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Ryan Reynolds marks Disney’s Fox takeover with Deadpool post

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Now that The Walt Disney Company has officially completed its takeover of 20th Century Fox’s film and TV divisions, the fan favourite antihero Deadpool now falls under the control of the Mouse House and its Marvel Studios subsidiary (along with the rest of the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and a whole host of other IPs). To […]

The War of the Realms variant covers reimagine Marvel heroes as Asgardian warriors

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Marvel has announced that it is set to celebrate its upcoming War of the Realms event with a series of variant covers which will reimagine some of Marvel’s most iconic heroes as Asgardian warriors; there’ll be 21 covers in total, and we’ve got a look at the first nine here… SEE ALSO: The Avengers join […]

FX boss blames Marvel for pulling the plug on Donald Glover’s Deadpool animated show

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Fans of the Merc with a Mouth got some disappointing news last year when it was announced that FX Networks and Marvel would not be moving ahead with their planned Deadpool animated series from Donald Glover and his brother Stephen Glover. The official statement announcing the cancellation cited “creative differences” between FX, the Glovers and […]

Ryan Reynolds says Deadpool 3 is in development

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It’s expected that 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise will draw to a close this year with X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants (assuming the latter actually gets released), with Marvel Studios set to take control of the property after Disney’s Fox acquisition. Rumours are circulating that Fox has already pulled the plug on all […]

Blu-ray Review – Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)

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Once Upon a Deadpool, 2018. Directed by David Leitch Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, and Jack Kesy. SYNOPSIS: I guess this is Deadpool 2.2? Once Upon a Deadpool is a PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 wrapped in a parody of A Princess Bride, complete with […]

Deadpool defends Nickelback in Once Upon a Deadpool clip

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20th Century Fox has released an extended clip from Once Upon a Deadpool which sees Wade jumping to the defence of the world’s 11th best-selling musical act of all time Nickelback, when Fred Savage has a few unkind words about the band. However, following an apology, the pair quickly make up and rock out to […]

Once Upon a Deadpool promo offers a PG-13 recap of the first movie

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With Once Upon a Deadpool set to unleash a festive-themed PG-13 cut of Deadpool 2 upon audiences this week, 20th Century Fox has released a family friendly recap of 2016’s first Deadpool movie to bring any younger fans up to speed with the Merc with a Mouth’s story. SEE ALSO: Fred Savage asks the tough questions in […]

The Skrulls take centre stage with Marvel variant covers

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Before their big screen debut in Captain Marvel next year, The Skrulls are set to grace a selection of Marvel comic books in February as the publisher celebrates the shape-shifting alien race with a series of variant covers across 22 titles. Here’s a look at seven of the covers – click on any for hi-res […]