Full-Length Trailer For Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' Gives Us A Better Idea Of What The Movie Is About

Say what you want about Christopher Nolan's style of film making, or his much more grounded and gritty take on Batman, but there's no denying the man has talent. While for many fans, it's still hard to imagine a world where Nolan is no longer directing The Dark Knight films, and Christian Bale won't be the man donning the cape and cowl, but the world keeps turning regardless. Now Nolan's ready to take the first step in his post-Batman career with his new film Interstellar, and while we knew little about it's plot before hand, we now have our first full-length trailer for the film that certainly clears the air for us.

Below is the first trailer for Christopher Nolan's Interstellar:

Director Christopher Nolan has become one of those filmmakers that people are always waiting to see what he'll do next, and especially now with his full focus on solo film efforts rather than comic book films. The last time we got a non-Batman related film from Nolan, we got the engaging psychological thriller Inception, which not only featured a star-studded cast lead by Leonardo DiCaprio, but a near flawless story that is easily recognizable by any film goer. Like Inception, Interstellar's plot has pretty much been shrouded in mystery since the moment it was announced, and although we get a lot more from this new trailer, Nolan still remains keen on keeping the secrets of the film out of the public eye for now, which was one of the marketing ploys that helped make Inception so impactful.

So of course, it comes as no surprise that considering how much footage this new trailer gave us (At least compared to the few snippets the last trailer did) much of the film's plot is still very vague. We've no for quite some time that the movie would be focused on astronauts in space, but it seems now that a lot of the narrative will actually be taking place on Earth. From what we know of the plot, the film will focus on a shortage of food supply on Earth, and an engineer named Coop (McConaughey) is then recruited to join an astronaut (Hathaway) on a mission into a wormhole, which some how holds the key to Earth's survival. It certainly sounds like an interesting yet simple idea on paper, but taking into consideration that this is a Nolan film, we can expect a space film much less straightforward than this past year's Gravity.

If there's one thing Nolan's films have always had, it's a variety of talent on both ends of the camera. Interstellar is yet another writing collaboration between Nolan and his brother Jonathan (Person of Interest), who worked with Chris on the scripts for the last two Dark Knight films, and The Prestige. And in front of the camera, Nolan has assembled an outstanding line-up of world class actors, including some of his frequent collaborators. But most notable are Anne Hathaway and Matthew McConaughey as the film's two leads, both of whom have more than proven themselves in the last few years. McConaugheyespecially has been gaining a lot of traction with his career, which has included an Oscar win for Dallas Buyer's Club. It seems McConaughey will make a reasonable substitute for Leonardo DiCaprio as Nolan's new leading man.

So what do you think of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar? Do you think this may be his first dud, or his next Inception? Let us know below!

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Zac Efron May Be Up For A Role In A Future Marvel Studios' Project, But What Character Could He Be Playing?

Well apparently Zac Efron and Channing Tatum must've taken some kind of seminar together on how to further their career past being simply eye candy for women. Like Tatum did with 21 Jump Street, Efron recently proved himself to be quite a fitting comedic actor in the R-rated Neighbors, and now (Once again like Tatum), Efron may be taking his turn at a superhero role. So now that Fox has tapped Tatum to play Gambit in their upcoming X-Men films, Marvel Studios has apparently  set their sites on Efron for an upcoming superhero role of his own.

Latino-Review has revealed that Marvel is interested in signing on Efron as a character in one of their upcoming major franchises. While this may just be a rumor that will see fade away, it's worth noting that for the most part, LR has been on point with many of their casting announcements (Such as Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron). That being said, it's still unknown what specific role or franchise Marvel wants to have Efron join, yet the actor's star power is certainly something the studio can use wisely from a marketing stand point.

