GAMBIT Removed From Its 2020 Release
Public announcements were made on Tuesday pertaining to Disney’s forthcoming schedule, including new dates for current titles, and a new trio of Star Wars movies to arise starting in 2022 through 2026.
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ZOMBIE BROTHER Launches At STX, Tencent And Tatum’s Free Association
While it’s still nice to know that actor Channing Tatum is still circling Gambit for 20th Century Fox, the word now from the online trades insist he’s partaking in a new producing venture at Free Association with fellows Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan.
According to a new announcement on Wednesday this week, Zombie Brother is now in the works in co-productions partnership with Robert Simonds’ STX Entertainment and Tencent’s film and TV shingle, Tencent Pictures. Cast and crew details remain pending while Deadline – by way of Variety, highlights Matt Lieberman was previously attached to pen the script for David Sandberg who is currently taking off with the Kung Fury feature sequel, Kung Fury 2: The Movie.
The film’s casting call and film description reads as follows: Zombie Brother is a genre-bender — a big adventure-comedy with a splash of sci-fi and a good dose of horror, all with the self-referential tones of “21 Jump Street” and “Deadpool.” Set 5 minutes in the future, the film follows a crew of tech-obsessed homebodies who become humanity’s unlikeliest saviors in the wake of a zombie apocalypse.
Zombie Brother is reportedly Tencent’s top title in digital comics and animation, garnering more than 17 billion views over 348 episodes since 2011, as well as 3.7 million views for its two-season animated series. Its franchise extends to a mobile game and a sellout hit stage play.
“Since its inception, STX Entertainment has been committed to producing, marketing and distributing universally resonant content across all platforms, with a particular focus on bridging the U.S. and Chinese markets,” said Adam Fogelson, Chairman of STXfilms, a division of STX Entertainment. “As an early investor in STX, Tencent has been a strong strategic partner and we’re honored to be collaborators in bringing its most valuable IP to new audiences around the world. With Tencent Pictures’ awesome ecosystem of entertainment channels and Free Association’s creative acumen, we think there is no end to the storytelling opportunities of this franchise.”
“We are thrilled to be joining forces with STX Entertainment on one of Tencent Animation and Comics’ excellent properties, ‘Zombie Brother.’ It has been an incredible pleasure to explore new possibilities with STX. Teamed alongside our gifted producers at Free Association, we look forward to bringing ‘Zombie Brother’ as a uniquely fun and fresh film for the enjoyment of audiences everywhere,” said Edward Cheng, Vice President of Tencent and CEO of Tencent Pictures.
“We’ve long been inspired by STX’s commitment to high quality storytelling that authentically speaks to audiences on both sides of the Pacific. We couldn’t imagine better partners as we continue to work with Edward, Howard and the wonderful Tencent team on this beloved property. It’s a pleasure to welcome them to the ‘Zombie Brother’ party,” said Peter Kiernan of Free Association.
STXfilms will distribute the film domestically and Tencent Pictures in China. Tatum, Carolin and Kiernan are joined by Michael Parets at Free Association, along with producers Edward Cheng, Howard Chen, and Conor Zorn at Tencent Pictures. STXfilms’ Chairman Adam Fogelson and head of production Sam Brown will oversee the film for the studio.
Gore Verbinski’s GAMBIT To Show Its Hand On Valentines Day, 2019
Trade news sources are finally confirming the initial basics of what’s what with the long-vegetating Gambit live-action adaptation set up at 20th Century Fox. With Channing Tatum already set up to star for director Gore Verbinski following recent reports, Marvel fans can check back in on Valentines Day – February 14, 2019 to catch the faved X-Men character on the big screen.
Gambit was created by Jim Lee and Chris Clairemont and unveiled in X-Men comic book universe beginning in 1990, sporting a cajun accent with impeccable charm and the ability to charge most objects with kinetic energy, rendering them explosive. Tatum has long been in the running to star, and much to the delight of executives at Fox, including Lauren Shuler Donner who has produced all of the studio’s Marvel X-Men movies so far, including Jackman’s final Wolverine performance this year in Logan in addition to upcoming entries, X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants to name a few.
Josh Zetumer’s script still stands as the framework for the upcoming film while further cast details will arrive in due time. Tatum is producing with Donner along with Reid Carolin and Simon Kinberg.
GAMBIT: Gore Verbinski In Talks To Helm The Long-Gestating Marvel/X-Men Adaptation
Alas, the important part here at least is whether or not this film is going to get a damn director and it’s been VERY frustrating. With any luck, perhaps Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise co-helmer Gore Verbinski can be the man at the helm as talks are now underway for the filmmaker to sit in according to trade reports at Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday.
