X-Men Box Office Let Down

Finally a new radio show coming this week. Also Live on MNN this Saturday.

http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/x-men-alice-through-the-looking-glass-box-office-1201785276/
While $80M is not to shabby compared to Alice $34, it still looks like people are getting a little tire out with their superheros.Especially when their story lines are familiar. But the biggest surprise is Civil War hasn't broken the top 10 all time list. It needs another $100M to beat IM3and it looks like it's slowing down for it to get there. One more weekend will tell us.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/singer-discusses-his-x-men-future-takes-veiled-jab-at-zack-snyder-and-talks-the-genre-as-a-whole
Well X-Men is he's bread and butter but after the this lame weekend now it all depends on the international box office. But he sure walks the line with BvS. X-Men was just as bloated as BvSand still camein shorton story and a long ass ending.

http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/johnny-depp-box-office-1201785126/
Thought I was badtough on Depp, this article really needs Pirates to succeed. But what was anyone thinking about Alice 2 anyways? The sequel no one was asking for.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/43295/-zootopia-is-second-biggest-original-film
How did that happen? Over Lion King and behind Avatar? And lets face it all three are not that original to begin with. And fourth biggest behind Toy Story 3, Minions and Frozen. So who did Disney paid off?

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/rogue-one-rumored-to-undergo-reshoots-due-to-executive-dissatisfaction-847
What's wrong with this picture is Disney tight when it comes to reshoots so maybe the film might be in trouble. But whatever it is they need to hurry to meet that deadline. 6 months can go by very fast especially adding all those SFX

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/dwayne-johnson-doc-savage-1201785289/
Wow he's lining them up big time. Also announced on Friday was "Skyscraper" a Die Hard meets Towering Inferno (70's disaster flick, look it up IMDB) filming in China.  But he still insists that Big Trouble in Little China is still on. That is the one he should avoid. That film is so dated it wouldn't work now.

Lunch box from KFC.. Latin promo in early May when I was down in PR.

X-Men Vs. Alice Box Office Weekend

Radio show now playing: Civil War Pt. 1.  This blog will be extended for the rest of the weekend. Mini-review: X-Men, 3 out of 5, Great Quicksilver scene, ending drags way too long.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-x-men-johnny-depp-alice-1201784858/
And the projected winner is X-Men. Depp took a beating (no pun intended, lol)  on Friday night. Wow mother's death, divorce, another movie bombing. Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone.

Friday Update:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/43257/singer-talks-jubilee-s-slashing-from-x-men
Mini-Review: 3 out of 5. A reboot with a bigger budget hiding under disguise with Apocalypse as center topic. Minor spoiler! Felt like I was watching the same theme again. They fight each other and one of them gets huge like Godzilla  aka BvsS and Civil War. They should have cut the ending which ran way too long (kill the basterd already!) and they would have room for Jubille. Scene to be seen on the BR disc. And yes Wolverine does a 5 minute cameo kicking ass and disappears. Wow, disappointing.

Previously:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/43230/gorgeous-new-star-wars-artwork
Also included is the original "Revenge of the Jedi" trailer before it was pulled to change the title to "Return of the Jedi".

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/x-men-apocalypse-box-office-alice-through-the-looking-glass-1201782551/
While X-Men will do huge, is anyone really interest in Alice considering how bad the last one was?
Depp needs this one to do great as his last chance for box office gold will be the Pirates franchise.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/689685-jennifer-lawrence-james-mcavoy#/slide/1
They make a cute couple. Short video along with 99 pics.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/exclusive-talking-x-men-apocalypse-and-star-wars-episode-viii-with-oscar-isaac
Cool 6 minute interview with Isaac and the difference between on both X-Men and Star Wars franchises.  A couple of years he got nominated and some where like, Who? Now look at him, how lucky indeed.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/warner-bros-rumored-to-be-contemplating-multiple-suicide-squad-spinoffs-193
Sounds like they have no faith in the JL franchise. And that BvsS fiasco didn't help matters. A big sign of desperation. And even if it is a big hit, there's not much competition in August, will the spinoffs work as well. They can't all be Deadpool, lol.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ghostbusters-how-sony-plans-slime-897104
A female redo of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?  Well that won't happen when this tanks. People have already made up their minds and these girls don't have a chance. My main problem with this is not the female angle at all. It's when you have comedian ensemble and the jokes stink. Think
of Sandler's Grown Ups. All those comedians for a lame ass comedy.

X-Men Week

New Radio show now playing with Pt. 2 coming this week. Live on MNN is playing on our Youtube channel. Video is playing on bottom of this blog.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-angry-birds-captain-america-neighbors-nice-guys-1201780602/
While Angry Birds did take the no. 1 spot, the thing to look at is Caps and crew in the top 20. Needing just $150M (no brainer) where in the top 10 will it land especially during the Memorial Weekend with it's only competition being X-Men which has been getting less than Stellar reviews.

http://movieweb.com/x-men-apocalypse-tv-spot-nightcrawler-deleted-scene/
Already a deleted scene? Something to look forward to on the BR disc. This scene along with 5 other promo are included.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/x-men-apocalypse-interviews-with-singer-lawrence-mcavoy-munn-more-335
5 videos included plus gallery included. Thanks to these videos today I can make this blog short so you have tie to check all these out, lol.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/rumor-how-big-will-batmans-role-be-in-suicide-squad
While the article complains he's has a small role in the film at least he's in it so it can be in the same timeline so these characters can show up in future films. Picky picky picky.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/new-star-trek-beyond-trailer-is-here
I want to stick my head in a sand and make this go away. 5 year mission? Make it 5 months and call it a wrap.

