Category: Fox

The Disney – Fox Deal

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The Disney mega-deal for 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets has happened. This includes all the Marvel properties the comic company gave up to Fox to stave off bankruptcy including the Fantastic Four and X-Men characters in the cinematic universe in the 1990s. Disney’s 4 billion dollar deal to buy Marvel in 2009 has paid many dividends by forging the highest-grossing film franchise of all time with over $13 billion. They hope that the Fox deal will have the same effect on their bottom line and make them an even bigger…

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Deadpool’s “Wet on Wet” Teaser Trailer

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‘I love the smell of turpentine in the morning.’ 20th Century Fox has dropped the first teaser trailer for Deadpool 2, and it’s pretty crazy. There is some new footage. But for the most part, this two-minute video is a parody of Bob Ross painting videos. There is also a synopsis, which doesn’t actually tell you anything about the movie. “After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his…

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Disney has reportedly been in talks to buy most of 21st Century Fox

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The media corporation 21st Century Fox has been in talks to sell most of itself to Disney, CNBC’s David Faber reported on Monday. An acquisition would leave 21st Century Fox with a smaller, more focused portfolio of news and sports networks to better compete in a changing media space, the report said. A deal would exclude the Fox broadcast network because Disney could not own two broadcast networks, the report said. (Disney acquired ABC in 1996.) It would also exclude Fox’s sports channels to avoid regulatory concerns that combining them…

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Logan Director Confirms He’s Working On X-23 Movie Script

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Director James Mangold has confirmed he’s begun work on a script for an X-23 movie following the breakout performance of young actor Dafne Keen in the acclaimed Logan, but admits he may only be “dreaming” at the moment. However, the filmmaker believes that following the success of director Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, audiences are more receptive to female protagonists on the screen. “Patty’s success with [Wonder Woman] only solidifies more for studios that there’s less to fear with a female protagonist,” Mangold told The Hollywood Reporter. “The more that keeps…

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The New Mutants | Official Trailer | 20th Century FOX

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As promised by director Josh Boone on Instagram, the first teaser trailer for Fox’s distinctly horror-centric upcoming X-Men spinoff film The New Mutants arrived online just after midnight Pacific time on Friday, set partially to the sounds of “Another Brick In The Wall.” The New Mutants is based on the Marvel Comics of the same name, which was the first — of many — comic book spinoffs of the X-Men franchise. The original comic book team was introduced in 1982’s Marvel Graphic Novel #4 by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod,…

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The Gifted Promo Trailer Episode 2

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The Gifted from FOX starts this week. It promises to be something different and new in the mutant war between humans and special gifted people. The world fears what they don’t know or can’t control. The FOX new series is trying to find a place in the hearts of X-Men fan’s. let us know what you think in tonight’s episode. Written by Matt Nix (APB, “Burn Notice”), directed by Bryan Singer (the “X-Men” franchise”) and executive-produced by Nix, Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner (“X-Men: Apocalypse,” “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” “The…

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Deadpool 2 – Photos Released Of Cable

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Deadpool 2 Photos Released Of Cable From Reynolds Twitter account Ryan Reynolds: “We all have that one, grumpy, heavily armed Uncle from the future”. As expected, Brolin’s Cable is true to his comic book counterpart, sporting a head of silver hair, a star-shaped scar on the right side of his face, and glowing left eye. And while the initial image crops Cable just below the neck, a subsequent Instagram post by creator Rob Liefeld shows Cable sporting not only his signature robotic arm, but some pretty massive pieces of ammunition…

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Simpsons At 30 Years – Infographic

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From its first step into the limelight as a series of shorts on the Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons phenomenon has come a long way. When it was first shown on Ullman’s show, it was certainly not as polished and pristine in terms of production that it is today but nonetheless, the sketch show provided the perfect platform and springboard to get it noticed and catapult it to the mammoth worldwide brand that it is today. The Simpsons is not just an animated TV comedy show, it is a multi-billion…

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Domino photo from Deadpool 2 revealed

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Zazie Beetz as Domino in the upcoming Deadpool 2, Beetz has taken to Instagram to reveal another photo of her in costume as the luck-manpulating mutant. John Wick‘s David Leitch is directing the 20th Century Fox followup from a screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Reynolds is again serving as a producer on Deadpool 2 alongside X-Men franchise caretakers Simon Kinberg and Lauren Shuler Donner. Ryan Reynolds is set to reprise his role as the Merc with a Mouth alongside Josh Brolin as Cable, the time-traveling son of the…

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X-Men TV series, “The Gifted” Trailer

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Fox has released a full trailer for the new X-Men TV series, The Gifted, which premieres in the Fall Watch below! Action-adventure family drama The Gifted, from Marvel, tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive. Written by Matt Nix (APB, “Burn Notice”), directed by Bryan Singer(the “X-Men” franchise”) and executive-produced…

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Fox’s X-MEN TV Show THE GIFTED

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Fox has released the first teaser for its X-Men spin-off show The Gifted. Focusing on a family who goes on the run when its discovered the two children are mutants, the show has also been picked up for a full series based on a pilot directed by X-Men film director Bryan Singer. No premiere date for The Gifted has been announced. A full trailer is scheduled to premiere May 15.

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Josh Brolin as Cable in ‘Deadpool 2’

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Joss Brolin, whose name never came in casting rumors for the character, has snagged a four-movie deal to portray Cable. USA TODAY Josh Brolin has signed on to play comic-book character Cable, opposite Ryan Reynolds’ foul-mouthed mercenary in Deadpool 2, The Hollywood Reporter and The Associated Press confirmed Wednesday. But, wait, wasn’t Brolin already cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Indeed. Brolin plays Thanos, a supervillain who has a major role in the forthcoming Avengers: Infinity War. Reynolds, himself, made light of the fact that Brolin’s been cast as a…

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Brianna Hildebrand’s Negasonic Teenage Warhead Interview

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It’s already been confirmed that the duo will return, but the actress has now talked for the first time about her role in Deadpool 2. She hasn’t seen a script but is expected to get an updated appearance. “I’ve not yet actually read the script,” Hildebrand admitted, adding “But I do think she will be a lot cooler, based on the wardrobe ideas and stuff. I’m very excited.” She explained she’d just seen some concept art, “Just some ideas, nothing that’s concrete or anything. But I think it’s cool that…

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Logan Movie is Here

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Fox has released Logan the next in the X-Men franchise and the last time we will see Hugh Jackson as Wolverine and Patrick Stewart Professor X. Highly acclaimed by the critics the movie features the introduction of the new Weapon X. Life has never been so difficult for Logan and the forces against him are relentless. Synopsis: In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are…

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New Mutants Movie Release Date Set

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Writer/director Josh Boone is working hard on the long-talked-about New Mutants film, and in an interview with Creative Screenwriting the filmmaker revealed that its intended to be not just one film – but three. “After I made The Fault in Our Stars, we made Fox a comic book,” Boone said, referring to him and co-writer Knate Gwaltney. “It walked them through a trilogy of New Mutant [sic] films that would build on each other. We used this program called Comic Life, and took all the images we had loved from…

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