And the Fandom Rejoiced/Film

Ah, film, a global medium. It's certainly provided a number of moments to cheer about.


 * Peter Cullen was the voice actor for Optimus Prime in the Transformers Generation 1 cartoon. When it was announced that he would play Optimus Prime in the 2007 film, the Transformers Wiki put it best: "And there was much rejoicing. (One person started complaining. He was torn limb from limb, skewered and eaten.)" It didn't silence all of them -- we're talking about fanboys here -- but it did get the fandom to rally behind the movie and arguably make it the success that it was. Another big rally cry here was the very impressive trailers that showcased brief images of the actual robots, including Optimus Prime transforming with the classic sound effect. Considering Cullen's Optimus was described as "a surrogate father to a generation of latchkey kids", it's hardly surprising.
 * The studio tried to pull this off again with Revenge of the Fallen, when they cast Frank Welker to reprise his role as Soundwave, whose super-processed, artificial-sounding voice was one of the most distinctive in the old cartoon. Then they left out all the processing in the finished film, leaving us with Welker's "Dr. Claw" voice.
 * Then, with Transformers 3, the fanbase was split, as usual, on whether the third film would be like ROTF. First, came the announcement (probably faked) that The Twins wouldn't return. Then, Bay said that they would get rid of the "humor" that overruled the second film. The big announcement was the reveal of the villain...Shockwave. Cue massive rejoicing.
 * Actually, the villain of Dark of the Moon is not Shockwave, but
 * With Megan Fox gone, I wonder who Rosie Huntington-Whatever's gonna be playi...Carly? G. 1. Carly?!!
 * And then came the announcement that the Twins were indeed cut out of the film in the editing room. And There Was Much Rejoicing.
 * Inverted when he was told he wouldn't be Eeyore anymore. A sad day indeed.
 * Tempered for Winnie the Pooh and Pixarfans with the casting of Bud Luckey.
 * Leonard Nimoy as Sentinel Prime (Optimus' predecessor) was near universally praised. Nimoy has Transformers history voicing Galvatron from Transformers: The Movie.
 * More importantly, for years, Nimoy didn't want to talk about playing Galvatron (it was part of his I Am Not Spock) phase. He's definitely done a 180 about that.
 * Perhaps the original example of this trope is with the first Tim Burton Batman film and the decision to cast Michael Keaton in the title role. Batman fandom did a collective, "Michael Keaton?!?!?" and complained so loud and so furiously that Warner Brothers decided to take action with some emergency marketing. The centerpiece was a quick teaser that proved so popular that it silenced many fan complaints with the hope that Burton and Keaton were right after all. People were attending theaters just to watch the trailer and walking out when it was over, not even seeing the movie they paid for.
 * Probably the ultimate trump card to play when someone complains that "X is going to be Y" and they don't think it'll work out. Just tell them, "Mr. Mom was Batman? REALLY?" We can argue ad infinitum as to whether Keaton was the "real" Batman or Tim Burton's Batman. The point is, he did something no one expected he could do.
 * Nobody who saw Keaton in Clean And Sober had any doubt that Keaton was the man for the job. Pity the Batman films locked him in a rigid rubber suit and offered him little opportunity to do any actual acting.
 * It has been said that you should never cast an actor to play Batman. Batman is a stunt double in a rubber suit for all anybody actually cares. You cast an actor to pretend to be Bruce Wayne, because that is the only real "acting" that Batman actually does.
 * The same thing happened with Tobey Maguire. One guy actually said that Jet Li should be Spider-Man. Yes. Jet. Li. Again, you're not casting someone to play Spider-Man, you're casting someone to play Peter Parker, which Tobey did very well (even if it was an extreme case of Dawson Casting).
 * Even though in retrospect it was an ominous sign of things to come, Batman Forever induced this in many teen and tween movie fans back in 1995. A third Batman movie? Ah, it'll just be another dark and depressing Tim Burton whine-fest like Batman Returns...Wait, it's being directed by Joel Schumacher?! Of The Lost Boys fame?! And Batman himself will be played by Val Kilmer - Jim Morrison in The Doors?! And none other than Jim Carrey will also be in it?! This is gonna be AWESOME!!!
 * Talking of Batman, one should not forget the moment the then upcoming Batman Begins was announced, with the famous first teaser poster. The franchise had been in limbo for several years after Batman & Robin, and the thought of a new Batman movie was exciting news to every fan.
 * Similarly to Micheal Keaton's Playing Against Type, there was an outcry when it was announced that Heath Ledger would be playing the Joker in The Dark Knight. Then the trailer came out and the theater was filled with the sound of maniacal laughter...
 * There had been doubts in the fandom over Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Cue the awesome, awesome trailer.
 * Also the announcement of the return of Karen Allen as Marion, reuniting the OTP for anybody.
 * But then there was that bit with the fridge.
 * Any casting decision and armor image for the Iron Man movie, which proved to be very good omens. Particularly, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark: everyone was nodding when they heard that one announced.
 * It gets better: Genndy Tartakovsky storyboarding the action scenes for the sequel.
 * Marvel also had a go at this with what can only be described as a preemptive Fandom Rejoice moment with the film's post-credits sequence -.
 * "Nick Fury. Director of SHIELD. I'm here to talk to you about the Avenger Initiative."
 * Jon Favreau left after Iron Man 2. Fans only started to believe the third movie would work after Shane Black, of Lethal Weapon and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang fame, was signed to replace him.
 * Marvel has also cast Brian Blessed as Odin in Thor!
