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The debate over Marvel's shared universe vs. DC's separate universes approach to their heroes continued this week following comments from DC chief creative officer Geoff Johns to trade publication Variety.

Johns says creating a connected multimedia universe is limiting and restrictive in terms of storytelling: "We want to give freedom to creators, so that they can take their passion and [and make] the best show, the best film, the best game without having to tie it into other things.... Yes, it's got to be adapted and expanded, whether it goes from TV to comics or comics to film, but the DNA of it is always true."

It's a fair enough point, the producers of Marvel's "Agents of SHIELD" have admitted having to link into a multi platform universe has limited the show in some ways, especially in the first season. On the other hand, being a smaller piece in a larger setting "gives it much more weight" according to executive producer Jed Whedon.

Which works though? The first season of "S.H.I.E.L.D." suffered a critical backlash and quickly dropping ratings, though creatively was seen as picking up in its back half when it tied into the larger film universe. On the flip side "Arrow" is coming off not just a well rated but very well reviewed second season, while new DC-based shows "Gotham," "Constantine" and "The Flash" are considered the hottest new shows of the Fall. Marvel could reclaim some ground later though with the debut of "Agent Carter" and "Daredevil" next year.

Ben Whishaw ("Cloud Atlas," "Skyfall") has been cast as the lead in the upcoming five-episode drama "London Spy" for BBC Two and Working Title Television. "Child 44" author Tom Rob Smith is penning the series.

Whishaw plays Danny, a hedonistic romantic who gets drawn into the dangerous world of British espionage. He falls for the anti-social Alex who suddenly disappears.

CBS has given a series commitment to a "Supergirl" TV show just weeks after "Arrow" producer Greg Berlanti revealed he's developing such a project.

The Live Feed reports that Berlanti and Ali Adler began pitching the show to several networks on Wednesday and the deal was closed last night.

The new series will deal with the most popular incarnation of the character, Superman's cousin Kara Zor-El. The series will focus on her as a 24-year-old woman who, having previously hidden her powers, decides to embrace her abilities.

Laura Vandervoort previously played Supergirl in numerous episodes of The CW's "Smallville," while Helen Slater played the character on the big screen in the early 1980s.

Berlanti and Adler are writing the pilot script and will executive produce alongside Sara Schechter.

Gary Whitta ("The Book of Eli") has signed on to pen the film adaptation of the Mark Millar comic "Starlight" at 20th Century Fox.

The story follows intergalactic hero Duke McQueen who saved the Earth decades ago. Upon his return though, no one believed his story. Years later, after he has long settled down, he is called upon for one final adventure.

Simon Kinberg will produce, not write originally reported. Whitta is also writing the first "Star Wars" spin-off which is slated to be directed by Gareth Edwards.

With several unnamed DC Comic films already slated for release through 2020, it looks like one of those pics has been unveiled.

Sources tell Variety that "Fury" director David Ayer is the choice to direct "Suicide Squad," based on the DC comic book series.

It is unknown where things stand in the dealmaking process as Warners would not comment, but sources say the studio feels Ayer is a good fit for the dark and edgy film.

Dan Lin is producing the pic from a script by Justin Marks.

The original comic series focused on a team of supervillains who were given a second chance by the government for redemption. The catch is that the mission they are sent on will likely end up killing all of them.

The group doesn't include any major DC supervillains like the Joker or Lex Luthor, but the characters will likely have an opportunity to cross over between other DC properties and vice versa for non-Suicide Squad members appearing in this film.

Ayer is best known for his realistic and gritty cop dramas like "End of Watch" and "Training Day." His much buzzed-about WWII pic "Fury" is bowing in October.

Pogledao sam THE MAZE RUNNER Wesa Balla, ekranizaciju young adult romana Jamesa Dashnera. Nažalost, sve ono što je u ovom filmu dobro poništeno je Dashnerovom premisom koja u ovoj formi deluje istovremeno groteskno neuverljivo i bajato, ne samo u odnosu jna tradiciju žanra već i u odnosu na recentne YA ekranizacije.

Glavni junaci su zarobljeni u jednom izazovu koji je previše besmislen čak i za standarde letnjeg blokbastera, i mnogo manje dramski i vizuelno potentan nego što bi se naslućivalo. Kada se na problem premise dodaju krajnje klišetizirani odnosi među junacima, rezultat je film koji je čak i sa svojim ekonomičnim trajanjem za YA žanr od nimalo nežnih 113 minuta jedva podnošljiv.

Ono što je napredak u odnosu na YA ekranizacije jeste dobrodošla jednostavnost postavke. Ovo je film koji ne deluje kao usiljena ekranizacija knjige u koju je sabijena masa motiva mimo bilo kakve logike filmske dramaturgije i koliko god slab bio, ovaj materijal barem deluje kao da je nastao u formi scenarija.

Glumačka podela među klincima je takođe vrlo pristojna, ali to nije dovoljno da se gledalac lako izbori sa ovim materijalom. Neočekivano pozitivna reakcija na ovaj film sugeriše da je kritika prijatno iznenađena "filmolikošću" ove ekranizacije.

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Narod je počeo da se dešava...

"Film koji obećava! Nešto što u domaćoj (srpskoj? crnogorskoj?) kinematografiji nije baš tako čest slučaj. Zanimljiva mešavina komedije i akcionog filma, koja otvoreno nagoveštava da će biti i nastavka, što je prilično dobra namera. Možda bi sve i moglo da bude na nivou "Mi nismo anđeli", s tom razlikom da je priča o crnogorcima u Beogradu, ipak, malo "urbanija" u pristupu sveukupne "angažovanosti" koju film nudi."

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Tommy Lee Jones je snimio odličnu ekranizaciju romana Glendona Swarthouta THE HOMESMAN, zanimljiv antivestern, smešten u kanonsku epohu osvajanja Zapada sa senzibilitetom koji je kao narodna pa samim tim i kantri pesma, istovremeno nesposoban da bude nov i da zastari. Sa kadriranjem koje je sa minimalnom upotrebom krupnih planova, sa amerikenima i dvoplanima u kojima se dešavaju bitni psihološki lomovi, sa širokim kadrovima koji prikazuju fizičke radnje, kretanja i ambijent, THE HOMESMAN je na liniji klasičnog vesterna. Međutim, usporen tempo montaže, asimetrično dugi kadrovi, stvaranje svojevrsnog kontra-ritma u odnosu na konvenciju izraza iz klasične faze, svemu daje jedan indie pristup i na specifičan način podvlači i suptilni i manje suptilni humor koji Jones unosi u pristup ovoj ekranizaciji.

