Sausage Party Trailer Released

Let me set the scene for you. Imagine your busy hanging out with your best buds, waiting to get picked; and when you do get picked you get paired with your ideal woman. Now this isn’t to gain entry to an exclusive nightclub or for a sports team. You’re a sausage and your ideal woman is a bun. Yes you read that right!

Sausage Party is a a film detailing a sausage named Frank (Seth Rogen) who lives in a fictional supermarket called ‘Shopwell’s’. Frank’s life is peaceful, he hangs out with his friends, where their ultimate goal is to get noticed and picked by a customer.

To Frank’s delight him and his friends get picked and they are taken to their new home! Frank and co. are happy as they are about to enter sausage nirvana (yes sausage nirvana), that is until they discover the truth about their existence.

What awaits them is grizzily torture, ultimately followed by death. Frank even witnesses some of his friends being cooked alive, the horror! With the help of his friends, and his hot dog bun love interest Brenda (Kristen Wiig), they embark on a dangerous adventure to escape their fate.

Joining Frank and Brenda on thier escape to freedom is fellow sausages Carl (Jonah Hill), Barry (Michael Cera) and Troy (Anders Holm). Along the way they meet Theresa the Taco (Salma Hayek) and Sammy Bagel Jr. (Edward Norton). With Paul Rudd. James Franco and Danny McBride also joining in the action I for one am curious to see how Frank and the gang are going to get to freedom!

As I watched this film I went through a roller coaster of emotions. Firstly thinking oh no not another animated film. I mean come on how many CGI films do we have to have these days. Not only that, but the plot was about groceries. What next a film about a pack of cards, oh wait The Simpsons already did that.

Then as the film progressed, I went to aww this is kinda cute actually, look at those little sausages all they want to do is get bought and live happily ever after. Except this isn’t a kids film and this isn’t a happy ever after.

After the initial shock of seeing a poor potato skinned alive and baby carrots eaten before they could reach adulthood. I even got a lil too emotionally attached and may have even shed a tear. As I sat down to eat my tea, I was thinking, what had I done to those poor peas boiling them alive.

Then the reality set in, I wasn’t watching a trailer about a film for kids, this was a film for adults and a ****** funny one too. Everything about this film tells me it’s going be a huge success.  It reminds me of Team America when they adultersized (yes I made that word up), the puppet world, this could be the surprise hit of the year.

I for one will be cheering Frank the sausage on to freedom. FREE THE SAUSAGE!!!

Sausage Party is in cinemas from August 12, 2016.

WARNING – If you are a wimp like me, look away now otherwise you may too cry over a potato or baby carrot!

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Casting Confirmed By Marvel Studios

Marvel Studio’s have confirmed their incredible cast for Thor: Ragnarok, and it looks incredible.

Cate Blanchett, two time Oscar Winner, will be joining the movie as the new villain Hela, along with Jeff Goldblum who has been cast as accentric Grandmaster.

Also joining in on the third Thor movie is Tessa Thompson, who has been cast as the hero Valkyrie, and Karl Urban who will be adding his talents as Skurge.

Returning cast for the new members to play alongside will be Chris Hemsworth, reprising his role as Thor, Tom Hiddleston as the trickster demi-God brother Loki, and Idris Elba as Heimdall, the Asgardian sentry.

And, in incredibly exciting news for returning Marvel cast members, Mark Ruffalo will be reprising his role of Bruce Banner/the Hulk – that’s excellent news, especially after his sudden departure at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Overall, the cast for Thor: Ragnarok looks incredibly solid, and it’ll be fascinating to see what the realm of Asgard holds for viewers this time.

Thor: Ragnarok is currently scheduled for release on July 28th 2017.

 

A Look At The New Star Trek Show

The characters from Star Trek have been portrayed in many different movies and TV shows. The original Star Trek TV shows and many other TV shows and movies. In 2009, director J.J Abrams gave Star Trek a new look with Star Trek, and shortly after, Star Trek: Into Darkness. Now, in the year 2016, not only is Star Trek: Beyond coming out soon, recently a new Star Trek TV show was announced!

