Echoes Of The Darkside

Echoes Of The Darkside

With Star Wars: Episode VIII filming underway, "leaked" plot details are starting to emerge online much like the speculation that surrounded it's predecessor, The Force Awakens.

A Reddit user under the alias u/LouEvilOne recently posted the following statements on the StarWarsLeaks Reddit page, however should all be taken with a grain of salt as NOTHING has been confirmed by LucasFilm (and most likely won't be) until the films release on December 15, 2017. One of the supposed "leaked" details is the films proposed title - Star Wars: Echoes Of The Darkside - which I personally think is pretty spectacular if it holds true. Then again, it doesn't take much to beat Attack Of The Clones in my book.

However, the biggest "leak" in u/LouEvilOne's post is in regard to Rey's heritage. It's a bit out in left field, but at the sane time it's crazy enough that it just might be true ...

"Rey is the reincarnation of Anakin Skywalker. Luke went to the first Jedi temple to better understand how the process works. He learned that the spirit of the chosen one is reincarnated by the Force every time the universe is thrown out of balance, which apparently happens on a semi-regular basis (Anakin was hardly the first time the chosen one reincarnated). This is why she's so crazy powerful with the Force (remember that Anakin blew up the Trade Federation donut ship by himself when he was like 8 years old). Rey was the product of a virgin birth, but midichlorians aren't mentioned (Luke says "you are a child of the Force"). Luke is hesitant to train her because, according to Jedi history, the chosen one always struggles with staying on the light side of the Force because of the chaotic power running through them. He's afraid that she could become Vader 2.0. If he trains her to fight Kylo, and she turns dark, she would do way more damage to the galaxy than Kylo could ever dream of doing."

So, like I said, it's a bit of a stretch. I don't personally hate the idea, but I don't love it either. What do you think? 

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Captain America: Civil War Teams Possibly Revealed

Next year will bring us the third Captain America movie, with it taking the premise of the 2007 Marvel Comics storyline of Civil War.  In that comic event two teams, lead by Cap and Iron Man, fight over superhero registration. 

With Marvel Studios not having the rights to all the characters or not yet introducing others, this will obviously be a different take on the story.  Rumors are now emerging as far as who will be on Team Cap and who's on Team Iron Man. 

Team Captain America 

So we have Cap, Scarlet Witch, Falcon, Ant-Man, Winter Soldier, and Hawkeye. Falcon isn't a surprise here, as well as Ant-Man who was "kind of" recruited by Falcon.  And one of the post-credits scene from Ant-Man shows Cap and Falcon have tracked down Winter Soldier, and it seems they'll have him won over at some point in Civil War. 

Team Iron Man

And siding with Iron Man is Black Widow, Vision, Spider-Man, and War Machine. Also rumored is that Captain America has a spy on Iron Man's team, the smart money is on it being Black Widow or War Machine. Black Panther is said to remain neutral for most of the movie but will eventually get pulled in and pick a side. 

Captain America:Civil War releases May 6, 2016

-Lando McFly

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Fantastic Four/X-Men Crossover Being Shelved?

Up until this weekend, all indications pointed to 20th Century Fox setting up their own shared Marvel movie universe with X-Men and Fantastic Four.  With Fantastic Four being a certified bomb for Fox, they seem to be backing away from that plan. 

Bryan Singer(director of all good X-Men movies) has said previously that there was definite plans to bring Fantastic Four and X-Men together. Now producers Simon Kinberg and Hutch Parker are putting distance between Fantastic Four and their successful projects. Kinberg and Parker are now saying the two teams exist in alternate universes. A photo shoot with Entertainment Weekly had cast members from X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, and Gambit; teasing a shared universe that doesn't seem to be happening anymore. 

Fantastic Four being a failure for Fox shouldn't be a huge surprise since they hid the movie from critics until the day before its release.  Director Josh Trank even distanced himself from the movie with a tweet that was quickly deleted. His tweet furthers rumors in the film industry that Fox producers have an ugly history tampering with the movies instead of trusting the directors they hire. 

Where the future of Fantastic Four lies could be anyone's guess. Fox could move forward with the sequel they already scheduled for 2017.  They could give the rights back to Marvel Studios. Or maybe strike a deal similar to what Sony made with Marvel (for all things Spider-Man) to work together.

-Lando McFly

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New Images from X-Men: Apocalypse

A slew of new images from X-Men: Apocalypse have emerged, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.  Several of the shots give us our first look at new mutants Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) and Psylocke (Olivia Munn) , as well as the new Storm (Alexandra Shipp).

Psylocke's look seems to be pretty loyal to her appearance in the comic books.  

Last weekend it was confirmed who would be Apocalypse's four horsemen. The honor of serving him goes to Angel (or Archangel), Psylocke, Storm, and Magneto.  

These two pictures seem to suggest Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) is back fighting alongside the X-Men. 

