Comic News This Week

TGIF! It's been a long week but it's finally Friday and now we can relax and catch up on some comic book related news.

Starting off with some news about the Gambit movie.
Back in July, there was a rumor that Channing Tatum was reportedly leaving the project but there was no explanation as to why he was leaving it. I was very surprised to hear about this because like Ryan Reynolds did with Deadpool, Channing was pushing for this movie to be made. Later on, it was said that Channing wasn't leaving the project and it was made up. The reason I brought this old news back is because the director of the movie, Rupert Wyatt, is leaving the project. The movie is set to release next year in October but with the director leaving, who knows if the movie will even still be made.

In other sad news, DC comics decided to cancel 8 of their ongoing titles which include Justice League United, Gotham By Midnight, The Omega Men, Lobo, Batman ' 66, Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman, Bizarro and Bat-Mite. I was shocked to hear that Sensation Comics with Wonder Woman and The Omega Men were going to end because they seem to be very popular series but not popular enough to keep them going.
Fans of The Omega Men were able to get DC to end the series with 12 issues instead of 7.

Booster Gold (Left) Blue Beetle (Right)

One of the very exciting news this week was that a Booster Gold/Blue Beetle movie was in the works by Greg Berlanti who is also in charge of DC TV shows Arrow, the Flash and Supergirl. Both Booster Gold and Blue Beetle are very interesting characters and I would love to see them in a live action movie. They both were in animated DC shows and are known for their great friendship.


Other exciting movie news was that Tomb Raider will be getting a reboot and some big name directors are being looked at to be in charge of the film. These high profile directors include Kathryn Bigelow(The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) , Catherine Hardwicke(Twilight, Lords of Dogtown)  and Mimi Leder(The Peacemaker, Thick as Thieves). Hearing that these three ladies might be the potential directors to a new Tomb Raider movie is incredible because they're all wonderful directors and there aren't a lot of well known female directors in the industry.

Sources:
comicbook.com
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