To die hard fans who love Star Trek, this trailer is probably a disappointment. It gives almost no indication if the show is going to be as good (or better) than the originals. But this trailer is only a teaser, and hopefully later in the year, we will see more. The show will premiere in 2016 on CBS.

I will stay posted and hopefully write a blog when we see more. Also, be sure to check out the other blogs on skatronixxx, all of them are awesome. Well, until next time, set your phasers to stun.

-Cole @TheNicolasTweet

‘Preacher’ TV Series Starts This Sunday

And you thought Game of Thrones was the only thing you had to look forward to on Sundays…

Preacher, an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name, is the story of Jesse Custer, a preacher from a small town of Texas. He has taken over as preacher for his deceased father’s church – however, he’s torn between his desire to be a good man and to commit to his faith, and between his dark and violent past.

Playing the main role of Jesse Custer will be Dominic Cooper, also known for his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a young Howard Stark. Other cast members include Ruth Negga as Tulip O’Hare, Joe Gilgun as Cassidy, an Irish Vampire and Custer’s best friend and Ian Colletti as Eugene Root, the sheriff’s deformed son – also know as Arseface.

The show is scheduled for a 10 episode order, and has received mostly positive reviews from critics. It’s certainly an incredibly interest premise, especially when you look into the original comics stories and lore.

Preacher – Episode 1 airs May 22nd, 2016.

 

Orphan Black SN4 EP6 – The Scandal of Altruism

Earlier this week I thought that having to recap 5 Orphan Black episodes in one go was going to be challenging. With the release of episode 6, and having to recap the mind-blowing and emotional events of the episode made me wish I could write something that easy again…

A lot has happened in this episode, a trade, some science stuffs, a kidnapping/murder, a flashback, and a LOT of tears. So let’s begin shall we!

The CW’S Big Crossover: Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl

It’s time for the biggest crossover in CW history! Since Supergirl was moved from the CBS network to The CW, The CW now has four superhero shows. Arrow on Wednesdays, The Flash on Tuesdays, Legends of Tomorrow on Thursdays, and now Supergirl to be aired on Mondays.

Mark Pedowitz, President of The CW

During The CW’s upfront presentation on May 19th, CW president Mark Pedowitz officially disclosed that next season an epic four-show crossover is set to take place. “Next season, Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and now Supergirl will join forces in our annual crossover event, our biggest ever.” A round of applause please, for the words that will make our universe explode come that episode.

We already know that this is definitely an attainable possibility, having seen annual crossovers, starting with Arrow and The Flash. Both shows later crossed over with select members of Legends of Tomorrow ahead of its premier, and most recently The Flash crossed over with Supergirl.

Until Fall, I’ll leave you with this juicy, action-pumped trailer of the CW heroes.

What are your hopes for the upcoming season crossover? Did you like anything in particular during previous crossovers? Comment, share or like below. And as always, “Run Barry, run!”

The Walking Dead Attraction – Universal Studios

 

There is no arguing that The Walking Dead is one of the most popular serial dramas of recent times and a serious money-spinner for AMC.

Never before has a tv show been able to capture the possible reality of a post-apocaplytic world ravaged by zombies and the struggle to survive – both the alive and the dead.

With it’s popularity not looking to wain any time soon (off the back of a stunning sixth series that ended on the ultimate cliffhanger!!) AMC have teamed up with Universal Studios to bring the 2D world to life with a new horror maze.

The concept is simple, you enter the world of The Walking Dead and your mission is to survive. It sounds just like any other horror maze that you might encounter, but the difference with this one is that it has been designed to be as authentic to the tv show as it can be. This new obsession for anyone who loves AMC’s most popular show has been designed and developed in full consultation with Greg Nicotero (effects and make-up extraordinaire on the show) with the express aim of bringing your worst nightmare from the television screen to the real world.

Greg had this to say about the attraction:

“After six years of working on The Walking Dead, we have a great opportunity to take The Walking Dead out of the studio, off the soundstage and into an attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood where guests can come face-to-face with walkers,” said Nicotero.

