EJ Moreno looks at Marvel Studios’ efforts to cast the MCU’s Fantastic Four… For months, we’ve seen rumors surrounding the casting of the Fantastic Four. Ignoring the film’s struggles with its writers and even more possible director shakeups, finding the members of Marvel’s First Family seems quite daunting. Adam Driver and Margot Robbie were set […]
Adam Driver reportedly turned down leading role in Fantastic Four
Marvel Studios has spent some time getting their Fantastic Four film ready. This latest news gives us insight into what is taking so long. A new report from Jeff Sneider on John Rocha’s The Hot Mic podcast puts the long-rumored inclusion of Adam Driver as Reed Richards into question. We first noted Driver’s possible inclusion […]
Rumored Fantastic Four cast includes Adam Driver, Margot Robbie, and Daveed Diggs
The Fantastic Four are heading to the MCU soon, but we still don’t know who will play the iconic team. That is until now… Scoopers are all abuzz with some casting rumors as we head near production. It seems like Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios have found their Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and […]
WandaVision director Matt Shakman on leaving Star Trek 4 for Fantastic Four
If you remember, in August of last year, Matt Shakman left the director’s chair on the next Star Trek film to helm Fantastic Four for Marvel Studios. The decision wasn’t entirely shocking to fans, given Shakman’s work with the MCU before, but his sudden departure from Star Trek 4 came after the director had been […]
Marvel’s Fantastic Four movie finds its writers
During this month’s Disney D23 Expo, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige confirmed the reports that WandaVision helmer Matt Shakman will be bringing Marvel’s First Family to the MCU as director of the Fantastic Four movie, and now Deadline has revealed that up-and-coming writing duo Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer are penning the script. Kaplan and […]
WandaVision’s Matt Shakman exits Star Trek 4 to direct Marvel’s Fantastic Four
Bad news for Paramount Pictures and its plans to drag Star Trek 4 out of development hell, as WandaVision helmer Matt Shakman has vacated the director’s chair on the sci-fi sequel in favour of a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “Matt Shakman is an incredibly talented filmmaker, and we regret the timing didn’t align […]
Godzilla and the Titans MonsterVerse series to be directed by WandaVision’s Matt Shakman
Apple TV+ and Legendary’s untitled MonsterVerse series about Godzilla and the Titans has found its director. According to Variety, Matt Shakman (WandaVision) will direct and executive produce the upcoming series. The series will explore the aftermath of “the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking new reality that […]
WandaVision’s Matt Shakman to helm Star Trek 4 starring Chris Pine
Prepare for another round on the Enterprise as Star Trek is heading back to the big screen, with Paramount tapping a new director for the latest entry in the movie series. Deadline reports that Matt Shakman, the director behind the Emmy-nominated Disney+ series WandaVision, will helm a new Star Trek sequel. Further details are yet […]
Marvel’s WandaVision director shoots down fan theories about surprise tenth episode
Disney+ is set to drop the hotly-anticipated finale of Marvel Studios’ WandaVision in a few short hours, but with a week’s break between the final episode and the premiere of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, there’s been a lot of speculation online theorising that Marvel could have a special ‘secret’ tenth episode of WandaVision […]
WandaVision director says there’s a lot more to Wanda’s story in Doctor Strange 2, hopes series will still be satisfying
Although there is only one episode of WandaVision remaining, we do know Wanda Maximoff’s (Elizabeth Olsen) story is set to continue in next year’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – which is set to be directed by Sam Raimi. Now, in an interview with TVLine, WandaVision director Matt Shakman stated that while there is still plenty of […]
