Christmas is coming a few days early this year for Deadpool fans, as 20th Century Fox has just announced it will release an Untitled Deadpool Movie in theaters on Dec. 21. No other details were given, with the studio encouraging the press to “guess away.” So here goes nothing. As you can see above, Ryan Reynolds released a photo on Friday morning featuring himself reading … Continue reading A New ‘Deadpool’ Movie Is Coming This December!!!
Ryan Reynolds apparently filmed the Deadpool test footage on the same weekend that his Green Lantern movie opened in cinemas. Reynolds has had an interesting history with superhero movies; he, of course, is well known for his role as Deadpool today but has also starred as DC’s Green Lantern. Most fans will be well aware of how the Deadpool solo movie came to be, with … Continue reading Ryan Reynolds Shot the ‘Deadpool’ Test Footage The Same Weekend ‘Green Lantern’ Released!!!
Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld shared a hilarious piece of fan art featuring the Merc with a Mouth mocking Marvel Studios’ 10th anniversary posters. Marvel recently unveiled a series of posters featuring its iconic characters in commemoration of its 10 year anniversary. Within each poster is an individualized phrase beginning with “More than a …” with the final word an attribute often associated with each member of … Continue reading Deadpool Gets The Infinity Gauntlet In His Own 10th Anniversary Poster!!! Check It Out!!
Deadpool’s gone pink! Well, kinda. Last night during the Season 2 premiere of FX’s insane X-Men series Legion, a spot debuted in which Ryan Reynolds fully suited up as Deadpool announced an Omaze campaign tied to the release of Deadpool 2. In the spot, Deadpool encourages fans to help him Fuck Cancer by donating to this Omaze campaign. If you donate, you’ll immediately be entered … Continue reading Deadpool Debuts Pink Suit to Launch Omaze Campaign Fighting Cancer!! Check It Out!!
It was always too good to be true. Almost a year after initially being announced, the planned animated series based on Marvel’s Deadpool, written, produced, and run by Donald and Stephen Glover on FX, looks to be dead for the moment. THR is reporting that the Glover brothers and FX have exited the project citing creative differences, according to a statement issued by FX. It … Continue reading Donald Glover and FX Cancel Planned Animated ‘Deadpool’ Series!!!
Disney-Marvel’s “Black Panther” is heading for as much as $150 million in its North American opening on the four-day Presidents Day weekend, updated tracking is showing. That’s significantly above the first tracking on Jan. 25 for the Chadwick Boseman tentpole, which initially placed the debut in the $100 million to $120 million range for the Feb. 16-19 period. “Black Panther” could break the Presidents Day … Continue reading ‘Black Panther’ Bounds Toward Huge $150 Million Presidents Day Weekend Opening at the BO!!
Sources have confirmed to us that Tim Miller of Deadpool fame is hard at work developing a solo movie for the famous phasing member of the X-Men, Kitty Pryde, to potentially direct. Best known by the codename Shadowcat, but also taking on the aliases of Ariel, Sprite and even the mantle of Star-Lord over the years, Pryde is a mutant with the ability to “phase” or become intangible, … Continue reading Tim Miller Developing Solo ‘Kitty Pryde’ Movie at Fox!!!
Ed Skrein (Deadpool) just made a bold move with regards to white actors taking on non-white roles. The actor was previously cast in the upcoming Hellboy reboot to play Major Ben Daimio, a character who is Japanese-American descent. There was an outcry on social media about white actors continuing to play non-white roles when there are plenty of talented non-white actors out there who would … Continue reading Ed Skrein Leaves ‘Hellboy’ Reboot Amid Whitewashing Controversy!!
While it’s taken some time for Deadpool 2 to finally get off the ground, the Marvel Comics character will also be taking an animated form in the near future. FXX announced today that it is currently developing an untitled Deadpool animated series based on the Marvel Comics character, but that’s not even the best part—Atlanta creators/executive producers Donald Glover and Stephen Glover will be spearheading … Continue reading ‘Deadpool’ Animated Series Coming to FXX from Donald and Stephen Glover!!!
All aboard the crazy train! Back at the beginning of March, we reported that the Oscar-nominated force of nature known as Michael Shannon had been in consideration for the role of Cable in 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool sequel, but that scheduling conflicts would be taking him out of the running. That left Stranger Things stand-out David Harbour as the frontrunner for the role. Now, the trades seem to be backing … Continue reading ‘Deadpool 2’: Michael Shannon Is the Latest Actor Rumored to Play Cable!!!
