Posted above is a full statement from the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy 2 in support of fired director James Gunn.This statement follows the leak of his controversial tweets several weeks ago, but to understand how we got here, we need to look back to establish a time line of what just happened. It all began with indie director and popular HBO collaborator, Mark Duplass and Ben Shapiro sharing a conversation which resulted in a controversial tweet by Duplass himself, encouraging those who are interested in 'crossing the aisle' to follow Shapiro, an already controversial right wing commentator. After the initial apology from Duplass, following a swift backlash, director James Gunn stepped in to defend the difference between 'intent' and 'impact' (in so few words) in Duplass' statement. After another backlash, now aimed at the Marvel director, another right wing commentator and conspiracy theorist, Mike Cernovich, dug up the deleted James Gunn tweets as a move to discredit the popular director, resulting in quick action by Disney with the removal of Gunn from the director chair for Guardians of the Galaxy 3 [For reference, you can see some of the tweets in question at here. Warning, the content is disturbing.] After a fan circulated petition began to make the rounds of the internet, actor Dave Bautista stepped up to defend Gunn before the rest of the cast joined in this morning. This also took place during SDCC, normally one of Marvel's biggest events during the year but it might have worked in Disney's favor that they did not host a panel in Hall H this year due to the fact that they are keeping the final Avengers film under wraps. We also know that James Gunn was due to announce a new project with Sony, teasing this image (which resembles an image from Berserk, but could be a witches brand from Bloodborne) on his twitter but has yet to follow it up with any news and was absent from Comic Con.

Disney was most certainly put in a corner when the news broke. Either they had prior knowledge of the tweets and chose to ignore them, in which case they should have seen this coming or had no knowledge and would have to make a decision whether to keep the director behind one of their best received franchises or fire him (which they ultimately did). They were also guaranteed backlash either way due to the alarming content of the tweets in question and the time period of when they were placed online. Either way, it looks like the new Guardian's petition is quickly growing in signatures and it will be interesting to see what Disney decides to do and how the impact of Gunn's firing impact Hollywood moving forward.

After an intense bidding war it looks like we finally know where the Fox assets are heading and it gives the fans a lot to be excited about. After Comcast tried to outbid Disney's original 52.4 billion offer with their own 65 billion dollar offer, Disney struck back with a 71.3 billion offer that proved too lucrative for Fox to pass up. Disney fighting for this deal makes a lot of sense considering all of the Marvel characters Fox had under its belt including the massively successful Deadpool franchise and X men. This also makes a lot of sense as Marvel has been very quite about where they are heading past Avengers 4 with their expanding universe and this has given them a lot more to play with. On top of that, Disney now owns the cable channels FX, and FXX, as well as everything excluding local Fox channels, Fox sports, and Fox news. This landmark franchise deal adds to the already impressive power under Disney's belt but we will have to wait and see how that will effect their release schedule, which is the under-performing Solo in theaters. All in all, this is great news for comic book fans so hopefully we will see some Xmen characters as well as a possibly well done version of Fantastic Four in the future.

Not even Lando and a series of fur coats could save this film. After months of behind the scene controversy, the latest Star Wars opened to a lack luster debut weekend and it is now being reported that the film will lose Disney as much as 50 million in revenue. The movie was polarizing for long time fans of the Star Wars series and the early reviews were fairly lukewarm. It also did not help the fact that Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2 were released both within a month of Solo: A Star Wars Story and are still in theaters. While Star Wars will be absent from our Christmas box office this year, it looks like Disney is betting on Emily Blunt's Mary Poppins Returns film, to make up their loses. This can not be a large shock to anyone given fan reception as well as the many, many blockbusters released in such a short span of time. While star Alden Ehrenreich allegedly slipped up and revealed that he was committed to a three picture deal in the past but that sounds up in the air given the current box office run. The movie, however, knods at a series of famous Star Wars events and villains and could certainly do so. Plus, Disney has more than enough money to continue to spin off their anthology series for the time being. There have been heavy rumors as of late that the next anthology film will might star the possible surprise cameo and return villain (SPOILER) Darth Maul and Obi Wan Kenobi. While this crew might have had its one kessel run, we will have to wait and see where Disney heads next.

Can't wait for Deadpool 2? Well there's a brand new trailer to hold you over until it's 5/18 release date! Also, keep an eye out for some surprising new faces as well as a lot of jokes and some major DC shade.

