Some more photos from the set of Deadpool have surfaced, and they feature Ryan Reynolds and his stunt-double in costume taking on Colossus. Or at least a giant man named Andre Tricoteux dressed up in a motion-capture suit, who will be replaced by a CGI Colossus in the final product. There are also shots of Ed Skrein as Ajax and Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead.

Some of the photos may contain SPOILERS, so I wouldn’t look or read any further if you’re not in to the whole spoiler thing.

One of the scenes shows Deadpool being dragged by Colossus, who he’s handcuffed to alongside Negasonic Teenage Warhead. Deadpool tries to escape by what looks like cutting off his own hand. Then in another scene it seems there might be a fatal conclusion to a sword battle between Deadpool and Ajax.

Activision and Treyarch have finally unleashed the reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops III. The trailer is intense and action-packed, and if you’re a fan of this video game franchise there’s a good chance that you’re going to love what you see. I’ve had a blast playing the Call of Duty: Black Ops games, and this next chapter looks utterly insane. There’s no doubt that we’ll learn more about the game at the E3 Expo, which takes place in June. Hopefully we’ll get some hands on gameplay action.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III will thrust players into a dark, gritty future, where cybernetics and biotechnology have given rise to a new breed of soldier. Empowered by Direct Neural Interface (DNI) technology, players will assume the role of Black Ops soldiers that are interconnected, faster, and more lethal than ever in a new four-player co-op campaign and a completely redefined multiplayer experience.

With a new momentum-based, chained movement system that allows players to move fluidly through environments and maintain constant control of their weapon, Call of Duty: Black Ops III is packed with new multiplayer features. In addition to a new weapon customization system that lets players create unique weapon variants, Call of Duty: Black Ops III introduces the new Specialist system, which lets players choose and rank up nine elite Black Ops soldiers, each with their own unique look, personality, backstory, and devastating weapons and abilities.

And, of course, it wouldn’t be Black Ops without Treyarch’s signature Zombies. While more info will arrive later this year, Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s Zombies will feature its own unique story and XP progression system, adding new levels of depth and replayability.

Activision also confirmed that players who pre-order the game will be given access to the multiplayer beta, which you can learn more about by clicking here.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III launches on Friday, November 6th for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a rant about how Paramount was reportedly planning on creating a shared cinematic universe for the Transformers films under the creative control of Batman & Robin screenwriter Akiva Goldsman. It was still just rumored at that point, but according to a shareholder call from Hasbro that took place earlier today, it’s now been confirmed as their strategy moving forward.

ComingSoon has the relevant quotes:

“Our plan right now with the studio and filmmakers, you may have read something about some writers being hired,” Brian Goldner, President and CEO of Hasbro, says. “We have in fact brought in [Akiva Goldsman] to lead a group of writers to really create a strategic plan around Transformers – we think there’s any number of stories to be told. It’s a brand that’s been around for 30 years with amazing canon and mythology. We would expect the sequel to the Transformers movie to happen in 2017.”

It’s unclear whether Goldner means that production will begin in 2017 or that the film will be released in 2017, but either way, this is confirmation of Goldsman’s writer’s room concept and confirmation that Paramount is indeed putting infrastructure in place for this franchise to continue to expand over the new few years. Like I said in my initial rant, it’s hard to fault them from a business perspective since these movies make serious money, but creatively, you’d be hard-pressed to find a worse movie than Transformers: Age of Extinction when looking at high-budget films of that ilk. We can only hope that the new brain trust has enough time to come up with a decent script before moving into production on this new movie. Mark Wahlberg has signed on for multiple sequels to Age of Extinction, and Michael Bay is expected to return behind the camera.

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Producer Seth Rogen has confirmed that Dominic Cooper is officially set to star as Jesse Custer in AMC’s pilot for Preacher. It was reported last month that Cooper was the network’s top choice to take on the role, and it’s awesome to see that everything worked out. I really wanted to see Cooper in the role of Jesse.

