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MODERNLY RETRO: “THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.” UPDATES THE PAST FOR THE PRESENT

ontrary to what so-called “scientists” might claim, the past is not a static thing. It’s changing all the time, and not just because Google’s new Alphabet rigamarole is a cover-up for the debut of commercially available time travel. The past exists only insofar as the people of the present document and perceive it, and so the significance of bygone eras becomes even more elastic as the years between then and now add up. As tastes shift, social attitudes change, and new information makes itself known, so too do the supposedly unchanging events of the past paradoxically change. The biggest, easiest example might be the estimation of American slavery in the imagination of 1900 (a simpler, more innocent and financially lucrative time) versus the imagination of 2000 (a systematic genocide marked by suffering, indignity, and cruelty). The efficacy of film in accurately replicating lost historical milieus can vary wildly, but it is consistently dependable when it comes to reproducing the milieu of its own creation. Even when a film may be set decades earlier, it’s still suffused with the spirit of its own present; the early-‘40s antebellum south of Gone With The Wind bears little resemblance to the plantations of 12 Years A Slave, because audiences in the year 2013 knew better than to expect a glossy tale of love and passion starring the perpetrators of such abject horrors.

Guy Ritchie’s latest collection of action setpieces remakes the seminal ‘60s spy program The Man From U.N.C.L.E. for audiences in the modern era. But instead of modernizing the concept — maybe a wisecracking Navy SEAL teams up with a quiet, intense agent on loan from a Middle East-

ern insurgency — the film chooses to modernize the past. Ritchie’s take on the original property emphasizes sheen and slickness at every turn and in doing so, he unmistakably outs it as a product of the 2010s. Strictly speaking, very little happens in Ritchie’s U.N.C.L.E. Henry Cavill’s unflappable agent Napoleon Solo teams with Armie Hammer as Soviet asset Illya Kuryakin during the height of the Cold War years to topple a graver international threat (The Great Gatsby’s Elizabeth Debicki has access to a MacGuffin-class atomic weapon). Alicia Vikander joins them as the head bomb scientist’s daughter—providing a lead as to where the nuke might be headed —but isn’t allowed to do much else. They catch the baddie, obviously, and that’s really all there is to it. Ritchie rightfully expects the easy rapport between his male leads to provide him with the same box-office clout that launched his last buddy flick, 2009’s Sherlock Holmes, to box-office dominance. U.N.C.L.E. is one hundred percent surface, and that highgloss finish betrays the odd little temporal dissonance in the film. Sometimes, this vibe comes across through means as superficial as the film itself; Alicia Vikander’s signature wardrobe item is an oversized pair of white sunglasses, the exact accessory vaguely present in the ‘60s and held up as an icon of retro cool today. Another formal highlight of the film is its snappy, jazzy soundtrack, marrying anachronistic gems with Daniel Pemberton’s original score. Cuts such as Edwin Starr’s “Funky Music Sho’ Nuff Turns Me On” and Tom Zé’s “Jimmy, Renda-se” wouldn’t be released until 1971 and 1970, respectively, but because they still manage to capture that distinctly old-timey feel, in they go. Pember-

ton’s score, too, bridges this temporal gap. His liberal use of jazz flute is one of the film’s more memorable aspects, and arrives connoted with cultural meaning as well. Though jazz flute was certainly present in the genre (some compositions for flute date back as far as the ‘20s and ‘30s) it wouldn’t truly become popular until the later ‘60s and early ‘70s, and even then, it was still a regular object of mockery. May we all remember the words of the wise Christina Applegate in Anchorman: “Jazz flute is for little fairy boys.” To the modern listener, most likely unhip to the fraught politics of jazz flute, it’s another cool streak of old-fashioned pizzazz. In actuality, it’s a nostalgia trip into a past that the present has created

About the ‘60s”.) It’s merely an observation of a curious phenomenon, an illuminating anti-verisimilitude that acts as a snapshot of the present day through our engagement with the past. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is a historical film, but not for the swinging sixties. By virtue of having been made here, today, now, it is a historical film of the present day. No matter what groovy ‘tudes Ritchie may try to infuse his film with, he can’t change the fact that he’s a filmmaker using 2015’s technology to make a film for a 2015 audience. In subtle, barely conscious ways, that now permeates the film’s then. In this respect, regardless of when it may be set, every film is a historical film, acting as a time capsule for its own modernity.