Bonus: Lots of trivia included even tho I miss some other details These will be included in the next Radio show.

The Big Summer Movie Guide

New Radio show now playing! Live on MNN this Saturday. mnn.org click on the ch. 56 icon at 5pm.
Today's blog will be extended thru the weekend with updates.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/688799-captain-america-civil-war-is-crossing-the-1-billion-mark-today#/slide/1
Now it's just a matter of where in the Top 10 of all time it's going to land. Near the top 5 maybe?

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/exclusive-scoop-the-villains-and-costume-of-spider-man-homecoming-204
Finally we're getting The Vulture after both John Malcovich (part 3 instead of Venom) and Ben Kingsly trying out in full costume. Now with Iron Man being in the movie it could be a matter of time before Disney getting their hands on this property.  PS I had that comic book issue with The Vulture, the first time I read Spiderman hence why I 've been looking forward to that villain.

Previously:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-v-superman-fallout-warner-895174
Despite the shakeups Sack Zack still has he's job since they started filming JL. But remember what happened to Richard Donner when he was let go in the middle of Superman 1-2 with Christopher Reeves to be replaced with Richard Lester. That can happen here. The big surprise is them fixing the third act of Suicide Squad. Being over cautious doesn't help matters. Can't wait the outcome on that.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-captain-america-angry-birds-neighbors-2-nice-guys-1201777256/
They are putting to much faith in all these other movies. Civil War will still rule big time. Angry Birds has lots of talent of no big name, Neighbors 2 been there done that and Crowe hasn't had a hit in years. Caps and crew win this round. 2 More weeks and we'll see CW near the Top 10 all time.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/summer-box-office-guide-suicide-895245/item/safe-bets-summer-box-office-895241
Speaking of Suicide Squad, the article highlights this very film. My favorite part is the third part, Anyone's Guess: Both Independence Day 2 and Star Trek fell on this list. Wow, no faith in these 2 what so ever. While I agree with Trek, I'm still hoping for ID2 to be decent. Actually most of these I can wait for Redbox. This summer will be nothing like last years. Remember we had 5 new Top 10 all time for 2015. Will that happen again. Nowhere close.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/cbs-prez-sheds-some-light-on-supergirl-flying-to-the-cw
Can't believe they spent over $3M an episode as the SFX sure didn't show it. Now the budget is going to be even lower. Now what's going to become of that and the overall look of the show?

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/688025-first-look-at-warren-beattys-rules-dont-apply-with-alden-ehrenreich#/slide/1
With the new Han Solo starring in a bio about Howard Hughes. Didn't Leo do that already. Anyways take a look at the photo. Does that look anything like a Han Solo?

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/688091-new-star-trek-series-teaser
So the show takes place in the same tv universe ST:TNG and DS9? Right move. Can't wait to see this show bit torrent all over the place. But if the show sucks like Enterprise CBS need not to worry. Who's going to bother to begin with.

Details on SW: Rogue One

New Live on  MNN this Saturday at 5 PM on Ch. 56 along with a new Radio Show before that.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/character-names-details-revealed-for-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-261
Along with the details, lots of great images included even if they are not final. Just as summer is around the corner (still feels like November here in NYC) at least we know how the year will end after all these blockbusters this year.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/687191-exclusive-look-at-the-space-tug-in-independence-day-resurgence#/slide/1
Very short video but still looks like a cool prop. Loved the first film and hope this works just as good. Anytime you have Aliens attacking Earth is always fun no matter how bad the script is, lol.

http://www.slashfilm.com/x-force-movie-update-x-23/
The X-Men spinoff is still on the boards with a female Wolverine to take over. But what happens if X-Force tanks? Hope their ready to hand over a big check to Hugh Jackman for a comeback.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/josh-duhamel-returning-for-transformers-5-tyrese-wants-back-in-too-718
Does it matter who comes back for these? It's all about Prime and his crew. And didn't Micheal Bay say he wasn't going to make these anymore? Oh I forgot, KACHING!

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/687389-tetris-movie-will-shoot-in-china-in-2017
Well here starting that China/U.S. made films first emtnmentioned on that 60 minutes episode a while back. But didn't they learn from previous films based on video games and especially Pixels with Adam Sandler with bombed last year? And to top it off they're going to make it a trilogy?

Civil War $1Billion This Week

Hopefully a new radio show this week. Busy as heck since I got back so hopefully soon.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-captain-america-civil-war-worldwide-1201775170/
Ready to break the $1 Billion mark, make the top 20 of all time and 4th biggest superhero movie behind Iron Man 3, which needs to be knocked off anyways. DC really needs Suicide Squad to do huge to save face.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/687021-harley-quinn-movie#/slide/1
While I have no problem with females leading the charge aka Ghostbusters, it will be strong enough as a solo project. While Wonder Woman can hold her own as in the TV Series, can Harley and crew hold theri own. My main worry that this will push Marvel into Black Widow who does need a solo movie. I'm just thinking Wolverine and those suck.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/686951-iron-man-3-villain-was-supposed-to-be-female-says-shane-black#/slide/1
Speaking of Iron Man 3, this corporate thinking is what is killing DC.  Another bad decision along with messing Mandarin is why I hate this damn picture so much.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/duncan-jones-and-more-talk-warcraft-during-our-visit-to-ilm-299-02
Wow what a long ass article. But worth it. Scroll to the bottom for the behind the scenes video and that photo of Yoda is a keeper. Most video game adaptions bomb at the box office but this could be the big surprise of the summer. It just looks great.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/deadpool-2-dolph-lundgren-interested-in-playing-cable
Sorry Dolph too old and you don't even know the character that good.And I'm speaking as a Dolph fan.  Actually it really doesn't matter who they get since it'll go thru a CG process of some sort. Love the Deadpool Blu-ray with the two commentaries. Hugh Jackman helped out getting the movie made more than people know.

