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Preview of Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic: Mace Windu #2

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Marvel releases Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic: Mace Windu #2 this coming Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue for you here; check it out… On a planet of near-perpetual darkness, the Jedi must bring light. Mace finds both his faith and skill tested. For is it truly the place of the Jedi […]

Promo images for Marvel’s The Gifted season premiere – ‘eXposed’

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With a little over a week to go until the season premiere of The Gifted, Fox has released a huge batch of images from the first episode of the upcoming X-Men series, entitled ‘eXposed’; check them out here and click on any of the images for hi-res versions…   Action-adventure family drama THE GIFTED, from […]

UPDATE: Marvel’s The Punisher premiere date may have leaked

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Despite the fact we’ve had an official poster and trailer in the past couple of weeks, Netflix continues to keep the release date for its next Marvel series The Punisher tightly under wraps. However, it seems Total Film may not have got the memo, as the latest edition of its magazine suggests that Frank Castle’s […]

James Gunn confirms that Glenn Close was cut from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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Despite being initially announced as reprising her role as Nova Prime for the sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy’s Glenn Close was absent from this year’s Vol. 2. However filmmaker James Gunn has revealed during a fan Q&A that Close was originally set return as the head of the Nova Corps, and that “she had a […]

X-Men: The New Mutants is “a haunted-house movie with a bunch of hormonal teenagers”

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Last week it was announced that production has wrapped on 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: The New Mutants, and now Fox’s Stacey Snider has been chatting to Variety about the Josh Boone-directed X-Men spinoff, describing it as “a haunted-house movie with a bunch of hormonal teenagers”. “If we’re going to make a superhero movie, we have […]

The Defenders is Netflix’s least-watched Marvel series in its first month

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After more than two years of build, Netflix brought its four street-level Marvel heroes together last month as the streaming service assembled Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones, Mike Colter’s Luke Cage and Finn Jones’ Iron Fist for The Defenders. While Marvel and Netflix were surely hoping this would be their small screen version […]

UPDATE: Matthew Vaughn wanted to make a young Wolverine movie before X-Men: Days of Future Past

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Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class breathed new life into a franchise in dire need of resuscitation after the fiasco that was Brett Ratner’s X-Men: The Last Stand. By going back to where it all started, Vaughn was able to flesh out the stories of the series’ two cornerstone characters: Charles Xavier and Magneto. What resulted […]

Despite rumours, Marvel’s Inhumans hasn’t been cancelled (yet)

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Marvel’s latest TV venture Inhumans has certainly had a tough time of things; the first promotional images and trailer were savaged by fans, and the two-part premiere episode – which screened in IMAX theaters earlier this month – met with a similar fate from critics and audiences. The show – which has reportedly been a […]

Preview of Marvel’s Generations: The Americas #1

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Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers team up this coming Wednesday for Marvel’s Generations: The Americas #1, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here; take a look… Written by Nick Spencer (Secret Empire) with art by Paul Renaud (Captain America: Sam Wilson), the final chapter of Marvel’s GENERATIONS series finds Sam Wilson in […]

Benedict Cumberbatch on what to expect from Avengers: Infinity War

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Benedict Cumberbatch has told fans what to expect when Avengers: Infinity War releases. Even though it won’t be released until April 2018, talk regarding the next Avengers movie is as prevalent as ever. Every man and his dog wants to know just what to expect from what will likely be one of the biggest blockbusters […]