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Coming to Theaters: March 2017

March 3rd Logan : Hugh Jackman’s final performance as Wolverine is here. Encouraged by the success of Deadpool last year, 20th Century Fox is allowing this to be a rated R superhero movie, which means we might get some of the more violent bits of the Wolverine story that have been absent from the PG-13 X-Men movies up until this point. The trailers at the very least, have given the movie quite a different feel that earlier Wolverine movies. Slower and more grounded, the trailers make this movie look more like a tone poem than an action flick. Thought I’m sure there will still be plenty of action here. The movie’s going to be rated R for a reason. March 10th Kong: Skull Island : This more you think about this movie the stranger it is that it even exists. It’s a King Kong movie, but not a remake of the classic story, but one that instead focuses entirely on the time on the island. But it’s also set in the same universe as the 2014 Godzilla so that we can have a King Kong vs. Go...

The Disney Live Action Remake Saga

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It's Live action Remake mania over at the House of Mouse. It seems like you can't go one day without Disney announcing another live action version of one of their classic movies is now in development. With the success of Alice in Wonderland from Tim Burton (financial success at least) as well as last year's Maleficent and this year's Cinderella, Disney looks to be remaking their entire animation lineup in live action form as quickly as possible.   So for those who can't keep track, here's a quick rundown of every movie that's currently in development. The Jungle Book April 15th 2016 Ok so this one is really quite interesting.  See most people view Alice in Wonderland as the movie that really kicked off this whole live action remake trend. And it did, but it wasn't the first time that Disney remade their classic cartoons as live action movies. They did the same thing in the 90s, most famously with 101 Dalmatians but also with The Jungle Book. Twi...