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Oscar Isaac doesn’t look like Apocalypse – and it doesn’t matter

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Luke Owen on X-Men: Apocalypse… It’s a common complaint from comic book fans whenever the first images of their favourite characters from a new movie are released: “they don’t look like the comics”. Even going back as far as Bryan Singer’s X-Men, there were those in the comic book community who bemoaned the fact Wolverine was […]

Jamie Bell reveals there’s no post-credit scene in Fantastic Four

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If you were planning on sticking around after the credits to see if there’s a stinger attached to Fantastic Four, it seems you’ll be wasting your time as Jamie Bell has revealed that the upcoming 20th Century Fox reboot won’t be carrying on the Marvel tradition. SEE ALSO: Watch the final trailer for Fantastic Four […]

The Week in Spandex – San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Edition

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In this  (abridged) edition of The Week in Spandex, we round up all the big superhero news coming out of the San Diego Comic-Con… Well, the curtain has fallen on the geek mecca that is San Diego Comic-Con for another year, and over the past four days we’ve been treated to a wealth of superhero […]

Jennifer Lawrence open to Mystique return after X-Men: Apocalypse

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Back in March, Jennifer Lawrence suggested that she’d be calling time on her role as Mystique in the X-Men franchise, describing next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse as her “last one.” However, it seems she may be contemplating a change of heart, with the Oscar winner telling Yahoo! Movies that she’d consider a return to the mutant […]

Ed Skrein and Gina Carano talk villain roles in Deadpool

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Following on from the Deadpool panel at San Diego Comic-Con International [which you can watch it full here], IGN caught up with stars Ed Skrein and Gina Carano to discuss their roles in the upcoming X-Men spinoff as the villains Ajax and Angel Dust. “The program that we run is very similar to Weapon X, […]

SDCC: Toby Kebbell talks Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four

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Back in November, Toby Kebbell revealed that the iconic Marvel villain Doctor Doom would undergo a reimagining in Josh Trank’s upcoming Fantastic Four reboot, with the actor stating that the character would be “Victor Domashev… I’m a programmer. Very anti-social programmer. And on blogging sites I’m ‘Doom’”. Naturally this didn’t go down very well with […]

SDCC: Deadpool leaked footage – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth Team react… In a previous edition of Flickering Myth Reaction, the team gave their thoughts on the concept footage that leaked online for the Deapool movie. Since then, the movie was not only announced by has been made with footage shown at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. As with all footage […]

The Five Best Trailers at Comic-Con

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Anghus Houvouras with his five best trailers from this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con… What a weekend. When Marvel Studios announced they wouldn’t have much of a presence at this year’s Comic Con, I wondered how much impact the events in Hall H would have. The annual pissing contest between studios has become one of the […]