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Jamie Foxx Casted For Spawn Lead Role
05/29

Jamie Foxx is set to star in the latest “Spawn” from Todd McFarlane and Blumhouse Productions, sources confirm to Variety.

McFarlane, who created the original comic, is on board to write and direct the pic. He will also produce with Jason Blum.

The Spawn character first appeared in print in 1992, and gained popularity in the comics community almost instantly. In 1997, New Line adapted the character into a feature film starring Michael Jai White. HBO also took a crack at the antihero in an animated series that lasted for three seasons, each with six episodes, and earned two Emmy Awards.

In the comics, Spawn is a human-turned-Hellspawn who possesses superhuman strength and speed, and near immortality. Spawn also has the ability to teleport, shapeshift, and heal.


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Boooo. Gonna flop
 
SilverSmith said:
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Jamie Foxx Casted For Spawn Lead Role
05/29

Jamie Foxx is set to star in the latest “Spawn” from Todd McFarlane and Blumhouse Productions, sources confirm to Variety.

McFarlane, who created the original comic, is on board to write and direct the pic. He will also produce with Jason Blum.

The Spawn character first appeared in print in 1992, and gained popularity in the comics community almost instantly. In 1997, New Line adapted the character into a feature film starring Michael Jai White. HBO also took a crack at the antihero in an animated series that lasted for three seasons, each with six episodes, and earned two Emmy Awards.

In the comics, Spawn is a human-turned-Hellspawn who possesses superhuman strength and speed, and near immortality. Spawn also has the ability to teleport, shapeshift, and heal.


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The Dark King said:
Boooo. Gonna flop
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This. Why are they casting a 50-year-old Jamie Foxx to play him?
 
Despite his advancing age, Foxx is considered a bankable star.
Whom would you haven chosen for the role and why?
 
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ColiBreh1 said:
It must be Network Upfronts next week because the broadcast TV networks have been announcing cancellations (along with renewals & new show pickups) all week. This past day or 2 has been a bloodbath:
TVLine.com: TV Bloodbath: 20 Shows Cancelled in 24 Hours


It feels like a change in going on in the industry with this many shows getting cancelled. I'm seeing folks suggest this is because Disney bought FOX & Rupert Murdoch already had plans to shift FOX to air nothing but the NFL & cheap unscripted TV shows. I've seen others suggest this is the beginning of the end of Peak TV, There's just too many shows on too many TV networks.

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"[They're] embarrassed by your product,” Rupert Murdoch said of USA Network’s handling of the pro wrestling promotion before offering $1.025 billion over five years for 'Smackdown' while NBC will pay $265 million to retain Monday-night showcase 'Raw.’
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'Walking Dead' leading man Andrew Lincoln will appear in a handful of episodes of the upcoming ninth season of the AMC zombie drama. Meanwhile, co-star Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl, is in the midst of negotiating a rich new deal.
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Netflix's The Magic Order Comic
05/31

Netflix released a trailer today for The Magic Order, the first comic book spearheaded by the streaming platform.

The six-issue miniseries, which will be published by Image Comics, is written by Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Civil War) and illustrated by Olivier Coipel (Thor, Avengers).

The comic, about five families of magicians who secretly protect the world from evil forces, is slated to arrive in comic book shops on June 13th. It’s also the first project that has emerged from the Netflix acquisition of Millar’s comic book company Millarworld last August, another effort by Netflix to expand its development of original properties.

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SilverSmith said:
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Jamie Foxx Casted For Spawn Lead Role
05/29

Jamie Foxx is set to star in the latest “Spawn” from Todd McFarlane and Blumhouse Productions, sources confirm to Variety.

McFarlane, who created the original comic, is on board to write and direct the pic. He will also produce with Jason Blum.

The Spawn character first appeared in print in 1992, and gained popularity in the comics community almost instantly. In 1997, New Line adapted the character into a feature film starring Michael Jai White. HBO also took a crack at the antihero in an animated series that lasted for three seasons, each with six episodes, and earned two Emmy Awards.

In the comics, Spawn is a human-turned-Hellspawn who possesses superhuman strength and speed, and near immortality. Spawn also has the ability to teleport, shapeshift, and heal.