Theories as to what character Efron could be playing have been all over the place, but as of yet there's been two very popular ones; Daredevil and Doctor Strange. Daredevil has already been brought to the big screen in the past (Played our new Batman Ben Affleck), but will now be getting the small screen treatment thanks to a partnership between Marvel and Netflix. The show has yet to cast it's lead of Matt Murdock, and an announcement seems eminent at this point, leading many to come to the conclusion that Efron may be the guy Marvel wants for the job.

As for Doctor Strange, Kevin Fiege has practically confirmed he'll be getting a solo film in Phase 3 of the MCU, and is another important role Marvel has yet to cast. There's already been word about how Marvel's planning on making Strange the new face of the Marvel franchises, with Robert Downey Jr.'s day as Tony Stark dwindling down. While the character is much older in the comics than Efron, it makes sense that Marvel is looking for someone younger to build the MCU around. Personally though, the role Efron seems most suitable for is that of Richard Rider aka Nova. With Guardians of the Galaxy only months away, Marvel has already shown interest in expanding their cosmic universe and making a sequel to Guardians. Rider is a key character in Marvel's cosmic universe, and could make for a great addition in the sequel. Not to mention how great it'd be to see the bromance between Chris Pratt's Star Lord and Efron's Rider.

So what do you think about the possibility of Zac Efron playing a Marvel character? Is there a specific character you'd like to see him portray? Let us know below!

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Review: Godzilla - Is Gareth Edward's Able To Give Fans A Triumphant Return For The King Of The Monsters

Upon visiting the movie theater to watch the newest installment to a film franchise that has been around for years, the thoughts of the movie were very limited. With the "King of the Monsters" being shown in only wisp within the trailer, many could not fathom whether or not they would truly get to experience Godzilla in all his glory. Many fans still haven't completely recovered from Roland Emmerich's ridiculous 1998 attempt at bringing the character back in a mainstream blockbuster. But thankfully, to give an honest perspective on the matter: this film gives you what you need and handles it perfectly.

Godzilla follows a chief engineer at the Janjira power plant in Japan named Joe Brody, and husband and father he begins to notice abnormal seismic behavior. As a result of this, the plant suffers a major meltdown, causing severe damage. Five years later, Brody finds himself still looking for answers, obssessed with figuring out what truly caused the accident at Janjira. Once Brody takes things too far and is arrested, his son Ford (A member of the US Navy) most travel to Japan to set his father free. But along his journey, Ford realize's their may be more to his father Joe's theories than anyone originally believed. 

To begin touching upon the acting, Bryan Cranston as Joe Brody was not bad, at times it seemed that his emotional concern did not necessarily touch the audience, for example: "You guys are hiding something and I have the right to know" was a moment that should have emotionally hit the audience, yet  it was simply blown over due to the lack of character importance. Yet other than that he served as a good introduction to the film and the worlds perspective on Godzilla. Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the film felt emotionally dull, in certain situations where he should have been freaking out or leaving streaks within his pants, he simply seemed immune to the situation occurring around him. After a while I found myself asking whether or not he was Batman because despite him being a veteran in the field for 14 months, nothing can really prepare you for seeing enormous monsters clashing across various towns.

Probably my favorite actor of the film was Elizabeth Olsen, who provided the most emotional scenes. A mother in the wake of destruction looking for her husband and trying to make the right decisions in order to keep her son safe as well, she is showing amazing range as a actor. Ken Wantanabe as Dr. Ichiro Serizawa was questionable, at times he felt under used and could have provided more emotional depth if they placed him in the wake of the destruction, but he was still good along with the rest of the cast. Only problem with the cast that was the age of Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen. As believable parents, it was somewhat tough to swallow, they seemed more of the young couple just getting married type, not married with kids type, therefore it will be interesting to see how well they are used in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

But what was truly the stand out of this film, hands down, no complaints at all, was the cinematography. Many people feel as though we should have seen more of the fights between Godzilla and M.U.T.O Spoiler ahead (There is one male that can fly and one larger female) end spoiler, yet this was handled perfectly. Instead of consistently showing you these fights every second, we receive the destruction around them either through news broadcasting or distance first person views. What this then does is raise your anticipation levels, which in turn delivers majorly in the film at the end. IT IS MANDATORY (by Turbo Exp standards) that you view this film in order to get the full effect.

