What You Missed: Dec. 16, 2014

Written by O’Boyd

Another new feature in Cinema Corner 2.0 is our wrap-up file of all the movie-related events from the day. Think the Drudge Report meets Hollywood. We’ll list here some of the stuff we’ve posted from earlier in the day along with other items we think you should check out. Each day, we hope to provide you with a roundup of sorts of the things we believe you’ll enjoy and want to read about.

As always, enjoy.

Be careful out there when navigating those ice and snowy roads during this holiday season. We wouldn’t want you to get in an accident … with a Tie Fighter.

Heres Monday’s headlines from stories we’ve written …

YouTube video pits Spielberg, Hitchcock, Tarantino, Kubrick, Bay in epic rap battle

Hot Toys gives us a glimpse of the new Iron Man armor we’ll see in next “Avengers” film.

Next ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film may be going young for last major role

Terrence Malick film ‘Knight of Cups’ releases first trailer

‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ featurette makes us love this film even more

‘Birdman’ soars with 13 nominations for Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

Coming to DVD: Dec. 16, 2014

• The New York Times responds to Sony Pictures’ demand that publications not publish leaked information in the recent hack.

• Another Sony email hack shows there’s the possibility of a “Django Unchained” sequel involving Zorro.

• Seth Rogan gave his opinion on the Sony hack: “Everyone is doing exactly what these criminals want.”

• ˙Here’s why Collider isn’t specifically covering news of the Sony hacks.

• The Hollywood Reporter analysis whether Sony could even have the right to sue the media over published stories on the leaked emails.

• The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving the inventor of a Spider-Man kid’s toy that lets you pretend to shoot webs and why Marvel continues to owe him royalties.

• Eddie Redmayne, who plays Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything” just got married.

FirstShowing.net has its 2014 Black List of the best unproduced scripts. There are some neat ideas out there not being developed.

See Daniel Craig and co-star Rory Kinnear riding a patrol boat on the Thames River in front of the MI6 building during shooting for “Spectre.”

• There are two new additions to Sundance: “A Walk in the Woods,” which stars Sundance founder Robert Redford, and “True Story,” with Jonah Hill and James Franco.

• Some spoilers for “Batman V Superman” include a response to those who thought Superman should not have killed Zod in “Man of Steel.”

• Frank Oz, the original voice of Yoda, will reprise the role in the Disney cartoon “Star Wars Rebels.”

• Colby Smulders tackles motherhood in the Sundance film “Unexpected.” Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive photo.

• EW also tries to fact-check “Exodus: Gods and Kings.”

• ComingSoon.net has detailed character analysis for the February film “50 Shades of Grey.” It is SFW … the film is a different story.

 • Here’s the movies leaving Netflix in January. And here’s what’s coming in January.

• SchmoesKnow.com has “A Christmas Carol” as its next movie in its 25 Days of Christmas.

Here’s the 2014 Final Cut movie mashup from JoBlo.com.

• John Hamm is glad he’s not involved in any super hero movies.

• MoviePilot.com has some “haunting” photos of actors that were taken not long before they died.

• In an interview with GQ magazine, Chris Hemsworth doesn’t have much empathy for his brother and his previous love interests.

What You Missed: Dec. 13, 2014

Written by O’Boyd

Another new feature in Cinema Corner 2.0 is our wrap-up file of all the movie-related events from the day. Think the Drudge Report meets Hollywood. We’ll list here some of the stuff we’ve posted from earlier in the day along with other items we think you should check out. Each day, we hope to provide you with a roundup of sorts of the things we believe you’ll enjoy and want to read about.

As always, enjoy!

I don’t care who you are. This is funny. The Muppets do Naughty By Nature.

Be sure to check out our headlines from Friday …

‘Kong: Skull Island’ running away from confrontation with ‘Doctor Strange’

Liam Neeson will endorse you on LinkedIn (but only if you win)

Report: Sony gets rights for new animated ‘Mario Bros.’ movie from Nintendo

Angelina Jolie has chicken pox, will miss some public events for “Unbroken”

Latino Review: Sony would drop Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man if deal goes through

First official trailer for ‘Wild Card’ now online

Second trailer for ‘Blackhat’ hits the web

‘Divergent: Insurgent’ trailer, poster premieres

Coming to Theaters: Dec. 12, 2014

• So Sam Raimi may be called on to help revive the Spider-Man franchise.

• And if you want your voice heard, you can vote on the poll that’s encouraging Sony and Marvel to put Spider-Man back in the “Avengers” franchise.

• The synopsis and additional characters have been announced for “Ant-Man.”

• “Selma” director Ava DuVernay was not too kind about the comments made in emails in the recent Sony hacks.

• Yahoo! Movies has an exclusive clip from “The Interview,” which comes to theaters on Christmas Day.

• Mark Hammil: “I get the chills” about returning to “Star Wars.”

• Kiera Knightley is pregnant.

• Collider sits down with screenwriter William Monahan about “The Gambler,” which will be released on Christmas.

• Yahoo! Movies has a trailer for the film “The Loft,” with Karl Urban and James Marsden. It comes to theaters on Jan. 23.

Here’s clearly not the trailer for “Expendables 7.” But that doesn’t mean it’s not funny.

• Check out what IKEA did to a movie theater in the Russian town of Khimki. That’s watching a film in luxury.

• Billy Crystal’s touching tribute to Robin Williams.

• One Direction’s Harry Styles fanboys over Ian McKellen.

• “The Colbert Report” had its biggest guest on Thursday night: Smaug, the dragon from “The Hobbit” movies.

• Schmoes Know’s next film in its 25 Days of Christmas is “The Santa Clause.”

Jon Favreau’s live-action adaptation of “The Jungle Book” has a piece of concept art released by Disney.

Latino Review: Sony would drop Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man if deal goes through

Written by O’Boyd

Could we be looking at a complete rebranding of Spider-Man? Including the actor who plays him?

According to Latino Review, that could happen. Sony is a mess right now with its recent hacks, so it’s not their top priority. However, if the current “Spider-Man” movie franchise does struggle, plans could be in place.

From Latino Review’s Kellvin Chavez:

“The 60/40 split still looks to be the divide with Sony handling distribution. However, Marvel’s not inclined to give Sony creative control over the character, nor planning on honoring the contracts with Sony’s Spider-Stars. More poking into the origins of the Aunt May solo film and Female Spider movie rumors revealed that these were actual Sony Picture Entertainment plans that Marvel knew about and severely disliked. Now that Marvel can have the rights to the character back, they plan to wipe the slate with the Amazing Spider-Man universe.

“IF the Marvel/Sony deal were to go forward, Andrew Garfield would no longer be Peter Parker and any baggage from existing films, Raimi or Webb, would be non-canonical, Marvel doesn’t want any part of those films. The idea is that the Spider-Man romance movie has been played out over five installments, so any new Spider-Man films would focus on the difficulties of being a teenager and a superhero with a romance side-story, not the film’s focus. Marvel also thinks that the origin story is well-trodden territory, so any Spider-Man movies under this deal would begin with Peter Parker already leading a dual life. Spider-Man making his debut in Captain America: Civil War is still a distinct possibility and would serve as the character’s introduction to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But as of now Spider-Man will NOT be in Civil War. I was told that they have a script nailed down.”

Just how close was Spider-Man from joining next “Captain America” movie?

Written by O’Boyd

While a lot of information has been uncovered in the recent Sony Pictures hack, one particular item is gaining a lot of buzz in the last few hours.

The Wall Street Journal reports Sony and Marvel considered partnering for a working agreement that would allow Spider-Man to appear in “Captain America: Civil War.” Emails as late as Oct, 30 had Sony Pictures president Doug Belgrad and Sony motion picture chief Amy Pascal exchanging the idea.

The emails detail extensive talks between Sony and Marvel owner Walt Disney. It would allow Marvel to produce a new trilogy of Spider-Man movies while Sony retains “creative control, marketing and distribution.” Another email has Pascal telling a business partner that Marvel wanted to include Spider-Man in its third “Captain America” movie.

Unfortunately, the talks broke down between the studios – which means it’s not going to happen. At least for now. However, another Sony email has big plans for the web slinger instead, with a “Spidey summit” taking place in January.

An animated Spider-Man comedy would be produced by Chris Miller and Phil Lord, which were the main wheels in “22 Jump Street” and “The Lego Movie.” Also, the villain team Sinister Six would get its own movie along with a Venom film. Also, the women from Spidey’s life would also get films made.