If you’ve ever yearned for more than your provincial life, you have a kindred spirit in the effervescent Emma Watson, who can be seen singing her character Belle’s signature song from Beauty and the Beast for the very first time in today’s Movie Morsels. Plus, we’ve got a new clip from James Gunn’s The Belko Experiment, word on who might be playing the Big Bad in Wonder Woman, and plenty more for you pretty people…
Beauty and the Beast
As is the case with most film musicals these days, from Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd to last year’s La La Land, the initial trailers for Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast did their very best to hide the fact this is in fact a musical (presumably from folks still dealing with the trauma of their theater experiences in high school). But the film’s latest clip wears its tuneful colors loud and proud, and marks the first time we’ve heard the original animated classic’s “Belle” as sung by star Emma Watson…
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Wonder Woman
Okay, file this one under R for “Rumor” until it’s confirmed by Warner Bros., but we have it from a pretty reliable source (a.k.a. Batman News) that Ares, the God of War himself and the main villain in the first-ever Wonder Woman movie will be played by none other than English actor David Thewlis (best known as Professor Lupin in the Harry Potter movies). But again, nothing confirmed.
The Belko Experiment
While we wait for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to blow our collective minds when it arrives in May, we have Gunn’s latest horror project to tide us over when it lands on March 17th. Here’s the second clip we’ve seen from the blood-soaked Belko Experiment, which has been described as “Battle Royale meets Office Space.”
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The Predator
Shane Black is awfully proud to start shooting his eagerly awaited The Predator. So proud, in fact, that the auteur has shared the first-ever photo of the film’s assembled cast, featuring a few faces more than familiar to Nerdist readers, as well as confirmation that the movie will most definitely be rated R. Now, the big question is, which of these folks will be torn apart by our favorite intergalactic alien hunter?
Partial cast… beautiful human beings, good people. Also, killers. Cameras roll today. Follow me on Twitter for updates. Wish us luck. pic.twitter.com/vYGgGesW0Y
— Shane Black (@BonafideBlack) February 20, 2017
And, just to be clear… PG-13 is for pussies. Spines bleed… a lot.
— Shane Black (@BonafideBlack) February 18, 2017
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Doctor Strange
One one week to go until Marvel’s Doctor Strange hits Blu-ray and DVD! So let’s celebrate with some clips from the film’s bonus features, showcasing its shooting and sets in Hong Kong, where the future Sorcerer Supreme faces Earth’s greatest threat in the movie’s climatic cosmic throwdown.
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
In case you missed it yesterday, the good folks at Warner Bros. saw fit to unveil the first full trailer for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, starring Charlie Hunnam as the fabled British ruler. It’s a new take on the tale from Guy Ritchie, and as such, looks to be shrewdly tailored for contemporary audiences.
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Logan
Finally today… Snikt! Our own Dan Casey sat down with the cast and director of Logan to get the lowdown on what most are saying is far and away the finest Wolverine movie ever!
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