After the false start provided by X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Wade Wilson has gone on to become almost as big a screen star as his adamantium-clawed friend, creating fresh demand for a pair-up that actually does these characters justice. Unfortunately, it wasn’t long after the Deadpool series took off that Wolverine delivered his swan song in last year’s Logan, and these days, Hugh Jackman is heavily downplaying the idea of ever seeing these characters share the screen.
Freddy vs. Jason had a long and tumultuous journey before hitting theaters in 2003, with the crossover project working its way through a variety of crazy and ultimately discarded ideas, from a Jason Voorhees courtroom scene, to a cult of Freddy Krueger worshippers.
While the release date of the first trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX hasn’t been the subject of as much speculation as the equivalent unveiling for Avengers 4, there’ve still been a good few rumors and theories making the rounds online in recent months, with fans suggesting anything from this month to February as likely times for the initial teaser. According to MCU Cosmic leaker Jeremy Conrad, however, much of the hearsay and conjecture so far has been a little on the optimistic side.
Whatever Marvel Studios has planned for next year’s Avengers 4, it’s widely assumed that the Russo Brothers have every intention of subverting our expectations in some way, prompting many a fan to comb through Avengers: Infinity War for signs of whatever sleight of hand is at play here.
Even by two-and-a-half-hour movie standards, Avengers: Infinity War worked its way through a whole lot of plot to arrive at its grim conclusion, and along the way, the film left us hanging on the fates of quite a few characters.
Providing the grown-up flipside to the teen drama of the first movie, It: Chapter Two will be jumping forward a full 27 years, leaving its '80s references behind and picking things up in the almost-present time of 2016.
So long as Marvel Studios refuses to deliver the details on next year’s Avengers 4, fans will continue to look for clues of what’s to come in the MCU’s spinoff literature. A couple of weeks ago, for instance, we learned from the Infinity Wars comic that the Infinity Stones were created by the Celestials, a race of powerful entities who’ve popped up a couple of times in the movies. Now, thanks to Barry Lyga’s new book Thanos: Titan Consumed, we may have been warned of a new threat that's on the horizon.
After Justice League underperformed at the box office last year, some fans are taking it as a sad reflection of the troubled state of the DCEU that people are turning to Aquaman to save this cinematic universe now that Batman and Superman have lost their spark with filmgoers. But the funny thing is, Arthur Curry’s solo debut may even be up to the task, with Deadline reporting some impressive first-day pre-sales for James Wan’s Atlantis actioner.
Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds has been beefing online with fellow X-Men Origins: Wolverine survivor Hugh Jackman all year, and when he saw that his old rival and John Krasinski were having a tongue-in-cheek Twitter clash of their own, the actor couldn’t help but interject.
Though Daniel Craig’s final outing in the role of James Bond is still well over a year from reaching our screens, the subject of who’ll be next to inherit the 007 title has spawned many a rumor, prediction, and debate in these last few months. And while Tom Hiddleston has been cited as a favorite in recent weeks, the internet has now offered an alternative suggestion in the form of a relative newcomer to Hollywood.
