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Check out the Merc With The Mouth work his magic in the first trailer for his feature length movie!
Goddamn beautiful! This movie is using it's R-rating to the fullest. This isn't your average mainstream superhero flick. It's a hard R action comedy with some crazy athletic sex scenes. Can't wait. Deadpool hits theaters in Feb. 2016.
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The wait is over. Fox has announced that they will finally produce a X-Men spinoff film featuring everyone's favorite Merc with the mouth Deadpool. During San Diego Comic Con someone leaked test footage for a potential Deadpool film from director Tim Miller and starring Ryan Reynolds (Waiting) in the titular role. Fox must have liked that the response to the clip which was unanimously positive and have finally greenlight the long awaited project. Deadpool will be released February 12th, 2016. Are you excited about the Deadpool movie? Sound off in the comments.
Some interesting new title launches this week. Miguel O'Hara gets his own series. The Suicide Squad gets a roster update that includes Deathstroke and Black Manta. And lastly the first issue of Grayson will be hitting shelves. I despise the idea of Dick Grayson becoming a secret agent. That being said I still will be picking up Agents of D.I.C.K. (as I like to call it) this week to support the character.
1. New Suicide Squad #1 (DC)
2. Spiderman 2099 #1 (Marvel)
3. Amazing X-Men #9 (Marvel)
4. Detective Comics #33 (DC)
5. Grayson #1 (DC)
Christian's Extra Pick: Deadpool #31 (Marvel)
Way too excited for this new Suicide Squad roster. Can't wait to read this new team dynamic. Deathstroke doesn't seem too keen on being a team player. Thanks for reading and make sure to follow us on Twitter @Caped_Informers or me @cstrand73 to stay up to date on all comic news.
For this week's poll I asked "After Hugh Jackman's Wolverine Leaves in 2017, Who should be the face of the X-Men Franchise?" The winner by a large margin was everyone's favorite X-villain Magneto. He took in 36% of the votes.
The results went as follows:
Magneto (Fassbender): 36%
Prof. X (McAvoy): 18%
Cyclops (New Actor): 15%
Mystique (Lawrence): 10%
Gambit (Tatum): 8%
Nightcrawler (New Actor): 5%
Deadpool (New Actor): 5%
Beast (Hoult): 3%
Analysis: Since I posted this poll, Hugh Jackman has stated that he would like to continue playing Wolverine past 2017. This is great news, but at the same time make my poll a little invalid. So I will just interpret our results as possibilities to fill Jackman's shoes eventually once he hangs up his claws.
Magneto: No surprise here. I expected Magneto or Prof. X to win this poll. Fassbender is a hot actor in Hollywood and Magneto is defintly a popular enough character to anchor the franchise. The question remains though "How long will Fassbender play Magneto?" Jackman has played Wolverine for the last 15 years. I do not see a scenario with FOX retaining Michael's services for that long. His massive junk is in high demand. Although he does seem to enjoy playing the character. I believe that Michael will be around for one more X-Men film after X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016. Hopefully we get a few more bar murders from him before he leaves.
Cyclops: I recently re-watched X-Men and X2. Cyclops is barely in either of those films. That poor bastard James Marsden (Enchanted) never caught a break. He was only around to be part of a love triangle between himself, Wolvie, and Jean. It is about time Prof. X's favorite student got his due. FOX should cast a young up-n-comer to play Scott. If Fassbender or McAvoy were to leave, this new Cyclops could be the future focus of the franchise.
Deadpool: He is perhaps not the character to anchor the franchise, but goodamnit does he deserve his own spin off film. An R-rated Deadpool film would redefine the genre of superhero films. R- rated action-comedies like 21 Jump St. make millions of dollars at the box office. Imagine what an R-rated action-comedy-superhero film led by the Merc with the Mouth could make? BILLIONS. Not really, but definitely a cool 500 mill.
Short and sweet this week due to Mr. Jackman's flip-flopping. Who do you think should be the anchor of the X-Franchise? Who should play Deadpool? Sound off in the comments.
Marvel has released a teaser trailer for their upcoming comic event Original Sin. The Watcher is dead. Now the secrets he has kept of all the Marvel heroes shall come to light. All those skeletons in the closet will shake the very Marvel Universe to it's core! Everyone is a suspect. So who shot the Watcher? Pick up Original Sin #1 tomorrow to begin to find out.
Usually event comics and their endless tie-ins become tedious and boring, but I'm actually onboard for this one. I enjoy a good murder mystery. Especially one that reveals all my favorite heroes' dirty laundry. I can guess their secrets now. Daredevil has been faking his blindness, Captain America admits to not having voted since FDR was president, and Thor's hair is really a wig because he suffers from male pattern baldness. Whatever their real secrets are, I can't wait to see our heroes worlds shattered!
Entertainment Weekly recently interviewed X-Men: Days of Future Past's producer Lauren Shuler Donner and writer Simon Kinberg for a cover story about the film. Given the success of Marvel's Cinematic Universe and Spiderman's recently announced spinoffs, EW asked if FOX is considering any mutant spinoffs besides Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. Prodcuer Donner responded with “There was a regime [at the studio] that didn’t see the worth in [spin-offs], and the current people who run Fox understand, embrace it, and we’re going to do right by it,”. Donner would go on to say she would like to see a Gambit film, a Deadpool one, and lastly Mystique. Kinberg added when asked about Mystique's pivotal role in Days of Future Past“I love what Jen Lawrence has done with her, and I feel like because she is in such a crowded ensemble, there’s so much more opportunity if you were to follow her solo.” Sounds like FOX really is considering spinoffs for their X-men properties. I am a big of fan of Jennifer Lawrence and Mystique, but this seems to be a move that would try to capitalize on Lawrence's name recognition rather than the character's popularity. But hey, if they have a good story go for it. I personally can never get enough X-Men or Jennifer Lawrence's acting. So if this movie does happen, what role are they gonna cast Bradley Cooper in? Gotta be Sabertooth, right? What mutant spinoffs should FOX try? Beast? Magneto? Gambit? Doop? Tell us your thoughts in the comments. X-Men: Days of Future Past will be in theaters May 23rd. Read the article: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/04/10/x-men-mystique-spinoff-jennifer-lawrence/
