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"Captain America: Civil War" first trailer

Finally, we got a first trailer and posters for "Captain America: Civil War" as Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) and Chris Evans (Captain America) showed up on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ yesterday, where they surprisingly revealed the first trailer for "Captain America: Civil War." 

After a bunch of rumors that the trailer will be attached to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" which hits the theaters in on December 18. Nevertheless, this was never confirmed by whether Disney or Marvel and also it was such a surprise to the fans that the first trailer came out very early.

"Captain America: Civil War" picks up where "Avengers: Age of Ultron" left off, as Steve Rogers leads new members of Avengers to continue their attempts to protect the world. After the Age of Ultron event resulted in another national incident with massive damages, the Avengers are under political pressure creating a system to examine and control all the superheroes action. The new situation splits the Avengers into half while they try to protect the world from a new villain.

"It has to do with the effects of Ultron and Sokovia, and New York City, and Washington D.C. Examining the third acts of all the Marvel movies, we’re saying, if you could point to the collateral damage in all those incidents, could you use that against the Avengers to control them?” - Joe Rosso

"Captain America: Civil War" is set to release in the US on May 6, 2016. The film is directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo along with Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely writing the screenplay. Those guys are the same crew as "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" The movie brings back Chris Evans as the American iconic Super Hero Steve Rogers/Captain America along with Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Paul Bettany as The Vision, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Don Cheadle as Jim Rhodes/War Machine and Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch. Moreover, there will be others new characters and returning supporting characters as well.

Paul Rudd will assemble the Avengers for the first time as Scott Lang/Ant-Man in "Captain America: Civil War" after his debut in Marvel's solo film Ant-Man. The film also introduces another additional cast members, including Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter/Agent 13, Daniel Brühl, Frank Grillo as Brock Rumlow/Crossbones, William Hurt as General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross and Martin Freeman. Another hero that fans were expecting was Spider-man (Tom Holland.) Even though he did not show up in the trailer but we already knew that he is in the film.

“I have always been a huge fan of Spider-Man, and growing up, I had countless Spider-Man costumes,” he told us. “Only two years ago did I go to a fancy dress party dressed as Spider-Man. I had this awesome morph suit where you can put your phone on your chest and spiders would crawl across the costume, it was awesome! He’s always been a big part of my life and a big part of boys’ lives because everybody can relate to him.” - Tom Holland

"Captain America: Civil War" will be the kick-off of the Marvel Phase Three, which is consisted with ten highly-anticipated movies. Following "Captain America: Civil War" is Doctor Strange, which is currently seen on set in Nepal and hits the theaters on November 4, 2016. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will start shooting early next year, scheduled to release on May 5, 2017. After that is "Thor: Ragnarok" on November 3, 2017. Then we will see "Black Panther" on February 16, 2018, followed by Avengers: Infinity War Part I on May 3, 2018, and Ant-Man and the Wasp on July 6, 2018. Finishing this Phase with Captain Marvel (March 8, 2019), Avengers: Infinity War - Part II (May 3, 2019) and Inhumans (July 12, 2019).

Take a look at the new trailer and the posters below, and stay tuned for more about "Captain America: Civil War" and the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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“Memento” is getting a remake

This is not the first time that "Memento" has a remake. 

In 2005 and 2008, two Indian films (both titled "Ghajini") were adapted from Nolan's original. AMBI Pictures has announced that it will finance and produce a remake of Christopher Nolan's iconic masterpiece, neo-noir reverse-thriller "Memento." AMBI Group ("AMBI") is a corporation of vertically integrated film production, finance, sales, and distribution company. It was founded in 29013 and owned by Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi. AMBI has quickly emerged as one of the industry's most creative financing with 15 films produced by last year and 10 films in production this year. After the company had acquired the Exclusive Media Group film library, AMBI took control the rights of remaking "Memento." The EMG library housed nearly 400 titles including Memento, as well as cult classics such as Begin Again, Cruel Intentions, Ides Of March, Hit & Run, The Mexican, Parkland, Rush, The Skulls, Sliding Doors, Snitch, Undefeated, The Way Back, The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto, What Women Want, Jane Got a Gun, End of Watch, Dark Places and Adore.

