{"id":47926,"date":"2018-04-26T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T18:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=47926"},"modified":"2018-04-27T08:50:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T15:50:23","slug":"cinemacon-20th-century-foxs-presentation-opens-with-deadpool-and-hugh-jackman-interacting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=47926","title":{"rendered":"CinemaCon: Deadpool and Hugh Jackman interact. Plus: DARK PHOENIX logo revealed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>20th Century Fox held its <strong>CinemaCon<\/strong> presentation today in Las Vegas and <a href=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/films\/deadpool-2\/\"><strong>DEADPOOL 2<\/strong><\/a> started things out with a live cabaret musical dance. &#8220;How is everyone doing at this self-congratulatory orgy?&#8221; he quipped to the audience on the big screen. &#8220;Enjoy your excuse to cheat on your spouse on the company dime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fox giving Deadpool the cabaret treatment at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CinemaCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CinemaCon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mzzoXqTtGY\">pic.twitter.com\/mzzoXqTtGY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Faughnder (@RFaughnder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RFaughnder\/status\/989552140761808896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Later, <em>the Merc with a Mouth<\/em> joked with <strong>Hugh Jackman<\/strong> indirectly about Disney&#8217;s future acquisition of the studio, saying &#8220;Comcast really dodged a bullet with that one, right?&#8221; Will this be the only time the two interact or is there something more in store for DP2? That remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>One thing&#8217;s for sure, director David Leitch&#8217;s film is tracking to open huge. Early industry (via <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2018\/04\/deadpool-2-opening-box-office-projections-1202377273\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>) estimates indicate an opening anywhere between $100M and $150M,<\/p>\n<p>After a showing of the recently-released trailer, CEO Stacy Snider spoke briefly about the likely Disney merger, saying &#8220;Today, we face a new transition, a potential merger, that will have implications for the movie business. I have no more insight into this transaction than you do. We&#8217;ve been making movies and memories for nearly 85 years. We took chances, pushed boundaries, and forged the future of the film business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A nearly 15-minute montage clip then showed the studio&#8217;s greatest accomplishments, which likely included clips from their X-Men film franchise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegaunderground.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Omega Underground<\/a> webmaster <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KnightGambit\/status\/989570877497884672\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caleb Williams<\/a> notes that a &#8220;Montage of 2019 Fox film title cards [were] shown including <a href=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/films\/darkphoenix\/\">DARK PHOENIX<\/a> (No X-Men in title) and <a href=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/films\/the-new-mutants\/\">THE NEW MUTANTS<\/a>.&#8221; According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KnightGambit\/status\/989571305832775680\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">him<\/a>, the &#8220;X&#8221; in &#8220;Dark Phoenix&#8221; was &#8220;circled and red.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The logo itself leaked online, although we&#8217;re unsure who took the photo. Press in attendance were not supposed to take photos during the video presentation, but thanks to the person that did!<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FIRST LOOK at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DarkPhoenix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DarkPhoenix<\/a> logo title!<br \/>Who\u2019s excited?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JenniferLawrence?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JenniferLawrence<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mystique?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mystique<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gWhyvMaPPP\">pic.twitter.com\/gWhyvMaPPP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Lawrence (@JLdaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JLdaily\/status\/989591450747920384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Further proof X-Men was dropped from the title. Was handed out while leaving the panel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CinemaCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CinemaCon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wVOiS7TdeZ\">pic.twitter.com\/wVOiS7TdeZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caleb Williams (@KnightGambit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KnightGambit\/status\/989573308793339904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KnightGambit\/status\/989570877497884672\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caleb Williams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SellersTed\/status\/989558142743658528\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Sellers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flickdirect\/status\/989557170575360000\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flick Direct<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HertzBarry\/status\/989552561505128449\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barry Hertz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmyKinLA\/status\/989555405842886656\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Kaufman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobTiranno\/status\/989552783606009857\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Tiranno<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGregoryE\/status\/989553101580390401\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gregory Ellwood<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RFaughnder\/status\/989552140761808896\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Faughnder<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety_DMcNary\/status\/989552158474354688\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave McNary<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikDavis\/status\/989552013309460480\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erik Davis<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20th Century Fox held its CinemaCon presentation today in Las Vegas and DEADPOOL 2 started&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"CinemaCon: 20th Century Fox's presentation opens with Deadpool and Hugh Jackman interacting. #Deadpool2 #XMenDarkPhoenix","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,74,69,26,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-box-office","category-untitled-2018-film","category-deadpool-2","category-photos","category-new-mutants"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20thfox.png?fit=1920%2C800&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}