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Shameik Moore and Liev Schreiber join animated Spider-Man film

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We’ve been so pre-occupied with Tom Holland’s portrayal of the Peter Parker Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that its easy to forget there’s a separate, animated Spider-Man film set to come out from Sony. Rather than focusing on the original Spider-Man, the animated film will centre its follow the Miles Morales incarnation of the web-slinger, and now The Hollywood […]

Marvel recruits Charles Soule for Astonishing X-Men

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Marvel has announced that chart-topping writer Charles Soule (Death of Wolverine, Inhumans vs. X-Men) is set to headline the all-new creative team for Astonishing X-Men, the new series launching this July. “If you’re going to relaunch a book called Astonishing X-Men,’it had better live up to the title,” says Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso. “Charles and […]

Deadpool 2 screenwriters explain why Zazie Beetz was cast as Domino

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Despite the rumour sites bringing up virtually every actress in Hollywood as potential candidates for Domino in Deadpool 2, the role of the assassin has gone to relative newcomer Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), and during an interview with IGN screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese explained why she was the ideal candidate for the part. “She, […]

Chris Hemsworth says the final Infinity Stone will be introduced very soon

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So far, the buildup to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes taking on Thanos in an all-out battle for the ages throughout the two-part Avengers: Infinity War has seen the introduction of five of the six Infinity Stones (the Space Stone made its debut first in Captain America: The First Avenger, followed by the Loki’s scepter containing the Mind […]

Ryan Reynolds welcomes Josh Brolin as Cable in Deadpool 2

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20th Century Fox’s search for its Cable came to an end yesterday as the studio announced that Josh Brolin will be taking on the role of Nathan Summers in Deadpool 2 (along with, potentially, the X-Force film and third Deadpool). Following the announcement Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter to jokingly share his thoughts on Brolin’s […]

Making Sense Of The X-Men Movie Timeline(s)

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Eric Bay-Andersen on making sense of the X-Men movie timeline(s)… To say that the X-Men movies are convoluted and confusing would be an understatement – over the past 17 years the franchise has seen multiple spin-offs, re-boots and re-castings, making any hope of coherence impossible. But there is a way to make (partial) sense out […]

Kurt Russell confirms that he and Sylvester Stallone don’t share scenes in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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Kurt Russell has confirmed that there will be no Tango & Cash reunion when he and Sylvester Stallone appear in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy sequel. The two legendary actors starred together in 1989’s Tango & Cash, but Russell, who will be playing Ego the Living Planet in the Marvel movie, has said that […]

Hugh Jackman was given the terrible advice to leave X-Men franchise as he was told it would bomb

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It’s hard to imagine anyone else but Hugh Jackman bringing out the claws and leaping across our screens as the X-Men’s resident savage, Logan. However, it turns out that the Wolverine actor was warned, before the first X-Men was released, to quickly call time on the role in order to move past what was expected to be a box […]

UPDATE: Logan director James Mangold worried about the Disney takeover of the X-Men movies

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Logan director James Mangold is concerned about the future of the X-Men movies under Disney. The sale of Fox to Disney is nearly complete and many are beginning to think about what the future might hold, particularly as it pertains to the X-Men movies. This is a subject that is certainly on Logan director James […]