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Elena Satine to play Beautiful Dreamer in X-Men series The Gifted

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After roles in Smallville and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., actress Elena Satine is set to add another superhero show to her resume, with The Gifted showrunner Matt Nix revealing that she is set to take on the role of Dreamer (a.k.a. the Morlock character Beautiful Dreamer) in the X-Men series The Gifted. Screen Rant reports that […]

Jennifer Lawrence explains why she decided to return as Mystique for X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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With her initial three-film contract with 20th Century Fox expiring with last year’s X-Men: Apocalypse – not to mention her dislike for the body paint and make-up necessary for her character’s mutant form – there had been question marks as to whether Jennifer Lawrence would be returning as Mystique for the next entry in the […]

The true story behind Dougray Scott playing Wolverine in X-Men and why Hugh Jackman took over

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Luke Owen looks back at a time when Hugh Jackman was not Wolverine… There was a lot of buzz and excitement in 1999. People around planet earth were excited to see what the new Millennium would bring; while big companies panicked that the Y2K bug would kill all their hard work and shut down the […]

Morena Baccarin is glad some sex scenes were cut from Deadpool

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Deadpool was obviously an adult-oriented superhero movie (arguably the first of its kind) and naturally dabbled in some sexual content, most notably a calendar year holiday montage between the titular superhero and his love interest played by Morena Baccarin. Morena recently spoke about the sex scenes to Conan O’Brien, expressing joy that not everything made the […]

The Russo Brothers returning to direct the next two Avengers movies

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Earlier this month it was reported that The Russo Brothers had been turned away from directing duties on Avengers 5, but Marvel Studios appear to have performed a U-turn with the news that the siblings who steered Endgame to $2 billion at the box-office are in talks to return to helm the next two Avengers […]

Byron Bowers joins Marvel Studios’ Wonder Man

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Wonder Man is beginning to flesh out its supporting cast with Deadline reporting that Byron Bowers will join Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in the upcoming Marvel Studios series. At the time of this writing, there is no word on who Bowers will play. Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Daniel Destin Cretton […]

More Peter, pugs and profanity in latest Deadpool & Wolverine trailer

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With just 10 days to go until the only Marvel movie released in 2024 hits cinemas around the world, Marvel Studios has dropped another gag-ridden trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine. Deadpool & Wolverine is directed by Shawn Levy (The Adam Project) and stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman alongside Fox/Marvel veterans Jennifer Garner (Elektra), Stefan Kapacic […]