Marvel is taking one last shot at selling their next superhero movie. Today, the Fantastic Four final trailer landed online, and it feels like an attempt to reassure worried fans that The Fantastic Four: First Steps won’t be the departure from the comics many (including me) suspect it will be. Th...
Read MoreThe MCU’s first X-Men movie officially has its director, and the showrunner of X-Men ‘97 is not happy. Today, Variety confirmed that Marvel has officially named Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier as the filmmaker who would bring the X-Men into the MCU… well, outside of Deadpool & Wolve...
Read MoreWhat’s up, Geeks + Gamers? It’s ODIN! How to Train Your Dragon Expected to Make a Decent Profit…But Miss the $1 Billion Mark By a Lot The summer continues to look for its first billion-dollar movie, and while the live-action Lilo and Stitch continues to play hot and cold with its chances, ...
Read MoreOne of the most ridiculed scenes in the Superman advertising campaign is no longer in the movie. At the end of the first Superman TV spot, there’s a shot of David Corenswet’s Superman flying towards the screen. You probably remember it because it was everywhere after that commercial hit the i...
Read MoreDid Superman tell a super fib about his box office prospects? A month ago, James Gunn’s upcoming superhero film, the first in his and DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran’s new DCU, was tracking to make up to $175 million domestically in its opening weekend, a terrific number that would have put the m...
Read MoreHowever his Superman turns out, James Gunn at least understands why movies are so bad right now… or part of why, at least. In an interview with Rolling Stone to promote the film, the interviewer asked Gunn whether a movie getting a release date before the script is written is a problem, which is...
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