James Gunn took to Twitter to answer questions about ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ — and he wound up revealing some huge info about ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.’
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn announced this week that French Korean beauty Pom Klementieff was joining the cast as Mantis, and we couldn’t be happier to add another nude beauty to this team!… read more
Also in Monday morning’s round-up of news briefs, Cosmopolis lead a weekend of specialty release titles in the box office. Samuel L. Jackson is joining an upcoming Spike Lee project. And remembering Gregory Peck’s widow who has passed away. Huge Crowds to Buy Hunger Games DVD Fans turned out in droves for the weekend release of The Hunger Games DVD. Cast members made appearances at select Walmarts in various cities, signing DVDs and Blu-rays, Deadline reports . Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis Strong in Deubt, Robot & Frank Solid: Specialty Box Office Cosmopolis launched its run in the U.S. and qualified as a master of the specialty universe – at least this weekend. After a blitz of media coverage worthy of a studio blockbuster, the David Cronenberg-directed, Robert Pattinson-starrer averaged a fairly impressive $24K-plus in three locations Stateside, Deadline reports . Samuel L. Jackson Boards Spike Lee’s Oldboy After a 21 year gap, Jackson will play a small but important part in Lee’s adaptation of the second part of Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook’s trilogy Oldboy . He’ll play a man who is tortured by the film’s hero, played by Josh Brolin in a key revenge scene, the Playlist reports via The Los Angeles Times . James Gunn Eyes Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Gunn is Marvel Studios’ choice to direct its upcoming space superhero saga Guardians of the Galaxy . The official log line for the film says it is centered on a “U.S. pilot who ends up in space in the middle of a universal conflict and goes on the run with futuristic ex-cons who have something everyone wants,” THR reports . Gregory Peck’s Widow Dies at 80 Veronique Passani, widow of Oscar-winning actor Gregory Peck, died of heart failure at her home in Los Angeles. Born in Paris, Passani met the actor when he was traveling to star in Roman Holiday and interviewed him for French paper, France Soir , THR reports .
Also in Monday morning’s round-up of news briefs, Cosmopolis lead a weekend of specialty release titles in the box office. Samuel L. Jackson is joining an upcoming Spike Lee project. And remembering Gregory Peck’s widow who has passed away. Huge Crowds to Buy Hunger Games DVD Fans turned out in droves for the weekend release of The Hunger Games DVD. Cast members made appearances at select Walmarts in various cities, signing DVDs and Blu-rays, Deadline reports . Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis Strong in Deubt, Robot & Frank Solid: Specialty Box Office Cosmopolis launched its run in the U.S. and qualified as a master of the specialty universe – at least this weekend. After a blitz of media coverage worthy of a studio blockbuster, the David Cronenberg-directed, Robert Pattinson-starrer averaged a fairly impressive $24K-plus in three locations Stateside, Deadline reports . Samuel L. Jackson Boards Spike Lee’s Oldboy After a 21 year gap, Jackson will play a small but important part in Lee’s adaptation of the second part of Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook’s trilogy Oldboy . He’ll play a man who is tortured by the film’s hero, played by Josh Brolin in a key revenge scene, the Playlist reports via The Los Angeles Times . James Gunn Eyes Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Gunn is Marvel Studios’ choice to direct its upcoming space superhero saga Guardians of the Galaxy . The official log line for the film says it is centered on a “U.S. pilot who ends up in space in the middle of a universal conflict and goes on the run with futuristic ex-cons who have something everyone wants,” THR reports . Gregory Peck’s Widow Dies at 80 Veronique Passani, widow of Oscar-winning actor Gregory Peck, died of heart failure at her home in Los Angeles. Born in Paris, Passani met the actor when he was traveling to star in Roman Holiday and interviewed him for French paper, France Soir , THR reports .
Ha! [Cue honking gag horn] It’ll all make sense after a look at the trailer for Super , James Gunn’s outrageous (and outrageously violent) comedy featuring Rainn Wilson as a schmo-turned-crime-fighter working to reclaim his estranged wife (Liv Tyler) from an evil drug lord (Kevin Bacon). Along the way he enlists a young sidekick (Ellen Page) whose expertise in comics (and enthusiasm for head-busting) comes in handy on his quest.
James Gunn just spent one of the most successful weekends of his life in Toronto, premiering his new superhero-splatter-comedy SUPER to Midnight Madness raves before selling it off to IFC Films in the festival’s first distribution deal. In the end, though, Gunn’s biggest triumph may have come in writing and directing the film he wanted to make exactly how he wanted to make it, with Rainn Wilson’s nobody Frank adopting the crimefighting persona the Crimson Bolt after his wife (Liv Tyler) is all but kidnapped by a local drug baron (Kevin Bacon). It’s a lot harder than it sounds in an age of indie-market turbulence, comic-book genre saturation, and even Gunn’s own creative apprehensions following his 2006 debut Slither . He spoke to Movieline about these and other subjects — from Joe Strummer to God — over the weekend.
It turns out that we do in fact need another ultra-violent satire of comic book movies. I’m not sure how many people would have argued this before the Toronto Film Festival, but after the buzzed-about midnight premiere of James Gunn’s Super and the immediate sale that followed, it seems like a pretty safe assumption. Now, those of us who aren’t at the festival can get a first look with this new clip from the film.