On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (April 4th, 2016) Dennis Tzeng, Jon Schnepp and Clarke Wolfe discuss the following:
It’s Monday which means it’s time for the weekend box office report brought to you by our friends at AMC Theaters.Batman v Superman Dawn of Justicemade $52.4 million to take the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office.That represents a huge drop of 68% from its $166 million debutand is on par with last year’sFantastic Four, which dropped 68.2% in its second weekend. It also topped the foreign box office for a second consecutive weekend, racking up $85.1 million from 68 territories, pushing the global haul to $682.9 million,Man of Steel. Disney’sZootopiatook No 2 with $20 million dollars and is now at over $275 million domestic.MyBig Fat Greek Wedding 2took in 11.1 million for the No 3 spot withGod’s Not Dead 2taking the 4thspot with $8.1 million.Miracles from Heavenrounded out the top 5 with $7.5 million.
After a Tweet from directorScott Derricksonannounced filming for Marvel’sDoctor Strangehad wrapped principle photographya number of images from the last few days on set in New Yorkhit the web, including shots ofBenedict Cumberbatch’sDr. Stephen Strange andMads Mikkelsen,whose part is still unknown to the fans at this time. Though we know Mikkelsen is playing an evil sorcerer, Marvel has yet to confirm the character’s name is at this point. The psychedelic entry into Marvel’s universe is directed by Scott Derrickson from a script byPrometheuswriterJon Spaights. The movie stars Cumberbatch, Mikkelsen, andRachel McAdamsas “a fellow surgeon that has a history with Strange,“Chiwetel Ejioforas Baron Mordo,Tilda Swintonas the Ancient One, andBenedict Wongas Strange’s trusted associate, Wong. The movie comes to theatres this November 4th.
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20th Century Foxdropped a new TV spot forIndependence Day: Resurgence, which offers a look at the return ofBrent Spiner‘s character he originated in the 1996 blockbuster. Though the new movie did away withWill Smith’s character, the rest of the cast returns for the next epic chapter that sees the survivors from the original movie recovering alien technology and collaborating on an immense defense program to protect the Earth from another invasion. The movie starsLiam Hemsworth,Jeff Goldblum,Bill Pullman,Judd Hirsch,Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner,Maika MonroeandSela Ward. The movie comes in theatres on June 24th.
Last September aSicariosequel was announced by Lionsgate with writerTaylor Sheridanand producersMolly SmithandTrentandThad Luckinbillreturning to produce though no more news was released at that time. Now, in a recent interview with THR, producerTrent Luckinbill revealed a new draft of the script was turned inwith the whole cast of the movie represented in the story with original directorDenis Villeneuveinvolved in the development process. Luckinbill said that the story is a “great big world” withEmily Blunt,Benicio Del ToroandJosh Brolinall coming back.
THR reports that the1984 John Carpenter sci-fi classicStarmanis getting a modern remakewithReal SteelandNight of the MuseumdirectorShawn Levytaking the helm. The original starredJeff BridgesandKaren Allenand is about an extraterrestrial that inhabits the body of a deceased man, who kidnaps his widow in the hopes of rendezvousing with his ship from his home planet. The Columbia Pictures movie will be set in the 21st century with a new script fromArash Amel.Michael Douglas, who produced the original film, will also produce the remake alongside director Levy.
THR reports that Paramount Pictures has picked up the movie rights toDream Jumper, a graphic novel co-written byGreg Grunbergand award-winning cartoonistLucas Turnbloomwith Grunberg’s best friendJ.J. Abramsstepping in to produce. Sources on the project say the movie adaptation may be live-action or animated, though at this time no decision has been made. Abrams will produce through his Bad Robot production company and no writer has been attached as of this report.Dream Jumperis about a boy named Ben who can jump into other people’s dreams in order to help them defeat their nightmares. No release date has been scheduled.
On Friday, Lionsgate released theofficial synopsis toJohn Wick: Chapter 2.The movie will seeKeanu Reeves’retired hitman back in service one more time. The movie will also starJohn Leguizamo,Bridget Moynahan,Ian McShaneandLaurence Fishburne. The sequel to the 2014 hit sees legendary hitman John Wick forced to back out of retirement by a former associate who is plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers.John Wick: Chapter 2arrives in theaters June 22, 2025.
John Hernandez writes:
Hey Movie Talk,
Love Movie talk, been a fan since the AMC days. My question comes from all this talk aboutBvS. Why does everybody always want to compare the DC movie universe with the Marvel movie universe when Fox & theX-Mendid it first and best (well not counting theLast Stand).X-Menstarted as a team movie and finally doing stand alones, which according toDeadpoolare successful. So why compare to Marvel and not Fox/X-Men?
George Mundackal writes:
Hey guys, my name is George HUGE FAN of Collider (TV talk, movie talk, mail bag, jedi alliance and pretty much everything else about the channel) just curious what do you guys think are some of the best movie franchises to marathon either as a re-watch or for a first time viewer? (For meStar Wars,Indiana Jones, MCU Movies,Mission Impossible,Jason Bourne, anything else?
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