Michael Bay apologizes for film’s plane crash scene and will cut it from the upcoming feature film Project Almanac. 

Michael Bay has recently apologized for a scene in one of his production company’s new movies, Project Almanac. 

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Families of two victims of a real-life 1994 Air Force crash recently expressed dismay to Paramount about a clip from the trailer for the studio’s forthcoming time-travel thriller Project Almanac, according to the Air Force Times.

The scene shows characters watching footage of a plane crash that the loved ones of Col. Robert Wolff and Lt. Col. Mark McGeehan believe to be footage of the actual B-52 crash that killed the two men.

According to reports, Project Almanac producer Michael Bay said he didn’t realize that the film’s first-time director, Dean Israelite, had used actual footage of a crash instead of CG effects. Michael Bay added that he has asked Paramount to cut the scene from the movie.

“I let film directors make their movies at Platinum Dunes [Bay’s production company] and give them tremendous responsibilities,” Bay said in a statement released to the Times. “Well, unfortunately a very bad choice was made to use a real crash instead of creating a VFX [visual effects] shot, without realizing the impact it could have on the families.”

You can check out the trailer for the movie here:

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The Walking Dead Spinoff series details are finally revealed in a leaked copy of the pilot script.

Robert Kirkman has revealed that the upcoming Walking Dead companion series, aka Cobalt will be “very different” from the original series. In fact, he is very serious about how different the show will be. But, besides setting the zombie apocalypse in Los Angeles instead of the Peach State, how will the series be different. Well thanks to a leaked copy of the Walking Dead companion series script, we will get a glimpse of what we can expect.

(Spoilers ahead)

The original pilot script () from the companion series, which is called Fear the Walking Dead, which may or not be the same name of the pilot episode or the original series provides with a few clues.

The most interesting part of the pilot episode, however, is that it goes back to the beginning, before anyone understood exactly what was going on.

Here are some of the parts from the pilot script that give us an idea on the origin story, and the family the show will be following:

Essentially, nobody knows what is going on and that people have not figured out that zombies like to eat people. The pilot episode will cover basically everything that happened while Rick was in his coma during the pilot episode of The Walking Dead. 

This is an extremely different take on the zombie apocalypse and it will be interesting to see how long the companion series will focus on the initial outbreak. Will that be the entire series? Or will the companion series eventually head in the direction of the original The Walking Dead. 

Ultimately, it may just be more compelling to explore the days before everything went to hell and people started eating other people. Perhaps there will be a crossover episode where Rick travels to Los Angeles on a horse and saves everything with nothing but a toothpick. I don’t know but, I am really excited for the new Walking Dead spinoff. What do you think? Share with us your thoughts in the comments below!

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Johnny Depp recently poked fun at actors who try to use their acting career to boost their music career.

Speaking at the Berlin premiere of his latest movie, Mortdecai, Depp didn’t hold back in slamming those of his profession who fancy themselves as musicians. “That whole idea for me is a sickening thing, it’s always just made me sick,” he told reporters.

It is interesting to note that Johnny Depp plays the guitar and has played on the British band Oasis as well as recorded and performed with Marilyn Manson, as he did last November. He also played guitar with the band The New Basement Tapes and was featured in the 2014 Showtime documentary Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Dabbling with music though is fine, according to the actor. “I’ve been very lucky to play on friends’ records and it’s still going. Music is still part of my life…. But you won’t be hearing The Johnny Depp Band. That won’t ever exist.”

Depp was content with being a low-key musician, and expanded his point of people riding their success to push their music. “The kind of luxury now is, anybody with a certain amount of success, if you have a kind of musical being, you can go out and start a band and capitalize on your work in other areas,” he said.

He added:  “But I hate the idea, ‘Come see me play the guitar because you’ve seen me in 12 movies.’… It shouldn’t be [that way]. You want the people who are listening to the music to only be interested in the music.”

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