Katee Sackhoff Says Secret Role is Not for Marvel

So maybe now is a good time to stop thinking every "secret" gig an actor teases is for Marvel? And that goes for me, too, because I'm as guilty of it as anybody. Over the last few days Katee Sackhoff has been hinting at a major role she's suiting up for, and she couched it by commenting on her meeting with Stan Lee. Granted, Lee doesn't have any official input in Marvel's decisions, but when taken with her other clues it all seemed to fit together. But now as she drops a couple more hints, she also reveals that the part she's lined up isn't for Marvel at all. Here are her latest clues...

Clue #3 pic.twitter.com/g94U1UFwWL
— Katee Sackhoff (@kateesackhoff) August 4, 2014

Clue #4 Secret Project NOT a @Marvel project. Xoxo
— Katee Sackhoff (@kateesackhoff) August 4, 2014

The most obvious assumption is she's actually working on a DC project but that may be jumping the gun, too. And I don't recognize the headdress at all. Anybody have some idea?  Is she perhaps talking about a part in Arrow or the Flash, or maybe even Constantine? I'd think something like that would have been spoiled by now.

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Katee Sackhoff Teases Marvel Meeting and "Super Secret" Role

As the grim and tough Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica, Katee Sackhoff is someone many expect to be suited up for a superhero role at some point. She's been rumored for various parts in the past, including Captain Marvel, a character many expect to be appear in Marvel's Phase Three, and has previously had meetings with them which we didn't seem to amount to anything. Or perhaps maybe they did? Sackhoff is at it again, and over the last few days she's been talking about a meeting she has with Stan Lee about a "super secret job". While that is certainly interesting, it's the photo clues she's been tweeting from the set that are of real interest.

I'm wearing red leather to my meeting with @TheRealStanLee today, sorta just seemed appropriate.
— Katee Sackhoff (@kateesackhoff) July 29, 2014

Headed out for day one of a super secret job....I will send photo clues throughout the next 3 days! Clue #1 pic.twitter.com/1mVRmQKNmE
— Katee Sackhoff (@kateesackhoff) August 2, 2014

Clue #2 pic.twitter.com/giXoQB8y3W
— Katee Sackhoff (@kateesackhoff) August 3, 2014

Sackhoff seems to be getting fitted for some kind of mask or headgear in the second image, while in the third she's sporting a little red and yellow leather. Does all of this equate to her being Captain Marvel or some other comic book character? The last time rumors like this cropped it didn't turn out as we thought, and she ended up starring with Guardians of the Galaxy co-stars Vin Diesel and Dave Bautista in Riddick. Perhaps they helped convince Marvel to push ahead with Sackhoff as their next female superhero? But when I think "red leather" and Marvel heroes Captain Marvel isn't the first one that springs to mind. Elektra does. So does Spider-Woman.

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Review: Oculus starring Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites

For every ten standard horror films there’s one that breaks the mold, these are your SCREAMs and A Nightmare on Elm Street (believe it or not that movie was pretty groundbreaking when it came out).  I’m not saying Oculus is on the level of those genre-changing films but it’s definitely right up there. On the surface you have a movie about an evil mirror that kills those who look on it, past that you have a movie that seriously treads the line on “Is this all just a figment of a disturbed imagination?” Let’s do some plot, Alan Russell (Rory Cochran) buys a mirror without checking the provenance, which would have told him the prior owners had a nasty nack for dying badly. What follows is a long bit of “All Work and No Play Make Alan GO CRAZY” leading up to the sound of some shots going off and Alan and his wife Marie (Katee Sackoff) dead and all things looking like Alan just went nuts. Their children, Tim and Kaylie, are both shipped off to different places with Tim going to a mental institution after receiving the blame for his father’s death. After he is released Tim (Brenton Thwaites) meets up with his sister Kaylie (Karen Gillan). Tim has spent years learning that the mirror was only a creation of his mind to deal with his father’s descent into madness, while Kaylie has been able to focus her time directly into believing in an evil mirror.

