On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (April 1st, 2016) Dennis Tzeng, Josh Macuga, Jason Inman discuss the following:
WithX-Men: Apocalypsefanning the flames of theX-Menfaithful, 20th Century Fox has yet to officially announce another movie, though many are rumored including aDeadpoolsequel and anX-Forcemovie. But that all changed with word coming fromproducerSimon Kinbergthat aNew Mutantsspin off movie is in active developmentand close to casting. Speaking with IGN, Kinberg said thatJosh Booneand his writing partner are working on the script and doing a really nice job. It’s maybe not as different asDeadpool, but it has its own unique, original voice to it, describing it as more of a YA tone to it. HitFix then added to the conversation saying thatFox has cast Wolfsbane and Colossus’ younger sister, Magik, withMaisie WilliamsandAnya Taylor-Joyas the respective mutant younglings. Also expected to join the team isAlexandra Shippwho plays Storm inApocalypsewith other mutants Sunspot and Mirage rumored to be on the team.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justicehas been universally branded as dark, dreary and no fun, so many wonder what that might mean for Warner Bros.’ upcomingSuicide Squadwhich looks at thevillainsinside the universe of a sad Batman and a dour Superman. It appears that the folks over at Birth Movie Death have an answer.According to the site, Warner Bros. is putting “tens of millions of dollars” into reshoots forSuicide Squadto make the film more lighthearted. A source tells BMD that all of the levity in the “Bohemian Rhapsody” trailer was every single joke in the film, and since fans responded well to it, Warner Bros. wants more of it for their movie. Whether or not these reshoots will appease the fans and the studio remains to be seen asSuicide Squadreadies its debut on June 08, 2025.
In a casting report released yesterday and reported on by Movie Beat, Marvel is gearing up an official reboot to their Vampire Action franchise,Blade. While there is no word on a director, the studio is reportedly looking at a very short-list of actors that includesMichael B. JordanandBirth of a Nation’sNate Parker; with relative unknownsAml Ameenwho had a small role inLee Daniels’The Butler, andElijah KelleyfromRed TailsandHairspray. Marvel aims to start filming the movie this summer and as of this report, no mention on whether or not the movie will get an R-rating. With Marvel owned, of course, by Disney, fans are expecting a friendlier PG-13 rating.
BUY OR SELL
One of the biggest teases inBatman v Supermancame in the form of a Batman dream sequence that showed the symbol of Darkseid offering proof that the big baddie might be the primary villain ofJustice League Part One. Many fans also look to the cameo of Flash as a sign of things to come in the superhero team up that begins filming in eleven short days. It was this topic of conversationon the Empire Podcast whereZack Snyderappeared recently. When asked of the dream sequence, Snyder talked a bit about it being a “possible future” hoping the fans will try and speculate on whether or not the Flash is coming from that reality or another one. When asked about Darkseid coming toJustice League, Snyder played coy saying maybe he exists in the universe somewhere.Justice League Part Onecomes to theatres November 17th, 2017.
Continuing its trend of taking animated classics and making them into movies, Disney is now looking at its first animated feature film,Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,as the template.Variety is reporting the development ofRose Red, Snow White’s sister, into a live-action movie.Snow White and the HuntsmanwriterEvan Daugherty’spitch resulted in a change from the original draft written byJustin Merz.Rose Red’sstory will be about Snow White going unconscious after biting a poison apple forcing her estranged sister Rose Red to undertake a quest with the Dwarves to find a way to break the curse and bring Snow White back to life. No casting announcements have been made.
BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS
Now it’s time for Box Office Predictions brought to you by our friends at AMC Theatres. This is the part of the show where we make our predictions on what movies are opening this weekend and in what order they will top the weekend’s box office.
Cody Enos writes:
Dear Collider,
With a new superhero movie coming out faster than a snail eating a pancake, and big franchises blooming more properties than a flowerbed in the middle of a field, I was wondering how come these films that spend hundreds of millions of dollars almost always have just okay CGI? Films such asEx Machina,The Witch, and other moderately low budget films seem to have a better handle on how to hide, enhance, and utilize CGI, but whenever somebody sees a tent pole film almost always people will come out saying ‘wish the CGI was better,’ so I was wondering why is that?
Paul M writes:
Hi Collider Team. My question is related to the recent backlash around the amount of spoiler footage shown in trailers. Do you think that a big studio would have the guts to release a major movie without ANY trailers at all? I’m thinking particularly withBvS, would seeing no trailer have changed your views on the film? Surely just calling a movieBatman vs Supermanis enough to get people in to see it and would this increase the box-office also? Thanks and keep up the great work.