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The Dark King said:
Boooo. Gonna flop
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ColiBreh1 said:
This. Why are they casting a 50-year-old Jamie Foxx to play him?
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SilverSmith said:
Despite his advancing age, Foxx is considered a bankable star.
Whom would you haven chosen for the role and why?
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Disney doesn't have problems finding younger actors (who are either up & coming OR haven't made a big name for themselves yet) for their MCU & Star Wars films. The same goes for FOX with their X-Men movies. You can say the same thing about WB with the some of their film franchises. Unless Spawn is supposed to be an older character in the comics this a disappointing casting.
 
ColiBreh1 said:
Disney doesn't have problems finding younger actors (who are either up & coming OR haven't made a big name for themselves yet) for their MCU & Star Wars films. The same goes for FOX with their X-Men movies. You can say the same thing about WB with the some of their film franchises. Unless Spawn is supposed to be an older character in the comics this a disappointing casting.
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I heard on a podcast that allegedly Todd McFarland met Jamie Foxx sometime after the original Spawn movie and told Foxx that if he ever got the chance to remake Spawn that Foxx would be the actor he would cast as Al Simmons/Spawn. Guess since he is in fact writing & directing this remake, McFarland is staying true to his word even all these years later.
 
darkcurry said:
I wouldn't consider any movie opening with 80 or more million dollars a flop, plus the final total over the entire holiday weekend is at around $103 million domestically and $168 million worldwide so it still made over $100 million.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...opening/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ded500b98e50

It's just a victim of the $100+ million dollar expectations that critics seem to be wanting for every blockbuster film. It is still on track to past it's budget and as long as a film succeeds it's budget by a good margin it is a success. Not to mention there isn't another big film coming out these upcoming couple of weekends to contend with so this film is going to do fine in the long run.
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I agree, timing stank. I think it's a good movie, and after a week or so, it'll pick up and continue steadily earning at the box office, just at a slower rate.
 
Thump said:
Solo is officially a flop. Making just $29 million on its 2nd weekend (65% drop) it fell to 2nd place over the weekend with Deadpool regaining the #1 spot.

Marketwatch.com projects that it (.....will likely finish its domestic run below $200 million) on a $250 million+ budget



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Called it. Solo was a big draw after the first movie before we really got into the world of the Jedi. I could give a fuck less about a space cowboy in universe with laser swords and people who can move shit with their minds
 
Thump said:
Solo is officially a flop. Making just $29 million on its 2nd weekend (65% drop) it fell to 2nd place over the weekend with Deadpool regaining the #1 spot.

Marketwatch.com projects that it (.....will likely finish its domestic run below $200 million) on a $250 million+ budget



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Actually it remained number 1 at the box office. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2018&wknd=22&p=.htm

But someone help me out here. Do studios make back most of their money from films domestically? Because worldwide it made over $264 Million the past two weeks and is projected to make over $400 million worldwide when it is all said and done.
 
darkcurry said:
Actually it remained number 1 at the box office. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2018&wknd=22&p=.htm

But someone help me out here. Do studios make back most of their money from films domestically? Because worldwide it made over $264 Million the past two weeks and is projected to make over $400 million worldwide when it is all said and done.
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You're right about the domestic box office, I looked at the international box office.

I know it sounds weird but $400 million is still a flop, when you consider how other big movies did.
 
Thump said:
You're right about the domestic box office, I looked at the international box office.

I know it sounds weird but $400 million is still a flop, when you consider how other big movies did.
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I think it has to do with expectation, greed and competition more so than anything. In reality it isn't a flop, but with those things thrown in it unfortunately is. I heard it wasn't that good of a movie though, so maybe something to go back to the drawing board with. Maybe they should've have never fucked with the Lando character as well.
 
Thump said:
You're right about the domestic box office, I looked at the international box office.

I know it sounds weird but $400 million is still a flop, when you consider how other big movies did.
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darkcurry said:
I think it has to do with expectation, greed and competition more so than anything. In reality it isn't a flop, but with those things thrown in it unfortunately is. I heard it wasn't that good of a movie though, so maybe something to go back to the drawing board with. Maybe they should've have never fucked with the Lando character as well.
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@Thump is correct. "Solo" is a flop (or a the very least, a disappointment). Star Wars, Marvel, & DC films have higher expectations than your average blockbuster film.
 
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