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Geek Feed
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Feed
Skeleton Crew's Ryan Kiera Armstrong to Star in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reboot
News came out back in February that there was going to be a revival of Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and though Sarah Michelle Gellar is expected to return, the show is set to focus on a new protagonist. As per Gellar's IG post, the new lead of the Buffy revival is going to be Ryan Kiera Armstrong , best known for her role as Fern in Star Wars ' Skeleton Crew . Here's a video of Gellar telling Armstrong that she's going to be the new lead of the show: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah Michelle (@sarahmgellar) Gellar said this about casting Armstrong in the series, 'From the moment I saw Ryan's audition, I knew there was only one girl that I wanted by my side,' Gellar said in a statement. 'To have that kind of emotional intelligence, and talent, at such a young age is truly gift. The bonus is that her smile lights up even the darkest room.' Besides Gellar coming back to play the part of Buffy Collins, the series is also going to be bringing in Chloe Zhao ( Eternals, Nomadland ) to direct the pilot. The script will also be provided by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman, who had worked on Peacock's fantastic Poker Face series. Admittedly, you can't think of Buffy without its creator Joss Whedon, and it's been reported that he won't be involved in this revival, what with him being in Cancelled Jail and everything since the whole fiasco with Justice League . As for the reboot, there's no official title yet, but the series is expected to focus on a whole new batch of Slayers with Buffy acting as their mentor. We don't have a release date yet, but hopefully we get more updates in the following months.
Buzz Feed
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
43 Hyped Movies That Completely Disappointed Fans
A while back, we asked the BuzzFeed Community* about the movies that people were super excited for everyone to genuinely hate them upon actually seeing them. Here are 43 movies with wild hype that fell disastrously short. It Chapter 2 Prometheus And Alien 3 Justice League This was before we knew the DCEU was unsalvageable and how terrible a person Joss Whedon is. I thought the guy who gave us the first Avengers movie was going to give us an equally great movie with Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Instead, we got Henry Cavill's CGIed mouth."—chienychienchien The Dark Tower Incredibles 2 Downsizing "This movie had a very misleading trailer, and the movie itself just seemed rather pointless. Despite the intriguing concept, the actual 'downsizing' aspect of the characters deciding to get shrunk down is basically only relevant in the first 20 minutes or movie then just collapses, loses any sense of direction, and becomes a depressing mess about social, political, and environmental issues. It's almost like they welded two or three movies together with about 20 different plots going on at the same then it just tries to do everything and ultimately does nothing."—[deleted] Jurassic World And also Jurassic World: Dominion Quantum of Solace The Flash Suggested by overtheloveMaybe this is on me, but I genuinely thought this movie was going to be good. Warner Bros. and DC pushed it SO hard, despite all the Ezra Miller drama, that I thought it must actually be too good to let disappear. Plus, if nothing else, the movie featured the return of Michael Keaton!!!But the movie ended up being an awful CGI mess. It was mostly only good for the memes. The whole newborn-babies-falling-to-their-deaths-before-being-saved scene was actually so completely over the top (and the CGI babies were so bad!) that I felt like I must be watching some D-list horror movie and not one of the biggest superhero films of the year. Who even came up with that?!? The Matrix Reloaded Wonder Woman 1984 Ender's Game Suicide Squad Army of the Dead "The trailer promised a big, fun action zombie romp set in Las Vegas. What we got was a bloated, contrived mess of ham-fisted scenes that had way too much build-up for not enough payoff, and a tone that was far too serious for a film of this sort. Zack Snyder seems far more interested in cramming in as many Easter Eggs as possible in the hopes of creating a franchise instead of making a film that can stand on its own Bautista is actually a good actor when he has good material to work with and a director who knows what he is doing. He has good screen presence and decent charisma, but was completely wasted here. As another review once said, it just looks like he's holding in a sneeze when he is trying to convey Zack Snyder could have just exercised a little restraint when it comes to his ideas, he could have given us a tight, fun little 90-minute film. Instead, he's so convinced of his own brilliance that he refuses to cut out any of his multitude of potential ideas, no matter how unrelated they are to what's actually presented as the plot. It's like making soup, but instead of just leaving it with chicken, vegetables, and noodles and having a perfectly decent final product, Snyder insisted on adding chocolate and olives just because they were available."