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Matthew Vaughn discusses his original X-Men: First Class trilogy plans

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Having relaunched the franchise with a younger cast in 2011’s X-Men: First Class, director Matthew Vaughn was originally announced as returning to the director’s chair for X-Men: Days of Future Past, only to exit the project in favour of Kingsman: The Secret Service. Speaking to Coming Soon, Vaughn has explained his exit from the franchise, […]

X-Men: First Class director would have made Apocalypse before Days of Future Past

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Matthew Vaughn, the director of X-Men: First Class, says that he would have done X-Men: Apocalypse before X-Men: Days of Future Past instead of after. Now that Fox’s X-Men franchise is coming to an end with Dark Phoenix, there is plenty of retrospection going on, especially as the characters’ futures are unclear. One person looking […]

Matthew Vaughn says Disney’s Fox acquisition hasn’t impacted the Kingsman franchise… yet

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Matthew Vaughn, the director of the Kingsman franchise, has revealed that Disney buying Fox has not impacted the next film as of yet. Disney purchasing Fox has certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons, with R-rated franchises like Deadpool being unsure of their future. It seems Disney isn’t going to change too much with these […]

Matthew Vaughn talks Kingsman 3, The Great Game spinoff and future franchise plans

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Having wrapped filming on the early 20th century-set spinoff Kingsman: The Great Game ahead of its release next year, filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has been chatting to The Playlist about the prequel, and his plans for the spy franchise moving forward. “Next year you’re getting The Great Game,” said Vaughn. “It’s wrapped. [But] it’s not actually […]

Daniel Bruhl and Charles Dance cast in Kingsman: The Great Game, Rhys Ifans also in talks

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According to Collider, Daniel Bruhl (Captain America: Civil War) and Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) have joined the previously announced Harris Dickinson (Trust) and Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter) in the cast of the upcoming prequel Kingsman: The Great Game, while Rhys Ifans (Alice Through The Looking Glass) is also in talks for the Matthew Vaughn-directed spinoff. The […]

Kingsman 3 gets November 2019 release date

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Earlier this summer Matthew Vaughn announced that he’ll be expanding the Kingsman franchise with a third movie, along with an early 1900s prequel entitled Kingsman: The Great Game, a Statesman film, and a Kingsman limited TV series. First out of the gate will be Kingsman 3, and according to Exhibitor Relations, 20th Century Fox has […]

Rumour: Kingsman 3 will introduce new characters from spinoff prequel The Great Game

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Back in June, filmmaker Matthew Vaughn revealed that he would be expanding the Kingsman franchise with a third instalment in the spy series, along with an early 1900s prequel spinoff entitled Kingsman: The Great Game, as well as a Statesmen movie and an eight-hour Kingsman TV show. Well, according to That Hashtag Show, Vaughn is now eyeing a […]

Matthew Vaughn wants to make a “modern version” of the Richard Donner Superman

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For several months now, Kingsman: The Golden Circle director Matthew Vaughn’s name has been brought up as a potential candidate to direct Warner Bros.’ as-yet-unannounced Man of Steel sequel. Over the weekend, the British filmmaker revealed that he has indeed had talks with Warner Bros. about helming a Superman movie, and now in an interview […]

Mark Millar has discussed the prospect of a Matthew Vaughn-directed Superman movie

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Mark Millar has discussed with Matthew Vaughn a potential Superman movie. One of the names that is being discussed to direct a sequel to Man of Steel is the director Matthew Vaughn and one of his collaborators has given the impression of being pretty excited by the idea. Mark Millar, who worked with Vaughn on […]

Robert Zemeckis, Matthew Vaughn and Sam Raimi top shortlist to direct The Flash

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Warner Bros. hasn’t had the best of luck with directors on its Ezra Miller-headline Flash movie, with Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa both departing the project due to creative differences. However, it looks like the studio may be closing in on another filmmaker to steer the Scarlet Speedster’s solo outing. The Wrap is reporting that Robert Zemeckis […]