Sentences with phrase «x-men standalone movie»

Channing Tatum is reportedly attempting to convince Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman to helm X-Men standalone movie Gambit.

Meanwhile, Liman's no longer directing the X-Men standalone movie Gambit.

Not exact matches

Indeed, the non-Marvel films in these franchises that have done best more recently are the ones that stood out from the crowd, like Wonder Woman (which rejected the dark tone of other DC movies), Logan (which felt like a grown - up standalone film), and Deadpool (which loudly razzed the idea of being linked to X-Men movies).

The as - yet untitled Star Wars standalone movie, heavily rumoured to follow a group of bounty hunters around the galaxy, has been gaining traction of late; Gary Whitta, the movie's original writer, left the project, while Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Star Wars Rebels) has joined The Empire Strikes Back scribe Lawrence Kasdan for the second standalone film, which will be directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle).

This was supposed to be a standalone adventure for Wolverine, and yet writers Mark Bomback and Scott Frank can't help but muddy the waters with references to the X-Men, including a mid-credits sting at the end of the movie that admittedly shouldn't be missed.

With a renewed focus on the larger universe at their disposal and the willingness to make movies that are very standalone from the larger continuity, Twentieth Century Fox is moving forward and finding success with their X-Men universe.

Despite widely circulated reports that Tatum's deal for the title role in the standalone Gambit movie was unravelling to the point of the actor ditching the X-Men character's signature trench coat and energized deck of cards, word broke over the weekend that the Magic Mike star is still on board.

All X-Men and Spider - Man movies aside, the non-Marvel Cinematic Universe franchises haven't faired so well, and the last time a superhero character got his own standalone movie — the cinematic trainwreck known as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it was rebooted within four years.

He'd been working on developing the idea for a standalone Deadpool movie since 2011, hoping to outdo the character's lackluster appearance in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

«That's the fun for me, working in the X-Men universe, creating these sort of standalone movies that have a different vibe to them.

Producer Simon Kinberg said Deadpool, Gambit, and the post X-Men: Apocalypse universes will feature character crossovers in the future, telling MTV News last year, «We have a clear sense of the directions we want to take them in and in my my mind at least, how we could start to cross-pollinate sort of with those characters that have their standalone movies.»

The actor revealed on Instagram Saturday that the third standalone Wolverine movie will likely be his last time playing the X-Men mutant.

There has been a lot of talk lately about Fox asking Deadpool director Tim Miller to helm a solo standalone film for Kitty Pryde, the young X-Men member who was played by Ellen Page in two previous X-Men movies.