The Wolverine

 

The Wolverine is an upcoming American/Australian superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine and is intended to be the sixth installment in the X-Men film series. Hugh Jackman reprises his role from previous films as the title character, with James Mangold directing a screenplay written by Christopher McQuarrie, Scott Frank, and Mark Bomback, based on the 1982 limited series Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.

 

 

Christopher McQuarrie was hired to write a screenplay for The Wolverine in August 2009. In October 2010, Darren Aronofsky was hired to direct the film. The project was delayed following Aronofsky's departure and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. In June 2011, James Mangold was brought on board to replace Aronofsky and Mark Bomback was hired to rewrite the screenplay in September 2011. The supporting characters were cast in July 2012. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.

 

 

 

PREMISE

 

Set sometime after X-Men: The Last Stand, Logan travels to Japan, where he engages a mysterious figure from his past in a fight that has lasting consequences. Vulnerable for the first time, and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel, but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than ever before.

 

The Wolverine is scheduled to be released on July 24, 2013, in various international markets, July 25, 2013, in Australia and on July 26, 2013, in the United States.

 It’s title in Spanish-language territories is Wolverine: Immortal.

 

Also Known As

• Wolverine

• Wolverine 2

• Wolverine: The Samurai Story

• X-Men Origins: Wolverine Sequel

 

 

CAST

• Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine: a mutant and member of the X-Men

  • Hiroyuki Sanada as Shingen Yashida

• Hal Yamanouchi as Yashida

• Tao Okamoto as Mariko Yashida (daughter of Shingen)

• Rila Fukushima as Yukio

• Will Yun Lee as Kenuichio Harada / Silver Samurai

• Brian Tee as Noburo Mori

• Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper

• Famke Janssen as Jean Grey

Man of Steel: Superman (1/6th scale)

Hot Toys MMS200 Man of Steel: 1/6th Henry Cavill as Superman 12-inch Collectible Figure

Friday, June 14, 2013

By: http://toyhaven.blogspot.com/

  

 

 

It's about time! Man of Steel is one of the most anticipated blockbusters this summer. Directed by Zack Synder and produced by Christopher Nolan, Man of Steel will reboot the Superman franchise by giving audience a new look at the origin of the iconic superhero and his rise to become the protector of Earth and its people.

 

 

We are also excited to announce that the Hot Toys’ 200th collectible figure of the Movie Masterpiece Series goes to this one of the most well-known superheroes of all time. To celebrate this milestone, a 1:1 scale Kryptonian Command Key will be included with the Collectible Figure as an appreciation for all of our fans’ support over the years!

 

 

 

The movie-accurate collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Henry Cavill as Superman in the movie, featuring a highly detailed head sculpt, finely designed costume with embossed pattern and the iconic red cape.

 

 

Moms in an Uproar - MAKA (Mother's Against Kraft Ads)

Suggestive Kraft Ad Gets Moms in an Uproar

By: The Daily Meal (http://www.thedailymeal.com)

 

 

One Million Moms, a Christian advocacy group that aims to limit supposedly explicit content in the media, is in an uproar over a recent magazine advertisement for Kraft.

 

His name is Anderson Davis and he just made salad dressing sexy.

 

 

Photo Credits: Advertising Agency: TBWA\CHIAT\DAY. L.A.

 

The ad, featuring an almost naked man covered by a picnic blanket, led the group to state in a recent press release that "Christians will not be able to buy Kraft dressings or any of their products until they clean up their advertising…Who will want Kraft products in their fridge or pantry if this vulgarity is what they represent?"

 

 

Photo Credit: getmezesty.com

 

While, admittedly, the caption in the corner stating "Silverware Optional - Let's Get Zesty" is a bit suggestive and the accompanying link below "getmezesty.com" does sound like something you wouldn't really want to pop up in your Internet browser's history page, will the ad really "push away loyal, conservative customers" as the One Million Moms say? Or will it spice things up in the grocery store? Either way, Kraft is no longer just about salad dressings.

 

 

Related: Mothers Petition Against Kraft's Use of Artificial Food Dyes. PepsiCo Pulls 'Most Racist Ad in History' by Mountain Dew

 

 

Meet Anderson Davis, The Zesty Guy - Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing

Meet The Zesty Guy - Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing

By: Sylvia G

 

 

Credits: Advertising Agency: TBWA\CHIAT\DAY, LA.

