After the Season 6 premiere, Manu Mishra joins the show to breakdown what happened in the episode and what Game of Thrones fans should expect going forward. We also discussed Captain America: Civil War, which matchups we’re pumped for, and more. (24:06 mark, if you want to jump ahead)
Before then, TJ and I talked about what Prince meant to us and recapped how the music icon was remembered over the weekend.
The marketing for Captain America: Civil War has been fantastic. Trailers and early footage have audiences clamoring for tickets as the film is on-track to make at least $175 million at the box office opening weekend. Early reviews have backed up the hype, including a 94% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Fueling your excitement further is Audi releasing a new ad that mixes product placement with a stellar chase scene through a tunnel. Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) is in hot pursuit of The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) and Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) commandeers an Audi in the process.
The ad is pretty funny, but thankfully the internet has cut it up for those of us who don’t need the suspense tempered by a family on a joy ride. I’d totally “like” and “unlike” that dude’s Facebook post too.
Captain America: Civil War hits theaters May 6th. See you there?
During the taped airing of the MTV Movie Awards, an exclusive clip from Captain America: Civil War debuted featuring Steve Rogers, Falcon and Scarlet Witch on a mission.
Is #TeamCap trying to save Bucky Barnes?
We also saw more footage of Crossbones in action, Bucky vs. Tony Stark, Rogers vs. Black Panther, etc…
Civil War hits theaters May 6th, 2016. The closer we get, the more we’ll likely get.
Let’s face it, Captain America: Civil War is just kicking Batman v. Superman’s ass when it comes to marketing itself.
A few criticisms of the BvS development and marketing include (1) They are cramming too many characters into one movie and (2) They seem to have told us the entire story in their trailers. Civil War is also cramming a lot of heroes into one film, at least 12 actually, but we are more than pumped about it because we’ve gotten to know these characters onscreen for a decade’s worth of canon. BvS is attempting to pull it all off in a one film.
Joining the mix, which we’ve been anticipating for months, is the new Peter Parker played by Tom Holland (Wolf Hall, In the Heart of the Sea). From what we see in Spider-Man’s Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, he seems to be aligned with #TeamStark. If I heard it right, Tony refers to Spidey as “Underoos” (ha, because he’s a kid. Do kids still wear those?). Spider-Man will be web-slinging into theaters with his own MCU reboot July 7th, 2017.
There are also a number of cool and conflicting things going on in the trailer.
It’s a good bit of fun.
Say what you will about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the talent in their films is second to none. You have The Avengers, as well as Oscar winners Gwyneth Paltrow, Natalie Portman, Jeff Bridges, Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Tommy Lee Jones, and eventually Cate Blanchett in Thor: Ragnorak. Then there’s the award winning Sherlock tandem of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.
We knew already that Cumberbatch will be starring as Doctor Strange in his upcoming standalone film, November 4th, 2016, but now we have actual clarity on Freeman’s role.
Empire Magazine has confirmed that Freeman will play Everett Ross, the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre official that will help introduce Black Panther (played by Chadwick Boseman) to the MCU. With SHIELD in recovery mode after the HYDRA breach, the JCTC is filling in as the new government entity/liaison to superheroes, like Captain America and Iron Man. Ross’s relationship with Black Panther may be why we see the “Prince of Wakanda” aligned with Tony Stark in Civil War trailers.
Also making Civil War news today is Frank Grillo (The Purge 2, Warrior) and his first look for the film. Remember how Grillo’s Brock Brumblow turned on Captain America and SHIELD as a Hydra sleeper-cell? Well he survived a massive Helicarrier crashing down on him in Winter Soldier, assumed the identity as “Crossbones”, and is ready to exact his revenge on Steve Rogers and company.
Underneath the mask and armor, Brumlow should be ugly as hell with all his scars and burns. So far, Crossbones is the only actual villain we know about in the film, despite all the epic heroes turning on each other. He’ll have HYDRA backing him up for sure, but we’ll see who else might be working with Crossbones before Civil War’s release May 6th, 2016.
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