Month: April 2018

Deadpool has taken notice of the incredible success of Avengers: Infinity War–and he’s responded in a way befitting of his character. Actor Ryan Reynolds, who plays the foul-mouthed, fourth wall-breaking character, posted a silly rejection letter from his application to the join the Avengers.

The letter signed by Tony Stark says, “No. Absolutely not. Go bother Prof. X. No.” Reynolds also congratulated Disney on the success of Infinity War. He said, “From a guy who never knows when to quit, I’m glad you guys never did. Congrats Avengers.”

Deadpool exists within the Marvel universe, but the character doesn’t show up in the MCU movies because Fox owns the rights to Deadpool the character. There may be some hope, however, as Disney is buying a large part of Fox, so Deadpool in an official MCU movie could happen down the track.

As for the Deadpool franchise, the David Leitch-directed sequel hits theatres in May. Among the new characters is Cable, who is played by Josh Brolin. Brolin played the antagonist Thanos from Infinity War.

Infinity War opened last week and has already made more than $600 million worldwide. With $250 million in the US and Canada alone, it surpassed Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the highest first-weekend ever in the history of movies.

Warning: Full spoilers for the Ash vs. Evil Dead series finale follow…

Firstly, it’s a bit of a bummer that Ash vs. Evil Dead wrapped up its third season with an Army of Darkness U.K./Director’s Cut-style ending instead of something a little more gift wrapped (like the Army of Darkness U.S. theatrical ending) since this was to be the final episode ever.

I get it. You hedge your bets. You can’t mold every season as if it could be the show’s last, and tailor the ending so it can satisfy on all fronts, but if the producers had any inclination that series was in danger then maybe they could have made it all a bit more snug.

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Spoilers follow for Avengers: Infinity War!

With that symbol showing up at the end of Avengers: Infinity War in the after credit scene, attention is turning to Marvel Studios’ 2019 lineup. Next year will kick off with Captain Marvel, a movie that marks the debut of Brie Larson as Air Force pilot-turned cosmic superhero Carol Danvers and has a release date of March 6, 2019. Marvel has kept this new project pretty tightly under wraps, with no official images or footage released yet.

But even so, we do have a fairly good sense of what to expect from the Captain Marvel movie at this point. Here’s everything we know so far about the cast, story and how this movie fits into the larger MCU.

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With a massive lineup of summer movies on the way, here’s a look at the current top earners in Hollywood.

George R.R. Martin’s Winds of Winter may not come out until after Game of Thrones is finished, and we think that’s a good thing.