He continued, “It’s very exciting to be able to make the attraction as 100 percent authentic as possible. We’re getting the chance to utilize molds that were created specifically for the show and translate them into parts of the attraction. We’re creating animatronic walkers that guests will be able to see… it’s never been done before… it’s one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art… and I can’t wait.”

The attraction will be open all year round, so its not one of these ‘special edition’ attractions that is open for three months and then closes to universal disdain. You can experience this WHENEVER you want!! I’m booking my plane ticket to California already!

To see more about this exciting new event (including a ‘making of’ documentary about the work that’s gone into bringing concept to fruition), visit here.

 

 

‘Baywatch’ Reboot Finishes Filming

So the Baywatch reboot filming has finally come to an end and is set for release to the big screen in May 2017. You may or may  not have been aware that this was in the works but if you follow Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s instagram profile like me then you would be fully aware that this has been in the works.

Fans of the old Baywatch are not exactly thrilled about the reboot of the famous lifeguard TV series being rebooted but Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson sure is hell is happy about the reboot. “It has been an amazing experience. I mean, we have been working days, working nights, in the ocean, out of the ocean, the sharks, the octopuses stuff… all that kind of stuff, it’s been amazing,”this straight from his instagram account.

Then “Aside from us making one hell of a movie, the greatest part is I had the opportunity and privilege to work with the greatest crew in Hollywood.” Could this finally be a reboot that I can get behind and enjoy lets wait and see. The cast includes The Rock himself, Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario and Kelly Rohrbach as Summer Quinn and C.J. Parker. We also see the return of Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff but not as lead characters this even thought Anderson originally saying she wanted nothing to do with it “I kind of want to leave it as is and be remembered for that. I don’t know if I wanna go on Baywatch and be like, the old lady working at a counter somewhere,” but as we see she must of had a change of heart.

Here is a link to The Rocks Instagram post once filming had finished https://www.instagram.com/p/BFkmOL2Ih_B/?hl=en

So we will have to wait for the trailer before we can judge if this is going to be a winner or a disaster better left at sea.

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The Purge: Election Year – Trailer Review

When the original film in this franchise was released, I was excited. Here was a new concept – What would happen if all crime was legal for 12 hours, including murder?

The original film had real suspense, coupled with a likeable family that you were really rooting for (with the possible exception of Lena Headey, who arguably suffered from the curse of Cersei Lannister).

The second film was far less superior than the first and unfortunately, with this one, it looks like the quality has slipped again.

Yet again, the annual purge is set to begin. The film appears to centre around Government figures, but this isn’t made abundantly clear. In fact, the trailer isn’t really clear on anything. All you really feel you know by the end is that another purge has taken place and people are in danger. Except that this time, the people in danger are not the likeable family next door, but official types that you would probably be happy to see die anyway. Couple that with some extraordinarily bad acting and you seem to have a recipe for a box office flop.

This franchise is seriously moving downhill….. How long can they keep this concept going? Only time will tell.

If you want to see the trailer for yourself, then check it out below.

 

 

 

Wolverine 3 Cast Adds Elizabeth Rodriguez

So it has been announced that Elizabeth Rodriguez (Fear of the Walking Dead/ Orange Is The New Black) to the cast they have not yet released what character Rodriguez will play but we do know it will be a “small but key role”.

 

But if the rumors that are coming out about the film are true about it being linked to the old man Logan story line we could see Rodriguez take up one of two roles either as Laura Kinney (X-23) this being linked to my article about Bryan Singer pitching a female Wolverine or we could see her play Maureen Logan’s wife from the comic books these are all rumors of course and we could see her play another part in the film.

Rodriguez is only another member added to an already growing cast which includes the likes of Stephen Merchant, Eriq La Salle and Elise Neal in as yet unknown roles. We also know that Boyd Holbrook (Narcos) is set to play the films main antagonist and that Richard E. Grant (Jekyll & Hyde) has been signed up as an unspecified mad scientist and Patrick Stewart as Professor X.

I for one am extremely excited to see this film when it is released in 2017 as I am a huge Wolverine fan and will also sorely miss Jackman’s portrayal of one of my favorite Marvel characters.

As always Bub for all your feral clawed mutant needs stick with @Deadpool_1984 only at skatronixxx.com.