GENERAL MOVIE NEWS

It’s been known for quite a long time that Marvel has pencilled in two release dates for movies in 2014. One of them is Captain America 2, but it hasn’t been know what the other is. There’s been speculation it’ll be a Black Panther film, while some have side it’s likely to be Guardians Of The Galaxy. Now Latino Review and Variety say it’s going to be the latter, with the official announcement likely to come at Comic-Con.

It’s suggested the film will tie into the Marvel movie universe, and that that Thanos, who was revealed in the end credits of The Avengers, will be in the movie and that it will set up the events of The Avengers 2. It’s also said that the project will take its inspiration from the 2010 six-issue arc known as The Thanos Imperative, and will include the character Nova, who isn’t traditionally known as one of the members of the Guardians.

Like The Avengers, Guardians Of The Galaxy is a superhero team, largely made up of lesser know characters such as Adam Warlock, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Phyla-Vell, Rocket Raccoon and Groot. It’s not known exactly which characters will feature. Expect more news soon. Assuming the info is correct, it’ll hit cinemas May 2014.

There’s been a lot of interest in Disney’s upcoming animated short, Paperman, which is due to play in front of the studio’s upcoming movie, Wreck-It Ralph. Now new images from the short have debuted over at EW. The innovative black-and film, directed by John Kahrs, blends traditional hand-drawn animation with CGI and attempts to create a new look.

The short is about a man who believes the woman of his dreams works in the building across the street. Armed with a stack of paper, he tosses paper airplanes towards her window, in hopes of getting her attention. The director, who served as an animator on The Incredibles and Tangled, spoke about the power of hand-drawn animation, and how it may make a comeback, “Drawing can have a really powerful, visceral effect on the viewer. You can create anger and surprise or anguish with just a few lines of a pencil. But it can’t just be the same thing it was. I think for 2D to be revitalized, you have to figure out a way to make it new again.”

Producer Kristina Reed commented, “CG has stomped to the forefront, and completely owns the space of the photo-real image and all the surrounding area around that. Paperman is, for us, a part of the larger conversation: ‘How can visuals look – other than moving slowly, more and more, toward photo-real?'”

When Disney bought Marvel back in 2009, most fans thought it would only be a matter of time before the studio made an animated feature based off the huge stable of superhero characters that came with the acquisition. Now, it seems that time may have come, as Disney is developing an animated movie based on the rather obscure Marvel comic book Big Hero 6.

Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau created the title in 1998, which is about a superhero team comprised of Silver Samurai, Sunfire, GoGo Tomago, Honey Lemon, Hiro Takachiho and Baymax, who are brought together by the Japanese government to do their bidding.

Don Hall (Winnie the Pooh) is attached to direct, after pitching the idea to Disney Animation chief John Lasseter. The studio is currently looking for writers to tackle this comic book adaptation. It is believed that Disney is eyeing a 2014 release date, with the movie leading into the release of The Avengers 2. (Source: Blue Sky Disney)