HUGE CAPTAIN MARVEL CASTING The first female-led Marvel Studios movie, Captain Marvel, landed some big casting news yesterday, with Variety reporting that Jude Law has signed on to play Carol Danvers’ (Brie Larson) mentor in the movie. He will join Ben Mendelsohn as the yet-to-be-named villain and Samuel L. Jackson who reprises his role as […]
Wonder Woman crosses $500 million, Spider-Man spin-offs in MCU, Duke Nukem movie update and more – Weekend News Roundup
SUCCESS WOMAN After a fantastic opening weekend and even better follow-up (where it only fell 45%), Wonder Woman was finally knocked off the top of the US box office this weekend by Cars 3. However it wasn’t all bad news. The movie earned another $40 million and its worldwide total is now $571 million. It’s […]
Joss Whedon getting writing credit on Justice League, “super dark” Joker origin movie, X-Men: Dark Phoenix updates and more – Daily News Roundup
WHEDON WRITING CREDIT The Justice League reshoot rumours have been rife since they were first announced. Zack Snyder stepped down as director following the tragic death of his daughter – with Joss Whedon stepping in – and rumours began to spread that the reshoots were significant including a completely new ending. Since then we’ve heard […]
Patty Jenkins directing Superman, The Mummy bombs, Tom Hardy in Aladdin and more – Weekend News Roundup
PATTY JENKINS 4 SUPERMAN Having scored the best-reviewed DCEU entry with Wonder Woman – which dropped only 45% in its second week – director Patty Jenkins has been talking about other characters she’d like to tackle. In a Reddit AMA, Jenkins told her fans, “It’s no secret that I love Superman but right now I’m just […]
Nightwing casting, Alien franchise in trouble, Thor: Ragnarok opens huge and more – Daily News Roundup
NIGHTWING CASTING RUMOURS There was a rumour going around over the weekend that Stranger Things star Dacre Montgomery had been cast as Nightwing in the DC solo movie, however the film’s director Chris McKay has taken to Twitter to say that casting for the movie hasn’t gotten underway yet. “We haven’t started the process of […]
Wonder Woman opens HUGE, Alien 5 officially dead, Dan Aykroyd slams Paul Feig and more – Weekend News Roundup
WONDER WOMAN’S HUGE OPENING Early projections for Wonder Woman‘s opening were around $65 million, which then dropped to nearly $40 million when the pre-order numbers were released. However, due to some great reviews and positive word of mouth, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman has opened huge for the DCEU. The movie debuted in several big territories […]
Star Wars: Episode IX director revealed, X-Men: New Mutants logo, Metal Gear Solid movie and more – Daily News Roundup
STAR WARS DIRECTOR After the news last week that Colin Trevorrow had left Star Wars: Episode IX over “creative differences”, Disney and Lucasfilm officially announced that Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams will be stepping in to helm the galaxy far, far away again. I guess Patty Jenkins was busy? “With The Force […]
Wonder Woman reviewed, Power Rangers 2 update, Avatar 2 update and more – Daily News Roundup
SUCCESS WOMAN It’s been a rocky road for the DCEU so far, but the franchise has earned its first true critical hit with Wonder Woman. Some tin foil hat wearers could call fowl that a concerned Warner Bros. only screened the movie to a select few outlets prior to the embargo being lifted, but the […]
Tom Hardy is Venom, Resident Evil reboot, Terminator 6 in development and more – Weekend News Roundup
HARDY VENOM Announced back in March, Sony are pushing forward with their R-rated Venom spin-off movie by revealing that Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) will be putting on the symbiote suit with Ruben Flischer (Zombieland) directing. The movie goes into production this Fall, and will not be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. […]
Avengers: Infinity War rumours, Power Rangers deleted scene and more – Daily News Roundup
BLACK ORDER Kong: Skull Island star Terry Notary told the press a few months ago that he was playing Thanos’ right hand man in Avengers: Infinity War, but a new report from MCU Exchange has details on The Mad Titan’s Black Order. According to the site, The Black Order won’t stick strictly to the source material, […]