Bonus:
http://www.studiodaily.com/2016/05/how-homer-simpson-appeared-live-via-adobe-character-animator/?hq_e=el&hq_m=3246168&hq_l=4&hq_v=ac94ddf0df
Was that a cool ending where Homer takes live phones calls? This article explains how they did that.
Note: Also includes link to a Youtube channel by an animator using this software. Nice.

Civil War Runaway Box Office

Slow news week but radio show still coming.

Thusday update:
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/685761-captain-america-civil-war-already-up-to-765-8-million-globally#/slide/1
Now the bet is will it top Zootopia as the big hit of the year by passing $900M and reaching the $1 Billion mark. At this pace it looks like it will with no competition until X-Men and even that won't be much of a challenge,.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/42981/-jurassic-co-scribe-pens-pacific-rim-2
What's interesting here is that Del Toro himself is ust being the executive producer and not directing the picture himself. This is the studio saying "we're having others directing and wirting this to keep under budget".

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/toby-kebbell-reveals-who-will-be-playing-king-kong-in-kong-skull-island-965
Once upon a time you would only hear of Andy Serkis name being mentioned in Mo-cap. Good to hear there's more names being recognize in this field. And anyone working on those Planet of the Apes reboot are exactly the ones you need to pull the new King Kong.

Previously:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/captain-america-civil-war-box-office-700-million-1201770187/
Wow that is fast for a Marvel sequel. And it looks like it's going to break the $1 Billion mark. Wonder if including Spiderman kind of helped it at the box office. Duh!

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4184
Second Wow for the day. Over $1 Billion in U.S. alone! What is scary with this is the studio can start making deals with other studios like they did with Sony's Spiderman and take over all the other franchises. Nudge Nudge Wink Wink: Warner's DC catalog anyone?

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/captain-america-filmmakers-announce-chinese-superhero-project-1201770387/
A superhero movie for $30M from the guys of Captain America? That alone I like to see how they are going to pull that off. Even Deadpool was made for a little bit more but at the sacrifice of having more X-Men. A joke within the movie that mentioned it, making it one of the funnier moments.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/685047-james-mcavoy-becomes-professor-x-in-new-x-men-apocalypse-featurette#/slide/1
Cool video with Capt. Picard haning out on Byran Singers cell phone. Pretty funny remake by Stewart.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/42923/details-on-tom-hardy-s-episode-viii-role
So Mad Max is doing Stormtrooper cameo thing aka Daniel Craig which was one of the funnier moments in TFA. So who are they going to get for SW9? Anyone for a Dr. Who cameo? Pick the actor.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/the-flash-runaway-dinosaur-kevin-smith-directs-episode-21-arrow-writing-1201770257/
Nice breakdown on directing the Flash as told by Smith. A fan boys dream to say the least.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4184

Civil War 5th Biggest Opening

New Radio show finally coming this week. Live on MNN now playing on YouTube.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-captain-america-civil-war-jungle-book-1201768804/
Well at least it took out Iron Man 3 as that did not deserve it's status. But we all know what should have been in the top 5 here don't we. Well that's why Warner/DC promoted Ben Affleck...Next.....

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ben-affleck-elevated-justice-league-891514
Well shit just got real. Not only Batman but now JL. Sack Zack better real careful now as in this business Affleck can just drop a note and Zack is outta there. That's the power of Executive Producer can do. It doesn't hurt that he got an Oscar for Producing Argo and directing it along with an Oscar for Screenwriting. With both Deadpool (blu-ray sales) and Civil War making huge money Warner's is not taking chances. Good for Affleck.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/simon-kinberg-says-next-x-men-film-will-be-set-in-the-90s-219
Why the 90's. That was such a boring decade.. Actually you can't even tell when these movies take place. Take a way a few props and characters and it could be any decade. Blame the budgets on that. But speaking of X-Men....

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/bryan-singer-deadpool-x-men-marvel-universe-1201768863/
This is a Singer's baby. If if the universe is a mix bag with some good movies and some lousy ones, looking at you Wolverine. What Disney should do is buy out Fox and all of it's properties and bring over Singer and let him run the properties since Fox doesn't have a clue what to do aka F. Four.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/watch-the-new-featurette-for-jason-bourne-here
Bring it on. These are always fun. And always a good body count. And rather see Damon do this instead of that spinoff with Hawkeye which was just plain awful.

Bonus:

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/captain-america-civil-war-writers-on-that-spider-man-scene-20160509?utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=050916_16&utm_medium=email
The Writers explain how they manage to include Spiderman without all the drama of rebooting.

Civil War Box Office Champ

 Season Premiere, Live on MNN, Saturday May 7 at 5 pm on Ch. 56, click here: mnn.org.

Mini-Review: Civil War: 4 out of 5
Pros: Big fight scene with Spiderman getting more than enough screen time considering it's a pretty crowded cast to begin with and the Ant-Man big surprise. Did not see that coming! Repeat for sure.
Cons: Tired of that Witch & Hawkeye matchup but at least not much screen time was spent on it.

Saturday Update:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/captain-america-civil-war-battling-891328
Heading to be one of the top 5 openers of all time. Projected to be $190M for the weekend. Nice.

