On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, John Campea, Jon Schnepp, and Mark Ellis discuss the following: Drew Goddard talk Sinister Six possibilities Wesley Snipes as Blade John Wick 2 goes into production Lara Pulver joins the cast of Underworld 5 Rewind (brought to you by AMC Theatres) Do A-list actors still audition? …and a few things more! As many of you will remember, just before Sony Pictures pulled the plug on their planned shared Spider-Man cinematic universe, writer Drew Goddard was pegged to both write and direct a Sinister Six movie that much of THE AMAZING Spider-Man 2 seemed to be setting up. Those plans went up in smoke when Sony announced they were once again rebooting the franchise and had come to a deal with Marvel that would see Spider-Man appear in various Marvel films and also Sony to utilize some Marvel charcters in their stand alone Spider-Man films. However, it seems there may still be hope for Goddard’s Sinister Six.
In a recent interview with iO9, The Martian screenwriter claimed the movie may still be possible and said the following: “My vision of that movie was a summer annual. So you didn’t have to worry about continuity. It was just, ‘We take Peter, put him on an adventure, we put him back in his life.’ I intentionally wanted a movie that didn’t have to worry about mythology and continuity. It was important to me to make a movie that could stand on its own. So the good news is, you know, [laughs], it slots in very well to any plan anybody ever wants. We just need to let a couple years go by, I think.” At the recent San Diego Comic Con, actor Wesley Snipes created a bit of a stir when he claimed that he and Marvel had been in talks about him possibly reprising his role as Blade. Now, in a new interview with The Huffington Post, Snipes is once again claiming talks are ongoing. He said the following: “There’s always a possibility, you know. It’s in Marvel’s hands. They’re controlling the pace and the flow with that.
Conversations have been good. They see the value in it. We see the value in it. I’m still in shape enough and fit enough to handle the role. We’ll see how it goes. I don’t really know what’s going to happen to it yet.” With Ridley Scott’s newest film, The Martian, hitting theatres next week, the director is currently on a publicity tour for the film and was recently asked about his upcoming Prometheus sequel and if it will tie into the Alien franchise at all. Scott said the following: Yes, but it won’t be in the next one. It will be in the one after this one or maybe even a fourth film before we get back into the ‘Alien’ franchise… The whole point of it is to explain the Alien franchise and to explain the how and why of the creation of the Alien itself. I always thought of the Alien as kind of a piece of bacterial warfare. I always thought that that original ship, which I call the Croissant, was a battleship, holding these biomechanoid creatures that were all about destruction.
A short time ago we got word that a sequel to the 2014 revenge film John Wick was in development, and not it looks like it’s official. Thunder Road has announced that John Wick 2 will go into production sometime this fall. John Wick 2 will feature Keanu Reeves reprising the title role along with directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski and screenwriter Derek Kolstad. As many of you know a brand new installment of the Underworld franchise, Underworld 5, is currently in development and is set to go into production next month for an October 2016 release date. Kate Beckinsale will reprise her role as Selene, a vampire “Death Dealer”, and now she also has a new co-star. According to a report in Deadline, Sherlock actress Lara Pulver has joined the cast. REWIND (brought to you by AMC Theatres) 10 YEARS – Flightplan, Roll Bounce 20 YEARS – Showgirls, Seven Ryan Tarter writes: Hey Collider crew, love the show and appreciate what you’re doing for movie fans.
My question is about veteran A-list actors and if they still have to go through the auditioning process. For a movie like The Intern, with Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro, does De Niro still have to go out and audition for movies like this? Or does everybody just know how good he is, that when the script gets to his desk, he signs on if he wants to? Terry Vance writes: What’s the word on Steven Spielberg ‘s Bridge of Spies? For a movie starring Tom Hanks, a screenplay written by the Coen brothers and directed by Spielberg – the noise seems awfully quiet. I would love to hear your thoughts!The Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer pretty much overwhelmed us with spectacle. Did you catch all of the amazing villain reveals, and weird clues? We've got you covered, with our complete roundup of screencaps! First, let's pause and check out this high-res banner — we showed you a blurry version of it last week — which includes the three major villains in the movie, the Rhino, the Green Goblin and Electro:
And now, let's take those one by one, from the screencaps:Electro is Max Dillon played by Jamie Foxx, and apparently is a criminal who gets electrical powers and goes on a major terror spree. Really digging the look of Electro's powers in these scenes. Note the electric eels in the left side of the frame. Guessing those have something to do with Electro's powers? And here he is getting his powers. And later in the trailer, a high voltage bioelectric facility explodes, with water flying everywhere. Pretty sure this is Dr. Kafka (Marton Csokas), the head of the Ravencroft Institution for the Criminally Insane. And he appears to be helping Electro with his transformation.Ravencroft can't hold him any more.All the guards are summoned. Is that a containment suit? Or just a fancy suit? Insert obligatory J.J. Abrams joke. There is a lot of lens flare here. He can apparently generate a bubble of electromagnetic energy. Jamie Foxx is favoring whisper-acting here.
