Hugh Jackman has expressed his disappointment on the internet leak of his latest movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” a month before its official premiere ANYWHERE. According to the sexiest man alive, “It’s a serious crime and there’s no doubt it’s very disappointing — I was heartbroken by it…Obviously people are seeing an unfinished film. It’s like a Ferrari without a paint job.” He also emphasized that the he believes that the culprit will be apprehended since the FBI is taking the matter very seriously. Not a surprise because an obvious going-to-be-blockbuster-film like this is about big bucks and money talks. I for one have no plans of ever seeing the leak because I want to see this movie in its entirety on the big screen the first time around. I have no plans of ruining my first glimpse of the movie with an unfinished film just because I can’t wait a couple more weeks. And anyway I don’t want to end up like Roger Friedman of Fox News who was fired for posting his review of the pirated copy of the movie!
Though people will undoubtedly still flock to see the movie Jackman is very busy making sure that they will have a good turn out by going on a world tour to promote the movie. The tour started with his chopper appearance in Cockatoo Island in Sydney, Australia and a 20-minute footage of the film shown there. This makes me wonder how much more they’ll get to see since the movie’s suppose to run for only around 90 plus minutes?
For those who haven’t seen the pirated copy yet you’ll get to see the official release on its premier on April 30 in Australia and UK and May 1 in the US.
Terrence Howards Counts on Karma to Get Marvel
Iron Man producers better have an iron clad excuse to refute the accusations the disgruntled Terrence Howard has been throwing or bad karma just might get them. According to Terrence Howard, who was replaced by Don Cheadle as Lt. Col. James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes in the movie sequel (Iron Man 2), “”Marvel made a choice, and it was a very, very bad choice. They didn’t keep their word. They didn’t honor my contract…They produced a great bounty with the first one but they put it all in the storehouse and you were not allowed in.” What he is referring to is a salary raise he’s been expecting to get for the sequel but apparently was disputed by Marvel. The salary issue obviously ended in him not doing the movie and being replaced. Howard also said that from what he’s heard this happened to all the cast including Gwyneth Paltrow. The only one who supposedly did get a raise is Robert Downey Jr.
Despite his misgivings Terrence Howards assures Marvel that he won’t leak any details of the upcoming movie even though he is indeed in a position to give a massive spoiler since he has read the script. Furthermore he harbors no ill-will towards his replacement and even roots for Don Cheadle, wanting Cheadle to do a better job with the character than him since, according to him, he has lots of love for Cheadle who helped Howard get his gig in “Crash”.
As for his payback? He plans on doing nothing (aside from obviously complaining) because as he said, “I believe in karma. When someone does something wrong, you don’t have to get them back. Everything right will return the favor for you.”
Watchmen Reviews Now Out
Watchmen is now officially a “must watch” movie of this year. Moviegoers apparently agree as the box office reflects. Watchmen debuted this weekend and automatically hit the No. 1 spot at the box office with $55.2 million. So far it has the biggest opening this year.
So box office has given its nod but what about the critics? Quite frankly I can’t give a review yet since I have yet to see the movie but believe I’m going to remedy that problem this week. So far here’s what other reviewers had to say.
Long story short, if you’re not a fan of the book and can tolerate unintentional camp, give it a try. It’s not terrible. If you are a fan, try not to get your hopes up too much; just enjoy it for what it is. Zachary Lee of StudentPrintz.com
The film had outsized ambition, an obvious passion for the source material and some truly great moments…but long chunks where it feels somewhat hollow. I found myself wondering how anyone who hadn’t read the book could hang in for the loooong haul of the movie. Geoff Boucher of LATimes
Snyder does an overall good job with this depressing world… A problem that Snyder does have, though, is in elongating scenes. The first half of the movie is plagued by an overabundance of dialogue. It may be necessary in order to set the stage for a complex plotline, but it seems like Snyder simply refused to cut certain parts; perhaps blinded by his devotion to the novel. Antonio Hernandez of the RoundupNews
Still a gorgeous film in most senses, ‘Watchmen’ is best praised for knowing how to express itself. If you don’t agree with the viewpoint one character espouses there’s an eloquence that makes you listen. More weaknesses could be dredged up, but the strength of purpose and fascination of the players in ‘Watchmen’ makes me forgetful of criticism. Rewriting things as stable as facts, it arrives at a rarely expressed vision. Star Community
There you go. Yet again reading other people’s reviews won’t tell you how you’ll really like it because it all depends on your preference…Faithful or not? The eternal question for films anything adapted from books and comic books. At least they all said that the movie was enjoyable and had good scenes now its up to you to see just how much enjoyable it is.
Justice League movie could film next year
The troublesome Justice League movie is finally ready to shoot next year. Director George Miller has been quoted that the superhero movie, which was supposed to be shot in Australia, has been moved to another location and that filming will resume next year, 2009.
Miller has also praised the screen test of actress Megan Gale, who’s eyeing the role of Wonder Woman.
Batman “Oscar” site goes up
Warner Bros. has begun its push for The Dark Knight to get an Oscar nod.
The studio has launched a “for your consideration” website for the smash hit and the content of the site includes the full script of the movie itself.
But in related but amusing news, a city in Turkey named Batman is suing the studio and director Christopher Nolan for royalties from the movie. Batman’s mayor is definitely bonkers if he thinks his lawsuit would even be considered seriously.
Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused the film’s producers of using the city’s name without permission.
“There is only one Batman in the world,” Kalkan said. “The American producers used the name of our city without informing us.”
We wish him the best of luck. More details here.
Also, The Dark Knight has reached a worldwide total of $997.6 million ($528.6 million domestically, $469 million internationally) and should be able to cross the $1 billion mark with the re-release in January.