Marvel Studios has barely taken a breath after the massive success of The Avengers before moving on to its hotly anticipated Phase 2 projects. Earlier Thursday, Marvel released a couple of press releases that provide some clues to the plots of Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World, both slated for a 2013 release.
Warner Bros. plans to shoot Justice League next year and release the film in summer 2015. The studio can move along with the development of the film, based on the conglomerate of DC Comics heroes, as it recently resolved some courtroom drama.
It hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for 20th Century Fox’s sequel to 2011 summer hit Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Director Rupert Wyatt suddenly exited the project last month and had to be quickly replaced by Cloverfield helmer Matt Reeves.
Ben Affleck’s Argo will make you rethink how much you complain about going through customs at the airport. It seems unfathomable that such a typically mundane and slow-moving event could lead to the tensest bit of American filmmaking so far this year, but that’s what Affleck does with his third film.
No, it’s not 1981, nor is it 1978 but rather the Hollywood remake machine gone classic horror. From New York Comic-Con comes the bootleg trailer for Evil Dead, the update of Sam Raimi’s breakout camp horror classic. We also have the first teaser trailer from Carrie, starring Chloe Grace Moretz as the titular teen with some special powers you don’t want to see on display.
Sam Raimi has been producing a remake of Poltergeist for MGM, a film that just the other day brought on a writer in David Lindsay-Abaire, the award-winning playwright who has been carving out several projects in Hollywood and has a good relationship with the Spider-Man and Evil Dead director. Those are two interesting names, but Linsday-Abaire has possibly revealed a new detail that if it’s true or not a misquote, makes things more interesting.
It’s damnation and enthusiastic hellfire this week on The Plot Hole as Simon, John and Steven peruse some of this week’s more interesting new stories and lay either harsh or favorable judgment upon them.
