Thursday, August 11, 2016
SPIDERMAN HOMECOMING: Meet The Tinkerer
According to Deadline, Orange is the New Black's Michael Chernus has joined the cast of Spiderman: Homecoming as Phineas Mason, better known as The Tinkerer.
Spiderman: Homecoming will premiere July 7, 2017.
WORLD WAR Z: Sequel Seeking Director
Juan Antonio Bayona was eyed for the sequel but left to direct the Jurassic World (not yet titled) sequel instead, so Brad Pitt is hoping that Fight Club collaborator, David Fincher, according to Variety. Pitt and Fincher have worked previously together on Se7en, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Since no director has officially signed on for the job, the film's June 9, 2017 premiere will most likely be rescheduled.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: A Reboot In The Works
The rumor has been circulating for years and now we have a confirmation, TriStar Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company, The C.S. Lewis Company, and Entertainment One (eOne) will finance the film, The Silver Chair. This is not a continuation of the previous films, it'll stand on its own and the any future installments have yet to be announced.
SPOTLIGHT: The Eye Smear
Eye makeup is a crucial part of Hollywood magic whether you're starring in Sex and the City or Captain America but lately, if you haven't noticed, Hollywood and Television have taken eye makeup to a whole new level, a messier level. Let's call it, The Eye Smear, dun-dun-dun!
It dramatic, mysterious and shall we even say, sexy? It's been a part of our film industry since the beginning. When film just began, makeup artists would use the dramatic eye effect due to the quality of film and who are we kidding, for drama. As film became more refined, so did the look.
The messy look that we're more familiar with initially became prominent with rock stars. Kiss, probably the most popular rock band to play with dramatic eye makeup made it more of a cliche, unfortunately, after the rock star era faded. However, rock musicians continued to play with eye shadow in a non-traditional way like Keith Richards, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and Steven Tyler, to name a few.
In the early 2000's Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow brought the messy look back and made it popular with his portrayal of Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Depp used Keith Richards as one of his inspirations for the character and his look while he, himself, made the character a modern day rock star. Hollywood caught on.
Although not every film stars a character with the smeared effect, it's pretty clear, more and more films/shows are designing their characters to sport them. Khal Drogo, played by Jason Momoa, dawned the eye makeup in Game of Thrones. Perhaps the look was to establish the character's culture and barbarian lifestyle, however, not every barbarian adopted the look. Drogo went on to become a fan favorite. Was this going to be a trend or was it just coincidence that the following characters would also smear the shadow and become fan favorites?
Sebastian Stan grabbed some Maybelline (I actually don't know what brand it was) as Bucky in Captain America: Winter Soldier. Alycia Debnam- Carey grabbed her war paint as Lexa in The 100 and recently, Monroe Hayden smeared her eye shadow as Fox in Fox. Even Stephen Amell took it on as Oliver Queen in Arrow before upgrading to a mask.
Most would associate the dramatic look with villains but as you can see, not many villains are actually sporting it. Most of the characters, however, do tread the line between good and evil with Drogo seeming like a bad guy in the beginning but eventually earning the trust and love of Daenerys Targaryen. Bucky being brain washed to follow evil orders but actually being a good guy that Captain America, himself, stands by. Lexa, appearing to be the enemy of Clark and her "tribe" but becoming the love of her life. And Fox, lying to Mina and Xander, making her appear to be the evil manipulator only to reveal she did it all for love. Maybe the look signifies that. With just a wet cloth, their darkness could be wiped. Even Oliver Queen has a dark past.
The look has underlined their characters onscreen appearance and has made fangirls go wild. Perhaps we'll see more characters dawn the look in the near future?
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AVENGERS 'INFINITY WAR': Winter Soldier Confirmed!
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sebastian Stan will be in Avengers: Infinity War early next year with J.K. Simmons. The news caught the eye of fanboys when it was announced that he would star in We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
CLOAK & DAGGER: TV Series Will Be A YA Love Story
Superheroes are the latest buzz in our culture. With TV shows, movies, conventions, Disney, it's no wonder comic book franchises like, Marvel and DC are squeezing as much juice as they can out of what they do best. When it comes to live-action television series, The CW and Netflix takes home the gold. Networks like CBS tried to get on that bandwagon with Supergirl but failed miserably until handing her over to the CW, TNT gave up on Teen Titans and FOX is barely staying afloat with Gotham. This time, Freeform (formally known as ABC Family) is hopping on the bandwagon with a Cloak and Dagger TV show.
For those familiar with the dynamic duo, their story seems perfect for television; a couple of teenage runaways who are granted with super powers after taking bizarre drugs. Sounds like something more that Netflix can deliver, right? So when Freeform announced they'd be taking the wheel, it was a bit of a shock. Then Joseph Loeb, Head of Marvel Television revealed that the show will be more of a love story and not any love story, a YA love story.
So it will be like every other show on the network just the couple will have super powers. However, Loeb stands by the announcement stating, "the characters and story speak to a younger audience."
Will you be checking it out?
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