Weekly Movie News 2/4-2/8

We are entering a new phase in the history of blogging. From this day on Two Dudes Doing Movie Reviews will have new content daily. We are evolving from simply two dudes reviewing the latest films in theaters to full blown analysts of the film industry. I hope the somewhat sarcastic tone is clear in the writing but if not then now you know. So you may be wondering what this new post is about. Basically once a week on Fridays either Kevin or Me will recap the big stories in the film industry that week and briefly discuss it. This will be a part of our larger plan to start several series of weekly posts that will provide enough content to have something new up everyday. So without further ado here is this weeks Movie News!

1. Han Solo and Boba Fett get spin off movies-

This was the big news this week as Disney begins there destruction of the Star Wars franchise. Don’t get me wrong I love the Star Wars films but I honestly don’t want to see any more. This is a bad sign for the rest of the films that are planning on being made as Disney is making their intentions clear that it is all about milking the franchise for all its worth.

2. Christopher McQuarrie set to direct Mission Impossible 5-

I really don’t know what to think about this yet. I enjoyed Jack Reacher (his latest film)  but I thought the direction was OK not great and the writing was pretty bad. He is definitely a step down from Brad Bird who did a great job with Mission Impossible 4. I really don’t have high expectations for MI 5 and this signing does not change that.






 
3. Justice League Movie in trouble?

Apparently the script that Will Beall (writer of Gangster Squad ....sigh) wrote is getting thrown out because its terrible (big surprise). I have a feeling this movie is going to be stuck in development hell for a long time (I think it has been already). It appears D.C. is going to continue losing the war to Marvel for the foreseeable future.   


4. Chris Pratt gets lead human role in Guardians of the Galaxy-

It is really weird to look at the evolution of Chris Pratt’s career. He went from idiot Musician/Shoe Shine Guy on Parks and Recreation to playing Scott Hatteberg in Moneyball, being in Zero Dark Thirty and now getting cast as a lead in one of the next big Marvel movies. I really don’t know what to think of Guardians of the Galaxy, I never read the comic and it seems like very obscure Sci-fi (no offense to fans). This seems like something that will either be really cool or really bad (think Fantastic Four).


5. EW new Star Trek photos and potential character leak-

EW did a spread on Star Trek Into Darkness that included some new photos that don’t really reveal anything new. That being said apparently in their description of the Issue it refers to the cover as Kirk and Khan. I don’t know if that was just a person making a mistake or if they have some knowledge we don’t, but it is yet another tidbit of information that drives us fanboys crazy.



6. Die Hard 6?

 In an interview on a BBC talk show Bruce Willis was asked if there would be a Die Hard 6 and apparently he said yes. I really cant have an opinion on this yet until I see A Good Day to Die Hard. That being said this is yet another franchise that I think needs to end. I really was not a fan of Live Free or Die Hard (Kevin is though). I am really having to work hard to excite myself for the newest one so I cant even begin to think about a Die Hard 6 yet.

7. Sean Bean cast in Jupiter Ascending-

This film continues to look more and more interesting to me. It is the latest film being made by the Wachowski’s (Cloud Atlas, the Matrix) and the plot sounds very interesting. The cast already had Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum which did not look terribly exciting but the addition of one of the all time Bad Asses of modern film in Sean Bean makes it a hell of a lot more interesting.


8. Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Olsen join the cast of Godzilla-

This new Godzilla film is really starting to look pretty cool. They got an interesting young director in Gareth Edwards (Monsters) to take the helm and now the edition of Bryan Cranston who has been great in just about everything (Breaking Bad, Drive, Malcolm in the Middle) makes the film even more exciting. The addition pf Elizabeth Olsen is interesting but I have not seen her in anything recent to have an opinion on her addition to the cast.

9. Paul Walker to star in a new Hitman movie-
Why? There is absolutely no demand for this film. The first film sucked and they obviously have no desire to make the next one any good as the casting of Paul Walker would indicate and again NO ONE WANTS THIS MOVIE!






 10. New poster for 42!





















Hope you enjoyed the first of many new series of articles to be featured here on Two Dudes Doing Movie Reviews. See you tomorrow!

-Chris “Da Franchize” Hart