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Trailers for Hollywood movie The Wolverine, the latest of the X-Men franchise. Hugh Jackman reprises his role as Logan aka Wolverine, who travels to Japan and battle ninjas and samurai while having his healing ability suppressed by enemies.
Other co-stars include Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Will Yun Lee, Haruhiko Yamanouchi, Brian Tee and Famke Janssen.
Trailer for Avengers Assemble (or The Avengers, depends on where you live), a Hollywood scifi-action flick starring a bunch of superheroes, and Scarlett Johansson…
To be frank I’m not familiar with Marvel’s comics, and this is the first time I’ve read of the Avengers (and realising that all these superfolks are actually connected). Seems like an interesting movie regardless. Coming soon in April (UK) or May (US).
Trailer for American superhero film X-Men: First Class, the fifth instalment in the X-Men film series. Set in the 1960s, it’s a prequel to the first three movies. The story focuses on the early relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the origin of their respective group before they become rivals.
Directed by Matthew Vaughn of Kick Ass. In cinemas in the United States in June 2011.
James McAvoy stars as Charles Xavier aka Professor X, while Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr aka Magneto. The co-stars include Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Oliver Platt, Jason Flemyng, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi, Caleb Landry Jones, Zoe Kravitz and Kevin Bacon.
Not fond of the trailer to be frank. I was excited when the first X-Men movie came out back in 2000 because I did watch some of its cartoons when I was little. The films are not bad (except maybe the fourth one) but didn’t make me a bigger fan; if there’s anything my interest with the franchise faded instead.
Regardless, it’s a smart move from the producers to extend the film series. It’s not exactly a reboot but they can start afresh on most things. Kinda hope that they provided a proper ending to the original timeline before jumping onto the prequel, but guess it’s not meant to be.
Was digging some information about Michael Angarano – who’s going to star in Chinese American movie The Forbidden Kingdom alongside Jackie Chan and Jet Li – when I found this video. It’s a trailer for Sky High, a 2005 superhero comedy film about a school for teenagers with special power…
Angarano played Will Stronghold, son of two superhero parents in the world where superheroes are part of everyday life. He’s also a student in a high school that exclusively teaches teenagers with superpowers. The rests are coming of age stuff, teen romance and save the parents plot.
I’ve seen the movie on TV, thought it was decent; couldn’t immediately connect the kid from then to now though. The film also starred Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston as the parents, with Danielle Panabaker and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as his schoolmates and love interests.
Speaking of The Forbidden Kingdom, the filming has started earlier this month in Mongolia. It’s the first ever production to feature both Jackie Chan and Jet Li, two of the biggest Asian action movie stars. Angarano will play a significant role in the film. The co-stars include Collin Chou, Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing.
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