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GAL GADOT TALKS WONDER WOMAN AUDITION AND ADRESSESS BODY CRITICISM
From IGN.com
Gal Gadot has been talking about landing the role of Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, revealing that the music of Beyonce helped her through the audition, and stating that criticism of her appearance hasn’t really bothered her.
Speaking to Israeli website Ynet (which we were alerted to via a translation on Batman-News.com) Gadot explained that she was incredibly nervous before her first audition opposite Ben Affleck:
“When I got there they put me in a trailer and after all the hair and makeup I had to wait a few hours. Waiting is auditioner's biggest enemy. I called [my husband] Yaron and told him I didn’t know what to do. I couldn’t calm down. He told me ‘Gal, put on Beyonce. Move around. Don’t sit there frozen.’ I put on Diva and started dancing. Just when the song ended, I was all flushed, there was knock on the door calling me in.”
As for claims that she doesn't have the right build for the role, Gadot said “When I was younger I could take criticism really hard. But now it mostly amuses me. The true Amazons had one boob so it won’t bother them in their archery. So it’s not going to be like real Amazons. We always try to make everyone happy but we can’t.”
As for the film’s take on the character, Gadot revealed “She has unbelievable endurance. She is exceptionally strong. She can jump really high and practically fly. She knows tons of martial arts styles. She is a strong and serious woman.”
For more of that Ynet translation head to the Batman-News, while Dawn of Justice hits in 2016 and a standalone Wonder Woman will be released in 2017.
For this and more check out IGN.com
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 to Film in NYC, Buffalo
From NYDailyNews.com
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are coming to New York — and they’re bringing some serious green with them.
The action flick sequel, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2,” will begin filming next month in New York City and Buffalo, which officials estimate will result in $70 million in spending.
The bulk of that money — $63 million — will be spent in the Big Apple, according to Paramount.
New York City knows how to host blockbuster films," said Mayor de Blasio.
“We welcome ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2’ to New York City, and look forward to the many jobs and tens of millions of jobs this will bring to our local economy.”
The details of where the shoots will take place and what stars are featured are being kept under wraps.
“We can only imagine what the filmmakers have in store,” said Cynthia Lopez, commissioner of the mayor's office of media and entertainment.
The movie will be in theaters in June 2016.
HALO 5: GUARDIANS TEASER TRAILER LEAKS, GETS PULLED
From IGN.com
Update: And just like that, the video is now on the teaser tumblr page. We'll reach out to Microsoft to see if we can find out what happened. In the meantime, here it is:
Some very alert folks on Reddit spotted a teaser video for Halo 5: Guardians on YouTube, which was quickly yanked by Microsoft.
Trailer spoiler follows:
The video shows a bullet getting shot out of a gun. The video follows the bullet as it crashes into Master Chief's helmet, shattering it. The video ends with the Halo 5: Guardians logo and the hashtag #HuntTheTruth.
Yesterday we reported there's a Halo 5 teaser site counting down to 6 pm PT Sunday/1 am GMT Monday/11 am AET Monday. Interestingly, the bullet image on the teaser site is similar to the bullet from the teaser video. Whether it's all connected, we'll find in less than two days.
In other Halo 5 news, we reported this morning that Halo 5 will have dedicated multiplayer servers.
For this and more check out IGN.com
This Week on Netflix: Total Recall
When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does he? -IMDb
Browsing through Netflix this weekend between my episodes of Dr. Who we decided to watch us some old school Total Recall. Arnold plays Douglas Quaid your everyday average guy, well until you see his wife played by Sharon Stone. But like I said other than that he is an average guy working 9 to 5 but he struggles with nightmares of Mars.
Total Recall is set in the future and a booming industry is called Recall is where you can implant custom memories. Why pay for a vacation when you can just by the memories off that vacation at a fraction of the cost? Not only can you buy these implanted memories but you can enhance these memories by adding different features such as your identity or the woman you're with in those memories. Quaid decides he wants to get his own memory of Mars where he is a Secret Agent.
