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James McAvoy Keen To Play The Young Version of ‘Star Trek’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard
James McAvoy spent a good chunk of his acting career playing a young version of Patrick Stewart‘s Professor Charles Xavier in the string “X-Men” prequels starting with Matthew Vaughn‘s “X-Men: First Class.” The British actor is currently promoting the “Sandman” podcast and revealed to Collider that he’s still itching to play “Star Trek” captain, Jean-Luc […]
Continue readingJames McAvoy Would Play Professor X In The MCU, But ‘It’s Got To Be Good’
James McAvoy isn’t saying whether he is reprising his role as Professor X, but he did say he would if the writing is good enough. The actor has been making the interviewing rounds to promote his voicing of Morpheus in the second part of “The Sandman” audio drama (see /Film’s own Hoai-Tran Bui’s interview with him […]
Continue readingThe 11 Scariest Scenes In The Halloween Franchise
Is there any other horror franchise with a continuity as convoluted as that of the Halloween films? The Halloween timeline has been reset, rebooted, and retconned more than any other series (apart from maybe the X-Men franchise) and it makes watching all the films a much harder task than you might think for what is, […]
Continue readingShawn Levy Addresses A ‘Deadpool 3’ Directing Rumor & Says He Would Love To Work With Marvel: “I’m A Massive Fan”
Director Shawn Levy (“Stranger Things“) and actor Ryan Reynolds are out promoting their new sci-fi action comedy “Free Guy,” a rare studio blockbuster based on an original idea. They had recently reunited for the time-traveling Netflix pic “The Adam Project,” their close working relationship has fans curious if Levy might be considered to direct “Deadpool […]
Continue reading‘Snake Eyes’ Review: Henry Golding’s ‘G.I. Joe’ Origin Story Is Fun Enough to Survive Unforgivably Bad Fight Scenes
Japan: Where undead Hollywood franchises go to get a new lease on life. It worked for “The Fast and the Furious” with “Tokyo Drift.” It worked for “X-Men” with “The Wolverine.” It even worked for “3 Ninjas” with “3 Ninjas: Kick Back,” at least so far as that movie paved the way for Hulk Hogan […]
Continue readingThe ‘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 […]
Continue readingRichard Donner, Director of ‘Superman,’ ‘The Goonies’ and ‘Lethal Weapon,’ Dies at 91
Director-producer Richard Donner, best known for helming the “Lethal Weapon” film series, “The Goonies” and the original “Superman” film, died on Monday. He was 91.Donner’s production company confirmed news of his death to Variety, though the cause was not disclosed.Though not his first bigscreen effort, his big feature break came with 1976’s “The Omen,” starring […]
Continue readingHugh Jackman ‘Put Through the Wringer’ on ‘X-Men’ Set, Says Anna Paquin
After at least nine movies appearing as Wolverine, Hugh Jackman is pretty much ready to hang up his hat as the X-Men mutant. (He even revealed as much recently that he’d love for Tom Hardy to take the reins.) Might that have something to do with how physically taxing the role was?Academy Award winner Anna […]
Continue reading‘Invasion’ Trailer: New Apple TV+ Series Explores an Alien Invasion From Around the World
What would you do if aliens threatened to land on Earth? It’s one of the most frequently-posed questions across all of science fiction, and the upcoming Apple TV+ series Invasion is poised to ask it one more time. Simon Kinberg, the producer behind many of the X-Men movies and Star Wars Rebels, is teaming up […]
Continue readingSuperhero Bits: Sam Neill is Confused by Marvel Movies, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Trailer May Arrive Soon & More
What is this new Batman: The World anthology comic series? Which Veep star wants to play Beast in a new X-Men franchise? Why is Sam Neill confused by the Marvel Cinematic Universe? How did Regina King react to news of her being in the running to direct Superman? Are we getting a Spider-Man: No Way […]
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