On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, Dennis Tzeng, Mark Ellis, and Jon Schnepp discuss the following:
The weekend box office results are in and it looks like the Adam Sandler led animated sequelHotel Transylvania 2has broken records by becoming the highest September debut with 47.5 million dollars to easily take first place this weekend. In 2ndplace with 18.2 million was another movie that debuted this weekend,The Internstarring Anne Hathaway and Robert Deniro. Last week’s number 1 filmMaze Runner: The Scorch Trialscame in at #3 with 14 million. In fourth place wasEverestwith 13 million, which expanded to over 3000 screens this past weekend. Rounding out the top 5 wasBlack Massstarring Johnny Depp which made 11.5 million in its 2ndweek.
Recently there have been some reports ofFurious 8having trouble finding a directordespite the huge financial success of the franchise. However star Vin Dieseltook to Facebook to clear up some of the rumors.
In a recent interview, Mark Millar, writer of theOld Man Logancomic book storyline and Fox Studios creative consultant,explained how anOld Man Loganmovie could workwithout some of the comic book storyline’s important supporting characters that are owned by Marvel.
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While promotingThe Martian, Matt Damon revealed in an interview thathe turned down the role ofDaredevilthat eventually went to his best friend Ben Affleck. Damon also added:
“If Chris Nolan came up to me and said, ‘I want to doDaredevil,’ I would be in. Just putting that out there.”
Lord of the RingsandGooniesstar Sean Astin was asked by TulsaWorld.com recently about the much talked about potentialGoonies 2and where the project stood. Astin gave the following thoughts:
“I have said and will always say, that it’s not a question of if, but rather of when the sequel gets made. The precise makeup of it, I have no idea. Whether I will be in it, no idea. Whether they would even want the original cast in it, no idea. But it doesn’t matter. It’s bigger, it’s actually bigger than everybody. It’s bigger than even Steven (Spielberg), who created it. It’s bigger than Richard Donner, who breathed such strong life into it. It’s now a part of American cultural lore, and the studio has a lot to gain from promoting it, so you can take it to the bank that people will get to enjoy it more.”
Joseph writes:
Hi guys! I was just wondering what press screening protocol is. Are you allowed to geek out or do you have to hold it in? Yes, this question is regardingStar Wars: The Force Awakens
Joe Gaunt writes:
Hello collider crew loving the new look I was wondering. Do you think HBO will put out the final episodes ofGame of Thronesseason 5 in IMAX as they did this past January? Thanks and bring on the filthy.
Carter writes:
Hey Collider Crew, Love the show and have been watching every day for the past year. I was looking up information about the upcomingSteve Jobsmovie when I noticed it currently has a 6.5 imdb rating. When I looked further I found that most of the ratings are either a 10 or a 1. My question is, why are all these people going and rating this movie a 1? I can only assume they haven’t even seen the movie because from everything I have heard so far it is a great movie. Thanks and keep up the awesome work.
