Ridley Scott won't Direct 'Blade Runner 2'

We've known for awhile that Ridley Scott was looking to toy around with another of his sci-fi classics, only this time it would be Blade Runner rather than Alien. While some may not have been feeling how Prometheus turned out (you're getting a sequel anyway!), a Blade Runner follow-up does hold a certain amount of promise if only because it won't have an entire franchise to navigate. Scott has been dodgy on whether he'd direct, but as the pieces are starting to come together he's now confirming someone else will take the reins.

Speaking with Variety, Scott said he'll be in a producer role for Blade Runner 2 but wouldn't reveal who would direct. He will be working closely with Hampton Fancher on the screenplay, though...

Scott: “We talked at length about what it could be, and came up with a pretty strong three-act storyline, and it all makes sense in terms of how it relates to the first one."

Harrison Ford previously confirmed his return as Rick Deckard, and Scott spills a small spoiler on the character's specific part to play...

Scott: “Harrison is very much part of this one. But it’s really about finding him. He comes in in the third act.”

A director will need to be announced soon as production is expected to begin next year. 

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Blake Lively is Eternally Gorgeous in First Trailer for 'The Age of Adaline'

The last film directed by Lee Toland Krieger was the rom-com Celeste & Jesse Forever, a film that explored whether friendship could survive a failed attempt at romance. His follow-up, The Age of Adaline, will look at whether love is strong enough to overcome anything, including immortality.

Starring Blake Lively, the film revolves around a woman born in the early 1900s who becomes ageless after a freak accident. It may sound great, but clearly it comes with a few drawbacks. Krieger tells USA Today...

"It sounds like wish fulfillment to look like Blake Lively forever. But she cannot grow old with anyone. In a world consumed with youth and vanity, there's something very fresh and beautiful about a story focusing on the beauty of growing old."

Ellen Burstyn plays Adaline's daughter, who she must watch grow old and die, the same as everyone else she'll ever get close to. Er, it's probably a coincidence that Burstyn played a similar role in Interstellar, right? Also starring Harrison Ford, Michael Huisman (Game of Thrones), and Amanda Crew, The Age of Adaline opens April 24th 2015.

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Ridley Scott May Direct 'Blade Runner' Sequel Before 'Prometheus 2'; Confirms Harrison Ford

One thing Ridley Scott has never been short on is potential projects on his plate. He keeps his dance card full at all times and even if some (or most) of that stuff doesn't happen that leaves a lot that will. Right now he's busy with the Biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings due out this December, which will then be followed by The Martian starring Matt Damon. But he's also got Blade Runner and Prometheus sequels somewhere down the line, and it sounds like he's chosen Blade Runner to come first. He tells EW in regards to Blade Runner 2's script penned by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green....

Scott: “It’s written and it’s damn good. Of course it involves Harrison, who is a survivor after all these years—despite the accident. So yes, that will happen."

He's referring to Ford's injury that has laid him up for a few weeks and caused a delay in Star Wars: Episode VII. Despite Ford has talked about returning without confirming anything, but it sounds like Scott is planning as if he will be back as Deckard.

If Scott does choose to work on Blade Runner 2 after The Martian that leaves a pretty big problem for Prometheus 2. The sci-fi film is slated for March 4th 2016 and there's little chance it will be able to hit that date.

Scott: “That’s the problem, I’ve got a lot of ducks in a row. But they’re all written.”

Green and Jack Paglen (Transcendence) wrote the Prometheus 2 script but this may be a case where Scott merely produces and hands the directing job over to someone else, as was first hinted at last year. 

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'Star Wars: Episode VII' Villains, Plot Details, and Han Solo's New Look Revealed?

All of the sudden there is a new Star Wars: Episode VII rumor every day, but what's fascinating about the latest spurt is that we're getting images to go along with them. Last night we saw some art that may have been the new look Stormtroopers, and today brings rumors on the villains and maybe a glimpse at Han Solo. So by now you should know the drill but potentially huge spoilers are beyond this point!

