Fans seem to be split on the merits of X-Men: First Class, but recent news may indicate that development on the sequel may be going in a very Claremont/Byrne-oriented direction…
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MOVIES: The Wolverine shoots in August
We know that the next Wolverine movie takes place in Japan, and has the potential to feature the Silver Samuarai, but what fans don’t know is when the movie begins production. Hugh Jackman took to Twitter this weekend and let everyone in on the production.
MOVIES: Daredevil getting rewrite
According to Dateline, David James Kelly has been hired by 20th Century Fox to rewrite the Daredevil movie.
MOVIES: Fantastic Four getting the reboot – Chronicle director at the wheel
If Fox, Sony, and other studios want to maintain the rights to Marvel properties, they need to make sure they are constantly working on a new movie. Fox is ready to bring the Fantastic Four back to the big screen, and it looks like the studio has found a director to do it.
MOVIES: The Wolverine gets a release date
If you were on the edge of your seat waiting for the announcement of when you can see the next installment of the Wolverine movie franchise, you can now sit back and relax.
MOVIES: Has the Fantastic Four reboot found a director
It’s no surprise that 20th Century Fox is all in for a Fantastic Four reboot. If the studio doesn’t show it is in the process of making a new film, the rights revert back to Marvel/Disney, who would no doubt do something awesome with the franchise. But the property is still at Fox, and the studio may have found a director.
LEGAL: Wolverine pirate gets year in prison
While it may have taken longer than Hollywood would have liked, the man who illegally uploaded a workprint copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was sentenced to one year in federal prison. To date, this is one of the longest and hardest penalty handed down for Internet piracy, and no doubt has the SOPA supporters jumping up and down with delight.
“We believe this is the longest sentence ever imposed for a defendant charged with uploading a single copyrighted film to the internet,” assistant United States Attorney Lisa E. Feldman, who works with the FBI’s computer and intellectual property crimes section, told Variety.
Fox claims the movie was downloaded over 15 million times, and cost the studio millions in lost revenue. With recent talk of the Stop Online Piracy Act, currently in discussion in Washington, D.C., and the fact that Megaupload.com was the site that Gilberto Sanchez uploaded the movie to, this is just going to add more fuel to the fire of the online piracy debate.
MOVIES: X-Men First Class sequel finds writer
According to SuperHeroHype, 20th Century Fox has hired Simon Kinberg to write the sequel to this year’s X-Men: First Class movie. Kinberg was the writer of X-Men: The Last Stand, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Jumper, and Sherlock Holmes, so he has a track record of success. Let’s see if he can continue to rejuvenate the X-Men franchise with another hit.
TRAILER: In Time
One of the hot trailers to appear this week is 20th Century Fox’s “In Time” staring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. The full trailer is now all over the Intardwebz, and is worth checking out.
MOVIE: Rust picked up by Fox
Deadline is reporting that Archaia Entertainment’s Rust has been picked up by 20th Century Fox to be turned into motion picture.
The graphic novel takes place on a family’s farm in the American heartland, where Jet Jones crashes into the barn, pursued by a giant decomissioned war robot. The heartland has been devastated by a world war and the family tries to decide if the kid with the jet pack is the key to their survival.
The graphic novel is written by Royden Lepp is is scheduled to arrive September. Aline Brosh McKenna has been hired to adapt the book into a screenplay.
MOVIE: Director found for Wolverine sequel… Again!
It’s been a merry-go-round for 20th Century Fox as they search/find/replace directors for the upcoming Wolverine 2: Electric Boogaloo sequel. It looked like Darren Aronofsky would helm the project, but he stepped down, then rumors and rumored rumors circulated as director after director sat down to talk with the studio. Now it looks like 20th Century Fox has settled upon James Mangold to direct the picture.
If you are not familiar with Mangold’s work, it probably means you didn’t see the Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz action/comedy/romance/disaster Knight and Day. Of course he also directed 3:10 to Yuma, so there’s still hope this movie will turn out okay.
TRAILER: X-Men: First Class – Meet Magneto
Even more television spots and trailers for the upcoming X-Men: First Class movie are rolling out. This time, the focus is on Magneto.