Pirates 5 gets an official title and synopsis

Production is finally underway for the fifth installment of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in Queensland, Australia. This film has been in development since 2013 when directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning were brought onto the project by Jerry Bruckheimer. Seeing that production started we have received some new information regarding the title, official casting, and an official synopsis.

As previously rumored, the film's title is indeed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Still on the casting list is the franchise's main moneymaker, Johnny Depp, as well as Javier Bardem, Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites, Geoffrey Rush, Golshifteh Farahani, Stephen Graham, and Kevin R. McNally. This will also be the first Pirates film without writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Dead Men Tell No Tales is being written by Indiana Jones writer, Jeff Nathanson.

Here is the official synopsis:

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down on his luck Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil's Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea... including him. Captain Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas. 

So there you have it. The cliffhanger with the mermaids in On Stranger Tides is being ignored and we have more ghost pirates similar to what we had in Curse of the Black Pearl. Also no mention on the fact that Will Turner still has some control over the seas because he is the captain of the Flying Dutchman.
I love the Pirates movies just like everyone else, but they need to just stop. There is only so much you can do with these characters.

As far as we know, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is set to hit theaters on July 7, 2017.

Kaya Scodelario joins Pirates of the Caribbean 5

Skins alum and recent star of The Maze Runner, Kaya Scodelario, has joined Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as the main female lead. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer announced the casting of the British actress via Twitter. She joins returning cast member, Johnny Depp, and Pirates newcomers Javier Bardem and Brenton Thwaites.

Scodelario is fairly unknown to me as I didn't see The Maze Runner and I didn't watch Skins, but it will be interesting to see what she brings to the table and what exactly her role is. Pre-production is already moving along in Australia and Disney hopes to have this installment released in 2017.

Transcendence - Review

While researching technology which would allow computers to interpret the human brain's full potential, Dr. Will Caster is poisoned by a radical anti-tech group leading his wife and research partner to test his theories on his own, dying body in Transcendence.



I'm not saying I was overly excited to see this one, but I do enjoy a good sci-fi movie every so often so I was intrigued. I thought the concept seemed really promising but that's about it. It was promising but didn't really deliver.
Personally, I didn't have a hard time following the subject matter and I found the basis of it interesting, but it wasn't really executed that well. They introduce this massive conflict between AI and anti-AI terrorists and it doesn't really live up to it. It's mostly about a wife's struggle to let go of her husband and I didn't go in expecting that at all.

The acting was mostly flat, including Johnny Depp, and given the cast I expected more. Cillian Murphy was not utilized properly as was the same with Morgan Freeman. Rebecca Hall wasn't bad but she didn't really have a lot of chemistry with Depp which didn't help when she was forced to communicate with an audio recording of his voice.
Aside from this, I just found it boring. Nothing was really carried out properly, the plot was rushed, and overall there wasn't really a good lead into the short-lived climax of the movie. If you wanted to see Transcendence I would wait until it's on Netflix. It's not worth the theater time.

2014 Razzie nominations

Ooh, 2013 was a fun year for sure. I'm a bit surprised to not see movies like Carrie and Jack the Giant Slayer on here, but you can't win them all. Here are the 2014 Razzie Award nominees:

Worst Picture:

The Lone Ranger
After Earth
Grown Ups 2
A Madea Christmas
Movie 43

Worst Actor:

Johnny Depp - The Lone Ranger
Ashton Kutcher - Jobs
Jaden Smith - After Earth
Sylvester Stallone - Bullet to the Head, Escape Plan, Grudge Match
Adam Sandler - Grown Ups 2

Worst Actress:

Lindsay Lohan - The Canyons
Naomi Watts - Movie 43
Selena Gomez - Getaway
Tyler Perry - A Madea Christmas
Halle Berry - Movie 43, The Call

Worst Supporting Actor:

Chris Brown - Battle of the Year
Larry the Cable Guy - A Madea Christmas
Taylor Lautner - Grown Ups 2
Will Smith - After Earth
Nick Swardson - A Haunted House, Grown Ups 2

