Good news for those among the SW fandom who are less than thrilled that Star Trek rebooter J.J. Abrams is helming Episode VII (and could potentially be brought back for VIII and/or IX). The director has stated unequivocally in an interview on MTV‘s Rough Cut (below) that he has no interest in pursuing any Star Wars-related projects other than Episode VII:

News of possible spinoff titles centered around Han Solo and Boba Fett broke not long after it was revealed that a new trilogy was in the works. Looks like if and when such films are made, Episode VII producer and new Lucasfilm Prez Kathleen Kennedy will be in the market for new directors.

Here are Abrams‘ exact words regarding potential spinoffs at this point (at least as far as he’s concerned):

“We’re focusing right now on [making 'Episode VII'] because this movie feels like this is the one that has to work for anything else to work.”

“There are discussions about what would happen later [after 'Episode VII'] and how to make this thing and to tell [that] story, you can’t look at it in a binary way. It’s obviously part of something much greater. To talk about those off-shoot films, that’s something [you] have to talk about with Kathleen Kennedy.”

Star Wars: Episode VII is due to begin production early next year, and scheduled for release in May of 2015. No information is available as of yet regarding any proposed spinoffs.

Source: ScreenRant

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Admit it, leaked set photos can be really lame. Often blurry and out of focus, band angles and long before the finishing touches that make movie magic happen. Spoilers in the truest definition of the word. What follows is definitely all that and more, and must be shared.

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, purported to be taken on the Montreal set of X-Men: Days Of Future Past as found on the Russian fansite/shrine/stalker headquarters, Hughjackmania (careful how you type that URL.) They show Logan in a casual state of mind… like extra casual. Maybe he just ate a big meal? (more…)

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Matt Reeves‘ Dawn of the Planet of the Apes now has an official logo design and you can check it out below. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes continues the story of Caesar from Rise of the Planet of the Apes and features a stellar cast that includes Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Enrique Murciano, Kirk Acevedo and Judy Greer.

In the film, a growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

Will the other apes begin to talk? Will ape kill ape? What are you looking forward to? What other nods will the movie make to the original franchise?

Via: Comingsoon

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“Order 67?” “Wookie Hunters?” “Gungan Frontier?” Could these be some of the new Star Wars titles coming to a theater, TV screen or video game shelf near you soon? IGN seems to think it’s a possibility.

Now since the Walt Disney Company bought Lucasfilm, they have taken the cap off on all sorts of Star Wars related developments be they movies, TV series or video games. The full list of URLs is below. Now you can click on them, but they won’t tell you anything about the nature of the project behind the URL, but the various titles listed do offer some intriguing possibilities.

Here’s the list:

• gunganfrontier2.com
• gunganfrontier3.com
• gunganfrontier4.com
• order67.net
• starwarsalliance.com 
• starwarsrebels.com 
• starwarswolfpack.com 
• wolfpackadventures.net 
• wookieehunters.com

While it’s a bit disturbing that Lucasfilm is planning not just one, but four “Gungan Frontier” projects, “Wookie Hunters” sounds interesting, and is maybe a chance to highlight a little appreciated bit of Star Wars mythology. Meanwhile, “Rebels” and “Alliance” sounds a little broad, “Order 67″ sounds a little vague, and “Wolfpack” or “Wolfpack Adventures” sounds rather generic. I wouldn’t bet the bank that these are projects on the front burner, but they maybe kicking around the Lucasfilm offices regardless. I guess we’ll find out.

More news as it develops.

Source: Blastr

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Before everyone jumps out of their seat to tell me that this was already on The Simpsons, let me just say that everything has already been done on The Simpsons, even The Simpsons are repeating stories from The Simpsons. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, CBS has released the first trailer for the television adaptation of Stephen King‘s Under the Dome.

The series stars Mike Vogel (Cloverfield), Dean Norris (Breaking Bad), Jeff Fahey (Machete), Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight), Britt Robertson (Scream 4) and Keith Harris (Big Fish) with a premiere date set for Monday, June 24th.

The only certain thing, is that thing’s in town are going to go to hell and a hand basket a lot sooner than anyone thinks. Ever read about experiments with numerous rats in enclosed spaces? It’s not pretty.

Are you planning to tune in for this one?

Via: Blastr

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This was inevitable. When a major animation house like Disney buys a company like Marvel it was only a matter of time before the two would work together on an animated film featuring Marvel characters. What they’ve chosen, though, wouldn’t have been my first guess. Expected for release on November 7th, 2014 is Big Hero 6, an animated film from Walt Disney Animation Studios directed by Don Hall (Winnie the Pooh), who came across the comic by Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau and pitched the idea to John Lasseter. It’ll follow a, “brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo.” Yes, San Fransokyo, a hybrid city, also a deviation from the original comic which was set in Tokyo.