BLOODLINES: Universal Sets Adaptation With Channing Tatum To Star
I’m still holding out for a Gambit movie…
Yes, I will beat that dead horse until kingdom come…but, I digress. Upcoming Logan Lucky and Kingsman: The Golden Circle actor Channing Tatum still has a career to tend to and he’ll be doing so moreover with his latest attachment to star in upcoming crime thriller, Bloodlines.
A rookie FBI agent named Scott Lawson is assigned to the border town of Laredo, Texas, where he writes reports about the drug war but doesn’t get to do much else. Until he’s asked to check out an anonymous tip that a horse sold for a record price at an Oklahoma auction house. The buyer: Miguel Trevino, one of the leaders of the Zetas, a brutal Mexican drug cartel. Teaming up with a more experienced agent named Alma Perez, the FBI agent discovers an opportunity to infiltrate a cartel that has taken to launder its drug money through American quarter horse racing.
Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to author and National Magazine Award-winning journalist, Melissa Del Bosque’s new book, “Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the FBI, and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty”, which hits shelves September 12. Oscar-nominated Straight Outta Compton scribe Jonathan Herman is penning the script with Tatum producing next to Miachael Parets via their Free Association banner, and with Michael De Luca Productions’s own Michael De Luca Productions producing, and Executive Vice President of Production Erik Baiers overseeing for Universal.
SDCC 2017: KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE Lassos A Red-Band Second Official Trailer!
Today is the day Comic-Con kicks off in San Diego and Twentieth Century Fox is kicking things off bright and early with a brand new trailer for Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle. You won’t be limited here, though, as there are two versions – one of which you can view just beneath in glorious red-band form.
“Kingsman: The Secret Service” introduced the world to Kingsman – an independent, international intelligence agency operating at the highest level of discretion, whose ultimate goal is to keep the world safe. In “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” our heroes face a new challenge. When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded. In a new adventure that tests their agents’ strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organizations band together to defeat a ruthless common enemy, in order to save the world, something that’s becoming a bit of a habit for Eggsy…
Returning next to lead actor Taron Egerton are actors Mark Strong and a one-eyed Colin Firth, and starring a sinister Julianne Moore, actress Halle Berry, and lasso-wielding Statesmen Channing Tatum, and Jeff Bridges. Somewhere in all this is Sir Elton John while not exactly visible in the trailer, but it can wait until the release…
…And September 22 it is! Peep it!
TRIPLE FRONTIER: Ali, Hardy And Tatum To Star For Paramount Action Thriller
Actor Tom Hardy has some good news happening on the film front in various reports, one such including Deadline‘s latest piece on upcoming action thriller, Triple Frontier. SAG Award-winning actor Mahershala Ali (Luke Cage, Moonlight) will be joining Hardy for Paramount Pictures, as will actor Channing Tatum once confirmed.
A Most Violent Year helmer J.C. Chandor is set to direct the film. Plot details are nil but the word is the film will focus on unstable criminal activities along junctioning rivers at the border between Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. Producing are Charles Roven and Alex Gartner of Atlas Entertainment along with the film’s screenwriter, Mark Boal.
Ali also stars in Robert Rodriguez’s current production of Alita: Battle Angel and director Michael Larnell’s Roxanne Roxanne which premiered at Sundance in January.
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[UPDATED] WB & Sony Currently Bidding For Rights To THE FOREVER WAR, Channing Tatum To Star
The 1974 novel of a young man conscripted into a military task force in a war against an alien species named the Taurans. Through many battles, the man rises up the ranks of the military but travelling through space has time-warping effects, causing him to age normally but Earth to spin centuries.
Sony Announces Development For A GHOSTBUSTERS Movieverse For Channing Tatum And Chris Pratt To Star
It took a bit of evolving in the course of a few hours, but the word is that actor Chris Pratt is possibly on deck to join Channing Tatum in their own all-male Ghostbusters film for Tatum to produce for Captain America: The Winter Soldier helmers Anthony and Joe Russo on board to direct with a script by Iron Man 3-scribe Drew Pearce. That film is being reported as one of four universal films conjoined by Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters movie which is releasing in July of next year as both will tie in to a third followed by a fourth in the form a prequel.
