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Hasbro unveils new comic book-inspired Marvel Legends Series figures

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Hasbro has unveiled a new wave of comic book-inspired Marvel Legends Series action figures which includes Beast (Astonishing X-Men), Black Widow (Uncanny X-Men #268), Daredevil (The Man Without Fear 1993), Silver Surfer (Silver Surfer #1 1968), Phoenix – Rachel Summers (Excalibur #1), and Feral (X-Force #1 1991). The figures are available to pre-order now, priced […]

Hasbro unleashes X-23 and Warpath with Marvel Legends Series X-Force 2-Pack

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Hasbro has released promotional images for the upcoming Marvel Legends Series X-Force X-23 & Warpath 2-pack action figure set which is available to pre-order now via Hasbro Pulse, priced at £49.99./$49.99; check them out here… Bring the excitement and wonder of the Marvel Universe to your collection with Hasbro Marvel Legends X-Force X-23 & Warpath […]

Jeff Wadlow opens up on Fox’s once-planned X-Force movie with Deadpool

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We know the Fox X-Men movies had many projects in development before Disney took over the brand, but did you know director Jeff Wadlow planned an X-Force movie? Speaking with the A Trip To The Movies With Alex Zane podcast, Wadlow dives into his once-planned X-Force script and compares it to Red Dawn. The filmmaker […]

Simon Kinberg says X-Force could be R-rated

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While, in theory, Fox giving Deadpool an R rating was a risky decision, considering how most R-rated comic book movies usually don’t do nearly as much business as their PG-13-rated competition (e.g. Watchmen, The Punisher), this past weekend Deadpool raked in a massive $132 million at the U.S. box office, proving that mainstream audiences don’t mind […]

Drew Goddard says there’s “no update” on Fox’s planned X-Force movie

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Despite signing on to the project back in September of last year, writer-director Drew Goddard has spent much of the past twelve months focussing on his latest film Bad Times at the El Royale rather than the planned Deadpool spinoff movie. Given The Walt Disney Company’s impending acquisition of 20th Century Fox’s film and television […]

Deadpool 2’s Lewis Tan expects to return for X-Force, has had talks with DC about Nightwing

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While Deadpool 2 introduced X-Force ahead of the team’s planned spinoff movie, the majority of the roster only lasted a few minutes, with Shatterstar (Lewis Tan), Bedlam (Terry Crews), Zeitgeist (Bill Skarsgard), Vanisher (Brad Pitt) and Peter (Rob Delaney) all dying just moments into their first mission. As we saw in one of the post […]

Deadpool’s T.J. Miller won’t return as Weasel in X-Force

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Last year, 20th Century Fox faced calls to remove T.J. Miller from Deadpool 2 after past allegations of sexual assault resurfaced. Miller – who portrays the character of Weasel – received a stay of execution, before his reputation took another hit last month after he was charged with calling in a fake bomb threat. Well, […]

The Week in Spandex – Wonder Woman tracking, Justice League Dark update, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 box office, DC and Marvel TV updates, new Hellboy announced

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Wonder Woman, Justice League, Justice League Dark, Aquaman, Krypton, Black Lightning, Powerless, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Gotham, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Inhumans, The Defenders, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, The Gifted, Deadpool, Deadpool […]

The Week in Spandex – Justice League, The Batman, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Panther, Deadpool 2

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Wonder Woman, The Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Cat and Silver Sable, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Thor: Ragnarok, […]