Pacific Rim is easily the movie that has had me the most excited all year and I’ve been looking forward to it for quite some time. That scares me a little bit given that I’ve been disappointed by some other major films this year so I’m a little hesitant…nah what am I talking about? I’m extremely excited for this! And a new clip has emerged to make me anticipating this even more.

It may let me down like some other major sci-fi films this year but I can’t help but be thrilled for it. Giant creatures battling giant manned-robots fighting for survival on Earth in an epic-like fashion; consider me on board!

Screenwriter Travis Beacham posted a link on Twitter to this clip saying:

“This clip constitutes like 1% of the best, most sprawling action sequence I have ever seen in my life.”

If this is 1% then I can’t even imagine what the rest of this film will be like. As of right now, film writers and critics have had nothing but awesome things to say about Pacific Rim so that makes me even more excited. I guess we’ll see if that all holds up as more reviews will hit the web but as of now everyone seems to love this film and I hope that it lives up to that hype. For now, enjoy the awesomeness below!

Pacific Rim comes to us in just a few short weeks on July 12.

So, I’m a little biased and most likely by this point on my own as well, but I’m excited for this and all the news that is coming out about it. Michael Bay has, again, revealed another vehicle from Transformers 4. This time we get a Freightliner truck that will most likely be Ultra Magnus or Motormaster. Here’s what Bay had to say about it:

The adventure continues to transform with a very different offering from Daimler Trucks North America. The imposing 2014 Argosy cab-over truck by Freightliner.

While we don’t know exactly what the plot will be, Bay did say that this movie will be a “chase from Hell”, whatever that means. If it’s anything like the highway chase from Transformers: Dark of the Moon (my favorite scene from that film), consider me even more excited. Anyway, meet our newest member of the Transformers Universe.

Transformers 4 stars Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz , Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, Li Bingbing and T.J. Miller. It’s now filming and set to open on June 27, 2014.

We have new images from Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming biblical film, Noah, which will star Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connely, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson and Logan Lerman. This is some of the first promo images we’ve seen from the film, which opens next March, and it doesn’t give much other than the aesthetic we will most likely walk in to. The pictures we’re released by The Film Stage and I love the tone we get with these images. Aronofsky is a great director and I look forward to seeing what he does with this story.

Of course, the interesting issue here is going to be Aronofsky spin on the story and how closely it resembles the one from the Bible. My guess is that it will be a little bit different which will set off some people depending on how serious they take the film. Look for this film to dive strongly into the characters though and the story I’m hoping will turn out epic. If you’re not familiar with Aronofsky, you need to be and if you like this story, I think you’ll end up loving what he does with it, given Aronofsky’s awesome resume. Consider me very excited.

Noah is set to open March 28, 2014. Check out the images below!

Well with some exciting news, reports are coming in that Sony is in final negotiations to pick up the rights to the 1990’s series Captain Planet and plans to bring it to the big screen. The movie will be produced by Mark Gordon, Don Murphy and Susan Montford. In case you missed out in the early 90’s, Captain Planet revolves around five teens around the world that are given powers by Gaia, the Earth spirit, in order to protect the plant from devastation. When their powers are not enough, the teens get together to summon the awesome-themed superhero Captain Planet. The Captain and the Planeteers fought villains such as Dr. Blight, Verminous Skumm, Duke Nukem and Looten Plunder.

As far as our producers go, Gordon is well known for producing movies such as Speed, Saving Private Ryan, 2012 and many others as well. He is also the executive producer behind shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, and the upcoming Ray Donovan. Murphy, one of the producers behind The Transformers mega-franchise, and Montford are in production on Vampire Academy, the adaptation of the YA novel by Richelle Mead being directed by Mark Waters.

This franchise has had a few attempts in the past to garner some live-action fun but it never went anywhere. As for kids who grew up in the 90’s watching this show, I think it’ll depend on how the movie is executed to bring back those fans. The show was kind of cheesy and didn’t have the super villians we’ve seen in other films and cartoons such as Spider-Man or Batman. I’m half on board for this but we’ll see what happens.

What do you think? Let us know in the comment section below!

I’m not even sure why we’re following this movie but for some reason we are (because we like movies) and we now have news that 50 Shades of Grey has a release date. As you may know, we recently learned that Sam Taylor-Johnson will be directing and now we have learned that it will be released on August 1, 2014.

What’s interesting about that choice is that it’s the same date as Guardians of the Galaxy which means that every guy and girl will be in separate theaters that weekend. The casting process should be pretty interesting and I’m sure will get a lot of buzz. While I’m more interesting in how this won’t end up a soft-core porn movie, the casting will also be interesting. And how comfortable will they be with the role? Either way, I’m mostly excited to see how this plays out and if people will actually go see it with a bunch of other strangers in theaters. Well at least I know I will have a double feature date next August.

Here is the official press release:

The global release of Fifty Shades of Grey will start in North America on Friday, August 1st, 2014 with opening dates around the world to be announced. The Focus Features domestic theatrical release will be in theaters nationwide. Universal Pictures International is releasing the movie in the rest of the world.

Sam Taylor-Johnson is directing the highly anticipated film adaptation of E L James’ #1 bestselling book. Fifty Shades of Grey has been adapted into a screenplay by Kelly Marcel. Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti are producing the movie version alongside Ms. James.

