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The Week in Spandex – X-Men: Apocalypse reviewed, Civil War tops Deadpool, Justice League rumours, Affleck unhappy with Batman v Superman, Booster Gold in development, Agent Carter cancelled, Supergirl renewed, new DC shows announced, Fox “committed to trying again” with Fantastic Four and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Gambit, Wolverine 3, Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Agent Carter, Marvel’s Most Wanted, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Jessica Jones, The Defenders, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Green Lantern Corps, […]

Simon Kinberg on Fox’s X-Men schedule, says Gambit will shoot in the spring

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During an interview with The Hashtag Show (via Comic Book), writer-producer Simon Kinberg has spoken briefly about Fox’s upcoming X-Men schedule, as well as revealing that the current plan is to begin filming the oft-delayed Gambit movie in the Spring.“We’re figuring out [the schedule now],” said Kinberg. “The first thing up, we’re shooting the Wolverine […]

More rumours about the X-Men joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Ever since the surprise announcement that Sony and Marvel Studios had reached a deal to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s been frequent rumours suggesting a similar deal with Fox, which would allow the X-Men to join up with The Avengers on the big screen. Well, another rumour is doing the rounds which suggests that […]

Kevin Smith talks The Flash, would like to write for Arrow

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Kevin Smith made his DC directorial debut with this week’s episode of The Flash, ‘The Runaway Dinosaur’ [read our 10/10 review of the episode here], and during an interview with Variety, Smith has been discussing his experience in Central City, his return for an episode of season three, and whether he’d like to tackle any […]

Captain America: Civil War crosses $700 million worldwide

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Less than two weeks after it started rolling out around the globe, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War has passed the $700 million mark at the worldwide box office.By close of play yesterday, Civil War had amassed $192.5 million domestically (in just four days), along with a further $518.8 million from international markets.The film is already […]

The Week in Spandex – Captain America: Civil War box office, Avengers: Infinity War characters, Doctor Strange “whitewashing” controversy, Black Widow movie, DCEU in crisis, X-Men: Apocalypse marketing blitz, Wolverine 3 casting news, Supergirl to The CW and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, The Defenders Captain Marvel, Namor, Doctor Strange, Black Widow, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Marvel’s Most Wanted, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine 3, New Mutants, Deadpool, Irredeemable, Justice League, Aquaman, Batman, Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: […]

Bryan Singer on the early criticism of Apocalypse’s design in X-Men: Apocalypse

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Back in July of last year, 20th Century Fox gave us our first look at Oscar Isaac’s titular villain in X-Men: Apocalypse, although the reaction probably wasn’t quite what the studio would have hoped for. Fans were critical of the design (comparing him to Power Rangers’ Ivan Ooze), the colour scheme, and the character’s size, while […]

Fox launches Retro X: Arcade online games for X-Men: Apocalypse

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With X-Men: Apocalypse set for release this month, 20th Century Fox has given a throwback to 80s arcade classics with Retro X: Arcade, which offers three games: Mutant All-Stars: Track & Field, Mutant Conquest, and Revenge of Hero X. Check out the game covers below, and head on over to SpacePortArcade.com to try them out.SEE […]

Everything Everywhere All At Once takes top honours at the Gotham Awards 2022

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As awards season continues to heat up, the 32nd annual Gotham Awards announced its winners last night with A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once taking home the prize for Best Feature, as well as picking up Outstanding Supporting Performance for Ke Huy Quan.Other big winners from the evening include Charlotte Wells (Breakthrough Director for Aftersun), […]