Worst Supporting Actress:

Lady Gaga - Machete Kills
Salma Hayek - Grown Ups 2
Katherine Heigl - The Big Wedding
Kim Kardashian - Tyler Perry's Temptation
Lindsay Lohan - InAPPropriate Comedy, Scary Movie 5

Worst Screen Combo

Cast of Grown Ups 2
Cast of Movie 43
Lindsay Lohan & Charlie Sheen - Scary Movie 5
Tyler Perry & the worn out wig and dress - A Madea Christmas
Jaden Smith & Will Smith - After Earth

Worst Director:

The 13 people who directed Movie 43
Dennis Dugan - Grown Ups 2
Tyler Perry - A Madea Christmas, Temptation
M. Night Shyamalan - After Earth
Gore Verbinski - The Lone Ranger

Worst Screenplay:

After Earth
Grown Ups 2
The Lone Ranger
A Madea Christmas
Movie 43

Worse Remake or Sequel:

Grown Ups 2
The Hangover III
The Lone Ranger
Scary Movie 5
The Smurfs 2

[Rumor] Marvel seeking Johnny Depp for major role

Rumor alert!

This is minor but potentially big. According to the mighty internets, Marvel has someone in mind for Doctor Strange and that person might just be Johnny Depp. Previous rumors circling around this project included Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Viggo Mortensen potentially being cast in the lead role.

Sources are claiming that Depp accepted a meeting with Marvel to discuss the character and the role. Depp has been vocal in the past about his desire to jump on board with Marvel at some point if the opportunity presented itself. It is also notable to mention Depp's longstanding relationship with Disney. He is basically their poster child for the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and has also starred in Disney films such as The Lone Ranger and Alice in Wonderland. He is also scheduled to reprise the role of the Mad Hatter in a second Alice in Wonderland installment as well as donning Captain Jack Sparrow at least once more.
Disney and Marvel are both probably thinking that Depp will draw viewers to a new, unknown character. It is also notable to mention the fact that he is a good 20-years older than the title character. Depp will be 51 this year and Doctor Strange is described to be about 30-years old. However, it has been said that if he signs the contract the script will be altered to fit him in pretty much any way possible.

Now... one important thing to remember is that we won't see a Doctor Strange movie until at least 2016. It is part of Phase Three which is kicking off with Ant-Man on July 31, 2015. The earliest we will see anything about Doctor Strange is probably a post-credits cameo after The Avengers: Age of Ultron or after Ant-Man. I wouldn't think they would hint at him earlier than that.


What do you think about all this? Would you like to see Depp enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe or do you think he should walk away?

Disney announces more upcoming release dates

We have some more release dates for upcoming Disney films. Keep in mind they are all subject to change for whatever reason.

Alice in Wonderland 2 will hit on May 27, 2016. Johnny Depp is set to return along with Tim Burton and Mia Wasikowska. It is currently the only 2016 Disney release that isn't Marvel.

The Jungle Book will hit on October 9, 2015. The new adaptation is to be directed by Jon Favreau and it yet another addition to the very crowded 2015 release year.


In other words, we got release dates for movies that shouldn't be happening in the first place. Nothing too exciting here. 

Pirates of the Caribbean 5 delayed

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales was originally set for a July 10, 2015 release date, but it now seems as though Disney is delaying the project until 2016 or later. They are citing that, apparently, they want to make sure the film is as good as it can be.

This is a fairly surprising move by Disney, but at the same time it isn't. Not only did Independence Day 2 get delayed as well but yesterday they announced Ant-Man was moving from November to July. Not to mention they have The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Inside Out, Finding Dory, and Star Wars: Episode VII slated for 2015. It's also possible we could also see Cinderella and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in 2015 as well.
My personal opinion is Disney is trying to be a bit more... cautious. They have had two multi-million dollar box office flops in two years; those flops being John Carter and The Lone Ranger. Not to mention the fact that not a lot of people seemed to like On Stranger Tides or At World's End. I think they are taking their time to see what they can shave off the budget to make it a bit less painful if the fifth Pirates flops worse than the previous two have.

