Doctor Strange Dominates Box Office, Are X-Men Movies Killing The Comics? - Collider Movie Talk

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (November 7th, 2016) John Campea, Jeremy Jahns, Mark Ellis, Ken Napzok, Ashley Mova and Wendy Lee discuss the following: -Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek to play Freddie Mercury in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody -Live action Voltron movie in the works -Box office report -Game of Thrones star Ciaran Hinds to play Steppenwolf in Justice League -X-Men comics writer Chris Claremont blames Hollywood for the comics decline -Quentin Tarantino announces retirement after next two films -First image of Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour -Mail Bag According to a report from Deadline, Mr. Robot star Rami Malek is attached to play Freddie Mercury in the long-development biopic entitled Bohemian Rhapsody; with Bryan Singer also in talks to direct. Singer confirmed the news on his Instagram account, sharing a photo of the group confirming his involvement as well as Malek’s. The Theory Of Everything writer Anthony McCarten penned the script with production looking to shoot early next year. According to Deadline, Universal pictures is now in development on a live action Voltron movie, with X-Men and Watchmen scribe David Hayter writing the script. Universal Pictures and its parent company NBC Universal recently purchased DreamWorks Animation, and in the deal received the rights to the Voltron property. The studio would not comment on where the project is headed, only that the project is still up the air because it is an inherited project. It’s Monday which means it’s time for the weekend box office report brought to you by AMC Theatres. Doctor Strange opened above expectations with $85 million and No 1 at the weekend box office. It marks the tenth largest opening for a Marvel movie finishing just behind November record holder Thor: The Dark World. DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls took the No 2 spot with $45.6 million. At No 3 was Mel Gibson’s critically acclaimed Hacksaw Ridge, which earned $14.8 million. Boo! A Medea Halloween took the No 4 spot with $7.8 million and at No 5, Inferno, which took in $6.3 million. BUY OR SELL Looks like Justice League has cast its big baddie. According to The Wrap, Ciaran Hinds, who plays Mance Rayder from Game of Thrones, has already wrapped work as Steppenwolf, bringing the character to screen using performance capture technology. Additionally, The Wrap reports that Steppenwolf will look different than he did in the Batman v Superman deleted scene in which the character first appeared. With over 15 years spent writing for Marvel’s X-Men comics, Chris Claremont scripted many unforgettable arcs like “Days of Future Past” with John Byrne, and helped to develop the fan-favorite Wolverine into one of the franchise’s most recognizable heroes. Now, the surge of the comics’ popularity in the 90s has fallen off in recent years, with Claremont blaming it on Hollywood. Quentin Tarantino has been talking about retiring from filmmaking for years now, and set an official cap on his work back in 2014 when he told international buyers at AFM that he would retire after his 10th film. Now at this year’s Adobe Max creativity conference in San Diego, Tarantino doubled down on his statement saying he’s sticking to that 10-film limit, and will in fact retire after the tenth film. The first image of the Gary Oldman as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill has been released for Darkest Hour, the World War II drama from Atonement and Hanna filmmaker Joe Wright. The film takes place in the days following Churchill’s appointment to the Prime Minister role, as he tries to negotiate a peace treaty with Nazi Germany. MAIL BAG LIVE TWITTER QUESTIONS Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ColliderVideo Follow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ColliderVideo Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colliderdotcom Follow John: https://twitter.com/JohnCampea Follow Jeremy: https://twitter.com/JeremyJahns Follow Mark: https://twitter.com/MarkEllisLive Follow Ken: https://twitter.com/Kennapzok Follow Ashley: https://twitter.com/AshleyMova Follow Wendy: https://twitter.com/WendyLeeSzany As the online source for movies, television, breaking news, incisive content, and imminent trends, Collider Videos is more than an essential destination. Visit Collider: http://collider.com Follow them on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Collider SUBSCRIBE TO THE SCHMOES YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE: https://www.youtube.com/user/schmoesknow Collider Show Schedule: MONDAY: TV Talk | http://bit.ly/29BR7Yi TUESDAY: Nightmares | http://bit.ly/29BQUV3 WEDNESDAY: Heroes | http://bit.ly/29F4Job THURSDAY: Jedi Council | http://bit.ly/29v5wVi FRIDAY: Schmoedown | http://bit.ly/29C2iRV SATURDAY: Mailbag | http://bit.ly/29UsKsd Best of the Week | http://bit.ly/29Bo7yF SUNDAY: Mailbag | http://bit.ly/29UsKsd MOVIE TALK: every week day | http://bit.ly/29BRtOO