"Memento has been consistently ranked as one of the best films of its decade. People who've seen Memento 10 times still feel they need to see it one more time. This is a quality we believe supports and justifies a remake. The bar is set high thanks to the brilliance of Christopher Nolan, but we wouldn't want it any other way. Our acquisition of the EMG library reinforced our commitment to building a strong global studio with a strong pipeline of commercial films that can play to a worldwide audience. Bringing a new Memento to audiences is an initial example of how we intend to execute this strategy." - Andrea Iervolino

The EMG library acquisition was followed by the launch of AMBI’s new $200 million film fund last week. Monika Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino are anchor investors in the fund along with New York based private equity firm Raven Capital Management LLC (“Raven”). This series of strategic moves led to AMBI greenlighting “Memento” as its newest feature production.

Andrea Iervolino added, “Our acquisition of the EMG library reinforced our commitment build a strong global studio with a strong pipeline of commercial films that can play to a worldwide audience and bringing a new "Memento" to audiences is an initial example of how we intend to execute this strategy.”

“Memento” was released March 16th, 2001. Christopher Nolan adapted Memento from his brother  Jonathan Nolan's short story named "Memento Mori", and the unusual, twist-laden psychological thriller took audiences by storm upon release in 2000 and has since achieved cult hit status with a passionate following. The original Memento took 25 days to shoot with only $9 million for the budget; the film grossed $39.7 million worldwide.As it was a box-office success, the film received many honors, including Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.

"Memento is a masterpiece that leaves audiences guessing not just throughout the film, but long after as well, which is a testament to its daring approach. We intend to stay true to Christopher Nolan's vision and deliver a memorable movie that is every bit as edgy, iconic and award-worthy as the original. It's a big responsibility to deliver something that lives up to the mastery of the original, but we are extremely excited and motivated to bring this puzzle back to live and back into the minds of moviegoers." - Monika Bacardi

The original “Memento” was lauded for its nonlinear narrative structure and motifs of memory, perception, grief, and self-deception. With Guy Pearce in the lead role of a man named Leonard who believes that his wife was murdered. He is hunting down the man who raped and killed his wife. It's a job complicated by Leonard's retrograde amnesia. He still has his long-term memories that are the ones before the accident, but Leonard cannot remember what happened few minutes ago. Memento's screenplay are told out of order, with two timelines running counter to one another: one showing Leonard's actions in the present tense while the second timeline shows events in the past, narrated by Leonard. It was more confused as the events in the first timeline are shown backward, while those in the past run chronologically. In the film, the medical condition experienced by Leonard is a real condition named Anterograde Amnesia - the inability to form new memories after damage to the hippocampus.

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“Finding Dory”

After waiting for 13 years, fans finally got the first trailer of the sequel of their favorite "Finding Nemo." 

"Finding Dory" is one of the Disney Pixar's much-anticipated animated sequels including Cars 3, Toy Story 4, The Incredibles 2 which will hit the theaters in the next four years.

The favorite friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish is back. Pixar's Finding Dory reassembles with the world's most absent-minded blue tang, Dory, with her loved ones Nemo and Marlin. What are they going to do when Dory suddenly recalls her childhood memories? Who are her parents? It will be a long swim for them to search for answers of Dory's past. It has been 13 years since we first meet Nemo and his friends, "Finding Dory" will take place six months after the events of Finding Nemo and will be set off the coast of California.

"The movie will be mostly set at the California Marine Biology Institute, a huge complex of sea life rehabilitation and aquarium, where Dory was born and raised. We will get to meet new characters, like an octopus, sea lions, a beluga whale, among others," said Pixar President Jim Morris.

Andrew Stanton, the director of the original Pixar masterpiece, will be back directing "Finding Dory" alongside with Lindsey Collins as the producer. Ellen DeGeneres is back to voice her role as Dory. Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy are set to voice Dory's Mother and Father. Ty Burrell, Willem Dafoe, Vicki Lewis, Idris Elba and Dominic West are also included in the cast members. Albert Brooks reprises his role as Marlin, a clownfish who is Nemo's dad. Ed O'Neill is playing an ill-tempered old octopus named Hank. Also Hayden Rolence replaces Alexander Gould as the voice of Nemo, due to Gould deeper voice as he's grown up since the release of the first film.

