Category: Movies

David Leitch Signs First-Look Deal with Universal

brettstevens | May 3, 2019 | 0

David Leitch is going to be giving maximum effort to Universal. Variety reports that the Deadpool 2 director, along with his producing partner Kelly McCormick, has signed a first-look deal with Universal ahead of the release of the much anticipated Hobbs & Shaw. I’m very excited about this new...

3 Problems With Avengers: Endgame and How to Fix Them

AlexGherzo | May 3, 2019 | 0

Since its release, Avengers: Endgame has swept the internet, along with everything else on Earth (I’m pretty sure the Senate asked Barr what his favorite Iron Man moment was at one point), and nobody can stop talking about it. This week I appeared on Fresh Geek Context, a great podcast that talks ...

Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew Becomes One With the Force

virginiakublawi | May 2, 2019 | 0

News broke today that Peter Mayhew, Star Wars’ original Chewbacca, died two nights ago, April 30th, 2019. He passed away in his Texas home surrounded by his family at the age of 74. He started the Peter Mayhew Foundation to aid victims of crises, which will now be operated by his surviving wife, A...

Saints Row Film Adaptation Coming From F. Gary Gray

mikecalkins | May 2, 2019 | 0

A film adaptation of the once popular, now dormant, open world video game franchise Saints Row has been announced, with F. Gary Gray (The Fate of the Furious, The Italian Job, Straight Outta Compton) attached to direct. The screenplay will be written by Greg Russo, who is also writing the script for...

Awesome Cheese: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

brettstevens | May 1, 2019 | 1

As I wrote in last month’s Awesome Cheese, comic book films expanded in major ways in the last decade. However, it wasn’t just The Losers that missed a step sometimes; even established franchises go down the wrong path. Such is the case for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Initially envisioned as t...

First Gemini Man Trailer Released

brettstevens | Apr 30, 2019 | 0

Will Smith takes aim at himself in the first trailer for Ang Lee’s Gemini Man. I’ve been really excited for this movie; with Smith in the lead (having not done a solo genre piece since Hancock) and Life of Pi’s helmer behind the camera, this has definitely been high on my list for mont...