The information just keeps coming about our favorite upcoming movies! Here's a look at the latest info:
Iron Man 3: New villain cast
It was announced this week that Chinese actor
Wang Xuequi has been cast as an original character named Dr. Wu. With much of Iron Man 3 being filmed in China, we have already heard news that Sir Ben Kingsley has been cast as Mandarin, the ring-wielding super-villain known as Iron Man's greatest foe.
There may also be more than one villain in the third Iron Man movie, as photos were released showing a set with the sign "Advanced Idea Mechanics" or AIM. Fans of the Iron Man comics will know that AIM is responsible for the creation of the super villain MODOK. (I really hope we don't see MODOK because he's essentially a giant head with little tiny arms in a hover-round.)
Rumor mill: Samuel L. Jackson wants to be in the next Star Wars movie
In a recent interview with
E! News, Samuel L. Jackson expressed his desire to stay connected to the Star Wars franchise, offering up suggestions as to how Windu could have survived his plummet: "
I can come back as one-armed or a one-handed Jedi that's still around that didn't actually die."No word on whether Jackson will reprise his role.
Rumor mill: Jonathon Frakes wants TNG in the new Abrams Trek movie series
This week TNG actor Jonathon Frakes expressed his desire to see an alternate-reality version of TNG show up in the J.J. Abrams movies in some form. He expressed the desires in an interview with NBC 10 Philadelphia, saying
"I would imagine they’d start with Picard if they could. It would involve our usual time travel/quantum anomaly/black hole/some sci-fi version of how we all get there." The full interview with TNG alum can be found
here.Tron 3 in the works (again)
Disney has one again greenlit production of the
Tron: Legacy sequel and is in negotiations with writer Jesse Wigutow to pen the next script. Original Tron star Bruce Boxleitner stated previously that the movie was a 'done deal', however up to now little movement has occurred.
With executives and directors (such as Joseph Kosinski who directed
Legacy) now working towards getting the movie made, we may see an actual release date and studio movement on the project relatively soon. One interesting tidbit is that Gerrett Hedlund has been confirmed to return, so it may be sooner than we think.
New G.I. Joe trailer released yesterdayA new trailer for
G.I. Joe: Retaliation was released yesterday.
Hint: Something explodes.
New Hobbit clip released: Gollum meets Bilbo
The newest edition to the Peter Jackson silver screen adaptations premier tomorrow at midnight, but you can catch an exclusive clip of
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey today. In this newly-released clip, Gollum meets Bilbo for the first time.
Conan O'Brian decides not to be outdone, releases a special clip of Honey Boo Boo Gollum
You have to see this to believe it.
Oblivion trailer released, starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman2013 is apparently the year for post-apocalyptic movies. We get an interesting trailer for an apocolyptic action flick in which Tom Cruise runs, flies and fights things.
M. Knight Shamalayan's After Earth trailer releasedI would love to leave this here without comment, but I can't. Jaden and Will Smith team up in Fresh Prince of New Earth.
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