Category: Movies
May the Fourth Made Official by California Legislature
It looks as though the force is with Anaheim. The Associated Press reports that, via a resolution by Assemblyman Tom Daly, the California Legislature has declared May the fourth – Star Wars Day – an official holiday in the state ahead of the opening of the Disney theme park Star Wars: Galaxy’s...
Read MoreDavid Leitch Signs First-Look Deal with Universal
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...
Read More3 Problems With Avengers: Endgame and How to Fix Them
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 ...
Read MoreChewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew Becomes One With the Force
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...
Read MoreSaints Row Film Adaptation Coming From F. Gary Gray
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...
Read MoreAwesome Cheese: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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...
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