Cable company Comcast announced today that it will drop its bid to acquire 21st Century Fox. This clears the way for Disney to acquire properties like the X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, and even the original cuts of the Star Wars films. Instead, Comcast will continue to push for control of UK satellite broadcaster Sky. Comcast said in a statement that it “does not intend to pursue...
When Fox finally greenlit the Ryan Reynolds-championed Deadpool, it seems like it mostly wanted the project to go away. The studio threw less than $60 million at the project. Now, the long-awaited Gambit film is about to start production, and the soon-to-be-Disney-owned project seems to be suffering from a case of overcorrection. Channing Tatum’s take on the Ragin’ Cajun is set to...
As much as I enjoy the Marvel Cinematic Universe, some of the best Marvel flicks have been far outside what Kevin Feige and his crew could ever consider. 2016’s Deadpool and this year’s Logan both broke the superhero mold in significant ways, and both received accolades and big box-office pulls as a result. Fox is trying some different stuff with some of its X-Men flicks, and it’s...