 * Aaaaaaaaaaand slapped down by Anthony Hopkins, who is also a decent casting choice.
 * For Australian fans, the casting of Chris Hemsworth as The Mighty Thor. The casting of Natalie Portman as Jane Foster is also a bright spot in the cast.
 * And Kat Dennings, just because...KatDennings.
 * And directed by Kenneth Branagh.
 * Idris Elba as Heimdall was part this and part WTH? Casting Agency. Now that the movie's out, there are definitely no regrets about that choice.
 * So The Avengers was pretty great, huh? It's a shame we never found out who the master of that creepy guy who gave Loki his army was, but oh we-...oh, here he is! Wait, did he just mention ?! Oh my God, is that  ?! HELL YES!
 * The trailer for Watchmen. The fact that they salvaged a good song from Batman and Robin and made it even more awesome really says a lot.
 * Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach, who heard about it thanks to a fan petition to get him the role.
 * The casting of Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. There was wank over Helena Bonham Carter and the script and that kiss...then the fans saw their Luna and promptly shut up.
 * In a similar vein, the casting of Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge. Which turned out to be a good omen for her performance in the film.
 * Bill Nighy as Scrimgeour in the Deathly Hallows films. Is it possible to read the books and not immediately picture Nighy as Scrimgeour?
 * One example that almost doesn't count, in a weird way: as soon as the book Half-Blood Prince came out, a good many fans read the character Horace Slughorn and simply said, "Well, that's Jim Broadbent". Throughout the casting period these same people were just wondering when they would announce that the role had gone to Jim Broadbent. Then they announced that Slughorn was going to be played by Jim Broadbent. Perfect casting, but nobody was really excited because the casting was so perfect it was obvious.
 * Also, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. "Meh, they changed the director, Dumbledore's actor is dead and...wait...GaryOldman will be cast as Sirius? And David Thewlis will be Lupin? Count me in, when it'll be released?!" Many fans seem to love Thewlis as Lupin.
 * Thewlis, too; a large segment of the fans (including The Nostalgia Chick), thought that while he's a good actor, he was terribly miscast. (The molestache didn't really help.)
 * Like the Jim Broadbent example above, casting Alan Rickman as Snape was such a natural choice people took it for granted he'd get the role, since hardly anybody could imagine anyone else playing Snape. There was a somewhat major outcry when it was reported Tim Roth was up for the part as well, because, as one reviewer later put it, Alan Rickman couldn't have been a better pick for Snape if he'd been expressly built for the role. Helps that Rowling had him partly in mind when she first made the character.
 * Similarly, Maggie Smith as McGonnagal. Simple, obvious casting.
 * All the movies cut too much stuff, I'm afraid of what will happen to Deathly Hallows...the film will be split in two parts?!
 * But it's probably going to be another kiddie flick like Half-Blood Prince...wait a second, is it PG-13!?
 * THEY'RE KEEPING THE GRINGOTTS DRAGON!
 * Wait, did they really put in  at the end?! OHMYGOSH WARNER BROS., I LOVE YOU!
 * This troper paused the trailer and called her brothers in to the living room. Cue three synchronized shit-eating grins getting wider and wider.
 * In order to mitigate the fact that it's a sequel to T3, the first thing we get to know about the fourth Terminator movie is that John Connor is played by Christian "Batman" Bale.
 * And the score for T4 is being composed by Danny Elfman. Engaging soundtrack geek Squee in 3...2...1...
 * This news.
 * The makers of the new G.I. Joe movie may have pulled this off by releasing The first pictures of Snake-Eyes.
 * Christopher Eccleston playing the villain Destro is enough to make fans yell, "Fantastic!!"
 * They hired Larry Hama, author of the long-running comic book and shaper of the franchise, as creative consultant, and they appear to have listened to his advice.
 * That's the big one. Let's just say that the Joe fanbase would be perfectly fine with GI Joe being turned into a yaoi storyline as long as they were assured Hama was involved somehow.
 * While hiring the director of the Justin Bieber movie to film the sequel caused a Tainted by the Preview, the casting of big name action movie stars such as Dwayne Johnson as Roadblock and Bruce Willis as Joe Colton made some fans cautiously optimistic. When pics of Snake Eyes's new look came out, fans were happy. (They ditched the molded mouth.) Then the teaser trailer came out. Fans were very happy. (The lack of sci-fi and Cobra Commander's new look were two things of note.)
 * Sean Connery being cast as Alan Quatermain in the film adaptation of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!? Fuck the rest of the movie...he's the reason I'm watching this!
 * And that, my Troping Friend is what is known as the Rule of Sean Connery- any movie is automatically cooler because it is Sean F* cking Connery!
 * This is true, even if the movie is Zardoz. How many people would've watched that if not for bikini-clad Sean Connery?
 * How about the chick feeling herself up in the shower?
 * "They're making an X-Men movie? I don't know...What? Patrick Stewart as Professor X? YES!"
 * Snikt. As soon as the audience heard Wolverine popping his claws at the end of the first trailer, they started to believe...
 * What brought up some people's interest was the fact was that the screenplay was done by David "Solid Snake" Hayter (who notably didn't do the screenplay for the third film).
 * The Last Stand ended up with mixed reviews, but quite a few people's expectations were raised when it was leaked that the film would feature a certain mutant announcing himself with a quote from a popular internet X-Men Gag Dub, to wit: I'M THE JUGGERNAUT, BITCH!!
 * Though people had been decrying X-Men Origins: Wolverine as just more over-exposure for the most popular X-Man and the "fourth Wolverine movie", the trailer at Comic-Con convinced some people that it could actually be a good movie in its own right.
