STACK #130 Aug 2016

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MAGIC MIKE THE TV SERIES? S teven Soderbergh famously said he was quitting the movies. It looks like he could become a force on TV. Following a path forged by have turned their energies to the small screen, including Sam Raimi ( Xena, Ash vs. Evil Dead ), Michael Bay ( Black Sails ), Ridley Scott ( The Good Wife ) and Guillermo del Toro ( The Strain ). It looks like Soderbergh is the next cab – or is that cat? – of the rank. He's already received widespread acclaim as one of the showrunners on the first season of The Knick, which stars Clive Owen as a flawed but brilliant doctor operating in a fictional New York hospital in 1900. Medical procedures are primitive by today's standards and the series doesn't shy away from the bloody craft of the surgeon, though it also offers up a great ensemble cast and themes of life and death at the pointy end of a hospital, which has seen The Knick compared to St. Elsewhere . Clive Owen received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for The Knick and the series has already been renewed for a second season. Next up for Soderbergh is a TV production of The Girlfriend Experience , based on his 2009 movie of the same name which starred porn star Sasha Grey. The serialisation will take shape as a 13-part anthology chronicling the complex relationship that occurs between exclusive escorts and their high net worth clients. It would be easy to make a leap of logic and imagine that Magic Mike would be another raunchy Soderbergh movie up for this kind of treatment. Magic Mike XXL has already proved a hit with female audiences and there are plenty of threads and characters to explore. Channing Tatum and Joe Manganiello may be too busy but there are plenty of fresh-faced hunks that would easily step into the breach. Perhaps it's time to get an internet campaign going? producer Jerry Bruckheimer with the CSI franchise, many major motion picture figures

AWESOME FOURSOME Re-inventing the Fantastic Four franchise. K ate Mara steps into the invisible skin-tight suit of Sue walk on stilts which made me six foot eight. It was intense, trying to balance all the time. MilesTeller: I got nine stitches in my finger for something that wasn’t really a stunt. I was searching for a tool, and when I pulled my hand out of the prop box, I took a chunk

Storm, most recently worn by Jessica Alba. Jamie Bell becomes Ben Grimm/The Thing, most recently played by Michael Chiklis. Whiplash ’s Miles Teller fantastically stretches himself as Reed Richards, last played by Ioan Gruffudd. And Michael B. Jordan follows in the fiery footsteps of Chris Evans’s Johnny Storm/ Human Torch. STACK's Gill Pringle met with the fearless foursome at CinemaCon: Q: Tell us about the storyline? Michael B. Jordan: It’s an origin story. You find these characters all in their own individual lives. But fate brings us together, and you see us grow, overcoming obstacles and adversaries. Q: And the stunts? Jamie Bell: They put me on stilts, because my character is much larger than I am. So I had to

out of my finger and needed stitches. Kate Mara: There’s some flying scenes, so it took a while to learn how to feel comfortable and look like you know what you’re doing when you’re hanging from a wire. Q: Michael, how often did you work on the phrase “Flame on”? Jordan: Aw, man. Not often. Johnny never really practiced it because he didn’t know he was gonna get powers. I wanted to make it as grounded as I could, so not as many times as people would think. Teller: People will be yelling that at you for the rest of your life. “Michael B., flame on!”

For more superheroes, check out STACK 's Comic-Con coverage beginning page 12.

DINOSAURS DEVOUR SUPERHEROES I t's official, Jurassic World has surpassed The Avengers to become the third highest grossing movie of all time. Taking in more than $US1.52 billion internationally has pushed it past Marvel's 2012 supehero big bash. There's still a long way to go before the dino rampage sinks Titanic , with its box office gross of $2.18 billion. On top of the heap is Avatar at $2.79 billion. With James Cameron working on a sequel for 2017, and with the impending release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, there are a couple of contenders to challenge these record holders. Sitting a smidgen behind The Avengers

The Knick - Season 1 will be out on DVD and Blu-ray August 19.

is another 2015 smash in Fast & Furious 7 , which is set to hit JB Hi-Fi on DVD and Bu-ray on August 27, while Jurassic World will come roaring into stores on October 15.

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