PG-13 Deadpool Version Pushes Alita to 2019

See you next year ALITA!

Fox just made a slew of release date changes. Instead of opening Alita: Battle Angel on Dec. 21, she now goes on Feb. 14, 2019. Instead, Fox is releasing, what we hear, is a PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 on Dec. 21. They’ve listed it as untitled Deadpool movie.

For Alita, it’s about the date, to have the first movie coming out of Chinese New Year, being day and date. The movie is in tip-top VFX shape and its delay has nothing to do with post-production. This leaves the Dec. 21 play period with Deadpool 2, Warners’ Aquaman, Paramount’s Bumblee, Sony’s Holmes and Watson, and Universal’s Welcome to Marwen.

Also, the next X-Men Dark Phoenix won’t open on Feb. 14 anymore, rather next summer in the June 7 slot. The trailer launched this week earning close to 8M YouTube views on Fox’s channel. Summer is not only a better date, but again, it gives the film a better shot to have a bigger opening in China. Why? The trailer clocked 44 million views in first 24 hrs of release online this week out of China.   Also, premium screens previously reserved for Gambit will be in play and provide an even bigger upside for the film. Dark Phoenix will be up against Illumination/Uni’s The Secret Life of Pets 2 and Lionsgate’s comedy Flarsky on that date.

Also Gambit moves out of next summer on June 7 to March 13, 2020. The pic is still in development with no director yet and Channing Tatum still attached. Reid Carolin and Joshua Zetumer were working on the script. Right now it’s the only studio tentpole on that date.

In regards to Deadpool 2, is there new footage? Fox staying mum, but Reynolds tweeted this out:

Watch the first 6 minutes of "The Gifted"

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[Source: Syfy] Action-adventure family drama THE GIFTED, from Marvel, tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive. 

The first episode (titled “eXposed”) was directed by X-Men movie director Bryan Singer. It kicks off with Blink (Jamie Chung) on the run from police (we learn she broke out of a mutant detention center) and displaying the same awesome mutant powers we saw from the character played by Bingbing Fan in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Showing up to help are Marcos Diaz/Eclipse (Sean Teale), Lorna Dane/Polaris (Emma Dummont) and John Proudstar/Thunderbird (Blair Redford). The first action-packed minutes pull no punches and display the characters’ mutant powers in all their TV FX-glory.

Set at a time when the X-Men have disappeared, The Gifted follows the Strucker family who discover their two teenage kids are mutants. On the run from a government hostile to mutants, the family goes underground where they meet our main mutant characters. The series hails from showrunner Matt Nix (Burn Notice), Fox and Marvel TV.

The Gifted debuts Oct. 2 at 9 p.m. on Fox, following the Season 3 premiere of Lucifer.

Japan's Fox Village

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[By Rachel and Jun] We went with Sharla and Chris to the Fox Village at Mt. Zao!! It was the most incredible place I've been in my life! I highly, highly recommend this for anyone visiting Japan. However, getting there is a bit tricky! You either need to drive a car, take an expensive taxi, or catch a questionable ride on a city bus in a city southwest of Sendai called Shiroishi. The details are on the website (in Japanese). The bus costs 200 yen and doesn't actually stop at Fox Village, so apparently you need to tell the driver to stop there AND pick you up again on the way back, lol. Good luck adventuring?!