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DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES Unleashes Buzzworthy Final Trailer

I’m actually surprised and humbed at this point with the buzz being received by film duo Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley following their SXSW premiere of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. That’s no BS either apart from the buzz quotes being used in the final trailer now online for the Paramount Pictures release opening next week. Admittedly, I wasn’t sure of how all the big and fantastical spectacle would bode with moviegoers what with the prominence of superhero fandom and its creeping fatigue now made just a little clearer WB’s Shazam sequel. Yeah, I’m still a little unsure, but if the buzz tracks and general viewer reactions match, at least we’ll know either way that this film’s success was deserved.

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WONDER WOMAN 2 Hails Gal Gadot And Chris Pine In A New Era With New Foes As Cameras Roll For A 2019 Release

Warner Bros. Pictures has undergone a bit of a facelift behind the scenes in the last several months following recent questionable results with its DCEU films. Thankfully all else continues with Patty Jenkins moving forward with the production of Wonder Woman 2 just as Gal Gadot rejoins actor Chris Pine from the original film and which may take some explaining for fans otherwise not knowing of the source material. I’m sure not so… color me intrigued, pictures and deets below notwithstanding (click for larger viewing).

BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds her facing an all-new foe: The Cheetah. Principal photography is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ follow up to the Super Hero’s first outing, last summer’s record-breaking “Wonder Woman,” which took in $822 million at the worldwide box office.

“Wonder Woman 1984” will also be helmed by acclaimed director Patty Jenkins, and star Gal Gadot in the title role. As previously announced, the film also stars Kristen Wiig in the role of the Super-Villain The Cheetah, as well as Pedro Pascal. And Chris Pine returns as Steve Trevor.

Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, Patty Jenkins, Stephen Jones and Gal Gadot are producing the film. Rebecca Roven Oakley, Richard Suckle, Wesley Coller, Geoff Johns and Walter Hamada are the executive producers.

Joining her behind the scenes are several members of Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman” team, including director of photography Matthew Jensen, Oscar-nominated production designer Aline Bonetto (“Amélie”), and Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming (“Topsy-Turvy”). Oscar-nominated editor Richard Pearson (“United 93”) will cut the film.

Production will take place in Washington, D.C., Alexandria, Virginia, and in the UK, Spain and the Canary Islands.

Set to open in theaters November 1, 2019, “Wonder Woman 1984” is based on the character created by William Moulton Marston, appearing in comic books published by DC Entertainment. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

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David McKenzie’s OUTLAW KING Casts Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Douglas is a storied figure in Scottish history, and from what I’m reading, it’s hard to imagine Robert the Bruce would have succeeded in beating back England King Edward I’s armies if he didn’t have Douglas as his right-hand man. The son of the first noble to support William Wallace when the figure memorialized in Braveheartfomented the first movement toward independence from the English, Douglas saw his father’s lands given away, and after being denied them by the English king, he joined Robert the Bruce as an outcast properly motivated to avenge his loss. Together, they learned guerrilla fighting tactics that led to years of surprise attacks, sacked castles and, finally, independence. 

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A WRINKLE IN TIME Presents An Epic First Trailer For Ava DuVernay's New Sci-Fi Fantasy Adventure

Ava DuVernay’s forthcoming novel adaptation, A Wrinkle In Time, is opening next year in March from Walt Disney Pictures. I didn’t pay any mind to this at first but this looks actually like a pleasant thrillride for the family adventure crowd and I’m pretty happy to see this director sticking around.

The film is based on Madeleine L’Engle’s classic book which sees a young girl who sets out to rescue her father. The story reportedly stretches across dimensions of time and space and dimensions of darkness and light and ultimately…well, other things beyond my instinctive understanding since I haven’t read the book myself but all I know is that this one deserves some support when it hits theaters.

DuVernay directs from a screenplay by Jennifer Lee and stars Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Peňa, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe, André Holland, Rowan Blanchard with Zach Galifianakis and Chris Pine and introduces Storm Reid.

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WONDER WOMAN Lands An Action Packed Final Trailer

Notwithstanding the qustions regarding the lax markering of Warner Bros.’s latest DCU outing, Wonder Woman, I’d say the studio is doing a fine job of letting everyone else do their work – inadvertantly or other. Apart from that, we now have a final trailer airing online as of late Sunday…I was in bed and frankly I don’t know what the deal is with these late evening trailers.

Ah well, at any rate the latest trailer invites fans to catch Gal Gadot in the title role opposite Spanish actress Elena Anaya debuting DC villainess, Doctor Poison. Chris Pine, Robin Wright and Danny Huston also star with Patty Jenkins at the helm, lending a bit more to the plot than some of the regular fish-out-of-water comedy bits like Gal fashioning some kick-friendly threads and trying to maneuver around town with a sword in her hand and so on… yeah I’m already sold but hopefully the timing will bode well for the film itself ahead of its June 2 release.

