News On Future Films Based on Comics/Paranormal/Sci-Fi

[IATT]

man.. dudes killed assassin's creed

 

they also did passengers:

 

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First Pic from Pixars Coco

 

[KingParappa]

Interesting.

 

[Fresh Like Will]

I'm going to watch anything made by Pixar.

 

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‘Deadpool’s Rob Liefeld In Extreme Universe Pic Pact With Graham King, Fundamental Films, Akiva Goldsman

Rob Liefeld, whose disruptive Deadpool creation was the blockbuster movie surprise of 2016, is at the center of the first big film rights deal of 2017. Graham King and Fundamental Films have partnered to build movies from the comic book characters Liefeld created in what is known as Extreme Universe. King has partnered with Weed Road’s Akiva Goldsman, and they will produce the movies with Liefeld and Energy Entertainment’s Brooklyn Weaver. This rights deal is seven figures, I hear.

The Extreme Universe covers nine comic books, encompassing more than 100 characters that include Brigade, Bloodstrike, Cybrid, Lethal, Re-Gex, Bloodwulf, Battlestone, Baboom and Nitro-Gen. This deal follows one made by Goldsman last fall, where he set the fallen angel character Avengelyne at Paramount as a feature he intends to direct.

The Extreme Universe characters are written very much in the subversive, edgy style that defined Deadpool. The Fox film became the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever and now is being sequelized. Goldsman, who recently supervised writer’s rooms to expand the Transformers and Hasbro movie universes, will do the same thing here. Liefeld’s comic books often compare favorably in sales to venerable Marvel titles including Doctor Strange, so this arrangement certainly is forward thinking by King, Goldsman and Fundamental Films chairman Mark Gao. They might well sort out the storylines and movies before involving a Hollywood distributor.

Essentially, they have bet big on a beachhead of fresh IP consisting of new characters for the big screen, at a time when superhero IP is in short supply and routinely fueling global blockbusters. The 8-year-old Shanghai-based Fundamental Films has become one of China’s largest film companies and already is betting big on Hollywood product, acquiring a near-28% stake in EuropaCorp to become the second-largest shareholder in Luc Besson’s company. Fundamental is an investor in Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which it will distribute in China. This after Fundamental partnered with Besson on the Scarlett Johansson starrer Lucy, which grossed $463 million worldwide.

Said Gao: “Rob Liefeld’s unique characters are in great hands with Graham and Akiva. We could not be more excited to see them bring the entire Extreme Universe to theaters and fans around the globe.”

Extreme Universe brings another big project for King, whose long campaign to bring the story of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury to movie screens is about to pay off: Bryan Singer signed on to direct Bohemian Rhapsody, with Emmy-winning Mr. Robot star Rami Malek playing the iconic singer. 2oth Century Fox and New Regency are backing it. King is also in preproduction on a new Tomb Raider, starring Alicia Vikander.

Said King: “Rob has an uncanny ability to create unique stories with unforgettable characters and Extreme Universe is no exception. These stories are fantastic and I couldn’t imagine better partners on this project than Mark and his team at Fundamental Films.”

Aside from Deadpool, Liefeld’s comic creations include the X-Force and Cable comic series, and he has written for such Marvel Comics stalwarts as X-Men, Captain America, Spider-Man and The Avengers before he split off to hatch his own publishing imprint Extreme Studios, where he launched the characters that are the cornerstone of this deal.

“Over the past nearly 25 years, since launching Image Comics, I’ve been lucky enough to see the power of these stories and characters as they’ve resonated with several generations of comic book fans,” Liefeld said. “To now be able to work with Akiva Goldsman and Graham King, who are powerhouses in their own right, to bring these compelling characters and conflicts to life on the big screen is nothing short of a dream come true.”

 

[Master Zik]

This dude Rob Liefeld really fleeced a movie studio for millions to get his crap indie comics and not even the most popular ones.

Now I can possibly entertain a bubble bursting.

The Extreme Universe characters are written very much in the subversive, edgy style that defined Deadpool.

