Quick, name one movie that's suffered 10 films' worth of development hell in the last decade. For those of you who said Justice League, while correct, that's not the superhero flick I'm talking about. Instead, I'm referring to Fox's, but now Disney's, The New Mutants, which actually finished production about two years ago, if I'm remembering correctly. Fox hated it, though, then the Disney buyout rumors started swirling and the movie was re-shot, re-edited, you name it. Now, it looks like Mickey has edited it even more.
To quote one of the best The Simpson bits-turned-meme: "Stop! Stop! He's already dead!" One of TV's longest-running series will continue into the indefinite future with Disney's support after the purchase of Fox. Now, that hellish monopoly has threatened us with an unavoidable evil we all knew we'd have to deal with eventually: executive producer Al Jean confirmed over the weekend at D23 that the House of Mouse is considering a sequel to 2007's The Simpsons Movie.
Howdy all. I'm having a crummy day. A repairman spilled gross A/C water on my PC, along with other parts of my mostly-carpeted apartment, and the computer is acting stupid now. I'm trying not to freak out by keeping busy, because, as they say, Idle Hands are the Devil's playthings.
James Gunn's secret weapon will soon be unloading the artillery that is his effective acting onto one of the world's biggest franchises. That's right: Michael Rooker has been cast in Fast & Furious 9. This makes the series, officially, the most stacked, actor-filled motion picture universe that doesn't involve a talking tree. Justin Lin and his team sure have quite the epic on their hands now, don't they?
To say we're in a prickly political climate right now is, uh, an understatement. I've already been labelled a "yellow journalist" for calling out silly folks for hating Captain Marvel not because it's boring, which, oh boy, it is, but because of who's featured. Now, satire is under attack by those in power, which led to The Hunt getting its released cancelled by Universal and Blumhouse after the film was specifically called out by our fearless leader during one of his klan rallies.
It ain't even September yet but my local grocery store already has their candy and plastic Jack-o-Lanterns set up. It feels like Halloween is right around the corner. Or, more specifically, Halloween Kills! That's right, the sequel to everyone's favorite reboot of everyone's other favorite, now retconned, sequel is about to start filming, per Danny McBride, one of the writers.
While most people know Marvel for the films they've put out recently, they also have a whole smattering of offerings on the smaller screen. Netflix had five big guns in the forms of Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Daredevil, The Punisher and Luke Cage. All save for ol' Fistboy were received fairly well and we even got to see most of them team up in The Defenders, which I hear was...okay? In any case, many fans were shocked when the shows were cancelled in a relatively short timespan.
Ah, to be involved with Marvel Studios right now. After concluding a trilogy of phases over the course of ten years, our favorite superhero movie-house is set to crank the ridiculousness meter up to 11 with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which is said to be the first pure horror film of the series. While not much is known about the actual plot of the pic just yet, that hasn't stopped director Scott Derrickson from dropping the odd hint or two on his Twitter feed.