The studio still has a lot to accomplish in matching the pacing and output of Marvel’s big screen titles and after the critical blunder that Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice and Suicide Squad took last year despite the millions both rolled in, it’s clear that the wiggle room to fumble at WB is decreasing a bit. Gadot has pretty much earned her place in action stardom with this one after starring in three Fast And Furious films for Universal, but this one still needs to be a commercial hit, as well as critical. Stay the course as they may, but there’s work to be done.

Check out the trailer below!

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ALL THE OLD KNIVES Sharpens Its Cast With Chris Pine And Michelle Williams

Spy thriller, All The Old Knives reads something pretty fierce as it moves toward production with The Theory Of Everything helmer James Marsh negotiating to direct. As for casting, news has actor Chris Pine (Star Trek) and actress Michelle Williams (Manchester By The Sea) reportedly in talks to lead the film based on the 2015 novel of the same name by “The Tourist” author Olen Steinhauer who also wrote the script.

Set in the idyllic town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, ex-lovers Henry and Celia – one CIA former and the other current, whose dinner date may end up being more than just a nostalgic rendezvous in the wake of a conspiracy stemming from the fatal hijacking of Royal Jordanian Flight 127 in which all on board ended up killed, and with Henry searching for answers.

Nick Wechsler and Chockstone Pictures’s own Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz are producing with Roger Schwartz co-producing. Mark Gordon and Matt Jackson will executive produce under Gordon’s banner, Mark Gordon Company, with Sara Smith overseeing.

The Mark Gordon Company and eOne are financing the film with eOne handling distribution in its own territories apart from Sierra/Affinity’s own international releases. CAA and WME co-represent the film’s domestic distribution rights. (H/T: Variety)

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Prepare For The New TV Spot For JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT

Paramount Pictures unveiled a new TV spot for actor and director Kenneth Branagh‘s new film, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, which you can view above. Currently tapped for a January 17, 2014 2D and IMAX release, the new film was written by David Koepp and stars Branagh opposite Chris Pine in the title role, along with Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Peter Andersson, David Paymer, Gemma Chan and Colm Feore.

Be sure to check out several recently released IMAX character posters below in addition to the poster featuring Costner which you can view by CLICKING HERE.

SYNOPSIS:

Based on the character created by bestselling author Tom Clancy, “Jack Ryan” is a global action thriller set in the present day.  This original story follow a young Jack (Chris Pine) as he uncovers a financial terrorist plot. 

The story follows him from 9/11, through his tour of duty in Afghanistan, which scarred him forever, and into his early days in the Financial Intelligence Unit of the modern CIA where he becomes an analyst, under the guardianship of his handler, Harper (Kevin Costner).  When Ryan believes he’s uncovered a Russian plot to collapse the United States economy, he goes from being an analyst to becoming a spy and must fight to save his own life and those of countless others, while also trying to protect the thing that’s more important to him than anything, his relationship with his fiancée Cathy (Keira Knightley).

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A Spy Is Activated In A New Megaclip From JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT

Yahoo! Movies unveiled a new megaclip from Paramount Pictures’ upcoming action spy thriller, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. The new clip shows lead actor Chris Pine with scene details depicting Pine as Ryan as he is checks in at a hotel where he is eventually infiltrated by a hit man played by Game Of Thrones actor Nonso Anozie.

“That particular scene was hard because you have to fight in such an intimate space.“, Pine told Yahoo at a recent press event. “Nonso, the guy who plays the bodyguard Embee, is such a big dude and I’m not a big dude,”. Pine continued his description of the scene stating “It was careful choreography and the floor was slippery and I ended up breaking my finger in that scene. You play through it and figure out a way to collapse onto the bigger fellow and hide your arm. It all worked out.”

The scene also features actor Kevin Costner who plays an old CIA vet and Ryan’s “handler” and mentor who prepares him for his work in the field. Costner was recently featured in a new IMAX character poster which you can view below, in addition to a new international Japanese poster for the film. 

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit releases worldwide between January and March with a North American date set for January 17, 2014, and also stars Keira Knightley, Peter Andersson, David Paymer, Gemma Chan and Colm Feore. The film is based on the work of late author Tom Clancy, written for the screen by David Koepp and is directed by Kenneth Banagh who also stars as the villain.

SYNOPSIS:

In a story taking place prior to the original Jack Ryan stories, Ryan is a young stockbroker working for a billionaire in Moscow before joining the CIA. When the billionaire he is advising frames him for a terrorist plot and kidnaps his wife, Ryan must race against time to clear his name, stop the plot, and save his wife.

H/T: Yahoo! Movies, Fansided, City On Fire

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