This is a lie.

Rob's version of Deadpool (a Deathstroke copy) got ditched once he left Marvel. So many other writers established what DP is as we know the character today.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

Looking forward to Ferdinand and Despicable Me 3 as my top animated films this year.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

So nothing on a Thundercats film

 

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New Pirates of the Caribbean 5 synopsis teases a new ship for Jack Sparrow

Walt Disney Pictures has revealed an all-new synopsis for the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, teasing the film’s central plot as well as the return of some fan-favorite characters. It reads as follows:

Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.” The rip-roaring adventure finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazer (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea – notably Jack. Jack’s only hope of survival lies in the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it he must forge an uneasy alliance with Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), a brilliant and beautiful astronomer, and Henry (Benton Thwaites), a headstrong young sailor in the Royal Navy. At the helm of the Dying Gull, his pitifull small and shabby ship, Captain Jack seeks not only to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune, but to save his very life from the most formidable and malicious foe he has never faced.

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” also stars Kevin R. McNally as Joshamee Gibbs, Golshifteh Farahani as the sea-witch Shansa, David Wenham as Scarfield, Stephen Graham as Scrum, and Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa.

 

[AEA18]

Never could get into the pirates movies

 

[Fozz]

 

Wait, no mention of Will Turner? I thought he was returning? 

 

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[shogun]

He was fighting cursed pirates in the first movie. davey jones and seafood pirates in another one. Now ghost pirates. Mayve vampire zombie pirates next.

 

[KingParappa]

He was fighting cursed pirates in the first movie. davey jones and seafood pirates in another one. Now ghost pirates. Mayve vampire zombie pirates next.

Werewolf pirates after that then the Underworld crossover.

 

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'Moonlight' Star Trevante Rhodes Joins Shane Black's 'The Predator'

Boyd Holbrook and Olivia Munn are already on board.
Trevante Rhodes, one of the stars of Moonlight, has joined the cast of Shane Black's The Predator, 20th Century Fox's reboot of the alien action movie series.

Rhodes joins Boyd Holbrook, who is leading an ensemble that also includes Olivia Munn.

Black is directing the project and wrote the script with Fred Dekker.

Keegan-Michael Key Joining Shane Black's 'The Predator'

Keegan-Michael Key, best known for Comedy Central’s cult comedy series Key and Peele, is in final negotiations to join the growing cast of The Predator, Twentieth Century Fox’s reboot of the sci-fi action franchise.

The setting for the new story is suburbia, a place in which audiences haven’t seen the Predator creature in action. Holbrook and Rhodes are ex-Marines while Munn is a scientist.

Key will play a man who teams up with Holbrook and Rhodes to fight the creatures.

 

[SplinterMatic319]

But i thoroughly enjoyed assassins creed?

 

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I really, really want to see this.

 

[KingParappa]

Just cause of the Bear, I'm all in.

 

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Will Smith Eyeing Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ At Disney

Disney is circling with Will Smith to star for director Tim Burton in Dumbo, the live-action adaptation of the classic 1941 animated film. The studio is moving aggressively toward a production start with a script by Ehren Kruger about the big-eared, lovable elephant. This is an intriguing family film option for Smith, who is also working toward a start date with Sony Pictures on Bad Boys For Life, a reteam with Martin Lawrence which has Joe Carnahan directing his script.

Insiders also indicate that Tom Hanks has been offered a role as the villain. He may, however, choose instead to star in the World War II drama “The Grey Hound.”

 

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‘Tomb Raider’ Reboot Adds ‘Into the Badlands’ Star Daniel Wu

Daniel Wu is set to join the reboot of WB/MGM/GK Films’ “Tomb Raider,” the latest adaptation of the popular video game, starring Alicia Vikander as the iconic character Lara Croft.

Warner Bros. recently announced the movie — from Norwegian director Roar Uthaug — will be released on March 16, 2018.

Wu will play Lu Ren, a ship captain who partners with Croft on a quest to find her father.