Movie News # 3 June 6, 2013

Today we discuss:

• The Hobbit 2 images of Evangeline Lilly
• Interstellar for South Park and Friday the 13th movie rights, both coming back to the big screen.
• Disney Pixar schedule 2016-2018 planned
• Man of Steel final trailer and the amount of ticket sales it has already taken in. Plus the promotional value. And does Krypton die?
• Box Office preview 6/7/13, My predictions for this week.
• Reviews and what we can predict and tell by them for This is the End, World War Z, The Internship, The Purge,and the Kings of Summer.
• Run times of films revealed.
• Jennifer Lawrence to produce and star in Rules of Inheritance
• Carey Mulligan as Hillary Clinton
• Fast and the Furious 6 passes 500 million worldwide
• Esther Williams dies at 91, former MGM actress and swimmer
• And finally all of the summer movie trailers have trickled on the Internet.

Lets's start with the Hobbit 2:

The former Lost star now looks to be an elven character in the Hobbit:Desolation of Smaug. Entertainment Weekly magazine got an interview with her and a few photos. They look awesome!!!

Nolan's next film, well his brothers, has been co produced by the studio Warner Brothers. Paramount owns the rights to the film since there making it. So why does Warner Bros want in? Warner Bros has had Nolan for most of his hit films, so when Nolan partnered with Paramount, Warner Brothers wanted his next hit film. So Warner Bros has given Paramount the South Park and Friday the 13th movie rights for five years to do a movie for each. In return Paramount gives up half of the rights for the Interstellar film so it can be co produced. For this news I'm happy, on one hand South Park gets another movie(I could care less for Friday the 13th) and on the other Warner Brothers and the name Nolan work to make masterpieces in modern cinema.

In order to read the Disney-Pixar schedule highlight it and the box office with your mouse it makes it easier to read.

Disney-Pixar has set it's schedule for eight new film slots between 2016 and 2018. One is rumored to be another Pixar sequel(Hopefully, it's The Incredibles)Here is the full schedule:

June 21st, 2013 - Pixar's Monsters University in 3D
August 9th, 2013 - Disney's Planes in 3D
November 27th, 2013 - Disney's Frozen in 3D
May 30th, 2014 - Pixar's The Good Dinosaur in 3D
November 7th, 2014 - Marvel's Big Hero 6 in 3D
June 15th, 2015 - Pixar's Inside Out in 3D
November 25th, 2015 - Pixar's Finding Dory in 3D
March 4th, 2016 - Disney Untitled Animation in 3D
June 17th, 2016 - Pixar's Dia de los Muertos in 3D
November 23th, 2016 - Disney Untitled Animation in 3D
June 16th, 2017 - Pixar Untitled Animation in 3D
November 22nd, 2017 - Pixar Untitled Animation in 3D
March 9th, 2018 - Disney Untitled Animation in 3D
June 15th, 2018 - Pixar Untitled Animation in 3D
November 21st, 2018 - Disney Untitled Animation in 3D

The schedule looks good and we might finally get some good films again in animation. Of course I'm seeing all of these except maybe Planes, Cars 2 was too much of a disappointment.

More discussion on MAN OF STEEL this film has already taken in 100 million in ticket sales, more then even Batman and 170 million in promotion from outside companies. In the final trailer we learn Krypton may live. Usually Krypton was destroyed as Superman is shot to earth, but the trailer showcases more Jor-el possibly leading to a larger role then first expected.

Box Office Preview 6/7/13        Critic expectations            My predictions

1.The Purge                                  26 million                       27 million     

2.Fast and Furious 6                      19 million                       20 million

3.Now You See Me                        18.5 million                     18 million

4.The Internship                             13-15 million                    17 million

5.After Earth                                   12-13 million                   9-10 million

Reviews are in for some films on Rotten Tomatoes:         My predictions for final ratings:

This is the End 84-94%                                                                    85-90%

World War Z 73-89%                                                                     60-70%

The Purge 43-66%                                                                           40%

The Kings of Summer 65-100%                                                        75%

The Internship 31-50%                                                                     25%

These ranges are from where their highest and lowest score. So I see that critics think that the first two movies are great. This is the End is raunchy, and WWZ is thrilling. The Purge is being said to be to straightforward with plot holes and the Internship is good just because of the two leading men. Finally Kings has fluctuated and is being said to be a coming of age film for this generation.

Run times for summer films are revealed(not major news)

Despicable Me 2 1 hour and 38 minutes

This is the End  1 hour and 59 minutes

Man of Steel 2 hours and 23 minutes

World War Z  1 hour and 55 minutes

Jennifer Lawrence to star in Rules of Inheritance about an only child faced with her parents being diagnosed with cancer. I love anything Jennifer Lawrence is in so this is a yes.

Also Carey Mulligan may star as Hillary Rodham Clinton in a biopic about her life. It is to be called Rodham.        

I never saw Gatsby or any of Mulligan's films so I don't really know.

Fast and the Furious passes a half a billion at the global box office. Good luck to the film to pass three quarters. Since I have not seen any of the franchise I will wait to see all of them on blu-ray.

Esther Williams an actress for MGM musicals passes at 91. Thought I would give recognition to the former Tarzan star. 

Finally all the movie trailers for Summer 2013 have trickled onto the Internet leaving me with all the wide and independent release information. I can now choose my remaining tickets for the year. I have my full opinions now. Refer to the trailer reviews every week for more.

What news are you most excited about? Comment below.

The Film Scientist