the moniker of the former Kree superhero.

CW's The Flash upcoming TV show revealed!

Following their reveal of the first photo of Grant Gustin as The Flash, The CW has debuted a full image of the entire costume, designed by Oscar winner Colleen Atwood, as it will appear in the upcoming "Arrow" spin-off series. Check it out below!
“I hope the fans who treasure the character are as excited as we are by what costume designer Colleen Atwood has achieved with this latest version of The Flash’s iconic suit,” said pilot director/executive producer David Nutter (“Arrow,” “Game of Thrones”).

"The Flash" arrives from co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg who, along with Geoff Johns, will write the pilot episode which is currently in production with "Arrow" pilot director David Nutter at the helm.
Click on the image to see a bigger version!

Star Wars: Episode VII casting news- 12 Years a Slave & Academy award winner Lupita Nyong to star

News out of The Hollywood reporter has suggested that Lupita Nyong'o, who just took home an Academy Award for her performance in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, is being eyed for a role in J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII! Latino Review was first to report the rumor with The Hollywood Reporter confirming that the actress recently met with J.J. Abrams.

Scripted by Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan, Star Wars: Episode VII is rumored to focus on a new generation of heroes and could include appearances by Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in older incarnations of their beloved characters from the original Star Wars trilogy. The film is expected to begin shortly and will hit theaters on December 18, 2015.

HBO Recaps the Complete History of Game of Thrones in a Humorous New Video

HBO has debuted today a short video titled "Game of Thrones: Long Story Short," which humorously recaps the entire history of the hit series in just five minutes. Check it out in the player below!

Season four premieres on Sunday, April 6 at 9:00pm. Based on the popular book series "A Song of Ice and Fire," by George R.R. Martin, the hit Emmy-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent fantasy kingdom.

Members of the ensemble cast include Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kit Harington, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner. The executive producers are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger and Bernadette Caulfield, and co-executive producers are Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and George R.R. Martin.

Warning: The video does contain spoilers for those who haven't watched the first few seasons
See video here (flash required)

Steal This Review blog: We just hit the 15 000 Unique reader mark !

15 000 Unique readers and going!!!

Since rebooting this blog in October 2013, I am happy to say that over 15 000 people have come through from around the world to check out Steal This Review.

My hefty goal is to hit 100 000 viewers by the end of this year!
Wish me luck and please share.

-Alex

A look back at my Oscar predictions...going 15 for 16 isn't bad

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The 2014 Oscars have come and gone, and after last year's hosting fiasco that was the comedic duo of  James Franco and Anne Hathaway, the Academy played it somewhat safe this time around by hiring media darling Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen and the academy's team of writers did a great job balancing humoristic light jabs and seemingly sporadically funny moments a-la pizza delivery or the infamous Samsung plugged selfie. 
The star studded event was not without controversy...an exchange between Liza Minnelli and Ellen made some headlines when the host called the stage legend a male impersonator of herself.
Water under the bridge perhaps, but the media is always looking for controversy even when there is really none.
With  fun musical  performances by Pharrell William and Idina Menzel and Ellen being funny Ellen, the Academy pulled of a successful show.
I do hope that Ellen is invited again next year to host and that the format and flow remains the same for the coming years.
Oh yes...lets not forget this is an award show, where hardware is handed out to a a select few...
Should I point out that yours truly has predicted 15 of 16 winners ;)

Here is the final list of winners:

Best Picture	12 Years a Slave
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Leading Role	Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Animated Feature	Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
Best Cinematography	Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Costume Design	The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
Best Directing	Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Best Documentary Feature	20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers)
Best Documentary Short	The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)
Best Film Editing	Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
Best Foreign Language Film	The Great Beauty (Italy)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling	Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
Best Original Score	Gravity (Steven Price)
Best Original Song	Let It Go - Frozen
Best Production Design	The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Best Animated Short Film	Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
Best Live Action Short Film	Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
Best Sound Editing	Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Sound Mixing	Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
Best Visual Effects	Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
Best Adapted Screenplay	12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
Best Original Screenplay	Her (Spike Jonze)

Oscars...so far I'm 3 For 3

So far... I'm 3 For 3
Jared Leto for Best supporting male actor
Great Gatsby for Best costume design
Dallas Buyers Club best make up ...