—Cursedbythedicegods Batman v Superman Thor: Love and Thunder Looper Spider-Man 3 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief "I adore the books and was so excited when they announced there would be a movie... and then I saw the first trailer and immediately knew it was going to be horrible. The characters suddenly went from 11 to 21, huge chunks of the plot were missing, and the big reveal at the end felt like it was just thrown in there at the last second. The whole movie was just trash."—marisak4212bc09f Eragon The Last Airbender "I was beyond excited that there was going to be a live-action movie of a beloved animated series. Then all the reviews I read made it sound (and rightfully so) like one of the worst movies of all time. I was so sad to read such bad reviews."—joannaw4377e18ce Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace Also, Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force really all of the sequel trilogy Mulan (the live-action version) And the live-action version of The Lion King Artemis Fowl "I loved every single book growing up — thoughtful, funny sci-fi with some serious themes. The movie? Garbage."—sheeplosion"I like to forget that movie exists because it was my favorite series growing up, and they did the books sooo dirty with the CHEESY, CRINGEY, AND UNWATCHABLE special effects and bad screenwriting and acting."—moco98"I loved the AF books; they remind me of Terry Pratchett books. The film was unwatchable."—nevl Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Death Note "Some of us were willing to give it a chance. You had Willem DaFoe as Ryuk, and LaKeith Stanfield as L. How. Could. We. LOSE?!?? I have never, in my many years on this earth, ever felt so disrespected by a movie of a CHERISHED manga AND anime. Just…the straight up audacity!!!!"—smileyk Godzilla (1998) And Godzilla (2014) Kung Fu Panda 3 Glass "Glass. My answer to this question will always be Glass."—[deleted]"The trailers were so fucking hype. Props to whoever made the trailers, because they really made the movie look good."—[deleted] Terminator Salvation The Giver "The Giver was horrifically disappointing; even more so because there were actors I love in it. Brilliant book, godawful movie (that had little to do with the brilliant book).—denisef13 Wild Wild West "People forget how HUGE of a star Will Smith was at one point. He was the highest paid actor and the highest grossing actor in the world — then came Wild Wild West. You know the movie was terrible when the soundtrack was better."—jamesarthurwrites Overlord "Overlord (2018) — a WWII horror film. The trailer had me looking forward to seeing it as I was in the mood for a scorch-the-earth type of horror adventure. It had a great opening, but though it wasn't bad, the rest of the film was a bit of a let-down. Not only did it have a slower pace, but overall, it was pretty much a patchwork of famous scenes from earlier WWII and horror films, and the ending was eh."—prolix Hocus Pocus 2 "I had waited years for it, wanted something that continued the storyline, yearned for something that continued the lore, but NO, what I got was a ham-fisted, mediocre musical combined with bad Disney Channel-esque sitcom dialogue. They even retconned how the sisters became witches in the first place. The Sanderson Sisters were evil; that was the point of the first movie. They were fiend-worshipping women who wanted to steal the youth and vitality of children, killing those children in the process. Clumsy execution, awful writing, even worse direction, and MASSIVE overhyping led to a bitter disappointment of a movie. It could've been so, so much better."—SarahDaugherty The King's Man "I love the first two films — I even have a Kingsman tattoo — and was super excited for the prequel, really loved the idea of learning more about this spy society and seeing adventures with it in the past. Instead I got such a dull movie, with an unlikable protagonist and such a dumb twist. The action scenes, still very cool, but otherwise, I was so let down."—constanvee Ghostbusters (the 2016 version) Pearl Harbor And finally, all three of The Hobbit movies What movie was super-hyped that you ended up hating? Let us know in the comments!
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Scarlett Johansson Says Filming ‘The Avengers' Felt ‘Like a Big Mess' and ‘Didn't Feel Cool': ‘We All Looked Insane. What Are We Doing?'
