Final ‘Logan’ Trailer Shows Actual Promise
The final trailer for Logan, Hugh Jackman’s much touted final outing as Wolverine, was released today, giving us more insight into tone and direction of the film, which might also serve as the final chapter for the X-Men universe as we know it. The film takes place years after the main X-Men stories—both the original and Days of Future Past timelines (it’s complicated)—and finds Wolverine surviving on his own. His hermetic life is changed when Professor X (Patrick Stewart) introduces him to a young girl with powers much like his own. From the looks of things, this really will be a dark and dour chapter of the franchise, with a morose tone running throughout. I try to never get my hopes up whenever one of these films comes out—I’ve been burned too many times—but I’d be lying if I said this didn’t have me intrigued. We’ll know for sure on March 3.
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‘Power Rangers’ Trailer Reveals Bryan Cranston
You know, I was pretty dismissive of the new Power Rangers movie. This is probably owing to the fact that I’ve always been pretty dismissive of the franchise. But the more I see from the upcoming reboot, the more I think I might be on board. The latest trailer gives our first look at Bryan Cranston as the disembodied Zordon. It’s kind of awesome to see him return to his roots like that—before making it big, Cranston used to do voiceover work for the original series. It still looks kind of corny, but it also has the distinct air of fun that might push this one over the edge. Power Rangers opens everywhere on March 24.
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Points Shaving Scandal Getting Film Treatment
Hey, remember Goodfellas? Of course you do; it’s easily one of the best films of all time. If you think hard, you might remember a mention about a basketball scam from Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro’s characters. They sort of glossed over that in Goodfellas, but that was actually a pretty major college sports scandal—the Boston College points shaving scandal. Those events are now getting a movie of their own from director Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) and writer Robert Carlock (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).
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Is ‘Hellboy 3’ Finally Happening?
Guillermo del Toro has been vocal about his willingness to dip into the world of Hellboy a third time almost from the very moment Hellboy 2 first hit theaters. We’ve seen little progress on that note over the years, but yesterday the Pan’s Labyrinth director initiated a flurry of tweets that suggest that something might be in the works. First, he conducted an informal, tongue-in-cheek Twitter poll to gauge interest, asking fans if they would be interested and offering the responses of “yes” and “hell yes”, before moving on to announcing a sit down with Ron Perlman and Hellboy comic creator Mike Mignola. This certainly doesn’t make anything solid, but it’s great news for fans and could very easily become something in the near future.
