This week we have a few new trailers and casting news on Tomb Raider, Space Jam 2 and The Wolverine 3. We’ve also got news on a QI spin of show of sorts. It’s all here at the octogeek.
Space Jam 2
The ‘Tune Squad’ is getting back together for another match of basketball. Hopefully this won’t get a red card and the franchise can reach the epic heights of the first movie. LeBron James (who I understand is a basketballer/actor last seen in Trainwreck with Amy Schumer) will be picking up the basketball gloves from Michael Jordon. Let’s hope he can score a hole in one with this and we don’t have to put him in the ‘sin bin’. Game, set and match.
The Wolverine 3
Out next march is Hugh Jackman’s last change to get a solo Wolverine move right. To be fair, he was always great it was the script that let the previous 2 down. We’ve obtained exclusive casting news that Steve Merchant will be joining the cast!* He’s be meeting up with Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook and Richard E Grant shortly to start filming.
*This is in no way exclusive casting news.
Bad Moms
Here’s a new one from the writers of The Hangover. Bad Moms. It’s like The Hangover only its with moms. In a trailer that just never seems to end. Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christina Applegate, Jada Pinkett Smith and Annie Mumolo say to hell with being good moms and decide to be, you’ve guessed it, bad moms. I would be amazed if there were any jokes left over for the film. They even had to film some extra ‘mom’ dancing as a sort of appetiser for the trailer so you know they’ve already mined all the comedy gold they can from the film. It’s tough being a mom right? Sometimes you just wanna put your feet up, get away from the kids for a couple days, maybe take a long weekend, maybe have a night out with just the girls. You could do all those things but we all know you really want to get f’d up at a highschool kegger, Tokyo Drifting muscle cars, spill cereal all over a 7/11, feed your kids salt, talk about bras and hashtag your karazy antics with #BADMOMMOMENT. This ones for the moms y’all.
I will concede however that that dog wearing the helmet is hilarious. I wish they wouldn’t put spoilers in the trailer though.
Tomb Raider
After the success of the new take on Tomb Raider in the past few videogames, it was kind of a no brainer to get the movies up and running again. A new era requires new blood and this time Ex Machina’s Alicia Vikander will be playing Lara Croft. The new film is being directed by Roar Uthaug, with Graham King producing. Is that really his name? Roar? Yep apparently it is. He’s Norwegian. Take that Bear Grills. That’s not even your real name, that’s just a snack for hungry um… bigger bears. They have no natural predators so this joke doesn’t really work. stupid Bear Grills.
The Punisher
Jon Bernthal’s portrayal of The Punisher in Netflix’s Daredevil was one of the highlights of season 2. Entertainment Weekly has reported what we were all expecting. Frank Castle is getting his own show. It’s being reported though that Hannibal’s Steve Lightfoot will be executive producing which can only be a good thing.
TMNT: Out of the shadows
There seems to be about 8 different trailers for films now. In my day bah blah bla. here’s the ‘final one’ for the new turtles movie which by the way looks boss.
No Such Thing as the News
Remember how Stephen Fry always refers to the team of QI elves working in the background but we never see them? Well BBC is giving them their own show. It’s being described as “fast, intelligent, hilarious television, completely unlike any other show on air” which “aims to do for the news what QI does for the universe at large.”
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