George Miller Plans Mad Max Sequels
George Miller is already unsurprisingly in talks with Warner Bros. to make at least one follow up to the surprisingly good Mad Max reboot starring Tom Hardy as rugged post-apocalyptic road warrior Max Rockatansky. Miller has revealed that he is in talks with Warner Bros about adapting at least one of two potential scripts he already has prepared.
“After Fury Road was delayed we had dug down deep into the backstory, not only of the characters, but of every vehicle. How the steering wheels became religious artifacts, and things like that. So we ended up with two scripts, without really trying. We’re talking to the studio about it as we speak, but which one of the two stories will happen next, I’m not so sure.”
It’s hardly a surprise given the overwhelming positive critical response and solid global box office performance that the studio are eager to give Miller and Hardy another joy ride in the desert. Whether or not Charlize Theron’s scene stealing Furiosa returns is another less certain proposition.
Four Transformers Sequels Planned
Having hauled in over a billion dollars with Transformers: Age of Extinction Paramount now has a ten year plan for continuing the lucrative franchise until Optimus Prime turns to rust. Transformers 5 was already in development, but now Transformers 6,7 and 8 are also being plotted. The studio is even exploring plans for additional spin-offs.
Steven J. Davis the head of Transformers toy manufacturers Hasbro had this to say about the news.
“We just finished an incredible experience, We decided that we wanted to plot out the next ten years of the Transformers franchise.”
Academy award winner Akiva Goldsman has apparently been guiding a huge team of writers on a three month mission to plot of the future of the brand. That team apparently includes Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down); Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead); Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man); Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk);Christina Hodson (Shut In); Lindsay Beer (the developing Short Circuit remake); Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Haunt); Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2); Steven DeKnight (Daredevil); and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.
As Davis makes clear
“They plotted out the next ten years of Transformers. Similarly, we are doing the same in television and in digital. So stay tuned, Transformers 5 is on its way, and 6 and 7 and 8.”
Transformers 5 will be arriving in cinemas in 2017, giving fans a first taste of what they an expect for a decade of intergalactic robotic civil war.
Dark Shadows Writer Directing The Flash
Warner Bros has confirmed that Dark Shadows and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter writer Seth Grahame-Smith will make his directing debut with the The Flash. He will also be at least partly responsible for writing the project after the studio recently had Lego movie duo Phil Lord and Chis Miller produce a treatment for the movie. The trio are also currently working on a lego batman movie together.
The film is set for release in march 2018 with Ezra Miller set to play fastest man alive Barry Allen. Dc has already had considerable success with the character in the tv series currently tied into their ever expanding small screen universe. The show interconnects with Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.
It will be interesting to see how armed with bigger budget the movie seeks to surpass the high production values of the series. The studio will certainly be hoping that the film will prove more successful than past disastrous DC Adaptations like Green Lantern.
Bridge Of Spies World Premiere Pictures
BRIDGE OF SPIES, the latest collaboration from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, received a standing ovation last night at the film’s World Premiere at the New York Film Festival, and Twentieth Century Fox is delighted to share a selection of images from the event.
Filmmakers and cast in attendance at the premiere included Steven Spielberg (with Kate Capshaw), Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan, Mark Rylance (with Claire Van Kampen), Sebastian Koch, Eve Hewson, Alan Alda, Austin Stowell (with Nina Dobrev) and Screenwriter Matt Charman. Guests included Ed Burns and Christy Turlington, Jessica Capshaw and Sasha Spielberg.
Gallery of Images from the World Premiere Below:
Back To The Future II Pepsi Perfect Released
From 21st October Pepsi will join the growing list of companies cashing in on fan enthusiasm for the Back To The Future franchise by making a limited release of Pepsi Perfect, the fictitious future cola of choice featured in the 1989 Robert Zemeckis time travelling classic.
Pepsi are releasing a limited edition of 6,500 bottles which will be available for about $20 each online or at promotional events at the New York Comic Con.
Fake advert below for the expensive movie themed beverage: