Saturday, February 1, 2020

It: Chapter Two Director Says A Pennywise Spinoff Is Possible

It: Chapter Two Director Says A Pennywise Spinoff Is Possible

When you’re dealing with an ancient evil that’s walked the earth for millions of years – much like Pennywise – it’s fair to say that there’s plenty of room to flesh out the nasty monster’s sinister backstory.

Indeed, while Andy Muschietti’s two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s best-selling novel It concluded in late 2019, the recent duo of pics not only resonated pretty well with both critics and audiences alike, but also managed to rake in impressive box office hauls, too.

Though Chapter Two didn’t quite hit the same heights as its predecessor, a $473 million taking from a $79 million budget is not too shabby at all. For reference, Chapter One broke a number of records and became one of the highest grossing R-rated movies of all-time, grossing over $700 million dollars.

With all that in mind, it’s intriguing to hear that It: Chapter Two‘s director thinks there’s more mythology to tell in the world of Derry, with Muschietti saying:

There is a whole mythology to the book. Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore. It has been on Earth for millions of years. He’s been in contact with humans for hundreds of years, every 27 years. So you can imagine the amount of material. It’s always exciting to think of eventually exploring this mythology. It’s very exciting. But, for now, there’s nothing on the table.

Whether the Argentine filmmaker goes on to officially pursue an It spinoff project, well, only time will tell, but he does sound like he’s pretty interested, right?

Oddly enough, Muschietti isn’t the only key member of the original team who would like to see an It spinoff. Surprisingly, It: Chapter One and Two writer Gary Dauberman has also gone on record expressing interest in an expansion to King’s famous source material as well.

But what say you? Would you be down for an It spinoff starring Pennywise? Or would you rather the iconic horror franchise be left to rest in peace? Grab a red balloon and float down to the comments below to let us know.



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Friday, January 31, 2020

Captain America: Civil War Deleted Scene Sees Zemo Taking The HYDRA Diary

Captain America: Civil War Deleted Scene Sees Zemo Taking The HYDRA Diary

Sokovian colonel Helmut Zemo is arguably one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most triumphant antagonists, second (by a slim margin) only to the Mad Titan himself. In fact, there’s a compelling argument to be made that Thanos might not have succeeded at all in Infinity War had Zemo not previously succeeded in Captain America: Civil War.

It was Zemo, harboring a vendetta against the Avengers over the loss of his family in the destruction of Sokovia in Avengers: Age of Ultron, who meticulously plotted and ultimately succeeded in setting Tony Stark and Steve Rogers against one another so effectively that he literally tore the Avengers apart, thus preventing them from later answering Thanos with the kind of unified response that would eventually win them the day in Endgame.

Zemo’s entire strategy depended not on some devastating superweapon or cosmically-powerful ingot, but rather around a book, and the eleven ordinary phrases contained, and the truth they exposed. He retrieved the book from the home of former HYDRA operative Vasily Karpov before torturously killing the man in his basement, and then used it to activate the Winter Soldier programming of James Buchanan Barnes after infiltrating the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre.

Now, stills have been released revealing an alternate version of Zemo’s acquisition of the Winter Soldier journal. As you can see down below, Zemo is in attendance with half-a-dozen other bidders, one of whom he tells, “You take only what they let you have.” In a more upmarket version of the scene in which Darren Cross attempted to sell the Yellowjacket technology in Ant-Man, Zemo calmly places a gas mask over his mouth and nose, because when Helmut Zemo takes something, he leaves no witnesses. He releases some sort of airborne toxin that soon has his fellow bidders gasping and stumbling before assuredly asphyxiating.

He then approaches the desk, the sole survivor of this silent assassination, and picks up, from among several other documents, the red book emblazoned with a black star to match the symbol on the shoulder of Barnes’ bionic arm. The scene is a testament to the measures that Zemo is willing to take to succeed, and almost makes his murder of Karpov somehow tamer by comparison. After all, in our version of events, he only killed one man for the book.

Daniel Brühl returns in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, at long last donning his iconic purple mask, this August on Disney+.



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Twitter’s Going Crazy Over The New Fast & Furious 9 Trailer

Twitter’s Going Crazy Over The New Fast & Furious 9 Trailer

Fast & Furious 9 – or F9, as they seem to be calling it now – is quickly approaching its theatrical release and Universal wants to make sure that everyone and their grandmother knows that it’s on the way. Then again, given the global fanbase that the series has, it’s not like they really have to do much work to market it, right?

Still, after a far too long period of radio silence, the floodgates truly opened up this week. From teasers to character posters and more, we’ve got a lot from the Fast & Furious camp over the past several days and it all culminated in today’s explosive full-length trailer. Teasing more stunts, more chase scenes and more muscles, it was an absolute treat for fans. And that’s all without even mentioning the surprise reveal at the end that Han is back (which We Got This Covered told you was happening months ago).

So, it only makes sense that Twitter is now overflowing with folks expressing their excitement for the upcoming ninth installment in the seemingly never-ending series. And you can check out a sample of what people are saying down below:

Clearly, fans are pumped for the movie and no doubt it’s going to be another billion dollar box office behemoth for Universal. And with the series reportedly coming to an end after the tenth film, it’ll be interesting to see what kind of seeds it plants for both the finale and presumably, the countless spinoffs that will follow once the mainline movies have concluded.

But staying in the here and now, and Fast & Furious 9 drives into theaters on May 22nd, and make no mistake about, there will indeed be justice for Han.



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