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Fantastic Four tops the UK box office chart

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 7th August to Sunday 9th August 2015… It may have failed to dethrone Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in the States, but 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four has had a modicum of good new here in the UK, with the reboot shaking off […]

Matthew Vaughn wants to tackle a Fantastic Four reboot

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Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman: The Golden Circle, X-Men: First Class) has recently talked about a few dream projects of his. The first is a potential Man of Steel sequel (which he describes as a “modern version” of the Richard Donner Superman), the second an X-Men filmed centered around a young Wolverine, and the third … well, […]

Comic Book Preview – Annihilation: Scourge – Fantastic Four #1

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Annihilation: Scourge – Fantastic Four #1 hits comic book stores this Wednesday, and you can check out a preview of the issue here courtesy of Marvel Comics… Alerted to a potential tear in the dimension, the Fantastic Four go to investigate – but what they discover is so much worse than they prepared for! Will […]

It’s time to #ReleaseTheTrankCut of Fantastic Four

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Anghus Houvouras with a call to #ReleaseTheTrankCut… In 2017 Justice League was released into theaters. ‘Released’ like a synthetic virus engineered to numb your senses and lull you into a state of catatonia. Ever since Joss Whedon took a dull hatchet to Zack Snyder’s original gonzo vision for Justice League, fans have been clamoring to […]

Fantastic Four director Josh Trank reviews his own movie on Letterboxd (and gives it 2 stars)

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Having taken the somewhat surprising approach to promoting the movie by publicly disowning it on social media on the eve of its release back in 2015, director Josh Trank has now revisited 20th Century Fox’s failed superhero reboot Fantastic Four for the first time since its completion – and not only that, but he’s also […]

Comic Book Preview – Fantastic Four: Negative Zone #1

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Marvel Comics releases Fantastic Four: Negative Zone #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can check out a preview of the issue here… One of Reed Richards’ greatest discoveries is the extradimensional Negative Zone that exists parallel to our own universe. But now, an experiment that Reed began many years ago has come back to roost—and […]

Ben Mendelsohn wants to play Doctor Doom, praises him as “the greatest comic character of all time”

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Although it’s yet to be made official by Marvel, it seems that Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the actor slated to play the lead Skrull villain opposite Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers and Jude Law’s Mar-Vell in 2019’s Captain Marvel. However, it seems that Mendelsohn […]

The Week in Spandex – Justice League reshoot details, Affleck exiting The Batman (again), Wonder Woman bonus scene, first look at The Wasp and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Justice League Mortal, The Batman, Justice League Dark, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2, Shazam, Suicide Squad 2, Batgirl, The Joker, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Titans, Batman and Harley, Batman and Harley Quinn, The LEGO Batman Movie, Deadpool 2, […]

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 […]