Easy guide to production
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) The X-Men spinoff Gambit starring Channing Tatum has been delayed yet again. This is a project that 20th Century Fox has been struggling to get before cameras, despite numerous false starts. According to The Hollywood Reporter, this time the delay has to do with … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Shane Black was one of the (uncredited) writers for Predator in 1987, and he also played one of the characters in the film, and is now returning to the franchise with The Predator. Now it looks like he may not be the only one returning, as Arnold Schwarzenegger … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Deadpool wasn't just a success, but also more successful than anyone in Hollywood anticipated. Which can only mean one thing, 20th Century Fox is fast-tracking a sequel. The film is already the highest-grossing R-rated movie, and has earned close to $500 million … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) The X-Files has been a huge success for 20th Century Fox, and has impressed me that they could capture the magic of the original series in just six episodes. The biggest issue I have with the series is that there aren't more episodes, but according to series … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) For over a year we've known that Shane Black (Iron Man 3) was writing a new Predator film with the option to direct, and for nearly 2 years, that's pretty much all we've known. The series has somehow survived despite the weak sequels, and even weaker spinoffs, … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Deadpool stunned studio executives by exceeding any expectation for a successful R-Rated superhero film. While estimates pegged the film at a $60 million to $80 million range, the film crashed through those exceptions for a $150 million, 4-day take. Not bad for a … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Over at 20th Century Fox Studios over the weekend, I got to not only see Deadpool again (maybe the best origin story ever), but also sat in on an editors panel sponsored by Adobe. The panel, which I live tweeted about here, was mostly technical, and talked a lot … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) After years of struggle with 20th Century Fox to bring the R-rated superhero to the big screen, Deadpool is well on its way to being a hit this weekend, and will likely take the number one spot. Because it is a superhero film, everyone is looking at what's next, … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Bryan Singer is currently hard at work on completing the third film for the X-Men prequel trilogy, Apocalypse. For those of you counting, that will be his fourth X-Men film, the sixth film in the series, and the tenth film in the extended universe (after Deadpool … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) One of the things that the Alien franchise has alway kept is an R rating. Even in the current landscape, where studios push to have PG-13 films (I'm looking at you, past two Die Hard sequels), Prometheus was rated R when it was released. 20th Century Fox did … [Read more...]
Update! On the 11th day (Christmas Eve), Wolverine himself, Hugh Jackman, debuted a new image. See below! By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Leading up to the new Deadpool trailer to be released this upcoming Christmas Day, 20th Century Fox launched the 12 Days of Deadpool campaign, where … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) It's not official just yet, but the rumors are flying fast and furious. If it ends up being true, it'll finally be canon ... AGAIN. But if it isn't, it SHOULD be. What am I walking about? It's simple... HAN. SHOT. FIRST. And we're hopefully, we're going to get to see … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Want to know what might be a good investment? Spending $4 billion dollars in cash and stocks to purchase Lucasfilm in order to get your hands on Star Wars. And that's exactly what Disney did in late October 2012. In a recent L.A. Times article, analysts … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) With a title like Apocalypse you would think the next X-Men film could be the last. Of course, it's set in the early 80s, and the upcoming films like Gambit, Deadpool, and Wolverine 3 are set in the present or the near future, so the world probably doesn't come to … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) At the beginning of the year, it had been revealed that District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp had struck a deal with 20th Century Fox to write and direct a sequel for the Alien franchise. Recently, however, that project had been put on hold while Ridley … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) I was just sitting here thinking about Fox and how they've handled their Marvel movie properties. The Fantastic Four reboot was a disaster, they categorically rejected Deadpool for years until the fans forced the issue, and the pre-production issues on Gambit all … [Read more...]
