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November 25, 2014November 25, 2014

DC Comics TV/Movie News!

First up it looks like Constantine might be DC TV’s first casualty. According to Deadline, NBC has halted production after 13 episodes. Now for most shows this would be the end, but it looks like NBC is going to continue to evaluate how the rest of these episodes do. The ratings are getting better. Its per-episode reviews are going up, not that they were ever bad, and its online fan base continues to grow, so it has a better shot then a lot of shows to get picked up for another 13 episode run next year, maybe as a midseason replacement or something. Though once production is halted getting back on the air is always a long shot.

Now to the two DC TV shows that are no where near getting canceled, Arrow and The Flash, it looks like we will not be seeing Batman or Superman any time soon. In an interview with ComicBook.com the producer of those shows, Andrew Kreisberg, has said that the big two are completely off limits, as are their cities. It looks like Nightwing is still on the table though, so we may not get Batman, but we still may get his former ward. It is a shame Warner Brothers Movies and Warner Brothers TV can’t work together better. If we can have two Flashes, we can certainly have two Batmen. Heck it would make my Earth 2 theory work better anyway.

From TV to movies, Wonder Woman has a director! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Michelle MacLaren, who has directed some of The Walking Dead‘s best episodes, has signed on to direct this block-buster for Warner Brothers. It has been long rumored that DC/WB was looking for a woman to direct this movie, and it looks like they found her. She has been doing good work on TV for a long time now, so it is a great time for her to make the move to feature films.

November 20, 2014July 7, 2015

Chris Pratt Snags Another Comic Book Lead!

It seems that if you have a little known comic book that you want to make a movie out of you call Star Lord, err I mean Chris Pratt. Here is good look at the handsome fella.

He has just signed on to be the lead in Cowboy Ninja Viking. Never heard of it? That is fine, almost no one has, but it looks like Universal is not content to let Disney, Warner Bros, Sony, and Fox make all the comic book movies without them.

I am fine with Universal making movies out of Image comics, but I am not sure that I would have started with the odd Cowboy Ninja Viking. I would have preferred they started with Invincible, or at least Witchblade or something. Still it seems that Pratt can do no wrong these days, so I am sure he will make a fun movie out of it.

It is strange that Disney is letting Pratt take on another comic book film considering that they wouldn’t let Jaime Alexander (Sif from Thor) try out for Wonder Woman. Maybe they didn’t have faith in their space opera and didn’t lock him down the same way that the other Marvel actors have been, or maybe he just has a better agent that wouldn’t let him get locked down. Whatever the case, we will see him suit up as a Cowboy, a Ninja, and a Viking sometime in 2018.

November 19, 2014November 19, 2014

So Seventh Son Is Still Coming Out!

I have to admit, I forgot all about this movie, and with its release date continually getting shifted around the odds of it being any good are close to zero, but there are so few decent fantasy movies besides The Lord of the Rings that I will remain hopeful. It has good actors in it, so let’s hope they can pull this off.

November 17, 2014November 17, 2014

Shmee Hangs Out With The Big Hero 6!

So what happens when you combine Marvel and Disney Animation Studios? Magic of course! I don’t think there are two studios on more of a roll right now than Marvel (Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man) or Disney Animation (Frozen, Wreck-it Ralph), so to combine their efforts in to a superhero movie for families was bound to be successful. Big Hero 6 will be a favorite for years to come.

Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter) is a young genius, and when his groundbreaking invention is stolen by an evil guy in a kabuki mask, it is up to Hiro to bring him to justice. Of course Hiro will not be going alone. He and his super-smart friends will create awesome superhero suits for themselves so they can deliver justice!

I left a lot out of that plot synopsis because I didn’t want to ruin anything, but I got to give it to Disney for not pulling any punches, and really making a touching film about loss and grief. I know you are now looking at my previous paragraph and wondering what you missed, but like I said I left a lot out. It was also smart of them to pick a fairly little known, and not even a particularly well liked comic book to adapt in to a film because it let them change the characters and their motives without a bunch of pointless geek backlash.

As you can guess Disney Animation Studios is still making good looking movies, and Big Hero 6 might be their best looking yet. The fictional San Fransokyo looks like a real living and breathing place, and one that I would love to visit. The characters all look great and move wonderfully. This studio is at the top of their game right now.

Disney always does an amazing job of getting good voice actors. Other studios just try and get a lot of big names to make an impressive credit list, but instead Disney gets the right people for the job. Sure you may know Damon Wayans, Jr. or T.J. Miller, but they are not a box-office draw. They are however wonderful in this movie, and Ryan Potter really manages to convey all of Hiro’s emotions extremely well.

I really liked this movie, and I can’t wait to see Disney Animation Studios’ next film. Plus we will just mark off yet another hit for Marvel while we are at it. Disney has become an almost unstoppable force these days, and now the only people that could slow them down are themselves, but with movies like this, I don’t see them stumbling any time soon.

November 7, 2014

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, What Is In A Title?

So the new Star Wars movie has a title: The Force Awakens. I guess we are being lead to believe that the Force has been asleep. It was really tired after all Force Lightning the Emperor used in the end of Return of the Jedi. I kid, The Force Awakens is a fine title. It is not great, but it isn’t bad, and it lets us know that magical laser sword ninjas still exist which is nice.

We only have about a year left until this movie hits theaters, and I can’t wait. A new Star Wars movie by the guy that turned Star Trek into Star Wars should be great. He can’t do any worse than the prequel trilogy, so he will have my $15 come Christmas 2015.