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Marvel heroes embrace their dark sides with new variant covers

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Throughout the month of May, some Marvel’s most popular superheroes will be showing off their sinister sides with a selection of Dark Variant covers across eight titles, and you can preview the covers right here… AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #45 DARK MARVEL VARIANT by DOALY BLACK WIDOW #2 DARK MARVEL VARIANT by OLIVIER VATINE CAPTAIN AMERICA #22 […]

Hollywood’s Unhealthy Obsession With Movie Ratings Needs to End

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Harrison Abbott on Hollywood’s unhealthy obsession with movie ratings and why it has to end… From a sanitised Die Hard sequel to an R-rated Star Trek, when it comes to ratings Hollywood is incapable of leaving well enough alone. The Dark Age of PG-13-ification Alien Vs Predator, The Expendables 3, World War Z, Max Payne, […]

Screenwriter thinks Deadpool 3 will be released “under the Fox banner” to keep it R-rated

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Rhett Reese, writer for the Deadpool franchise, has suggested a way that Deadpool 3 could be R-rated by Disney. With Disney now owning the Deadpool franchise, many expect that any future films would stray away from being R-rated as with the past two movies. But writer for the franchise Rhett Reese thinks it could still […]

Fox and Marvel traded characters for Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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During the San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year, Marvel revealed the identity of Star-Lord’s father in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, with James Gunn dropping quite the surprise when he announced it as none other than Ego, the Living Planet. Well, it seems Ego’s inclusion in the Guardians sequel actually only came about through […]

Casting call for Deadpool offers up details on supporting characters

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As Deadpool gears up to go into production, a casting call has surfaced online over at 24/7 Casting, which offers up some details about the supporting characters set to join Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson in the 2016 X-Men spin-off, albeit with codenames for the time being. Take a look… [RIDGE] Any ethnicity, early 30s to […]

Gina Carano joins Deadpool, Colossus will also reportedly appear

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Yesterday Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter to mark the fact that the Deadpool movie would arrive in cinemas in a year’s time by teasing the costume design for the Merc with the Mouth, and now tonight we have some casting news on the X-Men spin-off. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gina Carano (Fast & Furious […]

Ryan Reynolds confirmed for Deadpool return

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Ryan Reynolds has taken to Twitter to confirm that he’s set to reprise the role of Wade Wilson from X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2016’s solo Deadpool movieby posting the following teaser image with the caption “It’s Chimichanga Time”… Deadpool is reporting that Reynolds is closing a deal with Fox to return for the film, which […]

Ryan Reynolds say he’s working on Deadpool 3 with Marvel Studios

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Having teased a meeting with Marvel back in October, Ryan Reynolds has now seemingly confirmed that the Deadpool franchise will be continuing under Disney, with the star revealing on Live With Kelly and Ryan that Deadpool 3 is in development at Marvel Studios. “We’re working on it with the whole team,” said Reynolds when asked […]

Zazie Beetz on one way Deadpool 2 differs from the first movie

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According to Deadpool 2 star Zazie Beetz — who plays Domino — the upcoming sequel will explore themes that weren’t present in the previous film. Chatting with Comicbook.com, the Atlanta actress reveals one key difference that separates this film from the original: “In Deadpool 2 I think we go heavier than the first one did. Like Atlanta, the […]