"Finding Nemo" is still one of our favorite Pixar's animated film. It won the 2003 Academy Award for best-animated feature. It was nominated for best original screenplay, original score, and sound editing. For the Golden Globe Award, the film was also nominated for best motion picture-comedy or musical. The review website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 99% approval rating, with a rating score of 8.7/10 based on 253 reviews. Finding Nemo remained the highest grossing G-rated movie of all time, earning a total of $936 million worldwide before "Toy Story 3" overtook it. It's the 31th highest grossing film of all time and 5th for animated film worldwide. In Facebook, it has more than 19 million likes. Furthermore, Dory is the most loved individual character from a Disney with more than 25 million likes. At first the movie was initially set at an aquarium theme park. Later Pixar decided to change the setting to a Marine Biology Institute. Some of the movies are also set on the California coastline to have new characters presenting to the fans.

Andrew Stanton has also revealed many inspirations of making "Find Nemo." Many ideas came from different experiences. Back then when he was a child, he loved to see the fish tank when he went to the dentist, assuming that the fish were from the ocean and wanted to go home. Another one was in 1992, after his son was born, his family and he went to Marine World (later called Six Flags Discovery Kingdom). He felt that all the underwater exhibitions could be beautifully done in computer animation. In 1997, he took his son for a walk in the park but then realized that he was over protecting him, so they lost an opportunity to have a father-son experience just like the relationship between Marlin and Nemo.

Stay tuned for more information about this upcoming sequel "Finding Dory."

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First look of Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange

The first station on Marvel's highly-anticipated Phase Three adventure "Doctor Strange" shoot is Nepal. 

Benedict Cumberbatch was spotted there for the shooting of "Doctor Strange" as it has begun production though the official word from Disney and Marvel hasn't come at this time. While we're waiting for the confirmation for studios, we got many pictures and videos thanks to several Twitter and Instagram users.

As you can see in the images below, we can't confirm that Benedict Cumberbatch is in costume or not. In the picture, Dr. Stephen Strange looks quite weaker than he's supposed to be. This might be Stephen before he truly becomes the superhero. He got his backpack and coat; he's believed to be on his mission seeking exotic cures to overcome his affliction. Even if this isn't Benedict Cumberbatch in his full costume but we can imagine what he'll look like with that iconic beard. After a severe accident that shatters the bones in his hands and unable to conduct surgery, Doctor Strange goes on a journey to find help. His career was almost destroyed, but he will soon meet the Ancient One (the Earth's Sorcerer Supreme) in the Himalayas.  The egotistical neurosurgeon got a new lease on life when this sorcerer attempted to take him under his wing. The Ancient One trains him to protect the world against evil as he becomes the Sorcerer Supreme.

"12 Years A Slave" star Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays the power-hungry villain Baron Mordo, was also spotted in Nepal. Baron Mordo has a long and famous history in the Marvel comic books. He was originally born as a Transylvanian nobleman named Varf Mandra. Baron Karl Amadeus Mordo became a student of the Tibetan sorcerer known as the Ancient One. At one point, Mordo attempted to kill the Ancient One, but her new student Stephen Strange learned of the plot and tried to stop it forcing Mordo to cast restraining spells to prevent Strange from warning his master or attacking him.The Ancient One was able to free himself from Mordo's curse, and thus set Stephen on his path to becoming the Sorcerer Supreme. Mordo's skills were similar to those of Doctor Strange, but Mordo was particularly skilled at astral projection and hypnosis, as well as mesmerism. We don't if this same plot will play out in the movie, but in the pictures they look like friends so we have to figure out after the movie releases.

Also, this is a better look at the bearded Benedict Cumberbatch on the set as he was filmed walking through the streets of Kathmandu. On Friday, Dutourdumonde Photography posted the first video from the set on its Youtube channel. This footage gave us another look at Benedict Cumberbatch In the video; we see Benedict Cumberbatch walking through a crowded street, which probably the same place as the previous photos have been taken. It shows the actor holding a book of some sort. We also see a hooded mystery character (assumingly to be Baron Mordo) followed Cumberbatch from behind so we couldn't see its face. There are also videos from many Twitter accounts showing Benedict Cumberbatch waving hands to fans.