If you've been paying attention to the upcoming animated series Star Wars Rebels, then you probably know it takes place prior to 'A New Hope' and chronicles the start of the Rebel Alliance. The villain of the series is the Inquisitor, and according to Latino Review it will be the Inquisitors as the baddies in Star Wars: Episode VII. The Inquisitors are defenders of the Sith Order who have apparently been around for a very long time, but just how long is where this story gets super spoilery.

So we've heard that the plot is driven by the discovery of a severed hand and lightsaber on a desert planet. Found by Daisy Ridley and John Boyega's characters, they set out to find the weapon's owner and meet up with Han Solo and Chewbacca (more on the Millennium Falcon's whereabouts in a sec) to find Luke Skywalker. Luke hasn't been seen in years, and it turns out he's been a captive of the Inquisitors. When Luke is found and discovered, he recounts the history of the Inquisitors, triggering a flashback that reveals their ties to the Sith. The scene also features an appearance by a young Princess Leia and Darth Vader. Yep, Vader will be showing up, too. As for Leia, you'll recall that Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd was said to be hanging around on set and it's to play a younger version of her mother's most memorable character.

That's a lot to digest and yet it's just the beginning.  Harrison Ford is currently laid up with an injury but he'll be back as Han Solo soon enough. And when he does return, Solo will be sporting some new threads and piloting a totally different ship. IndieRevolver, who showed us the Stormtrooper art from before, have now released concept images of Solo's new threads. One is definitely a rogueish variety but the other is clearly designed for cold weather. Perhaps a return trip to Hoth? He's also got two blaster holsters if you can see through the irritating watermarks.

So where is Solo's ride? Y'know, the fastest one in the known galaxy? Well, according to Badass Digest the Millennium Falcon is in the possession of Oscar Isaac's character, who they describe as the trilogy's Lando Calrissian-type. Solo and Chewie are now piloting a Super Star Destroyer, indicating they've either stolen it or have acquired Imperial rank since we saw them last. We'll also have a chance to see him wield a lightsaber again, hopefully for more than slicing open Tauntauns.

There ya go. Deep breath. So to recap, the new trilogy will lean very heavily on the prior ones, and Star Wars Rebels is now looking like a must-watch series. Phew.  Star Wars: Episode VII opens December 18th 2015, which doesn't seem so far away.

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Review: 'The Expendables 3' Starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Mel Gibson, and More

Through two movies Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables has been nothing but unfulfilled promises. The mandate for the franchise was pretty simple: gather the greatest action heroes of the '80s and indulge in every silly cliché the genre had to offer. Action movies today are pretty terrible but their stars are even worse, so it should have been easy to have fun hyping the old guard while bashing the current one. For a lot of reasons Stallone was never able to make things click, but with The Expendables 3 he finally gets it right. This is the explosive old school flick we have been waiting for all this time.

One of the major problems was the bloated cast never really added anything of value. What good were the creaky bones of Chuck Norris and Jean Claude Van Damme? Especially when there were so many characters neither really did much, anyway? The Expendables 3 fixes that with the inclusion of Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Kelsey Grammer (!!!!) and Mel Gibson, all of whom attack their roles like they've been waiting for just this opportunity. Even the screenplay, which is rife with all the terrible one-liners we'd be disappointed not to hear, actually resembles a real story. Wha??? Heaven forbid somebody remember to give these muscled behemoths something to do.

And what they do is make blowing stuff up and killing folks look like more fun than it should. A daring train assault springs free Doc (Snipes), an original Expendable locked away for years after a botched mission. He's keen with a blade (how ironic that Blade is good with a blade! Oh, Sly aren't you clever?) and makes good with the quips, which makes him perfect to rejoin Barney (Stallone) and his team of grunting old mercs. And this time it's perfectly okay to call these guys a bunch of old fogeys because that's essentially what this film is all about. After taking down some random, vaguely Middle Eastern bad guy, the Expendables are shot to crap by international arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), leaving Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) in a coma. Stonebanks, who probably has the worst name in Expendables history, has an old beef with Barney that stretches back to the group's formation. He's dangerous; so dangerous that Barney decides to leave his aging team in the dust and recruit some new blood.

