News Around the Net!
It’s Comic-Con in San Diego, and so lots of cool stuff has been popping up all over the web lately. Let’s take a look!
I am a little dubious about Batman v Superman, but damn if this lengthy trailer isn’t pretty cool:
I mean, come on, who ever thought we’d actually see a Batman vs. Superman movie?? I love that this trailer showcases the Man of Steel supporting cast — I’m glad they’re being included in this film. And I do love the liberal usage of imagery from Frank Miller’s seminal The Dark Knight Returns. I just hope this film tells a good solid story and doesn’t waste too much time building up a future DC film universe to compete with Marvel. (I was surprised they included Wonder Woman in this trailer, and I wonder how large a role she plays in the film.)
I cannot wait for Netflix’s Jessica Jones series!! Love this first look. Glad to see Luke Cage is involved.
This is a great write-up of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel. Sounds cool. Hey, the entire panel is on-line!
I can’t quite believe this is real! Here is (a very shaky recorded version of) the profane, violent Comic-Con trailer for Deadpool! Fox is really releasing this?? Wowsers!
I’m also intrigued by this shaky leaked version of the trailer for DC’s Suicide Squad. This movie is either going to be completely lame or unbelievably awesome. I don’t think there’s much chance of a middle ground… I hope we get an official release of this trailer soon so we can get a better look at all of these characters. UPDATE! Here’s a high-rez version:
A trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse was shown but sadly hasn’t yet found its way on-line. Too bad, the trailer sounds cool. (Though I really feel like Days of Future Past was a wonderful conclusion to Bryan Singer’s X-Men films and I think it’s time to re-set these films and start telling new X-Men stories set in the present day (or, as the first-film was so wonderfully captioned, “in the not-too-distant future”…) And Hugh Jackman, please stop teasing me with the possibility of an Old Man Logan film! ‘Cuz that would be AMAZING!!!
The Game of Thrones panel sounds like it was fun. Here’s even more info. Aww, heck, just watch this!!
In other news…
This is a wonderful first article from Birth.Movie.Death’s Devin Faraci from The Jerusalem Film Festival. He makes a fascinating point about the stories of Jerusalem connecting to the stories told in films. It’s a really thoughtful article. I can’t wait to read more about Devin’s experiences at the festival.
I haven’t watched this yet, but I need to find the time to do so. Someone has edited together Prometheus and the original Alien! Very interesting…!