"Doctor Strange" is the second Marvel Phase 3 movie. It will hit the theaters next November with Scott Derrickson as a director. He is known for thrillers "Deliver Us from Evil" and "Sinister." Jon Spaihts is writing the script for this fantasy adventure. He is also in charge of writing the screenplay for the upcoming Untitled Mummy Reboot. Rachel McAdams will star in the female leading role, Michael Stuhlbarg as Doctor Nicodemus West, and Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One and Chiwetel Ejiofor as the foe of Doctor Strange, Baron Mordo. Mads Mikkelsen is also in talks for the villain role in the film, which remains a mystery.

At the moment, we have nothing official from Marvel or Disney about the start of production on Doctor Strange. Doctor Strange will follow "Captain America: Civil War," which done shooting this past summer and will hit theaters this May.

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New images of “Suicide Squad” & Solo “Batman” Movie

Even more images have arrived from the Warner Bros.' “Suicide Squad.”

The photos come from the latest issue of Empire Magazine and give us a better look at Katana (Karen Fukuhara), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), El Diablo (Jay Hernandez) Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman) and Slipknot (Adam Beach). We also have new shots of Deadshot (Will Smith) and The Joker (Jared Leto). 

These follow the first four covers, which showed two different versions of Jared Leto's The Joker, one featuring Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn in vivid colors and also the wicked Cara Delevingne as Enchantress.

After the new photos have released over the past few days, hopefully, we will finally get a chance to see the second trailer for “Suicide Squad,” which covered production in August. The first trailer was exposed to the public during Warner Bros.' Comic-Con panel. The footage was officially released after it had leaked online. It's likely that we may get a second full trailer soon, or maybe by the end of this year.

Ever since the “Suicide Squad” production was announced, most of the fans have been focused on Jared Leto's The Joker, Will Smith's Deadshot and Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn. These photos show the how large and diverse this team is. We still don't know the official plot details yet, but there have been lots of exciting rumors over the past few months to tide us over.

Rick Flagg is said to be the leader of this squad, even though we didn't see much of him in the trailer. Amanda assembles the team but the details of their missions are still unclear.  As we saw Batman riding on the top The Joker's car in the trailer and many footages from the Toronto set, we do know that the Caped Crusader will show up in the film at some point.There is also rumors that The Joker is responsible for the death of Batman's sidekick Robin. As evidence, in the 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' trailer that Robin's suit is damaged with a message likely written by The Joker.

Suicide Squad is set for release on August 5, 2016, just a few months after “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” hits theaters next March.

Many fans were surprised that the lineup of DC Cinematic Universe movies didn't include stand-alone movies for Ben Affleck's Batman and Henry Cavill's Superman. 

As we know that after the release of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” will follow by many solo DC superheroes movies like Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg. A report claimed that the Warner Bros. may give a deal for Ben Affleck to direct and star in a new stand-alone Batman trilogy. Now we have a new report that offers deeper details about this solo Batman movie, which may feature the iconic villain Red Hood. 

In the comics, Red Hood was formerly Jason Todd, the second Robin sidekick after Dick Greyson. Jason Todd was brutally killed by The Joker in the iconic 1988 comic Death in the Family, before he was eventually resurrected through the Lazarus Pit, transforming into the vengeful character known as the Red Hood. The Red Hood became an important character in the comics as an anti-hero who became part of The Dark Knight's rogue's gallery. 

This new plot will reportedly feature The Bats facing both The Joker and The Red Hood. Dick Greyson, he is also expected to be included in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” but he might show up in the solo film as Nightwing, helping Batman fights against both The Joker and The Red Hood. The latest trailer of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” showed Bruce Wayne staring at Robin's costume, which had a message from The Joker assumingly written on it. This implies that he still suffers from the death of his sidekick, and it could set the table for this solo movie featuring Batman, The Joker, and The Red Hood.

Enjoy the pictures and stay tuned for more information about “Suicide Squad” and “Batman.”

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“Batman v Superman” might be the most expensive film ever made

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” draws the first time of two iconic DC's superheroes Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) will be seen together on the big screen on March 2016  when it hits theaters. The sources claim that the budget of this film has gotten so out of control that it may be the most expensive movie ever made. 

The report claims that Warner Bros. has spent a roughly huge $410 million. If it is true, it means that “Batman v Superman” is real close to breaking the $410.6 million record of the film"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," according to financial documents received by Forbes.

