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Chronicle’s Michael B. Jordan Could Be The New Johnny Storm For Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four

This would be the first African-American incarnation of Storm that I’m aware of, and one in a very short list on non-white big screen super heroes.

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Why Fox Don’t Like The Script For Chronicle 2

The reason they don’t like it is probably a good reason we would. NOW with minor UPDATE.

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Breaking Into Chronicle – Genre, Gender, Found Footage And The Follow Up

Including my video interview with two of the film’s stars and a sample of ‘Pre Viz’ footage.

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See Brendon Connelly’s Hitherto Unknown Chronicle-Style Super Powers

I won’t be crossing Bleeding Cool’s Brendon Connelly any time soon, not since I discovered that he has telekinetic powers to amaze and astound even the most hard-headed realist.

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Max Landis Spills Lots Of Chronicle 2 Details, More On His Many Upcoming Films

I’d guess Max Landis must eat 4000 calories a day just to keep functioning.

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Fox Updates From Cinemacon: Fantastic 4, Wolverine, Prometheus, Apes Sequel, Die Hard 5 And More

Lots and lots of bits of little stuff.

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The Red Star Is Josh Trank’s Latest Comics-To-Film Project

From the pre-release buzz on Chronicle, director Josh Trank was linked to Fantastic Four. Then after, the film’s release he was put in the frame with the in-development Venom movie. It’s not yet known if either of those conversations are …

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Chronicle 2 Is Coming

I was surprised how little advanced excitement and anticipation there was in the geekosphere for Chronicle. Here was that thing so many nerds say they want: an original story, well told, with character and surprises, and a tone that deserved …

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Venom Movie Back On The Cards, Chronicle Director Josh Trank In The Frame To Direct

Once upon a time, Zombieland scriptwriters Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese were working on a screenplay for a Venom movie, spinning off the character alongside Sony’s main Spider-Man series. Then director Gary Ross became involved, before getting on board with …

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Final Trailer For Chronicle – Too Much, Too Late? Or Just In Time?

I’ve been amazed that advanced buzz on Chronicle hasn’t snapped the needle, but it hasn’t. A shame, really, because I think a lot of people are going to like this film. And like it a lot, too. This final trailer, …

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Friday Film Review (On Saturday) – Woman In Black, Carnage, Underworld 3D, W.E And More

I wasn’t able to be in the studio on Friday for this week’s film review on Glide FM, but I eventually managed to make a very excited call to Sophie, somewhere near the end of the show. We manage to …

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Friday Film Review – Coriolanus, Haywire And Chronicle

This week’s two most interesting releases are Coriolanus, reworking Shakespeare as a modern war film, and Haywire, which contains some of the best action you will ever see. Ever. Also on the slate is Chronicle, which is coming on the …

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Boys Will Be Boys – New Chronicle Clip Is A Touch Pervy

It doesn’t look like anybody in Chronicle develops “X-ray” vision or the power of invisibility, but teenage boys will always find a way to live up to their hormones. Nice to see them also doing some homework, though. This clip …

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Fantastic Four Reboot Looks To Recruit Chronicle’s Josh Trank

It seems like only yesterday that I was reading, and writing, about the last attempt to launch The Fantastic Four as a big screen series. This was when Twin Peaks‘ Mark Frost and Down With Love director Peyton Reed were …

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The Rules Of Superpowers And A Whole Lot Of Spectacle – The New Chronicle Trailer

There are more ideas and interesting images in these thirty seconds or so of Chronicle than many superpowers stories manage to drum up in a whole hour. Some of this we’ve seen in the previously released trailers and TV spots, …

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Exclusive Chronicle Poster Premiere – And Lots And Lots More Of Artwork For The Film

Let’s stop wondering what you are capable of for a moment and have a look at what Matt Ferguson can do. Ferguson just one of a series of artists charged with creating a range of interpretive or expressionistic posters for …

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Publicity For Chronicle Goes Up A Gear – New Trailer, Clip, Image

We’re less than a month from the release of Max Landis and Josh Trank‘s Chronicle, the found footage superpowers film with great advance word of mouth. But despite the buzz, there’s been a relative shortage of marketing materials. Perhaps it …

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That Made Perfect Sense – The TV Spot For Chronicle That Premiered During The Misfits Finale

If you’re looking for the misadventures of some super-powered young miscreants, Channel 4′s Misfits would probably have been your first port of call for a few years now. Last night, however, their third series came to an end and while …

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