Posted on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 by Angie Han
Today’s Sequel Bits is jam-packed with quotes, videos, images, and more. After the jump:
- Die Hard is getting a permanent mural for its 25th birthday
- J.J. Abrams talks Star Trek; what do the comics tell us?
- Who wants a walk-on role in Insidious Chapter 2?
- Jack Reynor comments on his Transformers 4 casting
- Dave Franco would like to come back for 21 Jump Street 2
- Bruce Boxleitner is not sure if he’s coming back for Tron 3
- Katee Sackhoff talks Riddick, Vin Diesel offers a new pic
- See the futuristic cars of Mad Max: Fury Road in action
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On October 25th 2012 I found myself sitting in The White Horse pub watching a monitor showing Chris Pine run through the misty rain into a financial building. While the sequence in Jack Ryan is supposed to take place in the brand-new financial center in Moscow, Russia (a clue to the film’s antagonist) it was being filmed in Liverpool, England.
Producers have been trying to restart the franchise, based on the character novelist Tom Clancy created in books like The Hunt For Red October and Patriot Games, for nine years. Taking a cue from the recent James Bond films, Jack Ryan is an origin story — a pre-boot set in the now. 9/11 has taken place, and is a huge motivator for our hero. The following is the beginning of what I learned about the film from co-star Kevin Costner and director Kenneth Branagh, fresh from Thor.
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Posted on Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 by Angie Han
J.J. Abrams is famous for his devotion to secrecy, but even he knows when to open up and perform a good deed. After a Reddit post made the rounds last week about the wish of a Trekkie stricken with terminal cancer, the filmmaker got in touch with the man and his wife to offer a private screening of Star Trek Into Darkness.
Though the couple were “sworn to secrecy” about the details of the picture, they reported that they enjoyed it “immensely” and were touched by Abrams’ gesture. Read more after the jump, and then check out some new high-res stills from the film.
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Christmas is over and that means it’s time to get back to the biggest news story of 2012: Star Wars. Lots of little things are going on in the world of Disney, Lucasfilm and a Galaxy Far, Far Away and we’ve rounded it all up for you in this edition of Star Wars Bits. After the jump read about the following:
- J.J. Abrams comments on being offered and turning down Star Wars Episode VII.
- Star Trek star Chris Pine suggests he’d be open to appearing in both worlds.
- Disney‘s acquisition of LucasFilm is now complete.
- George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy talk to Star Wars Insider about the franchise’s future.
- Create and grade your own Star Wars Episode VII with a new, funny flash game.
- Watch Ewan McGregor talk about first hearing about the new Star Wars films.
- What is the game Star Wars: Trench Run and how can you see it?
- Samuel L. Jackson is still campaigning to appear in Episode VII.
- Katie McGrath, a star on BBC’s Merlin, wants in.
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Posted on Friday, December 14th, 2012 by Angie Han
It’s been a big week for Star Trek Into Darkness news, and it’s still not over. We’ve rounded up a few more updates after the jump:
- Benedict Cumberbatch continues to insist he’s not Khan
- … but Zachary Quinto may have let that detail slip
- Alex Kurtzman talks villains, Damon Lindelof discusses 3D
- Over 40 minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness will be in IMAX
- The stars discuss whether they’ll be back for Star Trek 4 and beyond
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The Star Trek Into Darkness flood gates officially opened this past week, with an announcement trailer, nine-minute IMAX prologue, villain reveal and Bad Robot set visit. Click on each of those links to read our takes on the latest in the Trek universe. But /Film obviously wasn’t the only site paying attention to Trek, and several others culled other all kinds of different information from the stars, footage and more. After the jump:
- Watch a video of J.J. Abrams discussing Benedict Cumberbatch’s character John Harrison
- Watch Benedict Cumberbatch talk about Harrison, the “terrorist.”
- Read what the Star Trek Into Darkness screenwriters had to say about Harrison (see a pattern forming here?)
- Check out my favorite of the multitude of wacky theories concerning Harrison.
- Listen to Chris Pine discuss a possibly love interest in Carol Marcus (Alice Eve).
- Did someone actually photobomb the set of Star Trek Into Darkness?
- Look at one fan’s impressive analysis of the Wrath of Khan homage in the announcement trailer.
- Read a beat by beat description from the full teaser trailer, out next week, and find out when you’ll see the theatrical trailer.
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Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot have released an announcement video or teaser trailer for JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. The one-minute video is a preview for a longer 2-minute trailer, coming next week. Check out the trailer embedded after the jump, and please leave your thoughts in the comments below.
I think this announcement video presents a look at a very much more dark and intense Trek film. Looks like Abrams has gone full-on Empire with the sequel… I’m just hoping JJ remembered the fun of the first film (giant hands…etc). That said, setting excitement meter on high.
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Posted on Friday, November 16th, 2012 by Angie Han
As you head into the weekend, we’ve got a few last sequel-related tidbits to chew on. After the jump:
- Warner Bros. limited The Hobbit‘s 48 fps rollout to “do it right”
- The Hobbit‘s Dori pledges himself to England’s Prince Charles
- Will Breaking Dawn Parts I and II be re-released as one movie?
- Paramount is pushing for Transformers 4 to be set in China
- Keira Knightley says Jack Ryan wraps shooting in December
- Chris Pine has vague comments about Star Trek Into Darkness
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