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Dark Phoenix director apologises for X-Men: The Last Stand

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Long time X-Men writer and producer Simon Kinberg is set to bring the classic X-Men storyline The Dark Phoenix Saga to the big screen next year in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, having already taken one crack at the source material as screenwriter on X-Men: The Last Stand. The 2006 film was widely criticised by fans, particularly for […]

Venom opens to $205.2 million at the global box office

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Despite mixed reviews from critics, audiences have certainly been reacting positively to Venom, with the Tom Hardy-headlined solo movie coming in above expectations with $205.2 million worldwide. Domestically, Venom pulled in $80 million, well above tracking estimates of between $55 million and $65 million, and ahead of the Marvel Studios superhero blockbuster Ant-Man and the Wasp, […]

Marvel releases Spider-Geddon trailer

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Marvel’s latest comic book event Spider-Geddon gets underway this coming Wednesday, and during the annual Spider-Man panel at the New York Comic Con, the publisher released a launch trailer featuring comments from writer Christos Gage, executive editor Nick Lowe and Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski. “In Spider-Verse, all the Spider characters – every single Spider-Man ever […]

New rumour suggests Avengers 4 is titled Avengers: Annihilation

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We’ve had Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet, Avengers: Endgame, and now we’ve got another possible title for next year’s Avengers 4, with a rumour from MCU Cosmic claiming that the Infinity War follow-up is going by the title Avengers: Annihilation. The term ‘Annihilation’ will be familiar to fans of Marvel Comics, having been the title of a […]

Riri Williams’ Ironheart to headline Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron animated special

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Marvel Entertainment has announced that Riri Williams’ Ironheart is set to join the Marvel Rising initiative, with the character set to headline the animated special Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron. “I feel so honored to be a part of the Marvel family, but more importantly I’m excited to join a cast of diverse, strong intelligent […]

New Marvel Legends action figures unveiled by Hasbro at New York Comic Con

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During the New York Comic-Con today, Hasbro has unveiled a selection of its upcoming Marvel Legends Series action figures, which includes Ebony Maw and Corvus Glaive from Avengers: Infinity War, along with Night Thrasher, Caliban, Forge, Beta Ray Bill, Kraven the Hunter & Spider-Man and Supreme Leader & Arnim Zola, and a second wave of […]

Daredevil season 3 trailer showcases the origin of Bullseye

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Having been rumoured for months, Marvel and Netflix have now confirmed that the classic Daredevil villain Bullseye is set to bring pain and torment to Matt Murdock in the third season of the hit series with the release of a brand new trailer that introduces us to the FBI sharpshooper ‘Poindexter’, played by Wilson Bethel. […]

Venom director explains why he didn’t use Carnage as the villain

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Sony finally realised its ambition of releasing a Venom movie this weekend, having been in development on a solo film for the fan-favourite anti-hero since his big screen debut back in 2007’s Spider-Man 3. At several points during this development stage, the plan had been to include the character of Carnage as the villain (even […]

Marvel officially releases Captain Marvel concept art

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Back the San Diego Comic-Con International 2017, Marvel Studios unveiled a first piece of concept art for Captain Marvel, and now Marvel Studios’ Director of Visual Development Andy Park has taken to Twitter to share a hi-resolution version of his design for Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Go behind-the-scenes of […]