THE HOMESMAN govori o prilično tragičnim događajima, i rekao bih da Jones kroz režiju sa dosta duhovitosti pristupa nečemu što nije tako izvorno pisano. Zanimljivo je da Jones pronalazi sponu između Clinta Eastwoda i Braće Coen sa kojima je radio. Od Eastwooda preuzima Hilary Swank i iskreni fatalizam UNFORGIVENa dok od Coenovih uzima vitalnost TRUE GRITa. Eastwood nije uspeo da proizvede tu silovitost kod Hilary Swank kad je snimao MILLION DOLLAR BABY ali zanimljivo je da Jones u THE HOMESMANu kod ove glumice proizvodi ulogu koja deluje kao produžetak male junakinje iz TRUE GRIT. Povrh svega, Hailee Steinfeld iz TRUE GIRT igra i u THE HOMESMANu, i jako bih se iznenadio ako bi se ispostavilo da je nije zvao kako bi napravio tu kopču.

THE SHOOTIST Dona Siegela po Swarthoutovom romanu je bio bookend film za karijeru Johna Waynea i THE HOMESMAN je u određenom smislu zaključenje junakinje iz TRUE GRITa, iako nije reć o delima istog pisca. U svakom slučaju, da li je bilo namere ili ne, nije ni važno, TRUE GRIT i THE HOMESMAN bi činili odličan double-bill.

Jonesova režija je ovog puta sigurnija nego ranije, premda njemu sigurost ni ranije nije bila prevelik problem, koliko izbor materijala. Ovog puta međutim, materijal je izuzetan i u njemu se Jones vrhunski snalazi. Mesto u Kanu koje je izborio ovaj film je apsolutno zasluženo jer ovaj film upravo ima sve ono što bi holivudski učesnik tog festivala morao da donese. Rekao bih da se čak i nadovezuje na "kansku poetiku" američkih reditelja. Međutim, THE HOMSMAN je old school kinematografija koja je nažalost danas morala da se preseli u indie film.

Luc Besson kao producent ovog filma je verovatno u zamenu za nastanak ovog filma dobio Jonesovu glumu u generic mob komediji MALAVITA, ali kada budemo sumirali Bessonov producentski doprinos američkom nezavisnom filmu THE HOMESMAN i I LOVE YOU PHILIP MORRIS će biti vrlo značajan rezultat.

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Following yesterday's announcement that the "Deadpool" movie is finally in the works for a 2016 release from 20th Century Fox, Newsarama has spoken with the character's writer and creator Rob Liefeld and asked his reaction to the good news. He says:

    "I am absolutely beyond thrilled that Deadpool has been officially announced!. I'm thrilled for Tim Miller, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and Ryan Reynolds as well as all the guys at Blur Studio! This is a tremendous achievement for them!

    Rhett and Paul wrote a brilliant, and I don't throw that word around loosely, a brilliant script! Audiences are going to go on the ride of their collective lives with this film as they envisioned it! Tim Miller is a genius, he is brilliant as everyone who witnessed the leaked footage witnessed! There is so much more to come! Deadpool fans will freak out when they see all that Tim and the boys have in store for them!

    This is a huge triumph for all the fans that supported my work on New Mutants, X-Force over the years! The fans deserve this amazing gift from film makers who have proven they have what the fans desire! Very exciting! I know where Me and a gazillion fans will be on February 12th, 2016

Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("The Dark Knight Rises") is being sought to play Edward Snowden in a film that Oliver Stone and Moritz Borman will produce.

Stone and Borman have closed a deal with Snowden's Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, for the film rights to his novel "Time Of The Octopus". They've also scored the screen rights to Guardian journalist Luke Harding's "The Snowden Files".

The story will deal with the American whistle blower who heads to Russia and the back and forth between the leaker and his lawyer as he waits while that country considers his request for asylum

Filming aims to begin in December in Munich. Gordon-Levitt recently wrapped Robert Zemeckis' "The Walk" and is currently reuniting with Seth Rogen on "Xmas" as Sony.

Colin Farrell has confirmed to Ireland's Sunday World that he will be starring in the upcoming second season of HBO's "True Detective".

Farrell says the show will reportedly be shot around Los Angeles, will consist of eight episodes and will take around four or five months to shoot.

Farrell would play one of a trio of law enforcement officials investigating a murder that appears to be tied to a shady businessman's deal to construct a high-speed railway system throughout California.

Filming is slated to begin shortly ahead of airing in the second half of 2015.

Though still not confirmed, it seems fairly clear that Jason Momoa will play Aquaman in the upcoming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" movie at Warner Bros. Pictures.

Schmoes Know has now added some further details about the character, namely his look. According to their sources: "He's going to look like a surfer essentially with tribal tattoos and all that jazz." Momoa has a tribal forearm tattoo which, if this report is accurate, will probably not be covered up in the film.

They also have a bit of information that sounds quite a bit more speculative and ties back to the oil rig collapse scene in "Man of Steel". They say:

    "You remember that scene in Man of Steel when after Supes saves the men on the oil rig and collapses into the water, he wakes up at some point and sees whales above him? Well apparently all those rumors that they may have been sent from Aquaman are right. Apparently, Aquaman sent the whales to save Supes and make sure he was okay, which makes sense considering we never actually see how Supes gets back to shore in the film. He sees the whales and then it cuts to him walking on land, which could mean they were saving the swim back for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."

If that's the case, it would indicate Aquaman's presence has already been established on screen.

Stari koristi sadašnji hajp da se osvrne na minule radove i da zasmeje Sudbinu svojim vizijama budućnosti.

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With the time-traveling events of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" having essentially re-written the entire original "X-Men" trilogy, does anything that happened in those films still count? Well, sort of.

In a recent fan Q&A session for Yahoo! Movies ahead of the film's home video release, executive producer and writer Simon Kinberg explained it thus:

    "We certainly re-write some of the history of [X-Men: The Last Stand] and [X-Men: Origins - Wolverine]. One of the things we talk about in 'Days of Future Past' is that you can change the future, it's like a stream that moves in one direction - you can create a new ripple in it, but you certainly don't change the current.

    What we did in Days of Future Past changed some things, but like you see of the film, they end up back in the mansion in the future, so most of the current continued in the same direction, so most of the things you see in [the earlier films] still happened but with slight adjustments."

