Comic Con is underway, and while most of the interest is in films that will arrive in the coming year, Warcraft showed up during one of the Hall H panels to show off a brand new logo, which you can see above. However while we now have a logo, it doesn’t mean while get to see the film before its March 11, 2016 release.
That’s certainly a long post-production period, as the movie has already wrapped, but considering they have to create an entire fantasy realm – based on the incredibly popular computer game – around actors such as Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell, Travis Fimmel, Dominic Cooper, Clancy Brown and Callum Keith Rennie.
Presumably Warcraft will have more to show off at next year’s Comic Con, but until then we’ll have to make do with a logo.
It’s perhaps not surprising that the first trailer for the film version of Fifty Shades Of Grey isn’t too hot and heavy, although it certainly hints at all manner of kinkiness. Hopefully we’ll get a red band trailer soon which will show us just what sort of extremes the movie might go to.
When there’s a major gay role in a film or TV show, there’s often grumbling if its played by a resolutely straight person. There are actually fairly complex arguments surrounding this – it’s not just a question of whether gay people ought to play gay roles, but whether the fact gay people are so often typecast into particular types of parts, that by casting a straight person you are both perpetuating the idea that having homosexuality on-screen is okay as long as it’s not ‘real’ and that you’re taking work away from gay actors who are often overlooked for major roles.
Ever since its started, Arrow has seemed more interested in luring in gay men and women than the young men traditionally associated with superheroes. However while the general shirtlessness has been close to gay-baiting, there’s been a severe lack of actual LGBT characters, other than the blink-and-you’ll miss it inclusion of Nyssa Al Ghul (Katrina Law) as Sara Lance’s (Caity Lotz) former lover. While Sara technically remains bisexual, we’ve only actually seen her in heterosexual situations since then.
Mad Max Fury Road finally started shooting at the end of 2012 after years on delays. We’re now in the summer of 2014 and we still have to wait until May 2015 to see it. However the marketing is kicking into gear with the release of the poster above, ahead to the film’s Comic Con panel on Saturday at 10am in Hall H.
The Fault In Our Stars showed there’s a big market out there for teen-focussed weepies, and If I Stay is hoping capitalise on that when it’s released next month.
Yesterday we posted a teaser for the Jake Gyllenhaal movie Nightcrawler. Now it’s been followed up with a proper trailer and a poster, which you can see above and below.
Following Alice In Wonderland and Maleficent Disney is making big bets on taking more of its classic animated movies live-action. Now it’s looking to one of its older live-action properties with plans to give it an update and a twist – Swiss Family Robinson.
Lionsgate continues its Hunger Games: Mockingjay marketing effort where it’s bringing us messages from the Capitol resigned to quell rebellion in the Districts with a mix of platitudes and veiled threats about what will happen if they don’t quieten down.
In five months time the journey of The Hobbit comes to an end with The Battle Of The Five Armies. We’ve yet to see a trailer, but we do now have a poster, which has been released especially for Comic Con.