Previously:
http://www.latino-review.com/news/captain-america-civil-war-made-a-nice-chunk-of-cash-at-the-thursday-box-office
Another huge win for Marvel and with the international doing massive business this will have repeats and legs, something DC needs for Suicide Squad and BvS needed.

http://www.thewrap.com/alden-ehrenreich-cast-as-han-solo-in-star-wars-spinoff/
People all over the internet are complaining abut this casting. Only time will tell if this works out. I'm not being on these prequels to begin with and having someone who doesn't at least look like the character is off putting to say the least. Ford said himself to future actors: Don't do it!

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/42820/could-cbs-supergirl-move-to-the-cw
$3 million an episode? Well it's sure not on the special effects that's for sure. Some of them are quite awful. But this is still one hell of a fun show and you do get a lot of story in one episode. But what gets me is all the money the network is making and they're bitching about the money. Really?

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/05/cbs-star-trek-netflix/481170/
Speaking of greed, what is CBS going to do if this show tanks with the fans? Remember Enterprise?That sold like crap when they released the series it on DVD. And fans are going to torrent this like crazy just for spite against the network for taking advantage if they like the show to begin with. A no win if you ask me.

http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/simpsons-prepare-for-animations-first-live-broadcast/278589
You have to give it to the producers of findings ways of keeping the show fresh and interesting after all these years. While that find and dandy this show has run out of gas long time ago. What they should do is pack it in and get on to the movie sequel long overdue. And the timing would be right as animation is huge right now at the box office.

May The 4th Be With You

Live on MNN back on this Saturday. New radio also coming before that.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/683251-happy-star-wars-day#/slide/1
Nice video for charity right on time for the day. Gotta admit I was waiting for the line "It's a trap!" After the video you'll see Mark Hamill doing his bid. Like Star Trek and other franchises, it's great when they make these videos for awareness for various causes.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/cool-videos-celebrate-may-the-4th-with-lin-manuel-mirandas-cantina-song-266
Check out the "Jabba Flow". Hamilton meets Star Wars! Mr. Miranda and JJ do an live improve video live for the song. So Cool. And congrats to the cast for the 16 nomination on the Broadway hit.

http://movieweb.com/judge-dredd-tv-series-karl-urban-streaming/
With the success of Daredevil on Netflix this would be the best direction for the franchise. Got to give it to Urban for not giving up on this. While he does have the Star Trek franchise, he's stuck it out like Ryan Reynolds for Deadpool to keep this alive. And now looks like there's a payoff. Cool.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/683325-battle-of-midway-movie#/slide/1
While I agree this needs to be redone since the original Midway movie from 1976 with Henry Fonda and an all star cast with actual battle footage, was a major disappointment, hopefully this won't be a disaster like Micheal Bay's Pearl Harbor. That was a major remake of 1970's Tora Tora Tora, which was a American and Japanese production and more faithful to the events. Emmerich and a historic event? I don't know if he's the right director for this. Check out the 18 documentary included in the article with actual footage from the battle.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/big-bad-wolves-directors-walk-from-the-bruce-willis-death-wish-remake-300
Another remake from the 1970's. My thoughts? While it's noble to go back to the original material, something that legendary Director Sidney Lumet wanted to do and couldn't, These guys should have just done the movie anyway the studio wanted. First time out and your first maor breakthrough is something you do not turn down no matter your principals and morals. I mean, it stars Bruce Willis for crying out loud! Did they think they were making a classic?

It's A Wrap For BvS At The Box Office

"I'm Batman, I make over $1 Billion at the Box Office. You failed us. This is your fault!"

We are going back Live on MNN this Saturday at 5pm. Details below links.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-verdict-batman-v-889234
Ouch! They're writing this off before Civil War comes out in the U.S.. The body is not even cold and already they buried it. This includes 2 charts: The First one shows where it stands along the other movies and the Second has the monetary chart. Just looking at China's box office is an embarrassment and that's in second place on the chart. Ouch!

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/682627-cs-video-elizabeth-olsen-and-jeremy-renner-on-captain-america#/slide/1
2 characters which I don't like as part of the Avengers team. I hope they concentrate on this like they did on Ultron. Enough with this and move one to the others already. Good interview through.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/is-paramount-getting-ready-for-star-trek-4
Is the studio reading these comments posted? These are the fans who are not even looking forward to No. 3. Especially after that trailer. The scary thing Pegg is responsible for the script which sounds like one of the weak tv episodes bloated for the big screen. And that damn motorcycle......

http://www.latino-review.com/news/cult-classic-puppet-master-remake-in-the-works
By the writer and producer of Bone Tomahawk. While ending of the movie was total kick ass, it took 90 minutes of boredom to get there. A wanna be Tarantino with long speeches. That's what Puppet Master doesn't need! short and sweet to the point. Get the makers of Chucky instead. They know puppets with a sense of humor.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/release-date-special-features-announced-for-the-martian-extended-edition-740
This is what should have been on the original release especially the Making of...And Ridley Scott always does commentaries for his films so this is not a surprise as far as the double dipping is concern. But the one film comes to mind is The Force Awakens. Where are the rest of those and commentary from JJ who also does commentaries. May the double dip be with us.

Mini-Reviews:
Lobster with Colin Farrell: 1 out of 5. Total bore and too weird. Beware of hype, not fun at all.
The Boss: 1: I only remember one gag. Her thrown against the wall from a bed. That's it.
Criminal: 3 out of 5: Costner was cool as a mental kickass.  Underrated with a great supporting cast.
Huntsman: 1: Groot should sue for the lookalikes with Emily Stone totally miscast. Yawner.
Jungle Book: 3: While the SFX with actual kid looked great I still prefer the animation. More fun.