 * Let's all be honest here and admit why the Wolverine movie might be good: Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool! The end result was half right as Reynolds as Wade Wilson was genuinely entertaining and the best thing in the film despite limited screen time The good news is, Deadpool will have his own spin-off movie, still portrayed by Ryan Reynolds.
 * And Taylor Kitsch as Gambit!
 * Stewart, pfft. What roused wild hope in many X-fans was the casting of Ian McKellen as Magneto. They got an actor who is the right age to play Magneto, who has dignity, and can really really act? Woohoo!!!
 * X-Men: First Class had two announcements to please fans: the return of Bryan Singer (although only producing, he'll be unable to direct) and James McAvoy as young Xavier.
 * And Michael Fassbender as a young Magneto. That?
 * "The cast shot looks bad..." Cue the trailer...
 * The fourth Mission Impossible is coming in 2011. You're still apathetic about it over Tom Cruise's unfortunate mouth-openings? Yeah, me t- ...Sawyer is gonna be in it?!? Well, hot damn!
 * And Brad Bird is directing!
 * Peter Jackson. Guillermo del Toro. The Hobbit.
 * Guillermo is also really in touch with the fanbase- he actually posts on theonering.net message boards.
 * Though he'll only co-write, since he's attached to too many works to direct.
 * But didn't leave too late to do the puppetry work and monster designs!
 * And who's playing Beorn? Ron Fucking Perlman!
 * And this just in: Martin Freeman as Bilbo.
 * And Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug the dragon. It's like a Sherlock reunion of some sort.
 * Guess what? PJ IS DIRECTING THE FILM. And he's bringing back Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It's actually going to be shot in New Zealand...
 * A FILM OF THE HOBBIT WILL ACTUALLY BE MADE AT ALL.
 * Guess which actors are returning to their LOTR roles.
 * Next step: Elrond.
 * Weaving is back as Elrond: confirmed after much teasing.
 * Wait, half of those characters weren't even in The Hobbit!
 * Apparently they will use the scenes where Frodo reads the book in Rivendell as Book Ends.
 * 3....D...unless that's a bad thing.
 * Stephen Fry as the Master of Laketown.
 * Barry "Dame Edna" Humphries as the Goblin King. Even knowing next to nothing about him, I can tell this will be quite a spectacle.
 * No mention of the Doctor coming to Middle Earth? Sylvester McCoy is Radagast!
 * And Legolas is back! You can hear the ensuing squeeing from the other side of the planet.
 * Saoirse Ronan as an elven archer. The pervert in me is squeeing.
 * The trailer is in. And Martin Freeman is Bilbo Baggins. World, get ready, 'cause you're about to be hit over the head with just how damn good this man really is.
 * Speaking of hobbits, Peter who? The guy who made those schlock horror flicks?...wait...what's that?
 * Fans of Heavenly Creatures never doubted that Jackson was the perfect choice.
 * He convinced them to make how many films? For how much? At once?
 * Did you see those set photos of Bag End!!!?????
 * Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins? Forget acting, Elijah Wood, you are Frodo Baggins! Get him before his eyes grow to normal size! OK, this film must be made. But Liv Tyler is Arwen! She can't be any good, surely?
 * Ian McKellen as Gandalf? Christopher Lee is Saruman? This is getting good!
 * "They got Rudy to play Samwise?!! OK, I don't know who that is, but it sounds cool..."
 * They hired a Tolkien linguist? They hired Alan Lee and John Howe? What's the BAD news!?
 * "Ian Holm as Bilbo? Ian Holm is Bilbo! I've been saying it for years! Screw it, I'm seeing this for Ian Holm!"
 * "Stuart Townsend as Aragorn? Yes! Oh, crap, he pulled out. Now they'll get this nobody to do it...who's this Viggo Mortensen guy?
 * This: the first trailer. I remember seeing this in the cinema and thinking: this is going to be awesome.
 * A Tron sequel movie? What's the catch? ...Jeff Bridges is coming back to play Kevin Flynn? NIIIIIICE....
 * And Bruce Boxleitner as the program himself? REALLY NIIIIIICE....
 * Though Boxleitner was a given considering the fact that he reprised his Tron roles twice in Tron 2.0 and Kingdom Hearts II.
 * And Daft Punk is doing the score. No, seriously!
 * In this YouTube clip from ComicCon 2009, you can clearly hear fans having a religious experience as their walk through Flynn's Arcade ends at...an actual lightcycle.
 *  AND NOW BRAD BIRD AND MICHAEL ARNDT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO WORK ON THE SCRIPT. YEAH!
 * They shot epilogues for the DVD? THAT MENTIONS THE VIRAL COMPAIGN?! WITH RAM?!?! Pre-ordered now.
 * When the cast for the film of Twilight was announced, to say that fans went into an uproar would be an understatement. From complaints that Robert "Cedric Diggory" Pattinson wasn't good looking enough to play Edward, to people whining that Bella was not being played by Emily "Violet Baudelaire" Browning, there was Internet Backdraft to be seen miles away. And then promotional pictures, trailers and behind-the-scenes stories came out, winning back the fandom's support. Even so, there remained a small, but nonetheless vocal, faction still complaining about anything they could think of. All of them still went and saw the movie on the day it came out.
 * As for the sequel, New Moon, another was pulled off when Dakota Fanning was cast as Creepy Child vampire Jane.
 * Will Ferrell in a Land of the Lost movie? I'll watch the trailer...lame...lame...lame...lame...SLEESTAK! Okay, you sold me.