Follow Quaid on his custom Recall or real life adventures both on Earth and on Mars. Where you find some very interesting characters, one of which I like to call "Trits" you'll know when you see her! The movie does a good job at hiding what is real life and what are Recall memories. Definitely worth the watch and in my opinion much better than the remake in 2012 so go check it out!
Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd
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WHAT IF THE AVENGERS HAD BEEN MADE IN 1985...
From IGN.com
BY: CHRIS TILLY
How earth's mightiest heroes could have looked 30 years ago.
On the eve of Avengers: Age of Ultron hitting screens, it’s hard to imagine anyone other than Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth and the like playing earth’s mightiest heroes.
But what if the team had been assembled in 1985? Who would Marvel choose and what would they look like? We thought it would be fun to speculate a bit, so the following are our choices, with the ‘85 age listed next to each name for a bit of context. And obviously there are no right answers here, so when you’ve had a read, let us know your casting suggestions in the comments below…
Iron Man – Burt Reynolds (49)
Burt Reynolds was one of the biggest stars on the planet back in 1985, thanks to the success of the Smoky and Cannonball Run movies. And while they had fair jokes and good stunts, much of the popularity was down to Reynolds' charm and charisma, which could be put to good use as Tony Stark. But the guy could also do tough, as the likes of Deliverance and Sharky’s Machine prove, so he could handle himself as Tony is so frequently forced to. As for the look, that iconic moustache would need to be trimmed and the rest of his facial hair developed, but make those tweaks and you’re looking at Iron Man ’85.
The Hulk – Mel Gibson (29) & Arnold Schwarzenegger (38)
The Hulk is a character that’s fuelled by aggression and rage, and in 1985 Mel Gibson had already played a character filled with aggression and rage (Mad Max) and was about to play a character tormented by those same emotions (Martin Riggs). For that reason – as well as the fact that he’s a pretty great actor – Gibson is our Bruce Banner. But in those pre-CGI, post-Lou Ferrigno days, we’d need a giant to green-up to play the Green Goliath, and for that role we’re looking no further than Austrian Oak Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Thor – Dolph Lundgren (28)
Back in 1985 Dolph Lundgren was making his silver screen debut as a muscle-bound bodyguard in A View to a Kill and a Russian boxer in Rocky IV, so he was hardly a household name. But look at any photos from the time and you realise that he basically was Thor, just without the flowing locks. And while he might not have been the greatest He-Man in 1987’s Masters of the Universe, his Swedish accent make him a much better fit for the Norse God a couple of years before.
Captain America – Patrick Swayze (33)
This is a tough role to cast. Especially as Chris Evans has absolutely nailed it across The Avengers and a pair of stand-alone Cap movies. Kevin Costner would have been a good shout, but back in the mid-1980s he was best known as the dead corpse cut out of The Big Chill. And both Kurt Russell and Dennis Quaid scream square-jawed all-American hero. But we’re going for Patrick Swayze, who played a brave patriot in Red Dawn, and became the youth of America’s stoic big brother in The Outsiders. Strong, handsome, athletic and tough, he looked good as a blond in Point Break, and spent the bulk of his career playing likeable heroes, so it’s easy to imagine him as the ultimate good guy.
Hawkeye – Tom Cruise (23)
Tom Cruise would have made an amazing Tony Stark in the late 1990s when he was linked with the role. In 1985 he was just 23-years-old however, making him a little young to play the billionaire industrialist. But the cocksure kid from Risky Business and All the Right Moves would have made a fantastic Hawkeye. The Cruise of the time was all intensity and steely-eyed determination, plus you just know he’d be a crack shot with that bow-and-arrow.
Black Widow – Michelle Pfeiffer (27)
Coming off the back of Scarface and about to start work on Into the Night, Michelle Pfeiffer was the dangerous dame du jour back in 1985, making her a great choice to capture Natasha Romanoff’s dark side. But it’s her later work as Catwoman in Batman Returns that convinces us she'd make a great Black Widow, with Pfeiffer effortlessly combining athleticism and sexuality to leave you in little doubt that she’s the most dangerous woman on the planet.