The junior league of modern hot shots consists of failed-Hercules Kellan Lutz, sexy UFC champ Ronda Rousey, boxer Victor Ortiz, and Glen Powell. With the exception of Rousey the new squad isn't nearly as interesting as the old crew and watching their recruitment is a serious drag. But it does afford us the chance to see Banderas as the chatty pest, Galgo, a mercenary nobody seems to want on their team. Banderas knows the score on movies like this (he was just in Machete Kills) and he's never been funnier. While he's too old for it now but he would have made for one Hell of a Deadpool twenty years ago, based on this badass and hilarious performance alone.

Whereas Harrison Ford, yes Han Solo himself, isn't given a whole lot to do he has a good time while doing it. Whooping and hollering while manning a rescue copter, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jet Li spraying bullets dementedly by his side, it's easy to see that this is what The Expendables always should have been. Another bright spot is Gibson, clearly indulging in yet another chance to play a ridiculous bad guy (he was also in Machete Killsin a similar role) who resembles the maniacal Martin Riggs if he went full-on nuts.  It's great stuff, slickly directed by Patrick Hughes who keeps the pace moving while edging out the gory stuff that would have upset the MPAA apple cart. For once the PG-13 rating didn't seem like an obstacle to be overcome, and that's with more action than in the first two films combined. The final sequence alone, a massive tank onslaught where every Expendable struts their stuff, is a cornucopia of violence, terrible jokes, and amazing vehicular feats that would make the Fast & Furious cast blush. Jason Statham (kind of in the background this time) and Snipes measure their...knives...in the middle of a firefight, Banderas hits on Rousey while she just hits people, and Stallone is still somehow faster than artillery fire. Even the final showdown lives up to expectations with Stallone delivering one truly amazing, groan-worthy catchphrase that is destined to end up on t-shirts. In short, it's pretty awesome.

So what are the odds of there being an Expendables 4? Hopefully there won't be any passing of the torch going on but with Stallone finally finding the winning formula these can go on as long as his aging bones will allow. There are still too many stars out there who need their moment in the napalm. One guy you won't ever see is Bruce Willis, who had a very public spat with Stallone over money and quit the movie after appearing in the first two. For a good time, count the number of occasions in which a character calls Willis' character, Mr. Church, an a-hole or disparages him in some way. Clearly the smoke has not cleared on that feud and hopefully the smoke hasn't cleared on The Expendables just yet.

 Rating: 3.5 out of 5

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The Summer Gets Explosive in 'The Expendables 3' Final Trailer

One thing that can definitively be stated about the first couple of 'Expendables' flicks is that they don't hold a lot of mystery. It's pretty obvious these movies are about bad one-liners, big guns, big muscles, big explosions, and probably big egos (just ask Bruce Willis!) with so many action movie legends in one place. But The Expendables 3 does have one gigantic question mark surrounding it, and that's whether the film will be affected by the recent online leak of the entire movie. The same thing happened with The Expendables and it still did pretty well, but it does throw a potential monkey wrench in Sylvester Stallone's plans to end the trilogy on top.

It's perhaps more crucial than ever now for the marketing push to get ramped up a few gears, and that's exactly what the latest trailer does. Stallone and his version of the Dirty Dozen are back with a few "new" faces like Wesley Snipes (who really wants a Blade 4), Harrison Ford, Kelsey Grammer, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Kellan Lutz, and Ronda Rousey. This is more of what you'd expect but in the midst of stuff getting blowed up there are a few gems, like Rousey kicking butt in a sexy dress and Ford having an "Oops" moment. This should be a lot of un.

Also starring Jason Statham, Terry Crews, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Expendables 3 opens August 15th.