 * Way back in 1982, many fans of The Last Unicorn couldn't believe that any animated film adaptation could possibly capture the magic of the original...until they saw that the original author, Peter S. Beagle, was writing the screenplay.
 * Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Michael Cera as the titular Scott Pilgrim, yawn. Mary Elizabeth Winstead playing Ramona Flowers, could be interesting. Edgar Fucking Wright directing the film, SCORE!
 * Then the first image from the film was released, involving a flaming katana and a backflip. The internet's response.
 * The first trailer has come. Epic Epicness!
 * And the game of the movie. Eh... I guess Beat 'Em Ups are fun. Maybe...wait, Anamanaguchi is doing the music? And Paul Fucking Robertson is doing the sprites? Holy crap! Please welcome The New Ultimate Jesus [game]!
 * The live-action adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. Hmmm, not really feeling it...wait, you said Spike Jonze is directing this? And Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is writing the score? And the teaser trailer uses a rare acoustic version of Arcade Fire's Wake Up?!? Two tickets, please!
 * Then there's the promo video in which the book's author Maurice Sendak gushes over how great the film is.
 * For many, the Fandom Rejoice moment came when they saw the first trailer and saw, holy crap, real puppets instead of 100% CG.
 * The World of Warcraft movie will be directed by Sam Raimi, of Evil Dead, Spider-Man and Xena fame. YES.
 * And they explicitly told Uwe Boll to go fuck himself when he expressed interest in it. DOUBLE YES.
 * The Edge of Darkness film adaptation. For some it was Mel Gibson and Robert De Niro (later replaced by Ray Winstone). For some it was Martin Campbell, director of Goldeneye, Casino Royale and the original miniseries.
 * It's recently been confirmed by Fox that there will be another Alien film. "Ugh, you got to be kidding me, another Alien movie? It better not be another crappy AVP movie...HOLY SHIT!! Ridley Scott is directing! And it's a prequel! Redemption is at hand!"
 * Then came this. The title of the article says everything.
 * How about Noomi Rapace as the protagonist?
 * Okay, there's The Princess and the Frog, with one group of people complaining that Disney's going to screw up and make it all racist and another group whining how Disney's caving in and making it too politically correct. Out comes the second trailer... Whoops, everyone's busy squealing with excitement now!
 * And Keith David gets a Villain Song?!
 * With Randy Newman doing both the score and the songs, who can't be excited to listen?
 * At least some of the fandom rejoiced much earlier, simply because Disney announced this as their first hand-drawn film since 2004.
 * And there was a lot of rejoicing when it was announced that Anika Noni Rose, who stole quite a lot of scenes in the film version of Dreamgirls, was going to voice the titular princess.
 * While we are talking about Disney, The Great Mouse Detective is also a great example: "Oh...SherlockHolmes. Mice. How original. Thanks for killing another classi...hey, is that Vincent Price? As the main villain? It must be awesome."
 * Older Than They Think. It was actually based on a series of children's books about mice who lived in the basement of Holmes' building; Basil hero-worshipped Holmes and decided to emulate him.
 * When Quantum of Solace showed that James Bond went back to the iconic PPK, the fans went wild. The P99 was never really liked in the fan community at all.
 * After the disastrous Die Another Day they're rebooting the Bond films with an actor everybody hates. Then they saw the movie, including had the book's "The bitch is dead" ending and suddenly fans were all "Pierce who?"
 * It may be premature, but Muse wants to do the next Bond theme. Yes, that Muse.
 * They were going to do the entire score for the Clash of the Titans remake, but after recording 40 minutes of material decided it was too intensive to continue.
 * They're making a movie out of Mamma Mia? Oh God, musicals have just hit a new lo- wait. Did you just say they cast Meryl Streep as Donna? Fuck yes!
 * Interest in a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie was fairly low until it was revealed it would be a new story ejecting everything apart from Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush, whose awesome-cred had survived the third film intact. The departure of Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley was mostly welcomed, but not as much as the news that movie would be based on Tim Powers' book On Stranger Tides which had inspired both the first Pirates movie and also The Secret of Monkey Island, which is often heralded as also inspiring the series. There is now much greater interest in the project.
 * Ian McShane is Blackbeard. IAN MCSHANE is BLACKBEARD.
 * Dead Man's Chest deserves a mention. At the end the crew is mourning Jack's death. However the voodoo lady promises that they can resue him if they were willing to meet at world's end. She also mentioned them needing a captain. Enter Barbossa, the first film's Big Bad, walking down the steps, chomping on an apple, inquiring what's become of his ship.
 * And it's an adaptation of On Stranger Tides, one of the most influential (and best) pirate books ever written.
 * A Doctor Strange movie? Yeah, cause it worked SO well before... Guillermo del Toro you say? Well, I suppose it might be at least watchable - hold the phone, Neil Gaiman? ...I think I wet myself.
 * So, who's playing him?
 * People were uneasy about the Prince of Persia the Sands of Time movie adaptation, admittedly with good reason. Details trickled out such as the casting of Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince...Dastan, giving a name to the previously nameless Prince. Then Jordan Mechner, the man behind the original game, was revealed to be involved very heavily with the project, and photos trickled out, mostly of shirtless-Gyllenhaal. No one seemed to be willing to commit to a strong opinion either way even after these revelations, though. It was the trailer, which contained intense action sequences with Le Parkour that was so emblematic of the Prince, as well as his trademark snark, that had people saying "holy crap, this might actually be the greatest video game movie ever!"
