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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) 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 Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh is coming out of retirement to direct his first feature film in three years. Variety has reported that the Traffic filmmaker will helm heist movie, Lucky Logan, which will star frequent collaborator Channing Tatum (Haywire, Magic … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) In a move that surprises absolutely no one, 20th Century Fox has quietly changed the release date of Fantastic Four 2 from July 9, 2017 to possibly never. While Fox said they were still committed to making the sequel, after critical and box office disaster of the … [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...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Lots of X-Men news this week! First we received confirmation of not one but two X-Men television series, Hellfire and Legion, and now we've gotten word that 20th Century Fox and Channing Tatum is courting Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman for Gambit. Deadline … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) With the contracts for all the X-Men: First Class actors ending in the upcoming third film, Bryan Singer saying that X-Men: Apocalypse will close out the First Class trilogy, and Hugh Jackman retiring from the role of Wolverine, there's the question of where Fox … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) In a bit of inexplicable news last week, Channing Tatum was rumored to be threatening to pull out of 20th Century Fox's Gambit. According to sources close to the project, Tatum’s Gambit deal was falling apart, despite the fact that he single handedly fast-tracked … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) It was only a couple of weeks ago when Channing Tatum showed up at the end of the X-Men: Apocalypse panel at the San Diego Comic-Con to take a selfie of the largest cast assembled on the Hall H stage, consisting of X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, and … [Read more...]
Deadpool gets huge reception from fans By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Usually at this time on Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con, the panel everyone waits for hits the stage: Marvel Studios. This year, the studio has decided to pass on the convention, and in its place, Fox has been scheduled in; … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) While some directors keep their productions shrouded in secrecy, Ghostbusters director Paul Feig is using social media as a force for good. The Bridesmaids filmmaker has not only tweeted a picture of what his all-female cast are going to drive, namely a shiny new … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Here is a breakdown of the hottest summer movies landing in theatres this month. Terminator Genisys Following the poor reception of the last two Terminator films, the appetite for a fifth installment was something akin to a reboot of the Cosby Show. However, … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) One of the characters fans had been looking forward to making the leap from the printed pages of X-Men to the big screen was Gambit. Unfortunately, they finally got around to it in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, where he was played by Taylor Kitsch in a film that … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) New images of Quentin Tarantino's highly anticipated new movie, The Hateful Eight, have been released. The Western centres on a group of bounty hunters who seek shelter from a ferocious blizzard. The premise has drawn comparisons with the Oscar winner's iconic … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) An X-Men reboot of some kind is coming, that much has been clear for a while. The cast of the original film have been playing these characters for a decade-and-a-half, and that doesn't mention that X-Men: First Class was a bit of an in-universe reboot. The … [Read more...]
Plus new X-Men: Apocalypse casting! By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) X-Men: First Class breathed some fresh air into the X-Men franchise, which seemed to be getting pretty stale after the release of X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Then Bryan Singer was brought back to the … [Read more...]