Kinberg also says he's the one to blame for Anna Paquin's scenes in 'Days of Future Past' bang cut:

    "In a movie that had a ton of plots and a ton of characters to service, the Rogue plot - as you will probably eventually see - was a subplot, it was a deviation from the main story of the movie, and as much as we loved it when we saw it, anything that took you away from the main spine, the main story of the film, we had to cut... If it's anybody's fault, it was mine, because I shouldn't have written it that way, I should've integrated her into the main story."

Kinberg confirms the upcoming Bryan Singer-directed "X-Men: Apocalypse" really follows the stories of the 'First Class' cast and "the others of that generation of X-Men". Asked if some of the previous trilogy's characters would have the be re-cast with younger versions for the 1980s-set film, Kinberg says:

    "If we included some of the original X-Men, like Storm, Jean, Scott, and others, yeah we would have to recast them, because Apocalypse takes place a good twenty years before 'X1' which now insanely was fifteen years ago. It would be very hard to do.

    Halle, Famke, and Jimmy, and others have done such wonderful jobs of bringing those characters to life and they're so identified, those actors, with the parts now. So it would be a tall task, but I also would have said before 'First Class' there would be no way we could find actors who could stand alongside Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, and I think we managed to with Michael and James finding their own interpretation of the characters, not doing an impersonation. So, are we going to have to recast? If some of those characters were in the movie we would, but we'll see.

"X-Men Apocalypse" is expected to head into production in the Spring ahead of a Summer 2016 release.

With the pilot episode of "Gotham" debuting tonight on Fox, the show's executive producer Bruno Heller has been doing the final batch of publicity rounds regarding the show.

In a new interview with CBR, he was asked about crossover potential with other shows in the DC Comics universe like "Arrow," "The Flash" and "Constantine". He says:

"We'll see as we roll on. Precise tone is the important thing in establishing a series, but then you have to see what other shows live in the same universe. Would it be weird if they met up? It's fun for the audience to see that clash, but actually doing it is scary. I hope we do at some point. That's the beautiful thing about being inside the DC Universe, but we'll wait and see what pops and what doesn't."

Heller also confirmed to Digital Spy that he wants to get the show 'up and running' before introducing The Joker. He also says don't expect to see any of the villain's iconic costumes:

    "There are certain villains that can and do precede Batman. There are others that don't, and we'll play with that. Generally speaking, we won't go to the full theatrical, spandex costume aspect of the villains - the fully-fledged villains - because it's almost not consistent with this world.

    The Joker didn't think of his shtick all by himself. There must have been someone before who The Joker saw and thought, 'Oh, that's a good shtick. I could work with that and make it better.' It's the same with Batman. There must have been other vigilantes before him who didn't pull off such a good act.

    We'll play around with those ideas in Gotham. We're going to wait and get the show up and running [before we meet the real Joker]. We want to get the story right and we want to be tonally right - and then we'll start thinking about how to bring him in.

    We will certainly try to surprise people, and maybe even trick people. It's one of those expectations that everyone will be waiting for, so you can't just present the guy with a big smile and start telling the story. Not that that would be dull, but that's one of those opportunities to really start playing with this."

He also confirms that the casting of David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne was the hardest piece of casting to setup, but the result is "Bruce Wayne will certainly play a much larger part in the show than we had initially thought, just because we have that opportunity" says Heller.

He confirms the show will address how Bruce Wayne ended up as Batman, and he would like to see the series end with that transformation.

HBO at long last has confirmed the first specifics about season two of drama series "True Detective," including the casting of Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn in lead roles.

Story will revolve around three cops and career criminal who navigate a web of conspiracy after a murder.

Farrell plays Ray Velcoro, a compromised detective whose allegiances are torn between his masters in a corrupt police department and the mobster who owns him. Vaughn plays Frank Semyon, a man in danger of losing his criminal empire when his move into legitimate enterprise is upended by the murder of a business partner.

"Fast and Furious" helmer Justin Lin is on board to direct the first two episodes of the eight-episode season. Lensing is set to begin later this fall in California for a January premiere.

Series creator Nic Pizzolatto is again penning all eight episodes for the new season.

There's still no word about additional cast members, which are expected to include a femme in the role of a police officer.

The drama surrounding the planning for the second installment of "True Detective" has reached feverish levels, even by HBO standards.

The success of the first series, which was buoyed by the star power of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, has set the bar high for season two.


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6 Of The Most Fascinating Stories From The CIA's Huge Archive Of Now-Declassified Files

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The Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday released a huge cache of declassified articles from its in-house journal "Studies In Intelligence" as a step in settling a lawsuit from one of its former employees, reports Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News.
Jeffrey Scudder, who formerly worked in the office overseeing the agency's historical archive,  has battled the CIA for more than four years to release files of old operations that he believed should have been made public years ago, according to The Washington Post. Now, the agency has released 249 of 419 documents that remain in dispute, according to Aftergood.


The hundreds of pages were posted to the CIA's official website, encompassing everything from a profile of a CIA officer who was with the agency at its formation as the OSS and stayed over 40 years to an incredible account from the former deputy director Michael Morell, who gave the daily intelligence briefing to President George W. Bush on 9/11, just minutes before the attacks.
We combed through the website and picked out some of most interesting insights we found.
In 1983, the CIA was using an artificial intelligence program to help officers withstand interrogations
In what is labeled an "Interrogation of an Alleged CIA Agent," one document gives a transcript of a conversation between Joe Hardesty, a person believed to be employed by the CIA, and an interrogator of a foreign government named A.I.


It's quite a fascinating conversation that shows how interrogations can quickly go in circles, with the same questions continually asked, along with outlandish questions meant to throw a subject off balance. Here's a portion:
A.I.: Your employers trust you?
Hardesty: Of course they trust me.
A.I.: Who trusts you?
Hardesty: Worldwide Leasing Inc.
A.I.: They trust you ... of course.
Hardesty: Yes, but why did you ask me here?
A.I.: Why do you figure, Joe?
There are pages and pages of this frustrating conversation between Joe and A.I., but as the article notes, Joe "is not out of the woods yet." His interrogator is a microcomputer using an artificial intelligence program called Analiza. It has pre-loaded responses, and eventually, it will become more knowledgeable about Joe.
At its peak, the NSA employed nearly 100,000 American cryptologists
An article written by a former cryptologist for NSA meant to bridge the gap between signals intelligence (dealing with technical stuff, codebreaking, radio signals, etc.) and human intelligence (recruiting and personally interacting with sources), shows how much emphasis is given to the spy agency formerly nicknamed "No Such Agency."