For the awards ceremony that sets the gold standard for films, you turn to the Oscars. But if it’s genre fare you’re interested in, then the Saturn Awards are where it’s at. The Saturn Awards Organization recently unveiled their nominations for the 43rd Annual Saturn Awards: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story led the way with 11 nominations in the motion picture category, while AMC’s The Walking Dead came in … Continue reading 2017 Saturn Awards Nominations Led by ‘Rogue One’ and ‘The Walking Dead’!! Check It Out!!
The Smokin’ Aces and The Grey writer/director is hard at work on a whole lot of high-profile projects right now. He’s readying Bad Boys 3 to direct, he’s working on his recently announced The Raid remake with Frank Grillo, and he’s scripting Shawn Levy‘s Uncharted movie. Now, we can add another big one to the pile. We’ve learned that Carnahan is currently writing the script for 20th Century Fox’s … Continue reading Joe Carnahan Is Writing the ‘X-Force’ Screenplay!!!
Over the past few weeks, a lot of rumors have been going around about the next X-Men movie beyond the New Mutants film that director Josh Boone is developing. We’ve covered some of them, including how the follow-up to X-Men: Apocalypse – supposedly titled X-Men: Supernova – might start filming this June and would focus on the Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix storyline, which is a comics arc that fans have been dying to see … Continue reading Simon Kinberg in Talks to Write and Direct the Next ‘X-Men’ Movie!!!
While X-Men: Apocalypse would seem to signal that perhaps Bryan Singer should probably leave X-Men alone, and that shows like Legion and the success of Deadpool show that other creators can take mutants from here, he’s not done with X-Men yet. Yesterday, we reported that Fox had ordered a pilot from Matt Nix (Burn Notice) about mutants on the run, and now TV Line reports … Continue reading Bryan Singer to Direct Pilot for Fox’s Upcoming ‘X-Men’ TV Series!!
The Terminator franchise is one of the most iconic action staples of all time, but it’s had a rough couple of decades. However, if you’ve been waiting for a time-travelling postapocalyptic killer robot return to form, now’s the time to start pricking up your ears. James Cameron regains the rights to the property in 2019 when his copyright reversion goes into effect and he’s already got … Continue reading James Cameron Overseeing New ‘Terminator’; ‘Deadpool’ Helmer Eyed to Direct!!!
While rumors that Ryan Reynolds shot a Deadpool cameo for the upcoming Wolverine film Logan were swiftly debunked, fans may yet be able to hold out hope for the two very different superheroes sharing the screen once again. Reynolds previously worked with Hugh Jackman on the disappointing X-Men Origins: Wolverine, playing a very Frankenstein’d version of Deadpool. But while the film itself failed to take off, … Continue reading Ryan Reynolds Hoping to Make a Deadpool/Wolverine Movie with Hugh Jackman!!
The movie industry had another banner year as it took in over $11.1 billion in global ticket sales, surpassing last year’s record figure. Some reasons for that included Marvel, a guy in red tights, and animated movies. Disney was the biggest contributor to the record-breaking year, taking in over $7 billion at the worldwide box office thanks to titles like “Captain America: Civil War,” “Finding Dory,” … Continue reading From ‘Finding Dory’ to ‘Deadpool’: Check Out The List of Hollywood’s Biggest Box-Office Hits of 2016!!!
While, I haven’t seen (yet) some critically well received films like Moonlight, Silence, Fences, 20th Century Women & Elle, (which I am sure would have affected my list), I have tried my best to bring down some of the best & worst to come out in 2016. Performances wise, I really do think the year belongs to Ben Affleck‘s younger sibling Casey Affleck! The very underrated … Continue reading Top 5 Hollywood Actors of 2016 – A MovizArk Take!!!
While the Hollywood Foreign Press Association weighed in with their picks for the best entertainment of the year via this morning’s Golden Globe nominations, last night it was the critics’ turn to shine. The Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association announced the winners of the Critics Choice Awards last night during a televised ceremony, and Oscar frontrunner La La Land came away … Continue reading ‘La La Land’ and ‘People v. O.J. Simpson’ Win Big at Critics Choice Awards!!! Check Out The Full List!!