Beyond simple aesthetics, the general methods through which Ritchie doles out action reflect the present zeitgeist. As is de rigeur with Ritchie, he revels in pure kinetics, keeping his camera crammed in his actors’ faces as they smash one another through stall doors, sinks, onto the floor. In the ‘60s, Hollywood didn’t have the requisite technology for highly mobile, visceral camerawork as Ritchie displays here. In his most effective spectacle, Ritchie allows Cavill to hang back and enjoy lunch while Hammer dispatches their enemies — the tussle only seen through fleeting glimpses in a windshield’s reflection. It’s a background gag nested in the foreground, a clever trick that’s in vogue. (Think back to last summer, and Groot’s background disassembly of the prison’s center console in Guardians Of The Galaxy.) None of these observations are intended as negative criticisms, mind you. (God help the content-aggregators who retitle this “What The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Gets Wrong

n this day and age, where studios view every film as a potential franchise starter, it shouldn’t surprise me when I hear about an unexpected sequel. Still, every time there’s news about a new Underworld movie my first reaction is, “Really?” Well, Underworld 5, also known asUnderworld: Next Generation, is indeed happening, and it will once again feature the true face of the franchise, Kate Beckinsale. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Beckinsale is set to reprise her role as the badass vampire Selene, who has appeared as the protagonist in three of the previous four installments. She sat

out 2009’s Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. At this point in the franchise, she has a daughter with her lycan/vampire hybrid hubby Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman), though at the end of the last film, Underworld: Awakening, he is nowhere to be found, which will probably come into play at some point. Right now there aren’t a ton of details regarding Underworld 5, as they’re being kept under tight lock and key. The few tidbits we do know, however, indicate that the plot sees the never-ending war between vampires and lycans continue as new generations on both sides take up the conflict.

At this point in the franchise, she has a daughter with her lycan/vampire hybrid hubby Michael Corvin

Makes sense that it would be called Next Generation. Theo James has a small role in Awakening as a young vampire named David, and is set to reprise his role in the new film, so perhaps he could be part of the driving force behind this reignited feud. He does sustain a serious injury and see much of his coven slaughtered, which sounds like the makings of one pissed off fanatic vampire warrior to me. Anna Foerster has been tapped to direct Underworld 5. All of her directorial efforts up to this point have been in TV, on shows like Outlander and Criminal Minds, but she has a ton of experience behind the camera as a director of photography, second unit director, and assistant director. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worked a great deal with the master of disaster Roland Emmerich, lensing movies like White House Down and Anonymous, as well as contributing footage to The Day After Tomorrow and 10,000 BC.

scheduled to film in Prague starting in October So sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly no stranger to

working on big movies, and though the franchise has primarily featured a female protagonist, this marks the first time that a woman has been hired to direct an installment of the action-centric vampire series. Underworld 5 is scheduled to film in Prague starting in October, and you have to assume that Prague in the fall is an ideal place to shoot a movie about ancient sects of vampires and werewolves battling each other.

A woman (Sanaa Lathan) attempts to escape a boyfriend (Michael Ealy) who seems to have a hard time letting go. Michael Ealy was onboard a Los Angeles-to-Oakland flight last week when a flight attendant paid him the highest compliment. "She was bringing around snacks and when she came to me, she said, 'You're my favorite psychopath,' " Ealy recalls. The charming, blue-eyed About Last Night star, 41, has been making a deranged name for himself as a serial killer in the Fox series The Following. It's about to get even more disturbing with the thriller The Perfect Guy, which debuts its trailer today at usatoday.com.

"This perfect guy is really the not-so-perfect guy. He becomes the perfect nightmare," says co-star Sanaa Lathan. Lathan plays successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn, who jumps into a passionate relationship with the seemingly flawless Carter Duncan (Ealy) in the David M. Rosenthal-directed film (in theaters Sept. 11). It's wonderful until Carter shows his true colors when he brutally beats an innocent stranger. That's just the tip of the crazy iceberg. As Leah returns to the arms of her ex (Morris Chestnut), Carter starts spying on her, breaking into her house and threatening her. Sanaa Lathan's Leah ends up back in the arms of her ex-boyfriend (Morris Chestnut). "You'll see what a fine actor Michael Ealy is because you're going to wind up hating his guts," says Lathan. The thriller is based on the fear that women and men

have about getting to know new partners in their lives, even seemingly perfect ones, she says. “One thing I have learned being a woman today is that it takes a long time to get to know somebody.” says Lathan. “Like all my girlfriends, I have had times where I thought, ‘This is the one.’ And then all of a sudden it’s like, ‘No, this is definitely not the one.’ Obviously, not to the extreme as we see in the movie.” On screen, Carter turns up the threats and harassment while staying just legal enough that police aren’t able to intervene. Lathan, who dealt with a real stalker in 2014, understands the frustrations and the motivation to take action on her own, as Leah does.

“This perfect guy is really the not-so-perfect

“The thriller is based on the fear that women and men have about getting to know new partners in their lives even seemingly perfect ones.” “There is something about finally taking the leap and finding all the strength to do it, no matter how scary”, says Lathan. Ealy’s wife of two years, Khatira Rafiqzada, is a fan of this “subversive” screen persona, he says. “When I play the romantic good guy, she knows that version of me. She married that guy.” But even Ealy had trouble shooting the Perfect scene that required him to lie under Leah’s bed, which eerily ends the trailer. “I was creeped out by that moment,” says Ealy. “That was awful for me.”

Rupert Friend talks Hitman: Agent 47, possible sequel, blagging and Homeland

’ve been a big blagger all my life,” declares the actor Rupert Friend. “I’m still doing it. Look at me here – I’m pretending I’m some baldy assassin dude and it’s all a blag ... it’s like Del Boy going on in some corner or other.” Friend confesses this by way of explaining his fascination with con artistry that will soon manifest itself in Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill, a film about confidence tricksters which he wrote and will star in and direct. The “baldy assassin” to whom Friend refers is the title role he plays in Hitman: Agent 47, a new Hol-

lywood studio thriller derived from the Hitman video games, in which he plays the protagonist alongside Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto. It’s the second time a blockbuster has been based on Hitman (there was an underwhelming 2007 version) and you sense that Friend’s turn as calculating CIA black-ops agent Peter Quinn in hit television drama Homeland was instrumental in landing him the role after the film’s original star, Paul Walker, died in a car crash in 2013. It’s the latest phase in an intriguing career that has seen Friend become a period-drama

mainstay (Chéri, Pride and Prejudice, Young Victoria) and a credible stage thesp (he played a closeted gay actor opposite Tamsin Greig and Gemma Arterton in The Little Dog Laughed in the West End, and received rave reviews in Dennis Potter’s Brimstone and Treacle at the Arcola Theatre in Dalston, east London.) Many actors playing cold-blooded killing machines would have stressed they sought to be fun company on set. Not Friend. “I was quite solitary for Hitman,” he says. “I was quite apart. He struck me as a very sad individual. There was a mournful quality there.” During his early career, much of the attention paid to him was due to his relationship with Keira Knightley, whom he dated for five years. But when I meet him at a New York hotel, he’s very much his own man: intelligent, playful and determined to do things his way. Our exchange is more akin to a meandering, diverting tutorial than a celebrity trying to promote a film. Questions are thrown back at me, stray words challenged. With Hitman: Agent 47 and Homeland, Friend has cornered the market in no-nonsense killers. “It’s curious that these two things have happened at the same time,” he notes. “It’s an odd zeitgeist cornering of assassins. I have no idea why. But in this business, it’s like buses. Things tend to come along in twos or threes. There’s a bunch of Dorian Gray movies and then there will be a bunch of gladiator movies.” In the production notes for Hitman: Agent 47, producer Charles Gordon compares Friend to Bruce Willis when he made Die Hard. He laughs when I bring up the comparison, insisting he’s not about to become an action hero. “I like to shake it up. Becoming that guy who does one thing is not very interesting. I’m lucky and proud to have been involved in period films and action films. I feel like there’s a little farcical side that has not been tapped yet.”

Indeed Friend says he’s a huge fan of Monty Python

and that Barton & Charlie & Checco & Bill, which will also co-star Emily Blunt, will be a US-set comedy. He also reveals that there has been talk of a feature based on Steve, a 2010 short he directed, starring Colin Firth as an eccentric loner. “Colin called me to say he and his producing partners really want to do a feature of it,” Friend says. “ I would be very happy to ... if the BFI wants to get their finger out of their arse and provide a decent tax break. The fact that British people complain there’s no film industry, and yet they don’t offer any incentives to filmmakers, is bananas.” The post-credits scene in Hitman: Agent 47 sets up a franchise for his character, but Friend says it’s “premature” to discuss being in a sequel if it’s a hit: “One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don’t have any control. So, talking about, ‘Shall I in three years do X, Y or Z?’ ... there are only four or five people in our business who can actually decide that – big stars. Everyone else is at the mercy of so many different factors.” Would he like to be among those four or five? He hesitates. “I think it’s not as easy as it looks. People say they’re rich or famous and they can do whatever. But they can’t do whatever they like because some of those guys can’t go out for a cup of coffee without being mobbed. I don’t know if that’s a good trade-off.” You get the sense that Friend is too private to ever be comfortable with mega-celebrity. Perhaps because he’s so discreet, some misconceptions have recently been printed that he’s keen to clarify. Friend hasn’t written a novella, has never wanted to quit acting, and he’s from Cambridge, not Oxfordshire. He’s on Twitter, he says, only “because somebody rightly asked, ‘Well, do you want someone else to be tweeting as you?’” But he’s underwhelmed by social media. Friend is equally bored by the idea of watching his own films. When I ask what he thinks of Hitman: Agent 47, he replies: “I haven’t seen it. I don’t watch my films. I have no interest in it all. I’m interested in research,