 * It gets even better if you read the manual. Aside from Jordan Mechner's involvement, who do they get to help with the stunts? David Belle, the founder of parkour. If that doesn't equal Epic Win, I don't know what does.
 * The movie was released to middling reviews that place it in the So Okay It's Average territory. People are split over whether it's a perfectly decent summer action movie or whether it's a terrible confusing jaunt with an awful script. Sadly, this probably does make it the best video game movie ever made -- or, as some people hope, the best made so far.
 * When Games Workshop announced the much-awaited Warhammer 40000 movie, the fan reaction was generally like "Meh, Ultramarines again...", but then the people heard that Dan Abnett is going to write the script -- and there was much rejoicing.
 * The voice acting talent includes John Hert, Sean Pertwee and Terrance Stamp. Woweee!!
 * Amusingly enough, this won't be Pertwee's first WH40K voiceover performance.
 * Much of the fanbase was quite put down upon seeing the two early trailers featuring less than fantastic CGI and rather bland action. And then this happened...
 * A-Team movie? Meh. Imagined they'd get around to it sooner or later, they're doing all the other 80's TV shows, and like the rest of them it'll probably be sh-Liam Neeson is Hannibal?? I love it when an adaptation comes together! (On the other hand, no Mr. T.) On the OTHER other hand, Sharlto Copley as Murdock.
 * Bradley Cooper as Face.
 * Liam loves it when a plan comes together!
 * For me, it was the teaser trailer Bradly Cooper's voice just riles me up. And this just goes over the top with action. This film compiles everything vehicles shouldn't be doing, and does it all in the span in one film. Come on, a goddamn Tank Goodness.
 * "They're doing a live action version of the anime cult classic Speed Racer? It's probably gonna be some generic "realistic" reimagining...wait, The Wachowskis are directing this?? And they've got an all-star cast, with John Goodman as Pops just to sweeten the deal?? This is gonna be awesome!!"
 * From the start, it was blatantly obvious that the The Sorcerers Apprentice  movie would be In Name Only. The trailer reveals
 * Richard Coyle is Moist Von Lipwig in Sky One's Going Postal. YES!!!
 * Are you joking? For me, the Going Postal film was very, very much in So Bad It's Hysterically Awesome territory, mainly because of the wildly (and hilariously) inappropriate casting for every character. The only decent ones were Claire Foy and Charles Dance (although I'm still trying to get my head around the idea of blonde Vetinari...)
 * Robert Rodriguez. Predators. This may just make the AvP movies worth the trouble.
 * After being in Development Hell for nearly 20 years, Bryan Singer being announced as the director of what became Superman Returns was seen as one of the best omens any fan could hope for. And Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor was some nice icing on the cake.
 * From Paris With Love: Oh look, another film where John Travolta continues to ruin his career. Man he was so good in his early da...DID HE JUST HAND SOMEONE A ROYALE WITH CHEESE!?
 * What? Hollywood's doing Eva Live-Action movie?! Oh good grie- Wait...WETA Workshop's gonna be the studio? AND they're fans of the show?!  AND  they're going to go for actors who are actually Asian!? GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN! AND ALL IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD!!!
 * They're remaking Conan the Barbarian 2011? Yaaaawn. Wait, they cast Jason Momoa in the title role? Awesome!
 * Just to sweeten the deal: for Conan's dad they cast fucking Ron Perlman!!!
 * And the Big Bad? Stephen "Col. Quaritch" Lang. This one is a bit of a Base Breaker, considering Arnold Schwarzenegger's newfound availability to play "King" Conan.
 * The smartest thing the producers of the upcoming The Avengers film have done, and probably ever will do, for the movie was to hire Joss Whedon as co-writer and director.
 * The latest trailer: Was that a Skrull?
 * Captain America: The First Avenger itself is now 92% more likely to be awesome because Joss Whedon is writing the script. As if Hugo Weaving as THE RED SKULL weren't cool enough already.
 * And Tommy Lee Jones is in the cast! (for Cap himself, considering Chris Evans was the best on those Fantastic Four films, no one complained)
 * Chris Evans as Steve Rogers has officially fallen into this trope with the recent Entertainment Weekly article and, especially, the photos inside.
 * Joss Whedon is also releasing at least three more films this year besides The Avengers.
 * Another remake of Godzilla? This is going to su--It's being made by Legendary Pictures!? AWESOME!!!!
 * And being supervised by the director of Godzilla vs. Hedorah?
 * Well, the monster is probably going to look la-HOLY SHIT! And the fandom wept with joy....
 * David S Goyer writing the screenplay is another good sign.
 * Frankenstein. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Doug Jones as the Creature. With creature design by Bernie Wrightson. HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
 * They're doing an adoptation of At The Mountains of Madness? And Guillermo is writing and directing? He's assured it stays true to the story with no tacked on romance? And James Cameron is producing?
 * Disney's doing The Haunted Mansion again? Didn't you learn your mistake last--GUILLERMO DEL TORO! Let's face it, he makes everything better.
 * Hmm, let's see...Guillermo Del Toro! Your film is now diamonds. It works!
 * Lee Unkrich, you had all of us at Toy Story 3.
 * The threequel got yanked from Disney's direct-to-video departments? Yeee-hah!
 * OK, so it's Toy Story 3; it's going to be good, but nothing's gotten me riled - wait, what's at 0:43 in this YouTube video...HOLY CRAP IT'S My Neighbor Totoro.
