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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) 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 Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Deadpool didn't hit a home run... it hit a grand slam right out of the park, and broke a car's windshield! The film opened at number one in almost everyone of its 61 markets, except for Poland and Malaysia. It took in $150 million in North America over a 4-day … [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 James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Time Warner Cable's on again, off again sale drama is hitting the headlines again. This time it's about getting rid of its live streaming business to bolster the bottom line. They can accomplish this either by either spinning off the division, or selling it … [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...]
Sports Bars Say Broadcast Rights Harm Competition By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) As a fan of the NFL, I really do like NFL Sunday Ticket. The ability to watch all the games, or any game is cool, and some argue well worth the price. But it's not cheap, and some think it would be cheaper if the … [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) Superhero films are huge business for Hollywood. Everyone is jumping on board after Marvel Studios has had success after success with no signs of slowing down, with at least seven films coming out in 2016, from Marvel, DC Comics, and Fox's X-Men films. But is … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Rarely does a film spectacularly fail on so many levels quite like the Fantastic Four has. It's been battered by critics, which Rotten Tomatoes aggregates to a 9% "rotten," and has made a paltry $26.2 million at the box-office. To put that in context, it is the … [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...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Earlier this month, we reported a rumor that Fox seemed to want Bryan Singer to direct the next Fantastic Four film as a prelude to an X-Men/Fantastic Four crossover. In an interview with Yahoo! Movies, it seems that those talks may actually be taking place and Fox … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Just a week ago, Fox gave us our first peek at the upcoming The X-Files revival series premiering in January 2016. It was a quick 15 second promo but showed a surprising amount of classic The X-Files iconography and now they've followed that up with a second … [Read more...]
