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Your Next Viewing: Marvel’s BLACK WIDOW
What makes a family? No, don’t roll your eyes at me; I am not about to delve into any of those Dom memes (though it would be fitting for this movie). I was lucky enough to go see Black Widow last night in a theater with a small group of friends and while the movie is full of backstory, giggles, and action, there is the underlying theme of family. If you’ve been following the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, then you’ve only known Black Widow as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and an Avenger. We first met her in Iron Man 2 and in the films that followed have heard little of her past, bits she and Barton have reminisced about during fight scenes, snippets she shared with Banner as they were bonding. Black Widow begins way back in 1995 when Natasha was only twelve. The film starts slowly because there is a […]
BLACK WIDOW: Don’t Miss The Final Trailer For The Long-Awaited MCU Spin-Off
So, with Thanos gone, does that mean the good folks at Marvel have gone away after their sprawling escapades on Avengers: Infinity War? …Cue the resounding “Nope!” from the final trailer and poster art for Cate Shortland’s latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow, host to a prequel set before the Phase three finale that will undoubtedly segue into Phase Four of the MCU. If you’ve seen the movies and kept up with title star Scarlett Johansson in the last ten years since Iron Man 2, then you know what the score is and can likely get a good idea of where this film is heading. May 5 is the date, so do what you must and have your tickets handy!
BLACK WIDOW: Scarlett Johansson’s Family Reunion Teases Epic Battles To Come In The First Teaser
Ever since Natasha Romanoff graced the silver screen in 2010 in Iron Man 2 I have wanted to see more of Black Widow. I want to see more of her origins, more of her in action without having to clean up after Captain America or Iron Man, and please what happened in Budapest?! Scarlett Johanseen reprises her role as Black Widow when she finally gets her own film! Here’s the trailer: So what’s the story? While not much has been said about the actual plot, you can tell in the trailer that fans will get to see Black Widow’s non-Avengers family. And while this is her own movie, there are rumors that Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark may make an appearance. According to IMDB, Black Widow is “A film about Natasha Romanoff in her quests between the films Civil War and Infinity War.” Black Widow will be in theaters May […]
Marvel’s BLACK WIDOW Moves Forward With A Director
Australian director Cate Shortland (Lore, Berlin Syndrome) is set to direct Black Widow for actress Scarlett Johnansson to reprise in a second solo outing for female protagonist in the Marvel MCU following next year’s debut of Brie Larson as Captain Marvel. Black Widow, who first hit the pages of Marvel in 1964 as a Russian superspy-turned-heroine with accumulating affiliations in later issues, is being penned by Jac Schaeffer as of back in January. As Borys Kit notes exclusively at The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision column on Thursday, the move marks a milestone push for the studio and for Shortland who reportedly has no industry representation and still managed to land as the favored pick by Johansson. The director is said to have beat out nearly seventy other candidates following a year’s search with a female director being top priority apart from glancing at potential male nominees. Plotwise, Kit states the […]
Jac Schaeffer Tapped To Pen Marvel’s BLACK WINDOW Solo Movie
Eight years since finally hitting the big screen in the early days of Kevin Feige’s MCU conception post Iron Man and its sequel, actress Scarlett Johnansson is now poised for a solo iteration of Marvel heroine, Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow according to the trades this week. Up-and-coming screenwriter Jac Schaeffer is reportedly penning the script based on the superheroine whose “Tales Of Suspense” heyday in 1954 would be the first of decades of apperances in future comics from the mind of Stan Lee and creators Don Rico and Don Heck. As Variety’s latest report checks in over a year since citing possibilities and ongoing discussions, nothing is greenlit as of yet with the film’s current development although the attachment of a writer signals a pivotal move for the character’s life on the big screen following her 2010 debut in Iron Man 2 before becoming a staple in the Captain […]
