I’m still pining for a Spy sequel, but director Paul Feig apparently has other plans, and with none other than Universal Pictures for a new project called Dark Army.
The screening will take place in Sony’s Culver City lot in California at a date to be announced while the film will see a general theatrical release on July 15, 2016. Visit the page to pony up and stay tuned for further updates, and a trailer, God willing.
Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency’s most dangerous missions. But when her partner (Jude Law) falls off the grid and another top agent (Jason Statham) is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global disaster.
If there’s one thing that director Paul Feig is proving with newest action comedy, Spy, it’s the danger of underestimating a good thing. The new film starring Melissa McCarthy and action star Jason Statham has already received several upworthy reviews following its SXSW premiere earlier this month, landing this as a considerably entertaining piece of work from the Feig/McCarthy duo in lieu of their forthcoming Ghostbusters prosepcts.
Keep this in mind, should the earlier red and green-band trailers from January have slipped under your radar, as the film just got a new trailer which you can now watch below ahead of its June 5 release. And to say the least, with some cool R-rated action to accommodate, McCarthy doesn’t miss a beat here either.
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Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency’s most dangerous missions. But when her partner (Jude Law) falls off the grid and another top agent (Jason Statham) is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global disaster.
Watch the brand new trailer for #SpyMovie, starring Jason Statham and @MelissaMcCarthy. In theaters 6/5! https://t.co/QHS6DxSrBN
— Spy Movie (@SpytheMovie) March 31, 2015
It took a bit of evolving in the course of a few hours, but the word is that actor Chris Pratt is possibly on deck to join Channing Tatum in their own all-male Ghostbusters film for Tatum to produce for Captain America: The Winter Soldier helmers Anthony and Joe Russo on board to direct with a script by Iron Man 3-scribe Drew Pearce. That film is being reported as one of four universal films conjoined by Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters movie which is releasing in July of next year as both will tie in to a third followed by a fourth in the form a prequel.
These efforts come courtesy of the respective director and co-star of the original, Ivan Reitman and Dan Ackroyd who are now heading what THR cites as a “Ghost Corps” to help write and develop these films over at Sony while they plot a course for all four films. It’s actually funny to be honest; Hours earlier on Monday I was just speaking with my friend Keith Hayward about who the folks at DMG and Valiant would line-up to direct some of their films following their most recent announcement on Sunday night and I threw in the Russos’ as an option not knowing they would make more headlines this week. Silly me.
It took some effort as some of the headlines that were breaking had mildly misrepresented the facts by not mentioning there was a whole cinematic universe in the works a la Avengers, a fact Collider helped make clear via Badass Digest on Monday. Well, aside from last year’s e-mail leaks, at least we now have an update that confirms just what it is we’ll be in for, although I’m personally waiting for what lies ahead for Pratt and the Russos’, including their future with the MCU through 2019, in addition to Tatum’s Marvel debut as Gambit.
As for Sony’s Ghostbusters plans, let’s hope they don’t fall apart like their plans did for Amazing Spider-Man. So many moving pieces… *sigh*
I suppose there’s a reason nowadays that comedic actress Melissa McCarthy is currently being sought for a role in the long-awaited production of the new Ghostbusters film to be directed by Paul Feig. Whatever reason that may be, if you didn’t see it in Bridesmaids back in 2011 or their initial 2013 pairing with actress Sandra Bullock in The Heat, perhaps their latest fish-out-of-water offering in Spy will suit you best.
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