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The Week in Spandex – Batman v Superman Ultimate Edition trailer, Suicide Squad images and posters, Ben Affleck on Batman solo movie, Willa Holland on DC movies and TV, Bryan Singer taking break from X-Men, Captain Marvel frontrunner emerges, Hayley Atwell wants Agent Carter return and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Batman, The Dark Knight, Suicide Squad, Justice League, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Batman: The Killing Joke, X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine 3, Deadpool, Fantastic Four, Legion, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Captain Marvel, […]

Stan Lee jokes that his Deadpool cameo made him “damn mad”

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Stan Lee enjoyed one of his more memorable Marvel cameos earlier this year, popping up as a DJ in a strip club in February’s smash hit Deadpool.The Marvel legend had previously joked that he was disappointed the producers had him in and out of the club so quickly, but he’s now revealed that he never actually […]

How Superhero Movies Have Done So Far in 2016

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It became apparent very early on that 2016 was going to be the year of superhero movies. While previous years have seen quite a number of superhero movies as well, the 6 big titles scheduled to hit the screen this year pretty much eclipsed anything else up till now.At this stage four of those six […]

X-Men: The real Apocalypse is its continuity!

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Tony Black attempts to make sense of the continuity of the X-Men franchise… Have you ever attempted to make sense of the X-Men movie continuity? As in pick apart the entire timeline of events across the eight, soon to be nine films in the franchise? Of course not, you all have lives. You have friends […]

The Week in Spandex – X-Men: Apocalypse opens, Civil War breaks $1 billion and pushes the MCU to $10 billion, Thor: Ragnarok cast announced, Warner Bros. restructures DC Films, Harley Quinn spin-off movie announced, and rumours galore!

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Wolverine 3, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Iron Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, Blade, Justice League, Harley Quinn, Suicide Squad, Gotham, The […]

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, […]

Free Critics From Disney (Or How I Should Learn to Stop Worrying About Marvel)

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Tony Black on the conspiracy theory that Disney is paying critics to attack non-Marvel superhero movies…In what could be the most ludicrous movie news this year, and possibly the most ridiculous Change.org petition yet, a group of frustrated fans appear to have fired the first salvo in a war against critics they believe Disney are […]

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: […]

Fox and Comic-Con: Is Pulling Out the Smart Move?

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Tony Black on Fox’s decision to pull out of the San Diego Comic-Con…It’s come to light this week that 20th Century Fox have pulled out of San Diego Comic Con, arguably one of the biggest promotional events on the yearly calendar where all the major studios roll out exclusive footage of their upcoming blockbusters and […]