Nick Fury – Clint Eastwood (55)
In 2008, when he made his debut as Nick Fury in the MCU, Samuel L. Jackson was 60-years-old and having played gangsters, a Jedi and all manner of tough guys, was pretty much the baddest man on the planet. Back in 1985, having embodied both ‘The Man With No Name’ and Dirty Harry on the big screen, Clint Eastwood was just as tough. Give him an eye-patch and the then 55-years-old basically is Nick Fury, though his iteration might also wear a cowboy hat. Because he’s Clint.
Agent Coulson – Bill Murray (35)
Thanks to the colossal success of Ghosbusters, Bill Murray was the box office king heading into 1985. Combine that with his understated comedy genius and he’d be an impeccable choice for the deadpan Phil Coulson. And while up-to-that point he’d rarely dipped his toe in dramatic waters, Murray’s modern-day output proves that he’s equally as skilled with the dramatic stuff, enabling him to bring much needed pathos to a role that turns tragic in the team-up flick.
Spider-Man – Michael J. Fox (24)
Yes we know Spidey isn’t in Avengers or Age of Ultron, but with the character joining the MCU for Captain America: Civil War, we thought we’d cast the role anyway. And though he was busy shooting Family Ties during the day and Back to the Future at night in early ‘85, Marvel would have to find some kind of window is his schedule as Michael J. Fox is our wall-crawler. He’d have to scale back the cool of Marty McFly a little, but the baby-faced star was a dab hand at playing plucky young upstarts you could really root for in the 1980s, and upstarts don't come any pluckier than Peter Parker!
Those are our suggestions, but what are yours? Feel free to speculate wildly in the comments below…
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Insurgent: From the Divergent Series
Insurgent, from the Divergent Series, headlines this weeks movie releases. Warrenton 8 Cinema did an early release last night for those wanting to be the first to see the 2nd installment from the Divergent series.
Brief Overview:
Picking up from the first movie you find Four, Tris, Peter and Caleb on the run from Jeanine. During their hiding and eventual return to the city, Tris and Four fight both physical and emotional battles along the way. Peter describes Tris to a T when he says "You can take the girl out of Abnegation but you can't take the Abnegation out of the girl." Tris puts herself in situations throughout the movie that other members of different factions would not have done to try and protect those around her. Jeanine, not only wanting to find Tris and Four she is out once again to locate and bring in all Divergent's because they hold the key to opening a box that the Founders left behind with an important message. What is in the box?
To find out what message the box holds go check out Insurgent in a theater near you.
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Thanks again to TJ, Stacey and the entire Staff at Warrenton 8 Cinema
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TELLTALE TEASES DRAGONS FOR GAME OF THRONES EPISODE 3
From IGN.com
TELLTALE TEASES DRAGONS FOR GAME OF THRONES EPISODE 3
Oh, Drogon then!
BY: LUKE KARMALI
MARCH 18, 2015
Telltale Games has released the first teaser image for Game of Thrones: Episode 3 - The Sword in the Darkness.
The image, which was tweeted by the company earlier today, shows a black dragon resplendently belching flames, which seems to suggest we could be seeing Drogon in the next episode of the series.
As for the title, "The Sword in the Darkness", this is part of the famous vow uttered by all members of the Night's Watch when they're ready to take the black, perhaps revealing where our attentions may be focused in the next chapter.
Episode two of Telltale's take on the Game of Thrones universe came out February 3. In IGN's review of Telltale's Game of Thrones, we said it introduced new characters but failed to move the Forrester's story in meaningful ways.
Let's Play Batman Return Of The Joker
On today's Throwback Thursday Let's Play Landon and Derek play one of the last games made for the NES - Batman Return of the Joker! They face many challenges in this game, none of which more challenging than a ledge.