Idris Elba confirms he will be back for Thor 2. Does the Prometheus soundtrack listing reveal major plot points? Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity gets delayed. A Robert Heinlein classic is getting adapted. Plus what's ahead on the next season of The Vampire Diaries!
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from Prometheus.
Iron Man 3
Iron Man and Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau confirms he will still be involved in the production process now that Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang director Shane Black has taken over:
Yeah, down in Wilmington, it's starting to shoot in a couple weeks. I was just talking to Shane Black and Downey and look, I think it's a really smart way to go. After Avengers, you want to start with something really bold and inspired, and if you've ever seen Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang you've seen that when Downey and Shane get together, interesting and unexpected things happen, and I'm happy to see that it's taking a bit of a tonal shift from The Avengers and it's going to be something completely different and exciting, and I'm happy to be a part of it.
What kind of tonal shift? Darker?
No, just a little bit more offbeat, I'd say. Shane and Robert definitely have an original point of view and an original take on the character, and I think it delves deeper into what makes Tony Stark tick and plays on the unexpected original unpredictable quality of the character that I think fans gravitate to.Are you going to be involved on a daily basis?
I'll be very involved on that one. I've already been talking to them and I feel a tremendous connection to that franchise and that character, and I'm very proud to see it moving forward in a way that re-enforces that story.
Thor 2
The Wire and Luther star Idris Elba confirms he will be back as Heimdall:
Yes, I am. I'm definitely going to do my man in a suit film.
What are you most excited about getting to do in the sequel?
I'd just like to get to know him a bit more. Who is Heimdall? He guards the gate. Okay. Is there anything else? I don't know what is in the script because I haven't read it yet. But, the audience has responded to Asgard and wants to know more about who lives there and what it's about. I'm sure, if they do that, Heimdall will be featured more.
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The Amazing Spider-Man
True Blood
Revolution
Iron Man director Jon Favreau directed the pilot for the upcoming NBC series from J.J. Abrams and Supernatural creator Eric Kripke. He describes the post-energy world of the show, which just released its first trailer:
Yeah, we wanted to make it actually hopeful, even though that doesn't sound like it really fits with the dystopian world that postapocalyptic stories are usually set against. But the feeling was that there was a whole younger generation that grew up without power, and that when nature begins to reclaim what we've built — whether it's cities, you see the city of Chicago 15 years after it's been all but abandoned — you see that the plants start to grow back over things and there's a lushness and a greenness, and the green shoots of new life that have come over society. So it's kind of an interesting, different spin on it that was something we really did and planned for and discussed.
How much involvement will you have with the show going forward?
I'm going to be involved. I'm going to be a producer on the show, and I'm as soon as I'm done out here, I'm going to go back and hit the writers room and Eric is going to be breaking stories for the new season with J.J. and myself, and then hopefully either direct or be involved some way for future episodes.
666 Park Avenue
Here's the official description for ABC's newly picked up supernatural series:
666 Park Ave. features a young couple (Dave Annabele, Rachael Taylor) who accept an offer to manage one of the most historic apartment buildings in New York City as they unwittingly begin to experience supernatural occurrences that complicate and endanger the lives of everyone in the building. Based on the book by Gabriella Pierce. Lost‘s Terry O'Quinn, Vanessa Williams, Mercedes Masohn, Robert Buckley and Helena Mattsson co-star; Erik Palladino appears in the pilot.
The Vampire Diaries
Executive producer Julie Plec says there's pretty much no way out - Elena is going to become a vampire:
They're going to try to pull out all the stops to try to prevent it when we come back, but I think the writing is on the wall as far as her journey.
In the past, Elena's been very adamant about not wanting that life. How will this affect her?
It's going to affect her in a lot of ways. It changes everything for her. It's not going to be easy. It's going to be a struggle. It's going to illuminate a lot of things about who she is, and it's going to screw with her head and her emotions. It's going to be tough. But the beauty of Elena is now we'll get to see her try to rise above it and be a champion in spite of this. We'll see how hard that is and how long it takes her to become a functioning vampire, if at all.Given how crazy her life has become and all the supernatural elements in it, was this inevitable for Elena?
Yeah, I think so. Who knows if the books hadn't turned her into a vampire at the end of book one if we would have gone down this road or if it never would have occurred to us to go down this road? That's hard to say. But when [executive producer Kevin Williamson and I] signed on to this project, we did know that, at some point, we would be turning her. It really just was a matter of when. It's definitely the next chapter in her story.
There's more at the link. [TV Line]
Tron Uprising
Tron: Legacy writers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis discuss why the animated spin-off Tron Uprising allows them to go deeper into this virtual world:
Horowitz: In writing Tron: Legacy, we had two hours to tell a story and a world that was so exciting and rich to explore. Tron: Uprising has been an amazing opportunity to explore the time between Legacy, when we see Clu overthrow Flynn and Sam's arrival at the beginning, and take that time period and really go out into the Grid and see what happens.
Kitsis: When we wrote the movie, you would see a scene where they would pass through other sectors, and we always wanted to explore one of those sectors. So, for us, Tron: Uprising really explores the Grid, what it means to be a Program, what it means to be a Program going from living under Flynn to living under Clu, and we really get to dig deep into the world. This will allow us to really explore it in a deeper way. Not deeper than the movie, but we really get to explore the little sections of the Grid that we didn't have time to show you.
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Teen Wolf
Here are some promo photos for the second season of the MTV series that prominently involves both werewolves and lacrosse, yet tragically is somehow not about werewolf lacrosse. [SpoilerTV]
Additional reporting by Ben Vrignon and Charlie Jane Anders.