 

His name is Anderson Davis and he just made salad dressing sexy in Kraft's newest commercial for Zesty Italian Salad dressing.

 

This dressing smells a lot like Old Spice.

Yeiner Perez

I really hope that Yeiner Perez (crazy naked San Francisco BART acrobat guy) gets all the help he needs.

Strange but true crime: 16th SF Bart Station

 

Video emerges of naked man accosting riders at BART station  

 

Yeiner Perez (photo courtesy of Bart Police)

A video emerged Monday depicting a bizarre incident at a San Francisco BART station last month, with a naked man accosting several passengers and doing flips, handstands, the splits and other gymnastic maneuvers on the BART turnstiles.

The video, recorded May 10 by a BART station agent at the 16th Street Mission Station, shows the man lunge at and attack several passengers, and at one point pound the ground while passengers step gingerly around him.

The video also shows a BART maintenance worker trying to block the man from getting close to passengers. The station agent recording the video helps one woman, who is visibly distressed, hide from the man in the booth.

“Oh my God, I cannot believe that,” the station agent is heard saying as the man does a handstand.

The man was identified by BART police as 24-year-old Yeiner Garizabalo. Friends said Tuesday he goes by Yeiner Perez and is a dedicated acrobat and performer. The episode, they said, was strongly out of character.

“He’s been through a lot of stress — he seems to have been having a breakdown,” said Slim Chance, who leads the Berkeley circus troupe ClownSnotBombs. Perez was a member from January to early May. “That seems to be the tip of it right there. I just can’t tell you anything more because I don’t really know what his state is. It’s not at all like his normal character.” Chance said Perez, normally a “workaholic acrobat,” stopped showing up to the group’s practices several days before the episode.

“I don’t think it was anything with drugs,” Chance said. “I don’t know. We’re thinking he may have even had a stroke sometime last year. We’ve been trying to piece it together ourselves.”

A version of the video, edited by the Chronicle to remove some nudity, is below. It still contains nudity and profanity, so please view with caution. (The original version can be viewed @ http://bcove.me/t4nbvlml)

Both the station agent and the maintenance worker followed protocol and “handled it in the proper way,” said BART spokesman Jim Allison.

Allison praised the actions of the maintenance worker, calling him “the real hero.” BART officials took the maintenance worker out to dinner and gave him a day off with pay for stepping in, Allison said.

The station agent can be heard in the video asking why police officers took so long to arrive. Allison said BART police were not nearby and came as quickly as they could — in seven minutes.

San Francisco police arrived first and arrested Perez without much struggle, said Officer Wilson Ng, a department spokesman. BART police arrived a minute later and made the official police report, Allison said.

One elderly woman injured her back when she was pushed by Perez, Allison said. The maintenance worker, Allison said, was also kicked and pushed several times.

Perez was taken to California Pacific Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation and then was kept by the facility on an emergency psychiatric hold, Allison said. He was later released, though Allison did not know when. BART police have issued a warrant for his arrest on suspicion of misdemeanor battery.

A BART workers’ union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, used still images of the incident in a six-minute video describing the job hazards of working for BART — an effort to gain leverage in ongoing contract negotiations.



Posted By: Ellen Huet | Jun 11 at 5:28 pm
Listed Under: Strange but true crime |

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

New 'Hobbit' trailer features Smaug, return of Orlando Bloom's Legolas

By KATE STANTON, UPI.com

 

The trailer for the next "Hobbit" film features our first real look at Smaug, the Lonely Mountain's treasure-hoarding dragon.

 

 

  Warner Brothers has finally released the first trailer for "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," the second film in Peter Jackson's planned trilogy for J.R.R. Tolkien's single "Lord of the Rings" prequel.

 

 

  The first film, "An Unexpected Journey," received mixed reviews for what some critics thought was an overly long and slow-paced take on Tolkien's famous work. That film ended with an ominous first look at Smaug's eye, but viewers finally get a longer (albeit silent) glimpse of the terrifying and greedy dragon at the end of this trailer. Fans will have to wait a little longer to hear a peep from the Smaug, who will be voiced by "Star Trek Into Darkness" villain, Benedict Cumberbatch.

 

 

  Other notable trailer appearances include the return of Legolas, the lithe and handsome archer from "The Lord of the Rings" series. Evangeline Lilly also shows up as elf warrior Tauriel, a character created just for "The Hobbit." "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug" hits theaters December 13.

 

 

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