GHOST IN THE SHELL Gets An Action Packed Final Trailer
Director Rupert Sanders’s Ghost In The Shell continues to sell its stronger points ahead of its release later this week – largely attributed to the stunning visuals and our characters in costume for a pitch that would have any otaku noob believe the film directly pays homage to its animated and manga predecessors. As for whether or not that is the case, I couldn’t tell you. I’ll make my mind up when I see the reviews from the trades but I can’t really wrap my head around some of the changes this film might have made. What’s also confounding is that the director of the 1995 animated movie continues to endorse the film which I’m sure troubles most folks who’ve been vociferous against whitewashing in the wake of this film, a fact further emboldened by a good number of Japanese folks who don’t mind the protagonist having European or Western […]
GHOST IN THE SHELL: New IMAX Poster Shows The Major Going In For The Knockout
Director Rupert Sanders’s new movie, Ghost In The Shell is staking its claim in theaters and in IMAX on March 31, running otherwise with an amalgam of different elements from the popular anime/manga property. For the most part, the slick visuals, stunning and stylish portrayals and designs inspired by Shirow Masumane’s original work and Oshii Mamoru’s treatment thereafter don’t offer much to protest offer and you can get a glimpse of that in a new featurette which released on Tuesday. Apart from that, this, like most other IPs, is a beloved classic, making the idea of adapting it quite a tall order and so reviews still await. Certainly, it would be amazing to see this one rate high among critics as we go into the third month of 2017 and with a staunch rollout of great, thrilling and compelling cinema, and even award-winning. Will Ghost In The Shell be the […]
Scarlett Johansson Will Not Be Controlled In The Second Official GHOST IN THE SHELL Trailer
The latest trailer for Rupert Sanders’s manga/anime adaptation, Ghost In The Shell, finally arrived at the bottom of the weekend following its most recent television spot. It looks pretty solid and lo and behold, I woke up on Monday morning to the usual chorus of boos and cheers – boos, of course, with respect to actress Scarlett Johansson’s casting for the lead role as “The Major”, sans Kusanagi, interestingly. I’m not going to lie though. With at least one trailer and several promos online, the visuals and overall adherance to Shirow Masumane’s IP look greatly approving thusfar, and the second trailer beneath looks nothing short of that. Regardless though, I’m pretty much just waiting for the reviews to start pouring out to see if this is recommendable. Critics are usually pretty scathing no matter how fun or slick a film appears to be, and so I’m pretty confident that moviegoers will […]
See The Major In Action In The First Official GHOST IN THE SHELL Trailer
Long overdue for an explanation good enough to adhere to the protest, the release of live-action manga/anime thriller, Ghost In The Shell, now arrives with its first trailer following a spate of micro teasers and a recent behind-the-scenes look. Undoubtedly this one has an otherwise lush and slick look to it in many of the shots, accompanied by sequences respective to some of the original material. Moreover, the added benefit of Johansson’s familiarity with action roles after six years of playing Black Widow in the Marvel films as well as almost unifying approval via the film’s anime patriarch, Oshii Mamoru, certainly gives the film a voice to stake its claim for its international feature film appeal. It hasn’t been an easy pill to swallow and some have already moved on, though time will tell if minds and hearts will change by then, and if not, then obviously we will know […]
GHOST IN THE SHELL Gets More Micro Teaser Action With New Footage And A Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
Unabashed moviegoers might otherwise take a liking to director Rupert Sanders’s treatment of the hit manga/anime property, Ghost In The Shell. Others, well…not so much; Issues still loom over the one casting decision that highlights the prevalent hitch over Hollywood whitewashing, further discouraging some from even giving the film a second or third thought. That discussion obviously carries some weight and it obviously doesn’t help that prolific anime auteur Oshii Mamoru who adapted Shiro Masumane’s original groundbreaking manga is also endorsing the big budget spectacle against naysayers who feel ignored on the topic of yellowface. Needless to say, this it isn’t deterring the PR people in the least from driving the conversation forward about the film from one news site to the next and the next and so on and on, etc. Having started with a series of five micro teasers aired on television during Mr. Robot back in late […]