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'Star Wars: Episode VII' Casts Two Newcomers; Production Takes Hiatus in August

Disney and Lucasfilm have done a pretty good job of casting a lot of new faces in Star Wars: Episode VII, from the total unknowns like Daisy Ridley and Maisie Richardson-Sellers, to young actors like John Boyega and Domhnall Gleeson. Two more newcomers will be getting their big break in the film just as production is being altered to deal with Harrison Ford's injury.

According to The Wrap and StarWars.com, Pip Anderson and U.K. actress Crystal Clarke have joined the cast, having beaten out an open casting call of over 67000 to earn the coveted spots. Anderson is an American actor with a knowledge of parkour, the free-running style seen in District B13 and the recent remake, Brick Mansions. Sounds like a potential Jedi or Sith Lord similar to Ray Park's performance as Darth Maul. Clarke has mostly done stage work but is set to make her feature film debut alongside Benjamin Walker in The Moon and the Sun. Here's what Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy had to say about brining Anderson and Clarke on board...

Kennedy: “The Star Wars universe has always been about discovering and nurturing young talent and in casting Episode VII we wanted to remain absolutely faithful to this tradition. We are delighted that so many travelled to see us at the open casting calls and that we have been able to make Crystal and Pip a part of the film."

With Harrison Ford laid up for months it was expected that production would be disturbed in some way, and while J.J. Abrams isn't going to get the release date pushed back like he wanted, filming is going to take a brief hiatus next month. Here's Lucasfilm's statement on the matter which includes a reiteration of the December 2015 date....

In August, the team will take a brief two-week hiatus while adjustments to the current production schedule are made as actor Harrison Ford recovers from a leg injury. Harrison is doing well and is looking forward to returning to the set soon. Shooting remains on track to wrap in the fall with the film scheduled for release on December 18, 2015.

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Will Harrison Ford's Injury Delay 'Star Wars: Episode VII'?

Has there ever been as much Internet speculation about an actor's injury than what we're seeing now with Harrison Ford? The 71-year-old actor suffered the injury on the set of Star Wars: Episode VII, trying to relive his youth as Han Solo (see what happens?), and it was reported as something that would keep him out for eight weeks. But a new story at the generally reliable Jedi News says the break is worse than originally thought and could keep Ford out up to six months, possibly longer.

The big wigs at Disney and Lucasfilm were called to an emergency meeting at Pinewood Studios to figure out a plan of attack. Either the film undergoes some significant rewrites to lessen Han Solo's part in the story, or production could be put on hold. The effect could be to push the film into 2016, which you may recall was what J.J. Abrams always wanted. But that would cause all sorts of problems for Disney's overall Star Wars plan of releasing one new film each year, alternating between trilogy and spinoffs.

What's likely going to happen is that Abrams will shoot as much as he possibly can without Ford, then lean a bit heavier on stunt doubles to make up the difference. Injuries, pregnancies, and sadly even deaths happen all of the time during Hollywood productions and they tend to just keep on going.  There's too much riding on Star Wars: Episode VII coming out on time for Disney to allow anything else. So expect to see the film hit the December 18th 2015 date, even if that means we may get less Han Solo than we all want.

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Harrison Ford to Miss 8 Weeks of 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Filming Due to Injury

Last week we learned that Harrison Ford had suffered an injury on the set of Star Wars: Episode VII. We didn't know how significant the damage was, and Ford was reported to be in the hospital while filming continued. Now THR is reporting the injury is actually a broken ankle that will cause Ford to miss eight weeks of shooting.

Ford's absence will probably make things a little more difficult for J.J. Abrams, but it won't have an impact on the release schedule. If anything, it might mean a little more body double and CGI work will go into the production. Or they could do a lot of scenes where Han Solo is forced to sit down, maybe play some Dejarik with Chewbacca on the Millennium Falcon?

Star Wars: Episode VII continues rolling along to meet the December 18th 2015 release date.

