So Who Is Peter Quill's Father? Here's One Fan's Thoughts On The Matter...

I know, I already used this picture once this week, but I really like it, especially the little baby Groot standing on Drax's shoulder.  But that's not what this is going to be about.  Instead, I wanted to throw out this theory on who Peter Quill's father is going to be in the the sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.  I'm not sure who the idea first came from, but I thought that it was interesting enough to mention it.  If it turns out that this actually happens, it will seriously shake things up for the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

We've already been told that Thanos won't be appearing in any more films until Avengers: Infinity Wars 1 & 2 come out, but what if what of his family members makes an appearance?  I mean, besides Gamora and Nebula, but they aren't actually related to him.

According to the Marvel comic books, Thanos was born to Alars (later to be called Mentor) and Sui-San, the last surviving Eternal on Titan after war broke out.  Thanos was a mutant child, not resembling his parents at all.  His younger brother, on the other hand, did.  This handsome younger brother to Thanos was called Eros.  While Thanos later became obsessed with the cosmic embodiment of death, Eros had the "natural ability to excite pleasure in others."  He would travel around the universe searching for adventure and romance.  He even made it to Earth at one point.  See where I'm going with this?

What if Quill's father ends up being Eros?  How messed up would that be?  First off, the whole Quill and Gamora thing would turn into a Luke kissing Leia sort of thing, right?  At least, they aren't actually related to one another, but they'd still be cousins, right?  And that would make Thanos Quill's uncle!

Like I said, this is just one theory that someone put out there, but I thought I'd share it with everyone.  I wouldn't put it past James Gunn to shake things up like this, either.  He can make pretty much anything work in a movie for him.

So what do you think?  To far out there, or plausible?  Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 arrives in theaters May 5, 2017.

Who Should They Get To Play Cable?

We all know that Cable will be appearing in the next Deadpool movie.  As I've stated before, this is a great move.  With the X-Men move franchise winding down their second trilogy, new movies are going to be needed to keep the universe that they've created fresh and interesting to audiences.  We know that there's a Gambit movie in the works, there's the third and final Wolverine stand alone movie that's getting made, a New Mutants movie that's in production, and of course, the sequel to Deadpool.  The sequel to Deadpool is the most important one out of the group that's going to be made.  Why, you ask?  Let me explain...

The Gambit movie is going to be kind of a gamble.  He's never appeared in an X-Men movie (okay, he did appear in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but we've all written that movie off) and we don't know if Magic Mike...er, Channing Tatum will be able to pull this role off.  The Wolverine movie may do well in the theaters, but it's also going to be Hugh Jackman's last time playing this character, so if it does well...so what?  We'll never get another one with him in it.  The New Mutants is iffy for no other reason than nobody outside of the comic book community knows anything about them, so what will be the draw?  On the other hand, you have a great movie in Deadpool, and with the same writers coming back for the sequel, you'll have the same tone and comedy.  Since we know that Cable will be a part of the next film, this gives 20th Century Fox a chance to lay the ground work for their next franchise series, X-Force.  But who should they get to play Cable?  I have two suggestions for the role.

The first suggestion is Ron Pearlman.  He is the go-to badass when it comes to playing these roles. He has the build, the look, and the personality to pull it off.  He'd be perfect for playing off Ryan Reynold's Wade Wilson's sense of humor.  This guy needs to be seriously considered.

The next person is Stephen Lang, who also can pull off the "Cable" look.  He's got the age, the grit, and the attitude.  We've seen him pull this role off in Avatar, and can definitely pull off the seasoned war veteran character. 

So who do you think would be a good actor to play Cable?  Leave your thoughts in the comments section below, or you can leave them on the Comconoclast Facebook page.  Curious to hear what everyone else has to think on this subject!

Oh, and in case you want to know what Keira Knightly would look like as Cable (see Deadpool!) here's a picture:

New Cast Members Announced For Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

How cool is that picture, right?

So Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has officially begun filming, and not only are we going to get another great space comedy/adventure film, but we will be seeing some new faces in it as well.  The cast's original crew have all returned, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper, as well as Glenn Close, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, and Sean Gunn who will all be reprising their roles from the first film.  The interesting news that came out were the additions that will be appearing.

First off, Pom Klementieff has been hired to play Mantis, who will become the newest member of the crew.  Elizabeth Debicki has been signed to play a role that has yet to be revealed.  Newcomer Chris Sullivan's role is the same way.  Lastly, it was announced that Kurt Russell will be joining the cast as Peter Quill's father. Having said that, he will not be playing J-Son King of Spartax, who is Quill's father in the comic books.  Who he'll be in the film, though, isn't known yet.  Super Director James Gunn sounds pretty excited to start filming the sequel.  Here's what he had to say about the film on his Facebook page:

"Official photography on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has started, and I couldn't be more stoked. 

My favorite movie as a small child was The Strongest Man in the World, so I'm glad to announce that, yes, Kurt Russell has joined our cast and, yes, he is more awesome a dude than I ever could have imagined.

The last few days around here with him and our other new cast members, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, and Chris Sullivan, have been some of the best of my life.  I never thought anyone was missing from our island of misfit toys, but now that these folks are here there feels like there was.

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, and Glen Close are all returning.

We'll have more surprises for you in the coming months.  But, for now, this will have to do.

I have to get back to set!

Have a great day, everybody."
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 comes out on May5, 2017.  Waaaay too long to wait!

Todd McFarlane Finishes Script For Spawn Movie

The last time Spawn hit the silver screen was back in 1997, nearly twenty years ago, and it's taken fans nearly that long to get the bad taste out of their mouths after watching it.  It was horrible, and something that we'd all soon forget ever happened.  Thank Gawd that we won't have to live through that again!  Wait...what?  Todd McFarlane is writing another script for another Spawn movie?  Here we go again.

Okay, I'm being very unfair to Mr. McFarlane.  I honestly do not blame him for that lousy film.  Yes, he was credited as being one of the writers, but he wasn't the director, something that he's hoping to do this time around.  Not only that, but the same year that the movie came out HBO aired an animated Spawn series that completely knocked it out of the park!  It was exactly what Spawn fans were wanting, and what we were hoping to get with the movie.  If you haven't seen the animated series yet, it's available on DVD and Bluray.

So after twenty years since the first movie came out, Mr. McFarlane is hoping to get it right this time around.  Here's what he had to say about the upcoming film:

"I've finished the script, and I'm in the process of editing.  It's 183 pages, and [producers] usually like 120. I still think it's going to end up being about 140, because I'm putting in details for myself.  I want to keep it small, keep it tight, so they'll let me direct it!  I need to get him back up on the big screen again to make him relevant in a big way, which we will do."

Then he continued:

"I’d put it more into the horror/suspense/supernatural genre. If you take the movie The Departed meets Paranormal Activity, something like that…In the background, there’s this thing moving around, this boogeyman. That boogeyman just happens to be something that you and I, intellectually, know is Spawn. Will he look like he did in the first movie? No. Will he have a supervillain he fights? No. He’s going to be the specter, the ghost. "

Being able to direct something that you write seems important to McFarlane because only then will he be able to get out of it what he sees it looking like in his head.  Handing the director's chair over to someone else will lose that vision.  So Todd, I'm crossing my fingers for you.  Hope you get the chance to direct your script. 

There's no release date for the film yet, but they are hoping to start production for the film later this year, putting it as a release sometime in 2017.  I'll keep you posted as more information come out.

This Is Why James Gunn Is One Of My Favorite Movie Makers!

I know what you're thinking.  Why do I have a picture from the Deadpool movie when it sounds like I'm going to be talking about James Gunn (a.k.a. Super Director) in this blog?  Simple!  He so artfully and eloquently explained/defended the success of the movie while teaching a "Hollywood suit" why he's an idiot for his comments on the Deadpool film.  Keep biting the hand that feeds you, Gunn!  They won't touch you, not with your successful track record!  This guy is great!

