Yesterday we learned that Mark “Marky Mark” Wahlberg had joined the cast of Transformers 4. Powet.tv has an exclusive first look at Marky Mark on the set in the role of Optimus Prime!

This is of course not Marky Mark’s first affiliation with Transformers. In the movie Boogie Nights Marky covered Stan Bush’s “The Touch” from the 1986 Transformers animated movie. This is shown in Powet’s review of the Transformers animated movie on Blu-Ray:

He also whips out a large prosthetic penis in the film.

It was previously reported that Jason Statham would be the new star of the film. At this time this appears to be untrue as he was not spotted on set along with Marky Mark.

I had seen a trailer for Cloud Atlas not very long ago. I didn’t really understand it, but it piqued my curiosity. There appeared to be some elements of science fiction and adventure involved that appealed to me. From what I had heard it was based on a novel that was supposed to be unfilmable. Several days after experiencing the movie, I am still thinking about it. And I say ‘experience’ because one does not simply watch this movie, you become involved in it. If you like Cloud Atlas, despite its 172 minute run-time, it is unlikely that you will be satisfied with a single viewing.

Cloud Atlas is, in fact, six separate stories set in different eras, but all told in parallel. Initially, the jumping back and forth between six different plots is confusing and disorienting, but as things progress, it becomes increasingly easy to follow since we are not bogged down by any unnecessary elements in the plots. These are fairly terse short stories weaved together with physical and thematic ties. While it is tempting to try and keep track of everything from the outset, don’t. Just sit back and enjoy the film, the pieces will come together as they are meant.

Read on for more details of the plots and my reactions.
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Here it is. The first trailer for Iron Man 3 is up as the hype train continues to countdown to May 3rd, 2013.

We can see in the trailer that the events in the movie happen after The Avengers. We see a new armor enter the fray that looks like the Iron Patriot armor we saw Norman Osborn sporting in The Dark Avengers, though I have read that it is being called the ‘Detroit Steel’ armor. And finally The Mandarin steps forward. In the first movie, when Tony was kidnapped, it was by a terrorist organization called the ‘Ten Rings’. It was long believed that this was a reference to the Mandarin and given how he is represented in this trailer, that seems consistent.

Marvel.com has revealed the first movie poster for the forthcoming Iron Man 3 film. Its pretty generic and could honestly be the movie poster for any Iron Man movie. There doesn’t seem to be anything plot specific about this. This is more of a way to begin the hype train that Marvel has been so good at fostering with their world-building movies.

Iron Man 3 will hit theaters May 3, 2013.
Thor: The Dark World is due November 8, 2013.
Captain America: Winter Soldier is coming April 4, 2014.
Guardians of the Galaxy hits August 1, 2014.
The Avengers sequel is slated for May 1, 2015.
Ant-Man is coming our way on November 6, 2015.

Marvel has clearly been busy making things for us to buy in mass quantities.

According to an announcement from Marvel Studios, Ant-Man will be coming to theaters on November 6, 2015. The movie will be directed by Edgar Wright.

Ant-Man is a Marvel Comics hero that can shrink down to the size of ants and communicate with the insects via a special helmet. There have been a few characters that have worn the mantle of Ant-Man and I have not heard much about the script or plot for this movie so its not clear which iteration of the hero will take center stage.

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