PACIFIC RIM 2, WARCRAFT & More Get New Release Dates

In addition to its lucrative Fast & Furious and Fifty Shades of Grey franchises, Universal Pictures is broadening its blockbuster appeal in the coming years. The studio is building a shared universe based on classic monsters, which will include last year’s Dracula Untold and the upcoming The Mummy. Additionally, Universal is releasing two Legendary Pictures films in 3D as part of their five-year deal: Warcraft, based on the online role-playing game, and Pacific Rim 2.

At CinemaCon, Universal announced release dates for Fast & Furious 8 as well as the two Fifty Shades of Grey sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. Additionally, the studio unveiled new or changed release dates for its other upcoming features.

Universal revealed both Legendary films will be pushed back a few months, Warcraft from March 11th, 2016 to June 10th, 2016, and Pacific Rim 2 from April 7th, 2017 to August 4th, 2017. As for the monster movies, The Mummy was pushed from June 24th, 2016 to March 24th, 2017, and an untitled monster film was moved from April 21st, 2017 to March 30th, 2018.

Furthermore, Universal announced Mena, the thriller headlined by Tom Cruise, will debut January 6th, 2017. Variety is reporting that Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) is in talks to join the feature, which will reunite Cruise with Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman. Gleeson has risen in popularity in the past few years, which is reflected in his schedule that includes Ex Machina, The Revenant, and, of course, Star Wars 7.

Warcraft and Pacific Rim 2 being pushed a few months lands both films in prime summer movie season slots. With Warcraft debuting in June and Pacific Rim 2 in the early-August date made popular by Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy last year, Universal seems to have scheduled these films aiming to appeal to summer blockbuster fans.

Of course, with all movie studios across the board pushing for bigger blockbusters, more release dates, and broadening shared universes, Universal’s summer features will certainly have contenders at the box office. For instance, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 will open the weekend before Warcraft, with Star Trek 3 arriving a few weeks later. Both sequels will likely be big competitors for the Legendary/Universal film.

That being said, Universal seems to be positioning all their releases so that the features will have as much chance to bring in audiences as possible. With the summer movie season becoming so saturated in blockbusters, moving The Mummy and the untitled monster film to March releases may prove to open them up to more viewers. However, whether this new schedule is in fact successful remains to be seen.

Warcraft will premiere June 10th, 2016. Then, Mena will hit theaters January 6th, 2017. Fifty Shades Darker will follow on February 10th, 2017; The Mummy on March 24th, 2017; Fast & Furious 8 on April 14th, 2017; Pacific Rim 2 on August 4th, 2017; Fifty Shades Freed on February 9th, 2018; and the untitled monster film on March 30th, 2018.

Source: Universal / Variety

FAN STUFF SUNDAY #4: A Fast & Delicious Ride Filled With Battles And More!

This week’s Fan Stuff Sunday, has fast cars, explosive action, boss art, and something quite alien! We got the regulars Boss Logic and Alex Luthor with a triple threat, but also some newcomers in the form of Patrick Brown and Ryan Crain! Be sure to show your support for these awesome guys, click here for Boss Logic, here for Alex Luthor, here for Patrick Brown and here for Ryan Crain!

Alex Luthor’s Fast & Delicious Trailer

Boss Logic’s Caitlin Snow(Danielle Panabaker)‬ as ‪Killer Frost‬! Robbie Amell As FIRESTORM!

Man of Steel V The Mighty Thor

Fox Hire Boss Logic For Deadpool Poster

Incredible Hulk VS Invincible Iron Man

Patrick Brown’s Alien Tribute To Ellen Ripley

Marvel’s Villain Pub

Ryan Crain’s Star Wars ROGUE ONE Poster with model Scruffy Rebel

FAN STUFF SUNDAY #3: A Boss Logic And Alex Luthor Team Up

This week’s Fan Stuff Sunday is brought to by the Youtuber Alex Luthor and for the second week running BossLogic. These talented artists brings us this week a Marvel Ultimate Alliance trailer, a fitting Paul Walker tribute, and Stephen Amell as the recently cast  Casey Jones for TMNT 2 and more! Be sure to check out Alex Luthor and BossLogic!

Paul Walker what if he played Angel:

The recently cast Stephen Amell as Casey Jones for TMNT 2:

A fitting tribute to the late Paul Walker:

"Fast and Furious Franchise" Will Continue On Well After "Furious 7"

Earlier this week, word broke that Universal Pictures is interested in signing four-time The Fast and the Furious helmer Justin Line to an eighth chapter in the action ensemble franchise. Although some outlets speculated that this eight film would mark a franchise capper, Universal Pictures Chairman Donna Langley today tells The Hollywood Reporter (via /Film) that The Fast and the Furious aren’t likely to hit the finish line anytime soon.

“We think there’s at least three more,” says Langley. “…I think it’s still a growing franchise. We’ll see what happens with ‘Furious 7,’ obviously, but our box office has grown over the past three or four films and internationally, in particular. So we think that there’s more to mine there. But we’re of course very mindful about fatigue.”

The Conjuring director James Wan is taking the steering wheel for the upcoming Furious 7, but the future of the franchise is wide open. If there’s a direction you’d like to see it take, let us know in the comments section below!

Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Elsa Pataky and Lucas Black, Furious 7 races into theaters on April 3, 2015.

"Furious 7" TRAILER HAS BEEN RELEASED!!!

The first official trailer for,”Furious 7″ has been officially released thanks to their own twitter account. Here is a synopsis;

–Furious 7 is set to take place after Fast & Furious 6. After defeating Owen Shaw and his crew, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) and the rest of the crew are able to return to the United States and live the normal life again as they had wanted, but Owen’s older brother, Ian Shaw (Jason Statham), is after Dominic, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, putting the entire crew in danger once more. After learning of Han’s death, the crew sets out to find the man who killed one of their own, before he finds them first.

“Furious 7” stars Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner, Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, Ludacris as Tej Parker, Lucas Black as Sean Boswell, Jason Statham as Ian Shaw, Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, Kurt Russell, Tony Jaa as Louie Tran, Ronda Rousey, Nathalie Emmanuel as Megan, Djimon Hounsou as Slim, John Brotherton as Sheppard, Ali Fazal plus Iggy Azalea is set to make a cameo appearance in the film.

Here is the long awaited trailer:

Vengeance hits home. The road to April 3rd has begun. Watch the trailer now. #Furious7https://t.co/7zLFBlCQhr
— #Furious7 (@FastFurious) November 1, 2014

Posters For "Furious 7" Have Arrived

Ahead of the trailer debut this coming Saturday, November 1 (12 p.m. PST), Universal Pictures has unveiled a new one-sheet for Furious 7 that proves the series is so iconic we don’t even need to see the leads in focus, just a set of tires and the promise of more vehicular mayhem. Check out the poster below!

Continuing the global exploits in the unstoppable franchise built on speed, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of Furious 7. James Wan directs this chapter of the hugely successful series that also welcomes back favorites Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Elsa Pataky and Lucas Black.

Directed by James Wan, Furious 7 also features Jason Statham, Tony Jaa, Kurt Russell, Nathalie Emmanuel, Djimon Hounsou, John Brotherton and a cameo by Iggy Azaela. The new film will hit theaters on April 3, 2015.