While 2083 might be a bit of an exaggeration, Marvel's Phase 3
film slate does take the studio through to 2019's Avengers: Infinity War Part 2 and Inhumans, but with no Ant - Man sequel in sight.
It will be extremely hard for the studio to match those figures in 2016, as many of its biggest franchises are sitting out the year and Universal's planned 21 - film slate doesn't feature any sure - thing blockbuster hits aside from (maybe) a still - untitled Bourne sequel.
Not exact matches
Why
did the studio behind the year's highest - scoring
film (nine - time Oscar nominee 12 Years a Slave)-- and a fairly strong overall
film slate — finish 2013 with only the eighth - highest average Metascore?
Now, it's not one of the year's better
films, but this is a bit of a rough
slate today, so we'll have to make
do.
The
film's currently
slated for U.K. release on October 4th, so don't be surprised to see it added to the line ups at TIFF or Fantastic Fest in the near future, before Magnolia release the
film further down the line.
Universal has set a July 26, 2019 release date, with
filming slated to begin this fall, and while
doing press for Deadpool 2, David Leitch revealed that his spin - off will be more grounded than the Fast & Furious franchise it was spawned from.
The
slate of HD extra features comprises the usual studio - sponsored assortment of interviews and B - roll highlighting what the filmmakers feel were the most impressive aspects of the production and post, plus some narrative material that didn't make it into the finished
film.
He was also originally
slated to play Jeff Daniels» character in Woody Allen's «The Purple Rose of Cairo» and actually
did film some scenes, but Allen decided it wasn't working and replaced him with Daniels.
Interestingly, DC's Extended Universe of
films aren't connected to its
slate of television shows (which is why TV's The Flash, Grant Gustin, was not cast), but don't rule out a crossover between the show and
film versions just yet, as Kevin Smith revealed that «doors are being left open» should.
The
film noir
slate was particularly rich as was the experience of seeing these
film on the big screen — the lighting, the compositions, the close - ups all popped in a way that just doesn't happen when you watch these titles on TV.
Since she first appeared as Nina in Goran Dukić's Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), Seimetz has been active in the independent
film scene in many capacities — as a collaborator to Joe Swanberg (which involves wearing many hats), (14) a producer (for Barry Jenkins's elegant and sensitive Medicine for Melancholy [2008], among others) and an actress for edgy, polyvalent directors who often blur the boundary between acting, directing, writing and crewing: Jay Keitel (also the DP for Sun Don't Shine), Lawrence Michael Levine, Lena Dunham, Kentucker Audley, David Robert Mitchell, Adam Wingard, Cherie Saulter, Josh
Slates, Dan Bush and Tomer Almagor.
Feige didn't elaborate on what might be different after May 2019, but it's certainly possible Marvel is contemplating a clean
slate after its fourth «Avengers»
film, which will presumably bring to a close the Thanos / Infinity Stones storyline that began in 2012.
My opinion of the negative reports is that they are unfair because the
film doesn't deserve to be
slated.
As busy as Ray Winstone's been over the last decade or so, it doesn't appear to be tiring him out; he has seven
films slated for release in 2009 and 2010.
The
film would be a prime candidate for any distributor looking to bolster its awards season
slate, as Fox Searchlight
did last year when it acquired Pablo Larraín's «Jackie» out of the festival, and went on to earn an Oscar nomination for star Natalie Portman.
There was a little speech, which I
did not deliver in song, alas, but the text of my introductory essay, from the awards booklet, reads as follows: «It's been a breakthrough and haphazardly maternal sort of year on the big screen for Tony - nominated stage actress Amy Ryan, with a
slate of
film roles in which she memorably portrays caregivers both attentive and criminally negligent.
While I'm hoping for a better
slate of
films in the second of half of twelve, that
does nothing to diminish the fact that this is a superbly made comedy that sets itself apart from its namesake show.
What We
do in the Shadows director Taika Waititi is set to helm the
film which is
slated for a Nov. 3, 2017 release date.
Although the title doesn't dare give away its festive setting, the first
film in the four - strong series to date (with a fifth
slated for 2013) has perpetuated a Christmas cult following.
James Horner was originally
slated to score 1993
film, became unavailable, but
did write haunting theme for Sarah, aka Garden Of Magic, beautifully sung by Sarah Jessica Parker.
While on its own merits, the supplemental
slate here is quite satisfactory, a considerable amount of content that recently made its way onto the
film's two - disc Region 2 DVD
does not surface here.
Even back when Geoff Johns and Kevin Smith
did their DC Comics special regarding the upcoming
film slate of DC
films; Shazam was nowhere on the list.
There is no doubt in my mind that Cage could
do just as much with a fresh
slate and one good
film to start that fire.
Director Scott Derrickson has worked on horror flicks such as «Sinister» and «The Exorcism of Emily Rose,» so while we know it won't go that dark, if this
film does manage to up the ante with some scares and chills, then that would be a major one - up on DC (especially with «Justice League Dark»
slated for production).
DreamWorks and Relativity don't have any real comic - book type movies on their
slate, particularly after Spielberg's «Robopocalypse» got delayed an entire year, and DreamWorks Animation have never courted the geek crowd in a big way — why would they need to, when the
films will make major coin regardless?
As it stands his demise was supposed to make the viewers feel like the stakes were real, but this failed because firstly we all know the big names make it due to Marvel announcing their
slate of
films, and second because we don't know very much about him.