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The poor reviews for Glass made M. Night Shyamalan cry

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M. Night Shyamalan, the director of 2019’s Glass, has revealed that the film’s poor reviews evoked a strong emotional response in him. When news broke that iconic director M. Night Shyamalan would be making a sequel to Unbreakable and Split, a lot of fans were very excited. Unfortunately, the reviews for the film upon release […]

X-Men: First Class director would have made Apocalypse before Days of Future Past

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Matthew Vaughn, the director of X-Men: First Class, says that he would have done X-Men: Apocalypse before X-Men: Days of Future Past instead of after. Now that Fox’s X-Men franchise is coming to an end with Dark Phoenix, there is plenty of retrospection going on, especially as the characters’ futures are unclear. One person looking […]

Matthew Vaughn says Disney’s Fox acquisition hasn’t impacted the Kingsman franchise… yet

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Matthew Vaughn, the director of the Kingsman franchise, has revealed that Disney buying Fox has not impacted the next film as of yet. Disney purchasing Fox has certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons, with R-rated franchises like Deadpool being unsure of their future. It seems Disney isn’t going to change too much with these […]

Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain say X-Men: Dark Phoenix was constantly rewritten on set

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Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain, two of the stars of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, say that the film was constantly being rewritten on set. It seems like critics aren’t responding particularly well to X-Men: Dark Phoenix – the last film in Fox’s franchise. While each viewer will have to make up their own mind on the […]

Dark Phoenix producer can’t wait to see the X-Men join the MCU

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Hutch Parker, a producer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, says he is looking forward to seeing what Marvel Studios do with the X-Men. Once X-Men: Dark Phoenix has had its run in cinemas, it will be officially over to Disney and Marvel Studios when it comes to creating new X-Men content for the big screen. While […]

Marvel’s Jessica Jones showrunner discusses what makes season 3 different

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Melissa Rosenberg, the showrunner for Jessica Jones, has revealed what makes season three different from past seasons. Jessica Jones is the last Netflix MCU show standing and season three is set to see this corner of Marvel’s world disappear for good. The third season is bound to be climactic by its very nature but what […]

Avengers: Endgame directors explain why they needed to ban spoilers

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Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of Avengers: Endgame, have explained what made their spoiler ban necessary. Spoilers are an ever constant in our lives these days, with so many of our favourite films and TV shows becoming spoiled online before we get a chance to see them. This is an even bigger problem for […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix director reveals why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine doesn’t appear

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Simon Kinberg, the director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, has revealed another reason why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine isn’t in the film. We’ve all known for some time that Hugh Jackman has retired from playing Wolverine after playing the character for many years on the big screen, including to critical acclaim in Logan. But with the Dark […]

Ron Howard explains why he believes Solo: A Star Wars didn’t perform at the box office

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Ron Howard, the director of Solo: a Star Wars Story, has offered his opinion on why the film didn’t meet box office expectations. Whenever a new Star Wars film arrives at cinemas, the expectation that the film will perform in a huge way is very evident. So when a film like Solo: A Star Wars […]