The series is based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s ‘90s comic book series, and it follows Reverend Jesse Custer, “a tough Texas preacher who has lost his faith, and has learned that God has left Heaven and abandoned his responsibilities. He finds himself the only person capable of tracking God down, demanding answers, and making him answer for his dereliction of duty. Accompanying Jesse on his journey is his former girlfriend and a friendly vampire who seems to prefer a pint in the pub to the blood of the innocent. On his tail is one of the most iconic bad guys in print – an immortal, unstoppable killing machine named the Saint of Killers —a western lone gunman archetype whose sole purpose is to hunt and kill Jesse.”

The pilot is scheduled to start production this summer, and will most likely be released sometime in 2016. Rogen and Evan Goldberg are set to direct.

Cooper most recently appeared in Marvel’s Agent Carter as a young Howard Stark, who was first introduced to us in Captain America: First Avenger. He’ll next be seen on the big screen in Duncan Jones‘ 2016 fantasy epic Warcraft.

A new trailer has been released for the upcoming live-action Attack on Titan movie, and it’s pretty freakin’ spectacular. It seems like some Attack on Titan fans out there are torn on this big screen adaptation, but I think it looks like it’s going to be a hell of a lot of fun! This trailer gives us our best look yet at what’s in store for us, and I love what I’m seeing! I have to say, I enjoyed watching the reactions of the characters as they watch in horror as someone gets eat by a Titan.

The story of Attack on Titan takes place in a world where the remnants of humanity live inside a series of connected cities, isolated by enormous walls. These walls exists to keep the Titans out, gigantic humanoid creatures who devour humans seemingly without reason. These Titans have reduced the world’s population to staggeringly low numbers. The 3 main protagonists of Isayama’s manga are Eren Jaeger, his adoptive sister Mikasa Ackerman, and their friend Armin Arlert. Their lives are changed forever when a “Colossal Titan” breaches the wall protecting their town, leading to thee death of Eren’s mother. Vowing revenge and to reclaim the world from the Titans, Eren, Mikasa and Armin join the Survey Corps, an elite group of soldiers who fight Titans outside the walls.  Haruma Miura plays Eren. Kiko Mizuhara is Mikasa. Kanata Hongo will play Armin. Satomi Ishihara portrays Hanji. Nanami Sakuraba is Sasha. Takahiro Miura is Jean.

This trailer is for the first of two Attack on Titan movies. They were directed by Shinji Higuchi, and Attack on Titan manga creator Hajime Isayama consulted on them. He helped create some new characters and enemies for the story that will stay true to the source material.

The first film will be released August 1st, and the second will hit theaters a month later on September 19th in Japan. I’m sure it will eventually make its way to the states. Below the teaser I also provided a translation of what is said in the the trailer.

This is the first poster for the horror zombie drama Maggie. The movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a midwestern farmer who is trying to protect his daughter (Abigail Breslin) after she becomes infected by a zombie virus that is threatening the world.

The movie was directed by Henry Hobson, and it looks like a refreshingly compelling zombie drama that is unlike many of the other zombie projects we are seeing developed today.

The second of three Jurassic World posters has been released, and it features the behemoth Mosasaurus about to eat a tiny looking great white shark. Yesterday a poster was released that showed Bryce Dallas Howard‘s character coming face to face with the genetically enhanced Indominus Rex dino.

The poster all lead to a new trailer for the film set to be released this coming Monday, so stay tuned for that. I’m sure it’s going to be awesome! The question is, will it bas as awesome as the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens or Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?

Directed by Colin Trevorrow , Jurassic World also stars Chris Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, BD Wong and Irrfan Khan.

The park opens on June 12th.

“Your master deceived you into thinking you could be a Jedi.”

Star Wars Celebration 2015 will be featuring the world premiere of the first two episodes of Star Wars Rebels Season 2.  We have an awesome trailer that show you what’s in store for Season 2.

The trailer is over three minutes long, and it’s packed with tons of cool footage that features the return of Captain Rex, and Darth Vader, who is back kicking all kinds of Jedi ass! I absolutely love that they’ve expanded the classic villains role in this series! Season 2 seems like it going to be even better than the first one!

