MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. TRAILER – Disney is already making a killing from Marvel properties at the box office and now it wants to try to make big bucks in TV. Disney owned ABC has picked up the Joss Whedon produced Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series to included in it’s fall lineup. Clark Gregg is back as Agent Coulson (yes he died in The Avengers but hey it’s Hollywood) and is leading a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives against evil forces. The series also stars also stars Elizabeth Henstridge, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Iain De Caestecker and Chloe Bennet.

SYNOPSIS: Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage, Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) expert pilot and martial artist, Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker); brilliant engineer and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) genius bio-chemist. Joining them on their journey into mystery is new recruit and computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet). From Executive Producers Joss Whedon (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” ”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”); Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” pilot co-writers (“Dollhouse,” “Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”); Jeffrey Bell (“Angel,” “Alias”); and Jeph Loeb (“Smallville”) comes Marvel’s first TV series.  “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” is produced by ABC Studios and Marvel Television.

AIR DATE:

• ABC – Fall 2013

Watch the first promo below:

ABC's Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

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FIREFLY KICKSTARTER – After the success of the Kickstarter campaign for the Veronica Mars movie, many people started to wonder which movie would be next. The idea of a sequel to the Firefly movie seemed to be number 1 on a lot of people’s list. Continue Reading

FIREFLY KICKSTARTER – After the success of the Kickstarter campaign for the Veronica Mars movie, many people started to wonder which movie would be next. The idea of a sequel to the Firefly movie seemed to be number 1 on a lot of people’s list. Unfortunately according to director Joss Whedon, you can forget about that happening anytime soon.

On whether Kickstarter could make a Firefly sequel happen…

“That’s what everybody wants to know about. Uh, yeah. My fourth feeling when I read about [the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign] was a kind of dread. Because I realized the only thing that would be on everybody’s mind right now. I’ve said repeatedly that I would love to make another movie with these guys, and that remains the case.”

Could it still happen in the future…

“Couple years from now, when Nathan (Fillion)‘s no longer [on] Castle and I’m no longer the Tom Hagen of the Marvel Universe and making a giant movie, we might look and see where the market is then. But right now, it’s a complete non-Kickstarter for me.”

His opinion on regular people paying for a movie…

“I understand that it feels not as pure, and that the presence of a studio makes it disingenuous somehow. But people clearly understood what was happening and just wanted to see more of the thing they love. To give them that opportunity doesn’t feel wrong,”

Source: Buzzfeed

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING TRAILER (Video) – Joss Whedon took a break from comic book movies and adapted the famous Shakespeare comedy Much Ado About Nothing. The story follows two couples who each have their own funny journey of romance, but along the way, there is betrayal, deception, and sabotage. Much Ado About Nothing stars Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, and Jillian Morgese.

PLOT: A modern retelling of Shakespeare’s classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

RELEASE DATES:

• US – June 21, 2013
• UK – June 14, 2013

Watch the trailer below:

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker

MARVEL’S S.H.I.E.L.D. PILOT – Tomorrow marks the beginning of filming on ABC’s Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. and we have the first look at the trucks from the TV series plus a little information on the story. Although Clark Gregg died in The Avengers he will return as Agent Phil Coulson and the show will begin at the end of the events of The Avengers. ABC President Paul Lee talked to IGN about what we can expect.

“There is no question that it is part of the Marvel Universe. In fact, the story takes place after the battle for New York. This is S.H.I.E.L.D. They’re following their own particular stories. There are characters in it, Coulson, who clearly come from Avengers. So it’s part of the world, but we’re going to be very, very careful that we don’t tread on the toes of the features and build a whole new world. And that’s what Joss Whedon does better than anybody else. He’s built a world for us.”

Joss Whedon will direct the pilot and co-write it with his brother Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen.  S.H.I.E.L.D. truck on its way to the set.

The S.H.I.E.L.D. cast is as follows:

• Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson
• Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward
• Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz
• Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Gemma Simmons
• Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May
• Chloe Bennet as Skye.

Story Source: IGN

Picture Source: Twitter via Comingsoon

See the S.H.I.E.L.D. truck below:

Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. Truck via @DiabloRobotico

Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. Truck via @MikeErmalovich

GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE – Film lovers, rejoice! Glasgow Film Festival today announced its most ambitious schedule yet: bookended by two very different romantic comedies, kicking off on Valentine’s Day and ending on the night of the 85th Academy Awards.