 * This was the original reaction to a A Nightmare On Elm Street 2010 remake: Hmmph, might as well not bother, it's just another generic 80's slasher remake, who cares...wait, Jackie Earl Haley is playing Freddy?! WHOO!!!
 * Subverted by many Nightmare fans, however. Only Robert Englund can properly be Freddy.
 * They're making a remake of The Karate Kid what are they doing that f--Jackie Chan is in it?!
 * Wait, an Atlas Shrugged film adaptation! Oh cool! Oh nevermind it's just some rich kid indie work, and Paul Johansson is John Galt? It just gets worse. But wait! They cast Ethan Cohn and are splitting it into two parts! There's hope!
 * A Green Lantern movie starring Ryan Reynolds? Riiiiight-- OH MY GOD. This is equal parts awesome and adorable. Is the movie out yet?!
 * The last Superman movie wasn't great. The sequel languished in Development Hell, and at a certain point the studio decided to turn into a Darker and Edgier reboot. Then Zack Snyder was confirmed as the director...
 * Aided by the fact that Christopher Nolan was producing and fan favorite Henry Cavill has now been cast as the Man of Steel. You will believe once again that a man can fly.
 * Amy Adams as Lois Lane! You are hereby officially forgiven for Kate Bosworth...
 * Russell Crowe as Jor-El has been getting this same reaction as well.
 * Karl Urban claims that Judge Dredd will not take his helmet off in the upcoming film adaptation. A good first indication that the film will not be like the disaster that was the Stallone version.
 * The announcement that Star Wars would be released on Blu-Ray was accompanied at Celebration V by a video of a deleted scene from Return of the Jedi of Luke building his green lightsaber. The fandom's rejoicing can literally be heard.
 * After the lackluster performance of Prince Caspian at the box office (compared to the first film), there was doubt that the Chronicles of Narnia film series would continue, despite that Prince Caspian being one of the less popular entries in the series. Disney lost faith in the series and ended their involvement with Walden Media, leaving fans to speculate if another studio would pick them up. Then Fox swooped in, gave new hope to the series, and promptly delivered a mind-blowing trailer for Voyage of the Dawn Treader, a near-universal fan favorite.
 * Also for many, Liam Neeson and Tilda Swinton as Aslan and the White Witch, respectively. And holy crap!? Eddie Izzard voicing Reepicheep?! Unfortunately, Izzard won't be reprising the role, but Simon Pegg will be replacing him and may be just as awesome.
 * Man, it sucks to be an American Horror fan these days. The only good horror movies are being made in Europe and East Asia, they all go straight to DVD with zero promotion when (or if) they get here, and most American horror movies are either remakes (of either the classics or of the aforementioned foreign films), heavily sanitized by the MPAA, or Z-grade garba...wait, you're telling me that Hatchet II is getting a wide theatrical release? Unrated, with the Gorn fully intact? Holy shit, there is still hope for American horror!
 * Uh--Wow, did that go sour!
 * A Double Subversion occurred with Interview with the Vampire. The initial subversion was when Tom Cruise was cast as Lestat, sparking protests from Anne Rice and a fair number of fans. The double subversion? Anne Rice saw the final cut of the movie and publicly took back all of her complaints about the casting, telling her fans they would love it.
 * The Ender's Game movie is FINALLY Saved From Development Hell. Now who are they getting to direct it? Gavin Ross? Oh well. Wait, is that the writers from the STAR TREK working on the script? They also did Transformers, so I don't know...WHO'S PLAYING PETRA? Well, I have a little bit of faith in it now.
 * Hey what's this Slashfilm article? Harrison FUCKING Ford is playing GRAFF? Meh, I'm still not sure about it.
 * Mordred was cast as Ender!? YES!!!!
 * What's THIS article? BEN KINGSLEY IS PLAYING Ticket please!
 * Marvel's Runaways film was met with the normal amounts of trepidation. However when the casting notices failed to mention that Nico was Asian American you could almost here the collective fandom about to draw breath to scream. However, before they could Marvel issued another press release specifically stating that they were looking for an Asian American actress and the press release would be adjusted accordingly. This not only gave the fandom the idea that Marvel were trying to stay true to the original comic but it wouldn't be a repeat of other recent adaptaions.
 * It's been three years since the release of Grindhouse. Not our fault that it failed in the box office since the Weinsteins released it on of all times, Easter. But then they had to split the two movies up in the rest of the world (without the trailers between movies) and on the Region 1 home video releases (AGAIN, without the trailers between movies), destroying the reason why Rodriguez and Tarantino made it the first place!! Unless you have the money for the Deluxe Edition only released in Japan, there's no way you can enjoy the original three-hour theatrical version of Grind...what's this about a "Don't" commentary Edgar? Grindhouse on Blu-ray? The theatrical cut on DVD and Blu-ray?! With ALL the fake trailers?!!! . ALL IS FORGIVEN!!
 * Resident Evil Afterlife will probably give us more of that God Mode/BlackHoleSue that is Alice, so why bother? Wait,
 * Also, Sienna Guillory was announced to reprise her role as Jill after not appearing in Resident Evil Extinction, although
 * After four movies of being absent,  were announced for the fifth movie.
 * As if Guy Ritchie's adaptation of Sherlock Holmes wasn't fantastic on its own, you could practically hear the moment the internet broke when Stephen Fry himself announced he was cast as Holmes' brother Mycroft.
 * Jared Harris as Professor Moriarty? Very unexpected, but not a bad choice at all.
 * And Noomi Rapace as...someone...
