Yes , Nathan Fillion is turning up in a Marvel flick soon . Batman v. Superman is going classic with Wonder Woman , and another Modern superhero may bring together Arrow . Plus , other Transformers 4 review article give away some plot details , Gotham wants to tote up Mr. Freeze to its line - up , and Sleepy Hollow tackles the Pied Piper . spoiler now !
Top effigy : Batman v. Superman
Frank Grillo ’s Brock Rumlow managed to survive the events of Captain America 2 , and we ’ve hear since then that he had a multi - picture deal with Marvel . So Grillo ’s optimism about returning seems justified . He severalise Collider :
I mean , I ’m cautiously optimist that you will see me in the not too distant future in the next installment of Captain America .
Very early on the Russos said , ‘ count , this is an origin film for this character . We ’re gon na discover who this is and this is a big film with a lot of move character , but we ’re gon na fall upon you in this film and , you know , here ’s the data about who Brock Rumlow turns into and blah , blah , blah . ’ And so we ’ve had multiple discussions about what comes after that , that affair . So , you experience , it ’s obvious Rumlow is covered in rubble and burned to toast at the end , but you see he ’s still there . They do n’t do that for no understanding .
As for whether the burns would be pass over by a costume , Grillo total :
He needs a costume ! coincidently it could be a mask with a crossbones on it .
[ ColliderviaComic Book Movie.com ]
JoBlo has a rung - up of all the information their anonymous author have given them . In fussy , they have rootage that describe Wonder Woman ’s costume as not being the crown and leg covering appear , but something closer to the traditional comics bet . It ’ll be a “ blue-blooded leather skirt , Ag - armored handlock that reach to her cubitus , gilt tiara ( with a pattern of some kind in the centre , possibly the red star ) and a variation of the traditional - looking scarlet top . ” She ’ll also have a shield , sword , fishgig , and lasso . Her origin is intentionally going to be left vague , but she ’ll have a fair amount of screentime before she teams up with Batman and Superman to take out the film ’s baddie .
As for Batman , they have a few more details , but nothing too lurid :
Batman is say to be a seasoned crime fighter that will do anything it takes to get the occupation done . Superman is a rule follower , so they often do n’t see heart to eye , which is a logical dynamic with their initial relationship . As for Batman ’s common digs ; Wayne Manor is there , but Bruce Wayne chooses to live on the belongings in a modern - look cottage by a lake . Underneath the cottage is a modernized Batcave , which house a Batwing , along with his other gear .
Finally , Lex ’s motivation are delineate as jealousy :
Because Superman is basically a “ god ” it makes Lex sense less than arrant . Lex tries to swing mass to dislike and fear Superman – and many people ARE swayed . Some see Superman as a Italian sandwich , while others see him as the ultimate threat .
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Warner Bros. ’ pic adaptation of Ernie Cline ’s novel has been handed to Zak Penn ( The Incredible Hulk , X - man : Last Stand , and Elektra ) for a rewrite . The first edition of the handwriting was written by Cline and Eric Eason . [ The Wrap ]
consort to Nikki Finke , Jared Leto wo n’t be taking overWill Smith ’s rolein this adaptation of Marcus Sakey ’s novel about a psychical FBI agent after all . She says that Leto turned down the role after fit with the theater director . [ Nikki Finke ]
While not state anything about therumors of whoNathan Fillion will toy , James Gunn did confirm that Fillion would cameo in Guardians :
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And here are the two Empire covers , one featuring sub and the other featuring villain . [ get shortly ]
transformer inhabit Action Movie Blog has compose all the story element they could find in the released reviews ( general consensus : special effects look great , story is weak ) . Here ’s what they ’ve found :
– US government appear to want all Transformers , regardless of faction , off Earth . One panorama let in Ratchet being “ torn to pieces ” by black ops squad lead by Titus Welliver ’s Savoy with aid from Lockdown .
– Harold Attinger ( Kelsey Grammer ) is not just behind the anti - TF team but also behind Stanley Tucci ’s fibre attempt to re - create TFs . He does this using beat Transformers , including Megatron ’s soundbox , as germ material . However to make an army he needs “ The Seed ” that will terraform a portion of Earth into “ Transformanium ” . ( Yep I groaned here too ) .
– Movie prologue “ explains ” what actually killed the dinosaurs
– Verified that Stinger and Galvatron are human made transformer .