The sounds and sights in this film are breathtaking, to put in a short amount of words. There are multiple scenes that can be touched upon, yet those shall be covered later on in the article. One scene shown in the trailer that truly made the audience go insane was a scene in which the entire theater becomes mute, all sounds are removed, we see a tale move through the mist, and then Godzilla releases a roar that will leave you in ah. In terms of visual scale of the beast, it is perfection, giving you not a just large monster running around a city, but a massive beast that crashes into buildings and steps on all things that lie beneath it, just as it logically should.

The score was fitting and made the film seem more monumental in terms of all the actions that occurs, and Alexandre Desplat takes many ques from John Williams' score for Jaws with how he builds up the film's action. Rather than going for a louder theme for the film like many of it's fellow blockbusters have, Desplat decides to go with a much more eerie and mysterious sound to his take. Also auditory sounds of the film were handled almost to perfection, yet for the visual aid it is nearly a automatic Oscar nomination for this film.

To conclude, Godzilla is a film that has rejuvenated the franchise and deserves a sequel (Possibly with Mothra, King Ghidora, and Maybe even a varied incarnation of Godzilla. Destroyah should be used if the film decides to continue , being that he is the most menacing looking Godzilla villain, and he comes at a key point in the life of Godzilla. Other than that Godzilla is worth the IMAX 3D price, a freakishly long review, as well as a buy on Blu-Ray and two thumbs up.

I give Godzilla 4 out of 5 stars:

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Zack Snyder's 'Batman Vs. Superman' Gets An Official Logo And Will Be Titled 'Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice'

"Rise of", "Age of", "Fall of", are all words that are consistently thrown at film audiences everywhere in order to reel in viewers. When the Man of Steel film was announced, it had a name that was solid, original, and held it's own. Initially the thoughts surrounding the name was that it would lead into a Man of Steel trilogy , that would in turn become the Justice League. Yet, this belief was proven wrong with the release of the official logo as well as the subtitle for the new Batman vs. Superman film.

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. A name that is certainly making fans cringe and rejoice at the same time. The subtitle of the film alone seems to abandon the thought of the film being a sole follow up to Man of Steel, and it becomes more of a film that addresses the previously announced Justice League, rather than having restraint on itself and addressing the task at hand which is the Batman Vs. Superman film. Names like World's Finest, The Dark Knight Returns, or simply Batman Vs. Superman alone would address that Batman and Superman would either be teaming up or bare fist brawling to the finish in this film. Instead with overly abundant castings of Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher), it is quite simple to say that this film has mentally started to loose its track of mind.

With the term dawn being used so much (Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Dead, etc.) It seems as though the movie industry has begun to limit itself to a short range of words despite their being over 200,000 that are available in a standard dictionary. With a generic subtitle being added to the Batman v. Superman title, this draws concerns for many fans in terms of what direction the film makers are aiming in.

Another point brought up by fans is the term versus. In the title card we see that it is not abbreviated into a traditional fighting style vs., but simply a "v." similar to how political Supreme Court cases are handled. This is also a troubling mood, which feels as though we may receive too much of a political voice from the film and not enough of a bare knuckle brawl or a old fashion bar fight between the two power houses. It also implies that film will probably feature Batman and Superman more at odds with each other, than with actual villains such as Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor, and a possible secondary villain. Then again, a Batman against Superman film was what we were initially promised, so this may end up being the route Snyder takes.

So how do you feel about the new Batman vs. Superman subtitle? Is this really the Dawn of Justice? What would you have named the film? Comment Below.