Dr. Thomas Johnson writes, "back in NSA's heyday, it ran the largest American intelligence system," although he doesn't specify exactly when that was. "The SIGINT world was huge. At the empire's peak, almost 100,000 American cryptologists worked at [redacted] locations."
The CIA officer giving President Bush his daily intelligence briefing on 9/11 described it as "uneventful"
In an account of what should have been a 15-minute briefing that turned into a 36-hour whirlwind, former Deputy Director Michael Morell describes giving the president his intelligence update — known as the President's Daily Brief — minutes before the 9/11 attacks commenced.
Upon walking into the president's suite in Sarasota, Florida, Bush put down his newspaper and asked, "Anything of interest this morning?" Morell then writes, "on arguably the most important day in President Bush's tenure, his intelligence briefing was uneventful."


Four minutes before he finished, American Airlines Flight 11 had turned off its transponder. The first plane to hit the World Trade Center was thought to be accidental, but then a second hit, and Bush was told by Andy Card "America is under attack." Later on Air Force One, Morell told a congressman on board: "I would bet every dollar I had that Usama Bin Laden's Al-Qa'ida organization was responsible."
The CIA developed a "quiet" helicopter in 1970
Long before the world learned of "stealth" helicopters like those used in the 2011 Osama Bin Laden raid, the CIA had developed a "quiet" helicopter all the way back in 1970.
The agency set to modify the OH-6 light observation helicopter for use in secret infiltration in hostile places. Surprisingly, "the first test bird was up and flying in about 60 days, and it was fully operational in about six months." In March 2008, Air & Space magazine wrote about one of the aircraft's missions to tap phones in North Vietnam.


President Johnson thought the daily intelligence briefing was "dull" and wanted it "jazzed up"
William Newton gives a fascinating account of what it was like to write and present the president's daily intelligence briefing, which gives a down-and-dirty "what you need to know" for the president. Unfortunately, it was a bit boring for LBJ.
"To our surprise, he told us that the President (or, more likely, Bromley Smith — it was never clear which) felt that the booklets were getting a trifle dull. Could we jazz them up a bit, without diluting their value as intelligence? Perhaps we could insert a 'funny' every now and then."
The youngest recipient of the CIA's Intelligence Star award was only 14 years old
In May 1966, the 14-year-old daughter of the CIA station chief in the Congo displayed incredible courage in confronting a group of burglars who had entered her bedroom and were planning to harm her. After they woke her, she "declared in Lingala [the local language] that he should keep his hands off her. Pulling on her dressing gown, she faced the armed robbers and warned them not to harm anyone in the house."
The robbers were surprised by her confidence and said they only wanted money. She agreed to help them find cash but warned that the American Embassy "had 'secret and magic' ways of identifying people who harmed Americans."
Later, after her parents were woken up and put into a corner of the bedroom, the girl's mother talked back to the robbers in French and told them to leave. They eventually did, although the robbers were later captured by police, tried, and executed.
The daughter received the CIA's second-highest award — the Intelligence Star — for "her quick appraisal of the situation, calm deportment, knowledge and use of the local language, exploitation of local lore, and resolute action," the article says, adding that it "served her well as a teenager, and they continue to do so now in her career as a case officer in the Directorate of Operations."

A ima i ovo 


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Devojčica u Kongu je apsolutni genije. Poznavalac mentaliteta. Savršeno.

"Курир" касни бар две године, ти "запањујући документи" могу се наћи у књизи "Сиви вук".

Oliver Stoun potvrđuje tezu da Liberali ipak vole čvrstu ruku 


Oliver Stone says Putin 'a strong person', backs Crimea actions

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US film director Oliver Stone said in an interview published Tuesday he admired Russian President Vladimir Putin and understood his actions in Crimea and Ukraine.
Stone, a Vietnam veteran turned polemicist filmmaker best known for his movies "Platoon", "Wall Street" and "JFK", called Putin a "strong person" who saved Russia from the "hands of bandits" in the 1990s.
Speaking of the Kremlin's actions in Ukraine, Stone told the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government newspaper: "In my view, Putin occupies a defensive position, protecting Russia's key geopolitical interests."
"I understand why Putin could not abandon Crimea," he said, noting that Russia's Black Sea fleet was based on the peninsula which the Russian president annexed in March.
Stone also said he recently met Edward Snowden in Moscow as preparation for a film he is doing on the fugitive ex-NSA analyst.
"We plan to start filming in the early months of next year and finish the film by the end of 2015," he said.
Stone added that he is not taking any moral position on Snowdon and his revelations about extensive US snooping at home and abroad. But he he praised Russia for giving him political asylum.
Russia wants to show that "there should be an alternative to a world completely controlled by the United States," he said.
Stone said he is also working with Ukrainian producers who are making a film about the Ukraine crisis called "Ukraine on Fire".
"They would like me to interview Vladimir Putin," he said. "We put forward such a proposal. So far I can't say for sure whether it will work out."

Pogledao sam THE NOVEMBER MAN Rogera Donalsona, prilično slab pozni film ovog novozelandskog veterana koji je donedavno imao vrlo pristojne radove u raznim žanrovima. Nažalost NOVEMBER MAN ima sve odlike malo ambicioznijeg DTV filma. U njemu nema one Donaldsonove preciznosti i sigurnosti koja ga je krasila.

Pierce Brosnan je bleda senka Bonda, a njegov Bond je generalno imao dosta elemenata blede senke, i ovog puta on nudi solidnu ulogu tajnog agenta na pola puta između Bonda i Osnarda iz TAILOR OF PANAMA, međutim nema tu ničeg što bi moglo da ga usmeri put franšize, ili nekakvog TAKENastog uskrsnuća.

Brosnan u svom najzvezdanijem izdanju ne deluje kao neko ko nam je naročito nedostajao. On nije profil zvezda koja može da ode van fokusa pa da se vrati, bnaročito jer je posle Bonda puno radio na tome da se odmakne od tajnih agenata. U tom smislu, NOVEMBER MAN deluje kao pokušaj da Brosnan uz Donaldsonovu pomoć napravi sebi neku bioskopsku franšizu kao produžetak Bonda drugim sredstvima ali ovo naprosto nije taj film. U epohi BOURNEa ili TAKENa i rip-offova koji su usledili, NOVEMBER MAN nema šta da traži.

Na adaptaciji Grangerovog romana radio je osrednji Michael Finch i iskusni Karl Gajdusek koji već neko vreme balansira između ozbiljnih projekata i polu-DTV produkcije, ali u aradnii sa dobrim rediteljima, kao što je bio OBLIVION uspeva da se izvuče jer njegove generičke postavke talentovaniji ljudi uspevaju da plasiraju sa punim ubeđenjem.