Awards season took another leap forward today as the 2017 Golden Globe nominations were announced. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association spread the love around, but the season’s three biggest contenders—La La Land, Moonlight, and Manchester by the Sea—all had big showings in the major categories, so not any surprises on that front. If anything got a boost from the Globes—and really they don’t have too … Continue reading Golden Globe Nominations: ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Makes Strong Showing as ‘Silence’ Is Shut Out!! Check Out The Full List!!
Deadpool has a surprising connection to the forthcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, and it all has to do with Negasonic Teenage Warhead. The character, played by Brianna Hildebrand in Fox’s R-rated superhero movie, had psychic abilities in the comics. But director Tim Miller and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick revealed during Deadpool’s marketing campaign that they wanted Negasonic to have powers more … Continue reading ‘Deadpool’ / ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’ Character Trade Brought About Ego, the Living Planet!!
Deadpool surprised everybody this year when the scrappy. long-developed R-rated X-Men spinoff hit a home run at the box office, became a pop culture sensation, and against all expectation, earned the highest box office returns of any X-Men movie to date. Naturally, 20th Century Fox was quick to moving on the sequel, but the highly-anticipated sequel ran into some surprising turmoil when director Tim Miller dropped out over creative differences with Ryan Reynolds. … Continue reading Fox Is Reportedly Already Developing ’Deadpool 3’ with Plans to Feature X-Force!!!
There’s not a lot of great news coming out of the Deadpool 2 camp these days. First up was the announcement that Tim Miller would be stepping down as director due to “creative differences”, ie behind-the-scenes drama and a clash of egos. While Ryan Reynolds and the sequel’s producers might be warming towards having John Wick director David Leitch come in to helm the picture, they’ll soon have to look for another composer. Deadpool composer Junkie XL, … Continue reading ‘Deadpool’ Composer Junkie XL Walks Away from Sequel Following Tim Miller’s Exit!!
Everything we’ve been hearing out of the pre-production of 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool sequel had sounded great until late last night. It turns out that some creative differences between director Tim Miller and star/producer Ryan Reynolds have led to the former exiting the picture. As Deadline reports, the split was amicable, but it’s an unfortunate turn of events for the team that brought audiences one of the wildest and most-successful adaptations in the superhero genre … Continue reading ‘Deadpool’ Sequel Moves Ahead without Director Tim Miller!!
[Update: It comes from trusted sources four more actresses who are testing for the role of Domino in Deadpool 2, in addition to the six we reported previously: Mackenzie Davis (Halt and Catch Fire), Ruby Rose (Orange Is the New Black), Eve Hewson (The Knick), and Kelly Rohrbach (Baywatch). Our original story follows below.] While the sequel doesn’t yet have a firm release date, development is moving right along on Deadpool 2, and director Tim Miller and the … Continue reading ‘Deadpool 2’ Shortlist Includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ruby Rose For Domino!!!
20th Century Fox is expanding its partnership with IMAX to include four highly anticipated upcoming releases. The studio announced today that they have signed a new multi-picture agreement with IMAX to release Maze Runner: The Death Cure, The Predator, Alita: Battle Angel, and the studio’s untitled Marvel film in the IMAX format. The release notes that these films will be “digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format,” so … Continue reading ‘The Predator’, ‘Maze Runner’, Mystery Marvel Movie and More to Get IMAX Release!!
Brad Peyton is making an earth-shattering move into comic book movies. After helming San Andreas with The Rock himself, the helmer is teaming up with James Wan of The Conjuring 2 to direct a film adaptation of the graphic novel Malignant Man. THR first reported the news, including the addition of producers Ross Richie and Stephen Christy from Boom! Studios. Zak Olkewicz, who co-produced the horror film Light’s Out with Wan, wrote an adaptation of the screenplay. Wan created the Malignant Man comic for Boom! with … Continue reading ‘Malignant Man’: ‘San Andreas’ Director Teaming With James Wan For Comic Book Adaptation!!
Disney‘s The Jungle Book delivers the third $100+ million opener of 2016, two more than 2015 had at this point in the year and Captain America: Civil War is just around the corner. The weekend’s two other new wide releases saw WB and MGM‘s Barbershop: The Next Cut finish second while Lionsgate‘s Criminal settled for a sixth place finish. Altogether, the weekend top twelve finished … Continue reading ‘Jungle Book’ roars with Massive $103 Million opening at the BO!!
