While Star Trek Into Darkness didn’t quite pull in the numbers the studios wanted nor the numbers I predicted, it’s time for it to take a back seat for this week’s newest releases.  Three big movies are coming out this weekend including Fast & Furious 6, Epic, and The Hangover Part III.  Without hesitation I can say that Fast 6 will take the top spot this weekend, but the question remains; how much? 

Fun fact: You know the Iron Patriot suite from Iron Man 3?  Originally, that suit was worn by non other than Norman Osbourne, the original Green Goblin, who was a Spider-Man villain.  That would never happen in the film, though, because the Spider-Man rights belong to Sony.  Marvel Studios has gone on a license re-acquisition spree recently, though, getting back Blade, Daredevil, and Ghost-Rider.  A rumor was recently going around that the Spider-Man franchise would be added to that list, that Sony's financial troubles would make them sell the rights.

One of the more anticipated movies, at least in my world, is Only God Forgives, Nicolas Winding Refn’s follow up to Drive.  This anticipation for Only God Forgives is due in large part to Drive.  The trailers for have given us a good clue of what we can expect (along a vibe that feels like an 80’s Jean Claude Van Damme movie) and now we have a red band clip.  There is nothing like a Mother's love, but don’t expect to see that here…just watch.]]>http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/rss-comments-entry-33752523.xmlHaloMovie NewsSteven SpielbergDavid HoffmanWed, 22 May 2013 22:00:53 +0000http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2013/5/22/spielberg-to-produce-halo-television-series.html217610:2233382:33750778

Of all the behind-the-scenes project implosions, the one that I would want to be a fly-on-the-wall for would be Peter Jackson's failed Halo project.  Why can't  one of the most famous directors ever to get an adaptation of one of the most famous video game franchises made?  It was a disappointing result, for sure, but that wasn't the end of it.  A decent miniseries called Halo: Forward Unto Dawn was released to promote Halo 4, and there's something even better in store for Halo fans.

The X-Men franchise was one of the first major franchises of the 2000s super-hero boom, and it was also the first to fall.  Neither The Last Stand or Origins where anywhere near as good as the first two, and it took Matthew Vaughn's talent to created First Class and save the franchise.  Now, we're finally getting a closer look at The Wolverine, the first X-Men sequel since Last Stand.  Here's the first full trailer and, I have to say, it's looking pretty good.

You may not have heard of directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, but you already hate them.  At least, you hate what they have created.  Date Movie.  Epic Movie.  Meet The Spartans.  Disaster Movie.  I could go on, but you may remember what I'm talking about: those broad, lowest common denominator parodies that get Rotten Tomatoes scores that are about as low as their creators' IQ scores.  Well, you can get ready for another one: a parody of the Fast & Furious movies.

As the summer blockbusters get bigger and bigger as the summer grows hotter and hotter, the DVDs coming out should be worth checking out, right?  Not exactly.  You may find one or two gems at your local Best Buy or even on Amazon but this titles will be nice rentals through Redbox or Netflix in the coming weeks. If you're into True Blood you may want to pick up season five out now or if you want something to watch mindlessly, The Last Stand and Parker should be on your list.  

True Blood

Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer.

It's about sexy vampires, witches, and werewolves, or so that what my friends tell me.

July 1 2016...No, this is not my future self writing in my journal, but the date that Sony Pictures has set for Angry Birds 3D.  This bit of news should not be a huge surprise as Angry Birds, the game, has been downloaded close to a billion times.  So the next logical cash grab will be a big screen version of a game that in 2016, no one may care about anymore.  But that’s not stopping Sony, who has hired a writer & another producer to see this thing through.

The exact details of Man of Steel's plot remain a mystery, and some of what we have been shown raise more questions than answers.  Case in point: Russell Crowe as Jor-El.  Jor-El, for the uninitiated, is Superman's biological father, and he perished along with the rest of the Kryptonians when Krypton exploded.  There may not seem to be much room for him in the story, but he was given a major actor and a fair amount of publicity.  Check after the jump for one more example.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy was the movie that introduced me to Will Ferrell, and I'm guessing that's the case for plenty of other people.  Ferrell's career hasn't been doing the best as of late, seemingly reaching that phase where comedic actors will take any script that's thrown their way.  Anchorman: The Legend Continues may be able to do again what the first film did, and bring him back.  Here's another teaser featuring the Channel 4 News Team.