Alicia Vikander im Dschungelcamp der Schmerzen.
Schlagwort: Reboot
I am old, not obsolete!
Das wird zumindest von Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator Genisys so oft wiederholt, dass man sich schon fast wundern muss, ob hier die Panik des Schauspielers um seine Filmkarriere durchschimmert. Doch vielleicht wollte sich Schwarzenegger selber vergewissern, dass Genisys mehr ist als der mittlerweile dritte erfolglose Versuch an James Camerons zwei Filmmeisterwerke anzuschließen.
In 2011 20th Century Fox managed a feat few thought possible: they rebooted the Planet of the Apes Franchise with a prequel that stood on its own avoiding typical prequel pitfalls. Directed by Rupert Wyatt Rise of the Planet of the Apes allowed for a whole new generation to be drawn into a now eight movie franchise which has had its origins in the book La Planète des Singes (1963) by Pierre Boule.
3 years later a new director – Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) – is giving us a sequel focusing on the chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his group of hyper-intelligent apes who are trying to build themselves a homestead 10 years after a deadly virus has wiped out most of humanity. But when a group of humans stumbles into Caesar’s territory the conflict is imminent.
After 2012’s reboot of the Spider-Man franchise (The Amazing Spider-Man) Mark Webb returns for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Where the first movie was trying to emulate the style Christopher Nolan’s hyper-real Batman reimagining, this movie goes full into comic book mode, boasting colorful villains, giant action setpieces and an abundance of trouble for the hero Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield). And while the movie doesn’t reinvent the wheel – or convert any people who aren’t already on board of the superhero train – it offers a solid enough story to entertain for its quite long running time.
Comic Con is on its way and we can expect many genre news in the following days. IGN has revealed a poster for Godzilla (coming on May 16th 2014) directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters (2012)).
The poster (as well as the variant) is done by Mondo and as usual with Mondo it has a very unique style:
Superman is back on the big screen and we must ask the question that Superman Returns failed to answer in 2005: does the world need Superman?
Being the sequel to a super fast paced reboot Star Trek Into Darkness wastes no time and throws us right into an Indiana Jones inspired opening. While Kirk (Chris Pine) and Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban) have to distract the natives Spock (Zachary Quinto) has to stop a volcano from destroying this civilization. The high adrenaline opening culminates into a situation where Kirk violates the prime directive which forbids interference in lesser developed cultures.
His actions save the day but also make the primitive species worship the Enterprise as a symbol of some godly interference.
It is after this action sequence and the comedic payoff that the title card appears and the movie literally descends into darkness with a moody introduction of the mysterious villain John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch).