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Robert Pattinson Denies He's Replacing Harrison Ford in Everything

Save the "frail old man" jokes in regards to Harrison Ford's injury on the Star Wars: Episode VII set, he'll recover in time to finish up playing Han Solo, possibly for the last time. Although there's probably a good joke in there somewhere about him getting injured now when he skated through The Expendables 3 with no problem. Anyway, an unintended consequence of the injury is stirring up recent rumors Ford, who is now 71 years old, could be replaced by Robert Pattinson as Indiana Jones or Han Solo in a Star Wars spinoff.

Just how credible those rumors ever were is up for debate but that didn't stop Pattinson from getting asked about them by People while discussing his new film, The Rover. And as expected Pattinson not only denied the rumors, he sounds as if he's never heard of them. When asked about Indy, he said...

Pattinson: "I don't know why. Why is that coming out? I honestly don't understand what it's all about. Man, i wish." 

And it was much the same when questioned about Star Wars...

Pattinson: "I didn't even know there was a Han Solo spinoff coming out. Sounds like a cool spinoff. I'll watch it." 

What? You mean R-Patz isn't obsessed with every bit of Star Wars news like the rest of us? Now that I truly find hard to believe.  Pattinson has been steering clear of franchises ever since the Twilight nightmare ended, so it never really seemed likely he'd want to be part of the Disney machine. After press on The Rover is done he'll jump into Olivier Assayas' gangster film, Idol's Eye, which shoots this November.

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'Fish Tank' Breakout Katie Jarvis Rumored for 'Star Wars' Role; Plus A Major Han Solo Rumor

Even though Disney and J.J. Abrams released that cast image a couple of weeks ago, that didn't stop the rumors surrounding Star Wars: Episode VII. More casting announcements are on the way, possibly around the time of Comic-Con, but speculation continues now on the day that production has officially begun. Don't believe me? Then check this out....

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Yep, it's happening. But back to the rumors, including one that's a super duper whopper if true. All of these come from Latino Review, who say that Katie Jarvis, the breakout star of Andrea Arnold's 2009 film, Fish Tank, is up for a role. Jarvis, who had never acted before and was discovered quite by accident, gave a fiery and raw performance that seemingly set her up for stardom. But she drifted away from acting and hasn't been a movie since, so this would be a huge surprise. However, it wouldn't be a total surprise because we also know that newcomer Maisie Richardson-Sellers is being courted for a part, and the site says she's been spotted around the production. Richardson-Sellers and Jarvis would be a solid injection of new blood that could take the franchise far into the future.

What about the old guard? A few different theories have gone around about the plot, however they all mention that it will focus on the young children of the Solos and possibly the child of Luke Skywalker. What is it that ultimately thrusts them into battle against the Empire, though? Could it be Han Solo's death? That's the rumor going around right now and it makes some degree of sense. Harrison Ford has wanted Solo to die for some time and hasn't been so enthusiastic about returning to the role (especially in contrast to his Blade Runner and Indiana Jones enthusiasm), and now maybe he's about to get his wish. It's not as if Disney needs Solo around to sell more action figures. They'll probably sell more with him dead, to be perfectly honest. The only question I have is if they would kill off Chewbacca, too.

As always, keep this under your hat until something firm comes down.

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Harrison Ford Officially Sought for 'Blade Runner 2'

Here's something you don't see every day; producers issuing a press release to say they've approached someone for a role. Harrison Ford has been pretty open about his desire to come back as Deckard in Ridley Scott's developing Blade Runner sequel, but with so much going on with Star Wars: Episode VII and Prometheus, it sort of got lost in the shuffle for both men. But Warner Bros. label Alcon Entertainment hasn't forgotten about it, and they've just made clear their intentions to have Ford reprise the role he made memorable in the classic 1982 film.

Here's the press release with all the relevant info, including when the story will take place.

 Warner Bros-based Alcon Entertainment (‘Prisoners,’ ‘The Blind Side,’ ‘The Book of Eli’) has an offer out to Harrison Ford to reprise his celebrated role of Rick Deckard in its Ridley Scott-directed sequel to ‘Blade Runner,’ it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-CEO’s Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

Hampton Fancher (co-writer of the 1982 adaptation) and Michael Green are the screenwriters. While the story is being kept under wraps, it takes place several decades after the conclusion of the 1982 original.