By this time, it hasn't been confirmed yet on how much Warners Bros. have spent on “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” It is still unknown of why they have spent so much on the film, but the site claims that "the addition of big name cast members, practical sets, and an extended production schedule could have all contributed" to the massive budget. There was also news from an unverified report claimed that Marvel may also have to spend $1 billion on ‘Avengers: Infinity War Part I’ and ‘Avengers: Infinity War Part II’ combines few days before the news about ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ budget came out. Warner Bros. is also planning to spend $500 million on their own two-part superhero movie, ‘Justice League Part 1′ and ‘Justice League Part 2.’

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is often described as dark and gritty, being a contrast to the Marvel Cinematic Universe especially since Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, has stated in the past that the MCU will never go dark. The tone of the film was reiterated by one of the cast member Scoot McNairy while promoting his new film Our Brand Is Crisis. His role in ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ is still unveiled.

"This is the superhero film that is more grounded in reality than any of the other ones. It's a comic book movie, yes, but it's very, very grounded." -Scoot McNairy

Moreover, The Hollywood Reporter spoke with Amy Adams as part of their ongoing Hollywood Masters series. She shared one of her favorite moments on the “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” set. She said that she hasn't seen a cut of the movie yet, except the trailers that everyone else has seen.

"I can't give too much away, but I'm coming into a scene, and Batman and Superman are both in the scene so that I can say that. And it was just fun. Because they had been working together for a couple weeks and just running it, seeing this dynamic. I'll talk about this when we're promoting the movie, and we can tell more. But there were definitely funny moments involving bat-suits and such."  -Amy Adams

David Goyer reacts to seeing “Batman v Superman” for the first time. 

David Goyer has worked on the stories for Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy and Man of Steel. He was hard at work on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice too, until Chris Terrio was hired to rewrite script, reportedly at the request of Ben Affleck. Still, Goyer likely played a big part in what we’ll all see on screen when Batman and Superman finally come together.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” has been screened many times for those who worked on the movie, and Collider asked Goyer to share his thoughts after he saw it for the first time. He was vague, but you can tell he’s excited about it. 

“I think just the kind of giddiness in being a kid that grew up going to the comic book store every Saturday and reading comic books in which these two epic characters clashed. Just the fact that I got to be involved in something like that is crazy. Much less that I got to be involved in two cinematic iterations of Batman is also crazy.” -David Goyer 

Stay tuned for more of  “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”

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A Week of Superheroes

DC Cinematic Universe's "The Flash"

Seth Grahame-Smith replaces Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Warner Bros.' ‘The Flash’, which has Ezra Miller starring as Barry Allen. Earlier there was a rumor that Phil Lord and Chris Miller will direct the film, but they signed for Star Wars Anthology: Han Solo Movie for LucasFilm in July.

Ezra Miller has been named to star ever since Warner Bros. announced their massive superhero movie last October. Back in May, Phil Lord revealed that their story will likely focus on Barry Allen and separate from The Flash TV series, which Grant Gustin stars as Barry Allen. Warner Bros wants the Flash in the movie to be different from the series. In the film, Ezra Miller will be a tech-geek version of the flash so the costume will be full of technologies. The new costume is put in a comparison to the video game ''Injustice: Gods Among Us'' version.

There have been rumors that The Flash and the rest of the Justice League members will be introduced at the end of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", but that has never been confirmed. Charles Roven will be the producer of The Flash, with director Zack Snyder as an executive producer alongside his wife, Deborah Snyder. The movie will hit the theaters on March 23, 2018, release date by Warner Bros.

"The Flash" will be the debut for Seth Grahame-Smith as the director although he has directed two episodes of the MTV comedy series "The Hard Times of RJ Berger." He is known more for the screenplay writing like "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," "Dark Shadows." the upcoming "Beetlejuice 2" and the script for Warner Bros.' "The LEGO Batman Movie" which hits theaters February 10, 2017.  

"The Incredibles 2" will hit the theaters in 2019  

Brad Bird is returning to write and direct the most Pixar's anticipated film "The Incredibles 2." After the debut in 2004, Disney finally announced to make a sequel of "The Incredibles." The studio announced on October 8th, 2015 that The Incredibles 2 will hit theaters on June 21, 2019. Last month Writer-Director Brad Bird said that the Incredibles 2 script is nearly done. It hasn't been confirmed if any of these cast members will be back for "The Incredibles 2. " "The Incredibles" took in an impressive $261.4 million domestic and $631.4 million worldwide during its theatrical release, from a $92 million budget.

Hulk will return in "Thor: Ragnarok"

Mark Ruffalo is currently in talks to reprise his role as scientist Bruce Banner in the third Thor movie. Deadline has now confirmed that is true that he will be the secondary character behind Chris Hemsworth's Thor. Taika Waititi will be directing this film. He also described "Thor: Ragnarok" as one of Marvel's darkest scripts to date. Another rumor that sprang up last week says that female character Valkyrie will have a prominent role in the story, though no casting has been announced. Tom Hiddleston will be back as Loki and Jaimie Alexander as Lady Sif.  

The plan made many people wonder if Mark Ruffalo will ever get a chance of Hulk's standalone movie or not as there were rumors about the film "Planet Hulk." Nevertheless "Thor: Ragnarok" is going to be on a planet that is not Earth or Asgard.

Spider-Man "Civil War" Costume

Since the Spiderman has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans have been wondered how the Spidey costume is going to be. As we know that, Tom Holland is cast as the new web crawler, so this version of Spiderman will be at a young age. There were rumors about his suit that it will appear as a homemade look. On October 9th, 2015 Heroic Hollywood claims that the back of Spidey's new outfit will include a throwback to the very first comic books. Spider-Man's new costume will reportedly feature the 1962 infamous red spider logo that fans will recognize from the original comics. It is known that this suit will be the one that Peter Parker will be wearing in "Captain America: Civil War" Back in August, another report said that Spidey may be wearing two different costumes in the Civil War, one of them is the "classic blue-and-red color design." Another one would be black and red, like the earliest form of the character. Marvel or Sony Pictures haven't confirmed anything yet, but Marvel 's Joe Quesada revealed at Comic Con that the new superhero suit will "blow people away."

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“Transformers 5 “ & “Star Trek 3″

"Transformers 5" will begin shooting in June 2016 and followed by the animated movie.

Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Akiva Goldsman, and his team will be writing the script for "Transformers 5." Screenwriter and author of "Ant-Man" were commissioned to do the screenplay for the movie version of an animation. After the intensive preparation for several months of the movie "Transformers" finally came to the conclusion that there are two projects that Paramount will continue to do. First "Transformers 5" which The Akiva Goldsman (the man behind such classics as “I Am Legend” and “A Beautiful Mind”) will write the screenplay himself. The second project is the animation spinoff that tells the story related to the robots hometown, Cybertron (which may be titled Transformers One). Ant-Man writers Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari will be in charge of penning this origin story.

The whole writers team consisted of Akiva Goldsman, Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil), Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum & Matt Holloway (Iron Man), Zak Penn (Pacific Rim 2), Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2), Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man), Christina Hodson, Lindsey Beers, Ken Nolan and Geneva Robertson-Dorsett.

The plan breaks down in an interesting way. A loose outline has Akiva Goldsman finishing "Transformers 5" first. Then the script for the animated movie will be finished. At the time, Akiva Goldsman already has a solid blueprint that he will use to complete "Transformers 5" screenplay. The movie will start shooting in June, Michael Bay will set to direct, for the fifth time, alongside with the star, Mark Wahlberg. "Transformers 5" will likely hit theaters summer 2017. There is still no set release date for Transformers One yet. Writers Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari are responsible for taking everything back into space for a look at where it all began. The fully animated feature film will be a true origin story that revolves around the planet Cybertron, explaining how the Autobots came to be. As well as their evil counterparts The Decepticons, and why a war must rage between the two groups.

The Transformers series has received a mixed critical reception; critics expressed criticism on the thin plots, crude humor, and the lengths of the films. However, many praised the visual effects, action sequences, and music. With the total grossing over $3,761 million. It is currently the 9th highest-grossing film series and the 4th highest-grossing when averaged to gross per film, behind the The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Pirates of the Caribbean film series. It became the fourth series where two films grossed $1 billion worldwide in a franchise, after Pirates of the Caribbean, Batman and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Trekkies have to wait a few more weeks as "Star Trek 3" gets a new release date.