X-Men: Apocalypse opens on May 27, 2016

-Lando McFly

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Star Wars : The Force Awakens SDCC Panel

Star Wars : The Force Awakens SDCC Panel

If my previous NGP contributions are any indication, the Star Wars saga is something that I have lived and breathed since my youth. Countless viewings of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi were in heavy rotation; and then the dawn of the prequels. Some, like me, have come to embrace them as companion pieces to the vastly superior Clone Wars (and now Rebels) animated series, while others would rather forget. But in just 5 short months, the chapter many of us never thought we would ever see will actually become a reality.

This is finally happening.

This is special.

This is emotional.

This is the Star Wars chapter we've been waiting for.




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Until next time True Believers,

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On The Set: Ghostbusters (2016)

On The Set: Ghostbusters (2016)

It's been a trend recently with huge blockbusters to proliferate the internet with set photos during production. Suicide Squad has proven to be the leakiest set of all time with spy photos coming from the set almost daily. In the story of the new Ghostbusters movie it has been director Paul Feig's decision to control and decide what photos get out to the public. As one of the biggest Ghostbusters fans everything that I've see has been amazing. The heart and soul of the original is alive and well on the new set. Inevitably there has been a lot of hate directed toward the new project and toward Paul Feig because change is always feared. So let's take a look at all the photos that have been released and also at a couple tweets showing how Feig is handling the negativity.

  

Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon in costume. Kate has bodily fluids all over her.

Up close shot of Melissa and Kate on set. Melissa just farted and Kate loves it.

Kristen Wiig is shocked as one man forcefully gives another zerberts.

Kristen eyeing the food truck for lunch.

The Boston Herald recently got their hands on the alleged plot synopsis for the movie. It seems rough but I can definitely see it making it on-screen, here it is: 

"Wiig and McCarthy play a pair of unheralded authors who write a book positing that ghosts are real. Flash forward a few years and Wiig lands a prestigious teaching position at Columbia U. Which is pretty sweet, until her book resurfaces and she is laughed out of academia. Wiig reunites with McCarthy and the other two proton pack-packing phantom wranglers, and she gets some sweet revenge when ghosts invade Manhattan and she and her team have to save the world."

The new ghost busting uniforms. Bustin' makes me feel good.

Melissa letting another fart out of her uniform hoping no one notices. 

All four new Ghostbusters, now with more Leslie Jones!

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

The new Ecto 1. Funeral home approved!

Ecto 1's belfie.

New proton packs. Can strain pasta in a pinch.

Shot of the new Ghostbusters headquarters. They are obviously going to have to deal with a rat problem.

Ghostbusters X-treme?

Paul Feig confirming that the cast will be getting covered in spectral fluids.

Yes, Feig can see all your stupid ass troll tweets...

...and he doesn't give a f@#$!

Ghostbustsers comes out on July 22, 2016. I have a very strong feeling we will get our first trailer when the Goosebumps movie releases in October, it just makes sense (both are Sony movies). Keep checking back because when that releases we will have a trailer breakdown.

-Demo

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We Have Our New Spider-Man!

Marvel and Sony have cast their new Spider-Man and it's Tom Holland. They also announced the director for the new solo Spidey movie, Jon Watts. Watts has directed some independent movies including Cop Car with Kevin Bacon in the lead. 

Tom Holland

Holland will first appear as the Web Head next year in Captain America: Civil War before his own movie in 2017. 

-Lando McFly

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FOX Developing New Mutants Movie

News is breaking that FOX ( who have brought us all the X-Men movies so far) have closed a deal to make a new spin off focusing on the New Mutants.  They've also hired director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) to helm the project. 

New Mutants was a comic book spin off of the X-Men first debuting in 1982. Members have included Magik, Warpath, Sunspot, Warlock, and Canonball. Warpath and Sunspot both appeared in the "future scenes" of X-Men: Days of Future Past. No word on whether those actors will be carried over to this movie. 

-Lando McFly

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Captain America: Civil War Begins Production, Full Cast Revealed

Production on Captain America: Civil War  has begun in Atlanta.  The full cast list has been unveiled, and it seems to have more Avengers than Age of Ultron did. 

Here's the official synopsis for Civil War;

The cast includes Chris Evans (Captain America), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Sebastion Stan (Winter Soldier), Scarlet Johansson (Black Widow), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Paul Bettany (Vision), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Emily VanCamp (Agent 33), Frank Grillo (Crossbones), William Hurt (General Ross), Daniel Bruhl (Baron Zemo), and Martin Freeman (who's role is still unknown).  A handful of these are worth noting ...

This movie will mark the introduction for Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther. It will also be the first time Paul Rudd will be seen along side the rest of the Avengers after Ant-Man releases later this year. William Hurt will return as General "Thunderbolt" Ross, his only other appearance was 2008's The Incredible Hulk. And lastly, Civil War will introduce Daniel Bruhl as Baron Zemo. 

With a cast this massive, Its surprising this isn't considered an Avengers movie. Rumor still suggests Spider-Man will make an appearance once he's cast, but no news on that for the time being.  And with Hawkeye and Ant-Man finally in the same movie, maybe we'll get this classic scene ....