Announcement:
We are going back Live on MNN this Saturday at 5pm. We are starting our 26 years on the air.
We'll talk Star Wars news and Superheros pros and cons. This is broadcast live from NYC but you can check out here:
mnn.org .... click on the Channel 56 icon on the home page at 5pm (57 icon some areas).

Civil War Huge International Box Office

Live on MNN coming this Saturday for our 26 years on the air. More details tomorrow. New Radio show also coming later this week.

http://deadline.com/2016/05/captain-america-civil-war-jungle-book-huntsman-batman-superman-international-box-office-weekend-results-1201747374/.
Forget about everything else. Civil War will hit the Top 20 of all time and the $1 Billion at this rate.
And final note on BvsS. While it will cap at $900M while not bad numbers as it is, but when you compare with Nolan's Batman this is a real disappointment.  And having Civil War kicking ass all over the box office doesn't help matters either.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/681771-cs-video-chris-evans-on-captain-america-civil-war#/slide/1
5 minute video interview  and over 90 pics in the gallery.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/captain_america/captain_america_civil_war/spoilers-10-awesome-and-surprising-ways-a139783
Beware ! Already this is out and really not fair since the film is not out yet. I read it and have some regrets. While it doesn't bother me to find out that the Butler did it aka HANS DIES, duh Ford was wishing that for years, There are some spoilers here that ruins the ending of the movie. You are warned, lol.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/x-men/20th-century-fox-pulls-out-of-sdcc-2016-a141088
Piracy? Really.  This is just a cheap excuse hiding the fact that they have no faith in these films and afraid to look bad when the films get release. Never mind spending money somewhere else on marketing. A crap film, regardless of title, is a crap film. Something their hiding from us?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/42716/falcon-photos-from-the-episode-viii-set
Cool pictures. They need for the Falcon to see more action in this next picture. The last one was more of  a tease than anything else. Yep sure got spoiled to see that ship again.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ghostbusters-is-disliked-movie-trailer-889114
Well the writing is on the wall for this one. Considering McCartheys The Boss has bombed at the box office, she alone won't be able to carry the film and it looks like nobody cars. Looks like the first official train wreck of the summer.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/opinion/game-of-thrones-recap-season-6-episode-2-home-jon-snow-1201764241/
Surprise! Spoilers all through the article so don't read if you haven't seen the show. Duh. But a nice surprise never the less.

Civil War Surprises and More

New Radio show coming soon.  Todays blog will be extended through out the weekend.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/jungle-book-box-office-keanu-mothers-day-2-1201763883/
No. 1 for a third week in a row, now will it will be Civil War to take over for the next month or so, lol. Not much competition until Memorial Day with X-Men coming out (no reason to talk about Alice Wonderland 2) by then CW should be in the top 20 of all time.

Friday:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/captain-america-civil-war-box-office-international-day-2-1201763473/
Well on track with Avengers: Ultron which means at this pace it will break the $1Billion mark, something BvS should have done. Oops, that struck a nerve didn't it.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-fan-cancer-letter-facebook-actor-1201763606/
Very sad but kudos to Reynolds for keeping in touch with him all these years. That's the one thing all these Marvel actors do for their fans depending on the situation. Very nice.

Previously:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/captain-america-civil-war-box-office-international-opening-1201762760/
All these numbers mean it's slightly behind Avengers: Ultron opening day. Which is not bad at all.
As mentioned before by next Monday we'll see the big numbers and how this will add up for the overseas market. When Star Wars and BvsS opened weak in China and India the writing was on the wall with TFA missing the No. 1 all time spot and Bats and Co. not seeing the $1 Billion mark. Will this happen to Caps and crew. No way.....

http://www.latino-review.com/news/check-out-this-captain-america-civil-war-imax-featurette
Cool 2 minute behind the scenes on the 17 minute battle sequence filmed on Imax. Another notch for the film.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/spoilers-captain-america-civil-war-after-credits-scene-revealed-270
Spoiler Alert about Spiderman. But maybe 3 different credit scenes involved at the end? Nice.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/681435-alicia-vikander-is-lara-croft-in-the-tomb-raider-reboot
Can this tiny little thing kick ass as Lara Croft? Ask that little thing who played Wonder Woman, one of the best things in BvS and took me by surprise. Man I was so against that. While Ex-Machina was a waste of time Alicia did show her acting skills and got an Oscar win for it. Here's another win for her.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/dreamworks-animation-acquired-by-nbcuniversal-in-38b-deal
When Kung Fu Panda met Minions. Universal had a great year last year. Now they up the stakes with Dreamworks and the Dude behind Minions. Actually it was because of Minions is why this happened. Now who has final laugh?
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Civil War London Premiere

Lots of Marvel news today. Also New Radio show coming soon: Civil War vs BvsS box office.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/680703-captain-america-civil-war-london-premiere-photos-and-new-spider-man-tv-spot#/slide/1
Many pics and videos with more Spiderman footage in the new promo. And now word has it he's open for IM4 after getting $40M for S:Homecoming. Just stick with Avengers and leave as that.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/42654/marvel-has-creative-control-on-spider-man
Now that's smart business. Let Sony pick up the tab and tell them what to do. Hysterical. Keep this up and it's matter of time before they get a hold of the other rights aka FF and X-Men.