Star Wars Rebels will return later this year on Disney XD!

Director Zack Snyder released a teaser for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice through his Twitter, and simultaneously confirmed earlier reports that special IMAX screenings of the full trailer are being held on April 20th. The video is 21-seconds long, the majority of which are logos, and features Superman and Batman’s suits without actors Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck in them.

While the teaser is the first official footage of Batman’s suit (and presumably the Batcave), the shot of Superman’s suit is merely a recycled shot from the scene in Man of Steel where Clark meets Jor-El. I rewatched that scene to confirm that, but another dead giveaway is the fact that the “S” emblem on the chest doesn’t have the extra lines in the middle that the new version of the suit does — which coincides with the more textured Batman v Superman logo — or the extra blue layer/border underneath the House of El emblem. Below the tweet, I’ve included a side-by-side comparison of the old suit featured in the teaser and the new suit so you can see those differences for yourself. Below that we’ve included screencaps from the teaser.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Robert Zemeckis’ time travel classic Back to the Future. This is one of my favorite movies of all time, and I can’t believe it has been thirty years since it was released in theaters. I still have memories of my parents taking me to see it. Over the years I’ve watched this movie countless time, and every time I see it, I enjoy the hell out of it. This film has never lost its flavor.

You might think you know all there is to know about this movie. I thought that before I started looking into it, and in the process I came to find out that there was a ton of stuff that I didn’t know. I have put together a list of 25 Fun Facts here for you to go through as a way to celebrate 30 years of Back to the Future greatness.

• President Ronald Reagan was amused by Doc Brown’s disbelief that an actor like him could become president. Apparently he found it so funny that he had the projectionist stop the movie and replay the scene. The President also enjoyed the movie so much that he made a direct reference of the film in his 1986 State of the Union address saying, “As they said in the film Back to the Future, ‘Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.'”
• The script was rejected 40 times before it finally got the greenlight.
• Apparently producer studio head Sid Sheinberg did not like the title Back to the Future, insisting that nobody would see a movie with “future” in the title. He sent a memo to Zemeckis saying that the title should be changed to “Spaceman From Pluto”, so it would tie in with the Marty-as-alien jokes in the film. He also suggested other stupid changes like replacing the “I’m Darth Vader from planet Vulcan” line with “I am a spaceman from Pluto!” Sheinberg changed his mind after he got a response memo from Steven Spielberg, which thanked him for sending a wonderful “joke memo”, and that everyone got a kick out of it.
• Most people know that Eric Stoltz was originally cast in the role of Marty before Michael J. Fox. They filmed for five weeks before everyone agreed that he wasn’t working out for the part. They ended up casting Fox, and he shot both Back to the Future and Family Ties at the same time. Every day during production, the actor drove straight to the movie set after he was done with Family Ties. The bulk of the production was filmed from 6pm to 6am to fit his schedule, with all the daylight scenes filmed on the weekends. Reshooting all of Stoltz’s scenes added $3 million dollars to the budget.
• Thomas F. Wilson, who played Biff, almost had his collarbone broken in the scene where Marty and Biff are about to fight in the cafeteria. Apparently Stoltz roughed up Tom for real on every take, even after repeated requests from Tom to tone it down. Tom planned on getting back at him during the car park scene outside the dance, but Stoltz was fired before that confrontation could take place.
• Claudia Wells, who played Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future, gave her role up to Elisabeth Shue for Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III because her mother was diagnosed with cancer.
• Biff’s popular catchphrases “make like a tree and get outta here” and “butthead” were improvised by Wilson.
• The film crew played a prank on Fox while filming the “parking” scene with Marty and Lorraine in the car. The scene called for Fox to drink from a prop liquor bottle filled with water and do a spit take when he sees Lorraine with a cigarette. during a specific take, the prop liquor bottle was switched with one that contained real alcohol. Fox, unaware of this, performed the scene and drank from the bottle, only to discover the switch after-the-fact. The full gag is featured on the “Outtakes.”