State Johnson and Kosove: “We believe that Hampton Fancher and Michael Green have crafted with Ridley Scott an extraordinary sequel to one of the greatest films of all time. We would be honored, and we are hopeful, that Harrison will be part of our project.”

So when will this movie actually go into production? Who knows? At this point it's not even a guarantee Scott will direct it. He's got plenty on his plate already with Prometheus 2 coming in 2016, although he may not helm that, either; press for Exodus: Gods & Kings later this year; and he just agreed to direct Matt Damon in The Martian. 

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Unofficial 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Poster Features Entire Cast

Long before the cast of the next Star Wars film was announced there were tons of fan made posters for it. We've posted a number of them here, and I tend to use them as graphics for stories involving Star Wars: Episode VII, leading to some confusion by readers who think they are official works. Sorry, but no. And now that we know who will actually be starring in it, the images featuring them are already starting to come in, but I didn't expect the first to be from MTV.

The site teamed up with Old Red Jalopy for this poster with all thirteen announced cast members in it. Some look better than others, naturally, like Domhnall Gleeson sort of resembling Ewan McGregor's Qui-Gon in his shot. I think they're being generous including a non-motion capture Andy Serkis, and that shot of John Boyega is pretty laughable. But it's cool seeing current versions Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford up there at the top, and don't tell me Max von Sydow doesn't strike you as the perfect bad guy right there in the forefront. Darth Sydow?

Anyway, get ready for a lot more of these until Lucasfilm gives us something official, maybe for tomorrow on Star Wars Day?

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'Star Wars: Episode VII' Cast Officially Revealed!

Well, it's time for all of the guesswork and rumors to come to an end. Just yesterday word hit that J.J. Abrams was planning a big table read with the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII, suggesting that the cast had already been put together. Coupled with sightings of Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher in London, we knew an announcement had to be coming. And now here it is, along with the above photo of everybody assembled together.

And so what we have are names we had been hearing about for weeks, such as John Boyega and Adam Driver, with some that only cropped up recently such as Oscar Isaac and Andy Serkis. Along with them are veteran actor Max von Sydow, Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), and newcomer Daisy Ridley, who is probably taking that role Maisie Richardson-Sellers was rumored for. And of course there are the original stars, Hamill, Fisher, Ford, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, and Anthony Daniels.

So what's left for Star Wars Day when it arrives on May 4th? Official plot synopsis, maybe? A title? Logo?

Star Wars: Episode VII opens December 18th 2015. Check out the full press release below:

The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

Director J.J. Abrams says, "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud."

Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.

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Oscar Isaac Rumored for 'Star Wars: Episode VII'; Harrison Ford to Have Major Role

Secretive plans for Star Wars: Episode VII may be on the verge of being revealed, with many expecting official announcements to come on May 4th, aka Star Wars Day. Nobody knows for sure, though, and considering J.J. Abrams' tendency to hold tight to his secrets, rumors continue to swirl. The latest batch includes one new addition joining names that have been talked about for months.

Deadline reports that Abrams has a major table read set for tomorrow that will include the entire cast, which means that he knows who he'll be working with. This comes just as word is spreading that Inside Llewyn Davis star Oscar Isaac is up for a major role...or, at least that he WAS up for one. There seems to be some conflict on that as THR says he was in talks for a role but it was stopped due to Isaac's theatre commitments. Previous contenders John Boyega, Adam Driver, and Maisie Richardson-Sellers are still in the mix. There's an added twist as Boyega has dropped out of the Jesse Owens biopic, Race, possibly to free up his schedule? And then there's Zac Efron, whose name came up for a part some months back.While talking with an Australian site about his new comedy, Neighbors, Efron said there were "irons in the fire" in regards to Star Wars. Is the Force with Zac Efron on this one? Let's hope not.


