On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, John Campea, Jon Schnepp and Mark Ellis discuss the following:
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It’s Monday which means it’s time for our weekend box office report brought to you by our friends at AMC Theatres. It was an incredibly tight race as only three million dollars separated first place from fourth place. Coming in at #1 for the third week in a row is the final installment of theHunger GamesfranchiseThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2making $18.6 million. In second place is the new holiday horror filmKrampusmaking $16 million dollars. Coming in third is latestRockyfilmCreedtaking in $15.54 million. Dropping down to the #4 spot is Pixar’sThe Good Dinosaurwith $15.51 million… and rounding out the Top 5 is the James Bond filmSpectre, bringing in $5.4 million, bringing its worldwide total up to almost $800 million dollars.
Over the last few days the three major film critic groups from Los Angeles, New York and Boston, all gave out their annual film awards, and they all had one thing in common: all three groups gave their Best Picture of the year award to the same film -Spotlight. In 2001, editorMarty Baronof The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter “Robby” Robinson, a team of reporters interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. The film starsMichael Keaton,Mark Ruffalo,Rachel McAdams,andLiev Schreiber.
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According to reports,Fruitvale StationandCreeddirectorRyan Coogleris currently in talks with Marvel studios to potentially direct their upcoming standaloneBlack Panthermovie. As most of you will rememberSelmadirectorAva DuVernaywas previously in talks for the film but eventually turned the project down.
The first official trailer for the upcomingShane BlackfilmThe Nice Guyshit the web a few days ago. In 1970s Los Angeles, a down-on-his-luck private eye, played byRyan Gosling, and a tough enforcer, played byRussell Crowe, investigate the disappearance of a girl and the death of a porn star.The Nice Guysis scheduled for release on May 20th. Black previous directed such films asKiss Kiss Bang BangandIron Man 3.
As movie-going audiences we’ve become accustomed to some sort of mid or end-credits scene with most big blockbuster films. However, at a media event this weekend,Star Wars: The Force AwakensdirectorJ.J. Abramsclaimed that the new movie will not have any such extra scene, and that the credits will just be the credits.Star Wars: The Force Awakensofficially hits theatres on December 18th.
Well speaking ofStar Wars, one of the characters that hasn’t been getting a lot of love in the marketing campaign is that ofOscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron. Apparently looking to rectify that situation, LucasFilm has released this Poe Dameron character poster for the new film.
James Baker writes: Hey guys, love the show! My question is regarding what happened toHilary Swank? SinceMillion Dollar Babyshe hasn’t really been in many film and I don’t understand why. I mean she has two Oscars and is one of the best actress around. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Brett Garrison writes: Hey guys! Wasn’t theBen-Hurremake supposed to come out in February? There hasn’t been any type of marketing for this film. I don’t even remember the studio announcing that it began shooting. Do you think this means the movie is in trouble? At this point, I’d imagine that a delay is inevitable. Thoughts?