• Ralph Macchio turned down the role of Marty McFly, thinking the movie was about “A kid, a car and plutonium pills.”
• The inspiration for the film comes from producer Bob Gale finding his father’s high school yearbook and wondering if he would have been friends with his dad as a teenager.
• Both Marty and Jennifer credit Doc as the originator of the saying “If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.” The thing is, Doc never says the line once in any of the Back to the Future movies.
• Doc’s hunched-over look in the movie was developed when the filmmakers realized the big difference in height between Lloyd and Fox; Fox is 5′ 4½” while Lloyd is 6′ 1″. To compensate for the height difference, Zemeckis used specific blocking where the two often stood far apart at different camera depths. For close ups, Lloyd would have to hunch over to appear in frame with Fox. The same approach was used in the two sequels.
• When Doc Brown first sends Einstein “one minute” into the future, the time elapsed between when the DeLorean disappears and reappears is actually 1 minute 21 seconds, just as the reappearance occurred at 1:21am, and the flux capacitor required 1.21 gigawatts of electricity.
• The 1985 version of Doc’s home is the same garage that Marty and Doc hide the DeLorean in 1955. In the opening scene an article shows that the mansion burned down years before, either for insurance money or due to an explosive experiment. The presence of the commercial development also implies that Doc sold the land surrounding the house for more money to fund his project. After all, he does state later that it took “many years and his entire family fortune” to build the time machine.
• Billy Zane makes his first on-screen appearance in the movie as a character named Match, one of Biff’s cronies.

• The time machine went through several variations. The first draft of the script featured the time machine as a laser device that was housed in a room. At the end of the first draft the device was attached to a refrigerator and taken to an atomic bomb test. Zemeckis said in an interview that the idea was scrapped because he and Steven Spielberg did not want children to start climbing into refrigerators and getting trapped inside.
• Apparently in one of the original script drafts, Doc and Marty sell bootleg videos so they could make money to fund the time machine. This plot point was removed at Universal’s request, as they did not want to be seen as promoting movie piracy.
• “A brief scene was cut in-between the scenes of the McFly family dinner and Marty being woken up by Doc’s phone call. It involved Marty preparing to send his demo tape to a record company. Marty decides not to do it, and leaves the empty manila envelope on his desk. In a scene that remains in the film, he goes to breakfast with the manila envelope sealed, suggesting he decided to send it in.”
• John Lithgow, James Woods, Dudley Moore, and Jeff Goldblum were all considered for the role of Doc Brown.
• Just in case you’ve never bothered to read the two red labels on the flux capacitor, they say “Disconnect Capacitor Drive Before Opening” and “Shield Eyes From Light.”
• The backlot used as the town of Hill Valley is also seen in the first episode of Twilight Zone.
• In the opening sequence, when Marty is turning on the electrical equipment to play guitar, the first switch has a label which says “CRM 114,” which is a reference to the radio equipment in Dr. Strangelove.

• The “To be Continued” phrase wasn’t in the theatrical cut of the film. It was inserted into the end of the VHS release of Back to the Future, and was later omitted from the 2002 DVD release. “The cliff-hanger ending of the film was not originally intended to set up a sequel, but rather just as one last joke. It was admitted by the writer that had they originally intended the following two sequels, the ending would not have had Jennifer get into the car with Doc and Marty. This is why Jennifer was almost immediately knocked unconscious at the beginning of Back to the Future Part II.”
• After the film was released, body kits were actually made so that people could make their DeLoreans look like the time machine.
• “In the original script, Marty’s playing rock and roll at the dance caused a riot which had to be broken up by police. This, combined with Marty accidentally tipping Doc off to the ‘secret ingredient’ that made the time machine work (Coca-Cola) caused history to change. When Marty got back to the 1980s, he found that it was now the 1950s conception of that decade, with air-cars and what-not (all invented by Doc Brown and running on Coca-Cola). Marty also discovers that rock and roll was never invented, and he dedicates himself to starting the delayed cultural revolution. Meanwhile, his dad digs out the newspaper from the day after the dance and sees his son in the picture of the riot.”
• I’ve included the original theatrical trailer below along with several deleted scenes that have found their way online.