James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 premiered at number one at the box office this week. Fans have been waiting for the final chapter in Gunn’s Guardians trilogy, that we almost didn’t get. Thankfully, that error was righted, and now we can see the scope of Gunn’s story. As usual, the film is loaded to the brim with Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 easter eggs and references. What did we find?
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Lylla
In this entry, we get Rocket’s origin as the High Evolutionary created him through experimentation on a baby raccoon. Yes, we finally can confirm he actually is a raccoon, and he even adopts his comic name of Rocket Raccoon. When he is placed in his cage, we see a few other experiments that have been created using small animals.
WArning!!!! There will be spoilers for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3!
Lylla
In this entry, we get Rocket’s origin as the High Evolutionary created him through experimentation on a baby raccoon. Yes, we finally can confirm he actually is a raccoon, and he even adopts his comic name of Rocket Raccoon. When he is placed in his cage, we see a few other experiments that have been created using small animals.
- 5/9/2023
- by Bryan Wolford
- JoBlo.com
Over the past couple years, the radio and sometime TV show This American Life has become a launching pad for a few potential film stories. A number of different segments from the show, which follows through on the title to document odd and interesting tales from America, are currently in development to possibly become feature films. The latest is a segment called Heretics, "based on the life of a fallen star in the evangelical movement," with Marc Forster attached to direct. Variety says that Marcus Hinchey is writing the script based on the original story segment, which aired in 2005. As the show's website summarizes, Heretics is "The story of Reverend Carlton Pearson, a renowned evangelical pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who cast aside the idea of Hell, and with it everything he'd worked for over his entire life." The story charts the rise and fall of Pearson, with Act Two of...
- 7/14/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Though Forster’s next project be the Gerard Butler-starring drama Machine Gun Preacher, he’s preparing for the future. On the horizon may be Heretics, written by Marcus Hinchey (All Good Things), a film based on the “This American Life” podcast episode of the same name. [The Playlist]
Here’s the episode logline of the site:
“The story of Reverend Carlton Pearson, a renowned evangelical pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who cast aside the idea of Hell, and with it everything he’d worked for over his entire life.”
Pearson built a 5,000 member congregation at an impressively young age. Between television appearances and friendships with people like Oral Roberts and acquaintances who included the President, Pearson was an up-and-coming Evangelical star – until he stopped believing in Hell. Preaching this new sermon, Pearson soon lost the majority of his congregation, the majority of his funding and the majority of his Evangelical street-cred. And for what?...
Here’s the episode logline of the site:
“The story of Reverend Carlton Pearson, a renowned evangelical pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who cast aside the idea of Hell, and with it everything he’d worked for over his entire life.”
Pearson built a 5,000 member congregation at an impressively young age. Between television appearances and friendships with people like Oral Roberts and acquaintances who included the President, Pearson was an up-and-coming Evangelical star – until he stopped believing in Hell. Preaching this new sermon, Pearson soon lost the majority of his congregation, the majority of his funding and the majority of his Evangelical street-cred. And for what?...
- 7/13/2010
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Endgame Entertainment is adapting an episode of "This American Life" called Heretics into a feature film of the same name, reports Deadline . The film tells the true story of Reverend Carlton Pearson, a devoted Christian in Tulsa, Oklahoma whose faith led him to preach against the concept of Hell. Marc Forster ( Monster's Ball , Quantum of Solace ) is also producing and may step in to direct.
- 7/13/2010
- Comingsoon.net
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