Disney has several top-tier licenses at their disposal, including Star Wars and Marvel Studios, but they haven’t forgotten that their own brand is valuable as well. The studio had an enormous hit on their hands with Maleficent earlier this year. The modern reworking of the classic Sleeping Beauty tale has made over $215 million dollars […]
‘Star Wars’ Trailer With ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Flair
Ever wonder, like I do, what a modern ‘Star Wars’ Original Trilogy trailer might look like? Ever think, again like I do,”why can’t every trailer be as zany, joyful, and exciting as that first ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ one”? Well, hold on to your helmets, folks, because The Unusual Suspect has put together the trailer […]
Rian Johnson Takes the Helm of ‘Star Wars: Episode 8’
In news that I didn’t expect for quite sometime, it has been pretty much confirmed that Rian Johnson (Looper) is sitting in the director’s chair for ‘Star Wars: Episode 8.’ And he isn’t just directing: he’ll also take a crack at writing ‘Episode 8,’ arguably the more important of the two jobs. It’s hard to say […]
Disney to Adapt a Live-Action Version of ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Disney is on a roll. They have acquired Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars under their banner. But many wonder what happened to producing the animated films that made them famous. They are still here… they are just being made into live-action. They already have Maleficent, a retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty animated film in […]
Get a Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Maleficent’
There is a demand from the public to have their classic fables and stories reinvented. From films such as Snow White and the Huntsman, to Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, to television programs like Grimm and Once Upon A Time, it is clear there is a desire to see classic tales told in a […]
Sofia Coppola to Direct Live-Action version of “The Little Mermaid”
Director Sofia Coppola (The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation) is set to tackle her first major studio property for Universal Pictures, The Little Mermaid. According to Deadline (via Collider), she will be adapting the classic Hans Christian Anderson fable for the big screen for the first time in live-action. It is unclear what approach Coppola, […]
Newest ‘Maleficient’ Trailer Starring Angelina Jolie is Here!
Update: Disney is still on track for total world domination. They have cornered the market on toddlers and young children with their acquisition of Pixar, not to mention everyone else who loves their films. They have the male market (and again, everyone else who loves their films) locked down with their ownership of Marvel Studios. […]
Trailer for Netflix-Sponsored Clone Wars Drops, Explodes My Brain
Please, for the love of all geekery in the vast Kingdom of Geekropolis, watch this trailer. Watch this trailer and swoon. Netflix and Lucasfilm promise droids, clones, the return of Qui-Gon, and utter Yoda-themed badassery in its first full-length trailer for The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions. I, for one, am full of questions about […]