That's a Wrap!
/Hello and welcome to That's a Wrap! The weekly post where I wrap up the film news for this week.
There has been a huge amount of exciting news for film fans this week. The one that personally stood out for me was the news that Disney are planning to release a new Star Wars film every year after 2015, which is the year JJ Abrams' Episode VII will be released. It has been reported that in between the films for the new and third trilogy in the Star Wars franchise there will be standalone films released. These will include characters such as Han Solo and Boba Fett getting their own film. Personally I'm especially excited for Boba Fett to have his own movie. When I was young and I witnessed his insulting death for the first time I didn't take much notice of it until I was older when I realised how much of an interesting and bad-ass character Boba Fett was. I do hope the film will be set after the events of Return of the Jedi where we will see how Boba Fett survived.
In other news involving Disney, director Joss Whedon has given some update on the sequel to last year's brilliant box office smash hit Avengers Assemble. The director has stated that the film should start shooting in February 2014. Until then we will just have to wait patiently and enjoy the upcoming Marvel films in the next couple of years, including Iron Man 3 (April 25th), Thor: The Dark World (November 8th), Captain America: Winter Soldier (April 4th 2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1st 2014). With Whedon over looking the whole of 'Phase 2' I am very confident that the future for Marvel films in the next few years will be exciting.
On the topic of sequels it has been confirmed that 21 Jump Street 2 will hit cinemas in 2014. I absolutely loved the first film with it's funny gags, clever script and most all the perfect chemistry between Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. I am not too sure how to react to the news that there will definitely be a sequel. I have always felt with comedies that making a sequel could possibly ruin the smartness and originality that the original had. Films such as Porkies, The Hangover, and American Pie have all had sequels and none have been able to match with their predecessors (though I did find the American Pie sequels to still be funny). With Anchorman 2, Ted 2 and a possible Zoolander 2 on the way it worries me that all of these may make their creators go from comical geniuses to cash cows*. I could however be wrong about these upcoming comedy sequels, we will all have to wait and see. I do hope like everybody that these will bring laughter to us just like their predecessors did.
Zombieland 2 may not be hitting our cinema screens any time soon, however the new TV series has just begun showing with the pilot episode now available on Lovefilm and Amazon.com. I haven't had chance to sit down and watch it but I have had chance to view the trailer... When I first heard there would be TV series adaptation of the popular 2009 hit film I was expecting it to be set in the same universe with different characters and from what I have seen in the trailer I can state I was wrong. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin have all been replaced by new actors. This isn't the first time this has happened however when you have a memorable character such as Tallahassee (Harrelson) it is impossible to find an actor who could portray him to the same standard. When I watched the trailer I didn't laugh at the jokes, which I considered to be weak. Let's hope that Zombieland 2 arrives quickly!!
On the topic of comedy it has been rumoured that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has been approached to host the Academy Awards again next year. The reaction to MacFarlane's hosting at Oscars was divisive, however I was one who found him to be an entertaining host. With him being the man behind Family Guy, American Dad and Ted it mustn't have come as a surprise that his jokes were going to be crude and offensive. With MacFarlane stating he may not host ever again due to his heavy business schedule it seems very unlikely this will happen.
More film news coming next week.
*Remember, this is just my personal opinion.