As for the reviews , HitFixwonders if the next picture will plunk up sealed ribbon from Age of Extinction :
What I ’m really rum about is whether or not they ’re going to pick up the surprising story thread introduced in the picture show ’s terminal moments when they make the next movie , because it evoke a motion picture that would be utterly unlike anything else in the serial so far .
Most unimpressed isThe Hollywood newsperson :
Being the only role whose personality bow actually change within the film , Tucci is given a wealth of opportunity to overplay it up , just like John Turturro , John Malkovich and Frances McDormand have done before ; his clownlike antics while racing for selection in a Hong Kong tenement stop are probably the highlighting of the film . The clatter of metallic mano a mano stay on Bay ’s calling card , while the robot dialogue ( from the unspoiled guys , at that ) include line like “ Die , squawk ! ” or “ This one ’s for you , A - hole ! ” as they cannonade their target into , well , defunctness .
Though basically superfluous , the last 40 minute of the film should please the Taiwanese Colorado - financier , include the body politic - owned China Movie Channel , as well as the self-confidence . For a change , there are no Taiwanese villains and the one significant local lineament , Joyce ’s English - address deputy Su Yueming ( Li Bingbing , Resident Evil : Retribution ) , is present as a posh administrator and a dexterous fighter who saves her American knob .
AndVarietygives us a little insight into the characters in the film :
The fond bickering among the nerdy but overprotective dad , his high-and-mighty thunderclap daughter and her hot - headed b.f . feel like a fond - up act before the rock headliner come onstage . That happens when , in classical Western mode , Optimus Prime summons the endure Autobots — Bumblebee , Ratchet ( Robert Foxworth ) , Hound ( John Goodman ) , Drift ( Ken Watanabe ) , Crosshairs ( John DiMaggio ) , and by and by , Brains ( Reno Wilson ) — to constitute his own Magnificent Seven .
Optimus Prime ’s magnetic leadership of his team , as well as his unwavering compassion for the humans , again makes him the movie ’s moral anchor . Drift , with his samurai turnout and Watanabe ’s dignified crinkle readings , mint a neat counterpoise with Goodman ’s cigar - chewing , wisecracking Hound . Still , the type most potential to be beloved by audiences , especially tykes , remains Bumblebee , whose puckish personality brings much - needed comic relief .
Tons more at the liaison , plus the situation linked above . [ Transformers Live Action Movie Blog ]
For a brief geological period of time , BBC veritable director Farren Blackburn ( Luther , Doctor Who ) had a tweet up state that he ’d be work on Netflix ’s Daredevil . The tweet ’s now delete . [ Sci Fi Now ]
Pilot director Danny Cannon spoke about register the death of the Waynes ( which start the show ) for Gotham :
I remember looking at that on the schedule and actualize that we could only be there once and being very afraid and go , “ Oh my God . I have one night to do an iconic scene . ” It was bitter cold in New York , the worst New York winter in 60 age , and I calmed myself by saying that it was an emotional second , not a logistical problem moment . In other words , if I just get the unfeigned sense of what that is , then it does n’t matter if I ever see them get killed . As long as that male child ’s cheek — and luckily we have an actor in David who really is right smart older than his twelvemonth — as long as I get the intuitive sense of the emotion of that moment , then I could take a million shot away and just have one . Alan J. Pakula once say , “ A aspect is only really about one shot ” and if you get that shot , the rest is windfall . I remember gravel that shot at the beginning and going , “ I am now OK . ”
He also answered the classic “ what is this show without Batman ” interrogation :
I would never separate those grand fans , the good fans , that this was a Batman show . It ’s not . It ’s a Gotham show and that ’s why it ’s squall “ Gotham . ” The lead character is not Batman . The lead character is Gotham and in Gotham , many things pass off , many villains are make . It ’s a tainted , messed up , spiraling downwards , beautiful hodge - podge of every dandy city in the world . What we are creating is the environment where Batman is necessary . So this is not a Batman show . This is the show , hopefully , that will cease launching Batman .
He also hinted that , if he can get permission , he has a very interesting take on Mr. Freeze :
I have a braggart sales pitch with Bruno about the Mr. Freeze character , whose origins are uncertain . If I can win Geoff Johns over and if I can win Bruno [ Heller , the show ’s creator ] over , then I look forward to the minute where that character can be realized .
