Geek Daily: X-Men: First Class, Wolverine Cameos, and Ramona Flowers
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Rick Marshall was right -- thanks to the major studios toning it down for NYCC, we're getting a lot of nice updates on the "smaller" comic book films from the con. Remember X-Men: First Class? Josh Schwartz confirmed to MTV Splash Page that he is writing the film, but not directing it. They're only just getting started with the script, so he was tight-lipped on who the First Class will be. He did say they won't be tackling Dark Phoenix, but the fact that he even mentions the story-of-all-stories makes me wonder if First Class will be a young Cyclops, Jean Gray, Beast, etc.
Especially when you consider who all is (and isn't) getting a cameo in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Widescreen Vision caught up with Lauren Shuler Donner, who revealed that a Storm cameo had been filmed, but was going to be cut. Which means there's probably a little Scott Summers in this film, as hinted by a character list in France's Climax Magazine -- and that itself confirms rumors we had last year. Despite that everyone you ever met in X-Men is going to be in it, Shuler Donner also revealed the film will be "well under" 2 hours. Uh oh.
Paramount announced that a third Star Trek trailer will be attached to Watchmen on March 6. Considering the Super Bowl TV spot excited no one (and marketing wise, that was really a time to win over the "new audience" this reboot is aiming for) this might be their final chance to kick ass.
TFW2005 has posted more toy images of what is believed to be The Fallen and Devastator from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The Fallen kinda looks like an Alien/Predator baby (in metallic form), and hopefully that's a good thing. Devastator, meanwhile, just looks big and bad and powerful. We should warn you of spoilers, and you can check both out by clicking the image below.
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Remember Arcana Comics' big screen adaptation of Paradox? It's already in post-production, and the trailer will debut at San Diego ComicCon. If you've forgotten, it's about an alternate Earth run by magic, and a series of murders there that appear to have been committed by something unheard of: science! [MTV Splash Page]
Finally, here is the photo that shook Scott Pilgrim fanboys to the core -- the first glimpse of Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers in Edgar Wright's adaptation. As her face is covered, I didn't find it particularly exciting -- but she is a dream girl, not a dream guy, so it's probably a gender thing.
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2-11-2009 @ 11:13AM
matthew barnes said...
"Considering the Super Bowl TV spot excited no one..."
what?!?!? did you not see the same superbowl spot that i did? it was awesome! of course, i'd love another full-length trailer, but every single person at the party i was at wanted to see Star Trek after that trailer (and most of them hate sci-fi movies like that). also, i read that it was rated the #2 ad of the superbowl (after the Transformers trailer.)
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2-11-2009 @ 12:52PM
kelly said...
That's supposed to be Devastator??? I can't even find his head! I spent all of the first Transformers movie trying to figure out what the hell I was looking at and it looks like this movie will be more of the same.
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2-11-2009 @ 2:11PM
Mr. R said...
I totally agree with you. This designs are so baroque, so over the top, they take away from the characters. Then again, when did any Michael Bay character have any dept? Even pop corn flicks deserve some character build up (Iron Man).
2-11-2009 @ 11:20PM
Joe said...
I can't believe the new X-men movie will be less then 2 hours. I thought X3 should have been at least 3 with every one in it.
So seeing as people thought the movie was bad and to much going on for so many people the next one would be longer.
In this day and age after the Dark Knight when the whole time you feel like you are on a ride and never want it to end you would think Fox would make the movie longer.
Plus I really don't under stand why there will be some many cameos it is a Wolverine after all.
That being said I will see the movie just I would have thought people would have learned there lesson with X3.
Now onto Star Trek is this a joke. I have never liked Star Trek but did see the movies because Patrick Stewart is really cool.
But after seeing the trailer I really wanted to see the film. Plus my Mom how hates the Star Trek series thinks the movie look really cool and wants to see it.
So I can't under stand why people would not want to see the movie because to me it looks great.
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