Marvel Studio brings us another group of superheroes based on the Marvel Comics, Thunderbolts.
Jake Schreier directs a well-thought-out cast who play misfits. Florence Pugh, who plays Black Widow, is the center of attention in the storyline—at least in the first trailer.
The ensemble cast also includes David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sebastian Stan and Hannah John-Kamen.
Other films directed by Schreier:
Paper Towns
Robot & Frank
Beef
Tommy Wirkola directs David Harbour as Santa Claus in Violent Night. An international team of mercenaries burglarizes a family compound on Christmas Eve. Everyone in the household becomes hostage as the mercenaries try to access hundreds of millions of dollars.
Santa Claus arrives to place the Christmas gifts around the tree when he stumbles on the bad guys and gets combative. He uses all the tactics he knows to save a little girl’s Christmas and her family.
Violent Night is definitely a movie you want to add to your Christmas favorites. Keep your younger kids away because of foul language and sexual references.
Directed by Cate Shortland, Black Widow is about Natasha Romanoff, played by Scarlett Johansson, in her quests between the films Civil War and Infinity Wars.
Ned Benson and Jac Schaeffer co-wrote the screenplay based on Stan Lee, Don Heck, and Don Rico comic books.
Rachel Weisz and David Harbour play critical roles in the movie – Weisz as Melina Vostokoff and Harbour as Alexei Shostakov and Red Guardian.
Weisz’s most recent role was in The Favourite, and she is married to James Bond, Daniel Craig. David Harbour played the Sheriff in Stranger Things and played Hellboy in the remake.
Black Widow is Shortland’s first major movie, though it looks like she directed a couple of arthouse movies.
Not a lot of information about the movie, so we watch the trailer to figure out what is happening in the story. It looks like the Black Widow goes home and spends time with her family.
The TV spot is 90 seconds long, almost the length of a trailer, and it contains what is in the above trailer and a little bit more.
I am impressed with these presentations, and I am hoping for a great movie.
Directed by Neil Marshall and based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola,
Marshall’s directing credits include episodic shows like Lost in Space and Westworld. He’s also directed features, including Dog Soldiers and Doomsday.
Harbour is fantastic and so believable as Hellboy. Delivering his lines straightforwardly with a touch of irony makes each scene in the trailer fun to watch. The song in the trailer brings us a whole new level of entertainment.
The rest of the cast includes Milla Jovovich and Sasha Lane. Jovovich is familiar with this genre and adds credibility to the storyline. Jovovich is known for her dynamic work in the Resident Evil franchise.
I am not planning on seeing this movie because it is not my genre. The trailers look fantastic, and Harbour is impressive. He is so right for Hellboy. I am excited for him.
The movie clip shows how tongue-in-cheek the story moves along through archetype villains. Hellboy is not serious, but it’s all for fun.
The featurette shows how the movie follows one of Hellboy’s comic book stories, comparing some movie images with the comic book drawings.
The movie clip shows some impressive CGI effects. Then we see the more we know, and the movie follows the comic book.
I picked three interviews that offer insight into what the newest version of Hellboy will bring us in the movie theaters and the box office. First, we have Daniel Dae Kim as “Major Ben Daimio,” listening to Kim talk about his character is surreal. He is so in tune with Daimio that it goes to another dimension.
The second interview is with Milla Jovovich, known as “Nimue and The Blood Queen.” She explains the story in the movie. She has Hellboy dialed. Her Beastie Boys t-shirt adds a lot to the interview, as well. This lady is a stick of dynamite, continually blowing up with excellent and refreshing energy.
Finally, David Harbour, as the “Hellboy” interview, is terrific. Ian Shane, who plays his adopted father, says in an interview he’s seen Harbour on Broadway. I can’t believe this guy’s been on Broadway. I thought Stranger Things was his only avenue other than Hellboy. No wonder he is so talented. I admired his remarkable work in the first season of the Netflix series Stranger Things.