Za THE NOVEMBER MAN se ne može reći da je na potpunom auto-pilotu, ali je strukturalno dosta sumnjivo postavljen, sa starim agentom u centru priče i mladim koga on pokušava da prevede sa tamne strane na sranu Dobra, što sve liči na zametak neke buddy franšize. Ne kažem da Luke Bracey kome Brosnan ovde namešta loptu neće nekada postati zvezda ali u svakom slučaju će ovaj film više biti rani kuriozitet nego hit koji ga je afirmisao.

Ipak, ono što je nama najzanimljivije jeste činjenica da se THE NOVEMBER MAN dešava u Beogradu. U THREE DAYS TO KILL imali smo početak filma sniman i smešten kod nas, a ovde je to praktično ceo film. U tom pogledu, mi smo nešto kritičniji gledaoci jer nam prepoznavanje lokacija odvraća pažnju, a uočavanje geografskih nedoslednosti nam stvara utisak grešaka u continuityju iako ih zapravo nema.

No, da je film bolje realizovan i da nas bolje vezuje za likove i priču, svakako da bismo zaboravili gde je sniman.

Međutim, ono što jeste zanimljivo upravo je to pitanje gde se dešava. Beograd je prikazan kao regionalni centar CIA odakle se vode operacije protiv Rusije, a sam grad je poprište vrlo intenzivne akcije, bez ikakvih snaga reda, sa dobro organizovanom, glamuroznom i neprikrivenom prostitucijom, sa američkim obaveštajcima koji nekažnjeno krše saobraćajne propise, nose oružje i ubijaju ljude.

Ni u jednom trenutku se ne pojavljuje policija ili bilo kakav predstavnik lokalne vlasti koji bi se na bilo koji način umešao u delovanje stranih službi, barem kao komično odmorište ili smetnja. Rečju, Srbija je prikazana kao zemlja bez suvereniteta u kojoj stranci mogu da rade šta hoće.

Naravno, ovo je sve fikcija, nije ovo dokumentarni prikaz Srbije, ali je vrlo sličan istini. Naime, Srbija je prikazana kao neka neozbiljna Rusija koja ima sve predispozicije slovenske despotije kojom hode ratni zločinci i bivše i buduće žrtve trgovine belim robljem, samo bez despota.

U Srbiji kakva postoji u NOVEMBER MAN nema čak ni korumpirane vlasti niti klišea u kome se lokalci spore sa strancima oko jurisdikcije. Postoji samo jedan višak istorije, i stranci koji se u korist tajnih službi i nevladinih organizacija bave svojim poslom.

Zanimljivo je da se Roger Donaldson opredelio za veliki broj regionalnih glumaca - recimo Lazar Ristovski (koji je overio Bonda na Craigovom početku) igra ruskog negativca, i gine na isti način kao u VIZANTIJSKOM PLAVOM, metak lutalica ga stigne na crnogorskom primorju, Amila Terzispahić ima markantnu rusku plaćenicu ali nažalost nema jedan-na-jedan akcije kao u GOLDENEYE između Brosnana i Famke Janssen a lokalaca ima i u drugim ulogama.

Olga Kurylenko je zabrinuta ceo film a njen erotski aspekt je prvo potisnut a posle iskorišćen u komične svrhe.

Donaldsonova realizacija nije ni približna njegovim najboljim filmova i THE NOVEMBER MAN izgleda tek nešto bolje od ČETVRTOG ČOVEKA. Gotovo je neverovatno da je ovaj film stigao do američkih bioskopa i tamo čak zaradio neku crkavicu.

Našim lokacijama je zapala reciklaža holivudskog otpada.  Stigli su minorni delova i zvezda ranijih Bondova ali u srpskom pogonu nije sklopljen kvalitetan polovnjak.

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Oliver Stone je najveći srpski reditelj!

U rasejanju doduše.  Sledeći put kad Brosnan bude došao ovamo da pravi akcioni triler, to Oliver da režira!!!

Pazi, ja sam godinama bio usamljen među kritičarima "žanrovcima" koji je hajpovao Stouna kao velikana. I konačno se pokazalo da sam sve vreme bio u pravu!

Апсолутно. Стоун је дуго био највећи режисер данашњице, док га с тог места у 21. веку није истиснуо Мел Гибсон.

Quote from: Джон Рейнольдс on 24-09-2014, 15:17:17
Апсолутно. Стоун је дуго био највећи режисер данашњице, док га с тог места у 21. веку није истиснуо Мел Гибсон.

To je taj DNK... Srpski...

Da podsetimo da večeras idemo na premijeru Malog Buda! Istorija se ispisuje pred našim očima!!!!!!!

Dakle, Mali Budo očekivano zabavan, brz i u dobroj meri na prvu loptu, ali veliki deo tih voleja je solidno postavljen i izveden pa iako film nikako ne pretenduje da bude neka dublja studija odnosa Crne Gore i Srbije (ili Podgorice i Beograda) u post-jugoslovenskom periodu, uspeva kroz svoj laki krimi zaplet da napravi poneki dobar uvid u balkanske mentalitete.

Naravno, većina toga se ispituje na planu svima poznatih stereotipova ali film ima dovoljno častan i dosledan pristup da te stereotipove prikaže kao nešto ipak duboko ukorenjeno u ovdašnje prostore.

Drugim rečima, Crnogorci u ovom filmu zapravo nisu karikirani. Zaplet jeste gotovo farsičan a neka rešenja - pogotovo u okviru trilersko-kriminalističkog narativa - su ili suviše convenient ili se naprosto podrazumevaju jer je film jedan prošireni vic, ali sami likovi nisu karikature. Crnogorci u ovom filmu su Crnogorci kakve znamo a bar 90% replika koje sam čuo su potpuno autentične. Momenat kada Strugar objašnjava kakav je talenat za tenis bio i kako je njega mrzelo da trenira je gotovo identičan nečemu što je meni pričao crnogorski kolega o svojoj blistavoj rukomentoj karijeri.

I taj moćni Crnogorski fantazijsko-superherojski narativ filmu daje vitalnost da pređe i preko epizoda koje jesu odrađene tako da se završe na brzinu i poguraju zaplet ne bismo li imali nove prilike da slušamo dovitljive dijaloge. U principu, sam zaplet iako se oslanja na poluparodično "Crnogorstvo" bi mogao da radi i bez njega, ovo bi mogao da bude i holivudski film sa Adamom Sendlerom i bilo kojom manjinskom grupom u većoj zajednici, ali mu taj sloj suludog hubrisa, sočnog govora koji svet više stvara nego što opisuje i poneka referenca na istorijske uloge Crnogoraca na balkanskim prostorima daju autentični ton.