preparation and doing the best job I can.” Even with Homeland, Friend says, “I saw the first season – that I wasn’t in – but nothing since then.” Since the departure of Brody (Damian Lewis) at the end of Series 3, Quinn has been the show’s male lead. How many more Homeland series will he do? “It’s not up to me. It’s this curious thing where my fate is in another’s hands.” Is he ahead in terms of knowing what happens on the show? “Very rarely. The creative process is remote. It’s done out of LA and it’s handed down. We sort of do what we’re told. It’s done by committee, but the committee is in LA and we’re all in Berlin so there’s a disconnect there.” Both Homeland and Hitman: Agent 47 were filmed in Berlin, a city Friend seems ambivalent about. “It’s a diverse place filled with artists, debate and argument but it struggles with its history and the reinvention of itself.” When I ask whether he has acquainted himself with the city’s famed nightspots, specifically techno institution Berghain, he says not. “I’m not a big

night-clubbing guy, but Zach [Quinto] has been. Zach had a season ticket!” At one stage, Friend brings up Benedict Cumberbatch’s recent plea to fans not to film him in Hamlet at the Barbican, by way of bemoaning audiences’ inability to enjoy the moment. Would Friend like to play Hamlet? “No. I don’t want to do the theatre,” he says, surprisingly given his stage work. “It’s not something that interests me. I have a very short attention span. I’d do it once … for one night only.” At the Hitman: Agent 47 New York premiere, two days earlier, he looked at ease posing with his American fiancée, former Paralympic athlete turned model Aimee Mullins. Is he now more used to the public eye than during his relationship with Knightley? “It’s one of the most nerve-racking things to walk along a strip of red carpet which looks so fun and glamorous while 40 or 50 flashbulbs go off,” Friend contends. “It is surreal, invasive, horrible, violating and necessary, so to hold somebody’s hand while you’re doing it makes it a lot

Interview with the Cast of Pixels Movie

our days ago I had the privilege of sitting down and chatting with the cast of Pixels Movie – Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Josh Gad and Director Chris Columbus. The cast was what you would expect them to be, friendly, personable and eager to answer our questions. As kids in the 1980s, Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), Will Cooper (Kevin James), Ludlow Lamonsoff (Josh Gad), and Eddie “The Fire Blaster” Plant (Peter Dinklage) saved the world thousands of times – at 25 cents a game in the video arcades. Now, they’re going to have to do it for real. In Pixels, when intergalactic aliens discover video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth, using the video games as the models

for their assaults — and now-U.S. President Cooper must call on his old-school arcade friends to save the world from being destroyed by PAC-MAN™, Donkey Kong™, Galaga™, Centipede®, and Space Invaders™. Joining them is Lt. Col. Violet Van Patten (Michelle Monaghan), a specialist supplying the arcaders with unique weapons to fight the aliens. When asked how it was working with Adam Sandler and Kevin James for the first time Josh Gad, joked that it was nightmare, but ultimately a dream come true. He gushed about how much he admired them as his idols. He grew up watching Adam Sandler on Saturday Night Live. Josh added that him and Kevin were cut from the same cloth and he was someone he always wanted to work with. In addition he gushed about the fact that, Director Chris

Columbus, defined his childhood. “Goonies and Gremlins were the movies that defined Josh Gad and made me the national nightmare I am today.” Michelle Monaghane describes how she felt playing the girl power in Pixels, “It felt awesome! I think what was exciting, really, the job title and the name really got me for this film. She’s lieutenant Colonel Violet Van Patton. I mean, Thank You!! I could not say no to that! She’s a weapons designer for the government. She gets to design an amazing weapon called Light Cannon. She’s cool. She’s strong. She’s confident! She’s got beauty and brains and brawn. That’s what I loved about her. ” When asked, if any of them played classic arcade games in preparation for the film, Chris Columbus, said he only knew Donkey Kong and

Pac-Man. “I was a little older so hanging out in an arcade would have been kind of creepy for me.When I was at NYU I played in a bar, but when I got the movie I had to really learn a lot of games like Galaga and Centipede. But these guys were experts, Adam and Columbus.”

Director Chris Columbus on how they decided on soundtrack for the film, “Surrender was in the script from the beginning and then working for the weekend, it was something we tried in the editing room but when we put in the movie, suddenly it was really cool. And it’s weird how some of those songs you Adam Sandler responded, “It was thought were not so cool or cheesy our whole life growing up. We were back in the 80’s suddenly have a 10, 11, 12 years old. That was a life today. The Queen song came in big deal. The arcades opened up.” towards the end of post production In turn Kevin James answered, “I process, we fell in love with that played Jubilee, that was the thing. I and it became Brenner’s theme.” was out of the house” Adam Sandler added, “You got to leave the On the comedic timing, ad lib and house. Your parents said ok. There vying from the script, “We’ve alwere girls there, there was some ways believed in ad-libbing but not food. There were tough kids you as much as Josh Gad over here.” were scared of. I remember you got says, Sandler. “That scene when to take the bus. Ours was down- we’re talking to the Navy Seals. town. It was called The Electric That might go down as one of my Dream Factory, just like in the mov- favorite days ever on a film set. It ie. You got on the bus, you hung out was also one of the worst because with a couple of your friends, your we could not keep a straight face.” parents gave you, like, a dollar. You added, Monaghan. She continued, could choose to play one game and “those guys are nothing short of spend seventy five cents on a Mc- miraculous. We were shooting an Donald’s hamburger, or you could R-rated movie for a little bit. That play all four games and have noth- was a lot of amazing and brilliant ing to eat.” James added, “Guess improv.” Sandler chimed in, “Every which one I chose? chuckling, I day Josh Gad was in a scene was banever played! The bus would drop nanas.” James chimed in, “The crew me in front of the arcade and I’d just actually chipped in and bought him walk to McDonald’s.” a car because of all the overtime.” Sandler concluded, “Me and Kev-