PREDICTIONS: 86th Academy Awards winners.....................apparently.........................The Oscar are upon.

Good day friends ....here are the categories, the nominees and in bold my predictions.
Predictions based on who I believe should win not on who I think will win

Best Picture

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale (American Hustle)

Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Judi Dench (Philomena)

Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)

Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)

June Squibb (Nebraska)

Best Animated Feature

The Croods (Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, Kristine Belson)

Despicable Me 2 (Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Chris Meledandri)

Ernest & Celestine (Benjamin Renner, Didier Brunner)

Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)

The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki)

Best Cinematography

The Grandmaster (Philippe Le Sourd)

Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)

Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael)

Prisoners (Roger A. Deakins)

Best Costume Design

American Hustle (Michael Wilkinson)

The Grandmaster (William Chang Suk Ping)

The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)

The Invisible Woman (Michael O'Connor)

12 Years a Slave (Patricia Norris)

Best Directing

American Hustle (David O. Russell)

Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)

Nebraska (Alexander Payne)

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)

Best Film Editing

American Hustle (Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, Alan Baumgarten)

Captain Phillips (Christopher Rouse)

Dallas Buyers Club (John Mac McMurphy, Martin Pensa)

Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)

12 Years a Slave (Joe Walker)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Stephen Prouty)

The Lone Ranger (Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua-Casny)

Best Original Score

The Book Thief (John Williams)

Gravity (Steven Price)

Her (William Butler, Owen Pallett)

Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)

Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)

Best Original Song

Happy - Despicable Me 2

Let It Go - Frozen

The Moon Song - Her

Ordinary Love - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Best Production Design

American Hustle (Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler)

Gravity (Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woollard)

The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)

Her (K.K. Barrett, Gene Serdena)

12 Years a Slave (Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker)

Best Sound Editing

All Is Lost (Steve Boeddeker, Richard Hymns)

Captain Phillips (Oliver Tarney)

Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Brent Burge, Chris Ward)

Lone Survivor (Wylie Stateman)

Best Sound Mixing

Captain Phillips (Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro)

Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Tony Johnson)

Inside Llewyn Davis (Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland)

Lone Survivor (Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, David Brownlow)

Best Visual Effects

Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds)

Iron Man 3 (Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, Dan Sudick)

The Lone Ranger (Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, John Frazier)

Star Trek Into Darkness (Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke)

Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)

Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)

12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter)

Best Original Screenplay

American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)

Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)

Dallas Buyers Club (Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack)

Her (Spike Jonze)

Nebraska (Bob Nelson)

Best Documentary Feature (none watched yet)

The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen)

Cutie and the Boxer (Zachary Heinzerling, Lydia Dean Pilcher)

Dirty Wars (Richard Rowley, Jeremy Scahill)

The Square (Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer)

20 Feet from Stardom (Nominees to be determined)

Best Documentary Short (none watched yet)

CaveDigger (Jeffrey Karoff)

Facing Fear (Jason Cohen)

Karama Has No Walls (Sara Ishaq)

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)

Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall (Edgar Barens)

Best Animated Short Film (no clue)

Feral (Daniel Sousa, Dan Golden)

Get a Horse! (Lauren MacMullan, Dorothy McKim)

Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)

Possessions (Shuhei Morita)

Room on the Broom (Max Lang, Jan Lachauer)

Best Live Action Short Film (no clue)

Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me) (Esteban Crespo)

Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) (Xavier Legrand, Alexandre Gavras)

Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)

Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) (Selma Vilhunen, Kirsikka Saari)

The Voorman Problem (Mark Gill, Baldwin Li)

Best Foreign Language Film (not seen all of them)

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)

The Great Beauty (Italy)

The Hunt (Denmark)

The Missing Picture (Cambodia)

Omar (Palestine)