The story is April 1st satire. It is not true but would be a good idea.
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Walt Disney Pictures has announced that they are working on a live-action prequel to Pixar's "The Incredibles". The movie will be an origin story about how Robert Parr got his super-strength. Houston Texan JJ Watt has been cast to play young Mr. Incredible. The movie will be directed by "The Incredibles" director Brad Bird as soon has he is finished working on "The Incredibles 2" in 2018.
This story is April 1st satire. There is no truth to it.
Universal Pictures has announced a feature film follow-up to USA's popular series "Psych". In "Psych: April Fools' Day", Shawn is hit by lighning at 11:59 p.m. on March 31. When he awakes, he finds that he now actually has psychic powers. After years of pretending, Shawn is enjoying his new gift - until he has a vision of himself dying to save Juliet, Gus, and his father. The movie will be directed by "Liar Liar" director Tom Shadyac.
This story is April 1st satire. It is probably true, but as of now it is fiction.
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Fans went crazy back in January when Ryan Reynolds posted pictures of himself with Hugh Jackman and Pierce Brosnan to social media. Everybody was speculating whether Brosnan would play the character Cable and if Jackman would cameo as Wolverine in the sequel to "Deadpool". This paragraph is fiction:
20th Century Fox has confirmed that Brosnan will be reprising his role of James Bond in "Deadpool 2". The inclusion of the character will be part of a joke about how X-Men actresses Famke Janssen (Jean Grey) and Halle Berry (Storm) were in 007 movies with Brosnan.
This story is April 1st satire. Hollywood should make it happen, but as of now it is a product of my imagination.
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Mars Inc. and Walt Disney Pictures have teamed up to make a live-action/animated hybrid M&Ms movie, with "Scooby Doo" and "The Smurfs" director Raja Gosnell directing. The project is being described as in the style of Muppets movies, with the main cast of M&Ms being supported by a slew of celebrity cameos. The M&Ms will be voiced by the same actors who do the commercials. This paragraph is true:
Yellow is voiced by Academy Award-winner J.K. Simmons ("Spider-Man" trilogy, "Justice League", Red is Billy West ("Space Jam"), Green is Cree Summer ("A Different World", "Clifford the Big Red Dog"), and Ms. Brown is Vanessa Williams ("Ugly Betty", "Desperate Housewives")
This story is an April 1st satire. I would like for it to be true, but as of now it is made up.
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"Star Wars" star Daisy Ridley is re-teaming with her "The Force Awakens" co-star Harrison Ford as the female lead in "Indiana Jones 5". The movie will be set in 1968 and Ridley will play April, a hippie and student in Doctor Jones' class who gets caught in the middle of Indiana's latest quest. "Indiana Jones 5" will be Ford's last movie as the character (who will retire and not be killed off), and Daisy's character will wear the fedora as the lead in future Jones movies. This paragraph is true:
Production on "Indiana Jones 5" will begin sometime in 2018, after shooting on "Star Wars: Episode IX" wraps. Steven Spielberg returns to direct, with George Lucas executive producing, and John Williams composing the score. "Indiana Jones 5" opens July 19, 2019.
Normally I don't review movies until after they come out on home video, but today I went to the free advance screening of the upcoming Illumination Studios animated movie "Sing".
"Sing" is the last of the 12 animated talking animals movies that came out this year. I didn't even bother watching any of the trailers until the third one (above). That trailer, I think, is one of the best trailers of the year.
All of the cast were great, but the highlight of the movie was Reese Witherspoon as Rosita, the mother of 25 piglets. We know that Reese is a talented singer from her Academy Award winning role as June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line", but once again she makes the songs she sings even better than the originals. Katy Perry's "Firework" and Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" are not only tolerable, but enjoyable when Reese sings them. Singing from Taron Egerton and Scarlett Johansson were pleasant surprises.
Yes, the movie was written with "The Big Book of Movie Cliches" and was somewhat predictable. Yes, it has unnecessary flatulence for cheap laughs. But it is a movie that kids will love and their parents and older siblings will enjoy as well. If the kids are too young to see "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" then "Sing" is an acceptable alternative.
Today "Harry Potter" producer David Heyman and Warner Bros. announced that they were going to make a young Willy Wonka movie. If this has to happen can we get a British actor in the role? After thinking about this, I realized that former "Doctor Who" Matt Smith would be perfect in the role of the young candy maker!