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Extended Trailer For CW's 'Flash' TV Show Gives Us A Glimpse Of Grant Gustin As The Fastest Man Alive

At this point in time, I doubt any comic book fans out there, regardless of their preference, would argue that there's even a competition between DC and Marvel's films on the big screen. With a whole stack of solo films already getting their sequels, films on lesser known properties in the works, and a sequel to one of the most successful films of all time just a year away, it's safe to say Marvel's dominating the game right now when it comes to theatrical films. But it seems Marvel is going to have to move their focus to the smaller screen now, because DC's getting the big guns ready for the upcoming Fall TV season, with shows like Gotham, Constantine, and The Flash himself ready to give Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. a run for it's money.

Below is the first full-length trailer for CW's The Flash:

When it was first announced that the CW would be making a spin-off of Arrow focusing on The Flash, it definitely brought about some major concerns for fans such as myself. Being that Flash always seemed like a character better fit for the big screen, it was a bit frustrating to hear that DC was now only planning on limited the character to the small screen. The main fear was of course that the CW wouldn't have enough budget or effects to truly showcase the powers of both Flash and his villains, as well as put together accurate and non-ridiculous costumes, and put together a strong cast. If there's one thing the trailer does prove, it's that the CW has certainly made good use of their budget this time around, and not only does the costume seem pretty great in action, but Flash's super speed itself seems pretty impressive for a TV budget.

The Flash TV show's version of Barry Allen (Played by Grant Gustin) doesn't seem to be deriving too far from the comics, yet there's certain aspects of his character that're very different from what were used to. The showrunners seem to be incorporating a few of aspects of Wally West's more youthful personality into Barry's character, will still keeping his scientific and emotional sides intact. In turn, it seem's Gustin's Barry will be a very Peter Parker-esque character, were as the comic book Barry was more akin to Steve Rogers. The parallels between Gustin's Barry and Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man are made pretty clear in this trailer, such as the traumatic death of his mother, and certain scenes we get of him discovering his powers for the first time.

Speaking of Barry's mother's death, the trailer certainly gives us a good idea of just how important it'll be throughout the run of the series, or at least it's first season. We get a brief tease of Barry having seen a yellow bolt of lightning the day of his mother's death, which hinting at Eobard Thawne aka Professor Zoom (Who shares the same abilities as Barry) having traveled back in time to kill her. If true, that'll be a major plot point we'll see developed throughout Barry relationship with Eobard. We also now finally know who the original 1990's Flash TV show star John Wesley Shipp will be playing in the series, which is the role of Barry's father. While he may not have much of a part at the start of the series, his character will most likely be explored much more later on through flash backs, considering the fact that he was framed for the murder of Barry's mother.

So what do you think of the trailer for The Flash TV show? Has it surpassed your expectations, or do you feel Flash is better fit for the big screen? Let us know below!

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Second And International Trailers For 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' Michael Bay Written All Over Them

This year will be bringing us a wide array of exciting fresh films, but it'll also be giving us the birth of the newest installment into Hasbro's Transformers film franchise directed by Michael Bay. With it's release date slowly approaching, we now have the second trailer for the film along with a new international version, which basically show us no footage and a mere wisp of the story to come. So far from the trailers we see a lot of scenes that feel - familiar - but how is this possible with a brand new trailer being released? Well it is simple, we are getting reissued the same film just with a few new spices.

Below is the official second trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction:

And you can check out the new international trailer for the film here on Screen Rant. First off the second trailer starts in a frozen tundra, similar to the one we saw in the first Transformers trailer where Shia LaBeouf character's grandfather found Megatron. But if you think this is just a coincidence, well Galvatron seems to be located here too. For those who aren't familiar with the Galvatron character, he's essentially a resurrected and updated version of Megatron who was granted new abilities by Unicron.  Yes, it seems that Michael Bay has managed to rehash ideas once again. While it seems Lockdown will be the main villain of this film, don't be surprised if Galvatron ends up at least getting an introduction this time around for the fifth film.

