Yearly Archives: 2018
How a Venom Movie Works Without Spider-Man
Director Ruben Fleischer has gone into detail about how a film about Venom works without his nemesis Spider-Man.
"There's more than enough Venom to go around," Fleischer told IGN at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. "There's plenty to mine just from Tom
's performance, the character, and the world he inhabits."
The Venom director explained that the film's exploration of Eddie Brock's relationship with the symbiote is what makes it unique.
"It's a really unique movie because it's about a relationship," he said. "The Eddie Brock and symbiote relationship is unlike any other superhero or comic book hero. It's about that duality...it's about two people coming together and forming a new identity. I think that's plenty to explore in one film."
M. Night Shyamalan Explains How Unbreakable Got a Sequel in Glass
Duing IGN's Comic-Con 2018 live show, Glass director M. Night Shyamalan discussed how this Unbreakable sequel came to be and that he'd been planning it for a very long time.
"When I made Unbreakable, I kind of intended to do three movies." Shyamalan explained. "Just in my head, I was thinking to do that. It was just such a weird reaction to the movie...It wasn't received well, at the time. I just felt hurt, so I moved on."
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He further explained how Unbreakable grew a cult following since its release in 2000 and he soon found his way to return to this universe.
Watch Tom Hardy Talk About Venom at Comic-Con
UPDATE, July 24: Sony has released highlights from their Venom panel at Friday's Comic-Con. Watch what Tom Hardy, Riz Ahmed, and director Ruben Fleischer had to say about working on the Marvel movie by playing the video embedded below.
The original report from follows after the video.
Sony Pictures showed a few more scenes of the symbiote itself in action during their Venom presentation at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. The footage didn't feature finished visual effects but it did show off the creature's size, ferocity, and his interactions with Eddie Brock as well as his dark wit.
The footage began with Eddie meditating while listening to self-help audio, which instructed him that while he couldn't change what happened in the past, he can be in total control in the present. We then see the effects of the symbiote taking him over, some of which we've already seen in the trailers where he complains of feeling sick.
New Venom Footage Teases More Symbiotes
Director Ruben Flesicher confirmed the symbiote Riot will appear in Venom, and there may be more villains to come in the Sony Marvel film.
During the San Diego Comic-Con Hall H Sony panel this year, new footage showcased another symbiote in the mix for the film. Fleischer confirmed on the panel that this is indeed the symbiote Riot, one of The Five Symbiotes. According to IGN editors who saw the footage, the footage also possible teased the symbiote Scream, as a yellow symbiote was also seen. The identity was not confirmed, however.
As for further confirmation, Fleischer did confirm that Michelle Williams is playing Anne Weying following previous reports, who is Eddie Brock's (Tom Hardy) ex-girlfriend in the film. This is a slight alteration of the comic, as Anne is Eddie's ex-wife there. In the comics, Anne also takes on the identity of She-Venom, however no mention of that particular symbiote was made at the panel.
The Batman Who Laughs Returns in November
The recent Dark Nights: Metal crossover introduced a fearsome new villain in the form of The Batman Who Laughs, a twisted version of Batman who becomes the Joker. Now that villain will be returning to the spotlight in the form of a new miniseries from writer Scott Snyder and artist Jock.
The Batman Who Laughs art by Jock. (DC Entertainment)
That was the biggest news to hit at DC's Justice League panel at Comic-Con this afternoon. The Batman Who Laughs is a horror-oriented series that again pits Batman against his twisted mirror image. But this time the Batman Who Laughs will have a new partner. The series will introduce another Dark Knight from the Dark Multiverse, one who's become obsessed with guns ever since shooting Joe Chill as a child.
How Green Lantern Corps Will Be Different from the First Green Lantern Movie
Speaking with IGN during our Comic-Con 2018 live show, DC’s Geoff Johns said the upcoming Green Lantern Corps movie will “reinvent” the character’s movie presence.
“It’s a complete re-imagining, just like I did Green Lantern: Rebirth in the comics,” Johns said. He explained that the big differences were more than just the fact that it will star John Stewart alongside Hal Jordan.
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Johns likened it to Green Lantern: Rebirth more than once, so it could be that it will follow some of that run’s plot points as well. He even said “if you’ve read my Green Lantern run… it’s very much in line with some stuff we did in there.”
Three New Spider-People Introduced in New Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Footage
Update 7/26: Read on for all of our coverage of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse from SDCC.
Sony has had a challenge figuring out how to capitalize on its Spider-Man license in recent years outside of the MCU, but they seem to be on the right track now with not only a solo Venom movie on the way but also the fun-looking Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse animated film. Into the Spider-Verse doesn’t just (finally) give us the fan favorite Miles Morales version of Spidey, but it also introduces Spider-Gwen alongside a bunch of other Spider-People. And yes, Peter Parker’s there too!
Voice actors Shameik Moore (Miles Morales), Jake Johnson (Peter Parker), Hailee Steinfeld (Spider-Gwen) and producers Chris Miller and Phil Lord (The LEGO Movie, 21 Jump Street, etc.) took the stage at San Diego Comic-Con today to talk about Into the Spider-Verse and how it introduces a whole new world for fans of Spider-Man on the big screen.
Halloween’s Jamie Lee Curtis Tells the Nicest Story About John Carpenter
Jamie Lee Curtis swung by IGN Live at Comic-Con 2018 today to promote her upcoming film Halloween, a direct follow-up to the 1978 horror classic that launched her to stardom, during which time she paid tribute to that film's director, John Carpenter, by telling us a sweet anecdote about what kind of a man he is.
"I’m going to tell you something about John, which is interesting because it just popped in my mind. Sp the first of shooting the original movie in 1978, the phone rang at the apartment i was living in with my friend Tina, at the end of that first day. And she said, 'Jamie, it’s John Carpenter.' And I was like (gasps). I thought I was going to be fired because I’d worked a day and that happens a lot."
Why Robin Said ‘f*** Batman’ in the Titans Trailer
During IGN’s Comic-Con 2018 live show, DC’s Geoff Johns discussed the plot of Titans, as well as why Robin said “F*** Batman” in its reveal trailer.
“That’s actually part of the story of Titans,” Johns explained. “This is after he’s obviously split from Batman if that wasn’t clear enough.” Johns continued by saying that why Robin left Batman and what happened between them is going to be explored in Titans.
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“There’s a story to be told in the series. Dick Grayson is really trying to find a new place in the world -- a new spot, a new life, just like all the other Titans are. They’re all lost, and they find one another to form this surrogate family.”
We Will Visit Cybertron in the Bumblebee Movie
Update 7/26: Read on for our full SDCC coverage of Bumblebee, including our panel report and videos with the cast -- including John Cena walking around the convention and surprising fans while dressed as the yellow Transformer!
Paramount Pictures brought Transformers to San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H today. Well, actually, they brought a Transformer: Bumblebee. Director Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) and stars Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. were in town to talk about why this new Transformers movie is very different from the previous entries in the series.
The film, which is set in 1987, sees Bumblebee teaming up with Steinfeld’s character (and returning to his familiar Volkswagen Beetle form from the old days rather than the more modern Camaro). The pair will be dealing with some Decepticons, including Shatter, voiced by Angela Bassett, who turns into a red Plymouth Satellite, and Dropkick, voiced by Justin Theroux, who transforms into a blue AMC Javelin.