in were like, ‘This guy, Josh Gad is young and excited and he likes being here!’ We were like, ‘We gotta get home, man!’ It was great. Loved him. Genius boy. ” They each shared their favorite quotes from the film – Gad: I love it when Pac-Man says, Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga. *laughs hysterically* I think that was one of my most memorable moments. Sandler: He didn’t initially want to do that! *laughing* Chris had to talk him into it. Gad: He was like, I want to try something new. I always say Wagga. *laughing* Monaghan: I liked the scene with Professor Iwatani, when he was like, ‘My sweet boy.’ and it cuts to Josh and he’s like, ‘it’s so sweet!’ and it turns completely sideways. I love that beat so much. Gad: There are so many great ones, but I think Peter Dinklage’s lines are so insane. The way that someone carries himself like that. The overconfidence kills me. Sandler: Iwatani though, that was

the best. We wrote this script a bunch of different ways. Columbus had the script and he sent it over with all the Iwatani stuff. That was the hardest I laughed. That was all Columbus.

Columbus on Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) and special effects, “We built the entire Donkey Kong, all of the platform. It was mind-boggling, you walked into that stage it was stunning, and these guys were in harness and they can explain how painful the process was, but we really didn’t want to do everything CGI, we wanted to actually have a tangible set that these guys can actually perform on, except for the obviously CGI Donkey Kong and barrels but it think was a pretty grueling days of shooting for these guys.

Columbus: The funny thing is that we were dealing with a lot of game companies to get the rights…who really, really loved their characters. I had had so many conferences and at one point, I was like, what if one of these guys were a little crazy and really thinks that one of the characters is his son? *laughing*. That’s exactly where that inspiration came from. Discussing the atmosphere while on set, Sandler concluded, “Every

combination was great. Everyone you’re talking to was a great time. There wasn’t a person you hung with that didn’t have a great time.” From the whole interview, you can definitely tell they had a great chemistry, and I agree with Sandler, the combination worked.

‘Straight Outta Compton’ Rapper and N.W.A. alum Ice Cube has been quoted saying there’s enough stories from the group’s heyday in the late ’80s and early ’90s to make for several movies. Trying to fit it all in one, it certainly feels like several condensed films. Directed by F. Gary Gray, “Straight Outta Compton” has compelling components — the rags-to-riches journey of future hip-hop legends Eazy-E (a standout performance by Jason Mitchell), Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), Ice Cube (real-life son O’Shea Jackson), M.C. Ren (Aldis Hodge) and DJ Yella (Neil Brown Jr.), along with the many problems they faced with police, the government and inner turmoil with its famed manager Jerry Heller (Paul Giamatti).

While more recent biopics like “Selma,” “Walk The Line” and “Ray” focus on a certain point in a person’s life, “Compton” wants to cover it all, from Eazy-E’s early days as a drug runner in the ’80s to his death in the ’90s, as well as the group’s troubles with authority figures and the media, Ice Cube’s solo career,

his beef with his former group and Dr. Dre’s time at Death Row Records. Given the film’s capable, charismatic cast, it’s understandable why the movie would want to make the most of them in its about two-anda-half hour running time. The movie’s first half, from the group’s inception to its rise with its controversial titular debut album and tour, is an entertaining ride with some interesting dramatic stakes, namely the hip-hop artist vs. cops controversy sparked in Compton and the flames fanned by the group’s single “F — Tha Police.” The cast exhibits a good rapport, from the back-and-forth between them as Eazy-E raps for the first time on “Boyz-n-The-Hood” to hedonistic backstage antics. It all works well and is wrapped up nicely with a hammy performance by Giamatti. When the group splinters apart, starting with Ice Cube’s disagreements with Heller and Suge Knight