Whoever ultimately joins will star alongside the returning Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, and Harrison Ford, with Han Solo said to have a "gigantic" role in the first film. What does that mean? Are the kids taking a back seat until the sequel? All we know is that the original trio have been spotted in London where filming will take place. Chances are they aren't just on a leisure trip.

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New Roll Call Trailer for 'The Expendables 3'

"Hang on for one last ride". Could this be the last we see of Sylvester Stallone and the aging action stars of The Expendables? Are they finally hanging up their machine guns and fatigues and putting the franchise out to pasture? With the last film banking more than the first, and seemingly no end to the big names looking to cash a quick pay day, it's not likely The Expendables 3 will be the last of anything.

After revealing 16 character posters that looked like weird yearbook photos yesterday, the first teaser trailer has been released. Basically it's a roll call showing off the star power this one brings to bear, although it's still crazy that Kelsey Grammer and Kellan Lutz are considered on the same level as everyone else. Schwarzenegger. Stallone. Ford. Gibson. Statham. Snipes. Li. Lutz.  Yeah, one of these things is not like the other.

The plot involves arms trading, old grudges, and some other nonsense nobody cares about. When's the next explosion and bad one-liner? The Expendables 3 opens August 15th.

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'The Expendables 3' Goes Big with 16 New Character Posters

Guys like Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Jason Statham can't do much on their own anymore, but when they unite for The Expendables everything just comes together....sortof like The A-Team. The first two flicks in the tough-guy franchise have delivered exactly what they promised: over-sized action, and so it makes sense they'd go full-on overkill with the release of 16 posters for The Expendables 3.

These aren't your standard one-sheets of the expanding (both in cast size and waist lines) roster of heroes, instead giving us behind-the-scenes style looks at a cast consisting of the returning Stallone, Statham, Schwarzenegger, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Dolph Lundgren, and Jet Li. Also enlisting for the next Dirty Dozen mission are MMA champ Ronda Rousey, Wesley Snipes, Harrison Ford (still !!!), Glen Powell, Kelsey Grammer (still ???), boxer Victor Ortiz, Antonio Banderas, Kellan Lutz, and Mel Gibson. Gibson, of course, is playing the bad guy who happens to be a former partner of Stallone's Barney Ross.

The Expendables 3 is directed by Patrick Hughes and opens August 15th. Hopefully this means a trailer is right around the corner. [Comingsoon/IGN/Joblo/Collider]

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Check out the First Official Teaser Trailer for 'The Expendables 3'!

If there's been a mantra for The Expendables franchise from the very beginning, it's "go big or go home". And we've seen them do exactly that with the sequel; bigger names, bigger explosions, bigger muscles, and bigger egos in the case of Bruce Willis. So why should we expect anything less for The Expendables 3?

The first teaser trailer is here and it doesn't offer much, but does it really have to? What it does do is show off the ensemble of action heroes with Sly Stallone and the usual favorites coming back for more, plus some stellar new additions in Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Ronda Rousey, Antonio Banderas, Kelsey Grammer and Kellan Lutz. Wait, wha? Kelsey Grammer!?!? As for the plot? Who knows? The whole whistling thing and walking slowly with guns is cool enough, story be damned.

The Expendables 3 is directed by Patrick Hughes and opens August 15th 2014.


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Review: 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues' Starring Will Ferrell

You know our news media is terrible when Ron Burgundy emerges as the voice of reason, but that's exactly what he does in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, when he's not busy being the clueless and offensive retro newscaster we all know and love. The cheap suits and porn mustaches are back in this long-awaited, clamored-for sequel, which cranks the silly factor up to 11 but lacks the fresh, improvisational spirit of its predecessor. There are too many funny, extremely talented folks for the film to be a total miss, but it doesn't quite hold up with the sturdiness of Burgundy's "salon quality hair".

