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adventure
Kong: Skull Island
.
There’s a pretty impressive
cast meeting the great gorilla
this time around, including
man of the moment Tom
Hiddleston, Oscar-winner Brie
Larson, Samuel L. Jackson
(who is in everything), and John Goodman.
Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts spoke of
the enormous responsibility in continuing
and upholding Kong’s cinematic legacy, and
the trailer hinted at a more
fast-paced affair than Peter
Jackson’s overlong remake.
We already knew Guy Ritchie
was reimagining the Arthur
legend, but we didn’t expect the
trailer for
King Arthur: Legend
of the Sword
to contain CGI elephants,
creatures, bloody battles, and a hero out of
time who’s destined to wield Excalibur. But
then this is Guy Ritchie, so maybe we sort of
League universe assembling on the stage.
This was followed by the first footage from
Zack Snyder’s ensemble film uniting Batman,
Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Cyborg
and Aquaman. Needless to say, the crowd
went berserk.
Next came a more detailed look at the solo
Wonder Woman
movie, with director Patty
Jenkins joined by stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine
and Connie Nielsen. The first trailer was also
unveiled, which looks great but didn’t feature
the invisible jet, as far as we could see.
David Ayer and the cast of
Suicide Squad
were up next, with the director explaining
how he wanted to make a movie that looked
like a comic book, but also give the characters
as much focus as the visuals.
“This isn’t a movie about good versus evil,
it’s a movie about bad versus evil,” offered
Will Smith.
More Batman followed, albeit of the LEGO
variety, with director Chris McKay and voice
actor Will Arnett discussing
The LEGO
Batman Movie
and revealing an amusing
new trailer featuring a very naïve LEGO Robin
(voiced by Michael Cera).
With DC wrapped up, it was
on to another iconic movie
character: King Kong, who
makes his return in the action-
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Comic-Con fact...
French journalists always
seem to ask the most stupid
question at a press roundtable
2016
Comic-Con fact...
Both Captain America and
Wonder Woman celebrate their
75th anniversary this year – and
they still look great!