CCCR Ep 10: This Decade's Greatest Performances

CommonCultureCinema Roundup

• What We’ve Been Watching • With an overwhelmingly positive response from critics and test screenings, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them announces four David Yates-directed sequels ahead of its release this November. Additionally, Johnny Depp was confirmed to play Albus Dumbledore’s arch-nemesis Grindelwald in the immediate sequel. o Director: David Yates o Starring: Eddie Redmayne; Ezra Miller; Katherine Waterston; Colin Farrell; Johnny Depp o Release Date: November 18, 2016 • It has been speculated for some time, but finally confirmed that Academy Award nominated actor Michael Keaton will be portraying nefarious supervillain vulture in upcoming Spider-Man reboot, Spider-Man Homecoming. o Director: Jon Watts o Starring: Tom Holland; Robert Downey Jr.; Donald Glover; Zendaya; Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei o Release Date: July 7, 2017 • Universal Pictures has decided that they will be moving forward with Pacific Rim sequel entitled Pacific Rim Maelstrom with longtime television director Steven S. DeKnight. o Director: Steven S. DeKnight o Starring: Scott Eastwood; Ron Perlman; John Boyega o Release Date: 2018 • Coming off of a generally disappointing filmmaking endeavor in X-Men: Apocalypse, it is being reported that director Bryan Singer will not be returning for future franchise titles. • Trailers – Good, or Garbage? • Beauty and the Beast o The first full trailer for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has been released online. This live action iteration of the 1991 animated musical will also see 8-time Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken returning with more original music and fan-favorites. o Director: Bill Condon o Starring: Emma Stone; Luke Evans; Josh Gad; Ewan McGregor; Ian McKellen; Emma Thompson o Release Date: March 17, 2017 • Ghost in the Shell o Another first trailer drops in the form of Rupert Sander’s Ghost in the Shell, a live action adaptation of fan-favorite manga, anime film, and subsequent television series. The movie stars Scarlett Johansson as The Major and follows the team of Section 9 as they attempt to take out dangerous extremists and high-tech criminals. o Director: Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Hunstman) o Starring: Scarlett Johansson o March 31, 2017 • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets o Fans introduction to The Fifth Element director Luc Besson’s sci-fi latest adventure Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has been released online in the form of the film’s first trailer. Based on the long-running French comic “Valérian and Laureline,” the film stars Suicide Squad’s Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan of Amazing Spider-Man 2 as special operatives for the government of the human territories charged with maintaining order throughout the universe. o Director: Luc Besson o Starring: Cara Deleviingne; Dane DeHaan; Ethan Hawke; John Goodman o Release Date: July 21, 2017 • Live by Night o Warner Bros. has released the final trailer for writer/director Ben Affleck’s gangster drama Live by Night. Based on the novel by the same name from Dennis LeHand (Shutter Island), the film follows Affleck as Joe Coughlin, a WWI veteran and son of Boston Police Deputy who operates in the criminal underworld during a Prohibition-era Miami. o Director: Ben Affleck o Starring: Ben Affleck; Zoe Saldana; Elle Fanning; Scott Eastwood o Release Date: December 28, 2016 (limited); January 13th, 2017 • Top 5 Performances of This Decade