 * Most fans were indifferent to the rumored Mass Effect movie, at best; as soon as this thread was posted, though...the people who made The Dark Knight and Watchmen are producing the movie? Casey Hudson as one of the executive producers?! It'll be an original story NOT an adaptation of the game?!
 * Bill and Ted 3. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will be returning as Bill and Ted, with the original creator/writer duo of Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon as well. To further cement things, in an interview Winter said that the movie will retain the spirit of the originals without giving into "retro cynicism".
 * Early response to Last of the Mohicans (1992), especially among Native Americans: that Mighty Whitey film about disappearing Indians? Based on an adventure novel about Noble Savages written in the 1820s? One year after Dances with Wolves? DO NOT WANT. Featuring the Oscar-winning actor from My Left Foot? Wait...Russel Means is playing the title character? The leader of The American Indian Movement? And he's wielding a spiked club?
 * They're finally making Rent into a movie? They'll ruin it, I'm sure...wait, WITH ALMOST THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL CAST?
 * Queen of the Damned movie? Okay...Oh God, that's Lestat? Wait, and he's singing? It sounds great, though...OHMIGOD IT'S THE GUY FROM Korn! (and in fact the musical score is the only thing that had some impact and good reception in that movie)
 * A fourth Scream movie, after how much the third one sucked? And a decade after the films were last relevant? Puh-leezzz...wait, Kevin Williamson is coming back to write it? Time to mark April 15 on the calendar, this is gonna be awesome!
 * And this international trailer seems to have gotten the fans pretty pumped, judging by the comments.
 * The Dark Knight Rises. Anne Hathaway = Catwoman. Tom Hardy = Bane. This page will now self-destruct from awesomeness. Especially considering the terrible portrayal of Bane in Batman and Robin. KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!
 * Not only that, besides just having Bane as the villain, the movie is based on Knightfall, and in fact was called that before the studio balked. Who knows? Maybe Nolan will pull a Return of the Jedi, and change it back at the last minute?
 * As of February 4th, 2011, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is officially in contract negotiations for an unknown role.
 * Nolan's not done with the Inception cast yet. There's rumors that Marion Cotillard may be joining as well...
 * Anyone seeing the trailer for Your Highness for the first time must have felt this. We already knew Natalie Portman was in this, then we find out it also has Zooey Deschanel! Two nerd goddesses in the same movie! This is like a horny nerd's equivalent to Pacino and DeNiro in the same film! Or Stallone and Schwarzenegger...
 * A new Ghostbusters movie? That's cool, the game was pretty ra--Wait, Eliza Dushku? And not as some heroine, either, as one of the new Ghostbusters?!? This one may have induced actual orgasms...
 * The fact that the original cast and director are attached also helps.
 * Bill Murray won't do it?! Wait, Sigourney Weaver is backing it? Rick Moranis might be coming out of retirement?! What's the release date?!!
 * They're making The Dark Tower into a movie?! And they're getting JJ Abrams to direct??? No, Abrams has pulled out. Who will they get to replace him...RON HOWARD??? And they're getting JAVIER BARDEM to play ROLAND??????!!!!
 * Annnnnnnnnnnd...the project has been shelved. Say it with me, now. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * A Fright Night remake? Ugh...why? Wait, David Tennant as Peter Vincent?
 * Also, who's he gonna kill off?
 * Wait, there's going to be another reboot of Godzilla produced by a US company? Well, this is gonna su-Wait, who did you say was going to make this? Legendary Pictures? AWESOME!
 * A remake(or something, not sure yet) of Django, one of the greatest cult westerns of all time, directed by Quentin Tarantino?
 * Steven Spielberg announced in mid-2011 that a fourth Jurassic Park film will be made.
 * The 25th anniversary of Back to The Future brought not only remastered Blu-Ray versions of the movie and its sequels, but a video game follow-up starring Christopher Lloyd, and theatrical re-releases of the movie. Great Scott!
 * Oh great, an English-language remake of Oldboy, one of the best 21st-century Korean films is going to be ruined. . Wait, Spike Lee is directing? Maybe this has potentia- HOLY CLUSTERFUCK, CHRISTIAN BALE MIGHT PLAY LEE WOO-JIN? And Josh Brolin is already signed on for Oh Dae-Su, as icing on the cake.
 * Oooh, sweet, they're making a film version of Les Misérables the musical! With Cameron Mackintosh producing and Tom Hooper directing! Fantastic! And hey, Hugh Jackman is playing Jean Valjean. That could work! And Russell Crowe as Inspector Javert. Well, that will either go very well or very badly. Anne Hathaway as Fantine - wonderful! But nothing too spine-tingling yet...wait, Helena Bonham Carter as Mme. Thenardier??? YES PLEASE!!!
 * I'm sorry, did you just say Colm Wilkinson (the original Valjean) is going to play the Bishop? BEST. CAMEO. EVER.
 * When the first images of Colm as Bishop came out, the entire fandom stopped everything else it was doing and just squeed like crazy over those. Colm's appearance is the most highly anticipated part of the movie for some people.
 * The one casting decision no one has complained over and everyone has celebrated (quite a feat in a fandom as divided as the Les Mis fandom)? The casting of some of the West End actors as the barricade boys. Killian Donnelly's casting as Combeferre alone caused some of the greatest collective squee fandom has seen in a long time. Because everyone adores Killian Donnelly. When Fra Fee, Alistair Brammar, and Jamie Muscato were also announced as fellow Barricade Boys, it was just the icing on the cake for many.
 * It's Samantha Barks of the 25h Anniversary Concert as Eponine!!! Both Lea Salonga and Frances Ruffelle are rejoicing.
