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Marvel’s Iron Fist Casts Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing





Marvel has announced that The Force Awakens and Game of Thrones actress Jessica Henwick has landed the role of the Netflix Iron Fist show’s female lead, and it’s great news for fans of the comics: she’ll be playing international ass-kicker Colleen Wing.

Henwick, best known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in Game of Thrones and as X-Wing pilot Jessika Pava in The Force Awakens, will play Colleen, one of Danny Rand’s oldest friends, and a frequent supporting character in the Power Man and Iron Fist series since her debut in 1974. (And yes, since her Game of Thrones co-star Finn Jones has been cast as Iron Fist, that means the Martells and the Tyrells are more or less teaming up to fight crime in Hell’s Kitchen.)

A samurai-turned-detective, Colleen frequently partnered up with Misty Knight, who we know will be in Luke Cage, played by Simone Missick. Just as Danny and Luke teamed up as the Heroes for Hire, Misty and Colleen started an investigative agency together and became known as the Daughters of the Dragon. If Netflix is looking for an idea for another Marvel TV series to do after The Defenders, they could do much, much worse.

As Wing, Henwick will likely be part of Iron Fist from early on. According to an Entertainment Weekly report, the series will open with Danny Rand arriving in New York having already mastered his Iron Fist powers — likely meaning that his origin will be delivered in flashback throughout the series (a’la Daredevil and Jessica Jones before him). In stepping into the role, Henwick becomes the first actress to play the character, one of Marvel’s more prominent second-tier players in live-action. The early casting also makes it hypothetically possible for her to appear in Luke Cage as well, though no indication has yet been made that this is the case.

 

Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in full costume, along with Baron Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor)

 

'Batman V Superman Box Office Drops Record 81% Friday-to-Friday'

This is what I meant, when I said the 2nd weekend will be the test for the movie.

This might make Warner Brothers put Justice League on pause, while they reassess their cinematic universes future.

http://screenrant.com/batman-v-superman-box-office-drop-off/

The movie has also fell off in the important Chinese market. It slipped from 1st to 4th place, on it's 2nd weekend.

http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/batman-v-superman-china-box-office-1201744114/

 

I don't think they will. They are too focused on trying to play catch up with Marvel.

Rather than a Batman/Superman movie this should have been a Man of Steel sequel that further fleshed out Superman and his motivations, introduced Lex Luthor and fleshed out his anti-Superman motivations and introduced the fact that there are other heroes/metahumans out there (mentioning there was a Batman operating in Gotham for the last 20 years or a mysterious warrior woman/women have appeared over several decades to aid in various war related crises or an ongoing modern "myth" about Atlantis and beings from the sea).

They should have however taken a page out of the Marvel play book as far as introducing and building their key characters involved in Justice League in solo movies for this cinematic universe prior to a Justice League movie. (No more Batman movies however. We learn bits and pieces about his mythos in other movies, then would see him for the first time in an official Trinity movie that would bring him, Superman and Wonder Woman together for the first time prior to a Justice League movie.)

 

That would have been cool, but since they are so far behind Marvel, they are forced to rush and cram their stories and characters together. But they still could have pulled it together if they had chosen a better creative team.

 

These costumes are legit.

 

I'm not sure I agree. Marvel had to do things the way they did. Rember, all of their starting lineup was liscened to other studios. Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and to a lesser extent Captain America are all Marvel's "B" team. As far as the general public goes, they're not on the level of Spiderman or The X-Men.They needed those solo movies to create interest in the idea of an Avengers movie. Outside of comic book readers, the general public weren't looking for that team-up. People had to be educated to create that thirst.

Now, Warner Brothers, on the other hand, had it made. They had the worlds two most recognizable superheroes of all time all to themselves. Everyone knew Superman. Everyone knew Batman. And, a huge number of people outside of the comic book world (especially the all important female demographic) knew about Wonder Woman. There's been aticipation for a Batman/Superman team up on the big screen since that easter egg in that Will Smith movie. Throw Wonder Woman in there and it was a total no brainer. There was a built in audience for that flick just salavating for opening day. The idea of the movie sells itself. Think about how lack luster those trailers were.No where near as exciting as Civil War or Deadpool. But, it didn't matter. We all knew we were going to see that movie no matter what.