Scarlett Johansson joined Vanity Fair for a career retrospective video interview where she remembered feeling really uncool on the set of 2012's 'The Avengers.' The actor had already made her Marvel debut as Black Widow in 'Iron Man' two years prior. 'When we made the first 'Avengers' none of us knew what the potential would be,' Johansson said. ''Iron Man' was massively successful. It was huge. It built the studio of Marvel. 'Iron Man 2' was also successful. There was 'Thor,' but that character felt like it was from a completely different universe. It was such a different tone from the 'Iron Man' movies. The 'Captain America' movie had its own identity as well. When you added the characters all together, plus Hulk and Hawkeye, it just felt like a big mess to be honest. Even on the set it felt crazy. We all looked insane. What are we doing? I don't think anybody knew if it was going to work or not besides Kevin Feige and Joss Whedon. The cast had blind faith in them.' More from Variety Scarlett Johansson Was Offered 'Sex Object' Roles 'For Years' After 'Lost in Translation,' Says Bill Murray Was in a 'Hard Place' on Set: 'Life Has Humbled Him' Now Scarlett Johansson Calls Out Oscars for Snubbing 'Avengers: Endgame' for Best Picture, Says 'I Miss' Marvel Co-Stars but 'Won't Mess' With Black Widow Return 'Ironheart' Trailer: Riri Williams Makes Her Own Iron Man Armor in Disney+ Series Executive Produced by Ryan Coogler It wasn't until the 'Avengers' actors filmed the icon moment where the camera spins around the superheroes as they prepare to fight that Johansson realized there was great potential in the comic book team-up film. 'I remember the scene where we all are in that 360 of the characters together,' she said. 'That was the moment where we all thought this maybe could work. It felt powerful. When we watched the playback it looked really cool, but so much of it didn't feel cool when we were shooting it. We were young. We were having such a great time. We became such great friends. It was a blast.' 'The Avengers' opened in summer 2012 to critical raves and $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office. While 'Iron Man' had started the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008, it was the blockbuster frenzy that greeted 'The Avengers' that proved the studio's plan to create an interconnected universe of movies could actually work with moviegoers. Watch Johansson's full interview with Vanity Fair in the video before. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Scarlett Johansson slams 'mess' Avengers film despite superhero movie grossing 1billion
Scarlett Johansson has controversially branded the first Avengers film a 'mess' despite the movie grossing more than $1billion. The actress, 40, has starred as Black Widow in the MCU since 2010 - with 2019's Avengers: Endgame becoming the second highest grossing film of all time. However, the two time Oscar nominee has mixed feelings about 2012's Joss Whedon directed The Avengers due to the huge ensemble cast - which included Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Chris Evans as Captain America - and their 'insane' looks. She told Vanity Fair: 'When we made the first Avengers, none of us knew what the potential would be. Iron Man was massively successful. It was huge; it built the studio of Marvel. And then Iron Man 2 was also very successful. 'There was Thor, and that character felt like it was from a completely different universe... It was such a different tone [from] the Iron Man movies. And then, of course, the Captain America movie had its whole own identity as well. 'And then when you added the characters all together, plus Hulk and Hawkeye, it just felt like a big mess, to be honest. Even on the set, it felt crazy, because we all looked insane. It was like, "What are we doing?"' 'I don't think anybody knew if it was gonna work or not. [Marvel Studios president] Kevin Feige knew it was gonna work; Joss Whedon knew it was gonna work. But the cast... it was blind faith, basically, that we all had in Joss and Kevin Feige.' The Oscar nominee said the cast's opinion changed when they filmed the 'powerful' Battle of New York scene. She said: 'The big scene where you see the 360 of all the characters together — that was the moment where all of us were like, 'I think this is maybe gonna work,' " Johansson said. "It felt powerful." 'It was an impossible movie that should not have worked, that really works as a film. Also, it's one of the most successful films of all time.' The movie raked in more than $1.5billion at the box office and is the 12th highest grossing film of all time. Elsewhere in the chat the star touched on the impact tech has had on not just the movie industry but also the Academy Awards. The mother of two even made a dig at the awards show. 'These are people that are funding studios. It's all these big tech guys that are funding our industry, and funding the Oscars, and so there you go,' said the ex-wife of Ryan Reynolds. 'I guess we're being muzzled in all these different ways, because the truth is that these big tech companies are completely enmeshed in all aspects of our lives. I don't know how you fight that.' The Marvel star also said she is worried about AI having not enough limits. 'There has to be some agreed-upon set of boundaries in order for [ AI ] to not be detrimental. I wish more people in the public eye would support and speak out about that—I don't know why that's not the case,' said Scarlett. And the former child star also addressed working as a kid. 'Making decisions on your own—like, adult decisions as a kid—it's a dangerous thing, right?' she asked. Scarlett said she was proud of herself for handling a tough star while filming Lost in Translation: 'I'm pretty proud of how I handled myself. I really just did the work, you know? It's a good tactic for pushing through stuff. Eyes on the prize.' And she also touched on costar Bill Murray. 'Bill [Murray] was in a hard place,' Johansson said. 'Everybody was on tenterhooks around him, including our director and the full crew, because he was dealing with his…stuff.' She'd never encountered an actor in that kind of 'headspace. Earlier this year, Johansson ran into Murray at Saturday Night Live's 50th-anniversary special. 'He's such a different person now,' she noted. 'I think life has humbled him.' When asked about the recent allegations of misconduct against Murray, Johansson said, 'That was really bad. But I also know COVID was a hard thing for him. Life—all these things have led up to him being held accountable for that kind of behavior…But you know what? How wonderful that people can change.' Scarlett will star in Jurassic World Rebirth, premiering July 2 and her directorial debut, Eleanor the Great, premiers this week at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
Gizmodo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Avengers: Age of Ultron
io9 Movies Avengers: Age of Ultron Anniversary Vid Reminds You It Exists Marvel didn't really give Age of Ultron any flowers for its 10th anniversary, probably because it's both unncessary and strangely vital to the MCU.
