Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four is very obviously the result of some serious studio meddling combined with a filmmaker whose vision simply did not align with those who gave him the job. It’s a complicated situation with a lot of rumors in play that haven’t been substantiated, and as much as I went into the film with an open mind, it’s a bad movie. Even Trank himself has distanced himself from the final movie, saying he had an earlier cut that was “fantastic” that we’ll likely never get to see.

One of the biggest complaints about the film is that there isn’t nearly enough action in it. Well, Entertainment Weekly spoke with a dozen people involved with the making of the film, and have pieced together what was supposed to happen in an action sequence that was featured in the trailer but ended up being cut from the film altogether. The scene involves The Thing skydiving into a military installation and fighting on behalf of the U.S. government about a year after the team first gets their powers. In the film, the fact that The Thing is a government weapon is showed briefly on a small bank of monitors, but the only time we really get to see him in action is in the truncated (and just straight-up awful) confrontation with Victor Von Doom at the very end of the movie.

Just after the cut to black when the group gets their powers, we were supposed to see The Thing dropped from a stealth bomber directly into a Chechan rebel camp. Then this happens:

As The Thing lurches into view, bullets spark and ping off his impenetrable exterior.

Rather than some elegant, balletic action sequence, The Thing moves slowly and deliberately. He’s in no hurry. The storytelling goal was to show the futility of firepower against him as he casually demolishes the terrorists. It’s a blue-collar kind of heroism.

When it becomes clear this rock-beast cannot be stopped, the surviving Chechen rebels make a run for it – and that’s when a hail of gunfire finishes them off.

From the shadows of the surrounding forest, a team of Navy SEALS emerge with their guns drawn and smoking. The cavalry has arrived, but the enemy has already been subdued.

The film would then have shifted to a bird’s-eye view of the camp, an aerial shot showing waves of American soldiers flooding in to secure the base. Just when it appears the American soldiers may be ready to clash with the rock monster, The Thing gives them a solemn nod, and they clear a path. He lumbers past them, almost sadly, a heartsick warrior. Then he boards a large helicopter and is lifted away.

Why, exactly, the scene was cut is up for debate. Sides are still being taken in the behind the scenes battle of making this movie, and there are opposing views about who is responsible for it being removed. You can read more about the gossipy “he said, she said” elements of the story at EW, but this is just another glimpse at the movie we were intended to see before, for whatever reason, the film was drastically altered for theatrical release.

Did you see the movie? Think this scene would have improved on the final product?

It seems like there may have been evidence of The Joker’s true identity in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice right in front of our eyes. It just hadn’t been pointed out to us until now.

A fan has linked a couple of official photos that shed some light on the villain and his past. This is just speculation for now, but it’s very intriguing and if true, it’s a major SPOILER, so if you don’t want to know, stop reading now!

SPOILER WARNING!

It has been rumored in the past that the Joker in the DC Extended Universe used to be Robin. Before you think that theory is ridiculous, just remember that Dick Grayson went insane and became the new Joker in Frank Miller‘s The Dark Knight Strikes Again. So this very well could happen in the movies, especially since director Zack Snyder was heavily inspired by Miller’s Batman comics.

A lot of that speculation started when in the Batman v Superman trailer Batman asked Alfred, “20 years in Gotham, how many good guys are left? How many stayed that way?”

Well, this new evidence that has come to light could be proof that Batman was referring to Robin. As you can see in the photos below, there are two scars on Joker’s shoulders that match up with two damaged spots on the shoulders of Robin’s suit.

This very well could prove that this could be a second generation version of the Joker. But maybe it’s just a crazy coincidence.

What do you all think!?

New Evidence of Joker’s Possible True Identity in BATMAN v SUPERMAN

One of the few things we know about Star Trek Beyond is that director Justin Lin wants to embrace the five year mission that the crew of the Enterprise set out on at the end of Star Trek Into Darkness. We’re expecting to see new worlds and new alien creatures, and it seems like the movie is trying to avoid rehashing famous alien species we’ve already seen in Trek lore.

Screencrush has some new video from the Vancouver set that reveals new costumes for Kirk (Chris Pine) and Chekov (Anton Yelchin), and you can head there to see some images from the set as well. The images — which we won’t post here, but you can see at SC — mostly look like screencaps from this video, which features Pine, Yelchin, Simon Pegg, and Sofia Boutella (Samuel L. Jackson’s knife-legged sidekick in Kingsman: The Secret Service) emerging from some sort of spaceship. Most sci-fi clothing doesn’t strike me as something I’d like to wear in real life, but those blue and yellow jackets have me rethinking that stance.

Star Trek Beyond hits theaters on July 8th, 2016.

Leaked Footage From STAR TREK BEYOND Reveals New Costumes