As publisher Derek Scarzella likes to say, “It’s a good week for Action A Go Go.”
He ain’t kidding either. There were a ton of excellent trailers released for 2014, both big and…bigger. We also got a sociology test via the X-Men from regular columnist Sy Shackleford. And finally, be sure to catch the The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug this weekend so you can compare notes with AAGG reviewer Andrew Allen.
So, what else was everyone on the Action A G oGo twitter yammering about this week? Well…
Alamo Drafthouse Unveils Their List Of 100 Essential Movies http://t.co/eo4siEyKIY #movies
— cinemablend.com (@cinemablend) December 14, 2013
One-Armed Teen Born With No Legs Pretends He’s a Zombie, Pranks the Crap Out of Wal-Mart Shoppers — http://t.co/FcUlhgVxq6
— BroBible (@BroBible) December 14, 2013
Richard Corliss’ Roger Ebert Tribute: “He went out fighting, and writing.” http://t.co/sivBlYbObq
— Criticwire (@IWCriticwire) December 12, 2013
‘SNL’ Holds Auditions For Black Female Cast Hopefuls At Groundlings http://t.co/NSri7zre3I
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) December 12, 2013
Johnny Depp Goes Cyber In First Two Transcendence Images http://t.co/Fns2982GfL #movies
— cinemablend.com (@cinemablend) December 12, 2013
Warner Bros. Unimpressed by Weinstein Lawsuit for Hobbit Profits http://t.co/2ty6MJ5fkK
— The Mary Sue (@TheMarySue) December 12, 2013
No love for The Butler, or Mad Men, or Homeland — All the snubs and surprises from this year’s Golden Globe noms: http://t.co/iIK8DUVXUb
— Vulture (@vulture) December 12, 2013
David Morrell Goes Rambo On The Treatment Of His Spider-Man Script And Quits Comics http://t.co/benrktu7VN
— Bleeding Cool (@bleedingcool) December 12, 2013
South Park Makes Fun of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian with ‘Bitch You Ain’t No Hobbit’ Song http://t.co/PpX5XIvG8T
— BroBible (@BroBible) December 12, 2013
YouTube’s top 10 videos in 2013, collectively, were viewed almost 1.5 billion times http://t.co/vosjh7VPM5
— Forbes (@Forbes) December 12, 2013
All Remaining Blockbuster UK Stores To Shutter By December 16th http://t.co/xBhXIyKWmP
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) December 12, 2013
Netflix announces its next original series: BoJack Horseman, a cartoon about a horse. http://t.co/x1EliDmEES
— Vulture (@vulture) December 12, 2013
This is what the logo for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar looks like (in case you were wondering): http://t.co/GgoNxza7pK
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) December 12, 2013
Peter Jackson will turn to the Tintin sequel after The Hobbit… http://t.co/b2mthWqBsl
— Flickering Myth (@flickeringmyth) December 12, 2013
Paul Rudd says Ant-Man casting is “all rumour”… http://t.co/zKsQCvGwgP
— Flickering Myth (@flickeringmyth) December 12, 2013
Zero Dark Thirty’s Jason Clarke cast as John Connor in Terminator: Genesis. Who’s up for Sarah Connor & Kyle Reese? http://t.co/2JY5oN47fv
— IGN (@IGN) December 12, 2013
It’s Official: YouTube Says Gaming Channel Content ID Claims Are All Valid, Channels Will Shut Down “Ouch” http://t.co/x8XwNe1yOn
— Johnny Mac (@iGamerZero24) December 12, 2013
Chris Morgan Revising ‘Fast & Furious 7’ Script, Shooting Could Resume in January http://t.co/Nf1RNNrm1m
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) December 11, 2013
First posters for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes… http://t.co/7q67yMu1zh
— Flickering Myth (@flickeringmyth) December 11, 2013
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes pushes up its release date in expectation that Fast & Furious 7 will be delayed http://t.co/wOJH4MooTK
— IGN (@IGN) December 11, 2013
Selena Gomez and Ethan Hawke’s ‘Getaway’ Is Worst Reviewed Film of 2013; ‘After Earth’ and ‘Grown Ups 2’ Also Rank http://t.co/x5uzO9qFv0
— Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) December 10, 2013
Photo: MoviePass: Jack Reacher Sequel Moving Forward with Tom Cruise tf: Deadline reports that Paramount… http://t.co/txCr1GBeK7
— MoviePass (@MoviePass) December 10, 2013
New Music: Robin Thicke & Ron Burgundy – ‘Ride Like the Wind’ http://t.co/FWVuBHyC4J
— Rap-Up (@RapUp) December 10, 2013
Amnesty International Stages A Kidnapping In A Kiev Movie Theater http://t.co/nDNToByyQ4
— Co.Create (@FastCoCreate) December 10, 2013
PTC: Violence Levels On Broadcast And Cable “Virtually Indistinguishable” http://t.co/Ydddmzqggl
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) December 9, 2013
World War Z sequel finds a new director who won’t get in Brad Pitt’s way http://t.co/kYEgOQTIb0
— The AV Club (@TheAVClub) December 10, 2013
UPDATE: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ Opens No. 1 In 32 Intl Markets; Germany Up, New Zealand Down Vs 1st… http://t.co/glB5Zwf8Nc
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) December 13, 2013
‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ Teaser Poster http://t.co/T3U27X4W40
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) December 13, 2013
Electro Takes Center Stage In International Spider-Man 2 Trailer http://t.co/RsrkNHWMgl #movies
— cinemablend.com (@cinemablend) December 13, 2013
Paramount Settles Multi-Million Wall Street Financing Lawsuit http://t.co/Z8ieDhJ427
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) December 12, 2013
Fox to Remake ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ With Ridley Scott Producing http://t.co/ypJGzaL9CY
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) December 14, 2013