Paramount Pictures has changed the sequel's release date from July 8, 2016, to July 22, 2016. A two-week shift may seem unnecessary, but this shift means you'll have a better chance of seeing the movie in the IMAX next summer.

Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures has reserved every IMAX theater for the movie "Tarzan" on July 1, 2016, which means that "Star Trek Beyond" won't be released in the IMAX format. Shifting the release date will let the Star Trek sequel release on IMAX. This Strategy can't guarantee that whether it will have a huge impact the box office or not. Paramount used this strategy once with the latest "Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation" which changed the release date from last Christmas day to this summer. The move paid off, with "Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation" pulling in $189.2 million domestically and $614 million worldwide since its release.

"Star Trek Beyond" will now smash against "Ice Age: Collision Course" from  20th Century Fox and "Knights of the Round Table" from Warner Brothers. Justin Lin (the director of Fast & Furious 4,5,6) will be in charge in this sequel, replacing "Star Trek" and "Star Trek Into Darkness" director J.J. Abrams.

Chris Pine (Captain Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Karl Urban (Bones), Simon Pegg (Scotty), Anton Yelchin (Chekov) and John Cho (Sulu) are returning from the first two movies. Moreover, the new cast members are including Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, and Joe Taslim but there is no confirmation about their roles yet.

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''Power Rangers'' reboot & ''Pacific Rim 2''

''Power Rangers'' reboot is confirmed and will begin shooting in early Jan. 2016.

Lionsgate's new film version of the Power Rangers reboot will be directed by Dean Israelite and shooting at Vancouver Over the years to come. Previously, Lionsgate has just released the movie from the postponed dates from 2016 to 2017 and still had no details about the cast. There was a story leaked about the movie will start at 65 million years ago, where the Power Rangers were their fight against the evil force named Rita Repulsa. Cause a black hole and led them jump into the present time.

The team consisted of Jason, Billy, Zack, Kimberly and Trini come together to explore an abandoned military base. And power, which makes them discover the coin movement became Power Rangers to protect their careers in this world. However, the story is yet to be confirmed by the Pictures, so we have to wait for the confirmation. Dean Israelite is going to direct from a script of Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller. ''Power Rangers'' the reboot will be released on the same date with The Dark Tower of Sony, also Geostorm of Warner and Boss Baby Camp Fox.

Del Toro announced that ''Pacific Rim 2'' is not quite dead.

It is known that the director will start working on ''Pacific Rim 2'' after he is done with the new horror film "Crimson Peak" which will be in the theater on October. This week there was a shocked news for the fans that ''Pacific Rim 2'' project may be canceled. "Pacific Rim" earned a worldwide total of more than $411 million, including $114 million in China, its largest market. However, with a budget of $190 million, the media guess this is probably the main cause of the instability of the project. The studio might feel it is not worth the risk to invest further in the second block. Even if it doesn't make money in the Chinese market, unlike in the first sector. Lately, Guillermo del Toro says he was out doing the script, and the budget is proposed and will be back again in three weeks. We just heard that this sequel will be out a long delay or perhaps even being canceled a few days ago. Guillermo has come out and confirmed that the projects are delayed, but it will also have the sequel for sure and not going to cancel as the news came out. As the "Pacific Rim 2" is delayed. Del Toro could direct other movies during that time like the "Hell Boy 3". There are other sources reported that the reason of why a sequel to "Pacific Rim" is postponed. It might be because Warner are going full steam ahead for "Kong: Skull Island"(2017), "Godzilla 2"(2018) and "Godzilla Vs King Kong". So we have to wait whether the film will be canceled or not.

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“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2″

James Gunn will start the pre-production of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" in Atlanta soon!

Guardians of the Galaxy premiered in Hollywood on July 21, 2014. It was released in theaters August 1, 2014, in the United States in the 3D and IMAX 3D formats. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing $774.2 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing superhero film of 2014, as well as the second highest-grossing film in North America of 2014. The film garnered praise for its humor, soundtrack, visual effects, Gunn's direction, and performances of the cast.

