For this week’s Fan Stuff Sunday we have quite the blockbuster filled one. From Marvel V DC, Planet Hulk to Marvel’s Ultimate Alliance, Adkins’ Daken, and much much more!
A bunch of X-Men related news has been released during the week so I decided to collect all of that and put it into this X-Men Excellence news omnibus just to make it easier for you and me both!
Potential plot and casting details for X-Men: Age of Apocalypse have hit the Internet, giving fans the most detailed description of the upcoming X-film yet.
The updates come from a casting call for the film’s Quebec production location. While the casting agency’s description of the film could have stemmed from rumors instead of actual word from Fox Studios, it does provide a possible road map for the film’s overall direction. And if the casting call’s words are to be believed, it looks like Apocalypse will indeed include Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and Channing Tatum’s Gambit. Just cross our claws and playing cards that this description actually holds some truth.
Here’s the full description:
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It has all lead to this. All of the battles (both outside and within the group), action, relationships and time travel that the uncanny X-Men have endured have lead to this, their biggest story ever – X-Men: Apocalypse. Following the universe changing events of 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past comes this epic mutant adventure and with it a number of casting opportunities for performers of all ages.
X-Men: Apocalypse will follow the super powered mutants battling their most powerful foe yet, the devious and devastatingly dangerous Apocalypse. This legendary villain uses his incredible abilities to alter his physical form, access other mutant superpowers and telekinesis to recruit a cult-like group called the Four Horsemen to be his servants and do his bidding in an all out war against the X-Men.
The cast of X-Men: Apocalypse will feature a who’s who of X-Men characters and some of Hollywood’s most talented performers playing them including Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games) as Mystique, Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street) as Gambit, Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) as Magneto, Golden Globe nominee James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland) as Charles Xavier, Academy Award nominee Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables) as Wolverine, 2-time Golden Globe nominee Rose Byrne (Neighbors) as Moira MacTaggert, Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies) as Beast, Olivia Munn (The Newsroom) as Psylocke, 3-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) as Jean Grey, Kodi Smit-McPhee (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) as Nightcrawler, Alexandra Shipp (Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B) as Storm, Tye Sheridan (The Stanford Prison Experiment) as Cyclops and Golden Globe nominee Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) as the villain Apocalypse.
Variety reports that Fox has signed “The Fault in Our Stars” director Josh Boone to direct the X-Men spinoff “The New Mutants,” which introduces several new characters to the “X-Men” movie universe.
Boone will also co-write the script for the untitled project with Knate Gwaltney. Producers are Simon Kinberg with Lauren Shuler Donner.
Boone’s “Fault in Our Stars,” starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, was a surprise hit for Fox, with over $300 million in worldwide grosses on a $12 million budget. He’s also attached to direct Stephen King’s “The Stand” for Warner Bros. and has said that the studio is planning a four-part franchise.
Created by Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod in 1982, the New Mutants comic book followed a new, younger group of students at the Charles Xavier School For Gifted Youngsters. The original team consists of Cannonball (invulnerable human rocket), Karma (telepath), Mirage aka Dani Moonstar (manifests empathic 3D illusions), Sunspot (solar powered flight and strength) and Wolfsbane (werewolf transformation). Rather than trying to save the mutant race, the New Mutants stories typically focused on what it meant to grow up away from home, possessing awesome and terrible super powers. Typical themes tackled by Claremont and McLeod included teenage angst, hormones, diversity, discrimination and acceptance.
Fox’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past” delivered solidly for the studio last summer with $748 million in worldwide grosses. It’s dated Ryan Reynolds’ “Deadpool” for Feb. 12, followed by Bryan Singer’s “X-Men: Apocalypse” on May 27, 2016, and its developing another Wolverine movie with Hugh Jackman, as well as a “Gambit” project with Channing Tatum attached to star.
Boone also appears to be a super X-Men fan as by the following tweets prove that he is the personification of X-Men fandom!
Ryan Reynolds has taken to Instagram to reveal a brand new image from Deadpool. It doesn’t reveal too much about the movie and is a little less humorous than previous efforts, but that makes it no less awesome! The photo was clearly taken when they were shooting on that overpass in Vancouver, and this is a really fantastic shot of the popular Marvel character in action. Reynolds also Instagrammed a photo of himself in the Deadpool costume “trying to kill” Mario Lopez again!
Star Ryan Reynolds (X-Men: Origins: Wolverine) has been gifting fans with teaser images like the ones above for a few months now showcasing the fan favorite Deadpool doing well… Deadpool-esque things. Early last month, he also appeared with ExtraTV’s Mario Lopez (Saved By The Bell) in an elaborate April Fool’s Day prank video that announced that the film will indeed be rated R.
We see from above another behind-the-scenes snapshot of Reynolds and Lopez together on set and now, the full video from the set visit has been released featuring Reynolds fully decked out in his Deadpool costume. Check it out below:
Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
Deadpool is directed by Tim Miller, and stars Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson), Morena Baccarin (Vanessa Carlysle), T.J. Miller (Weasel), with Ed Skrein, and Brianna Hildebrand (Ellie Phimister). The movie is scheduled to hit theaters on February 12, 2016.
Director Bryan Singer has once again returned to Instagram to share a behind the scenes photo from the set of X-Men: Apocalypse. This one features a young girl flanked by bow and arrow wielding soldiers, along with the caption “The past catches up”.