http://www.studiodaily.com/2016/04/studiodaily-dossier-10-things-we-know-about-marvels-civil-war/?hq_e=el&hq_m=3239982&hq_l=21&hq_v=ac94ddf0df
Check out No. 10 as Spiderman got an costume upgrade. And how can Puerto Rico be so expensive to film at? With the economic situation down there it should have been the cheapest!

http://deadline.com/2016/04/ryan-reynolds-the-hitmans-bodyguard-deadpool-patrick-hughes-1201745165/
This is funny. That Ryan Reynolds? The one who did Deadpool and not the neighborhood mailman who's always late with the mail everyday? Got that got settled. Oops sorry for calling you out Mailman Reynolds, lol. Should have brought the mail early instead stopping off at the bar. Oops did it again.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/680699-first-fast-8-set-photos-and-video-from-cuba-and-iceland#/slide/1
No talk of NYC yet? That's when this film will kick into overdrive. A nice crazy chase right down Broadway Times Square.. And run over a few of those annoying Costume guys while their at it.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/first-official-image-from-ridley-scotts-alien-covenant-261
Why this is a trilogy is beyond me. Forget about all this and reboot A3 already.

Civil War Huge Overseas Opening

New Radio Show coming: End of Spring Special, Goodbye BvsS Hello Civil War, X-Men

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/captain-america-civil-war-box-office-foreign-opening-1201761037/
Opening overseas in time for this weekend, all the numbers point for a big hit. Then comes in the rest fo the planet including U.S. and China and in two weeks we'll know if this will be bigger than BvsS. DUH! But the question will be will it have repeat performances along with legs before other films knock it off the No. 1 spot like BvsS. Double Duh! Still waiting to hear someone getting fired from Warners, maybe after CW opens, lol.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/disney-claims-dates-for-several-new-movies-confirms-jungle-book-2-mary-poppins-sequel-1201760227/
Now the flood gates have really open and anything that Disney made in the past 1000 years is getting remade, a sequel or whatever they got lying on the shelf. Can't blame them. The new generation is welcoming this with huge numbers at the box office, so who's fault is it?

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/jk-simmons-discusses-his-approach-to-commissioner-gordon-in-justice-league-385
Here is another actor to claim both Marvel and DC on his resume no matter how small the role. Butat this point of the game after winning the Oscar, don't you think he deserves a bigger part? Sure the JL has a big cast but he is Gorden after all and that is no small character for sure. It works as a TV show, doesn't it?

http://www.latino-review.com/news/its-an-alien-day-miracle
I don't care what anyone says. That Alien 3 sucked and we got screwed with our favorite characters dying and Sig getting the Bald look. Uuggh. But bringing back a 27 Newt is perfect. This is the film that should have been made as A3. Here's crossing the fingers.

Catching up on old news link:
http://www.thewrap.com/doctor-who-bbc-reveals-new-companion-for-peter-capaldis-time-lord/
Never heard of this dude actor and he's she's annoying in the trailer. Time to clean house on this show and reboot everything. And stop using that annoying hallway for every show, up the budget already.

Civil War Outselling Previous Marvel Movies

New Radio Show postponed until next week. This blog will be updated through out the weekend.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-jungle-book-huntsman-winters-war-2-1201759425/
Review: 1 out of 5. Spoiler: Charlize is in the first 10 minutes then the last 20 minutes of the movie then she dies. You'll thank me when you see this on a rainy night 2 for 1 Redbox special. Emily is totally miscast (loved her in Edge of Tomorrow, that Cruise flix) and the movie is a total bore. At 45 minutes Thor fights these blue creatures and they all look like I Am Groot! Wow no imagination.

Previously:
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/most-anticipated-summer-movies/20487?wssac=164&wssaffid=news
According to Fandango as far as tickets sales. You also have Finding Dory as best selling family film but the female Ghostbusters as best selling Comedy. Ok somebody is getting bribed,

http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/kristen-stewart-huntsman-winters-war-box-office-1201758923/
The movie that no one was asking for no matter who the actors are. And those costumes are just in your face, lol.  A prequel out of all things.Jungle Book will be No.1 again until the big Civil War.

http://www.comingsoon.net/dvd/news/678351-deadpool-blu-ray-special-features-revealed#/slide/1
2 Commentaries? Yes! plus the usual features aka deleted scenes and more. But having the cast in one commentary and the director on the other is a great way to enjoy this. Another one for the collection.

http://variety.com/2016/music/news/prince-dies-celebrity-reactions-1201758353/
Purple Rain was one of my favorite Musical Films right up there with Hard Day's Night, Saturday Night Fever among others. At 57 years old is way to young especially when he was coming out with so much music in the past couple of years along with touring a lot more than he used to. I was lucky to see Prince at the Purple Rain Tour in Long Island at the Nassau Coliseum (it was available on VHS a long time ago) and again at MSG during the Under The Cherry Moon tour (we don't talk about that movie). He was a big influence on me as far as being a multi-musician, 1999 album being a big influence along with Purple Rain. While he did have some quirks at least he didn't have a pet named Bubbles.

http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-purple-rain
Great trivia but myfavorite two are: When doves Cry almost didn't make it on the soundtrack. Whew that was close. And Prince called songwriter J. Cain from rock band Journey to make sure there was no stepping on the song Faithfully. The intro chords is the same progression and sounds familiar to some songwriters but come on, This Is Prince!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/robert-downey-jr-joins-spider-885829
Now we're talking. So what's the price tag for RDJ to do this. Doesn't matter, it just puts Sony in it's place for screwing up in the first place. Hope it's a HUGE check, lol. That'll teach those suits.

http://www.latino-review.com/news/confirmed-robert-downey-jr-shooting-sherlock-holmes-3-later-this-year
While I thought the first two films were kind of lame especially thesecond I wouldn't mind seeing him with a third. He is great with that English accent when he does Sherlock. And with Director Ritchie and hopefully Jude Law returning maybe this will be the best of all three.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/678183-antoine-fuqua-magnificent-seven#/slide/1
This was the last film that Composer James Horner wrote before he died even before the film was even made! How this worked out remains to be seen. But this is one of the many things to look forward to for this western. A genre that I grew up with. While the idea is the same at least it doesn't look at all like the original. A big plus.