Universal Pictures and Focus Features acquired the rights to the three books in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy in March 2012. Focus Features will market and distribute the first film in partnership with Universal. Fifty Shades of Grey has become a global phenomenon and the trilogy has been translated in over 50 languages worldwide since its release. To date, the “Fifty Shades” trilogy has sold over 70 million copies worldwide in e-book and print, making it one of the fastest-selling book series ever.

Fifty Shades of Grey (first published in 2011) follows the relationship of 27-year-old billionaire Christian Grey and college student Anastasia Steele. Subsequent novels in the series, Fifty Shades Darker (2011) and Fifty Shades Freed (2012) explore the couple’s deepening relationship. For more information please see the official Fifty Shades of Grey Facebook page: www.facebook.com/fiftyshadesofgreymovie.

Well Vin Diesel has been having himself quite the year so far. First, his Fast & Furious 6 film did amazingly well at the box office and was one of my favorite films of the year so far. In fact, the last we heard from Diesel was when he announced that they’ll be coming back for a seventh film in that franchise.

Well now Vin Diesel, via his Facebook page, dropped what could be some major developments between him and Marvel Studios. Here’s his little update for us:

P.s. Marvel has requested a meeting… no idea what for… haha, you probably know better than me…

So what the heck does that mean? Marvel has been doing a lot lately with the announcements of all their future projects. And we know that The Avengers project will have at least three phases which will leave room for plenty of characters to be introduced at some point. I don’t know about you but I see Diesel playing some sort of bad guy in that Universe. Phase Two is well into production right now so most likely we’ll see Diesel somewhere in Phase Three of this crazy awesome mess. Again, we’re assuming that this meeting goes well and something comes out of it.

A lot of people don’t care for Diesel as an actor but I particularly like him and if he’s given the right role he could be great for this environment. I mean, we did see him fly already…

So, if you got a chance to see This is the End, then you’ll know that a sequel doesn’t quite make a whole lot of sense. Without giving spoilers away, the way it ended was great and pretty funny if you ask me. That being said, it’s being reported that Evan Goldberg is saying that there is a very meta-concept in the works for a sequel where the movie will take place at the premiere of the movie This is the End. Here are the words from Goldberg himself:

If you ask me, I’d say there’s a good chance of sequel. If you ask Seth [Rogen], he’d say no. So, we’ll see. The guys are up for it but we lucked out that they were all available. I honestly don’t know if we could get the guys together. We actually talked about doing a sequel where it starts at the premiere of This is the End. Seth’s a cokehead in this version, Michael Cera is a calm dude with a boyfriend, Rihanna and The Backstreet Boys are back. We have a lot of ideas: a heaven and hell, for example, and a garden of Eden version where Danny [McBride] is Adam.

I’m not the biggest fan of meta but when it’s done right it could be really good and in this environment of making fun of themselves it actually makes sense. I like the idea of these guys playing exxagerrated versions of themselves and it did okay at the box office so I’m guessing other people did too. The film has doubled it’s budget so far and hasn’t hit most of the international markets yet so this will end up being a pretty big success for them. Assuming they can work out their schedules, this will most likely end up happening. And honestly, I’d like to see more of McBride is this kind of role. He was amazing and was one of the better parts of This is the End so seeing him as Adam in the Garden of Eden would be interesting to say the least.

What are your thoughts? Is this a good idea?

Over the weekend on our InSession Film Podcast, we discussed Independence Day 2 and why director Roland Emmerich said that Will Smith is “too expensive” for this project. I’m not sure about you, but that sounds a little ridiculous to me. I know Sony is still reaping its losses from After Earth, but it’s Will Smith. While Emmerich says he will not be back, I think over time we may see that change.

Well it’s now been announced that Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum will be back for ID 2. Emmerich has confirmed that both actors are coming back with Pullman reprising his role as now ex-President Whitmore and Goldblum as the computer genius David Levinson.

Both of these actors were amazing in the first film which makes this news exciting and a good choice on Emmerich’s part. I think for this sequel, which will not be 20 years later, Will Smith will need to be a part for people to get completely on board with it. We still have a long way to go on this and there are plenty of youthful actors that could step in but Smith has the star power and the character that people will want to see.

Independence Day 2 is slated for release on July 3, 2015.

What are your thoughts?

If you’re not on the Philip Seymour Hoffman bandwagon by now you need to. His work and resume has been incredible and he’s one of the best actors in Hollywood. He’s one of those actors that will stand out in a movie even if he doesn’t a big role in the film. Despite some personal addictions and rehab, he’s been able to keep pulling of some amazing performances. If you didn’t see his incredible performance in The Master last year as Lancaster Dodd, you’re missing out as it was one of his better performances. Well admist the rehab, his career seems to still be on the upward and it looks like he’s been cast in Daniel Espinosa’s upcoming film, Child 44.

The film also stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, Paddy Considine and Joel Kinnaman which is a great cast to be a part of. The story will focus on Hardy’s character as a Russian cop who is investigating a child-killer in the 1950’s Soviet Union. In the middle of all that, Stalin’s regime is insisting that the crimes don’t exist. So far this no word as to who Hoffman will be playing but he does pull of a “bad guy” well should he be cast as the murderer.

I’m not 100% sold on Espinosa yet but the story is a little intriguing and the cast will make me want to see this film. Hardy and Oldman are two of my favorite actors in Hollywood and you add in a name like Hoffman who’s an amazing performer and I’m going to need to see how this plays out.

What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comment section below!