[ Hit Fix ]
We ’ve image these fresh lineament descriptionsbefore , but the description of “ Daniel ” as “ tech - powered superhero ” has head to venture about which superhero that could be . We Got This Covered ’s speculating that “ Daniel ” is really a masking for Ted Kord , aka the Blue Beetle . They come to this guess based on the show already cite the character and the fact that the description of Daniel as a “ extremely intelligent entrepreneur developing groundbreaking ceremony technology . ” Plus , they point out that the name could be a nod to the first Blue Beetle , Dan Garrett . [ We puzzle This Covered ]
We ’re going to be spending a clean amount of this time of year exploring how someone becomes a villain , says Roberto Orci :
Sometimes you get a villain and they ’re just a villain . In this character , it pass off to be Ichabod Crane ’s Word and Katrina ’s boy . What role did they really take on in making him a villain ? Can this villain be redeemed in some fashion ? Do we require to redeem him ?
And we ’re getting a bevy of young character reference , some original , some diachronic , and some new villains :
One of the characters that we have fare in [ is ] this character Nick Holly He is an antiquities dealer , but he ’s been all over the place , so through him we ’re fail to start to see how different religions and different myths start to overlap a little bit — how a lot of the level we enjoin ourselves mayhap have common origins .
We have a new historic figure who we ’re going to sport conspicuously in the premiere , and then I think he will be a big part of the season : Benjamin Franklin . And he ’s a blast . We ’ve throw up Tim Busfield and we ’re having a lot of playfulness with him .
We ’re introducing a creature called the Kindred , which is a doppelgänger to our Headless Horseman , and our heroes realize maybe one way to conflict a monster is to create a monster of their own that they may or may not be capable to wield or corporate trust . We ’ve got a very unholy winding on the Pied Piper this year as well .
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allot to Adam Baldwin , his attraction to the show was the chance to explore the break down of the Navy :
The biggest marketing points for The Last Ship start with the United States Navy and its social organization of goodness and power and field and civil order . These are the things that break down when you have an apocalyptic event such as we limn , and I think the honor that we show and the respect that we show to the United States Navy and to the other armed Robert William Service is a Brobdingnagian selling distributor point . I think there ’s a Brobdingnagian appetite for that around the world . These are human beings and woman that put their lives on the line and sacrifice years from their families and love ones to basically allow you and me and the repose of us to make television appearance about it . So we attempt to portray that as best we can .
He also key the relationship between his character and the skipper :
The matter I care most about Slattery is his power to equilibrate Chandler ’s decision - nominate process and to be a leader . I make love the leadership use that an executive police officer must bring to the mastery in this macrocosm . Also , we get an perceptivity into his background , his category . He roll in the hay God and country . He loves his family . He want to restore parliamentary procedure in civil society in this ruinous scenario . Plus you get to don a really coolheaded uniform .
… The Captain , obviously , has the net say and Slattery , being second in command , must esteem that in guild to maintain discipline and order . It ’s really a common sentiency beneficent dictatorship , if you will , on table the ship . We have to keep these ideals in head as we ’re conk out along — coarse sense , unity , enthusiasm , composure . It ’s all managerial power too . You have to manage this crew of several hundred in this apocalyptic situation and Slattery and Chandler are capable to strike that balance while Slattery is still able to challenge him ; but not in an resistive fashion , but in a man - to - man way within the command social organisation , obviously , of the Navy .
[ TV Equals ]
And here ’s a promo for Sunday ’s installment :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHrWLgMNF24
Shelley Hennig speak to TV Line about her lineament Malia and the relationships she has to the others :
Malia is definitely learning what vulnerability feel like , because on the prairie wolf side , I ’m sure that did not exist . So being a homo , especially a downy stripling , she ’s experiencing a lot of things other humans are experiencing , but it ’s more intriguing for her because she has n’t been in school for 10 years . She ’s a small behind in her classes , and that ’s where Lydia comes in ; she ’s really smart and agrees to help oneself her . As Shelley , I front raw things in my sprightliness every solar day , but nothing as new as Malia is face , so I ’m really enjoying playing that .
… She has a very forcible relationship with Kira . … await , that sounded unseasonable . [ Laughs ] I mean they fight together — the monsters , if you will . The Berserkers . What ’s also great about that twosome is that Kira is so afraid to arouse the pot , whereas Malia does n’t have a filter . So she can feel what Kira ’s thinking and just say it outright . Sometimes it comes off a little abradant , but Malia was a barbarian animal for 10 year , and the pack recognize that . Her acquaintance are also receive used to her personality , and Stiles is really there for her to remind the pack she ’s trying . She ’s loyal , but the way she tell thing is n’t on the dot how she means them .