These efforts come courtesy of the respective director and co-star of the original, Ivan Reitman and Dan Ackroyd who are now heading what THR cites as a “Ghost Corps” to help write and develop these films over at Sony while they plot a course for all four films. It’s actually funny to be honest; Hours earlier on Monday I was just speaking with my friend Keith Hayward about who the folks at DMG and Valiant would line-up to direct some of their films following their most recent announcement on Sunday night and I threw in the Russos’ as an option not knowing they would make more headlines this week. Silly me.
It took some effort as some of the headlines that were breaking had mildly misrepresented the facts by not mentioning there was a whole cinematic universe in the works a la Avengers, a fact Collider helped make clear via Badass Digest on Monday. Well, aside from last year’s e-mail leaks, at least we now have an update that confirms just what it is we’ll be in for, although I’m personally waiting for what lies ahead for Pratt and the Russos’, including their future with the MCU through 2019, in addition to Tatum’s Marvel debut as Gambit.
As for Sony’s Ghostbusters plans, let’s hope they don’t fall apart like their plans did for Amazing Spider-Man. So many moving pieces… *sigh*
Channing Tatum Circling A Role In Tarantino's THE HATEFUL EIGHT
The momentum is high for actor Channing Tatum who is on the way with the upcoming wrestling biopic, Foxcatcher and stripper dramedy Magic Mike XXL. According to Deadline, the actor is currently circling a role in director Quentin Tarantino‘s grizzled new western thriller, The Hateful Eight. The film previously underwent heavy rewrites following the drama that initially ensued between Tarantino and Gawker.com who leaked the script prior to a star-studded stage reading of said script at an event for fans back in April.
Filming set to begin in January 2015 in Wyoming with a script tentatively set on a post-Civil War story about mixed bag of bounty hunters and former soldiers trapped in a hotel during a bilzzard; Details are still pending, of course. Provided that Tatum is officially attached, the actor will be joining actresses Zoë Bell and Amber Tamblyn, and actors Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen, Kurt Russell, James Remar, Walt Goggins and others for the film’s production in Wyoming next year. The film will also mark the latest film to be shot on 70mm Cinemascope in 20 years.
Tatum is also attached to 20th Century Fox’s officially announced standalone Gambit film within its current Marvel cinematic universe by way of its X-Men franchise. Stay tuned for more info.
Channing Tatum's GAMBIT Movie Gets The Greenlight And A Screenwriter
The ever-expanding Marvel movie multiverse has been on a warpath this year with its amazing franchises already coming into fruition. The work currently being done with Tim Miller’s Deadpool and Marvel’s 2015 Netflix line-up, in addition to talks of a female spidey feature film, as well as the possible revival of semi-human vampire hunter, Blade, and L.L. Cool J’s most recent Tweet boasting a future Marvel role have pretty much overshadowed that of the recent announcement Warner Bros. made for its own superhero line-up a few weeks ago; They’re catching up, but in the eyes of comic book fans in both camps, apparently not fast enough.
That said, it remains to be seen what the future of the X-Men saga from 20th Century Fox will hold, although we already have a pretty gnarly idea about the possibilities in that regard. However, we have heard little on what will entail for actor Channing Tatum‘s part in an upcoming standalone push for fellow X-Men member and rogue mutant, Gambit, and the studio is keeping it that way. Fortunately for us, there are signs of life with official word from Deadline that the film has a new scribe in the form of Josh Zetumer. In addition, the report also brings word that the film has officially been greenlit for Tatum, currently on the way with sequel stripper dramedy Magic Mike XXL, attached to star.
Zetumer is prolifically known for providing the script for this year’s Robocop reboot from director José Padilha. I argued a balanced case in defense of that film which garnered its share of mixed reviews back in February as PG-13 reinterpretation that didn’t fully live up to the standards in the eyes of many who saw the R-rated first film. Considering we’re in PG-13 territory now, there’s probably less room for scruitiny to say the least, which if course isn’t to say there’s plenty of room to make a crappy film. Besides, Channing Tatum is a good actor and comes off as someone who really loves the character as he’s so expressed in many earlier reports online, so if he’s the one to be Gambit, it deserves justice with the right director and the right vision for the action and story to accommodate his cinematic re-emergence in superhero atmosphere since 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Tatum is also producing with Reid Carolin, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg, the latter who wrote The Fantastic Four reboot for next year’s release and is also producing 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Stay tuned for more info.
Watch The Dazzling New Trailer For JUPITER ASCENDING!
The film is finally releasing on February 6, 2015 with Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth and Tuppance Middleton also starring. Watch the new trailer, and bring a date! Must love dogs. Just sayin.
The New International Trailer For JUPITER ASCENDING Is Online
Jupiter Jones (Kunis) was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people’s houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine (Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along—her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.