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New Snowpiercer Trailer – Fresh look at Chris Evans & co. in the dystopian sci-fi

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Snowpiercer marks Korean director Joon-ho Bong’s (The Host, Mother) English-language debut. The film is a dystopian sci-fi set on a ravaged Earth where the few human survivors are on the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe. However a revolution is brewing amongst the passengers inside. Now a new trailer has dropped, which you can watch below.

The film has a great cast, following Curtis (Chris Evans), Mason (Tilda Swinton), Gilliam (John Hurt), Wilford (Ed Harris), Namgoong Minsu (Kang-ho Song), Edgar (Jamie Bell), Tanya (Octavia Spencer), Andrew (Ewen Bremner) and Yona (Ah-sung Ko) as they ride the train.

The film will be out later this year. [Read more…]

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The Wolverine Shows The Pain In A New Shirtless Pic

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It’s just a couple of weeks until The Wolverine hits UK cinemas, and now a rather cool new image has been released, showing Hugh Jackman’s Logan pushed to the edge and looking like he’s in pain.

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, The Wolverine finds Logan, the eternal warrior and outsider, in Japan. There, samurai steel will clash with adamantium claw as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will leave him forever changed.

It hits cinemas on July 26th.

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Dwayne Johnson Releases New Hercules Set Pic

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Dwayne Johnson is always keen to keep his fans up to date with what he’s up to, and that continues now he’s shooting Hercules: The Thracian Wars. He’s tweeted a new image from the set, along with the message ‘Our HERCULES set created by award winning designer Jean-Vincent Puzos w/ great detail. I sit in awe.. #ThracianWars’.

Johnson has certainly got some nice flowing locks for the movie. The project is based on Steve Moore’s Radical Publishing ‘revisionist’ graphic novel, Hercules: The Thracian Wars. As you’d expect, it’s all about the title character (Dwayne Johnson), who fights other people’s battles for money, along with his group of mercenaries. He finds a higher calling when he defends the mythical Mount Olympus from an evil army.

Brett Ratner directs, with the film due for release July 2014.

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James Cameron Says Battle Angel Is Still Coming After Avatar 3

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james-cameronLong before we’d ever heard of Avatar, James Cameron was developing Battle Angel. Indeed, until he decided to go off to Pandora, for a long time it was though it was going to his next movie. His plan to make Battle Angel was then pushed even further back when he committed to Avatar 2 & 3. Indeed many wondered if Cameron had so much on his plate that he’d dropped Battle Angel altogether.

However now he’s promised that it is still in the pipeline, but don’t expect it for a few years yet. TheFilmStage reports that at Mexico City’s tech-fest TagDF, Cameron revealed that the plan is still to make the film after Avatar 3.

At the moment it seems that he’s planning to start heavy development on the movie in 2017, which is likely to be while he’s still busy finishing off the third Avatar movie.

Battle Angel is a Manga adaptation about a damaged female cyborg who is revived but has no memories. Once rebuilt, she discovers she has instinctive knowledge of martial arts and sets out to discover more about her past, which takes her into a world of brutal sports and organised crime.

However with the way Cameron works, if development restarts in 2017 it’s unlikely we’ll get the movie before 2020. That said, with the years he’s been mulling over the project, he may be able to move a little quicker than he normally does (he’s previously done test reels for the film, so there’s plenty of work already done).

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Steven Seagal May Join Expendables 3 & Go Up Against Mel Gibson

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steven-seagalSteven Seagal is one of the few action stars who hasn’t been in The Expendables franchise yet, but that may change, as Exblog has unconfirmed reports that he’s in talks for a role in The Expendables 3. Back in April 2012, the actor revealed that Sylvester Stallone had offered him a role in the sequel, although we hadn’t heard anything further about his involvement until now.

A few weeks ago, there were suggestions that Mel Gibson is playing the villain. Now several Bulgarian news outlets seem to be confirming Gibson’s involvement, and say that both Steven Seagal and Mel Gibson will have a fight scene alongside Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, and Dolph Lundgren.

The screenplay has reportedly been rewritten several times to accommodate a growing cast that also includes Nicolas Cage, Jackie Chan, Wesley Snipes, Milla Jovovich and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Patrick Hughes (Red Hill) is directing from a screenplay by Richard Wenk. Production is scheduled to begin later this summer.

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Despicable Me 2 Massively Beats The Lone Ranger At The US Box Office

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Despicable-Me-2-posterWith Independence Day on a Thursday, Hollywood was hoping for a busy four-day holiday weekend, and they got one, even if it was a far better time for Universal than Disney.

Despicable Me 2 grossed a massive $142 million since it opened last Wednesday, marking one of the best starts ever for an animated movie. It’s particularly impressive for a non Pixar or DreamWorks Animation (or indeed Ice Age) movie, and far more than the $56 million the first film took in its first three days in 2010.

However while Universal will be all smiles today, there are likely to be a lot more frowns over at Disney. After spending $250 million on The Lone Ranger, the film grossed just $48.9 million in its first five days. That may not sound too horrific, but on the actual weekend it took just $29.4 million. Analysts are already suggesting it may struggle to hit $100 million in the US, and would therefore need a gargantuan overseas haul to make back its money. Some feel Disney could lose as much as $150 million on the film, once marketing and other costs are taken into account.

