Sequel Bits: ‘Fast & Furious 6’, ‘Insidious Chapter 2’, ‘Red 2’, ‘The World’s End’, ‘Transformers 4’, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’, ‘The Muppets… Again’
Ah, yes, theFast and the Furiousfranchise: Where a man can fly from one fancy speeding car to another in the middle of the highway while a tank wreaks havoc in the background. See that photo and more after the jump. Also:
Helen Mirrenisn’t known for her action chops, but inRedshe proved she was more than capable of kicking ass. WhileRed 2won’t see her repeating her old tricks, it seems she has some new ones up her sleeve. Let her explain:
And that’s not all Victoria gets to do — she also gets to chow down on expensive foods. “I sat there for the whole day just noshing caviar,” she recalled of one scene. “It was fantastic!” See Mirren in action onAugust 2. [Empire]
Technically,Edgar Wright’sThe World’s Endisn’t a sequel. But itisthe third entry of Wright’s unofficial “Blood and Ice Cream” trilogy, and this is a fun bit of news we’d like to share, so here we are.
Rafe Spallhas confirmed that he’ll be back for the new film, having played Noel inShaun of the Deadand DC Andy Cartwright inHot Fuzz. Interestingly, he declined to say whom he’d be playing for fear of giving away too much about the film. Does that mean he figures into the endgame somehow? All will be revealed whenThe World’s EndcomesOctober 25. [Empire]Benedict Cumberbatchis still playing coy about the identity of hisStar Trek Into Darknessbaddie (unless you believe the John Harrison stuff — hey, who knows?) but he’s happy to talk at length about the character otherwise. Like, for example, his parallels to some real-life modern-day villains:
Learn more about “John Harrison” when theJ.J. Abrams-directed film hitsMay 17. [MTV]
Just how much willTransformers 4break fromTransformers1-3?Michael Bayhas said that the new film won’t be a reboot, but also that they’ve"redesigned everything.“In a recent interview, producerLorenzo di Bonaventuraoffered his own explanation.
There’s a lot of new elements. I wouldn’t say we’ve completely changed this world, and yet it’s completely different… There are new characters, new situations. I don’t think we revisit a single location. Michael really has a great way of approaching this thing.
When he says “new characters,” he means it — according to him, there won’t even be room for a Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) cameo. Probably. “Things are not set in stone,” he admitted, but “that wouldn’t be the intention.”
Though Bay is setting up4to be the start of a new trilogy, di Bonaventura doesn’t know whether the filmmaker will be around for the other two installments. “I can’t speak for Michael. I hope he would [direct the next two],” he said. While Bay decides, we can look for hisTransformers 4to hit onJune 27, 2014. [MTV]
Fox is having a little fun with the unlikely V-day release date forA Good Day to Die Hard, with this new teaser that promises to say the “three little words” you’ve been waiting to hear.
The fifth installment of theDie Hardfranchise crash-lands in theatersFebruary 14.
Now that Universal has kicked off itsFast & Furious 6marketing campaign, it’s wasting no time getting its materials out there. Today we have a fresh batch of over a dozen images, featuring the friendly familiar faces ofVin Diesel,Paul Walker,Dwayne Johnson, and all their other criminal pals.
Fast & Furious 6drops into theatersMay 24. [Collider]
We’ve seen most of theseThe Muppets… Againstills before, but now their fuzzy little faces are in higher res. And before you ask, it’s not a mistake that two of the photos look identical. One has directorJames Bobinin the background, while the other replaces him with Sweetums.
StarringRicky Gervais,Tina Fey,Ty Burrell, and a whole bunch of anthropomorphic felt creatures,The Muppets… AgainopensMarch 21, 2014. [Stitch Kingdom]
