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X-Men: Dark Phoenix director reveals why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine doesn’t appear

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Simon Kinberg, the director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, has revealed another reason why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine isn’t in the film. We’ve all known for some time that Hugh Jackman has retired from playing Wolverine after playing the character for many years on the big screen, including to critical acclaim in Logan. But with the Dark […]

Exclusive: Simon Kinberg on whether Wolverine was considered for X-Men: Dark Phoenix appearance

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Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is staying dead in the X-Men franchise, for now at least. X-Men: Dark Phoenix is expected to work as a victory lap for many of the major characters in Fox’s mutant universe, with the franchise baton now set to pass to Disney, which acquired the X-Men as part of their takeover of […]

Exclusive Interview – X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg on star wrangling, leaving out Hugh Jackman, and the Disney/Fox merger

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Tom Beasley sits down with Simon Kinberg to discuss X-Men: Dark Phoenix and the wider universe in the wake of Disney’s takeover of Fox… The X-Men are finally back. Three years after Apocalypse proved to be divisive, to say the least, Charles Xavier’s team of mutant heroes have returned to the big screen for X-Men: […]

Warner Bros. acquires Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson sci-fi thriller Reminiscence

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After gaining The Greatest Showman‘s Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson last month, Lisa Joy’s (Westworld) directorial debut  Reminiscence has now found a studio, with Deadline revealing that Warner Bros. will distribute the sci-fi action thriller worldwide after a bidding war among several studios. Reminiscence will see Jackman as Nicolas Bannister, “a rugged and solitary veteran living in a […]

The Greatest Showman sequel in early development

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It may not have impressed critics, but the 2017 musical The Greatest Showman certainly resonated with audiences, with the Hugh Jackman-headlined film grossing $435 million worldwide, and its soundtrack album spending a total of 28 weeks at the top of the UK chart – tying with The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Given […]

LAIKA’s Missing Link gets a new trailer

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Annapurna Pictures and LAIKA have revealed another trailer for writer-director Chris Butler’s upcoming animated comedy adventure Missing Link which features the voice talents of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Zach Galifianakis, Timothy Olyphant, David Walliams, Emma Thompson, Matt Lucas, Ching Valdes-Aran, Stephen Fry, and Amrita Acharia; watch it here… This April, meet Mr. Link: 8 feet tall, 630 lbs, […]

Westworld’s Lisa Joy to direct Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson in Reminiscence

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In news coming out of Sundance, Deadline is reporting that The Greatest Showman stars Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson are finalising deals to star in Reminiscence, a sci-fi thriller which has been scripted by Westworld’s Lisa Joy and will also mark her directorial debut. Reminiscence will take place in a near-future Miami, where much of […]

LAIKA’s Missing Link gets a first trailer and posters

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Annapurna Pictures and LAIKA have released the first trailer for the upcoming animated comedy adventure Missing Link. Written and directed by Chris Butler, the film features the voice talents of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Zach Galifianakis, Timothy Olyphant, David Walliams, Emma Thompson, Matt Lucas, Ching Valdes-Aran, Stephen Fry, and Amrita Acharia; take a look here along […]

Speculation running wild about Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine appearing in Avengers: Endgame

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After hanging up the claws with 2017’s critically acclaimed Logan, Hugh Jackman had previously claimed that the only thing that would get him to change his mind and return for another outing as Wolverine would be if it was part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So, with Disney close to completing its acquisition of 20th […]