Welcome to Rumor Has It, Player Affinity’s weekly roundup of movie rumors circulating throughout Tinseltown. On this week’s docket, we have rumors about The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and The Flash.
As a study in Greek classics, “Wrath” takes an everything but the kitchen sink and blender approach, combining characters and creatures from across the Hellenic board and setting the mixture to puree.
If you’re picky about the way the letter “S” fits inside a five-sided diamond, you can rest at ease knowing the folks behind the latest big-screen interpretation of Superman have done a bang-up job.
We know what two of the Avengers have planned after May 4, but Marvel Studios has yet to make anything official with a sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger. The holdup? —the director’s chair.
As far as introductions go, there are few as tightly controlled and crafted as the trailer, that vital piece of marketing which often represents a person’s first exposure to a film. Considering that trailers often determine the fate of multi-million dollar projects, it’s no wonder these three-minute elevator pitches have become just as important as the films they represent.
Beginning with relevant comedy The Dictator, parody-master Sacha Baron Cohen reunites with his “Borat” and Bruno director Larry Charles for this Middle Eastern, Prince and the Pauper-esque lark.
No matter what form they come in, fairy tales made up a large part of our childhood. Hollywood has always been fascinated with these fantasies and taken a keen interest in spinning these tales in hopes of making them relevant and successful again.