Bonus: There was no blog on Wednesday so this is an add on for Thursday.
http://www.thewrap.com/james-bond-director-guy-hamilton-dies-roger-moore-goldfinger/
Besides Goldfinger being a favorite, I get a kick out of Diamonds of Forever and personal favorite Live and Let Die, Roger Moore's first outing as James Bond. Which was a huge influence on Sam Mendes for Skyfall. It also had the best Bond song, lol. Check out the commentaries on the BR editions, he gives you a lot of insight on the making of those.

Star Wars 8 And Other News

New Radio show coming on Thursday: Civil War, Box office predictions, etc.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/42525/a-wings-return-isaac-teases-star-wars-ep-8
One of my favorite models to build in the good old days. Can't wait to see what other ones they are bringing back. Also includes video for charity with BB8 and Oscar Isaac.

http://screenrant.com/wonder-woman-movie-set-video-themyscira/
Molte Benne! Cool behind the scene with green screen, on the set in Italy. Reminds me of all those old Hercules movies  with Steve Reeves and Gladiator movies back in the day.

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/678029-witness-the-wrath-of-azrael-in-extended-gotham-trailer#/slide/1
And it keeps getting better and better no matter how over the top the storyline gets. But the show does have imagination no matter how silly the plot. My only problem is why is this at the same times slot as Supergirl? I usually see Gotham then catch up with Supergirl. Great double header.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/columns/supergirl-season-finale-review-spoilers-melissa-benoist-1201755782/
For starters, they got this mostly right. My favorite character is Cat Grant who's always on her case. Flockhart gets some great lines. Last one being on mentioning Harrison Ford: "I don't date older guys" of course in real life both are an item. But about those SFX budget, cut back on the cast and those guest stars and put it to the effects. Some of them are just plain awful.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/willem-dafoe-joins-the-justice-league-films-as-an-unspecified-good-guy-333
It took this long to switch to the DC Universe after doing Spiderman all those years ago. You can dowrong with Dafoe as a villain. Whatever character it is, it will be good.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/677677-avatar-sequel#/slide/1
Updated news now stating Cameron is filming all for at the same time! That most be confusing for everyone involved that's for sure. But what happens if after the first sequel the rest tank at the boxoffice and people are just tired of seeing tall blue aliens? Glad it's not my money producing these.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/678013-simon-pegg-star-trek-fans#/slide/1
Whichever way you look at it, this does not look good for a 50th anniversary film. Just having new alien villains for the film when they have so much in the catalog to pick from just reminds of ST. Cardissians anyone?

Bonus:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/titanic-sinks-real-time-video_us_571495e8e4b06f35cb6fee00
One date that slip through the crack was the anniversary last week of the tragedy. This new video shows the sinking but scroll to the last 10 minutes where the first funnel falls down. This shows the other 2 funnels falling down and the second half of the ship turning to it's side before sinking. Some thing Cameron's movie does not show.

CA:Civil War Box Office Predictions Already?

New Radio show coming this week: BvS VS Civil War Box Office. (No it's not a joke, lol)

http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/captain-america-civil-war-box-office-opening-tracking-1201755645/
$200 Million opening? DUH! Holy Civil War! Fans were disappointed in that other superhero showdown and this has Spiderman back in MCU. How can this fail? And if the track record holds this will break the $1B World Wide mark for sure. Of course this does not help the Justice League franchise what so ever.

http://www.cnet.com/special-reports/marvel-cinematic-universe-dc-extended-universe-showdown/
While this sounds like a plant from DC Inc. and basically a waste of an article as far as MCU having the final win, I included this mainly because of the animation and pictures included in the article.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/jungle-book-box-office-1201755202/
REview: 3 out of 5. I grew up with the animated musical and sang Bare Necessities all over the house when I was a kid. So of course I prefer that instead of this version which was too dark for me. While the CG and cast was good, except for miscast Walken , I'll stick to with the 1967 version which was a lot more fun. But this is killing at the boxoffice world wide for now, right Captain America?

http://www.thewrap.com/mel-gibson-kurt-russell-kate-hudson-to-star-in-barbary-coast-tv-series/
All three of them going to TV? Wow, at one time these were the big box office stars of their day. But seeing all 3 of them together will be fun as heck as both Gibson and Russell have done westerns with Kurt doing Tombstone. One of his Best Roles with Val "I'm your Huckleberry" Kilmer (and of course Batman) And Gibson doing Maverick who is Directing, writing and starring in the show. The original show got cancelled due to low ratings. Guess Captain Kirk and 007 Jaws couldn't save it. Yep both William Shatner and Richard Kiel starred in the show back in the 1970's..

Bonus:
http://screenrant.com/batman-v-superman-lex-luthor-original-cut/
Another article from last weeks topic on the editing of the film and the 4 hour cut. This explains on what happened to Lex storyline which hopefully will wind up on the Blu-ray release.