 * This reaction was particularly pronounced because the earlier rumor of Taylor Swift had a lot of fans crying Ruined FOREVER. Then Barks was confirmed, and you could hear the thump of the Les Mis fanbase collectively hitting their knees and thanking their respective deities. (Lea Salonga's exact words were, "Thank the casting gods!!" Salonga is one of two contenders for Greatest Eponine Ever.)
 * Hadley Fraser as the Loudhailer has also gotten a pretty positive reception, to say the least.
 * Benicio Del Toro has signed on to play a "mystery part" in the sequel to J.J. Abrams' Star Trek.
 * Aaaaaaaaaaand that seems to have fallen through. Wonder who's going to be repl- BENEDICT FUCKING CUMBERBATCH AS THE VILLAIN!?
 * AND NOW WE HAVE SET PHOTOS!! I have never seen Tumblr go that batshit before. AND WE STILL DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS.
 * Aw geez, ANOTHER cliche romance comedy, right down to the guy casually saying the wrong thing as always? Like hell I'll see that. So what if it has Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Kermit the F- wait, THE Kermit the Frog? Miss Piggy too? "Are there MUPPETS in this movie?!" OH MY GOD THE MUPPETS ARE BACK! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
 * And now, there's a SEQUEL!!! HUZZAH!
 * So they're making a Tintin movie. OK - wait, Peter Jackson is producing? Steven Spielberg is directing? And STEVEN FRIGGING MOFFAT is writing the script?
 * Gah, a Spider-Man reboot? Enough already Hollywood! Wait...the Lizard is the villain? FREAKIN' FINALLY!
 * And a wise-cracking Spidey! ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!!!
 * Lion King re-released in in 3D!. It was such a success that Disney has decided to do similar re-releases with The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, and Monsters, Inc..
 * Pixar is making another Monsters, Inc. movie? After all this time? Come on, Cars 2 looks like such a trainwreck, are they losing their - it's gonna be a prequel?
 * Speaking of Disney, the mere fact that Wreck-It Ralph - previously known under the Working Title of Joe Jump - has been Uncanceled already counts; however, now there may be worries that a Video Game movie is likely to sink-- what? Did you just say that...
 * ...it's about the whole Video Games medium, and not a licensed movie? Cool!
 * ...it's about an 8-bit era character experiencing the modern-day game industry? Great! And the fact that the modern-day games are represented by a first-person-shooter is further evidence that someone's doing some homework.
 * ...John effin' Lasseter is directing? Awesome!
 * ...they're getting cameos from game characters? Yeah, as if they're going to pull a Who Framed Roger Rabbit? without lawyer friendly cameos-- DISNEY IS NEGOTIATING RIGHTS FOR WILY, EGGMAN, PAC-MAN GHOSTS, KANO AND BOWSER?!? Disney. Shut. Up. And. Take. My. Money. Already.
 * Eggman is confirmed?!? (cue the Sonic fandom reuniting and wetting themselves in excitement)
 * And then came the first trailer. Disney's been Genre Savvy enough to include the One-Scene Wonder that the Villain Support Group is quickly building up to be. To quote a YouTube commenter, "I GEEKED OUT COMPLETELY AT THE VILLAINS SCENE". If the movie wasn't hyped enough already, the physical faithfulness of Bowser's and Eggman's portrayals in the movie was more than enough to make said hype skyrocket. Disney isn't messing around with this movie.
 * *Sigh*... they're doing another remake of Carrie just ten years after the last one. And it's being made by Screen Gems, at that. Uncreative imbeciles. Directed by Kimberly Peirce? Alright, Boys Don't Cry was pretty good, let's see who they're casting as... CHLOE GRACE MORETZ IS PLAYING CARRIE? Cool, at least now there's a chance this might not suck! Although it does make one wonder just how they're gonna be able to shoot the opening shower scene without running afoul of the law.
 * Wow, this is a pretty cool fan-made poster of Moretz as Carrie. Kimberly Peirce likes it too? Even cooler! Looks like she knows what she's doing.
 * Why is Ron Burgundy making a random appearance on Conan? To anounce a sequel after 8 years? Great. Odin's. Raven.
 * Tim Burton is making a Dark Shadows movie? Oh, man, this is gonna su- it's a comedy? Written by Seth Grahame-Smith? Set in The Seventies? Awesome!
 * This troper, however, knows someone whose reaction was more like this: "THERE'S GOING TO BE A FILM BASED ON A SHOW I USED TO WATCH?! Squee"
 * Mel Gibson is getting weirder and more controversial each day. Don't think his career can get any worse. Wait, that's his next movie? Man, this will rock! (though the fact that it won't be released theatrically in the US shows how bad he's fallen. Insert a Big No here.)
 * Well, animated films have been getting better lately. All we need now is for good ol' Aardman to get back in the game. That Arthur Christmas movie they're doing COULD be all right, but you can tell from the trailer that it just won't be the same... wait, what's this? They've got another movie coming out in 2012? Called The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!? It's in stop-motion? It's got Hugh Grant, David Tennant and Brian Blessed doing voices?!? PETER FREAKING LORD IS DIRECTING?!?! Dreams do come true!
 * Stephen King's The Stand is being made into a feature film, directed by Ben Affleck, and will apparently be released in three installments, a la Lord of the Rings?
 * So they're making an Expendables sequel? Cool, who's joining? Chuck Norris? Jean Claude Van Damme? Excellent... wait, was that Arnold firing a gun? ARNOLD'S BACK!