Detroit! Home of the Man of Steel Sequel

The summer blockbuster "Man of Steel" that raked in 290 million is set for a sequel and the location for shooting has been chosen. Director Zack Snyder and his film crew have chosen Detroit, Michigan as the Location for both the Metropolis setting and the Gotham setting. The two main actors Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill are set with their contracts and are ready to film. The crew has been awarded a $35 million state incentive and according to Snyder Michigan has been easy to work with. The economically troubled "motor city" will also be helped by the film because both hotels and vendors  that will work with the film will be given jobs throughout the filming in Detroit. This is very interesting because the film will give the city a better reputation because of the money and the publicity that it will get after the film is released. It's good to see that the city is going to get perks off of this film in terms of money. I'm excited to see how the film crew will change the appearance of the city into two different places. I'm pretty sure that Gotham will be a low lit place while Metropolis will be a better lighted setting.  Hopefully they don't destroy the entire city like Superman did in the first film. My biggest question for this article is how they are going to show the Wayne manor, will it be similar to the Dark Knight trilogy or will they totally redesign the place and make it a different look.

For more on the Story go to: http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/warner-bros-man-of-steel-sequel-scores-35m-michigan-film-incentive/

Animation Overload

The Animation genre of movies has flourished in the past decade. Some successful and some not so successful. Recently over the summer animated movies were coming one after the other and the main providers of these movies have been studios like Dream-works, Disney, and Pixar. Some summer blockbusters like "Despicable Me 2" by Illumination Entertainment and "Monsters University" by Pixar both made over $600 million dollars but, the industry leader Dream-works released "Turbo" which was considered a "misfire" because it only bought in $21.3 million, only half of the the production costs. So the question is now will these companies continue the overflow of animated movies or will they cut back on what seems to be an over-indulgence?
This article really brought me to think about the animated movies in the past month, Yeah I didn't go see most of them but judging by reviews and people I know most of the so called "blockbusters of the summer" were not living up the expectations. It surprises me too because everybody thought that these movies were going to be great. In the shoes of the makers of the movies i cant imagine how hard it is to see something you worked so hard on only for it to get bad reviews and in some cases no money. Thnks to thses reviews I can see that i didnt go out and waste money on a money i was going to dread sitting through. A major question that this article raised for me was just this. What are the directors, producers, and writers going to do so that the next wave of animated movies does better than this years.

More Heroes to the Avengers?

According to the L.A. Times Hero Complex the young "Kick Ass 2" star Aaron Taylor-Johnson is rumored to be signing a deal to portray the super hero Quicksilver in the sequel to "The Avengers" "The Avengers: Rise of Ultron". "The Avengers" is the third highest grossing movie in history, and before he signs the deal to star as Quicksilver, his wife is directing a movie about the novel "50 Shades of Grey" and she wants him in the film to star as the 27 year old Male character, but Taylor Johnson says that he is maybe to young to play that role. Back to the Avengers now, as a fan of the Marvel franchise I think that adding more heroes to the squad would be a great thing. In fact, the original comic book Avnegers were chock full of Marvel super heroes. The thing that really makes me interested though, is the fact that the directors of the movie are considering the idea of adding more heroes. The article makes me really excited to see which other heroes they are going to add (hopefully Spider-Man). The addition of more heroes who havent had a movie such as Quicksilver may call for more back stories so we know where they came from. Im really excited for the rest of the Avengers franchise, and I cant wait to see how many other movies and original heroes they are willing to add.

For more info: http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/kick-ass-2-aaron-taylor-johnson-talks-comic-book-sequel-and-that-avengers-role/#/0