A lot of news in the world of movies has dropped over this past week.
In the world of superhero films alone three separate stories have broken. For starters, the cast of Suicide Squad has been announced. Suicide Comics is a DC team of supervillains, similar to the Sinister Six and the Shadow Council. The team announced in the upcoming film includes Jared Leto as the Joker, a character not seen in film since Heath Ledger’s renowned performance in 2008’s The Dark Knight.
Will Smith will play Deadshot, also seen on the CW TV show Arrow. Deadshot is basically a very skilled sniper hunter, and this will be Will Smith’s comic book movie debut. Tom Hardy will play Rick Flag, the leader of the Suicide Squad. Tom Hardy is no stranger to playing DC super villains, as he portrayed Bane in 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises.
Margot Robbie, well known form The Wolf of Wall Street, will portray Harlie Quinn, the Joker’s kinky girlfriend in the comics and video games. Captain Boomerang will be played by Jai Courtney, who is sure to yield several high tech boomerangs as per the character.
As the Flash’s archenemy, there is speculation that Courtney could very well reprise his role as Captain Boomerang in The Flash in 2018 as well. Cara Delevinge will play Enchantress, who is primarily a magical sorceress.
Suicide Squad is set to come out Aug. 5, 2016, in the same year as Sony’s Sinister Six, which comes out a few months later on Nov. 11. Time will tell which villain centered film will be better.
Also coming out in 2016 is Deadpool, set to release on Feb. 12.
There has been much debate as to whether Ryan Reynold’s would return to the role after X Men Origins: Wolverine. Well, it has been confirmed that he is returning, much to the fans’ pleasure.
Yet another comic movie is coming out in 2016 with Marvel’s Doctor Strange set to release on Nov. 4. This week, Benedict Cumberbatch, well known from the TV show Sherlock and Star Trek: Into Darkness, has been confirmed to dawn the titular role. This is Cumberbatch’s first superhero role, and another face of talent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Outside of superhero news, the first trailer for the upcoming Terminator: Genisys has been released. Coming out July 1, 2015, this film will feature the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger after his absence in Terminator Salvation (2009). The trailer seems to detail humans in the post-apocalyptic world sending a terminator, the robots that have destroyed humanity, back in time to protect the Connor family yet again.
From a critical point of view, this trailer reeks of “been there, done that.” The visual effects look unfinished, the plot seems convoluted and seems to ride off of the other Terminator films. Yet the merit of trailers are not always indicative of the merits of a movie, and a fresh cast including Doctor Who’s Matt Smith and Dawn of the Planet of the Ape’s Jason Clarke could pull in a refreshing film, as the Terminator franchise needs a refresher.
Lastly, the twenty-fourth James Bond film has been given the tile of Spectre, set to come out Oct. 23, 2015. After 2012’s Skyfall made over one billion dollars, it is not surprising that MGM wants to make another Bond film starring Daniel Craig. Christoph Waltz and Dave Bautista are also slated to appear, with Waltz portraying the villain. It will be hard to top Skyfall, but the production team will surely try.