Scarlett Johansson On BLACK WIDOW Movie: "A Prequel Is Possible"
It was on the day of the release of Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War that company president, producer Kevin Feige confirmed that discussions were moving upward for a solo Black Widow movie. This week, a segment in Variety‘s Power Of Women issue delves a little further into the discussion for the hopeful film that would finally see actress Scarlett Johansson take on a solo vehicle as have her male cohorts within Avengers. Will there be a standalone Black Widow movie? I would like for it to happen under the right circumstances. I think there’s a lot of opportunity to mine that story line. She’s got a really rich origins story. There’s a lot of places you can go — you can bring it back to Russia. You could explore the Widow program. There’s all kinds of stuff that you could do with it. You could really uncover the identity of […]
Rupert Sanders’s GHOST IN THE SHELL Movie Teases Kusanagi, Self-Discovery And Aramaki At Point Blank Range
Alas, the first footage has finally arrived to promote the Paramount/Dreamworks release of the new sci-fi cyberpunk fantasy, Ghost In The Shell which opens in theaters on March 2017. And so with it, if you’ve been tuning in, returns the elephant in the room – the unnerving contention surrounding the casting with respect to its roots as a Japanese anime, and the ensuing topic of whitewashing Asian characters as per the usual practice of Hollywood. Is it okay? Of course not. That said, if director Rupert Sanders can still manage to fuse a story together for its first-time iteration for the big screen, it’ll be a win, even if it doesn’t fly in the faces of those in protest since there’s still a point to be made. Undoubtedly, lead actress Scarlett Johnansson, front and center as Major Motoko Kusanagi, is usually terrific at what she does on screen, and at […]
Fukushima Rila Joins GHOST IN THE SHELL
Fox It’s been more than a month since the official announcement of production in New Zealand for the forthcoming manga adaptation, Ghost In The Shell. The conversation surrounding it has been immensely heated regarding the topic of diversity in Hollywood and the catalyst, of course, is the casting of actress Scarlett Johansson in the lead role based on Shirow Masamune’s classic manga. Needless to say and regardless of anyone’s opinion, Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures are moving forward on it with director Rupert Sanders at the helm, and a release date stamped for March 31, 2017. Thus, more updates may arise between now and then, while in the meantime we can now share the news via THR that The Wolverine and CW series Arrow co-star, actress Fukushima Rila has been cast in the film, details on her role pending. Based on the internationally-acclaimed sci-fi property, “GHOST IN THE SHELL” follows […]
Marvel Confirms Rumblings Of A BLACK WIDOW Solo Movie
Well it looks like the Marvel Cinematic Universe map is about to change once more as Phase Three takes shape with Captain America: Civil War. It turns out the Marvel’s own Kevin Feige has otherwise confirms that the studio’s eye is on the ball for a Black Widow solo film in which actress Scarlett Johansson would reprise her role. The news comes from Friday’s Deadline interview in which a slew of topics were thrown in the mix regarding Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Spider-Man and other properties and prospects. “…Of the characters that you’ve just mentioned I would say certainly the one creatively and emotionally that we are most committing to doing is black widow.” says Feige, before adding “We think she’s an amazing character. We think Scarlett Johansson’s portrayal of her is amazing. She’s a lead Avenger and has amazing stories in her own right to tell that we think […]
Scarlett Johansson Dons The Kusanagi Look As Cameras Roll For GHOST IN THE SHELL
