Author: Frank Palmer

A new report about trouble with Josh Trank and Fox states that Trank was “destructive” on the set. According to Entertainment Weekly’s sources, anyway, who said the following: Several high level sources close to Fantastic Four – spoken to independently of each other – have told EW the rift on set was not about creative differences but rather combative behavior Trank demonstrated toward the crew, producers, studio and even the stars. It’s partly linked to Trank’s personal disputes – involving accusations of deliberate damage done to the house he was renting – which sources say eventually manifested on set as hostility and frustration from Trank.  This could make…

After bombing at the box office yesterday, and presumably for the weekend – the Fantastic Four reboot could not have had a worse opening weekend. Well, now, FOX seems to want the fans input on which direction to take the franchise. According to The Nerdpocalypse, they’re actually asking fans at a screening: At the Fantastic Four screening and Fox is passing out a survey to decide what to do with the franchise…that’s not a good thing. — The Nerdpocalypse (@ThoseNerds) August 8, 2015 If they’re really doing that – do you think it’s a good idea or just an act…

During an episode of Collider Movie Talk, Jon Campea revealed that multiple sources informed him that Fox had agreed to let Josh Trank film his vision of the Fantastic Four. However, days before the film was to begin filming,  Fox took out several big set pieces. Apparently, Fox also took over the final act and removed Trank from the editing room entirely. Here’s what Campea said: “I’ve got a source, fairly close to the production of this film, who had told me that the movie that Josh Trank and Fox had agreed on making — included 3 really big action…

Filmmaker James Wan is reportedly in talks to produce a Mortal Kombat reboot for New Line, according to The Tracking Board. While the Mortal Kombat video game franchise has been a huge success, the movies are a different story. They were pretty tame in comparison to the game and the 1997 sequel (Annihilation)  to the ’95 original film is regarded as one of the worst video game movies of all time. There was also a web series that was recently made. Wan’s involvement should help get the Mortal Kombat reboot going, as he’s been pretty successful as of late with…

WB has moved the release dates of two films involving Ben Affleck. The Accountant, a film starring Affleck, has been pushed from January 29, 2016 to October 7, 2016. Live By Night, a film that he’s directing, has been pushed from October 7, 2016 to an undetermined 2017 date. This should all be taken as speculation but it definitely goes hand in hand with the rumors regarding a solo Batman film – and the news that came out today about WB wanting more Affleck Batman films. That would be a lot of Batman in the next few years if you…

According to rumors from Warner Bros. insiders, the future of the DC Cinematic Universe will now center around Ben Affleck’s Batman. The sudden change came after an early cut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was shown to a small group of WB executives. Apparently, they were so impressed with the film that they gave it a standing ovation. Much of that applause was for Affleck and his performance as The Dark Knight. They were so impressed, in fact, that they are trying to get Affleck on board for three stand-alone Batman films. The executives are reportedly calling Affleck…

Captain America: Civil War, the highly anticipated Marvel movie, is set to hit theaters soon, and fans are buzzing with excitement. The central question of the film is, “Whose side are you on?” Well, El Mayimbe’s latest inside information lets us know where each superhero stands. If you’re uninterested in knowing these SPOILERS, don’t read any further. Still here? Cool. As you already know, the two sides are Team Captain America and Team Iron Man. Joining Captain America will be Hawkeye, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Ant-Man and The Winter Soldier. Iron Man’s team will consist of The Vision, Spider-Man, Black Widow…

According to FOX Network co-chairman Dana Walden, the network is actively pursing a TV series based on Marvel’s X-Men. “We’re in negotiations with Marvel,” Walden revealed. “We’re hopeful that we’ll be able to announce something soon. It’s something we’re definitely pursuing.” Walden also mentioned that any potential X-Men TV show could only include characters from Fox’s X-Men movie universe – due to contracts with Marvel and Marvel Studios. “The characters from the X-Men franchise are with Fox on the feature [films] side, so we won’t be including Marvel characters that are at ABC with Disney.” Source: TVLine What do you…

Things just really aren’t going well for the Fantastic Four reboot from FOX. It has debut to horrible reviews, fans bashing the movie in general (before it’s even out) and now, the director has made it known that he’s not responsible for the horrible reviews: Who knows if this is true or not? He could be feeling bad that his movie is getting AWFUL reviews (9% on RottenTomatoes and a 4.1 out of 10 on IMDb) or he could be on to something. I feel like this movie was truly DOOMED (get it?) from the start anyway. Fans want characters…