From the team behind the excellent live-action Akira trailer comes a new teaser, this one focusing on the concept short film, Temple. Also featured in our latest round-up are details on Martin Freeman being cast in Captain America: Civil War and the home media release details for The Poltergeist of Borley Forest.
Captain America: Civil War: Marvel announced today that Martin Freeman (The Hobbit trilogy, Sherlock, The World's End) has joined the cast of Captain America: Civil War in a currently unknown role.
The film's focus on the Superhero Registration Act means we should see a large number of superheroes in the sequel, with Chadwick Boseman's first appearance as Black Panther confirmed and Spider-Man's involvement lined up, as well. Captain America: Civil War will also star Chris Evans (Captain America), Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), and Daniel Brühl (Baron von Zemo).
Captain America: Civil War is set for a May 6th, 2016 release. Brothers Anthony and Joe Russo return to helm the third film from a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (both of whom scribed the first two Captain America movies and Thor: The Dark World).
The third installment in the super soldier franchise will be influenced to some extent by the Civil War comic book mini-series released in 2006 – 2007, though Marvel is rebooting the Civil War storyline on the paneled page this summer and the movie could follow that version more closely. In the original version, Iron Man and Captain America take opposite stances on the government’s Superhero Registration Act, leading to confrontations of both the physical and verbal variety amongst Earth’s superheroes.
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Temple: From director Nguyen-Anh Nguyen, the concept short film Temple is expected to debut this summer with the ultimate goal of becoming a feature film:
"Temple is a concept short film for a science-fiction cyberpunk thriller, helmed by the same team that produced The Akira Project, a crowd-sourced, live-action trailer based on the manga AKIRA, released in May 2014. It garnered over 3 million views online and received wide media coverage by Wired, The Creators Project, /Film, Mashable, amongst many others. The director, Nguyen-Anh Nguyen, is now represented by 3 Arts Entertainment and is developing TEMPLE as his first long form project, basing himself on everything he loves; dystopian sci-fi, cyborgs and martial arts with a touch of manga thrown in for good measure. Supported again by a talented global production crew, we recently shot a short film to be launched online in mid-2015, which will serve as a proof of concept for the financing of the feature film."
Synopsis: "By 2085, ocean levels have risen to a point that entire coastal cities and islands have been submerged. On an island megalopolis, a genetic virus and cybernetic beings are threatening the survival of its population. Oz, a health services employee, must find a way to survive amidst the swelling chaos."
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The Poltergeist of Borley Forest: Press Release -- "LOS ANGELES, May 4, 2015 – Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, brings you THE POLTERGESIT OF BORLEY FOREST. Directed by Stephen McKendree and written by Kimberly Britt and R. Presley Stephens, the film stars Marina Petrano, Christopher Ingle and Rhea Rossiter. THE POLTERGESIT OF BORLEY FOREST will be available on Digital Video and DVD for an SRP of $27.97 on June 2, 2015.
On a night of carefree teenage partying in the woods, Paige Pritchard unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will plunge her into a waking nightmare. Tormented by terrifying and increasingly violent supernatural visitations, Paige starts digging into the past and uncovers a sinister secret, buried for decades. Behind the deadly force that now haunts her is a malevolent entity of unspeakable evil. As its power grows and her friends fall prey to its savagery, can she – or anyone – stop The Poltergeist of Borley Forest?
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