To go through all the similarities would be a burden, I mean how many times can we see Optimus get shot through the chest, slammed into walls, or do a barrel roll. So far the high point of this film seems to be it's cast such as Mark Wahlberg (Pain and Gain), Stanley Tucci (Hunger Games), Kelsey Grammer (X-Men: The Last Stand), and the new voice work of John Goodman (The Monuments Men) and Ken Wantanabe (Godzilla). Yet the story looks as though it is going to be heavily repetitive, similar to how Power Rangers manages to rehash the same story line for over a decade.

Autobots begin to lose, Decepticons on the rise using evil and stuff, deceptions have more stuff  and in this film that happens to be a giant tractor beam, then Autobots receive the game changing play in the last few moments in order to save the world. In this situation the game changing lay is not a jet pack or Optimus going into a full beast mode type situation, it is literally Optimus going beast mode and riding the back of a Dinobots (Grimlock). Similar to the scene that we saw in the Dark of the Moon trailer, where Optimus flies in and slices a few of the Decepticon baddies, well it seems the same way when he hops off the back of Grimlock and does the exact same thing.

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Channing Tatum Confirmed To Play Gambit In 'X-Men: Apocalypse' And Upcoming Solo Spin-Off Film

Chances are that if you're an X-Men fan to any capacity, you'll recall the debut of fan favorite character Gambit played by Taylor Kitsch (Lone Survivor) in the 2008 film X-Men Origin: Wolverine, which itself is far from a fan-favorite. Now the character will be making yet another appearance on the big screen (And a chance at redemption) with the upcoming film X-Men: Apocalypse from director Bryan Singer, as well as in his own solo film. Singer hasn't revealed much about the upcoming sequel aside from its titular villain, but now we have our first bit of casting confirmation (And it's sure to swoon the ladies). Actor and comedian Channing Tatum has already shown interest in portraying the character when asked about it in the past, and now it seems he's won over Singer and Fox for the part.

The news of Tatum's casting comes courtesy of X-Men franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner, who in the past had already expressed her interest in bringing the character of Gambit back to the big screen with Tatum filling the role. When asked in an interview about the future of the Gambit character in this film series, Donner was quick to confirm that the mutant is indeed a part of the studio's future plans, and will be played by Tatum. With X-Men: Days of Future Past only a week away from it's release in America, director Bryan Singer has already begun answering some lingering questions concerning the films sequel, X-Men: Apocalypse. Gambit was one of the many characters Singer mentioned he'd like to see in the upcoming sequel, so this all but confirms that we can expect Tatum to make his first appearance in the film.

This is of course not the first time we'll see the character if Gambit get the big screen treatment, as I stated above, he was in fact one of the many mutants jammed into X-Men Origins: Wolverine. While the that version of the character as portrayed by Taylor Kitsch may have had a look very accurate to the comic book character, he lacked much of the characters signature personality and his famous Cajun accent. Kitsch hasn't exactly proven himself to be leading man material in the last few years, with Battleship and John Carter both having been major box office failures. Tatum seems like a much better sell for the studios, especially if they have plans for a solo film for the character, something that had never been mentioned when Kitsch was playing the role. It's be interesting to see how Singer decides to handle the past appearance of Gambit, and whether it'll be canon to this X-Men: Apocalypse's story.

There's of course a lot of controversy over the fact that Donner has revealed Gambit will be getting his own film, especially over many other X-Men characters. Deadpool has always been a top contender for his own film, as fans have been wanting one for as long as this film series has been around, and like Gambit, the character never really got his due in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. As for Tatum himself, while he's certainly been making a name for himself with more dramatic and comedic roles such as in Magic Mike and 22 Jump Street, he still hasn't proven himself to be a major leading action star as seen in last year's White House Down. Tatum as Gambit should be a welcome addition to the already growing roster of X-Men: Apocalypse, which is said to include returning members of the 1970s team along with a young Nightcrawler, Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm.

So what do you think of Channing Tatum playing Gambit? Do you think he'll do a better job than Taylor Kitsch in the role? Let us know below!

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