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Logan pushes the Wolverine solo movies beyond $1 billion worldwide

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Having debuted this past weekend with an impressive $237.8 million worldwide, 20th Century Fox’s X-Men solo spinoff Logan has now helped to propel the Wolverine trilogy beyond the $1 billion mark at the global box office. By close of play yesterday, Logan has grossed $263.2 million, of which $104.2 million comes from North America, and […]

The Batman gets a new director, Wolverine in the MCU, Nightwing solo movie, Aquaman plot details and more – Daily News Roundup

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WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE BATMAN After a few weeks of speculation (and rumours he’d walked away from the offer) Matt Reeves has officially signed on to direct The Batman, rumoured to be going into production this April. “I have loved the Batman story since I was a child,” said Reeves. “He is such an […]

Logan director “would be shocked” if we don’t see X-23 again

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The director of Logan, James Mangold, has said he would be shocked if Fox didn’t pursue X-23 in the future. Coming off the back off some incredibly stellar reviews, especially for a Wolverine film, the more grounded take on the infamous X-Men character is generating a lot of buzz. Not only is Logan being well received, […]

First look at The Last Jedi characters, Namor project rumoured, will Arnie be in The Predator and more – Daily News Roundup

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FORCE FRIDAY FIRST LOOK Well, it might not be until September but the Star Wars Twitter account released a teaser image of the packaging for Star Wars: The Last Jedi merchandise. While it doesn’t give a lot away, it does give our first look at Rey, Finn and Poe in the film – including a […]

Fox was concerned that Logan would be “freakin’ boring”

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For Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Wolverine, 20th Century Fox has taken a leaf out of Deadpool’s book, granting Jackman and director James Mangold permission to go all-out with an R-rating for Logan. However, unlike the Merc with a Mouth’s solo blockbuster, Logan looks to have a much more serious, grounded and gritty tone – something that […]

James Mangold on cutting cameos from Logan, new TV spots released

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With the release of Hugh Jackman’s X-Men swansong Logan fast approaching, director James Mangold has been chatting to We Got This Covered about the hotly-anticipated solo movie, and specifically, why we aren’t getting any appearances from other members of the X-Men besides Patrick Stewart’s Professor Charles Xavier. Mangold revealed that he initially planned to include […]

New Logan poster released, Hugh Jackman discusses the film’s place in the X-Men timeline

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With the release of Logan drawing ever closer, Hugh Jackman has taken to Twitter to share a brand new poster for his X-Men swansong, which features a close-up of a rather weary-looking, scarred and bearded Wolverine… SEE ALSO: Wolverine says stealing is NOT OK in new Logan TV spot Meanwhile, chatting to Digital Spy, Jackman […]

Logan will never get an Oscar nomination, because comic book movies will never get Oscar nominations

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Luke Owen on Logan’s “Oscar chances”… Amidst all the news and rumours of a possible Deadpool cameo in Logan [see here, here and here], Ryan Reynolds announced that he had seen some of the film and praised what he saw. “Logan looks like a movie that might break that [Oscars] glass ceiling,” he told Variety. “I […]

UPDATE: Wolverine 3 to be titled Weapon X

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Warning: the following article features spoilers for X-Men: Apocalypse… Over the past few months, many fans have been lead to believe that Hugh Jackman’s third and final Wolverine solo film would be an adaptation of one of the most popular comic book storylines involving the character, Mark Millar’s Old Man Logan. However, if the post-credits scene for […]

Bryan Singer teases Wolverine’s role in X-Men: Apocalypse

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Yesterday we saw the final trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse, which closed with a shot of Wolverine’s adamantium claws, seemingly revealing that Hugh Jackman will once again be reprising the role of Logan for the upcoming mutant superhero sequel. Asked by Empire whether the shot can be taken as confirmation that Jackman will cameo in the […]