And so it begins. The production of the upcoming live-action treatment of Ghost In The Shell has commenced in New Zealand. Accordingly, we have our first look at the lead character as portrayed by Marvel franchise actress Scarlett Johansson, and the controversy that will ultimately ensue over a Caucasian actress playing a prominently Japanese role. This will obviously go either way, although hopefully there will be more to this production as things move forward to give us some more optimism. A live-action push for this one was bound to happen eventually and now that it is, granted, we have a good actress on hand, let’s hope this will be enough for fans all around. Fingers crossed! HOLLYWOOD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures have announced that production is underway on “GHOST IN THE SHELL,” starring Scarlett Johansson (“AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON,” “LUCY”) and directed by Rupert Sanders (“SNOW WHITE AND […]
Sam Riley Joins Rupert Sanders's Manga/Anime Adap, GHOST IN THE SHELL
It’s no easy thing to deal with a Hollywood adaptation of a beloved Japanese animated property and such a case includes the latest developments surrounding Snow White & The Huntsman helmer Rupert Sanders’s latest, Ghost In The Shell. The brouhaha hasn’t really settled since actress Scarlett Johansson was cast for the lead role which happens to be Japanese with an associated name based on the classic anime, and with filming set for New Zealand, further casting announcements are being made that stray farther from the Japan setting in the preceding manga and anime. Thus, with Johansson and actor Pilou Asbæk joining in the role of “Borgen”, Variety confirms that actor Sam Riley has been cast to play the main villain. Dreamworks and Paramount are backing and producing the film for its release in March of 2017 with a script by Straight Outta Compton scribe Jonathan Herman. Production starts sometime between January […]
NZ Extras Casting Commences For Dreamworks's GHOST IN THE SHELL
Believe it or not, there’s a petition circulating online for the forthcoming production of Dreamworks’s adaptation of the hit manga and anime, Ghost In The Shell, to recast the lead role currently occupied by actress Scarlett Johansson. Time will tell how far that effort will go as many fans and folks remain keen and aware of the necessity of staying true to certain matters of source material depending on the property, and obviously the casting of a Caucasian actress in the role of a Japanese leading role would be a motivator for almost anyone in that effort. Nonetheless, the Marvel mainstay is still attached as production is set to begin in Wellington, New Zealand in January of 2016, and now a casting call announcement has gone viral via the Rachel Bullock Casting page on Facebook. Snow White And The Huntsman helmer Rupert Sanders is set to direct from a script […]
Director Rupert Sanders’s GHOST IN THE SHELL Gets A Release Date
Actress Scarlett Johansson‘s official listing for the lead role in Disney/Dreamworks’s forthcoming production of the live-action installation for Ghost In The Shell caused quite a stir among fans of the famed anime/manga property, including our own Khalil Barnett in recent weeks. Nevertheless, after at least two names were thrown in, one of those are now in the mix with Snow White And The Huntsman helmer Rupert Sanders to direct, and more updates are to come. As such, Deadline is forwarding the latest on the film’s dated release for April 14, 2017. Based on a script by William Wheeler, Johansson will play a semi-human cybernetically enhanced counter terrorist in a future world where society’s fixation on technological advancements have made it possible for most people to hack their way into virtually anything, anywhere, opening doors to all sorts of intrigue and corruption on a massive scale. In relative news, this summer’s upcoming release […]
TO THE HASHI: Khalil’s Thoughts On Dreamworks’ GHOST IN THE SHELL
A friend of mine said, “Let’s talk about Ghost In The Shell”. Well. I heard recently that Scarlett Johansson is set to play the protagonist Motoko Kusanagi, an elite agent of Section 9, the fictional counter-cyberterrorist public security organization set in a futuristic mid 21st century Japan. The previous actress in talks for the role was Margot Robbie, an Australian thespian that appeared in the film, The Wolf Of Wall Street with Leonardo DiCaprio. I am a big fan of Johansson’s, have been since her performance in Lost In Translation opposite Bill Murray as a recently graduated alumni on a trip to Japan. But what’s interesting about that film is that Johansson’s character was a young woman basically stranded in Tokyo, surrounded by a foreign place replete with alien customs and full of people who spoke a language she couldn’t understand. It’s interesting because this is exactly how I feel […]
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