The only other new entry in the top 10 was the stand-up comedy film Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain. It’s yet another case of Hollywood not understanding the African-American audience and then being surprised by a film aimed at them becoming a success. The film took $17.4 million over the holiday, which already makes it the fifth highest grossing stand-up film ever in the US.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of July 5th-7th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Despicable Me 2 $82.5 $142.0
2 The Lone Ranger $29.4 $48.9
3 The Heat $25.0 $86.3
4 Monsters University $19.5 $216.3
5 World War Z $18.2 $158.7
6 White House Down $13.5 $50.4
7 Man Of Steel $11.4 $271.2
8 Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain $10.1 $17.4
9 This Is The End $5.8 $85.5
10 Now You See Me $2.7 $110.4
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Tilda Swinton Holds Rainbow Flag In Moscow To Protest Russia’s Gay Rights Record

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There’s little doubt that things have gotten a lot worse for gay people in Russia in the last couple of years – just in the last week, President Vladimir Putin has signed laws banning the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality (essentially making any pro-gay public statements illegal) and stopped foreign gay couples from adopting Russian children, as apparently they’re better off in an orphanage than in a loving home.

Now bisexual actress Tilda Swinton has made her own small act of protest against the Russian authorities, holding up the rainbow flag in front of the Kremlin in Red Square. The actress’ rep sent out the photo, adding the messages, “In solidarity. From Russia with love.”

Along with the new laws, for many years cities across Russia have been banning Pride parades and arresting anyone who wants to hold one. Two members of the Punk protest band Pussy Riot remain in jail for their acts in trying to stop the increasingly repressive actions of the Russian government.

The likes of the EU and UN have tried to remind Russia of its obligations under international law not to oppress gay people. The country is a signatory to European Convention on Human Rights, which is supposed to stop countries from discriminating against gay people. However Russia has said it has no obligations to be nice to gay people, as they apparently believe the wording of the convention protects everyone except gays, despite the European Court of Human Rights repeatedly telling them otherwise.

While the situation for gay people has improved in most of the rest of Europe in the last few years, in Russia it’s gone the other way.

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R.I.P.D Featurette – Inside the Rest In Peace Department with Ryan Reynolds

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To be honest, I’d be surprised if R.I.P.D. became a big hit, as despite a summer release slot in the US on July 19th (it doesn’t get until September 20th) and the presence of Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, plus a fun sounding plot, it doesn’t seem like Universal is pushing it too hard.

However a new featurette has now popped up online, which does make the movie look like it might be pretty entertaining.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds headline the supernatural action-adventure R.I.P.D. as two undead cops dispatched by the otherworldly Rest In Peace Department to protect our world from an increasingly destructive array of creatures who refuse to move peacefully to the other side. R.I.P.D. is directed by Robert Schwentke (Red) and produced by Neal H. Moritz (the Fast and Furious series, I Am Legend), Michael Fottrell and Mike Richardson.’ [Read more…]

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Great New Look At Ryan Gosling In Only God Forgives With A UK Trailer

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They’re certainly laying on the style in this new UK trailer for Only God Forgive, which reunites Ryan Gosling with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Bangkok. Julian (Ryan Gosling) runs a Thai boxing club as a front for a drugs operation. He has everything he wants for and is respected in the criminal underworld though, deep inside, he feels empty.

‘When Julian’s brother murders a prostitute the police call on retired cop Chang – the Angel of Vengeance (Vithaya Pansringarm). Chang allows the father to kill his daughter’s murderer, then ‘restores order’ by chopping off the man’s right hand. Julian’s mother Jenna (Kristin Scott Thomas) – the head of a powerful criminal organization – arrives in Bangkok to collect her son’s body. She dispatches Julian to find his killers and ‘raise hell’.

‘Increasingly obsessed with the Angel of Vengeance, Julian challenges him to a boxing match, hoping that by defeating him he might find spiritual release… but Chang triumphs. A furious Jenna plots revenge and the stage is set for a bloody journey through betrayal and vengeance towards a final confrontation and the possibility of redemption.’

It reaches UK cinemas on August 2nd, while it’ll be out in the US on July 19th. [Read more…]

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New X-Men Set Photo Teases Evan Peter’s Quicksilver

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We’ve got the slightly unusual situation in the next couple of years, with the Marvel character Quicksilver set to appear in both X-Men: Days Of Future Past and The Avengers 2. However as the film rights are controlled by different companies he’ll be played by different actors. Avengers can’t mention his X-Men heritage, while X-Men can’t say he’ll one days join up with a superhero team.

Days Of Future Past will be our first taste of Quicksilver, and now Bryan Singer has tweeted out a hint towards that with a set photo of the Maximoff home. Quicksilver is Pietro Maximoff, who’s being played by American Horror Story’s Evan Peters.

There’s no news however on how he fits into the plot. Quicksilver is the son of Magneto, but we don’t know if he’s aware of this is the movie. And with a time-travelling plot, it’s not clear if he’ll be in the future with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart or the past with Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy.

The main plot revolves around the X-Men from the past having to stop an assassination that will result in giant robots called sentinels rounding up mutants and interning them in camps. It’s due out May 2014.

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