Other than the delay all we know is Johnny Depp is set to return as Captain Jack Sparrow and Kon-Tiki directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg are on board to direct.

Pirates of the Caribbean 5 official title revealed

So long POTC 5 and hello... Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

Yeah, there really isn't much else to say here other than we now have the official title for the fifth Pirates movie. Dead Men Tell No Tales seems a bit long, but I guess it isn't worse than Curse of the Black Pearl. We can expect the new Pirates flick during Disney's massive release summer on July 15, 2015.

The Lone Ranger gets destroyed at the box office

As if the reviews weren't bad enough, the opening box office numbers for The Lone Ranger have completely removed the landing pad for the $225 million dollar movie.

The film has been destroyed at the box office by none other than Despicable Me 2. The animated flick made over $34 million on opening day alone while The Lone Ranger failed to make $10 million. Yes, you read that right. It couldn't even break $10 million on opening day. The 5-day projection for The Lone Ranger is below $50 million while the projection for Despicable Me 2 is at $125 million.
In other words, The Lone Ranger won't even make back 25% of what it cost to make the film and that doesn't even include all the money put into marketing. At least not domestically. They are hoping that the international viewers will boost the box office revenue seeing that Johnny Depp is still pretty popular overseas. But let's face it... a bad movie is a bad movie. It doesn't matter where it's released.

It appears that Disney has yet another John Carter on their hands and it only proves one thing; they need original ideas and fast. Not to mention the fact that they need to tell Jerry Bruckheimer that you can't put Johnny Depp as a variation of Jack Sparrow in every Disney funded movie. I sure hope the rumors of them placing The Lone Ranger into the Disney Parks was just a rumor. This is just embarrassing.

MTV Movie Awards 2012 winners list and thoughts on the show

This is only because I posted about the nominations and the new format...

Movie of the Year:
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Best Male Performance:
Josh Hutcherson - The Hunger Games

Best Female Performance:
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games

Best Comedic Performance:
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids

Breakthrough Performance:
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants

Best Cast:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

Best On-Screen Transformation:
Elizabeth Banks - The Hunger Games

Best Fight:
Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig - The Hunger Games

Best Kiss:
Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart - Breaking Dawn Part 1

Best Gut Wrenching Performance:
Bridesmaids

Best On-Screen Dirtbag:
Jennifer Aniston - Horrible Bosses

Best Music:
"Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO - 21 Jump Street

MTV Trailblazer Award:
Emma Stone

MTV Generation Award:
Johnny Depp



As a whole I thought the show sucked. I don't know why they keep inviting Russell Brand to host because he is incredibly unfunny and annoying. When the audience doesn't laugh at your jokes there is a problem. He had to tell them to applaud and laugh a couple times and his only way of getting audience feedback was to keep yelling "THE HUNGER GAMES! TWILIGHT!" I hope he never hosts again or I might cut myself with a large piece of glass and send the tape to MTV.
The guest list was fairly weak as well, I thought. Not to mention they went to commercial after every category. It was like 4-5 minutes of show time and then 5 minutes of commercial in a steady rotation. I found it ironic that they had Kristen Stewart present Best Female Performance seeing that is is like the first year in the past 4 that she hasn't been nominated for a Twilight movie. I don't know if it was rude or just an odd coincidence. I was happy Jennifer Lawrence got it, though. The archery bit with her, JJ Abrams, and Joel McHale was pretty funny as well.
I also just want to say that Johnny Depp playing with The Black Keys was epic. I didn't know what to think because I was too busy enjoying myself. That was a real treat and he definitely deserved the good time and the recognition. I love Johnny Depp.
Emma Stone winning some new award was confusing to me. I like Emma Stone a lot but what was the point of that award?
And of course... The Dark Knight Rises footage was amazing. Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Christopher Nolan all appeared to present it and I loved every second of it. 