All WB had to do was make a good movie. Unfortunately, for us, they didn't. The movie wasn't bad. It was just an okay movie with great looking action. They gave us the superhero equivalent of a Transformers flick. After the Nolan Batman movies, we were expecting something much more substantial.

They could've done everything they wanted to do with this movie had they made sure they had a better script and exercised more control over Snyder. They could've told the exact same story. They just needed to make sure Snyder told a good, solid story that made sense in that world and it would've been hearlded as the best movie of the genre.

Hopefully, they'll learn their lesson and get it right with the Justice League film. That needs to have the epicness of a Lord Of The Ring story. Anything less will be another disappointment.

 

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Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for its animated adaptation of Batman: The Killing Joke, due out later this year.

 

I believe that the next film should have a plot that is completely different. A story no one knows anything about other than the characters. In that film, there has to be an event that will be so unexpected and surprising, it would be discussed for years to come. I believe that the Batman/Superman conflict is old news and it's boring me. Like in the animated Batman/Superman: Public Enemies, Batman and Superman buried the hatchet and focused on saving the world.

 

I've always thought that Benedict would play an excellent Sith Lord.

 

This is going to be a good one. The comic version was wonderful. I just hope that is Mark Hamil on the other side like they said.

 

And that is the problem in a nutshell. Warner Brothers was banking on the name brands of both Superman & Batman alone. That works when you're only establishing a self contained individual superhero franchise like they have done for last 30 + years with both characters on the big screen. Now they are doing a shared universe and they need to have more than a good movie in order to sell the the entire universe. They need good superhero movies. PERIOD. Especially for the non-comic reading audience to keep them hooked.

 

WB Says They're Not Concerned With BATMAN v SUPERMAN Drop

While certain comic book fans and film sites are reveling in the second weekend drop in Batman v Superman's box office haul, Warner Bros. appears unfazed. With a 68% drop in its second weekend, Dawn of Justice grossed another $52 million domestically and $85 million in international markets. The film's box office total now stands at $681 million worldwide. Though the drop off was larger than expected, the film is still currently projected to reach the $1 billion mark before finishing up its run (unless there's more colossal drop offs) and that's exactly what WB is focusing on. Warner Bros. domestic distribution chief Jeff Goldstein provided this response to The Hollywood Reporter concerning Dawn of Justice's box office performance.


"We’re not concerned with the drop. No matter how you slice it, to get to $52 million on any given weekend is an enormous accomplishment. We’re most focused on where we are in total. And our global number is huge."

Early reports swayed most into thinking that $800 million was the magic number Dawn of Justice needed to earn at the box office in order to break even. However, WB later refuted that figure by stating it was inflated, leading many to believe that the actual break-even number was closer to $750 million. Still even, if the actual number IS $800 million, Batman v Superman is virtually a lock to surpass that total, with even the most pessimistic estimates calling for Dawn of Justice to finish between $900-$925 million.

 

Daisy Ridley & John Boyega Star Wars Rap
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Of course they say that. They want to save face.

I guess WB has too much pride to admit they are disappointed. This also means they probably are to stubborn to cut their losses with the direction their cinematic universe is heading.

What they seem to fail to recognize is that a lot of people (myself included) BvS was the 2nd chance for the Snyder-verse movies. And we probably won't be coming back for Justice League.

 

You have to wonder who they were targeting when they wrote it and directed it.

 

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That was a pretty cool short film. I posted it and several more over in my "good Short Films" thread a while back.

Check them out and add more as you run across them. I love shorr films.

http://www.whitewomenblackmen.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27739

 

Wow great short great cast. I've often thought about this they really need to make this a full length movie or a show. Wonder if they have a kickstarter.