Glumci su svi odreda vrlo dobri i zapravo sam najimpresioniraniji bio Sergejem čiji je lik, nažalost, vrlo slabo razvijen i gotovo potpuno neiskorišćen u pogledu toga što se radi o policijskom inspektoru, ali koji mu je u anegdotalnim epizodama dao taman koliko treba dubine da poverujemo u brojne preokrete u narativu. Strugarov Budo je crnogorski Forest Gamp i kao takav on je hodajući mekgafin koji nema potrebu da razvija karakterizaciju. Na polovini filma se za trenutak učini da će on ipak dobiti dubinu - suočen sa smrtnom opasnošću - ali ga posle trenutka slabosti priča vraća natrag u ravan lakomislene Crnogorštine i on to bez obzira na sve veoma elegantno provlači. Od brojnih sjajnih epizoda (Petar Božović praktično glumi samog sebe) izdvaja mi se izvrsni Tihomir Stanić a Andrija Milošević je, naravno, bio izvanredno primljen kod publike u najmanje dve veoma uspele mentalitetske scene. No, Sergej je do kraja iskoristio komičarski potencijal utoliko što je on straight man u jednoj generalno non-straight situaciji i njegova žestoka, vrlo fizička gluma ovde jako uspešno prodaje lik za koga već rekoh da zapravo nije razvijen u odnosu na premise koje su mu date.

Sve u svemu, Mali Budo je, kako je i nastao kao forumska zajebancija, mogao da ostane samo niska viceva o Crnogorcima spakovana u labav trilerski narativ, dakle, da bude Mala Noćna Muzika sa Crnogorcima, ali se izdigao iznad toga delom zahvaljujući ambicioznijem scenariju koji nije dopustio da se zaplet potpuno svede na farsu a likovi na karikature, a delom režiji koja je ozbiljnija i uspešno spufuje trope akcionog filma i trilera, ne zadovoljavajući se da ih samo referencira poput Zečevićevog treš hita. Ovo možda zvuči kao damning with faint praise ali ja sam neko ko je MNM išao da gleda u bioskopu a posle rado i reprizirao na televiziji i odgovorno tvrdim da Mali Budo ima srce koje nije zakopano trešom, mada sa njim sve vreme ozbiljno koketira.

U nekoj holivudskoj verziji ovog filma, likovi bi bili produbljeniji, buddy komponenta između Sergeja i Strugara razvijenija (možda i dovedena na nivo ozbiljne bromanse po ugledu na ono što imaju Denzel i Valberg u Two Guns), culture clash između Beograda i Podgorice možda razrađeniji, pa bi i neka ljubavna priča tu možda malo više zaživela, a vicevi bi bili malo primireniji (poslednja scena sa Ćustićem je recimo, klasično skretanje u treš), no, Srbija još nije anektirala Kaliforniju a kao srpski napor da se napravi komedija o našim naravima ali tako da se zapravo naše naravi posmatraju kroz prizmu srpskih viceva o Crnogorcima, ovo je zapravo jedan solidno srčan uradak koji je možda i mogao da ima više smelosti ali se nije brukao niti je sebi dopustio da se svede na prosto prepričavanje opštepoznatih anegdota.

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 25-09-2014, 00:17:58
Naravno, većina toga se ispituje na planu svima poznatih stereotipova ali film ima dovoljno častan i dosledan pristup da te stereotipove prikaže kao nešto ipak duboko ukorenjeno u ovdašnje prostore.

Drugim rečima, Crnogorci u ovom filmu zapravo nisu karikirani. Zaplet jeste gotovo farsičan a neka rešenja - pogotovo u okviru trilersko-kriminalističkog narativa - su ili suviše convenient ili se naprosto podrazumevaju jer je film jedan prošireni vic, ali sami likovi nisu karikature. Crnogorci u ovom filmu su Crnogorci kakve znamo a bar 90% replika koje sam čuo su potpuno autentične. Momenat kada Strugar objašnjava kakav je talenat za tenis bio i kako je njega mrzelo da trenira je gotovo identičan nečemu što je meni pričao crnogorski kolega o svojoj blistavoj rukomentoj karijeri.

Стицајем околности сам летос "Малог Буда" гледао с једном Црногорком из филмаџијског посла која се током пројекције смејала више него ја. После сам је питао, размишљајући о комерцијалној вредности филма, шта има да каже о стереотипима с којима се филм спрда и да ли то у ова плачипичкаста времена неког може да увреди. Одговорила ми је нешто у стилу: "Боже свашта да вређа, па ми смо ходајући стереотипи", мислећи на Црногорце. Тако да, Мехо, запажање ти је тачно.

Mehmete, koliko god to bizarno zvučalo, namecheckovao sam te u intervjuu Informeru, nadam se da će to pitanje ostati integralno.


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Police them come and now they blow down me door
One him come crawl through through my window
So then they put me in the back the car at the station
From that point on me reach my destination
When the destination reached it was the east detention
Where them whipped down me pants looked up me bottom so


Ali ovo za Crnogorce i stereotipiju, naravno da ne treba sad stopostotno generalizovati, ali fakat je da je savremena crnogorska kultura puna te neke (samo)mitologizirajuće komponente a od stereotipa do mita samo je korak od nekoliko stotina godina. No, ponoviću, meni ni jedan lik u filmu nije bio karikiran.  Određena komična prenaglašenost postoji ali ona nije artificijelna i mogla bi se podvesti pod uobičajenu crnogorsku vrcavost, duh i sočnost izraza. Klišei poput crnogorskog old boys kluba su klišei jer imaju utemeljenje u stvarnosti itd.

Trejler za novog Manna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1HO07bKGhU

Pogledao sam šestu sezonu SMALLVILLEa. Ova sezona mi se naročito dopala jer je serija uspela da postepeno uđe u stripovski kanon sa likovima kao što su Oliver Queen, Martian Manhunter, begunci iz Phantom Zone. U ovoj sezoni meta-arc praktično preuzima seriju u potpunosti a ekskurzije na one-shot teritoriju su vrlo duhoviti, čak i onda kada odu u potpuni larpurlartizam (recimo epizoda NOIR). U tom smislu, zanimljivo je korišćenje motiva sna, iluzije, halucinacije i sličnih efekata koji omogućuju da se u epizodama dese drastični preokreti, predvide razvoji situacije itd.

