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Matthew Vaughn discusses his original X-Men: First Class trilogy plans

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Having relaunched the franchise with a younger cast in 2011’s X-Men: First Class, director Matthew Vaughn was originally announced as returning to the director’s chair for X-Men: Days of Future Past, only to exit the project in favour of Kingsman: The Secret Service. Speaking to Coming Soon, Vaughn has explained his exit from the franchise, […]

Scarlett Johansson featured in latest Black Widow set photos

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Last week we got our first look at Scarlett Johansson on the Noway set of Marvel’s Black Widow, and now as production shifts to the UK’s Pinewood Studios we’ve got a few more shots of the actress reprising the role of Natasha Romanoff as she shoots scenes in a woodland setting; check them out here… […]

DCeased and Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale lead bestselling comics and graphic novels of May 2019

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DC Comics topped the comic book and graphic novels sales charts this May with DCeased #1 and Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale respectively, but that still wasn’t enough to wrestle Marvel from first place in the publisher charts. Here’s last month’s direct sales figures from Diamond Comic Distributors… Top Ten Comic Books of May […]

X-Men: First Class director would have made Apocalypse before Days of Future Past

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Matthew Vaughn, the director of X-Men: First Class, says that he would have done X-Men: Apocalypse before X-Men: Days of Future Past instead of after. Now that Fox’s X-Men franchise is coming to an end with Dark Phoenix, there is plenty of retrospection going on, especially as the characters’ futures are unclear. One person looking […]

Comic Book Preview – Silver Surfer: Black #1

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The Sentinel of the Spaceways returns this coming Wednesday as Marvel launches its new Silver Surfer: Black series, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue right here… Spinning out of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1, almost the entire galaxy’s defenders have been blown through a black hole, including the […]

Movie Review – X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 2019. Directed by Simon Kinberg. Starring Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters and Alexandra Shipp. SYNOPSIS: Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix. Now the X-Men will have to decide if […]

Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain say X-Men: Dark Phoenix was constantly rewritten on set

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Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain, two of the stars of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, say that the film was constantly being rewritten on set. It seems like critics aren’t responding particularly well to X-Men: Dark Phoenix – the last film in Fox’s franchise. While each viewer will have to make up their own mind on the […]

Spider-Man: Far From Home images featuring Spidey, Nick Fury and Maria Hill

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Following a new poster and TV spot for Spider-Man: Far From Home, Sony Pictures has now released another batch of images from next month’s Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel featuring Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), and Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders); check them out here… SEE ALSO: Spider-Man: Far From Home international trailer serves […]

Dark Phoenix producer can’t wait to see the X-Men join the MCU

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Hutch Parker, a producer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, says he is looking forward to seeing what Marvel Studios do with the X-Men. Once X-Men: Dark Phoenix has had its run in cinemas, it will be officially over to Disney and Marvel Studios when it comes to creating new X-Men content for the big screen. While […]