Recently I just wrote an article talking about studios
preference to to try and adapt Modern games, which are themselves cinematic,
into films, over Classic Games, which have a thin story in comparison yet
extremely fun. I stated that it would be better to develop Classic Games intoFilms and it looks like Insomniac Games agrees.
Insomniac Games announced recently, that an animated Ratchet
& Clank movie is coming to theaters in 2015. "We’ve wanted to do a
movie for a long time! Ratchet & Clank’s action, humor and galaxy-spanning
adventures have really been the basis for a fantastic game series, and we think
it’d translate perfectly to the big screen," the company said today.
Blockade Entertainment and Rainmaker Entertainment are
currently in production on Ratchet & Clank’s first cinematic adventure.
Insomniac has a hands-on role with the film's production, screenplay, character
development, and animation consulting. T.J. Fixman, who has written all of the
recent "Ratchet & Clank" games, is writing the script for the
film as well.
You can watch the first teaser and check out artwork below!
THR is reporting that actress Ophelia Lovibond has been cast
in the upcoming Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy. Specifics of her role are
being kept under wraps, but it is said that her character will work closely
with "The Collector," who is one of the "Elders of the
Universe" in Marvel comics.
Lee Pace
Now we have word that actor Lee Pace has won the villain
role in Marvel Studios' upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, The Wrap reports.
Its still not confirmed just which villain he might be
playing although we all think it just might be The Collector.
In the source material, The Collector learned about Thanos'
ability to threaten the universe and sought to collect life forms and worlds to
place in a museum of sorts, ideally protecting them from Thanos and his path of
destruction. He even held onto one of the Infinity Gems, "The Reality
Gem," before Thanos stole it.
Whoever wields the Reality Gem is capable of
altering, manipulating and controlling reality by changing the physical laws of
the universe. When used in conjunction with the other Infinity Gems, it could
lead to a whole lot of destruction.
The Collector
It was rumoured that Thanos would possibly be a feature in
not only Guardians of the Galaxy but Avengers as well, meaning it could well be
possibly that what we know from the comics could play out on the silver screen.
Other cast members confirmed for the film are "Parks
and Recreation" actor Chris Pratt as Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, Dave
Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Zoe Saldana as the green skinned assassin
Gamora, and Michael Rooker as Yondu. Guardians of the Galaxy's roster is also
said to include Groot and Rocket Raccoon.
The film is currently in pre-production
in the UK, with Gunn at the helm, and is targeting an August 1, 2014 release.
Collider recently managed to grab an interview with producer
Neal Moritz where they extensively discussed Fast and Furious 6, as well as the
progress on the very fast-moving Fast & Furious 7, which was recently
announced for a July 2014 release.
When asked about Fast & Furious 6, Moritz was visibly
ecstatic with the finish product, saying:
“It’s the best of the series. We had one test screening on this movie and
over 90% of the people in the audience said it was as good or better than Fast
Five, with the majority of them being better.
It just delivers, there’s incredible action, there’s a fantastic
villain, but the spine of the movie is that relationship between Vin and Michelle. When she comes back and how that throws
everything into havoc, it’s just fantastic.
It’s just a really, really good emotional story between the two of them
and it’s really the backbone.”
Moritz added that Fast 6 has not one, not two, but three
major action set pieces:
“We have two or three of the best action sequences you will
ever see. The scene where you saw the
tank on the freeway, that sequence is incredible. The taking down of the big plane at the end
of the movie is incredible, and then there’s a sequence early on that we call
‘Team vs. Team’ through the streets of London which is incredible.”
Late last month, Vin Diesel suggested that filming on the
seventh installment in the series could begin as early as July this year. Dwayne Johnson subsequently told Steve that
he’s set to shoot Hercules this June, so he might not be able to return to the
Fast franchise should Universal move so quickly on the follow-up. Well, the studio did announce a July 11, 2014
release date for Fast & Furious 7, and Moritz confirmed that filming would
indeed begin this summer:
“Yes, we are gonna film this summer. We have been talking about it for quite a
while, because while we’re making any of the Fast movies we’re always talking
about what could happen in future Fast films.
So it’s something that we have been talking about for quite a while.”
Though Johnson may have to do some serious schedule
finagling to fit both Fast 7 and Hercules in, Moritz says The Rock will most
definitely be back:
“[Fast & Furious 7] is a new chapter, but The Rock will
be involved as well.”
While the franchise is officially continuing on past Fast
& Furious 6, director Justin Lin (who has helmed four Fast films in total)
has opted to step away from the franchise. Universal made a bit of a left field
choice by sigining Saw and Insidious director, James Wan, who will step in and
take the reins for Fast 7:
“[Wan is] a terrific, terrific director at the top, top of
his genre. He’s done everything you
could do in the genre he’s been working in, and as he said to me the other day,
everything he has trained himself within that genre has been so he could take
the next step up into something like Fast & Furious… I’ve always been a fan
of his, he’s one of the people that we initially had on our list as a possible
replacement, but I can just tell you when he came in and told us what his
vision was, when he left the room we all looked at each other and said ‘That’s
our director.’”
When asked if the franchise might possibly end after Fast
& Furious 7 or if the producer could see it continuing on, and Moritz seemed
optimistic about the endless possibilities for the future of the franchise:
“I really think that people are really interested in these
characters, and we’re lucky enough to have developed so many characters with so
many storylines that the biggest hindrance of this franchise is the fact that
we just don’t have enough screentime to service all the characters in this
movie. There’s just so many
interpersonal relationships between so many people in the movie, there’s just a
lot of different ways to go. So we’re
just continually working to develop good stories with good characters and have
a lot of their stories interweave constantly and sprinkle a lot of great action
in between.”
When asked if Dwayne Johnson would get his own Hobbs spin
off, Moritz said they’re currently just focused on Fast & Furious 7.
Whatever the case maybe, you can not miss Fast and Furious 6
when it releases on May 24th.