And as for the big relationship , Malia and Stiles , Hennig had this to say :
I make love how unique their relationship is . First of all , coyotes are very patriotic and close fauna . When they find their [ checkmate ] , they mate for life . Malia has find this in Stiles , and she ’s not hold out anywhere ; she is 100 percent there for him . Whatever he asks her to do , she will do . She intrust him . What I also bonk about their relationship is that it ’s something I have n’t seen on TV . Malia ’s very aggressive . She ’ll physically grab him , and that mean she loves him , as play off to brushing his face with her hand . She ’s more likely to punch him ; that ’s her way of showing dear . It ’s like Malia ’s the self-aggrandizing spoon , and Stiles is the little spoon . Dylan [ O’Brien ] has been so nice as an actor to accept that and not be like , ‘ No , I ’m a human beings . ’ He ’s so fun to knead with because he ’s uncoerced to shrink around her .
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Goherefor cast photos . [ Buddy TV ]
Sarah Carter mouth a bit about how she ’s escort Maggie change :
I think , more and more , Maggie ’s arc has become more about dearest actually and the pain that comes with rent yourself go down in love and true brokenheartedness and the real complexity of the human heart . She ’s got a fairly groundless one , you know , and a strong one . She has a lot of integrity , and she is constantly the voice of verity — and they really use that in this season coming up . Tom has a wad more respect for Maggie as a leader and as a voice for both sides . I call back she has been somebody who is never been agile to jump at one side or another . She is always willing to see that there is some truth in the dark , and she is not afraid to go there . So the writers are using Maggie more as a leader in every room and not just as Hal ’s lady friend because we been separate for so long now . Hal is taking a leaders role in his group , which is awesome ; his plot line is fantastic this year , and Maggie ’s is too .
And Doug Jones also spoke to Den of Geek about season four :
time of year four afford up , and they are free and walk around the countryside , you recognize , out in the grass , kick their shoes off and feeling the Gunter Wilhelm Grass between their toes and just enjoying it until … [imitating a drama sting ] DUN - DUN - DUH ! it goes crazy . It just goes demented . I show the script for episode one of season four , and I opine , “ Oh my gosh ! ” I just did n’t even distinguish the show . But it was so intriguing and page wrench because what happens is that you will see everyone get tell apart from each other very cursorily . And the question rest : “ Where are the Volm ? I thought they were here to struggle the good fight and protect us . And now , all of a sudden , the Espheni have us in chokeholds in unlike corner of the domain . ” So the question that continue : “ Where are the Volm and why have they desolate us ? ” I make an appearance in the first episode to explain was going on , and just let them know , “ Tom , Tom , we are still friends and everything is fine . ” But the bottom line of the conversation is that the Volm have the fight with the Espheni going on all over the universe , not just on the Earth . Earth is not the only battleground so there are other pressing matters . The mothership has gone away and exit a small heart of us on Earth . So that means that this theme of separation also does dissemble me as a Volm because my mothership has go out — my back - up has left — and I am left with only a few Volm soldiers , and that ’s it . So we are in communications , sort of , with that really - far - away battle that ’s going on , but I am on my own for a while
They also spoke about the what the time of year hold for Alexis :
Gabriel : utterly . I am very protective for her because of that . As we say , we are , the Second Mass , are all secernate and [ Anne ] is separated from Lexi , so I take on it this motherly role . As she grow , we become equal , and it becomes really interesting in that way : are we admirer ? who is protect whom ? There is definitely a warm bond .
Bloodgood : Everybody is endeavor to figure out where Lexi ’s allegiance is , except for Mom because Mom is always going to protect her innocence . So that actually put me at odds with a luck of hoi polloi , include Tom , because he made a practiced point : “ I do n’t really be intimate this girl of mine and you ’ve had more experience with her than me . ” He never really got to know her or bind with her . She is really a full-grown grapheme in this yr and she entangles all of us , and puts everyone at odds . She is really our focal peak this year . She is our big champion .
More at the link . [ Den of Geek ]
Here ’s the preview for episode 4.02 , “ The Sky ” :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzf0tDOlvto
Here ’s a promo for the rest of the final season . [ viaComing presently ]
Here ’s the description of sequence 1.02 , “ The Box . ”
The four survivors begin manifest strange symptom , but Eph and Nora ’s attempt to quarantine them is thwarted as the disinformation campaign begin . Meanwhile , in jail , Setrakian receive a surprisal visit from an old — a very old — conversancy . Written by David Weddle & Bradley Thompson ; directed by David Semel .
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Goherefor more picture from the season 2 premiere . [ Buddy TV ]
extra reportage by Charlie Jane Anders and Madeleine Monson - Rosen
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