This is where the film really takes off, horror movies always play with the idea that “It’s all in your head”, but usually it’s in the form of some distrusting authority figures who we’re not supposed to take seriously, this movie has one of the main characters casting doubt. If that doesn’t make the water murky enough the trip results in the telling of the back story intercut with real time in such a way that the two begin to overlap and we really do begin to question the motive of the movie. The non-linear storyline is a touch that really makes you feel what the characters are feeling, it pulls you in to such a jarring state that you can understand the heights they are willing to go to and that they are having a hard time trusting their own eyes. Isn’t that everyone’s deepest fear, really? To not be able to trust your own senses knowing that you’re so sure of something but there’s an outside chance that you may just be losing your mind.  That’s a downright amazing touch right there…because it’s only when you feel truly safe that you can be properly scared.

This sounds like a very non-traditional horror movie, where are the scares? Don’t worry about that, there are more than enough creepy faces where there shouldn’t be and standard jump scares as well…but done in the right way. I’ve really found that jump scares are a necessity in horror films but you have to do them properly, in a not completely obvious way. Honestly though, it’s the psychological impact of Oculus that will leave you with the lights on, not the cheap scares.

I think Oculus, while not for everybody, is a must for all fans of the horror genre. This flick is the next in a progression of smarter horror films like Drag Me To Hell, or Cabin in the Woods. There is so much more to the film than I’ve even listed here, for the sanctity of spoiler-free, but as you slowly find yourself learning the truth of what happened that night you only go further down the rabbit hole. You’ll want to come back for more which, box office depending, was left wide open in the most clichéd part of the film…the final shot sequel establisher!

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Beware the Killer Mirror in New Trailer and Poster for Horror 'Oculus'

A few years ago there was a mid-level horror film called Mirrors, that rang up a pretty decent box office on the strength of its cast led by Kiefer Sutherland and Paula Patton. It wasn't especially memorable, but the one thing it did right was impart a valuable lesson that mirrors are not to be trifled with, and it has nothing to do with seven years of bad luck. But apparently that message wasn't learned by everybody, which is why movies like Oculus exist.

A new trailer, poster, and a handful of photos have been released for Oculus, a horror which generated some solid buzz among the TIFF midnight crowd. Directed by Mike Flanagan with Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Rory Cochrane and Katee Sackhoff starring, the film centers on siblings whose lives were ruined by a malevolent force unleashed through an antique mirror. Some folks never learn.

Oculus will hit up SXSW soon before opening in theaters April 11th.


Oculus - Official Trailer by Dread Central

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Edgar Wright's 'Ant-Man' Moved to July 2015; Katee Sackhoff Reveals Talks with Marvel

Edgar Wright's Ant-Man is the official kick-off to Marvel's Phase Three, but it's been in development longer than any of their other films. First announced way back in 2006 before there ever was an Iron Man, there were some who saw it as an enticing pipe dream up until Marvel/Disney finally dated it for November 6th 2015. But now Marvel has decided you shouldn't have to wait even that long, as they've bumped Ant-Man up more than three months to July 31st.

So what's the reason for the move? Deadline has no answers, and it's a decision that is odd for a couple of reasons. First of all, this moves it extremely close to the May release of The Avengers: Age of Ultron, meaning there won't be much elbow between the films. It's even more curious considering the amount of blockbusters already lined up for that summer, with Star Wars 7, Man of Steel 2, Jurassic Park 4, the Terminator reboot, and Pirates of the Caribbean 5 all vying for attention. Half of these are Disney films, as well, so the decision to pack so many so close together doesn't seem like the soundest business strategy.

With this move we can probably expect production to begin sooner than expected, and for some hard casting news to start showing up.  Ant-Man fans have been begging for Nathan Fillion to get a shot at playing founding Avenger Henry "Hank" Pym, but there's nothing to suggest he's even on their radar.

