This week on Some News Type Thing we have some new on 'Dawn Of The Planet Of the Apes and a
No Time Travel In Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
As any fan of the franchise knows, as a way to save the film after the appalling 'Beneath The Planet Of The Apes' they pulled the old time travel trick, sending three intelligent speaking apes back in time to to the late twentieth century as a way of reviving the film with a form of origins story. Well in a recent interview with Total Film, Screenwriter Rick Jaffa addressed the issue of time travel: "I don't foresee that. But it's interesting you should ask that, because it's the one big elements that we made a conscious decision not to explore in the first one, and we were worried there might be some backlash in the science fiction community because of it. When the story first came together we were very, very excited, and yet before we pitched it, I thought, 'The one thing missing though is time travel. But it's not necessary for this particular telling'. And I don't really foresee it, to tell you the truth".
To me this is good, time travel has become very cliche in the world of science fiction, and this way means that they are rebuilding the whole origins story, almost making 'Escape From The Planet Of The Apes', 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' and Battle For The Planet Of The Apes' irrelevant. It gives them freedom to do what they want whilst still respecting the best film in the franchise, the original, 'Planet Of The Apes'.
'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' comes out May 23rd 2014.
A Metal Gear Solid Movie
Sony has announced that it is bringing 'Metal Gear Solid to the big screens and it is being produced by Avi Arad, who also produced 'The Amazing Spiderman', 'Iron Man' and 'The Incredible Hulk'. If done right, this movie could be incredible.
Michael Keaton Joins Robocop
Some casting news from the set of the 'Robocop' remake, it was rumoured before that Hugh Laurie was cast to play the villain in the film, but now it has been revealed that he has backed down from the role (or never accepted it to begin with) and Michael Keaton has now been cast. I'm happy with this news, Keaton is a brilliant actor, and I think he will bring a lot to the table and to be honest, this is the first good news we've heard about the remake in a while (at least so far the cast is awesome).
S.H.I.E.L.D Gets A TV Series
We all know S.H.I.E.L.D. from the popular Marvel comics and movies, well it looks like Marvel is expanding its current extended universe into the realm of television. S.H.I.E.L.D. is getting its own television series and in even better news, Joss Whedon has agreed to both write and direct the series along with his brother Ged Whedon. I just hope he isn't just directing the pilot episode. I love Marvel, so more is good!
That's all the news I have this week, I'm sure next week there will be even more great movie news. I hope soon we'll have a trailer for 'Lincoln', the movie comes out in three months and we've only recently gotten the poster.
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