James Gunn recently announced a new film project that he wrote a script for called The Belco Experiment. It was picked up by MGM and will be going into production in June. While this is all happening the filmmaker has also been hard at work on writing Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
One of the last updates he gave for the highly anticipated sequel was that Marvel said Continue reading
Marvel’s Luke Cage has found its boss. Cheo Hodari Coker will serve as showrunner for the Marvel/Netflix series, which is set to premiere in 2016. He will also pen the series’ first two episodes, Marvel.com announced Tuesday. Luke Cage stars The Good Wife and The Following alum Mike Colter as the bulletproof superhero, who will first make his debut Continue reading
Though Marvel Comics is gearing up for their big summer event, Secret Wars, they’re also looking to the future of what will be the Marvel Universe after the world-smashing event concludes. With that in mind, they’ve decided to finally reveal (via Wired) their “All-New, All-Different Avengers” that will be debuting this May on Free Comic Book Day which you can check out below. Continue reading
Ryan Reynolds just took to Twitter to reveal the first full look at Deadpool’s movie costume, and for that he wins all the chimichangas. It’s just magnificent:
This should be exciting news for fans, especially since Reynolds and Fox seem committed to getting the film right before it hits theaters next year. Buzz for the movie has been building steadily for weeks now, coupled with announcements that Morena Baccarin and T.J. Miller have joined the cast dropping recently. Deadpool hits theaters on February 12th, 2016.
The X-Men ranks are filling up as director Bryan Singer has announced that Jubilee, one of the comic franchise’s mutants, will appear in X-Men: Apocalypse. To be played by young actress Lana Condor, Jubilation “Jubilee” Lee can emit colorful energy plasma that she uses against enemies. Singer announced the addition Wednesday on Instagram and Twitter. Continue reading
The release of Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has fans pumped to see the Earth’s mightiest heroes assembling again to save the world from the menacing artificial intelligence, Ultron! Following the reveal of Black Widow, Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys are thrilled to present the widely-anticipated Hawkeye Sixth Scale Collectible Figure!
The movie-accurate Hawkeye Collectible Figure is specially crafted based on the image of Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye in Avengers: Age of Ultron, and features a newly developed head sculpt, new outfit, improved articulation for action poses, a freshly designed bow and arrows, as well as a specially designed figure stand. Continue reading
Joe and Anthony Russo, who directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and will return for Captain America: Civil War, are cementing themselves as Marvel’s main movie executors.
The brothers will direct both parts of the studio’s Avengers: Infinity War, taking over the billion-dollar franchise from Joss Whedon, who directed the first two Avengers films. (The second one, Avengers: Age of Ultron, opens May 1.) They’ll film Infinity War in one long shoot beginning sometime in 2016, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
No writers are attached, but the brothers will likely reunite with Winter Soldier’s Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. They collaborated on Civil War, which the Russos will begin shooting next month.
The new deal raises the question of the status of the Russos’ deal with Sony. The duo signed a three-year first-look deal with the Culver City-based studio in March. Working on an Avengers movie is an all-consuming endeavor, so how active they will be within that deal remains to be seen.
Civil War, for which the brothers are in preproduction and which is considered to be a mini Avengers movie due to the large cast of heroes, has a May 6, 2016, release date. Infinity War — Part 1 and Infinity War — Part 2 are slated to be released May 4, 2018, and May 3, 2019, respectively.
The Infinity get is a massive feather in the duo’s cap and marks the latest in an incredible career trajectory. The Russos began in television comedy, directing episodes of Arrested Development in the early to mid-2000s, and continued to work in the field in 2012 with Happy Endings and Up All Night. It was their work on some of the geeky episodes of Community, however, that led to Winter Soldier — a movie that grossed $717.7 million worldwide.
20th Century Fox certainly lucked out in nabbing Jennifer Lawrence for the X-Men series right before she achieved mega-stardom with the Hunger Games franchise and an Oscar-win for Silver Linings Playbook. X-Men: Days of Future Past took advantage of this by making her Mystique a pivotal character, although if a new interview with MTV is any indication Mystique will not be so front-and-center after the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse. Continue reading
As a lot of you Marvel Comics fans know, Marvel is making some big moves in their comic lineup. Everything about our favorite characters is about to change. The Secret Wars series that Marvel is unleashing will result in the end of 33 different comics, ending the Marvel Comic universe as we know it.
The Marvel heroes you know and love are doing just that with Hasbro’s new Avengers Marvel Legends Action Figures Wave 2! Continue reading