One person we know to be in Marvel's crosshairs is Katee Sackhoff, who just recently joined with
Guardians of the Galaxy stars Vin Diesel and Dave Bautista for Riddick.  While on the (dreadful) Schmoes Know podcast (seriously, it pains me even to link to them), Sackhoff revealed that she's been talking to Marvel, and that "there's been some stuff going on" and "a lot of checking of availability for the first quarter of next year." That's around the same time 'Age of Ultron' is due to start production, and one has to think maybe she's in contention to play Carol "Ms. Marvel" Danvers. She has the look for it, and Joss Whedon has basically told us a female Avenger would be joining the team, and we've already heard names like Emily Blunt and Ruth Wilson rumored for it. Any of those three would be perfect for it, but Sackhoff comes with the ready-made look and battle-hardened demeanor the role would demand.

Between this and Vin Diesel's recent comments about a major shake-up in 2016, it's clear that Marvel isn't easing up on the throttle heading into their third phase.

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Two Clips from Vin Diesel's 'Riddick' Feature Katee Sackhoff and Dave Bautista

Is it not obvious that Vin Diesel's Riddick is right around the corner? A new clip just dropped yesterday, and he's been making the press rounds talking everything from that film to his upcoming Marvel work. And now two more pieces of Riddick footage have emerged that give us a look at Diesel's Guardians of the Galaxy co-star Dave Bautista, and Battlestar Galactica alum Katee Sackhoff.

Chains are being used to keep Riddick captive in both clips, but the mercenaries might as well use tissue paper because it doesn't stop him from attempting to score with Sackhoff, then easily kill one of his dim-witted captors. The point seems to be pretty clear. Even though they're being terrorized by the planet's native creatures, Riddick is the one who should be feared.

Riddick hits theaters on September 6th.





PLOT: The latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000′s hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004′s The Chronicles of Riddick reunites writer/director David Twohy (A Perfect Getaway, The Fugitive) and star Vin Diesel (the Fast and Furious franchise, xXx). Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy. The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty. The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won’t leave the planet without Riddick’s head as their trophy.

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Time's Up in the New Trailer for Vin Diesel's 'Riddick'

It's been nearly a decade since Vin Diesel's The Chronicles of Riddick, and despite the film not really living up to the promise of cult hit Pitch Black, he never let enthusiasm for the franchise slide. In fact, Diesel spent that time trying to bring the warrior Furyan back to the big screen with Riddick, and everything we've seen so far suggests it will be going back to its sci-fi/horror roots.

The latest trailer sticks closely to the red band promo released during Comic-Con, practically while Diesel was up on stage chatting about it. Riddick finds himself trapped on a desolate planet, surrounded by bounty hunters he's been forced to signal as his only means of escape. As dangerous a predicament as that may be, the real threat comes from the fearsome creatures that inhabit the planet, including what appears to be a giant flying space dragon.

Starring Katee Sackhoff, Dave Bautista, Jordi Molla, Karl Urban, and Bokeem Woodbine, Riddick hits theaters on September 6th.


Riddick (2013) - Official Trailer #3 [VO-HD] by Eklecty City

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Vin Diesel rules the dark in the first 'Riddick' trailer!

There probably isn't much demand to see Vin Diesel perform Shakespeare, but make no mistake, people turn up in big numbers to see him on the big screen. Fast & Furious has grown into a decade-long blockbuster largely on the strength of Diesel as the lead, but it's hardly the only franchise with a loyal fan base that he's at the head of. It was 2000's sci-fi sleeper hit Pitch Black that first made him a star, which was then followed up by the box office dud The Chronicles of Riddick. It should have died out there, but the series grew and thrived via video games and anime movies. Diesel always stuck by it, and after years of putting in the work, he and franchise director David Twohy are back with the third chapter, Riddick.

After a long wait, the first trailer has been released, and it definitely bears more than a passing visual resemblance to Pitch Black. Certainly it's less polished than 'Chronicles' was, and the fans were quite vocal that they wanted this to be a grittier, hard R-rated effort. The film sees the Furyan warrior Riddick trapped on a desolate planet inhabited by vicious creatures, and the only way off is to signal a rescue beacon that also alerts his many enemies to his whereabouts. Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica), Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), and Jordi Molla co-star, along with Star Trek Into Darkness' Karl Urban reprising his role as Vaako.