Supported by Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, Creative Scotland and EventScotland, with 368 screenings, panel discussions, live performances and special events, this is the most extensive Glasgow Film Festival program to date. It truly is a festival for the whole city, too, spreading out further than ever before into twenty six venues – everywhere from the stately surroundings of Glasgow Cathedral to a secret location somewhere in the depths of the Subway system. There are a record number of UK premieres amongst this year’s films, and GFF’s unique program of special events celebrating the joy of cinema gets even more innovative in 2013, with contributions from comedians, musicians, comic book legends, fashion designers and even Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond. It’s a program that wears its love of film – and of the cinema-going experience in all its forms – very prominently on its sleeve.

Opening Gala:

Populaire   **UK PREMIERE**
On Valentine’s Day, movie lovers will walk down the red carpet for the UK premiere of sparkling French romantic comedy Populaire, starring Déborah François, Roman Duris and The Artist’s Běrénice Bejo. With the retro appeal of Mad Men and the glossy allure of a Doris Day/Rock Hudson tussle, this gorgeous, candy-coated romance between the fastest typist in the world and her handsome, commitment-phobic boss will melt hearts (and inspire wardrobes).
Thursday 14 February (19.30 & 20.15)

Closing Gala:

Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing  **UK PREMIERE**
What do you do when you’ve just made the most successful superhero blockbuster ever? In the case of Avengers Assemble writer/director Joss Whedon, you invite a group of actor friends to your home for a fortnight and shoot an inspired, inventive version of Shakespeare’s classic battle of the sexes. Stuffed with familiar faces from Whedon’s cult oeuvre (look out for actors from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dollhouse and Firefly giving their best hey nonny noes), this Much Ado About Nothing is a warm, witty and accessible take on one of the original rom coms.
Sunday 24 February (20.15)

Allan Hunter, Co-Director of Glasgow Film Festival, said: ‘Glasgow Film Festival has grown into a massive celebration of every aspect of the moving image. We all spend part of our lives watching films, playing games or catching up with television but there is still nothing to match sharing the experience with fellow enthusiasts, meeting the filmmakers and finding fresh inspiration. We are extremely proud of an ambitious 2013 programme that promises unforgettable moments in venues all across the city.’

SPECIAL EVENTS
Catwalk shows. Live video gaming. DJ sets. GFF’s events programme has always made the festival particularly unique, and this year we celebrate cinema with almost fifty different events from panel discussions to comedy, some embracing the cinematic in television and computer games, some tracing the relationships between film and fashion or music. Highlights include:

• Entre chien et loup, a series of new commissioned works by some of Scotland’s best artist filmmakers, curated by Henry Coombes and premiering at a fabulous grand ball.
• The first ever film screening in Glasgow Cathedral will be the 1928 silent classic The Passion of Joan of Arc, with a brand new live score for organ and soprano.
• Legendary Scottish actor James Cosmo in conversation about his life and career
• A secret film screening in a hidden location in the depths of Glasgow Subway.
• Comedian Simon Munnery’s new show, Fylm-Makker.
• A panel of actors from HBO’s award winning television epic Game of Thrones introduce an episode screening and launch Season Three.
• The Calamity Jane Barn Dance, at Glasgow’s legendary country and western club, Grand Ole Opry
• Scary watery movies Jaws and Dead Calm screened – comfortingly enough – on board The Tall Ship.
• Comic book legends John Wagner (creator of Judge Dredd), our Kapow!@GFF curator Mark Millar (Kick-Ass), and Steve Niles (creator of 30 Days of Night) discuss their work.
• Hop on board our samba bus and be whisked off to a proper Brazilian Carnival.
• Live music performances from Jane Birkin, Auricle Ensemble and Lau.
• Celebrate fifty years of Doctor Who with members of the cast and series writer Tom McRae.
• DCI Caroline Goode, who led the investigation into the death of young British-Kurdish woman Banaz Mahmod, joins us for a discussion on honour killings.
• Fashion label Obscure Couture launch their next season collection with an outrageous live catwalk/film extravagana.
• Detroit techno icon Jeff Mills headlines our day-long Sonic Cineplex, where DJs and musicians create new soundtracks to old film footage.
• First Minister Alex Salmond reveals his nerdy side, introducing his favourite geek cinema classic.
• Computer game experts compare highly anticipated game Aliens: Colonial Marines to the original 70mm Aliens, both on the big screen.
• Dress up like your favourite cult character and walk the red carpet at our Cosplay Gala.