In the grand scheme of Ferrell comedies, the original Anchorman was something of a modest hit, middle of the pack in terms of box office, but its cultural impact has been a dominating thing, and the film remains one of the most quotable movies of all-time. When someone tells you to "Stay classy", you know it's a Burgundy. Like it or not, Anchorman has secured its place in the comedy annals, whereas the sequel works better as biting social commentary, something Ferrell is becoming quite adept at of late after last year's underrated The Campaign, and his take-down of corporate criminals in The Other Guys.

But those who didn't sign up for a lesson why journalism is totally ass-backwards nowadays can take heart that Burgundy and his team of moronic anchors are just as...well, moronic as ever. Now that he's managed to wrap his pea-brain around women newsreaders and settled down with progressive wife Victoria Corningstone (Christina Applegate), the two have moved on to the bright lights of New York City as a husband and wife news team. However, Burgundy's vanity resurfaces when legendary news anchor Mark Hacken (Harrison Ford, chomping like he never left the 42set) steps down and promotes Victoria to the prime time spot. Burgundy gets straight-up canned; sent packing and left wallowing in a drunken, self-pitying misery that destroys his marriage. After a disastrous suicide attempt and even more disastrous stint working at Sea World, Burgundy gets a new lease on life when he's offered a slot on what sounds like an absurd idea: a 24-hour news network.

Burgundy rounds up his idiot musketeers in the Channel 4 News Team, and some of the heartiest laughs come as we see how they've all moved on. Racist sportscaster Champ Kind (David Koechner) owns a chicken joint; suave womanizer Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) is surrounded by pussy as a pet photographer; and braindead weather man Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) has died. Only not really. The gang hits New York expecting things to be as they always were, only to find out they've been unceremoniously dumped onto the 2AM graveyard shift, which makes his feud with prime time superstar anchor Jack Lime (James Marsden) a pretty bad idea.

And if you thought the guys had trouble dealing with women in the workplace before, racial diversity proves an even tougher obstacle.  The sexist jokes of before are the mildly racist jokes of now as Burgundy deals with a sexy, brassy new African-American boss (Meagan Good), and his impromptu shouts of "Black!!" should seem very familiar to a gag from the first film. Actually, Anchorman 2's biggest failure is trying so hard to replicate old gags. Everything from the jazz flute to Fantana's wall of erotica is replicated here less effectively. They're still funny, but they aren't the big, hearty laughs of before, and what's more there isn't much of a narrative flow to the film.  That wasn't such a big deal before when Burgundy's string of non-sequitors were more than enough to carry the day, but Ferrell and writer/director Adam McKay are trying to make a point this time, which proves to be a double-edged sword.

Come to find out we have Burgundy to blame for pretty much every ridiculous stunt "ratings-grabbing" idea the cable news outlets have been indulging in. Asking the question that must be plastered on Fox News conference rooms everywhere: “Why do we have to tell people what they need to know? Why can’t we just tell them what they want to hear?”, Burgundy's broadcast is little more than a 3-hour puff piece of live car chases, cute pets, home runs, and hurricane forecasts. The ratings soar, but real journalism takes a swift kick in the patootie. It's new, refreshing ground that the screenplay is tackling, and the insight it provides make for some of the film's most rewarding moments. However, I like my Burgundy more boorish and unrepentant, and without giving too much away he goes through an evolution that doesn't quite fit with the character.

While there are a lot of re-heated gags, going into this as cold as possible still proves worthwhile. A running joke involving a shark proves especially inspired, and they get some good mileage out of Brick Tamland's ridiculous courtship of Kristen Wiig's brain-addled secretary. Brick is actually more of a factor this time than either Champ or Fantana, although none of them really get a moment to shine.  It's such a pleasure to see the talented Megan Good get a spot in a big film like this, and she clearly puts everything she has into the role even though all she gets to do is react to Ferrell's antics. Cameos are pretty thin until a massive and flat out bonkers sequence towards the finale that trumps the news anchor battle royal from the first film. It's so good that you can't help wishing the entire movie had that same level of energy and chaos. So even though Anchorman 2 will be worth the wait for most people, it too often felt like a rerun rather than breaking news.

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