David Fincher’s newest effort now arrives with an official trailer for The Killer. Michael Fassbender stars in the film adapted from Alexis “Matz” Nolent and artist Luc Jacamon’s 1998 graphic novel with a script by Se7en scribe Andrew Kevin Walker.
Soon to stake his claim in Kung Fury 2: The Movie, actor Michael Fassbender is officially tapped to star in another hopeful franchise outing, Malko. The project is officially housed at Lionsgate as of Tuesday with the studio further acquiring the rights to Gerard de Villier’s string of best-selling espionage thrillers titled S.A.S., from which de Villier’s 1973 publication, Checkpoint Charlie, has been chosen first on the studio’s menu.
While it’ll be a bit of a wait until Marvel brings the X-Men back to the big screen following Disney’s acquisition of all things 20th Century Fox, Simon Kinberg is still carrying the torch for the franchise with its current finale, Dark Phoenix, arriving on June 7. The final trailer is online with Sophie Turner back in the spotlight for a second outing as the troubled coming-of-age telepath.
Kung Fury 2: The Movie is set in 1985, the best year ever. Miami is kept safe under the watchful eye of Kung Fury, the greatest damn cop of all time. His Thundercops are the ultimate police force assembled from across history to defeat the villainous Kung Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler. After the tragic death of one of their members causes the group to disband, a mysterious villain emerges from the shadows to aid in the Fuhrer’s quest to attain the ultimate weapon. Kung Fury must travel through space and time to save his friends, defend the prestigious Miami Kung Fu Academy, and defeat evil once and for all.
It was on Sunday that actor, producer and filmmaker David Sandberg teased forthcoming announcements for the long-awaited sequel, Kung Fury 2: The Movie. His social media posts on Twitter and Instagram featured conceptual artwork by Ivan Reiss, Marcelo Maiolo, Josan Gonzales, and Alexis Ziritt along with mentions of certain producers now tied to official trade news confirmed as of Monday about the upcoming summer shoot.
Word has it that Michael Fassbender is joining the film in an undisclosed role along with actor David Hasselhoff who sang the theme to the 2015 shortfilm that successfully blew past its Kickstarter goals a few years earlier, now with more than 40 million views in its wake before confirming a feature film effort in summer of 2016. Bloom is handling international sales at EFM this week with Endeavor Content and CAA repping North America.
Taking its myriad cues from ultra-lit 1980s cult fantasy fervor, Sandberg leads the intial short as Kung Fury, a hard-edged Miami cop imbued with the powers of kung fu and forced to fight his way from the Viking Age and back to the future to kill Adolf Hitler once and for all. The sequel, Kung Fury 2: The Movie, sets in 1985 and sees our hero traveling time and space to reunite Miami’s ultimate police force, The Thundercops, and working through tragedy to save his friends and defend the prestigious Miami Kung Fu Academy from Hitler and the mystery villain aiding him.
Sandberg is producing via his Laser Unicorns label with Fassbender next to It producers David Katzenberg, Seth Grahame-Smith at KatzSmith Productions with Aaron Schmidt. Also producing are Philip Westgren of B-Reel Films and Conor McCaughan with Pelle Strandberg executive producing on behalf of Laser Unicorns.
Actor Michael Fassbender’s latest, The Snowman, is heading to theaters October 20. Director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), sits at the helm for this one inspired by the seventh installment ot Norwegian author Jo Nesbø’s hit Harry Hole book series and with none other than Fassbender leading point.
I don’t have much of an opinion on director Justin Kurzel’s latest live-action video game film treatment, Assassin’s Creed. Really, I’m just looking forward to the film, although I am fascinated by the prospect of deciphering between what shots are practical and CG-generated with a blue screen, as quite a few of these stunts were captured on set video in earlier BTS clips.
Point in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were all at their most practical in capacity. The internet is ripe with freerunning videos full of practically-performed, raw and death-defying stuntwork and there’s no question that the team on this film has done its fair share of dynamic stuntwork in this regard. This, coupled with the starpower of actor Michael Fassbender and the popularity of the game franchise itself could really bring something fun and a worthwhile milestone for parkour in mainstream film and TV.
SYNOPSIS:
Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.
With just a little over two months left before its theatrical release, the second official trailer is out as well as the newest poster. Peep it all below!
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Paddy Considine, David Thewlis, Sean Harris, Jack Reynor and Elizabeth Debicki also star for the film’s UK release on October 2, 2015 from Studiocanal. Check out the teaser trailer below!
H/T: Gamespot
X-Men: Days Of Future Past is set to make its way around the world pretty soon, and to mark the occasion, actors Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman and James McAvoy, announced they and other select members of the cast will be launching the X-Men X-Perience, traveling around the world in select territories where other premieres will be held.
The film drops in North America on May 23, and with any luck, fans in Japan will get to be a part of said X-Perience when the film opens a week later. As such, we have a new Japanese trailer for the film, in addition to the X-Men X-Perience announcement. Check them out!
SYNOPSIS:
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The beloved characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class, in an epic battle that must change the past to save our future.
H/T: CBM
Straight and to the point: I’m pretty sure that events within the last twelve hours or so may not be dimming away the serious, bitter reality that director Bryan Singer is facing right now with a pending lawsuit regarding an alleged incident in 1999. As such, with regard to the fate of X-Men: Apocalypse, indeed, the future is left unwritten.
Nonetheless, we still have an exciting movie to look forward to in the May 23 release of X-Men: Days Of Future Past, and there’s no need to punish the studio or the actors. I’m still looking forward to this movie and supporting what comes of this really epic story that has kept filmgoers in seats since 2000. So we’ll see what happens with Singer and what will be said and done in the days and months ahead about his situation while I wish all parties involved the best of luck. In the meantime, we have two new featurettes to check out for X-Men: Days Of Futute Past.
Check them out below.
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