BleedingCool recently reported on how the Marvel Creative Committee which consisted of President Alan Fine, Publisher Dan Buckley, CCO Joe Quesada and writer Brian Bendis supported by CEO Isaac Perlmutter, who met to give notes on Marvel films, was shut down by Kevin Feige – prior to his move to remove Marvel Studios from the bigger Marvel company. When it came to the films, however, all they ever gave were suggestions intended to be considered by Kevin Feige and then either acted on or ignored – depending on the circumstances. Well, after talking to Disney sources, BleedingCool has also found…
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As you already all know, Fantastic Four was an absolute disaster. It had a horrible box office and terrible reviews and has pretty much been forgotten. There was a planned sequel for 2017, but now FOX is apparently considering putting a Deadpool sequel in its place. What should FOX do? According to Tommy Wiseau, they should let him direct it: “You know, I told you I saw this Fantastic Four….it just….I’m not being critical- let me put it this way, I like it, I did enjoy it number one. Number two, it’s too bad they didn’t call me, that’s…
DC has released a new image of the Batmobile that will be appearing in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice film. It’s 7,000 lbs., 20 feet long and 12 feed wide and can go 205 MPH. It also has twin .50 caliber retractable machine gun turrets and as you might expect – it’s fully armored. It also is stealth-capable. Check it out below: What do you think of the new Batmobile? Let us know below!
Avengers: Age of Ultron made $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office and currently sits at #6 on the list of highest earning movies of all time – but apparently, that wasn’t enough. According to Bleeding Cool, $1.4 billion wasn’t enough money and a 74% rating on RottenTomatoes wasn’t enough praise. As you all may know, over the last few days there has been talk about the clash between Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter and Kevin Feige and the dissolution of the creative committee. Apparently, these tensions have been building for a while now and when Age of Ultron “underwhelmed” at…
During a recent interview with Variety, Cary Fukanaga talked about his version of Stephen King’s IT that never came to be. Apparently, the studio thought that his version was too offensive: “I was trying to make an unconventional horror film. It didn’t fit into the algorithm of what they knew they could spend and make money back on based on not offending their standard genre audience. Our budget was perfectly fine. We were always hovering at the $32 million mark, which was their budget. It was the creative that we were really battling. It was two movies. They didn’t…
Mahershala Ali has joined the cast of Luke Cage as Cottonmouth. Announced on Marvel.com, the casting choice is the latest rumor to be confirmed after speculation. If you remember, it was reported about a month ago that this would be the villain in the series. Ali’s version of Cottonmouth will be Cornell Stokes, who is the owner of a nightclub in Harlem. Here’s what Marvel had to say: “Mahershala is an actor of extraordinary range and gravitas. As Cottonmouth he will really let loose,” said Executive Producer/Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb in the announcement. “Luke Cage…
Jon Bernthal is very excited about playing The Punisher. He recently tweeted a picture of not only himself – but the massive collection of weapons that Frank Castle will have on the Netflix show. Check it out below: As you can see, the tweet was short and straight to the point: PUNISH. It looks like Frank Castle will do just that on Season 2 of Marvel’s Daredevil, and like all of you, I can’t wait to see it happen.
Although Spider-Man hasn’t been cast for the Marvel Cinematic Universe just yet, there has already been some speculation as to how he will be used. In a recent sit down with MTV News, Charlie Cox didn’t hold back from what he thought would be a great idea, stating that he would love to see a crossover between Daredevil and Spider-Man: “There is a wonderful episode – issue of the comic – where Matt Murdock has to defend Daredevil – cause the public don’t know – so he has Peter Parker put on his Daredevil costume so he can sit in the…
A young fan named Dominic recently appeared on Australian radio station KIIS 1065 to chat about his love for Wolverine. The station called Jackman’s phone so he could speak to the actor – not telling him that Hugh Jackman was in the other room. But when the kid asked Jackman what his favorite Wolverine post was, the actor burst into the room and surprised him. Check it out below, it’s pretty awesome: What do you guys think? Be sure to sound off below!
Since the release of Iron man in 2008, Marvel Studios has operated under Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter. However, after what is being described as “several years of frustration”, Kevin Feige will now report directly to Disney boss Alan Horn. This isn’t a rumor either – a Disney spokesperson confirmed it: “Marvel Studios is taking the next logical step in its integration with The Walt Disney Studios, joining Pixar and Lucasfilm in centralizing many of its film-related functions in Burbank, with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and co-president Louis D’Esposito continuing to lead the Marvel Studios team reporting…