One of the most enduring characters that help keep the
superhero franchise like Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America
and The Avengers grounded in
somewhat of a reality was Agent Couslon, played by the charming Clark Gregg. The character
was always designed to be the one person the audience can identify with, the
one “normal” person among a group of superheroes. The character, however, was
killed off in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers
this past summer. But you can’t keep a good agent down, as the saying sometimes
goes, so Coulson will somehow be resurrected for ABC’s S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series. The actor appeared at the New York Comic
Con over the weekend to confirm that he’ll lead the agents in this new TV
series, with the pilot being written and directed by Whedon. No word on how
Coulson will appear, though it sent Marvel fans to the internet so they could
speculate on it. Of course, the simplest idea is the series will be set before
the events of The Avengers, but
while I don’t know comics that well, I do know science fiction and the way Joss
Whedon works, and it comes down to the basic notion that no one really dies in
those genres.
While 3D films continue to have an up and down presence here
financially in the United States, they continue to have a huge following
overseas, so the studios these days are apt to pay the extra expense of
post-converting films only because they know they can make up the costs when
released in foreign countries. With that in mind, Marvel announced that both Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World will be converted into that format for their
releases next year. Don’t be surprised if Captain
America: Winter Soldier and Guardians
of the Galaxy will be done the same in 2014. Meanwhile, Marvel also stamped
a release date on the Edgar Wright helmed Ant-Man,
which will bow on November 6, 2015.
NBC has scheduled Mockingbird
Lane for Friday, October 26. Originally a pilot for a proposed new take on
the classic 60s series The Munsters,
NBC recently decided to pass on the project as a series, though one speculates
if it’s a hit, perhaps it could become a series –or a series of specials (it
had a costly, two year development). Still, the project seems dead due to
creator Bryan Fuller’s current commitment to NBC’s midseason offering, Hannibal. Plus, as noted before, other
behind-the-scenes issues seemed to indicate that Fuller and NBC had two
different visions as to how a show like this should unfold.
Screen writer Richard Wenk (The Mechanic, Expendables 2) is the latest scribe to handle
rewrites on the long in development Masters
of the Universe reboot for Sony Pictures. G.I. Joe: Retaliation director Jon M. Chu is still attached to helm
the movie, which is based on the 80’s cartoon and toy line. Still, one should
note that Retaliation was pulled 6
weeks before its release this past summer for reshoots and 3D conversion. So
I’m doubtful this reboot of He-Man will go anywhere soon.
Instead of rewrites on the current script for Universal’s
remake of The Creature from the Black
Lagoon (now simply to be called Black
Lagoon), writer Dave Kajganich is expected to start from scratch. The
original 1954 film is considered a classic, despite its cheesy production
style, and has long endured over the last five decades (which included two
sequels). Some sort of remake idea has been buzzing around Hollywood since
1982, but delays, Hollywood strikes and script issues have delayed it for 30
years. The scribe has been recently attached to a few Stephen King projects
which seem to be stuck in developmental hell, including remakes of The Stand and Pet Cemetery.
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