-Lando McFly

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Martin Freeman Cast In Captain America 3!

As of today Martin Freeman, star of The Hobbit, is cast in Captain America: Civil War.  No word on who he'll be playing yet. So speculate away!

The Captain America sequel is about to begin production and will be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. The Russo brothers helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and will also be directing Avengers: Infinity War Parts 1 & 2. 

Will Freeman have a Sherlock reunion with Benedict Cumberbatch, who's playing Doctor Strange in his own movie? Or a Hobbit reunion with Andy Serkis, who you saw as Ulysses Klaw in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Neither are confirmed for Civil War, but time will tell. 

-Lando McFly

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Characters Revealed In New Star Wars Photos

Several photos were revealed today (Star Wars day!) from The Force Awakens, including the one above with some familiar faces. Also in the picture are two of the new stars Daisy Ridley (playing Rey) and John Boyega (playing Finn).  A few of these new shots reveal some actors' roles that until now have been unconfirmed. 

This photo's caption at the top conforms that Gwendoline Christie is playing Captain Phasma. Christie is best known for playing Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones. 

The next shows that Adam Driver will be playing new villain Kylo Ren. Until now, you've only seen this character with his mask on. 

Lupita Nyong'o is seen here filming with motion capture, so it seems she will playing some sort of alien. Not too many details are known of her character other than her name will be Maz Kanata, and that she is some sort of pirate.

Lastly, we have a new shot of Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron.  When he's not busy flying X-Wings, he's also playing the titular villain in next year's X-Men: Apocalypse.

That's all for now, and may the force be with you! 

-Lando McFly

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Avengers: What's Next?

So, if you're like a lot of people, you saw Avengers: Age of Ultron this weekend. But maybe now you're curious about what's next for the team and what that mid-credits scene means exactly. Needless to say, spoilers will be plenty going further if you haven't seen the movie.

THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING.

Still with me? Okay, let's get to it.

Thanos and the Infinty Gauntlet!

If you stayed around through the credits, about midway there was a quick scene with Thanos ( voiced by Josh Brolin ).  He puts on what's known as the "Infinity Gauntlet" and says "Fine, I'll do it myself". 

Seems to be the Marvel films' "big bad" is about to get his hands dirty. He was teased in a mid credits scene in the first Avengers movie, showing he was responsible for providing Loki with an army and that sceptor (or glow stick of destiny as Iron Man called it).  Thanos also made a brief appearance in last year's Guardians of the Galaxy, tasking that movie's villain (Ronan) with finding an orb, which ended up holding one of the Infinity Gems. Not familiar with the Infinity Gems? Let me help you with that...

These gems all fit into the Infinity Gauntlet, giving the bearer of the glove essentially limitless power. As you can see on the picture above, two gems are unaccounted for in the Marvel movies. We're sure to see these introduced in next year's Doctor Strange, 2017's Thor: Ragnorak, or Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 in 2018. 

So there's a quick rundown of the Infinity Gauntlet and Thanos. Until more details are officially announced or revealed in future movies, anything more would be strictly speculation. 

Now onto the new line up of the Avengers at the end of the movie and next year's Captain America: Civil War. 

New Avengers and Civil War!

The final scene before the credits rolled showed a new team going forward. Captain America and Black Widow will need some help with 4 Avengers bowing out at the end of the movie. Tony Stark takes a leave of absence, Hawkeye takes off to be a dad, Thor returns to Asgard, and Hulk goes into hiding.  So now we got a new line up. 

Heading up the team is Captain America, with Black Widow seeming to serve as his right hand woman. War Machine (from the Iron Man movies) and Falcon (introduced in last year's Captain America: Civil War) finally get promoted to the big leagues. As well as Scarlet Witch and Vision who both made their debut in Age of Ultron. 

Who knows how long this line up will remain. Next year, heroes will be facing off against one another in Captain America: Civil War. And we'll be introduced to several other Avengers in the next few years; Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man, and some guy named Spider-Man. Also, don't rule out veteran Avengers like Iron Man or Hawkeye getting called back into the ring at any time. 

Avengers Potpourri 

A few random notes to close this out ...

Did you catch Sam "Falcon" Wilson's mention of a "missing person case"? No doubt a nod to Cap and Falcon looking for Bucky/Winter Soldier. Marvel hasn't forgotten about him, and he's confirmed to be in Civil War next year. 

And we can't finish without mention of Pietro "Quicksilver" Maximoff. We hardly knew thee. 

It seems odd for Marvel to kill off such a classic Avenger in the same movie he's introduced in. But perhaps they felt they needed to tell audiences that Avengers CAN DIE. No doubt Avengers director Joss Whedon will get a lot of flack for Pietro's early demise. But the truth is, Marvel wouldn't allow it if they weren't OK it, or maybe they even suggested it. And if you're one for speculating...could Quicksilver be resurrected via the Infinity Gauntlet? Or through any other means? It would be a very "comic book" thing to do.  

Until next time, True Believers ....

-Lando McFly

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