On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, John Campea, Mark Ellis, and Jon Schnepp discuss the following:
It’s Monday which means it’s time for our weekly Box Office report brought to you by our friends at AMC Theatres. Debuting at #1 this weekend is the newJack BlackfilmGoosebumps. The family horror film based on the popular series of books takes the top spot bringing in $23.5 million. Dropping down to the #2 position is theMatt DamonfilmThe Martianmaking an additional $21.5 million bringing its world wide total up to just under $320 million. In third is the newTom HanksfilmBridge of Spiesopening with $15.4 million. In the 4th spot is the new horror/romance filmCrimson Peaktaking $12.85 million, and rounding out our top 5 is the animated filmHotel Transylvania 2making an additional $12.25 million for a worldwide total of over $267 million.
Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! It’s been an exciting couple of days for fans of the galaxy far far away, as yesterday the official poster for the upcomingStar Wars: The Force Awakenshit the web. Also, Disney confirmed that the finalStar Warstrailer will debut today. According to Disney the trailer will premiere at halftime of Monday Night Football tonight.
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As many of you will remember we recently told you about a report from JoBlo.Com thatMark Ruffaloand The Hulk would be appearing in the upcoming third Thor movie,Thor: Ragnorak. Now, multiple major trades are corroborating the report claiming that Ruffalo is in final negotiations for his appearance. The earlier story reported that the film will center on a “distant planet” that is “not Asgard and not Earth.” This has fueled speculation that there could be elements from the Planet Hulk comic book storyline.
According to a new report from Variety, James McAvoy will soon be joiningCharlize Theronin the new upcoming spy thrillerThe Coldest City. One of the directors ofJohn Wick,David Leitch, will be helming the film said to be set in the late 1980s, the film centers around a spy dealing with the aftermath of the murder of an underground MI6 officer.
The upcoming horror/comedyFreaks of Nature(formerly known asThe Kitchen Sink) has just released its first red-band trailer. InFreaks of Nature, we are welcomed to Dillford, where three days ago, everything was peaceful and business as usual: the vampires were at the top of the social order, the zombies were at the bottom, and the humans were getting along in the middle. But this delicate balance was ripped apart when the alien apocalypse arrived in Dillford and put an end to all the harmony. Now it’s humans vs. vampires vs. zombies in all-out, blood-sucking, brain-eating, vamp-staking mortal combat – and all of them are on the run from the aliens. It is up to three teenagers – one human, one vampire, and one zombie – to team up, figure out how to get rid of the interplanetary visitors, and try to restore order to this “normal” little town.
According to a tweet from directorMatt Reeves, shooting on the nextPlanet of the Apesfilm,War for the Planet of the Apeshas officially begun. The previous film,Dawn of the Planet of the Apeswent on make over $708 million worldwide at the box office.
Harry Green writes: First many thanks for placing my question on Friday’s show b/c I know there are a lot of awesome questions coming in. Hey, has anyone in Marvel considered getting with Guillermo Del Toro to either direct or produceDoctor Strange? After watchingCrimson PeakI find that this guy has his finger on the pulse of merging the supernatural & horror with reality. Besides he has already worked with them when he didBlade II.
Cinema Adict writes: Hey Collider Crew, I have a random question for you guys. If you could only choose one which would you choose, free movie tickets to any movie for life or free concessions for life? Thanks and keep the content coming.
