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Why Iron Man is the Best Film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Henry Bevan on why Iron Man is the best film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe… As the Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown into the blockbuster behemoth it is known as today, many people have forgotten about the film that started it all. Iron Man has become overshadowed by team-ups, civil wars, and a talking tree. […]

Director James Mangold discusses Logan’s Oscar nomination

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Director of Logan, James Mangold, has offered his thoughts on why the film received an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay. This is the first time that a comic book film has been nominated in the adapted screenplay category, giving further credence to the notion that Logan is more than just your average superhero movie. […]

Losing A Grip On Greatness: Dropping the Ball with Logan

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Tom Jolliffe on Logan’s final third and losing a grip on greatness. Warning. Major spoilers follow… So there you are. You’re bowling a near perfect game. You’ve had the odd spare here and there but largely you’ve had strikes. Then you hit a gutter ball and your game starts falling apart. Sometimes it can end […]

Marvel rounds out Inhumans cast with five new additions – and Lockjaw!

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The official Marvel site has announced five new additions to the cast of ABC and IMAX’s upcoming Inhumans TV series in Eme Ikwuakor, Isabelle Cornish, Mike Moh, Sonya Balmores, and Ellen Woglom. Eme Ikwuakor (Concussion, Extant) as Gorgon – Cousin of Black Bolt (Anson Mount), member of the Royal family, and leader of Attilan’s military. […]

Toby Kebbell rules out Doctor Doom return, unless it’s as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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A few days ago, writer-producer Simon Kinberg suggested that 20th Century Fox isn’t quite ready to give up on Fantastic Four, although the studio is only likely to move ahead with another movie should they be confident that “we get it 100% right”. While Fox and Kinberg aren’t quite ready to rule out a sequel to […]

SDCC: Legion’s Noah Hawley is developing a Doctor Doom movie at Fox

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As the San Diego Comic-Con panel for FX’s X-Men series Legion was winding down, showrunner Noah Hawley dropped a massive bombshell that seems to indicate he won’t just be sticking to the small screen to tell stories about comic book characters. Hawley began teasing fans about a movie that he was developing at Fox, and it didn’t […]

Gravity Falls creator boards Sony’s animated Spider-Man movie

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Last month it was officially confirmed that Sony’s as-yet-untitled animated Spider-Man movie will revolve around the character of Miles Morales as opposed to Peter Parker, and now comes word that Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch has came on board the project as a story contributor. Phil Lord (The LEGO Movie, Han Solo: A Star Wars […]

Ken Leung to play Karnak in Marvel’s Inhumans

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Casting for Marvel’s Inhumans TV series is in full swing, and we have word today that Ken Leung (Lost, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) has signed on for the role of Karnak. The cousin of Black Bolt, Karnak possesses the ability to see the fault in all things – people, plans, structures, everything – and […]

Deadpool 2 Thanksgiving poster riffs on Norman Rockwell

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20th Century Fox has kicked off the promotion for next year’s hugely-anticipated superhero sequel Deadpool 2, which riffs on American Artist Norman Rockwell’s ‘Freedom from Want’ painting, and sees Merc with a Mouth joined around the Thanksgiving table by Cable, Domino, Weasel, Colossus, Blind Al, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Vanessa and Dopinder. Oh, and there’s even […]