Okay, here's how it all started.  After it was announced that after only three days in theaters, Deadpool pulled in $150 million domestically, and over $282 million internationally, Deadline published an article by someone that Cinemablend.com refers to as a "Hollywood suit."  The article went on to say that "said-suit" had "complimented Deadpool for having a 'self-deprecating tone' and said that Marvel Studios would never make fun of themselves like that."  Okay, this killjoy sounds a little jealous over the success of Deadpool.  Nobody likes a sore loser, bub.  So now Mr. James Gunn decides to respond to this person's comments, and he does so in such an epic fashion!  Please note, I tried to edit some of the words for the sake of our younger readers, but you'll get the idea:

"COME THE F*CK ON. That's no reason to rewrite history. This quote has to have been said by the dumbest f*cking Hollywood exec in the history of dumb f*cking Hollywood execs. Let's ignore Guardians for a moment, a movie that survives from moment to moment building itself up and cutting itself down - God knows I'm biased about that one. But what do you think Favreau and Downey did in Iron Man? What the f*ck was Ant-Man??! … Deadpool was its own thing. THAT'S what people are reacting to. It's original, it's damn good, it was made with love by the filmmakers, and it wasn't afraid to take risks."

New...favorite...director...ever!  Gotta love a guy that not only does great work, but defends other people that do great work, whether or not they are a part of the movie studio that you work for/with.  A great movie is just that...a great movie, no matter who produces it.  But "Hollywood suits" only see dollar signs, and not what was actually created.  Has this guy even seen the movie, or just the returns?  My guess is that it's the latter.

So go see Deadpool, which is in theaters now, and make sure that you go see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 which comes out May 5, 2017.  See it to show your support for Gunn, but more importantly, go see it because it will be great.

Did You Ever Wonder How The Ferris Bueller After Credit Scene Came To Be?

One of the best parts of the Deadpool movie had to be the after credits scene that paid homage to the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  Why did they do this?  Well, it's quite simple.  Ferris Bueller broke through the fourth wall the entire movie, and that's exactly what Deadpool did.  Here's what one of the writer/producers, Rhett Reese, had to say on the scene:

"Ferris Bueller is obviously famous for many things, one of them is breaking the fourth wall, so it just kind of clicked in my head, like, ‘What if Deadpool is in the robe, and he’s walking down the hallway.’ We wrote it, and everyone was like, ‘My God, this is it.’ Because we had all these grand plans for codas and cameos and so on and so forth, and we were like, this is it."

And the rest, as they say, is history.  Chuga Chuga!

The Next Big Movie To Be Released Is Batman v Superman

Warner Brothers and DC have to be getting a little nervous with the upcoming premier of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, especially after the incredible debut of Deadpool!  Early indicators had predicted that Deadpool would pull in only $60 - $70 million in it's opening weekend, but after pulling in $47.5 million opening night, and continuing strong throughout the weekend, it's four day total is looking to be closer to $155+ million when all is said and done.  And Deadpool was made only spending $58 million.  It's looking to take in triple what it took to film!  That's pretty amazing!  I wonder how much Batman v Superman cost to make?

The answer to that last question is $131 million, and unlike the extremely positive reviews that Deadpool had received in it's early screenings, Batman v Superman hasn't been so lucky.  In fact, the only thing that people who've seen the early screenings have said they like about the movie is Ben Affleck's Batman.  You'll notice that going into the final stretch of advertising there is going to be more of a focus on Batman than on anybody else, including Superman.  Executive producers are beginning to worry that the dark and brooding world of the DC cinematic universe isn't appealing to audiences.  That's not to say that it won't be a huge success, people can't wait to see Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman on the same screen at the same time.  Not only that, but we'll also get to see Aquaman, Cyborg, and the Flash as well.  The only one that won't be making an appearance will be Green Lantern...or will he?

There's a rumor going around that Green Lantern will actually be making an appearance in the movie, at least, one of the Green Lanterns will be making an appearance in the film.  Since we know that the upcoming Green Lantern movie will actually be called The Green Lantern Corps, it could possibly be a number of different Green Lanterns that will show up, but the most likely candidate is Hal Jordan.  The rumor goes on to say that Dan Amboyer will be playing this role.  In the film, his character credit is only "drone pilot."  Hmmm...a pilot...

Whatever happens happens, right?  And we won't have to wait long to find out if it's going to be a huge hit or a disaster.  Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice comes out March 23, 2016.