After that mysterious image of a youngster in a forest clearing surrounded by armed soldier types, Bryan Singer has released another head scratcher from the X-Men: Apocalypse set. As the director explains himself in the accompanying text, this is a “mutant guided incoming owl” – so what can we glean from that? Canadian Alpha Flight member Snowbird can transform into a large white owl, but she wasn’t a mutant in the comics and didn’t actually control animals which is what seems to be happening here. Do any of the other characters from this movie fit that description?
X-Men: Apocalypse, directed by Bryan Singer (X-Men: Days of Future Past), will hit theaters on May 27, 2016 and stars Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), James McAvoy (Charles Xavier), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Oscar Isaac (Apocalypse), Rose Byrne (Moira McTaggert), Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Nightcrawler), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Ben Hardy (Angel), Olivia Munn (Psylocke), Lucas Till (Havok) and Lana Condor (Jubillee).
What does the world do if it is danger of both Alien and Predatorial attack, call the Avengers! But don’t hold your breath for that film as it is only a trailer! It’s not the only trailer for this Fan Stuff Sunday as I have a Captain Marvel one too plus a bunch of fan-art from Boss Logic, Lord Mesa, CAMW1N, Will Brooks, and Sandara.
UPDATE: There’s Captain America as Amber Heard, Iron Man as Kate Beckinsale, Bruce Banner as Mila Kunis, Thor as Jennifer Lawrence, Hawkeye as Shailene Woodley, Loki as Kristen Stewart, and…Chris Pine as Black Widow! Despite being a little rough around the edges, these are very creative and have really gotten people talking on social media. The manips are the work of 18 year old Tumblr user Agnes.
While it was initially unclear whether Hugh Jackman was referring to Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse or James Mangold’s sequel to The Wolverine, it appears he was referring to the latter.
It appears that Hugh Jackman’s last Wolverine film will be the third solo Wolverine film! This comes from the director of the third, James Mangold, as he took to his Twitter(see above) to confirm that Jackman’s swan song as the ferocious Wolverine will be his third solo outing! The third Wolverine film is currently slated to arrive in theaters on March 3, 2017. It should be important to note that filming on X-Men: Apocalypse has yet to start so a phone call from Bryan Singer could change everything. Filming on Apocalypse is expected to start next month and the film currently has a May 27, 2016 release date.
The Wrap also reports that their inside sources are telling them that Hugh Jackman is referring to a follow-up to The Wolverine and not X-Men: Apocolaypse.
Wolverine actor, Hugh Jackman took to his Instagram to tease some revelations for his role as Wolverine himself. Jackman captions a photo of his hands one of which has the adamantium claws attached with “WOLVERINE …ONE LAST TIME. HJ.” This could mean an end to his long career as Wolverine in the current X-Men franchise, or something completely different. It’s hard to make a solid answer to this at the moment, but giving his recent remarks saying that he wishes to play Wolverine until he dies it could just be him having some fun with us!
It is also unlikely that he will play Wolverine in “X-Men: Apocalypse,” with the upcoming sequel to “The Wolverine” spinoff serving as his swan song. The movie is set for release on March 3, 2017.
Jackman first played the mutant in 2000’s “X-Men,” taking over the role from Dougray Scott after the actor sustained an injury. He has now assumed the role an unrivaled seven times, including two turns in his own offshoots — “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and “The Wolverine.”
A new report claims to reveal when exactly Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse will begin production, while two fan-favourite characters from previous movies and one who will soon have their own movie are expected to make cameo appearances.
According to Latino-Review’s @umbertogonzalez, principal photography on X-Men: Apocalypse will kick off in Montreal on April 28th. That’s not the most exciting news however as he also reveals that the movie will feature cameos from Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, Halle Berry’s Storm, and Channing Tatum as Gambit. We’ve heard that Sir Ian McKellen will return as Magneto, so perhaps the X-Men: Days of Future Past follow-up will return to that new continuity which was glimpsed at the end of last year’s “inbetweenquel”. Gambit showing up before his solo movie later in 2016 also makes sense, but will Jackman get just a cameo or a key role? We’ll have to wait and see for confirmation by FOX
Nothing is stopping good ole Hugh Jackman from being the Wolverine as he wants to play him until he dies.
“Every time I play Wolverine I want to go further, physically and emotionally,” Jackman said in an interview with Cigar Aficionado (via E! Online).
After having seen Michael Keaton’s Birdman, in which the former Batman star plays a washed-up actor most famous for having played a role in a big superhero film franchise, Jackman told the magazine, “I said to my wife, ‘The moral is that I should never stop playing Wolverine. I’ve got to find a way to keep playing him until I die.’ I know that someday they’ll recast the role with another actor…I’d be happy if the role was eventually recast. It would mean that it had become iconic.”
He also said that his X-Men Origins: Wolverine co-star Ryan Reynolds, who is currently reprising his role as Deadpool in a stand-alone movie, is far too nice for the role of Wolverine. Reynolds is “so nice he makes ice cream look like the Manson family,” Jackman joked, adding, “I don’t want to canonize the guy, but he’s like a living, breathing saint.”
Jackman is appearing in Neil Blomkamp’s Chappie which, along with X-Men: Days of Future Past and Real Steel, means that he’s played opposite robots more than almost any actor in Hollywood.
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