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Jun 23, 2015 - 11:41 AM
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TUESDAY, JUNE 23
SPIDER-MAN---Tom Holland (WOLF HALL) was confirmed to be the new Spider-Man. He will be introduced in a cameo in CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. He will return in the reboot Spider-Man movie in July, 2017.
INDEPENDENCE DAY RESURGENCE---is the official title for the sequel. Also, a photo was released showing Earth Space Defense's Moon Tug.
BOURNE 5---Alicia Vikander (EX MACHINA) will co-star with Matt Damon in the sequel.
HANNIBAL---NBC cancelled the series. Other outlets have shown "significant interest" in picking up the series. Amazon is seen as the top candidate since it already has rerun rights. Producer Bryan Fuller said about Season 4, "It would have explored the Hannibal-Will Graham relationship in a much deeper fashion than the series ever has before."
THE DOWNSLOPE---Civil War movie underway based on the unproduced screenplay by Stanley Kubrick with assistance from Civil War historian Shelby Foote. The movie is based on the battle in the Shenandoah Valley between forces led by Union General George Armstrong Custer and Confederate Colonel John Singleton. Marc Forster (WORLD WAR Z) is the director.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION---Producer Jason Blum said about the final sequel, "It's coming to an end. This is it, the finale. We're saying it before the movie opens. We're not going to grind this horror franchise into the ground. This will keep Paranormal Activity as part of this culture and this particular time in a really fantastic way." he added, “All the questions that everyone has asked from the past ‘Paranormal Activity’ films: What does Toby look like? What’s the backstory to the families? These questions have been teased out. Now they will be answered.
GUNSIGHTS---new AMC Western series underway from executive producer Chris Provenzano (JUSTIFIED) based on the Elmore Leonard novel set in 1893 Arizona where two former friends are on opposite sides of a feud between settlers and a mining company.
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE---former Playboy Bunny Holly Madison said she's in talks to develop a tv movie based on her lurid tell-all memoir DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: CURIOUS ADVENTURES AND CAUTIONARY TALES OF A FORMER PLAYBOY BUNNY about being Hugh Hefner's former girlfriend. Madison said being Hefner's former girlfriend was so depressing that she considered suicide.
Hefner said about the memoir, "Over the course of my life I've had more than my fair share of romantic relationships with wonderful women. Many moved on to live happy, healthy and productive lives and I'm pleased to say remain dear friends today. Sadly, there are a few who have chosen to rewrite history in an attempt to stay in the spotlight. I guess, as the old saying goes: You can't win 'em all."
ANT-MAN---Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige said about Janet van Dyne/The Wasp, "...we will see Janet van Dyne in action in this film. And part of sort of what happened to her. And then we will understand why that is the reason that he [Hank Pym] doesn't want his daughter to follow in those footsteps. One of the reasons why he's always so upset about superheroes in general, dismissive of them in general and also a reason why he doesn't want her to put on the suit."
IMAGINE AGENTS---Michael Keaton will star in this 20th Century Fox movie based on the comic book about a jaded agent for I.M.A.G.I.N.E., an organization that monitors imaginary friends of children who are actually real.
CHASING PHIL---Robert Downey, Jr. is the producer and possibly star of this Warner Bros. movie based on the book proposal about two FBI agents who go undercover to catch conman Phil Kitzer, leader of the international crime ring known as The Fraternity.
MIDNIGHT SUN---Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger, son of Arnold Schwarzenegger, star in this US remake of the Japanese movie in which a teenage boy falls in love with a girl who suffers from a disease in which she stays indoors because sunlight will kill her.
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And even in the original comics, Peter was in high school when he got his powers.
Yes, he was. Strange how nobody seems to remember that.
Exactly, he was 16 when he got bitten by the spider. And hopefully he won't grow out of the role in three years. Going younger is good.
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Jun 25, 2015 - 11:26 AM
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Octoberman
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Like I said before, youths were generally more mature, physically and psychologically, back in 1962, than their same-age counterparts are today.
This fact is fundamental in how Peter Parker, as a character, was developed back then. How he coped with responsibilities and challenges was directly linked to his personality and level of maturity.
In today's world a typical 16-year old's biggest problem is sitting still while waiting for the next Steam Sale.
Granted, Parker was NOT a typical 16-year old.
Today's 16-year old "nerds"? Still misunderstood social outcasts, yes, but nowadays sometimes it seems like they are just a few bad decisions away from either killing themselves or someone else.
I acknowledge that that is a tremendous (and pessimistic) over-generalization, but hopefully it makes my meaning a little clearer. It's just such a different world now.
I don't know what the answer is to the question of adapting the character to today's world.
In retrospect, I think Raimi walked that tightrope pretty well.
Perhaps Spider-Man movies should be period pieces set in the early 60's?
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