Iako u šestoj sezoni SMALLVILLE pokazuje sve znake dekadencije, istovremeno se čini kao da je to idealno leglo seriji. Između ostalog, faza pri početku sezone kada Clark i Oliver praktično dejstvuju kao ravnopravni junaci što bi u običnoj seriji bio znak da zvezde serije više ne mogu da se privole na snimanje ovde savršeno pasuje estetici stripa u kojima takođe ima raznih "skretanja" sa junacima.

Do kraja sezone, međutim, ne samo da su sve zvezde privoljene na snimanje, verovatno i odobrovoljene prilikom da režiraju epizode, već se sve završava u velikom stilu sa sve cliffhangerom u kome se otkriva Bizarro. Doduše Bizarro u seriji je nešto drugačiji od ambivalentnog lika iz DC kanona.

Epizoda u kojoj dejstvuje JLA je takođe vrlo dobra, uklopljena je u meta-arc ali je njihova saradnja barem za sada bila one-shot.

Šesta sezona je uspela da pomeri celu stvar još bliže stripu, a pošto je pomeranje bilo postepeno, ova faza u razvoju likova deluje potpuno "prirodno" i njihov ulazak u svet kostimiranih boraca za pravdu i superheroja je savršeno psihološki motivisana.

Meho evo te u Informeru.


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Mada, kežual pretraga tvitera i komentara po ostatku interneta ukazuje da su reakcije naroda uglavnom dosta dobre, ali za sada ih i nema mnogo. Videće se za nedelju-dve, cenim.

Na Twitteru ima dosta reakcija i aklamativno su dobre. Raduje me što film u Crnoj Gori ima i dobro otvaranje u bioskopima i dobre reakcije na socijalnim mrežama. Otvaranje u bioskopima kod nas je izvanredno.

Ali mislim da je sve to u senci spoja tebe sa Informerom.


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Šokantnija spona je ta između mog imena i titule mislioca 

No, pustimo mene, nego je odlično čuti da je ulazak u biokope uspešan. Ovo je svakako film koji igra za publiku a ne za rezultat ali je u tome ipak dostojanstven i treba da bude publici blizak. A kako već rekoh, uspeva da igra na tankoj oštrici sprdanja sa nacionalnim stereotipima a da ne bude uvredljiv. To je bitno u perspektivi istorije.

Pogledao sam film u Ušću. Dramaturški lepo teče, ali moj crnogorski nije toliko dobar, pa sam neke šale propustio zbog kombinacije nerazumevanja glasa (subjektivno neadekvatan zvuk, ili mi treba slušni aparat) i nerazumevanja reči (to jest kad i razumem šta je rečeno ne znam šta to znači).

Publika se najviše smejala šalama iz reklame. To mora da je neko pravilo. Film inače najavljuju kao avanture mladog Crnogorca u Beogradu, i time se nekako implicira neki susret crnogorskog i beogradskog, ali beogradskog u filmu skoro da i nema. Muški likovi su svi Crnogorci. Nije ni čudo što film ne prolazi Behdel test Kad sam u sred filma shvatio da će tako ići do kraja odustao sam od očekivanja tog beogradskog.

Imam par pitanja u vezi s likovima, ali da sad ne spojlerišem, kasnije ću.

Quote from: mac on 26-09-2014, 16:50:42
Pogledao sam film u Ušću. Dramaturški lepo teče, ali moj crnogorski nije toliko dobar, pa sam neke šale propustio zbog kombinacije nerazumevanja glasa (subjektivno neadekvatan zvuk, ili mi treba slušni aparat) i nerazumevanja reči (to jest kad i razumem šta je rečeno ne znam šta to znači).

Ja sam ovaj problem imao već sa trejlerima i očekivano, u Sava Centru, gde je ozvučenje slabije, isto neke replike nisam pohvatao. Dizajn zvuka je, za naše usove, solidan, ali to je za mene nagluvog nedovoljno.

Ovo ostalo je tačno, film ne govori o culture clashu između Beograda i Crne Gore/ Podgorice već parodira samomitologizaciju Crnogoraca o tome kako oni zapravo vladaju Srbijom na svim planovima. Otud i nema ne-crnogorskih muških likova a žene su takve kakve jesu.

Mala jesenja ksenofobija

http://starikadar.blogspot.com/2014/09/novembarski-covek.html

Radiohead singer-songwriter Thom Yorke released a new solo album, "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes," Friday through the peer-to-peer file sharing site BitTorrent, in the "first ever paygated torrent in history."

Yorke's first solo album in eight years is available as a bundle on the site for $6, and is just the first of many partnerships of its kind according to the site. BitTorrent says that after the publisher of the paygate bundle, in this case Yorke, covers transaction fees, the site will take 10 percent after that, passing on the rest of the profits.

"If it works well, it could be an effective way of handing some control of internet commerce back to the people who are creating the work ... enabling those people who make either music, video or any other kind of digital content to sell it themselves." Yorke said.

The eight-track album is available for purchase in vinyl at the W.A.S.T.E. Shop or at BitTorrent.

Yorke's band Radiohead tested the music market in 2007 when it dropped "pay what you want" album "In Rainbows." The U.K. band is currently in the studio recording a new album.



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 Mali Budo tj. Svi smo mi Budo

Kako ja nisam filmski kritičar tipa Vojnov ili tamo neki, ja neću u ovom filmu praviti paralele o Odiseju i Penelope, sa ciljem da dodjem do Isusa. No onako po seljački ...
Počev neđe od maja mjeseca ( ako me sjećanje ne vara ) i prvog trejlera koji je kao bomba odjeknuo po društvenim mrežama, jedva čekah da dođe Budo u bioskope. I Budo dođe. Vaistinu dođe.

Budo u vidu razmaženog sina jedinca tkz guzova maloga, kome je sve u životu dozvoljeno.
Budo koji je klasični primjer tipičnog sina jedinca dobrostojeće pg porodice.
Budo koji je svuđe rado viđen kao sin uglednog hirurga dr. Đurovića. E sad čudnim spletom događaja Budo postaje žrtva očeve nesposobnosti da kao vrsni hirurg odradi običan hiruški zahvat.
Glupo bi bilo a da se ne pomene da se takve stvari stvarno dešavaju u KBC Podgorica, pa onda i taj događaj dobija na značaju. Đe bi Crnogorac strka kad je muka a da to nije Beograd?
Budo i drug mu nesretni

Otac šalje razmaženoga Buda za Beograd, jer mu je poznati crnogorski biznismen aka. mafijaš za petama, da bi  Đe su sve penali. Svi smo mi nekad bili u situaciji da Podgoricu zamjenimo   Beogradom. Sami taj dolazak u velegrad od 2 miliona stanovnika iz Podgorice je jedan poseban i nekome ko to nije doživio teško objašnjiv detalj. I kako to obično biva Buda dočeka tajov prijatelj koji baš i nije prijatelj. Dalji tok što i kako Budo čini sa inspektorom Kujovićem neću pisat jer onda nema draži gledat film. Inspektor Kujović ( Sergej Trifunović ) je naravno crnogorac na radu u Beogradu duboko ogrezao u onaj drugi svijet. Nešto kao inspektori iz francuskih filmova.

