Tag: Fantastic Four
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‘Fantastic Four’ Loses Its Director As ‘Spider-Man’ Filmmaker Jon Watts Exits Project
Is Jon Watts‘ love affair with Marvel Studios over? It might be? After directing three ‘Spider-Man’ movies in a row for Sony Pictures—though all produced by Marvel Studios— including the mega-billion dollar earning “Spider-Man; No Way Home,” Watts is stepping down as the director of Marvel’s “Fantastic Four,” which was set to be his next…
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Jon Watts Pulls Out of Directing Marvel’s ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot
Disney’s upcoming “Fantastic Four” reboot will need to find a new director. Deadline has reported that Jon Watts, the director behind all of the “Spider-Man” movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has stepped away from the project. The parting is said to be amicable, with Watts preferring to focus on other projects including an original…
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Toby Kebbell Slams ‘Fantastic Four’ Producers: ‘We Were a Victim of Bad Leadership’
In Hollywood’s current climate, nothing is closer to a sure thing than a new superhero movie. In fact, it somehow seems like it is harder to make a Marvel movie that doesn’t have massive success. But 2015’s “Fantastic Four” reboot managed to do just that. After a troubled production riddled with complaints about director Josh…
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Superhero Bits: Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Delayed Again, Image Comics Turns 30 & More
(Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.)In this edition of Superhero Bits:Marvel is bringing…
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‘Chronicle 2’ In Development: Set 10 Years Later With Female College Students Getting Superpowers
It’s been nearly 10 years since Josh Trank‘s “Chronicle,” the sci-fi hit that launched his career, now-disgraced screenwriter Max Landis‘ career and boosted the viability of actors like Dane DeHaan and Micheal B. Jordan. “Chronicle” sequel ideas were thrown around at the time and discussed over the years, but no film materialized. The success of…
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The ‘Loki’ Season Finale Features the First MCU Character Previously Owned by Fox
When Disney gobbled up Fox (like it gobbled up Marvel and Lucasfilm and will gobble up your soul), the possibility of the X-Men and Fantastic Four joining the MCU suddenly became more probable, if not an outright inevitability. Fans were excited about the prospect, and we now know that Marvel Studios has a new Fantastic…
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Mads Mikkelsen Talks About His “Humiliating” ‘Fantastic Four’ Audition
Back in 2017, Mads Mikkelsen revealed he walked out of an audition for the 2005 Fantastic Four film. Now, in a more recent interview, Mikkelsen shared more details about the audition, which involved the actor being asked to pretend he had “80-foot arms.” All in all, Mikkelsen calls the audition “kind of humiliating,” but hey,…
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Superhero Bits: ‘Batman: The Long Halloween’ Trailer, Wyatt Russell’s Favorite John Walker Meme & More
Want to see the first trailer for DC Comics’ animated Batman: The Long Halloween movie? How many views did the new Black Widow trailer get in 24 hours? What is Wyatt Russell‘s favorite meme about John Walker? What Fantastic Four comic has gone up in value thanks to Loki? What new evidence has surfaced that…
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Tom & Jerry The Movie review – sanitised relaunch of the cat and mouse combatants
Uninspiring fights and sketchy rules of engagement mean this lazy reprise won’t excite real aficionados of the eternally warring pairWhoever wins, parents lose. While there’s little to truly loathe in Fantastic Four and Ride Along director Tim Story’s frantic new take on Tom & Jerry, there’s also an equal lack of anything to truly love;…
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Superhero Bits: ‘Fantastic Four’ Isn’t Casting Yet Despite Rumors, ‘WandaVision’ Round-Up & More
Did you catch the WandaVision tribute to Stan Lee in last week’s episode? Want to see some new photos from the set of James Gunn‘s Peacemaker? Which Marvel Comics writer wants WandaVision to have a happy ending? How much did Zack Snyder get paid to finish his cut of Justice League? Need a rundown of…