James Gunn has always updated his sequel through his social media. On April he said that the movie won't start shooting until next February, but lately the director said he is going to Atlanta where he will work ten months to film "Guardians of the Galaxy 2". Furthermore, he also said that him and his crew are leaving for Atlanta, to create a movie set and will have a huge scene there.

He captioned it "Two Directors One Diesel, with Vin Diesel and James Wan at my going away party last night before I leave for Atlanta for ten months to shoot GotG Vol 2." One of the best times I've had in a while, with so many great friends. Thanks to all who came! - with Vin Diesel and James Wan."

He also revealed that he wanted the movie focus more each Guardians' private sides and that there will be few additional characters in the sequel. Again, he reiterated that Hulk and Captain Marvel will not be included because he wanted Chris Pratt's Peter Quill to be the only being from Earth. Vin Diesel has confirmed that he will be back as the voice of Groot along with Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer and Bradley Cooper as the Rocket Raccoon's voice.

As we know that Retro music in "Guardians of the Galaxy" was fans' favorite. Peter Quill's Awesome Mix Vol. 1 was one of the best parts of the movie. The Awesome Mix Vol. 1 from Guardians of the Galaxy reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and was certified gold after eight weeks on the shelves. These songs were already classics, but the way they worked alongside the film’s narrative was spectacular. The end of the film teased Peter Quill’s new Awesome Mix Vol. 2 which we’ll hopefully get to hear in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. In the Q&A session, James Gunn revealed that the "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" soundtrack will feature 12 new songs. More importantly, he added that he would be happy if Marvel characters such as Bite Mite, Rom Spaceknight, Popeye, and Snake Plissken could be part of the sequel, but, unfortunately, the studio has no rights over these characters.

Meanwhile, Screen Rant reported that "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" will likely get another member to join the team. As to who it will be, fans will have to wait for James Gunn's update.

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" will hit theaters on May 5, 2017.

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"Godzilla vs. King Kong"

"Godzilla vs. King Kong" will be released on 2019 after "Kong: Skull Island" and "Godzilla 2" hit the theater?

Many studios had a hard time of bringing 2 or more characters in one movie or what we call the movie mashup due to rights and licensing issues. Marvel studio is still in the years of frustration over the situation of X-men characters with Fox studio. Nowadays we see more of those mashup movies coming up such as "Batman v Superman". Which the DC Universe tries to do the same thing as Marvel by adding all the characters in the same universe that is great for the fans.

In 2014, Warner Bros released a successful reboot of the Godzilla franchise, produced by Legendary Pictures. (Legendary Pictures then moved to Universal Pictures in 2013.) "Godzilla"(2014) was an immediate box office success upon its release and finished with a worldwide total of $529 million at the end of its theatrical run.

As Legendary parted from Warner Bros, let some movies still at Warner Bros like "Godzilla" (2014) while others, such as Seventh Son moved to Universal Pictures. Sources report that Legendary Pictures has brought new films '' Kong: Skull Island '' to the Warner and will prepare double pack together with the Godzilla franchise. Anyway, The Godzilla 2 will not begin filming until 2017 because Gareth Edwards will be directed "Rogue One: A Star Wars" in next year.At Universal, Legendary has been developing another new monster reboot called “Kong: Skull Island”, The new King Kong movie is currently scheduled to be released on March 10, 2017. The film may focus on the origins of the island, King Kong and will be directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the director of "The Kings Of Summer". Also, it will feature a big cast including Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly, and Tom Wilkinson. Legendary Pictures has announced that "Kong: Skull Island" is moving back to Warner Bros, Legendary’s former studio home, and may get the new title. This situation might increase the possibility of the two giants monster project to happen. The giant movie would be a reboot of King Kong vs. Godzilla. Legendary Pictures has not confirmed the release date but if "Kong: Skull Island" and "Godzilla 2" releases on 2017 and 2018, we might see "King Kong vs. Godzilla" on 2019.

“King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1962)

Pacizilla

Also, there were rumors about the crossover that Godzilla will be in "Pacific Rim 2". Since both films had a lot of things in common like giant monsters from the sea, and it was such a coincidence that the monsters in "Pacific Rim" look like the Godzilla. The Most important thing is that both of the films are from the Legendary Pictures.

 Here is the link of a fan-made trailer of Pacizilla. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DioBO7TgkwY