Or some kind of power plant? Aleksei Sytsevich (Paul Giamatti) is a small-time hood who gets access to a massive suit of armor and uses it to try and stomp Spider-Man. See Paul Giamatti's head in the cockpit... ...of this ridiculously insane rhino mecha. Update: MagicMan81 notes that there appears to be a Russian star on the side of that mecha. So maybe it's not from OsCorp, like most of the other stuff in this trailer? And here he is without the rig, probably earlier in the film. You can't see it, but it's the Rhino driving that truck. Approximately 100 NYPD cars are destroyed in this trailer. Dane DeHaan from Chronicle plays Peter's old best friend Harry Osborn, heir to the OsCorp fortune. And due to his evil father Norman (Chris Cooper), he turns against Peter and starts wearing an exoskeleton and flying around being evil. Is that a closeup of Dane DeHaan's eye? It looks too old, but then I'm not sure who else it could be, and it seems to lead into the shot below.
Another possibility: It could be Dr. Kafka (Marton Csokas) observing Electro's transformation. Our first glimpse of the Green Goblin armor. He's got a touchscreen with all Oscorp's evil experiments on it. Update: Commenter Laurence shares a list of the whole bunch:Nano Drug System, Weapons System 8A, Venom Storage 7-U, Exoskeleton 232, Plutonium Lab, Research SGOP 520, Transmitter Test 9, Carbon Fiber Test 7, Oscorp Lab 231, Internal System Test 2, Labs 2345 – 4748, Oscorp Tower File 23. Synthetic plants, Experiment OCT 32A, 67B – Bio-Lab, Eel Lab – Report 29, Ravencroft, Oahu Facility, Document 9303-D, Power Station – NY, OS – Suit (Mark III), London Lab – 0930, Australia Project, Dr Connors File, Dr Morbious File Harry descends into a secret lair... Where a bunch of sinister doors begin to open. Harry visiting a hidden and long-forgotten lab. Guessing this is another glimpse of the Goblin armor. Here's Harry's dad Norman, who's in bad shape — in the first movie, OsCorp was searching for a cure for him.
Harry's concerned about what will happen to Peter Parker, but his dad tells him not everybody gets a happy ending. Looks sort of like Sting in Dune here. Whatever they do to Harry, it's not fun.Two other major Spider-Man villains seem to be teased here: Tell me those aren't the Vulture's flying harness and Doc Ock's arms, side by side. And who's this mysterious figure entering an OsCorp vault?The notion that Peter's father had secrets, and that they relate to the origin of Peter's powers, was teased in the first movie but largely dropped in the final edit. Now it's back in force: So Oscorp had all the Parkers under surveillance, Harry reveals. Peter interrogates Aunt May about his parents, while standing in front of a Conspiracy Theory wall. One sticky seems to say "BACH HEAD". Hidden lair under abandoned subway station. The Tomorrow People should sue. Looks like it's a converted subway train. Richard Parker's secret is.... that he was a UNIX sysadmin.
The video decompresses and Richard Parker reveals he had to hide his research because OsCorp would abuse it. Too bad Peter handed it over in the first movie. An airplane pilot is fighting with some other guy. Could be Agent Berkley (Frank Deal). He swings down from the skyline, lands on the roof of a car that's flipping over, and catches it before it smushes a cop. Pretty nifty. Buildings are actually crashing down. What airplane is Spidey falling out of here? Is it the same airplane we see being trashed? The Daily Bugle has a Tumblr! Hope there are lots of animated "threat or menace" GIFs. Gwen is in trouble. In some old building with massive gears. (Or a suspension bridge?) Spidey swings past the evil Oscorp tower while being chased by a helicopter. Seriously, everything evil in this movie seems to come back to Oscorp. Kind of sad that it's all one evil corporation, instead of a bunch of standalone maniacs, but probably better in terms of creating a cohesive world.