New Super Mario Bros. Movie Happening

There is a lot of awesome news coming out of Nintendo when it comes to Mario games. Now it seems that we might be getting a Mario Bros. movie coming our way soon. According to Buzzfeed, a series of emails between Nintendo and Sony Pictures has been made public thanks to the infamous Sony hack. Right now, the parties are still smack in the middle of negotiations over the animated feature film rights of Mario Bros., however, it looks like chances are very good for Mario and Luigi to be heading to the big screen. In an email from October ...

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Sam Raimi Coming Back To Spider-Man?

There's an ongoing angle to the Sony/Marvel/Spider-Man story that refuses to die, so we're throwing it out there for you guys to discuss. Apparently, as revealed by the numerous Sony emails shared by the vicious hackers, the studio has turned to former Spider-Man director Sam Raimi for some form of guidance to help put the franchise back in order. Raimi's name was included in a report first published by the Wall Street Journal regarding Marvel's efforts to get Spidey into the MCU in time for Captain America: Civil War. That deal fell through, but WSJ – at the time – ...

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X-Men's Storm Could Be Played By This Vampire Diaries Star

With the upcoming X-Men: Age of Apocalypse film set to introduce younger versions of some of the original X-Men characters, speculation on the casting of Storm has been up in the air. The latest rumor (via MoviePilot) is that X-Men's Storm will be played by The Vampire Diaries star, Kat Graham. If this rumor turns out to be true, I couldn't be more excited. Kat Graham has the capacity to play an incredible Storm. Not only is she gorgeous and can easily pull off looking like a younger version of Halle Berry, but also, her role as Bonnie Bennett on ...

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Avengers 2 Will Be The Last Avengers Directed By Joss Whedon

This current stream of leaked emails between Joe and Anthony Russo and Sony Entertainment Chair Amy Pascal is a gift to comic-book geeks that keeps on giving. The exchange between the creative teams already has revealed possible (and possibly shelved) plans to share Spider-Man with the ever-developing Marvel universe. And now we're learning that their may be concrete plans in place for the Avengers franchise... which could be bad news for Joss Whedon. ComicBookMovie cites a translation of emails on the Brazilian site overtice.com that claim that during their conversations with Sony, Captain America: The Winter Soldier co-directors Joe ...

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Everything You Need To Know About SPECTRE In One Trailer

We now know that SPECTRE is going to be causing a whole range of headaches for Daniel Craig's 007 starting with the next James Bond movie, due in theaters next November. And even though we went ahead and mapped out several key facts you need to know about the criminal organization, a James Bond super fan went the extra mile to create a SPECTRE-heavy trailer based on the past exploits of the spy with a license to kill. Check it out below: Brad Hansen deserves proper credit for creating this historical look at SPECTRE's involvement in the James Bond series, dating ...

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Uh Oh! Even Fewer Young People Than We Thought Are Going To The Movies

It looks like the age of social media and video streaming is costing movie theaters some of their usual attendees. An annual report report released by Nielsen (via Deadline) shows that the number of young moviegoers is on the decline, and this news can't be good for those theaters. Based on a survey that Nielsen conducted, it showed that although the percentage of the population who attended a movie in theaters at least once held a steady 77%, the average amount of movies seen at the theaters went down from 7.7 in 2013, to 7.3 this year. And while that may not seem like ...

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The Insurgent Trailer Is Thrilling And Action-Packed

As promised, the full trailer for the Divergent sequel, Insurgent has arrived, and it's overflowing with action. Check it out...

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