Ulogu Buda Đurovića, malog guzatog, razmaženog, tipičnog bogatog cikotića maestalno je skinuo Petar Strugar. Počev od ponašanja, gestikulacije, opaski, pošalica ( kad sam čuo izraz "Mangaš" okinuo sam se, jer je to davno prošlo vrijeme i malo se ko toga danas sjeti ), pa do onog ponašanja po Beograda... Maestralan.
Ostala glumačka ekipa se maximalno jaka, ali samo jedna zamjerka. Zamjerka samo na pokušavanje nasilnog izgovaranja cikotićkog akcenta, kojeg niko ali niko nije skinuo.
Muzika top, posebno oduševljenje sa završnom scenom i Sarom Jo i pjesmom "Provokacija".
E da uvatih jednu pogrešku u filmu. Kad je scena sletanja aviona na BGD aerodrom lijepo se vidi da je u pitanju ruski avion po trobojci ispod repa aviona, dok je sledeća scena sletanje MNA aviona
Sve u svemu po meni odličan film.
Ako mi što još pane na um dopisaću

http://neverin.blogspot.com/2014/09/mali-budo-tj-svi-smo-mi-budo.html?m=1

Will živopiše BUDIMIRA

http://www.vijesti.me/caffe/nije-budo-sto-mu-zbore-no-je-vitez-crne-gore-797671


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Will jeste prosrpski agent u suverenoj Crnoj Gori, pa se možda i po toj liniji može tumačiti to da su mu mišljenja slična ovome što mi mislimo o filmu    Biće zanimljivo kad vidimo kritiku koju piše neki dukljanski hardlajner. Al svejedno, Will je ovo vrlo lepo ispisao. I poučno, kako i dolikuje, sa dubinskijim čitanjem mitologije, stealth-kolonijalne mehanike itd.

Still not a lot is known about the upcoming "The Fantastic Four" reboot beyond the people involved and that it will be a more character driven piece.

Today, a source for Schmoes Know has reportedly claimed to have uncovered a few bits of information. First off, as expected, Kate Mara's Sue Storm character will be the adopted sister of Michael B. Jordan's Johnny Storm - something that seemed likely after the hiring of Reg E. Cathey as Dr. Franklin Storm.

The site claims the film is going to be VERY character-driven with the setting up the characters and their relationships with each other and nemesis Victor von Doom (Toby Kebbell) taking precedence over the action. The biggest reveal of the story though is the change to the origin of the quartet's superpowers:

    "In the film, the team will gain their powers through a lab experiment gone wrong in a way, where they create a portal to another world or dimension (it's not clear) and they get their powers after the exposure to this other dimension/planet. Much like how the group gets their powers in the Ultimate Fantastic Four comics, after they are engulfed in a failed teleporter experiment."

Producer Simon Kinberg previously indicated the film will have a much more scientific feel than than the previous ones, and this sound like it will follow the Ultimate run of the comic much closer.

Along with the likes of Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) and Firestorm (Dominic Purcell), another villain set to appear midseason in the upcoming "The Flash" series is one of DC Comics' first openly gay characters - The Pied Piper.

According to TV Line the version here is named Hartley, a protege of Dr. Wells who lost his hearing in an accident. He now sets out to wreak havoc with an invention of his own under the guise of The Pied Piper.

You can expect Matt Nable's upcoming interpretation of Batman villain Ra's Al Ghul in the upcoming third season of The CW's "Arrow" to bear more of a resemblance to the comic book version of the character than Liam Neeson's turn in "Batman Begins".

Entertainment Weekly spoke with executive producer Andrew Kreisberg about the League of Assassins leader:

    "Now that the Arrow/Flash universe contains people with powers and contains the Mirakuru serum, it gives us a bit more license to be a little more 'comic book-y' than certainly even Christopher Nolan set out to do.

    A lot of the themes for Oliver's journey that we were discussing this season are wrapped up in identity. Can he be both Oliver Queen and the Arrow? A lot of that turned out to get tied up with what we thought of Ra's al Ghul and who he was and where he came from and what his ultimate goals are. All of those things lined up perfectly."

How many of the comic elements though - from the character's immortality to the Lazarus pits - will be incorporated isn't certain.

Actor Manu Bennett has been advised his character of Slade Wilson/Deathstroke will be back at some point in the future on the currently filming third season of The CW's "Arrow".

Bennett's character served as the central antagonist of the show's second season. Appearing at the Wizard World Nashville Comic Con (via ComicBook.com), Bennett was asked when we might see his return to The CW series:

    "Realistically, when we talk about storyline, they threw me into a really interesting place, Purgatory. And you know, I'm left at the end, shaking the bars, going, 'I keep my promises, kid.' And I think I meant it. So I don't think that they are just going to let that voice subside into the vast abyss.

    But at this stage, I don't know. They said at the end of the season last year, they said, 'Look, we want you back. We want you back.' But there's been no indication yet of how they'll go about that at any point in time, right now."

Bennett was also asked about Matt Nable, who plays the third season antagonist Ra's al Ghul. Bennett and Nable co-starred together in the 2012 mini-series "Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms" alongside the likes of Callan Mulvey, Luke Hemsworth, Luke Ford and Bennett's "Spartacus" co-star Todd Lasance. Bennett says if he does come back this season, he hopes to share some scenes with Nable:

    "I know that Matt Nable, who's an Australian actor who I worked with on the Sons of Anarchy kind-of-biker series last year, maybe just the year before in Australia, just got cast as Ra's Al Ghul. I mean this guy was playing the head of the biker gang that I was in. I was the tough guy in the biker gang, but he was like the head. And he's got such an intensity to him.

    But I don't know, man, if it ever comes down to him and me facing off in a scene, 'whew,' I mean Stephen Amell is really going to have to bring it to the fire at that stage. It's going to be two Aussies, it's going to be an Aussie and New Zealander just sitting there and going 'whew.' I look forward to that. Matt Nable is a great actor."

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