SELECTED UK PREMIERES
This year, fifty-seven of our films are UK premieres,  including:

• Stoker, starring Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman.
• The Place Beyond the Pines, which reunites Ryan Gosling with Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance.
• Neil Jordan’s dark vampire thriller Byzantium, with Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton,
• Arbitrage, with a bravura performance by Richard Gere.
• The Look of Love, Michael Winterbottom’s stylish look at the life of Paul Raymond (played by Steve Coogan).
• Mama, starring Jessica Chastain.
• The Paperboy, with a Golden Globe-nominated performance by Nicole Kidman alongside Matthew McConaughey.
• James McAvoy, Peter Mullan and Mark Strong team up for the sleek, powerful thriller Welcome to the Punch.

Glasgow Film Festival is also delighted to host the first public UK screening of the eagerly-anticipated Cloud Atlas, which was partially shot in Glasgow.

SELECTED WORLD PREMIERES

• Kevin Cameron’s Alasdair Gray: A Life in Progress, a film as entertaining and multi-faceted as the man himself, featuring Liz Lochhead and the late Edwin Morgan.
• A Tale of Two Syrias: award-winning documentary filmmaker Yasmin Fedda’s unique, personal take on recent events in Syria.
• Created especially for GFF with CCA and Stills Gallery, feature film Staande! Debout! is based on true events, examining the aftermath of a strike on a workforce.
• Outwork, by the internationally-renowned artist filmmaker Stephen Sutcliffe, is the third annual Margaret Tait Award project.
• The Devil’s Plantation, based on May Miles Thomas’ BAFTA-winning website, is an innovative look at Glasgow’s secret geometery, narrated by Kate Dickie and Gary Lewis.
• We Are Northern Lights, a film created from submissions across Scotland.

NEW FOR 2013
Three new programming strands for this year’s Festival were announced in November 2012.

• Buena Onda: New Brazilian Cinema: As Brazil begins to take its place on the world stage, both as an emerging superpower and as the next host nation of the Olympics, we examine some of the great new work coming out of the country. It’s also a great excuse to throw a traditional Brazilian Carnival party, with a samba bus to take you to a secret location, and a special screening of 1970s classic Black Orpheus.
• James Cagney: Top of the World, Ma! Our retrospective this year takes a long, loving look at the career of the Oscar-winning Hollywood tough guy, from the young street rat–turned gangster of Angels With Dirty Faces, to the menacing obsessive lover of Love Me or Leave Me.
• Game Cats Go Miaow!: Robert Florence, star of the BBC comedy series Burnistoun, curates a look at the cross-over between cinema and video gaming. A panel of gaming experts review the hotly-anticipated Aliens: Colonial Marines on the big screen, followed by a comparison screening of Aliens itself. A whole host of comedians pack themselves in for Rab’s Video Game Empty, a quiz show with a difference, and we take a searing look at epic game Dark Souls and the whole of the dark fantasy genre.

Our brand new Festival Club takes over CCA’s Terrace Bar every day and night for the duration of the Festival. Rub shoulders with filmmakers and visiting guests, ask the GFF team for advice planning your schedule, take part in a daily programme of debates and discussions and then dance the night away with a great selection of DJs and live acts. Festival Club listings will be online at www.glasgowfilm.org/festivalclub and posted daily in the GFT foyer.

FESTIVALS WITHIN THE FESTIVAL

Glasgow Short Film Festival: 7–10 February
Scotland’s leading short film festival returns with a packed programme of screenings, workshops and parties. This year sixty films compete for the Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film and the Scottish Short Film Award. The 2013 programme pays tribute to the behemoth of underground cinema George Kuchar, forecasts tomorrow’s US indie darlings with a showcase of filmmaking from Columbia University graduates, celebrates the groundbreaking work of Caroline Sascha Cogez and assembles heavyweight panels to ask ‘why can’t women make feature films?’ across a series of discussions during the weekend. www.glasgowfilm.org/gsff

Glasgow Youth Film Festival: 3–13 February
The only film event in the UK curated entirely by 15—18-year-olds presents international film premieres, workshops and events for child, teenage and young adult audiences.  Highlights include premieres of Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph and Michel Gondry’s hilarious comedy The We and the I, plus anime previews and a cosplay parade! GYFF will also be turning the banks of the Clyde into a pop-up cinema and dance space, screening recent dance classic Girl Walk // All Day, and the cast and crew of Channel 4’s Fresh Meat stop by for a masterclass. GYFF also offers a range of practical workshops to aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers. www.glasgowfilm.org/gyff

Glasgow Music and Film Festival (dates as Glasgow Film Festival; Jane Birkin on 29 January)
Curated by the GFF team and long term partners-in-crime The Arches, this year’s GMFF embraces local artists and global greats alike, with live performances from Jane Birkin, techno legend Jeff Mills, gold star folkers Lau, Alasdair Roberts, and Auricle Ensemble. Witness some intriguing new live soundtracks created to old classics – in particular Irene Buckley’s spine-tingling new score for The Passion of Joan of Arc, for soprano, electronics and organ, in the very atmospheric setting of Glasgow Cathedral. Accompanied by a jam-packed programme of excellent rockumentaries and biopics.

