The main X-Men series has arguably been running on fumes for a few years now, but while a lot of fans have grown weary of the adventures of Professor Xavier and his peers, many have still maintained an interest in Fox’s comic book universe thanks to the Deadpool films, both of which have come out to commercial and critical success. You can therefore expect some heavy backlash if this latest report that the X-Force movie has been cancelled turns out to be legit.
Though the title of The New Mutants suggests a fresh start, it sounds like the film might well be the final installment in a cinematic universe that hasn’t been new in a long time, with a recent report alleging that the Josh Boone-helmed flick will be the last cinematic release of the X-Men franchise before Marvel Studios hits the reset button.
With the Disney/Fox deal roughly two months away from becoming final, the end is seemingly near for the current version of the X-Men universe, and according to a new report, several mutant-related properties have now been canned.
Almost a year since the film’s LA premiere, the plaudits just keep coming for Black Panther, with Rotten Tomatoes now honoring the picture with the Golden Tomato Award for Best-Reviewed Wide Release Movie of 2018.
Mere days after actor Tony Todd went on record explaining why there probably won’t be another Final Destination movie, THR has reported plans for just that, sharing the news that New Line Cinema has hired writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan to pen a “re-imagining” of the popular horror series.
Yet another DCEU insider has given their seal of approval to the new Aquaman movie, with Shazam! lead Zachary Levi taking to Instagram to congratulate the team behind James Wan’s film, while also admitting to feeling a little jealous.
Avengers: Endgame is slightly over three months away from reaching cinemas, but for one terminally ill Marvel fan, the release may not come soon enough. So when 33-year-old Alexander Q took to social media to inquire about the possibility of seeing the film early, the community soon rallied behind him, and now it seems that Disney has taken notice.
2017’s Justice League is a project that’s arguably talked about more these days for what could’ve been than what was, between the ongoing demands for Warner Bros. to release the fabled ‘Snyder cut,’ to the ultimately scrapped sequel. And in a somewhat cryptic post on Vero, director Zack Snyder may have hinted at some of the plot details from the follow-up that never was.
In a huge year for Disney releases, the biggest development that these next twelve months will bring for the company isn’t any highly anticipated franchise installments or even the launch of the new Disney Plus streaming service but the the acquisition of Fox, which a new report from Variety suggests could be finalized within the next two months.
When it comes to the overall direction and overarching narratives of the MCU, Ant-Man and the Wasp is often regarded as one of the franchise’s less consequential entries, but as Michael Douglas let slip in an interview last year, the Quantum Realm that’s explored in the film will prove “integral” in the upcoming Avengers: Endgame, and is even looking likely to play an important role in Marvel’s Phase 4. So if we’re going to be spending a fair amount of time in this mysterious place, it may help to know a little about the logic of the micro-verse and the sort of activity we can expect to find there.