The 2016 MTV Movie Awards taped Saturday night on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, Calif., ahead of the Sunday night television broadcast, which airs 8 p.m. on MTV. Hosted by Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, the 25th annual show handed out big honors to Will Smith with the Generation Award and Melissa McCarthy for the Comedic Genius Award. Ryan Reynolds won a golden popcorn … Continue reading Check out the Complete list of the 2016 MTV Movie Awards Winners!!
The force was strong with “Star Wars” as the sci-fi epic dominated the 2016 MTV Movie Awards nominations on Tuesday morning, which were announced via Snapchat Discover. “The Force Awakens” led the way with 11 nods, followed by another box office smash, “Deadpool,” which scored eight noms. “Avengers: Age of Ultron” was in third with six nominations. All three films are up for the night’s … Continue reading Check out the full list of the 2016 MTV Movie Awards nominations!!
Fans of the sarcastic superhero Deadpool have reason to celebrate as Ryan Reynolds is apparently back on board to play the title character. Heroic Hollywood is reporting that Reynolds, who led Deadpool to a global box office of more than $750 million, will reprise the Marvel character for the already greenlit sequel. Considering the first film’s massive haul, this news really isn’t a surprise. It … Continue reading ‘Deadpool 2’: Ryan Reynolds agrees to return for sequel!!
The steep second weekend drop suffered by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will receive the bulk of attention this week and rightfully so as it is the fifth largest second weekend drop for a film that opened over $100 million. That said, the superhero feature maintained the #1 position and has now crossed $680 million worldwide. Meanwhile, Disney‘s Zootopia continued its impressive run while … Continue reading ‘Batman v Superman’ Drops Big While Crossing $680 Million Worldwide at the BO!!
Seven weeks after its release, “Deadpool” is still breaking records. The film has now become the highest-grossing R-rated film, worldwide; Box Office Mojo has the film’s totals, which stand at $745.7 million worldwide. This total bests the previous record-holder, “The Matrix Reloaded,” which earned $742.1 worldwide upon its release in 2003. “Deadpool” has another record in its sights: the domestic record for an R-rated film. … Continue reading Deadpool is now the Highest grossing R rated film of all time!!
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ruled the box office this weekend, both in international and domestic markets, bringing home an estimated $424.1 million worldwide. The record-breaking performance saw the film set a new domestic March opening weekend record and it also serves as the largest domestic opening for Warner Bros. ever. And while the clash of superhero titans was doing it’s thing, Universal‘s counter-programming … Continue reading Batman v Superman opens to $424.1 million worldwide while My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 does well at the BO!!
For the second week in a row, Disney’s Zootopia is the number one film in North America. The animated feature was down just 33% in its sophomore frame and crossed the $100 million mark on Friday. Worldwide, Zootopia has already earned more than $431.3 million. That big global haul is due largely to a great showing in China, where the film brought Disney its biggest … Continue reading Zootopia continues to dominate as 10 Cloverfield Lane opens big while The Brothers Grimsby bombs at the BO!!
Though not nearly as remarkable as one month ago, when Deadpool set new highs for February and R-rated releases, Zootopia does have some box office records to collect. Disney’s new animated feature easily took first place this weekend with an estimated $73.7 million debut. As we told you yesterday, that represents the best start ever for an animated movie in March. It’s also one of … Continue reading Zootopia sets records while London Has Fallen opens modestly at the BO!!
Sony Pictures has done a bit of shuffling on its 2017 release calendar, and suddenly things are making much more sense. Last August, the studio announced that the highly anticipated Bad Boys 3 would be arriving in…February 2017. Michael Bay’s first film opened in April 1995, but its bloated, explosive sequel Bad Boys II got a July 2003 bow. Given the star-power of Will Smith … Continue reading ‘Bad Boys 3’ Release Date Pushed to Summer 2017; ‘The Dark Tower’ Shifts in!!
For a film that was set to anchor 20th Century Fox’s post-Wolverine Marvel slate, Gambit is off to a bit of a rough start. First there were rumors that the film’s star Channing Tatum would walk away from the project over budget disputes. Shortly after, director Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) had to drop out of the film due thanks to … Continue reading Fox pushes Gambit to 2017 and dated two additional unnamed Marvel films!!
The first big-budget box office bomb of 2016 has arrived in the form of Lionsgate’s sword-and-sandals would-be tentpole, Gods of Egypt, which opened to an estimated a paltry $14 million domestically with the hefty price tag of a $140 million budget. The mythological fantasy epic led by Gerard Butler and Nikolaj Coster Waldau, which debuted to resounding negative reviews, also failed to resonate with audiences … Continue reading Gods of Egypt flops while Eddie the Eagle and Triple 9 open low at the BO!!
Deadpool passed $200 million in domestic grosses on Saturday, its ninth day in theaters. Clearly a number of films have made it to that mark in less time (18 to be exact), though the list of films that Deadpool has now surpassed by day nine remains impressive, including Avatar and Iron Man 2. Last weekend’s three-day actual for Deadpool was a bit lower than estimated … Continue reading Deadpool continues dream run, while new releases have modest openings at the BO!!
Synopsis – A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopting the alter ego Deadpool. My Take – As an avid comic book reader I have known Deadpool for a while now, but it wasn’t until his outrageous character arc in X-Men Origins: Wolverine I gained interest in him. Since then I have … Continue reading Deadpool (2016) Review!!!
Just this morning, we were wondering how the various studios would react to the success of Deadpool and whether we’d see an influx of R-rated superhero movies following the film’s massive box office success. It appears it didn’t take long for that to take hold, as now it looks like the next (and last) Wolverine movie could land an R rating as well. The news … Continue reading It seems Wolverine 3 may be R rated too!!
There’s a reason it took years for 20th Century Fox to greenlight Deadpool. It’s a risky movie—its R-rating is limiting (well, supposedly), its handsome leading man is disfigured and masked for over half the film, and it breaks with story conventions in a big way by having Deadpool directly address the audience. The perseverance and passion of all involved paid off in spades, though, as … Continue reading ‘X-Force’ movie Could Be Rated-R!!
Wow. Just… wow. When covering the box office you get used to a certain level of hyperbole, but I am here to tell you that the hype is all real when it comes to Deadpool. According to studio estimates, the Tim Miller-directed pic has earned an incredible $135 million for the three-day weekend and is headed above $160 million for the four-day holiday frame. That … Continue reading Deadpool opens big with $135M, while Zoolander 2 flops at the BO!!!
It’s been a long, long, long road to finally getting Deadpool in theaters, with plenty of pushback from 20th Century Fox along the way, but now that the film actually exists and is on the cusp of being unveiled unto the world, the studio is singing quite a different tune. We’ve known for months that director Tim Miller and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick … Continue reading Fox green-lights ‘Deadpool’ sequel!! Success!!
The year’s biggest television event is here, and it’s got something for everybody. From the big game, to the half-time performances, to the best and funniest in the year’s commercials, and of course, the Super Bowl movie trailers. Consistently the most-watched live television program of the year, the asking price for a prime Super Bowl slot has shot to record highs this year, and almost … Continue reading Watch all the awesome super bowl trailers including the 1st teaser of ‘Jason Bourne’!! Check it out!!
Synopsis – A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers and adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Director – Tim Miller Starring – Morena Baccarin, Ryan Reynolds, Gina Carano Check out the new trailer: Continue reading Check out the new awesome trailer of keenly awaited ‘Deadpool’!!
There’s no denying that the most popular genre around these days is the superhero movie. Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy proved that comic book adaptations could be just as dramatic and heavy as non-genre films, Marvel Studios jumpstarted a massive interconnected series of superhero movies that were significantly more colorful and humorous, and audiences have been turning out to both kinds of superhero films in … Continue reading All confirmed superhero films from 2016 to 2020!! Check out the awesome list!!
Synopsis – A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers and adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Director – Tim Miller Starring – Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano Check out the official trailer: Check out the red band trailer: Continue reading Empire International to release Deadpool on February 11, 2016!! Check out the trailer!!
20th Century Fox’s Deadpool has had a rocky road to production but managed to earn a lot of goodwill with its recent Comic-Con presentation. Now that we’re about six months away from the film’s February 12, 2016 release date, you can expect the marketing machine to rev up in earnest. With that in mind we have a collection of new high-resolution images that show off … Continue reading Check out some awesome Deadpool Hi Res Stills!!