(played by R. Marcus Taylor) courting Dr. Dre, the movie drifts from fun biopic to a soapy Lifetime film, run by drama and multiple, unnecessary subplots. Produced by Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, the film seems to go to great lengths to show their individual journeys (Yella and Ren are almost completely forgotten). Cube’s subplot fares better, partially because Jackson does an excellent job encapsulating his father’s balance of menace and humor and also because its ties to N.W.A. mix well with the overarching story. A scene halfway through the movie where Cube verbally lashes on his former N.W.A. crew when he’s heard they dissed him is a standout. It’s fast and funny, with a touch of seriousness, commenting on the un-politically correct nature of ’90s rap. It works. Dre’s subplot feels like retaliation against his former Death Row Records boss, as well as chance to name-drop the hip-hop leg-

ends with whom he collaborated. Knight is portrayed as two horns short of being the devil himself, while head-scratching appearances by Snoop Dogg and 2Pac (played by actors Keith Stanfield and Marcc Rose) make little sense in the context of the film (other than to show that Dr. Dre, indeed, produced a lot of hits). It adds a lot of fat to an already bloated movie that it didn’t need. The ending solidifies this notion, as it ends with Dr. Dre’s moment of triumph, rather than the group’s moment of solidarity with Eazy-E’s death. Like the group, its movie could have been another solid biopic entry. Instead, its second half makes seems like it’s straight outta VH1.

Dead Pool Movie?

Marvels favorite merc with the mouth is finally getting his own movie?

positive response was so strong that Fox gave the green light for the movie

somethings on the Internet goes viral its nearly impossible to take down.

So its been 24 years since dead pool’s first appearance in Marvels New Mutants#98 and won the hearts of millions of comic readers. The fan base of Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza original anti hero Dead Pool has grown so big when fans got a taste of the test footage for The Dead Pools movie that was kept hidden by fox the fan’s loved it and reacted in a

The reason why the movie wasn’t made sooner was Tom Rothman who was Chief Executive Officer of Fox Film Entertainment turned down the Dead Pool Movie idea to his surprise the test footage was leaked online Fox Film did all they could to take down the dead pool leaked test footage but when

Thanks to the hacker at Fox that leaked the video all the fans reacted positive to the feed back was the push that gave fox the green light for the movie. They turned it down the first time assuming that it wouldn’t do so well.

Ryan Reynolds states “this move has more easter eggs then the freaking easter bunny”

Fist Look At The Dead Pool Suit ComicBook.com recently asked Ryan Reynolds how hes and Tim Millers reaction was after seeing the dead pool super suit. Ryan Reynolds replied with

ead pool Rating? In the new movie of everyone’s favorite coming merc with the mouth Marvels Dead pool unsure of a rating fans have been dying for a answer since the movie got the green light to be made. Ryan Reynolds part took in IGN interview that started by Mario Lopez and Ryan Reynolds on screen as the interview started normally Mario asking Ryan how he felt filming in his home town. This leads to the pg 13 rating that’s not yet confirmed but is the place holder for the movie at the moment. This rating has scared long time dead pool fans, the fact being that everyone’s favorite merc with a mouth is and always should be classified in a

rated R version of the movie. The interview was then turn into a prank. Ryan Reynolds dressed as dead pool sneaking up behind Mario Lopez pretending to knock him out revealing that The Dead-pool movie will be rated R.

“ When we finally saw that suit, fully done, finished and completed…both Tim Miller and I wept. I’m not even exaggerating, we wept in Simi Valley California in some warehouse where some guy makes all these crazy suits and had this one under a spotlight. We walked in and we wept. Tears coming down our cheeks. It felt so good.” “Here’s the thing with the Deadpool costume, we fought like hell to get that as though it jumped right out of the comic. Our goal was to make this the most faithful comic book to movie adaptation fans have ever seen. That’s hard to accomplish and a feat, but we’re just so happy with how this came out. But boy, we had

to fight to get the suit to where it is now. There was a lot of work with very little time. Fox gave us the green light and we had to be on camera in twelve weeks. That’s NO time” for prep. So we kept fighting and fighting to make tweaks to the suit. Like when the deadline has passed and we were still going back and forth.”

Animated Suit?

Ryan Reynold has had a ton of criticizing over his Green Lantern role. Ryan has stated that the Dead Pool movie is something he been wanting to make since 2005 he will be making jokes of his role in the Green Lantern movie. Tim Miller said its hes way of venting for hes last super hero movie. We can clearly see that in the trailer for the movie Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) has made jokes about his role in The Green Lantern . He mocks his role of the green hero by shouting while being experimented on saying “don’t make the suit green or animated!”. Regardless the dead pool suit will be animated along the eyes allowing to show expression for his characteristic personality.

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CASTING LIST

Ed Skrein playing Ajax

Ryan Reynolds playing Wade Wilson/ deadpool Morena playing Vanessa Carlysle/Copycat Gina Carano playing Angel Dust T.J Miller playing Weasel John Dryden playing Thug#2 Stan Lee playing One Of His Cameos Rachel Sheen playing Weaselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wifie Brianna Hildebrand playing Ellie Phimister/Negasonic Teenage Warhead Andre Tricoteux playing Piotr Rasputin/Colossus Karan Soni playing Dopinder Taylor Hickson playing Megha Orlovsky Jed Rees playing The Recruiter Leslie Uggams playing Blind Al Paul Lazenby playing Flight Deck Guard Ben Wilkinson playing Hot Sauce Manager Kyle Cassie playing Gavin Merchant Style Dayne playing Jeremy Sean Quan playing Ten Year Old Boy