Bonus 2:
From the film Hollywoodland. The story of George Reeves who played Superman on tv. Laugh all you want but this underdog has the final laugh of the year by getting the Batman Franchise.

Captain America: Civil War Reviews All Good

New Radio Show Now Playing: BvS Final Boxoffice. This blog will be updated through out the weekend. Podcast with David Brenner on Editing BvS included as bonus link below.

Friday Update:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4176&p=.htm
We all know Jungle will be No. 1 and all that. But look where the predictions for BvS is, at the 9th paragraph. Talk about no love for the capes, lol. Well here goes the final nail in the coffin.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/676789-the-star-wars-news-roundup-for-april-15-2016
A lot of Rogue One preview here and some other cool stuff. Great collection of things to check out and already they have a Collectible preview for the Holidays. Can't wait can we, lol?

Previously:
http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/captain-america-civil-war-review-1201752643/
Minor spoilers if you haven't seen the trailers but nothing really new here. But the reviews across the board is that this is the better of both films were to superhero icons get a chance to beat the crap out of each other. Gotta love it. Two in one year. Not bad for us fans. And all predictions are pointing to the $1Billion mark for this one.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/deadpool-2-ryan-reynolds-1201753693/
Yes! Hope he gets a raise this time, lol. The best part is the whole creative team is back for this one. If it's not broken not fix it. Now the creative team behind BvsS is back for JL. That is NOT what we want to hear. Fix it!

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/james-cameron-avatar-1201753774/
Now it's up to 4 sequels? What happens if the first one is not all that. Yes it would be rare since Cameron can't do no wrong but Avatar has some serious haters out there and couldn't care less about the sequels to begin with. He should finish the trilogy and take it from there. And maybe think about going back to Terminator and rescue that franchise.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/676589-jason-statham-set-to-star-in-giant-shark-movie-meg
They finally making this and it's about time. Guess that other giant dinosaur movie (Hint:JW) kind of  push it to getting it made. I read this back in the 1990's so it's long overdue. Spoiler alert: The movie ends with Statham biting the Gaint Shark to death. Only kidding but if anyone can, he could, lol.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/warren-beatty-dick-tracy-howard-hughes-movie-1201752997/
Does anyone remember this? Not bad for an old flick. Highlight was Al Pacino as the main villian with makeup and all. And he got an Oscar nomination for this too! Kind of late for a sequel and Beatty is way to damn old. He should do the part of The Mummy instead but who am I to judge?


Bonus Link:
http://www.studiodaily.com/2016/04/podcast-david-brenner-ace-on-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice/
By request, this is a follow up to the yesterday's article which included deleted scenes from the movie. This is a lot easier to listen to than to read that long ass interview but he does cover a lot more ground on the editing process. Sack Zack should have edited the damn script to begin and he wouldn't have had such a mess. Check out at 20M into the video there's a picture of Batman meeting Superman the first time. Notice the Winnebago in the background. Talk about a small set, lol.

Batman As Directed By Affleck

New Radio coming soon: DC, Marvel, More  BvsS making of.....

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/ben-affleck-batman-standalone-directing-1201752021/

This spread like wild fire last night as the news was posted late and already old news. But good news.

So lets see Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Producer and winner of 2 Oscars doing the new Batman solo movies. Gee what happened to Sack Zack? Oh yeah he's busy doing that other trainwreck. Remember when the internet screamed NOooooooooooo! When his name was announced the fans said he was going to ruin BvS, wow how soon they forget. Him and Reynolds have the final laugh. Underdogs win again, so cool. 

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/676087-over-200-photos-from-the-captain-america-civil-war-premiere#/slide/1

The film that is going to bury BvS at the box office. And already get great reviews. Holy Ouch, Batman. Anyways also at coming soon is the 2 hour video premiere which had a big lag on my PC. So I didn't know how it would play out as a link but you can catch it over there if you like.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/star-wars-trilogy-showings-theaters-1201752139/

While this was to be expected what they don't mention is the 3D format that Lucas wanted and a new transfer for Imax. Us old fans were there for the re-released in plain old 2D. It would be nice to see this revamped since we are not getting the original 1977 release and the 2 that follow. And those tidbits between the films. Why not save it for the Blu-ray release since they are going to milk that too.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spider-man-homecoming-set-as-881903

Here we go again. Tony Stark visits Aunt May played by a hundredth time by a different actress.

Well at least they dropped the Amazing part of the title. I wonder how much Downey Jr is getting paid for his little part. Whatever it is, it's not enough. Hope he takes them to the bank for screwing up these movies in the first place.

http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/men-in-blackjump-street-crossover-gets-official-title-logo/

If they pull this off watch every friggin crossover happen in the book. Except for Disney. They just want to hog everything for themselves like Spiderman going over to Civil War. Not thats a bad thing lol.

Save the Best for Last Link:

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/first-trailer-for-godzilla-resurgence-carves-out-a-new-path-of-destruction-264

Right off the bat the show the new Godzilla at the beginning of the trailer then a lot of filler before showing him at the end. Is this the film itself. Like the Godzilla 2014 where he totals about 10 minutes of show time? Hopefully not. But the CG looks great for him.

Bonus Link:

http://www.provideocoalition.com/art-cut-batman-v-superman-editor-david-brenner/

Long ass interview but it explains a lot on what went wrong with the film. Almost a 4 hour cut for a fight that only last 10 minutes? And these are the guys that are doing Justice League, Yikes!

Includes deleted scenes that were trimmed from the movie.