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Josh Trank Blames Fox For Ruining Fantastic Four
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21650:]]Director Josh Trank has tweeted and since deleted a post on Twitter that blames Fox for ruining his Fantastic Four movie.Fantastic Four currently sits at only a 9% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes as reviews have been absolutely crushing the movie. Our own review offered to not even bother spending your money to go see it.…
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Chris Miller Talks Han Solo & Animated Spider-Man Movie
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21648:]]Chris Miller is one half of the writing/directing team behind the upcoming Star Wars Han Solo movie as well as the animated Spider-Man film. Miller and his partner, Phil Lord, are also responsible for The LEGO Movie, Jump Street, The Last Man On Earth TV series and are said to be taking on The Flash for…
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Top 10 Comics For July 2015
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21647:]]The surviving heroes of the Marvel Universe confront Doom and his Thor Corps in Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic’s Secret Wars #4 from Marvel Comics, the best-selling comic book in July 2015 according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise.Marvel Comics was July’s…
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Fantastic Four (2015) Review
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21641:]]Return of the FlopA Film Review of (Another) Fantastic FourI can’t say I didn’t warn you back when people were losing their minds over Johnny Storm being played by Michael B. Jordan and I wrote an article that didn’t criticize his casting, but that of his sister being cast as white girl, Kate Mara. Thus,…
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Fantastic Four & X-Men Exist In Different Universes
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21443:]]About two weeks ago saw Bryan Singer confirm that talks are underway about a possible Fantastic Four / X-Men crossover movie.While Singer admitted ideas are in play, now it’s learned the Fantastic Four and X-Men actually exist in two different universes — meaning no mutants in FF, and no FF in X-Men.Fox producers Simon Kinberg…
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Minority Report TV Series Goes PC: Changes Washington Redskins Name
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21639:]]Well, I was looking foward to Fox’s new Minority Report TV series — that was until they went all PC and changed the name of the Washington Redskins.Deadline reports the creators behind the Minority Report TV series, which takes place in the year 2065, changed the name of the Washington Redskins to Washington Red Clouds.Deadline,…
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More Destruction Teased For X-Men: Apocalypse
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21638:]]Director Bryan Singer has released a new set pic for X-Men: Apocalypse hinting at even more destruction.Previous set pics teased a destroyed X-Mansion.The below set image may be further destruction in Cairo, the hometown of Storm.Singer added: “Someone drop something?””X-Men: Apocalypse” has a May 27, 2016 release directed by Bryan Singer starring Jennifer Lawrence, Michael…
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Ready Player One Gets Release Date Directed By Steven Spielberg
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21637:]]The game is on in 2017. Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures’ “Ready Player One”—the already much-anticipated sci-fi action adventure, to be directed by Steven Spielberg—has been slated for release on December 15, 2017. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President, Domestic Distribution; Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution;…
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Hot Toys The Avengers 2 Quicksilver Revealed
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21636:]] Ho Toys unveiled their high-end Quicksilver action figure from The Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Check out pics below. In Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Pietro Maximoff a.k.a Quicksilver has undergone experiments by HYDRA to obtain superpowers with increased metabolism and improved homeostasis. When the Maximoff twins learned of Ultron’s plan to cause human extinction, they joined…
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Sebastian Stan Spotted In Germany For Captain America: Civil War
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21635:]]We have confirmation that Sebastian Stan is presently in Germany for Captain America: Civil War, which lends credence to the earlier report of Mark Ruffalo being spotted there for filming.Images surfaced online of Sebastian Stan (via CBM), where apparently Bucky seems to be in Romania in the movie as the newspapers behind Bucky seem to…
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Adi Shankar Wants To Remake Fantastic Four
What Movie Would I Remake?Posted by Adi Shankar on Thursday, August 6, 2015Adi Shankar, the producer behind the super cool Power Rangers and Punisher fan-films as well as the Dredd and The Grey feature films, now says he would like to remake Fantastic Four.Fox actually debuts Fantastic Four today with advanced screenings, but the movie…
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World of Warcraft: Legion Trailer
Doom comes for the Alliance and the Horde as a great burning shadow falls over Azeroth. During an event streamed live around the world from gamescom 2015, Blizzard Entertainment today unveiled World of Warcraft: Legion, the sixth expansion to its acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game.In this dire new chapter of the Warcraft saga, the demonic Burning Legion…
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Doctor Strange Benedict Cumberbatch Concept Art Descriptions
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21632:]]Disney held a presentation yesterday in Johannesburg, South Africa where Doctor Strange concept art was shown off.While no images have presently surfaced, Twitter users have provided the following descriptions, which hint that Benedict Cumberbatch will closely resemble his comic book counterpart.Doctor Strange was also recently described as dark and psychedelic taking place in many dimensions.Update: Possible concept…
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Fox Hopeful About Live-Action X-Men TV Series
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21631:]]Word first hit back in January that Fox was negotiating with Marvel for a live-action X-Men series.Now we get an update from the Television Critics Association press tour as THR caught up woth Fox Television Group chairman and CEO Dana Walden.”[For] X-Men, we’re in negotiations with Marvel. We’re hopeful we’ll be able to announce something soon. We’re…
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Watch: Chris Farley Voicing Shrek
Back in1997, Chris Farley was originally going to be the voice of Shrek, but the gig eventually went to Mike Myers, as Farley died later that year and didn’t get to finish his lines (said to be about 80-90% completed).Above you can check out recently released storyboards and voice-over featuring Chris Farley as Shrek with…
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Nightmare On Elm Street Getting Rebooted Again
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21629:]]Five years ago saw the less than well received Nightmare On Elm Street remake from producer Michael Bay, which starred Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger.Now it’s learned New Line Cinema is rebooting Nightmare on Elm Street yet again.Tracking Board reports plot details are slim, but the reboot is said to start over with a…
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Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F Has Record Breaking Opening Night
Dragon Ball Z: Resurretion F Trailer FUNimation Entertainment announced a record breaking opening night for the theatrical release of “Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’.” The anime film, which opened last night in 894 theaters across the U.S., brought in a stunning $1.97 Million box office for FUNimation Films on opening day of the limited theatrical event.…
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New Crimson Peak Poster
Crimson Peak Trailer Legendary released a new poster for Crimson Peak; check it out below.Crimson Peak has an October 16, 2015 release starring Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Burn Gorman and Doug Jones, directed by Guillermo del Toro.Synopsis:Legendary Pictures’ Crimson Peak, a co-production with Universal Pictures, is a haunting gothic horror story directed by the master…
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Doctor Strange Said To Be Dark & Psychedelic
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21626:]]Not much is known about the Doctor Strange movie other than Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast as the Sorcerer Supreme in addition to Tilda Swinton playing the Ancient One, with Scott Derrickson directing.We do get a few tidbits from Ben Davis, the cinematographer on the film, from the BAFTA Masterclass in London.Davis, who also was the…
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Sony Announces Release Dates For Jumanji, Dark Tower, Underworld, Bad Boys 3 & More
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:21625:]]Sony Pictures Entertainment today unveiled release dates for 16 films for the studio’s 2016 and 2017 slates.The additions compose a diverse, globally oriented mix of films, including new films with franchise potential (The Dark Tower, Uncharted, Patient Zero), established franchises (Bad Boys 3 and 4, Resident Evil, Underworld), adaptations of strong and beloved source material (The Magnificent…