Riddick will open in IMAX on September 6th.


Riddick - Trailer #1 [VO|HD] by addictomovie.com

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1st trailer and poster for 'The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia'

Three years ago The Haunting in Connecticut served up hearty haunted house scares on a meager budget, coasting its way to over $77M at a time when animated movies were dominating the box office. Not exactly world-beating numbers, but enough that a sequel was likely, and soon we learned that Gold Circle Films had two in the works, centering on families haunted in two very different locales. Like the original, it would be based on an alleged real life encounter with the paranormal, and would be directed by 'Connecticut' editor Tom Elkins.

First announced as The Haunting in Georgia, it now goes by the overlong and confusing title of The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia(wait, what?), and with a release date right around the corner, we're finally getting a look at the trailer. The film is comprised mostly of TV vets, Chad Michael Murray(One Tree Hill), Katee Sackhoff(Battlestar Galactica) and Abigail Spencer(Mad Men), following a family that moves into a historic Georgia home, only to discover they aren't alone. As you might expect, the new location gives way to a deeply Southern Gothic approach, but the poster looks like someone saw The Last Exorcism once too often.

Presumably, if this does well, we'll see the next chapter in the series, which takes place in New York and has Sean Hood(Halloween: Resurrection) penning the screenplay. The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia will get a small theatrical run and VOD release on February 1st 2013. Check out the trailer below.....[IGN/Yahoo!]

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1st look at Katee Sackhoff in Vin Diesel's 'Riddick'!

When it comes to Riddick, Vin Diesel is building excitement for it the right way. I'll use myself as an example here, because when it was first announced he would be reteaming with David Twohy on the third film in the franchise, the last person who thought it should happen was me. Diesel's clear excitement over the project, chronicled almost daily on his Facebook page through various set photos of himself and the rest of the talented cast, has become infectious, and now you count me as someone who really wants to see with the dreaded Furyan has up his sleeve this time.

Diesel has released three more images from Riddick, one giving us our first look at the sexy Katee Sackhoff(Battlestar Galactica) as a mercenary named Dahl. Another shows us one of the native creatures to the desolate planet Riddick finds himself stranded on.

Along with Diesel and Sackhoff, the film features the returning Karl Urban, plus Bokeem Woodbine, Jordi Molla, and ex-WWE superstar Dave Bautista.

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Dave Bautista, Katee Sackhoff offered roles in third 'Chronicles of Riddick' film

So things don't seem to be going all that well for Vin Diesel and his self financed, R-rated third installment of The Chronicles of Riddick series, currently titled Dead Man Stalking. Yesterday TMZ reported that production on the film had come to a sudden halt because Diesel's production company, One Race Films, had failed to pay the Montreal studio where it's being shot. D'oh.  How much of that is true or not is yet to be known, but in the meantime there's been some offers made to some folks in case filming ever gets rollin' again.

Ex-WWE superstar turned failed MMA grappler Dave Bautista, Katee Sackhoff(Battlestar Galactica), Bokeem Woodbine(Strapped), and Andrea Aspergis have been made offers to join the film, which Diesel hopes to release some time in 2012. Last month it was reported that Karl Urban would be back to reprise his role as Necromonger Vaako from the last film, although to the best of my knowledge that hasn't actually been confirmed. Someone fill me in if you know for sure.

Aspergis would play a character named Krone, a commander of the dark theocracy. Ok.  Sackhoff would play a Nordic merc named Dahl.

David Twohy, writer/director of both Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, is back for this installment as well. Bear in mind these are just offers with nothing accepted as of yet. Bautista I keep expecting to show back up on WWE TV, but that ain't gonna happen as long as he keeps getting acting jobs. Sackhoff is a sci-fi vet and should be a welcome addition.

If Universal is really backing this film, I don't foresee these financial issues lasting all that long. Then again the last film struggled to break even, and the demand for a sequel has been most vocal by only Diesel. [BloodyDisgusting]

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