CASTING LIST Karan Soni playing Dopinder Taylor Hickson playing Megha Orlovsky Jed Rees playing The Recruiter Leslie Uggams playing Blind Al Paul Lazenby playing Flight Deck Guard Ben Wilkinson playing Hot Sauce Manager Kyle Cassie playing Gavin Merchant Style Dayne playing Jeremy Sean Quan playing Ten Year Old Boy Hugh Scott playing Cunningham Ayzee playing Girl #2 Naika Toussaint playing girl #3 Fabiola Colmenero playing Guadalajara Nurse Olesia Shewchuk playing Guadalajaran Mother Tommy Proctor playing Guadalajara Boy Dan Zachary playing Biker Brad Archie playing Bystander (uncredited)

In “Cable and Deadpool”#2 dead pool claims that his unmasked face looks like Ryan Reynolds and a Shar-Pei. 2 years later Reynolds portrayed Wad Wilson In the “X Men Origins Wolverine”.

The Higher-Ups DIRECTOR Tim Miller

SCREENPLAY

Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese

Tim Miller was interview by Clevver Movies quoting “We will never give up”! Miller is doing all he can to get this movie done

PRODUCERS

Simon Kinberg, Lauren Shuler Donner and Ryan Reynolds Interviewed by Clever Movies Paul Wernick Its hard getting the green light for a hard r rated script cancer surviving anti social Rhett Reese stated “We fell in love with the character breaking the forth wall a lot of pop culture references we wrote a script we felt that is the best script we ever written, ever will written.”

Lauren Shuler Donner Interviewed by HeyUGuys about the movies green light she stated “One thing is the rating if we make it a smaller budget movie we can go for the R rating. If not we push the border the boundary of PG-13 which is alright to. Simon Kinberg stated To MTV that “dead pool is the first of the three potential crossover movies to be released” He also hinted at a Gambit Movie being made.

Civil War Summary

An incident leads to the Avengers developing a schism over how to deal with situations, which escalates into an open fight between allies Iron Man and Captain America. Like the first two Captain America movies before it, Captain America 3 will be based off of a script written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley, and it will be an adaptation of one of Marvel Comics’ biggest crossover events: Mark Millar’s Civil War. The movie’s plot will be tied into the aftermath of The Avengers: Age of Ultron and the conclusion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Two, and should be one of Marvel Studios biggest ensemble films to date.

The Team Splits

Acoording to Cenama Blend the movie will begin with Captain America leading the new team of Avengers around the globe and stopping threats. Unfortunately, one stop on this tour leads to an international incident involving a good deal of collateral damage. Mounting political pressure results in a regulation that will force superheroes to register with the government, but while some individuals are on board with this idea, others very much aren’t. This leads to a clash of the titans where heroes aren’t fighting villains, but instead other heroes.

CASTING LIST Elizabeth Olsen playing Wanda Maximoff/scarlet Witch Scarlett Johansson playing Natasha Romanoff/Black widow Chris Evan playing Steve Rogers/Captain America Robert Downey Jr. playing Tony Stark/Iron Man Martin Freeman playing (not announced) Jeremy Renner playing Clint Barton/Hawkeye Paul Bettany playing Vision Paul Rudd playing Scott Lang/Ant-Man Sebastian Stan playing Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier Emily VanCamp playing Sharon Carter/Agent 13 Tom Holland playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man Marisa Tomei (rumored) playing Aunt May Daniel Bruhl playing Baron Zemo Anthony Mackie playing Sam Wilson/Falcon Frank Grillo playing Brock Rumlow/Crossbones Stan Lee playing (One Of His Cameos) Chadwick Boseman playing Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Challa/ Black Panther Don Cheadle playing James Rhodes /War Machine

Michael A. Cook playing MRI Tech Jason Speer playing Swiss Ambassador Chriss Theisinger playing Vienna Fireman Christof Veillon playing Bidder#3 Silvina Buchbauer playing News Reporter Lainey Kloes playing Agent Kimberly Russell playing Upscale Funeral Patron Cody Mark Hanna playing Graduate Student Brian Gonzalez playing UN Political Aide Rafael Banasik playing Bargeman #2 Missy Crowder-Compton playing Diplomat Beverly Hanley playing UN Delegate Ben Hioe playing Bidder#1 Chris Jai Alex IFID (uncredited) playing Lindsay Small Barriors playing Task Force Agent (uncredited) Biricine Brown playing Nigerian Peddler (uncredited) Tyler Carden playing MIT Graduate Student (uncredited) Jameson Jamey Copeland playing Pub Patron (uncredited) William Curtis Coppersmith playing German Agent (uncredited)

