.A few sites are reporting that
the 2014 release for a film currently listed as Untitled Marvel Movie has been pushed from May 16 to August 1. Many
have speculated that the film is Guardians
of the Galaxy, but neither the secretive duo of Marvel or Disney would
confirm that was indeed what they’re planning to make. This could mean that the
studios plan is to have the Guardians fight Thanos, the grinning evil purple
character seen after the end credits in The
Avengers, which then, theoretically could lead into that movies sequel in
2015. So the current Marvel/Disney timeline is this: Iron Man 3 for May 2013; Thor
2 for November 2013, Captain America
2 in April 2014 and now (presumably) the Guardians of the Galaxy. Logically then, The Avengers 2 would be next.
Two notes of casting includes the
recently cancelled The Secret Circle
actor Chris Zylka (who’ll also be appearing The
Amazing Spider-Man), will be joining the cast of FX’s second season of American Horror Story. There is no
information on what character he’ll be playing. Meanwhile Lost alumni Elizabeth Mitchell has signed on for role in the new
NBC series Revolution. Mitchell will
be taking over the role of Rachel Matheson, the long absent mother of Charlie
(Tracy Spiridakos) and Danny (Graham Rogers). She is described as a
compassionate and beautiful matriarch who is worried as her children is sent
off on a dangerous cross-country journey.
She will primarily appear in flashbacks in the series.
Back in January, I reported that
A&E was developing a prequel TV series to Alfred Hitchcock’s classic motion
picture Psycho called The Bates Motel. This week they
announced that they’ve given a straight-to-series, 10-episode order from
executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost)
and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights,
Parenthood). This Psycho prequel
will be a contemporary exploration of Norman Bates’ formative years; his
relationship with his mother, Norma; and the world they inhabit. NBC previously
tried a similar spin-off film back in 1987 with a TV movie of the same name,
while a 1990 cable TV movie Psycho IV:
The Beginning explored just such a storyline with Henry Thomas playing a
young Norman.
Depending on your point of view
with 3D, you’ll be either happy or disappointed. Director George Miller has
opted out of filming the long-delayed reimaging of Mad Max franchise in that format, and instead will film it in
standard 2D and then have the film converted in post-production. Part of the
reason maybe the complex set-ups that 3D cameras need and the franchise works more
kinetically when the cameras can be adjusted more easily. Also, I guess, Mad Max: Fury Road –already a few years
behind schedule (and 27 years since Mad
Max: Beyond Thunderdome)- cannot afford too many more delays. Tom Hardy,
Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Zoe Kravitz
star.
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