Just this week, Warner Bros. announced that Godzilla 2, the sequel to the 2014 reboot of the popular monster franchise, had been delayed nine months. Now, the reason for that delay appears to have been revealed: director Gareth Edwards has left the project. The news comes from Deadline, who claim that Edwards’ exit was decided before the […]
Simon Kinberg explains why Fantastic Four failed, but says there are big plans for the franchise
It was a story that dominated a lot of the summer last year: Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four, its troubled production and its failure at the box office. The director dismissed the movie shortly before its release and went radio silent shortly thereafter, but its producer – and one of the directors of the non-Trank reshoots – […]
Michael B. Jordan joins Marvel’s Black Panther, possibly as the villain
Yesterday news hit that Lupita Nyong’o was in talks to join Marvel’s Black Panther, and now we have another piece of exciting casting, as Creed star Michael B. Jordan has joined the upcoming superhero film as well. It’s not yet clear who Jordan will be playing, but THR‘s sources say that it could be the film’s villain. Considering we’ve […]
Simon Kinberg on Fox’s X-Men schedule, says Gambit will shoot in the spring
During an interview with The Hashtag Show (via Comic Book), writer-producer Simon Kinberg has spoken briefly about Fox’s upcoming X-Men schedule, as well as revealing that the current plan is to begin filming the oft-delayed Gambit movie in the Spring. “We’re figuring out [the schedule now],” said Kinberg. “The first thing up, we’re shooting the […]
More rumours about the X-Men joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Ever since the surprise announcement that Sony and Marvel Studios had reached a deal to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s been frequent rumours suggesting a similar deal with Fox, which would allow the X-Men to join up with The Avengers on the big screen. Well, another rumour is doing the rounds which suggests that […]
Hitman: Agent 47 producer teases development of a Just Cause movie
2016 is a big year for the video game movie adaptation with a whopping four being released. We’ve already seen Ratchet & Clank and The Angry Birds Movie, Warcraft is out very soon, and earlier today we got our first look at Assassin’s Creed. With so many video game adaptations in some form of development, […]
Rumour: Willem Dafoe playing an Atlantean in Justice League
Last month, Willem Dafoe was cast in Justice League, though his role was left secret. Since then, fans have been coming up with all kinds of theories on who he could play, and speculating whether or not he’d be friend or foe. While we still don’t know any real details about his role, a new rumour at […]
Rumour: Justice League villain reportedly revealed
A new report from Birth.Movies.Death indicates who the villain of Justice League may end up being and it’s a character we have technically met: Steppenwolf, one of Darkseid’s main generals. The reason I say we may have technically already met Steppenwolf is due to a deleted scene Zack Snyder released after Batman v Superman: Dawn […]
Rumour: X-Men: First Class scribe Zack Stentz writing Booster Gold film
Back in September, rumour broke out that Greg Berlanti, the man in charge of DC TV shows like Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl, was working on a feature film focusing on the DC crime fighting duo of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle. While that film has yet to be confirmed by either Berlanti or Warner Brothers, […]
Captain America: Civil War crosses $700 million worldwide
Less than two weeks after it started rolling out around the globe, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War has passed the $700 million mark at the worldwide box office. By close of play yesterday, Civil War had amassed $192.5 million domestically (in just four days), along with a further $518.8 million from international markets. The film […]
