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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, […]

Are Movie Studios Ruining Shared Universes?

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Ricky Church on whether movie studios are ruining shared universes… In the years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe began and its massive success at the box office has come a tidal wave of news that studios seek to emulate Marvel’s idea of a shared universe for their franchises. For some studios, namely Warner Bros. with […]

Simon Kinberg explains why Fantastic Four failed, but says there are big plans for the franchise

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It was a story that dominated a lot of the summer last year: Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four, its troubled production and its failure at the box office. The director dismissed the movie shortly before its release and went radio silent shortly thereafter, but its producer – and one of the directors of the non-Trank reshoots – […]

Michael B. Jordan joins Marvel’s Black Panther, possibly as the villain

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Yesterday news hit that Lupita Nyong’o was in talks to join Marvel’s Black Panther, and now we have another piece of exciting casting, as Creed star Michael B. Jordan has joined the upcoming superhero film as well. It’s not yet clear who Jordan will be playing, but THR‘s sources say that it could be the film’s villain. Considering we’ve […]

Simon Kinberg on Fox’s X-Men schedule, says Gambit will shoot in the spring

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During an interview with The Hashtag Show (via Comic Book), writer-producer Simon Kinberg has spoken briefly about Fox’s upcoming X-Men schedule, as well as revealing that the current plan is to begin filming the oft-delayed Gambit movie in the Spring. “We’re figuring out [the schedule now],” said Kinberg. “The first thing up, we’re shooting the […]

More rumours about the X-Men joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Ever since the surprise announcement that Sony and Marvel Studios had reached a deal to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s been frequent rumours suggesting a similar deal with Fox, which would allow the X-Men to join up with The Avengers on the big screen. Well, another rumour is doing the rounds which suggests that […]

Captain America: Civil War crosses $700 million worldwide

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Less than two weeks after it started rolling out around the globe, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War has passed the $700 million mark at the worldwide box office. By close of play yesterday, Civil War had amassed $192.5 million domestically (in just four days), along with a further $518.8 million from international markets. The film […]

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: […]

Bryan Singer on the early criticism of Apocalypse’s design in X-Men: Apocalypse

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Back in July of last year, 20th Century Fox gave us our first look at Oscar Isaac’s titular villain in X-Men: Apocalypse, although the reaction probably wasn’t quite what the studio would have hoped for. Fans were critical of the design (comparing him to Power Rangers’ Ivan Ooze), the colour scheme, and the character’s size, while […]