The holidays are over and business is running in Hollywood as usual. That means more comic book movies have been added to the release schedule. 20th Century Fox has scheduled Gambit and also moved up the release of Fantastic Four 2.
Fox posted a slew of new dates last night, as seen on Box Office Mojo’s schedule. The list includes four films that have never had release dates before.
Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates is a comedy Fox has scheduled for July 29, 2016. There’s not much known about the film, but TV director Jake Szymanski is directing it. He’s a Saturday Night Live veteran and also helmed episodes of NTSF:SD:SUV and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Next up is Gambit, which will be released on Oct. 7, 2016. Fox officially decided to move forward with the project in November by hiring Robocop’s Josh Zetumer to write the script. No director has been hired yet, so it’s a bit interesting to see that Fox has scheduled it already. But star Channing Tatum has been talking about making the movie for years, so he clearly has an idea for what to do in the X-Men spin-off.
The long-gestating Assassin’s Creed film has been re-scheduled again. This time, it is set for Dec. 21, 2016. Hugh Jackman’s (also long-gestating) The Greatest Showman on Earth has been scheduled for Dec. 25, 2016.
Moving on to 2017, Fox has scheduled The Mountain Between Us, which will star Rosamund Pike and Channing Tatum. It will be out on Feb. 10, 2017.
The Fantastic Four 2 has been moved up from July 14 to June 2, 2017. The first film comes out this August.
Lastly, a new Planet of the Apes film is set for July 14, 2017.
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