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Or they are gonna milk it like The Hobbit. mhihi:

I don't want a live Akira movie. It's probably be white washed and end it tears. Bah!
 


Aside from Dumbo...Jungle Book is the benchmark of my childhood Disney wise. I was not sure how this was going to work, and with them having the majority of the animals not speak, I am still not sure...but I sure am interested. Animals are the one area I can allow for cgi, since it's near impossible and usually fraught with cruelty to try to film this with real animals. It is a little off putting though still, having such a huge amount of what you are seeing on screen be something that obviously is not real.
 
‘Kong: Skull Island’, ‘Godzilla 2′ to Eventually Form Trilogy at Warner Bros.
http://collider.com/kong-skull-island-godzilla-trilogy-heading-to-warner-bros/

As I posted in the GDT thread...with Pacific Rim 2 on permanent hold due to the wrestling match between Legendary/Universal/Warner Brothers, this is no slam dunk either. Skull Island has already lost cast due to being pushed back...

but,

This whole franchise would seemingly hinge on the inclusion of the Monarch team, who were represented by Sally Hawkins and Ken Watanabe in Gareth Edwards‘ exquisite Godzilla, in Kong: Skull Island, which would set up a tie-in for Godzilla 2 and, ultimately, the Kong vs. Godzilla film.
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more Ken Watanabe is always a good thing. Let's hope it happens.
 
TIFF Journal: ‘High-Rise’
http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-high-rise-movie-review/

In only a handful of movies, director Ben Wheatley has established himself as one of the most fascinating and unpredictable filmmakers working today. Titles like ‘Kill List’, ‘Sightseers’, and ‘A Field in England’ offer wildly different cinematic experiences that share only the director’s distinct voice. His latest feature ‘High-Rise’ is his first adapted from a novel and initially appears to be unlike anything he’s done before – only at first, of course. Soon it becomes clear that this is just as bleakly funny and deeply twisted as anything he’s delivered to date.

The film is based on a novel of the same name by J.G. Ballard. The book was already an unofficial source of inspiration for David Cronenberg’s ‘Shivers’. (The director would go on to officially adapt Ballard’s ‘Crash’.)
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Not sure this really belongs here or in Thriller category...elements of both. Wheatley makes some damned weird movies, and a few people have been trying to adapt it for a while. I have seen some really savage reviews of this, but I think it's gonna be one of those 'see it yourself' kinda movies.
 
TIFF Journal: ‘Anomalisa’
http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-anomalisa-movie-review/

It’s been a long, tough seven-year wait for Charlie Kaufman to follow up his directorial debut. There’s no one else out there who can match the morbid wit and surreal emotional honesty of the ‘Being John Malkovich’ writer at his best. Thankfully, now that Kaufman has finally returned, he’s done so with a rather extraordinary movie that instantly feels like one of his best.


Simply by being made through stop-motion animation, this is one of Kaufman’s most stylized works, and yet on almost every other level it’s one of his smallest and most grounded in the human experience. ‘Anomalisa’ is a truly unique piece of work, which Kaufman seems to produce on demand.

At the center of this strange little story is a burned-out motivational speaker named Michael (David Thewlis). He’s been touring for too long and feels completely disconnected from everything and everyone. In fact, after landing in Cincinnati for his latest speech, absolutely everyone around him (male and female) have the same face and the same voice (Tom Noonan, good choice). Then somewhere in all the white noise, Michael finds Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh). She’s the only other person in this odd little world who looks and sounds different. For a moment, they find each other and see their uniqueness, which I suppose is what you’d call love.

‘Anomalisa’ is filled with surreal asides and the type of strange humor that walks a fine line between the absurdist and naturalistic that Kaufman is known for. Yet at its core is a beautiful little metaphor about the impossible miracle of finding love and connection, which he plays painfully straight. The animation by co-director Duke Johnson and his team is absolutely stunning. Though the characters are clearly puppets, their behavior and physical performances are extraordinarily human. The movie has a love scene at a certain point, and while it might initially get some ‘Team America’ style snickers, it eventually becomes oddly moving.
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This sounds awesome too
 
TIFF Review: Ben Wheatley's 'High-Rise' Starring Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans & Elisabeth Moss

. But the narrative goals of "High-Rise" serve a different purpose, and the withholding nature of the movie and its indifference to the fate of the characters creates a barrier that makes it difficult for the audience to share in the mayhem. Indirectly or inadvertently, viewers are left in their own penthouse of sorts, watching from afar with a curious but detached interest. [C]
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Watched "The Martian", it wasn't the awe inspiring epic I hoped it would be but still pretty good. Very cool with a movie that isn't afraid to let science be a key component and not just empty tech babble to let us rest between action beats. It would have been easy for them to go full "Gravity" and just have one disaster turn into the next but they kept it slow and methodical with limited action. I did however feel like it got a bit bogged down in behind the scenes stuff at NASA when the most interesting part was Mars, especially when the second half started to really slow down but the final action scene made up for most of it.
 
Thought "The Martian" was a pretty good movie, but... will say more post spoiler moratorium. People trying to compare it to Interstellar 'because it's in space' is apples and oranges. But versus Gravity... I'd still give the edge to Gravity.
 
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ to Roar Into Theaters in 2020 as Part of New Monster Universe
http://collider.com/godzilla-vs-kong-to-roar-into-theaters-in-2020-as-part-of-new-monster-universe/

Burbank, CA – October 14, 2015 – Following Legendary’s and Warner Bros. Pictures’ 2014 success with the global reinvention of the Godzilla franchise, the companies have come together to create an epic, new shared cinematic franchise. All-powerful monsters become towering heroes for a new generation, revealing a mythology that brings together Godzilla and Legendary’s King Kong in an ecosystem of other giant super-species, both classic and new. Monarch, the human organization that uncovered Godzilla in the 2014 film, will expand their mission across multiple releases.

The announcement that the reinvention of monsters continues was made today by Legendary CEO, Thomas Tull, and Kevin Tsujihara, Chairman and CEO, Warner Bros. The initial trio of films are 2017’s KONG: SKULL ISLAND; GODZILLA 2 in 2018; and then GODZILLA VS. KONG, arriving in theaters in 2020. While Legendary maintains its new home at Universal Pictures, the GODZILLA films remain in partnership with Warner Bros., who will now also distribute KONG as a part of this franchise. Production on KONG: SKULL ISLAND begins October 19th.



Warner Bros. and Legendary released Godzilla in May 2014 with an agreement to release Godzilla 2 on June 8, 2018. Both films feature the humanMonarch organization. Shortly following Legendary’s pact with NBC Universal, Legendary acquired rights to additional classic characters from Toho’s Godzilla universe, including Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah. This paved the way for developing a franchise centered around Monarch and anchored by Godzilla, King Kong, and other famous creatures.



When Legendary announced films centered on Godzilla and Kong, fans all over the world speculated these two characters might one day meet in the same film. Classic Toho monsters including King Ghidorah, Mothra, and Rodan, as announced at Comic-Con 2014, may also join the Legendary pantheon of giant monster mayhem going forward.



“Audiences really responded to Godzilla,” stated Tull. “Today, I’m excited to reveal that film was only the beginning of an epic new entertainment universe. As a lifelong fan of these characters, I’ve always wanted to see the ultimate showdown, and today we’re pleased to be announcing that and more.”



“Working with our partners at Legendary, we enjoyed tremendous creative and commercial success with `Godzilla,’” said Tsujihara. “It’s great to be able to revisit these characters and help create a franchise with so many creative possibilities for filmmakers. Fans love these big, globally iconicfilms and it doesn’t get any bigger than this.”
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