Hall, speaking with the LA Times, talked about the creative freedom that comes from working with a relatively unknown property,

I was looking for something on the obscure side, something that would mesh well with what we do. The idea of a kid and a robot story with a strong brother element, it’s very Disney… Marvel properties take place in the real world. We were looking for something to do where we could make our own world — bring in the Japanese influences,  have recognizable landmarks mashed up with a Japanese aesthetic.

Here’s a look at those, “recognizable landmarks mashed with a Japanese aesthetic,”

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Marvel can cast whoever they think is right for their super hero flicks. A) They’re Marvel, they can do whatever they want, and B) they’ve proved their decisions time and time again. They often make surprising choices (like RDJ as Iron Man, and Chris Evans as Captain America), but they’ve always been the right picks. Once you see their actors breath life into a character, you couldn’t possibly picture anyone else in the role. So, yeah, Marvel has done a great job so far.

So, this brings me to Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy; a comic space adventure featuring out of this world characters. The film has already secured the bulk of its main cast, with a few peculiar picks; including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana , Micheal Rooker and Dave Bautista. Pratt and Bautista getting the most head-turns.  However, now Enzo Cilenti has announced on Twitter that he too has joined the film. The tweet was later deleted, but here’s what it said.

I may or may not be in #Guardiansofthegalaxy. I am sworn to secrecy so can’t say. In entirely unrelated news, “I am”.

— Enzo Cilenti (@EnzoCilenti) May 8, 2013

Who the hell is this guy? Yeah, I’ve never heard of him either. Apparently, he’s been in quite a few things, including a mystery role in Kick-Ass 2 but I don’t recognize him.

Most of the lead characters have been cast, but rumor has it the English Cilenti could be playing one of the two remaining members of the Guardians. Rocket Raccoon has been said to be the “heart” of the film and is typically portrayed with a British accent, after all. Now, Doctor Who’s David Tennant was also rumored for this as well, so who knows?

What do you guys think of the casting for Guardians so far? Hit, or miss?

Guardians of the Galaxy will launch into theaters  August 1, 2014

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Dead Space is a very popular video game franchise that obviously takes its inspiration from the haunted spaceship horror motif coined by Alien. So it would be a natural fit to have a horror movie director slip into the role and bring Dead Space to life in a live-action movie, right? But how about a horror movie legend like John Carpenter? Could you see the man behind Halloween, The Thing, Star Man and Assault on Precinct 13 directing a Dead Space movie?

Well, John Carpenter thinks he can? He told IGN that he was seriously interested in the possibility:

“I would love to make Dead Space [into a film], I’ll tell you that right now. That one is ready-made. You know it’s great. The first game was more – I guess it was like Alien – but not quite. It was a little different than that. I maintain that Dead Space would just make a great movie because you have these people coming onto an abandoned, shut-down space ship and they have to start it up and something’s on board. It’s just great stuff. I would love to make Dead Space [into a film], I’ll tell you that right now. That one is ready-made.”

Of course, Carpenter’s last trip into space, 2001′s Ghosts of Mars, didn’t turn out so well, but his last film, The Ward, I enjoyed a lot, so I wouldn’t mind seeing what Carpenter could do with an established brand like Dead Space.

What do you Bastards think?

Source: Comic Book Movie

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Just because the world needs yet another vampire film and fast, Universal Pictures has decided to put together one more adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic tale of Dracula.  Currently the show has cast Luke Evans and Sarah Gadon and today it looks like they’ve added someone new to the list – Dominic Cooper.

For those of you that don’t recognize the name (i.e.: most of you), Cooper is the guy that played the in-the-past version of Howard Stark in the first Captain America flick.  No word yet on who he’ll be playing in this one, though I do wonder if maybe his involvement in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter may have gotten him typecast.

Given the mediocre talent level that this film is collecting and the predictably recycled subject matter, I’m guessing the new Dracula is going to be one hell of a turkey.

If you feel the need to mark your calendar, it’s scheduled to release on August 8^th of 2014.

Thanks to ComicBookMovie for the heads-up.

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DC hasn’t made too many impressive entries into the super hero media wars as of yet.  Sure, there’s the Dark Knight trilogy and a successful television adaptation of Arrow, but that’s about it for now.  Man of Steel is coming out in just over a month, so we’ll see how that one does.  Despite the hit-and-miss nature of DC properties on both the big and small screens, the Chief Creative Officer over at DC, Geoff Johns is hopeful about the future.  In a recent interview with Collider, he had a few things to say on more than a few subjects.  Check out the highlights after the jump.

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