WHAT WE SORTA KNOW Preview

Civil War trailer was played at the Asia Pop ComicCon and just like the D23 Expo trailer that came before it, this new cut of the trailer was also well-received, so well-received in fact, that it was played twice for the audience. According to a variety of individuals present, there was not much that differentiated this new cut of the trailer from the previous one, many claiming it was just the D23 trailer, but a few Twitter users have posted rough descriptions of a few reportedly new/extended scenes, which included the following Iron Man fighting both Captain America and the Winter Soldier. Iron Man throwing Cap, but not seeing Bucky and then getting subsequently punched in the face. This is probably a misdirection, but Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow is apparently the rumored double agent and it sounds like she doublecrosses Cap. She is shown reporting to the government, including General Ross and Tony Stark, before her showdown with Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye. More of the Black Widow/ Hawkeye fight; Natasha looks to be in bad shape after Clint delivers a big blow Vision fighting both Falcon

& Scarlet Witch. More of the scene where Ant-Man thanks Cap for letting him be a part of the team. This time, Scott apparently pulls a Peggy and touches Steve’s pecs to feel how big/firm they are at some point during the conversation. Daniel Brühl’s Baron Zemo makes an appearance. Steve and Bucky hugging it out.

NOTE

These brief decriptions were collected from Twitter, so there’s always a chance that they may be a tad rough and/or possibly fake, but if true, you should get a pretty general idea of what was shown. Still no word on Black Panther or Spider-Man, but considering the Black Panther was a part of Marvel’s D23 trailer, it’s more than likely he was also a part of this trailer. As for Spider-Man, it sounds like he’s still Marvel’s best kept and most guarded secret.

VO by General Ross - looking a lot slimmer since his TIH appearance. Talks about vigilantism. We see a shot of - what looks like - Steve Rogers preventing a helicopter from crashing in slowmo. He pushes it away with one hand as his other hand is against a railing. We see his Avengers team going through a series of control rooms. They are led by Martin Freeman's character. In the blink-and-youll-miss-it moments he had, definitely felt more like a Henry Gyrich than an Everett Ross.

WHAT WE DO KNOW New Opening Trailer Redwing seriously looks amazing!! The trailer does open with Cap’s team in the African Market. Falcon mans a stealthy Redwing making its way under a van filled with explosives. Cap orders the team to attack. Falcon does an super awesome dive from the rooftop he’s in and doesn’t pull out his wings until landing closely.

Leaked pics of Cap and the crowd screaming at something above them in fear? It's Cap throwing a grenade in the air. Someone fires a grenade at him (VIewers belive it's Crossbones) and it latches on to his shield. Cap tosses it in the air before it explodes. As Cap flinches at the air explosion, Crossbones kicks him hard from behind and their fight happens. I didn't notice anything different from the D23 descriptions in this one. Cap dismantles one of Crossbones' gauntlets pretty quickly. Crossbones then pops a blade out of the other gauntlet. Again, Cap beats him up and cracks his helmet. We don't get a good look at Rumlow's burnt face here.

Next Scene

We see another van open and Crossbones steps up along with his goons; with the most prominent goon being Ex-Thanos actor Damion Poitier.. Black Widow makes her way to the market in a very cool tracking shot reminiscent of her sequence in IM2 and does her signature leg wrap on Poiter. Falcon also does a pretty high tec set of combat moves utilizing his wings.

The Ant-Man post credits scene happens. Bucky does remember Steve. He tells him his mother’s name and how he used to put newspaper in his shoes - you know D23 stuff. Best part of this scene is how Bucky delivers that line with an expression of relief and pain. Steve does a heartfelt smile. You just know how happy he is to have his bestfriend back.

One of the more interesting shots in the trailer was Cap and Bucky walking in snow towards a secret looking base in full superhero attire. The shot was barely 2 seconds but man did Bucky & Cap standing side by side in a mission had such a build up. Followed by a shot of the funeral scene. They're carrying the casket in the aisle - and how beautifully framed it was, expect the tears to flow. Considering how we pretty much know who's funeral that is, Cap carrying the casket makes this scene heartbreaking to watch.

Super fast glances at the other heroes. Hawkeye doing tending to his bow. The Vision pondering as he plays chess in a suit. There’s also a super fast shot of Black Panther revealing his claws as he’s locking up against Hawkeye’s bow.

Those Tony Stark lines to Steve about how he wanted to punch him in his perfect teeth? Viewers where expecting it to be during a fight. Those scenes were set in a conference room, probably from the same venue where those control rooms are. We see a helmetless Iron Man open an elevator door with his hands and he has a huge black eye. Another with Tony Stark walking behind General Ross.

Captain America: Civil War” picks up where “Avengers: Age of Ultron” left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.

Quick cuts of what looks like Cap smashing a soldier into a column. Bucky in his red jacket outfit punching other soldiers. Several shots of Crossbone with a different looking mask; this time with a yellow looking visor. These Crossbone shots are intersected with scenes that are set in this building. We get to see that truck flip.. More shots of Crossbones walking down a hall. Lots of flickering lights in what appears to be the control center I mentioned earlier.