Diary Entry #6

Diary Entry #6

I know that I just added to my Diary Entry, but that was supposed to be for last week. This week some exciting news involving Spidey in the MCU, X-Men: Apocalypse, and even a DC Comics adaption. I did notice that this week was VERY heavy on the nerd aspect, but hey I work with what I am giving folks. Hopefully next week will not be as geeky. Let’s jump right in!

Spider-Man/Marvel Cinematic Universe News: So over the past serval weeks there has been much speculation on which character will be Spider-Man (Peter Parker or someone else) in Sony Pictures/Marvel Pictures reboot of the web-slinger. This week, Kevin Feige has confirmed that Parker will in fact be the character under the mask. The Marvel Studios President has also said that the new Spider-Man film WILL NOT be an origin story. Feige went on to say that the writers are going to go with the assumption that audiences know Spidey’s origin and will skip right over it. All I have to say is…WHEW! I am so happy that Marvel is going in this direction. Parker is Spidey and that is that. Parker is going to be in his high school years, so it will be interesting to see who Marvel/Sony chooses to play Parker. Casting news for Parker/Spidey should come quite soon since he has been confirmed for Captain America: Civil War and filming for that should start within a month.

X-Men: Apocalypse Update: This week Bryan Singer has confirmed every nerd’s speculation (see here for my speculation) on who Ben Hardy (EastEnders) will be playing in the upcoming X-Film. Hardy will indeed be playing Angel, however Singer says that this Angel will not be very nice. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Hardy will more likely be playing Archangel (one of Apocalypse’s Four Horsemen). In the X-Books Angel is tricked into giving up his wings by Apocalypse and they are replaced by large metallic wings. Angel is also under mind control from Apocalypse, so becomes a villain to the X-Men for a short period of time. As you can see from the concept art, the metallic wings are in place. This looks awesome and Singer is making it harder and harder to be patient for this film to come out.

Tron 3 Update: Yes, I have another update for you. A couple weeks ago I mention that Tron 3 will begin filming this year in Vancouver (read it here). I also mentioned that I would like to see Olivia Wilde reprise her role as Quorra. Well, that dream has come true. News of Wilde’s casting came this week. Wilde did a great job in Legacy and since she is confirmed to return, I hope that the writers expand her role a little more. Look out for more information on the upcoming Disney sequel.

Director News: Fresh off his first big screen action success with Furious 7, James Wan is being targeted for Warner Bros/DC Comics adaptation of Aquaman starring Jason Momoa. Wan is known more for his horror films, but he took a HUGE step forward with his career by doing the latest Fast & Furious film. Wan shown that he is able to handle the pressure of a large scale production and the heavy expectations of success. Wan will give an unique feel to Aquaman that the comic hero will definitely need. I love the choice and makes me feel a little better about this character coming to movie theatres. DC is making grand strides when it comes to its live-action TV/Movies, but Aquaman will prove the biggest test for DC. Not only is Aquaman slightly boring, but I fear that casual movie-goers are not going to get excited about a superhero underwater.

Stay tuned for next week’s all-new Diary Entry