Film4 FrightFest: 22—23 February
Our special horror Fest-within-a-Festival may now be in its eighth year at GFF, but there’s still no let up to that heady mix of mirth, menace, monsters and mayhem that characterises the Film4 FrightFest Glasgow experience

COMMENT

Scott Taylor, Chief Executive, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, said: ‘We’re delighted to be continuing our support for Glasgow Film Festival, highly regarded as one of the premier film events in the UK today and a real stand-out in the city’s cultural calendar. The Festival not only celebrates one of the city’s most vital creative industries, providing a significant boost to the local economy, it also plays an integral role in successfully positioning Glasgow on the global film festival stage; reinforcing both our cutting-edge style credentials and our reputation for successfully hosting major events.’

Paul Bush OBE, Chief Operating Officer for EventScotland said: ‘Glasgow Film Festival continues to grow year on year and it is hugely exciting to see it sporting its biggest ever programme for 2013. Scotland is the perfect stage for events and in GFF we have a festival that engages, excites and challenges its audience, which is testament to the hard work and talent of the team.’

Caroline Parkinson, Director of Creative Development at Creative Scotland, said: ‘Glasgow Film Festival is now one of the top three film festivals in the UK and is a fantastic celebration of cinema. The rising profile of the Festival and its consistent high quality is drawing growing numbers of film lovers and filmmakers to Glasgow from across Scotland, the UK and internationally. It is an inspiring event which Creative Scotland is very happy to once again be supporting.’

THE AVENGERS 2 OUTLINE – Even though the release date has already been set, The Avengers 2 now has a completed outline written by The Avengers director Joss Whedon, who will also be directing the sequel. There is still no official word for the cast, but it is most likely that the stars from the highly successful superhero ensemble movie will reprise their respective roles. Whedon is also still working on his pilot, S.H.I.E.L.D., for ABC. If the pilot gets picked up, Jeffrey Bell, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon (younger brother of Joss) will be the showrunners for the series. Whedon also finished production on Much Ado About Nothing, which is a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s classic.

PLOT: Not yet revealed.

RELEASE DATES:

• US & UK – May 1, 2015

Source: Entertainment Weekly

S.H.I.E.L.D. CAST UPDATE – New updates have been released for Joss Whedon‘s much-anticipated S.H.I.E.L.D., a TV series based on the Marvel Comics secret organization. Whedon recently cast Ming-Na, who is popular for her work in The Joy Luck Club, Mulan, and ER. She will star as Agent Melinda May, who is a pilot and a weapons expert, alongside Clark Gregg, who will be reprising his role as Agent Phil Coulson. Whedon is directing and co-writing the ABC and Marvel TV series.

Source: Deadline

JOSS WHEDON SCARY SMASH (Video) – After the success of The Avengers, I’m sure director Joss Whedon had everyone beating down his door. What I didn’t expect is that Joss would choose a short written by a five-year-old boy named Brett Baligad as his next project. Joss doesn’t direct this monster movie but he stars as the lead captain in a S.Q.U.A.T. team (yes, that is spelled correctly). His mission is to stop a giant red monster who has just killed the milkman. Here is the kicker, he only has a sword, shield, gun, and smaller gun to do it in 7 days. The drama!

SOURCE: Collider

Watch the fun short, making-of, and casting videos below:

Pictures below:

THE AVENGERS ON BLU-RAY (Trailer)- The highly successful film The Avengers, written and directed by Joss Whedon has released a trailer cut for  blu-ray by Marvel Studios. This film grossed over $1,457,760,486 in its time at the box office and stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeremy Renner.

Release Dates:

• US- August 29, 2012

Watch the trailer below:

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS LOS ANGELES PREMIERE (Video) – Producer Joss Whedon, Director Drew Goddard and stars, Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Connolly, Bradley Whitford, Amy Acker and Jesse Williams attended the premiere of their movie, the horror flick The Cabin in the Woods at L.A. Live’s Regal Cinemas. The movie had it’s world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin back in March.

PLOT: Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.

Watch the premiere below: