IESB has a few choice quotes from Robert Downey Jr. about what to expect from Iron Man 2, which we’ve got for you here: “Our goals are more of the same. The idea that he said he’s Iron Man in part 1…it’s one thing to say it, and it’s another thing to actually evolve to the point where you can live in a heroic fashion. You know, they say, ‘The superhero movie always needs to follow…’ and I said who is that guy? Get him out of here! We want to do what worked for us last time, in a way that evolves.” Indeed, one of the best things about Iron Man was the way the production made a conscious decision to move away from the typical superhero cliches towards something a little more satisfying - what made sense for the character, not the genre. “We’re talking about a guy who is put in an extraordinary circumstance, and the people that are around him, and how that creates a sense of family, and how that disrupts whatever forces that we have to say that are working [in his life]. I like the idea of an Iron Man 2 that you’re able to understand various points of view. You’re able to touch on some subjects that are a lot more far reaching, while still grounding it in entertainment.” Is that a tease Iron Man 2 may touch on Stark’s alcoholism, a subplot director Jon Favreau has mentioned before? It might not be as commercially viable (then again, consider Hancock…), but it sure as hell would be interesting.
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Movies Online posted an interview with McG re: Terminator Salvation which you can access here. It's a sorta-lengthy interview, so I won't repost the entire thing but I will say that, if you're interested in the movie, the interview is a good and worthwhile read. McG addresses several topics including how the movie fits in relative to the first three movies and the TV show:The continuity in the Terminator films was always a little flexible and no one really minds because they’re such wonderful stories. T2 is 10 years later and John looks like he’s 13. What's your take on the timeline when this starts?
MCG: Well there's no doubt that at the beginning of T3, for example, begins with a bit of a punt as to what happened at the end of T2, and there's some rejuggling of the timelines. We're largely treating it as though the bombs have gone off. I'm not going to share with you what the date is when the bombs go off, and we come into the picture in 2018. We’ve done the best we can to honor the timelines that have been put into place and I think it ultimately feels very satisfying. If we've done our job properly, then this will be regarded as the statement of the time and the place and the where and the when and the why and the how. And it comes from a place of doing a lot of research with, you know, futurists, with scientists who talk about how long it would take the atmosphere to clear itself out so you could actually go back outside and do your thing. We're trying to just sort of amalgamate the three pictures and amalgamate the intention, and then answer that to the best of our ability. Again, there are certain things that are in stone. The T800 comes in 2029, you know. We're building towards that place. Therefore, if hardware should show up in 2018 that was supposed to be around in 2029, that's a problem for John Connor.
I definitely recommend the article - and no, it's not Christian-centric. :o)
The character Marcus has been talked about for a long time, with debates running about whether or not he's really the 'main' character of the movie and whether or not he's a true Terminator. (Marcus is played by Sam Worthington and is the other dude in the photo above.) I found an old bit from christian-bale.org that has some choice quotes from an Entertainment Weekly interview with Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek, and Moritz Borman (the three producers on the film):
The three go on to also clarify just exactly what Connor’s involvement is in the film, considering the rumor that he was just a supporting role. ANDERSON: John Connor is an ongoing, very central character throughout the next trilogy.
KUBICEK: Exactly. The mythology, really at the root of it, is the birth of the hero. John Connor is this modern-day, messianic figure that is going to lead our franchise forward.
ANDERSON: He’s leading the fight for the salvation of humanity against the machines. So he’s very important. “There’s gonna be another major co-star with kind of equal presence in this installment.” But who is this character? It’s not Arnold back as the Terminator, so who is it? “It is a new character introduced in the mythology that’s not replacing Arnold [Schwarzenegger]. It’s not like he’s stepping into Arnold’s shoes. It’s a completely new character.” Is it a Terminator at least? “No, not really. That’s one of the big twists…”
Obviously we won’t know the full answer to those questions until Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins arrives in theaters in 2009. But Kubicek teases, and confuses, with a bit more: “And it’s questionable if he’s an enemy or not. That’s not necessarily resolved.” However, to round things out and finalize the update, Derek Anderson delivers one final statement that definitely gets me excited. “It’s a really interesting time in the franchise because it’s where all the fans have always wanted the franchise to go, and it hasn’t to date, which is the post-apocalyptic world. It’s after judgment day. So because we’re in a different time in the mythology, it introduces a whole new set of circumstances and characters.”
I'm just glad the producers aren't sloughing John Connor off as a second banana. I'm excited for Marcus and Kyle Reese and all those guys but c'mon - John Connor is the whole point of the stupid movies!! He does save the world after all. What else does a guy have to do to get a little attention?
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CHUD (I know, it sounds gross but it stands for 'Cinematic Happenings Under Development') has
a couple snippets on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. They don't feature any actual quotes from real people associated with the movie but they still seem pretty legitimate. The first one is from June and deals with whether or not the Fallen of the title actually refers to the character of the same name. I posted about this earlier but this author actually cared enough to gather up some info on the character and blah de blah blah so here you go:
Some TransFans began speculating that the Fallen of the title was actually a character from Transformers comics, an ancient Transformer who seems to play the Devil in their mythology. (A dude called Primus is like God. I think. Maybe the better correlation is that the Fallen is like Darkseid).
The Transformers wiki provides backstory: At the dawn of time, Primus created new life, the 13 original Transformers, to crew his planetary form into battle against his eternal nemesis Unicron. One of these 13, his original name now lost to the mists of time, turned against his siblings, his creator, and his universe, and betrayed them all. ...this guardian of entropy became obsessed with the darker side of chaos and death, and in the black place these urges led him, the betrayer found a new god, more suited to his nature. He turned against Primus and became the Fallen. Now he is a being of power, darkness, and absolute dedication to Unicron.
Here's what Wikipedia says about him: Around 6.5 million years ago, a test of the experimental "space bridge" matter-transport system on Cybertron liberated the Fallen from his prison, and he materialised on Cybertron, where he quickly recruited the Chaos Trinity, three mystically-inclined Decepticons - Bludgeon, Mindwipe and Bugly - into his employ. Abducting Transformers that he identified as possessing "genetic potential" within their sparks - Grimlock, Blitzwing, Jetfire and Hot Spot - the Fallen planned to use their energies to awaken Primus from his self-imposed slumber, thereby alerting Unicron to his location, allowing the world-eater to renew hostilities with his old enemy. An attack from combined Autobot and Decepticon forces led by Shockwave and Prowl disrupted his plans, and Primus himself reached out and promptly destroyed the Fallen.
Ooh. I'm all atwitter. Anyhoo, the second piece is more current (posted yesterday in fact) and deals with a spoiler of sorts. Now, I don't want to ruin anything for anyone but seriously - did anyone really think Megatron wasn't coming back for the second movie? Oops. Secret spoiled. Eh. You'll live. Sooo... here's the scoop:
If the current incarnation of the script follows the beats of a previous incarnation (which did not feature The Fallen), Megatron may be getting brought back by the Autobots, who need him to conquer the new menace. But I've learned that this time he won't be that weird alien jet. This time he's a tank.
Megatron apparently was a tank in the Transformers Generation 2 comic or toys or something (I don't know, I just looked it up on Wikipedia and I still don't get it), so this has some precedent. I imagine this is as close as we'll get to seeing him be a gun, since the movies appear to eschew the sort of size shifting antics that the comics and cartoons embraced.
Somewhere, Wade and Robert are excited. My work is done.
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