Overall it did suck, though. I can't believe I sat through the whole thing.

Thor 2 gets a new release date

Disney announced a couple release date switches including Thor 2 and The Lone Ranger.

Thor 2 was originally set for November 15, 2013 but has been pushed to November 8, 2013. The Lone Ranger was originally set for May 31, 2013 but has been pushed to July 3, 2013. I guess Disney wants to capitalize on the big 4th of July weekend box office for The Lone Ranger. The move for Thor 2 doesn't really make sense to me but I'm not complaining about getting it a week earlier than we originally thought.

http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/06/01/new-release-dates-for-the-lone-ranger-thor-2-announced/

Dark Shadows - Review

Tim Burton's newest film, Dark Shadows, follows a 200+ year old vampire named Barnabas Collins as he awakens in 1972 after being cursed in the late 1700's. He awakens to find his family fortune and mansion in danger along with finding their dysfunction.


I have been excited for Dark Shadows for many, many months and waited quite patiently for the trailers and promo photos. If you read my blog regularly you might have noticed. With that said it is no surprise that I dragged my sick self out of bed to see it opening weekend. I am happy to say that I wasn't disappointed at all.
I honestly think this is the best Tim Burton film since Sweeney Todd in 2007. It was definitely better than Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. That's for damn sure. The cast was fantastic, the scenery was nice, the setting surprisingly fit the scenario. The previews are kind of misleading but at the same time they do it justice. There is a decent amount of humor in the film but it is a lot darker than the previews are making it seem. I anticipated that going in and I'm glad I was correct. Keeping that in mind, I felt kind of bad for the people who brought their young kids to the theater with them. It's not extremely adult but there is a noticeable amount of adult humor and situations. Examples being Barnabas having destructive vampire sex and the youngest boy mocking his cousin at the dinner table about touching herself. Seeing that Barnabas is a vampire there is a decent amount of blood as well.
Overall I think it was well done. There were parts where it dragged a little bit and got a little boring but it was brief. The last 20 minutes or so had the best stuff in it but the lead into it was good enough. Like I said, this was by far my favorite Burton film I have seen in a while. I'm happy.


Now for spoilers. If you haven't seen Dark Shadows and you want to I would suggest not looking at these. Unless you are a honey badger and just don't give a shit.
























First of all, let me just say that Chloe Moretz is one fucking badass girl. The twist of her being a werewolf was actually pretty fun for me. I liked how they tied the witch into the Collins family curse by including her cursing the children into being "monsters" like Barnabas. Carolyn turned out to be a werewolf and David could see ghosts.
I also liked that Barnabas was a badass vampire who killed and hissed in the sun. The part when he got set on fire and didn't realize it was hilarious. His old fashioned speech and persona was hilarious, too. Especially when he basically called Carolyn a hooker.
Loved Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter. Both of their characters were great.

Dark Shadows character posters revealed

Personally, I think the one with Chloe Moretz is the best.

You can see all of them here: http://www.webpronews.com/dark-shadows-character-posters-revealed-2012-03

Dark Shadows gets Vanity Fair photoshoot

And I still am confused about the fact that there still is no fucking trailer for this movie. Holy hell.

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/28575

Yet another photo from Dark Shadows surfaces

I appreciate this but seriously... where the fuck is the trailer? May will be here before we know it.
I am honestly surprised that we still have no trailer for this movie.

New image from Dark Shadows surfaces

Barnabas Collins... hello  =^D

We now also have a basic synopsis of Dark Shadows:

"The Story focuses on Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) who was transformed into a vampire by a jilted lover (Eva Green) way back in the 1700's and buried. He's just been dug up and attempts to reintegrate with his descendents, led by Michelle Pfeiffer's Elizabeth and Jonny Lee Miller's Roger, despite the fact that Angelique (Eva Green) is still around and not in a forgiving mood." 

Bring it on!