Marvel’s recently announced the development of a third entry for the Captain America movie franchise, before it even debuts the second film, Captain America: Winter Soldier.
Now THAT’S faith in the works, if based on something tangible that has already proven its worth.
Case in point: there was a certain genius in the way Marvel introduced Captain America to the mainstream, movie-going audience in 2011.
Wait’ll you see what Sly did. Naughty, naughty, dude.
But then , whaddaya expect from a teeny little guy like him who’s made his whole career about looking BIG?
by Eriq GardnerSylvesterStallone experienced a Rocky Balboa-style comeback with The Expendables, his 2010 film about a team of mercenaries hired to eliminate a Latin American dictator. But even as the film grossed $274.5 million worldwide and spawned a sequel (with another on the way this summer), Stallone has been taking punches from writers who claim their work was stolen.
Let’s talk about villains. Seriously. There are a variety of villains, some of which you want nothing to do with in your writing. Others can be fixed and still others are right on!
So what do I mean there are different kinds of villains? Well there are lots, actually, but I’ll just discuss a couple of them here.
There’s the Self-Absorbed and too Careless to live villain. This can lend a lot of comedy to your story if that’s the direction you want to take since this kind of villain is above hard work and dealing with complicated decisions. He might be a pretty boy or a mob boss type, but the most important thing in life is his own comforts and the way others fear and/or look up to him. He pretty much delegates everything to underlings and expects his every desire to be served up to him like he’s a king.
One of our favorite peer productions is INSPECTOR SPACETIME NOT INSPECTOR SPACETIME UNTITLED WEBSERIES ABOUT A SPACE TRAVELER whatever, Travis Richey’s terrific web series which began its life as a a show-within-a-show on COMMUNITY.
Turns out we at TVWriter™ aren’t the only ones who’ve fallen in love with the charm and execution of this diamond. Turns out Trav’s got fans all over the place. Lovers of “Inspectrum” are all over the place, from Tumblr to, well, to the Inspector SpaceTime Wiki. For a good time, check out these droll, deadpan masterpieces.
Speaking of the Writers Guild:
This is heavy stuff. These talks will decide what the financial terms of the next Writers Guild of America – Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers deal will be.
And, as usual, the producers’ opening salvo is all about, well, let’s be clear here, it’s all about how much they’re dying to fuck us in the ass: