Sequel Bits: ‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’, ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’, ‘Men In Black 3’, ‘Snow White And The Huntsman 2’, ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’
No, it wasn’t just you —Men in Black 3, entertaining as it was, made no sense at all. I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that starting the shoot without a completed sequel did not help. Also after the jump:
Though Monahan’s tales may not come directly from Miller, the esteemed writer did have a hand in creating them. Miller reportedly came up with the ideas and took a first pass at them before handing off to Monahan. Details on the new plotlines haven’t been revealed, though as of last summer we were hearing that one of them would be titled “The Long Bad Night.” Whatever they are, Rodriguez promises they’ll be intense. “The audience wants more and they’ll definitely get what they want,” he said.A Dame to Kill Foris dated forOctober 4, 2013. [TOHviaCBM]
Paramount’s last-minute decision to moveG.I. Joe: Retaliationfrom June 29 toMarch 29, 2013is having effects beyond the movie world.Variety ShowBlitzreports thatRetaliationaction figures are now being pulled from shelves. Although retailers were supposed to wait until this week to sell the toys, a few Walmart, Toys R Us, and Target locations had decided to get an early start by making them available last week. Now, the stores are likely to fill up the shelf space previously designated for the 47-item line of Retaliation toys with new products tied in toThe Amazing Spider-ManandThe Avengers.
Mindless summer blockbusters dealing with time travel obviously aren’t the best place to look for impeccable narrative logic, but even by those standards,Men in Black 3seemed to suffer more — or at least more obvious — plot holes than most.EWhas a rundown on the many ways that grand finale made no sense at all, whileHuffPohas a lot of questions about the plotline from start to finish.Major spoilers follow at the links, in case that wasn’t obvious.
Snow White and the Huntsmanhasn’t even hit theaters yet, but Universal’s already eager toget started on a sequel. One big question, however, is what direction that follow-up will take. While the first one takes inspiration from the classic fairy tale, there’s no obvious source material forSnow White 2. But actorNick Frost, who plays one of the dwarfs, suggests that the dwarfs may play a more central role in the next film:
I think you meet the dwarves at a point where the story needs some comic magic, and that’s our main job in this first one. We support and provide comedy relief. As much as the film is quite dark and gothic and is meant to be creepy, more Lord of the Rings-y than Mirror, Mirror, perhaps. I do think the dwarves are being prepped for film two.
The firstSnow White and the HuntsmanopensJune 8. [viaBleeding Cool]
A recent rumor suggested thatRobert Pattinsoncould be jumping fromThe Twilight SagatoThe Hunger Games, in the role of fan favorite character Finnick Odair, who makes his first appearance inCatching Fire. For better or for worse, however, the actor himself confirms that there is no truth to the story. His agent told him so after Pattinson inquired about the reports.
“I was kind of curious for a second. So I called my agent,” Pattinson says. “My agent was like, ‘No one’s going to offer you that part’… I was like, thanks for the reassurance.”
So we can rule Pattinson out — but with shooting on the sequel scheduled to start in a few months, I’m sure casting rumors about other actors will be flying fast and heavy for weeks to come.Catching Firewill openNovember 23, 2013. [viaTHR]
