Author: Jacob Dressler

Logan must’ve had a great marketing team, because they handled hiding one of the best reveals of the film, X-24. As a mutant character, X-24 is Logan’s final antagonist and one of the bigger threats in the film. Interestingly enough, Hugh Jackman played both characters, and for what could’ve went horribly wrong seems to have played perfectly in the end. Of course, it does look like Jackman had his doubts. The actor recently revealed this in an interview with Collider. He explained that his doubts about playing X-24 led to quite a few heated arguments. “I was very skeptical of…

Advertising is not what it used to be. When films like the original Alien were released, a lot of it depended on word of mouth, maybe a few positive reviews, and perhaps a teaser or two. This is no longer the case in our digitally viral age, and Alien: Covenant seems to have gotten one of the biggest marketing pushes of the franchise. In fact, 20th Century Fox has already spent somewhere around $22.35 million on television ads alone. If you don’t know what that buys, the company now has 31 ads that will air 1,706 times across 43 networks.…

While Baywatch is getting closer to its release date, star Zac Efron is already prepping for his next role – and it’s not exactly one you’d expect for the star. There’s plenty of horrible people that have lived throughout history, and one of these is the notoriously disturbing Ted Bundy. As one of the world’s most iconic serial killers, it’ll be a big step for Efron in his career and potentially one that could make or break it for the future. The film is set to follow the perspective of Elizabeth Kloepfer, Bundy’s girlfriend who denied accusations against him for…

It was with the announcement earlier this year about the upcoming Halloween reboot that everyone was shocked. David Gordon Lee and Danny McBride’s involvement completely caught franchise fans by surprise, and even after being reassured with John Carpenter’s involvement, everyone was stuck figuring out how the film could possibly work. McBride recently took to the Empire Film Podcast and elaborated how he and Gordon planned to respect the original films. “Look at where the Halloween franchise has gone. There’s a lot of room for improvement. David and I are coming from it as, we are horror fans, and we are…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is never afraid of changing a character’s backstory or editing the general narrative of things from the original comics. But according to Kevin Feige, it looks like they’re taking into account a certain connection from the comics between The Collector and The Grandmaster. If you pay attention, you may have noticed that the two characters each have a distinctly similar sense of style – white hair, markings on their chin, and an odd fashion sense to say the least. It turns out that it’s no coincidence – the two are both claimed to be Elders as…

In the Guardians of the Galaxy films, we learn that Chris Pratt’s Peter “Star-Lord” Quill is no stranger to 80s pop culture. The films make dozens of references to the decade, and this continues by casting big stars like Kurt Russell. But what if Russell actually existed within the film’s continuity? A Reddit user has invented several interesting theories about Russell and the paradox his role creates, suggesting a whole new perspective on his character. “So when Ego assumes his “human” form and heads to Earth during the 80’s, he is identical to young Kurt Russell who was a mega-star…

It’s been ages since Leatherface, the prequel to the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was announced to be completed. Fans have since been waiting for some kind of news regarding a release date, and now we finally have one. Producer Christa Campbell tweeted last night that the film would be seeing an October release date! https://twitter.com/christacampbell/status/863196527405092864 It’s good to hear that they were confident this time around to at least release the film in October. In comparison, its negatively received predecessor Texas Chainsaw 3D was quickly given a disposable January release in 2013. You can read the film’s plot…

There’s a lot of interesting aspects to the character of Willy Wonka, and most of that stems from how unpredictable he is. There’s a certain sense of lunacy to him, where he could easily switch attitudes or perhaps even personalities instantly. The character is first presented as an older business man and slowly we see how crazy he actually is. And now a new fan theory has cropped up which suggests the candy maker actually intended for a kid like Charlie Bucket to find a golden ticket. Naturally, the theory comes from Reddit, as typed up by user paulvs88. His…

Hellboy looks to be the next in what will likely be a long line of R-rated superhero movies. After the success of Fox’s R-rated Deadpool and Logan films, it was only a matter of time before other studios would follow. And what’s a better candidate for the treatment than Hellboy? Although many fans are upset that the new film will be a reboot, it does seem to have promise thanks to its restricted rating. And one of the film’s writers, Andrew Cosby, was keen on explaining the benefit of the rating during an interview with Silver Screen Beat: “I can’t…

When the live-action Deadpool movie hit theaters several years ago, it threw the superhero genre into a frenzy. Everyone who thought it wouldn’t succeed ended up being blown away by its success. And it looks like the character might be gearing up to blow everyone away one more time. How’s that, you ask? He’s getting his own animated series on FXX next year! The series was announced this morning, along with its two showrunners – Donald Glover and his brother Stephen. Donald Glover has already played alternate Spider-Man Miles Morales and will soon play Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Han…