After an extremely long wait and a highly controversial behind the scenes drama, it looks like we finally got to see the first teaser for the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars story at tonight's super bowl. Take a look at the younger version of some iconic characters as well as a few easter eggs and get excited for this film to debut May 25th. (The full trailer is set to drop tomorrow).

It's very early in the morning here on the east coast and it appears after weeks of speculation, the rumors have come true. Disney has purchased Fox in a historic media merger deal for 52.4 billion. This includes all of Fox's TV and movie studios, cable networks like FX, and international TV businesses. Several smaller properties and Fox news and Business channels will be spun off however, but Disney has just acquired basically every well known Fox entity. This includes the rights to the X-men film franchise, the upcoming Avatar sequels, Deadpool, and long time animate series The Simpsons. While it looks like the deal will happen over the course of two years, this definitely puts Disney in the position to expand their growth into the TV field and not being limited by their own Networks like The Disney Channel and Disney XD. It will be interesting to see how they will handle the more edgy an R-rated films that Fox has done over the years, as well as the many films Fox had in development. Looks like we are just going to have to wait and see but this is a major move for a company that about to crush the 2017 box office with the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi across the country this evening.

If you have not heard about Olaf's Frozen Adventure then consider yourself lucky. Over the past few weeks since the release of Disney's Coco, Olaf has been all over the news for all the long reason. Instead of the normal (and generally short) pixar opening scene, Disney opted to instead read an insane 22 minute feature starring the obnoxious animated snowman from 2013's insanely popular Frozen. The fact that this scene was so long coupled lead many fans and critic to denounce the move, pretty much marking it the worst part of an otherwise critically acclaimed film. One critic even called the move "culturally tone-deaf." After all the bad press, it was surprising when Disney announced that they would be removing Olaf's Frozen Adventure from screenings before shortly clarifying that that was the plan all along. An executive according to EW commented that the run was slated until December 8th, even instructing one alleged theater to try and fit in another screening of Coco. Either way you cut it, its hard to imagine that Disney would remove a short if Olaf was well received and it is very strange that they had this planned all along and now Coco will screen as it without one. Regardless, Disney made a poor move but it looks like movie goers who have yet to catch Coco won't have to sit through this abomination pretty soon. 

Some major news dropped this morning when it was reported by multiple sources that Disney has been in talks with Fox media to acquire a majority of their assets. Disney would not only seek to acquire Fox TV Studios, but also properties like 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, and more. The only properties of Fox that they would not acquire would be Fox Sports and Fox News Networks. This would also mean that franchises like the X Men series, as well as current TV and future shows like Gifted, and even Family Guy, would be under the Disney mantel. While this deal is certainly just "talks," as of right now, it is hard to imagine that Disney would not pitch Fox a deal that they couldn't refuse. Disney is also already a massively popular entity and the Xmen film series is really the only mega successful superhero franchise, with DC having not exceeded their budget on two films and only being 4 films into their planned expanding universe, Marvel has reigned supreme. Fox was also not helped by the failed Spiderman spin off universe or the massive flop that was Fantastic Four. Whether this deal will happen of not is to be seen but until then, let keep and eye out and see where this all goes.

Soon you'll be able to watch all of the Star Wars films on cable TV. Variety is reporting that Time Warner has won a massive deal with Disney studios to secure the rights for not only all of the Star Wars films that have been released thus far, but several more that have yet to be released including Decembers Rogue one and the untitled Episode 8. In a deal that reportedly cost $250 million, TBS and TNT will both be homes to this beloved franchise beginning September 20th the the original trilogy as well as prequel's running in a marathon format. The marathon will occur again September 24th and 25th as well as leading up to the release of Rogue One on December 16th. You can read more about the landmark deal here and get excited to see even more Star Wars both on TV and on demand.

Disney's D23 expo is this weekend and we're getting a lot of great news and one film that's been on the radar for awhile is the Star Wars spin off title, Star Wars: Rogue One, and today we finally have our first official look at the cast. The film has lined up an all star cast including Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Witaker, Jiang Wen, Riz Ahmed and Alan Tudyk. The first of the Star Wars Anthology films was announced last May, to be directed by 2014's Godzilla director, Gareth Edwards and will follow a team of pilots early attempt at destroying the death star prior to the even so of Star Wars: A New Hope. You can see more specifics on the film here and stay tuned for more awesome Star Wars news as the weekend unfolds. Star Wars: Rogue One is set for a December 16th, 2016 release.