Lauren Shuler Donner, a longtime producer for the X-Men franchise has publicly disavowed X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Apocalypse, and New Mutants. X-Men: Dark Phoenix isn’t performing as well as its makers would have liked, not hitting the mark with critics or at the box office. The dissatisfaction has gone so far that even a producer for […]
X-Men: First Class director would have made Apocalypse before Days of Future Past
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 […]
Ranking the X-Men Franchise from Worst to Best
Harrison Abbott ranks the X-Men franchise from worst to best… With Dark Phoenix ostensibly serving as the last foray into the X-Men universe (pending The New Mutants ever getting released), now feels like an appropriate time to look back on everything the series has given us over the past 19 years. Granted, there have been […]
In Defense of Fox’s X-Men Franchise
With Dark Phoenix set for release this week, EJ Moreno looks back on Fox’s X-Men franchise… During the start of the Fox/Disney merger, the Internet took a sharp turn when it came to discussing the X-Men films. While it was never universally loved, the long-running comic book series never had such negativity surrounding it. With […]
Oscar Isaac found working on X-Men: Apocalypse “excruciating”
During an interview with GQ, actor Oscar Isaac has been reflecting on his role as the titular villain in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse, describing his experience on the set of the Bryan Singer-directed superhero movie as “excruciating”. “Apocalypse, that was excruciating,” said Isaac. “I didn’t know when I said yes that that was what was going to be […]
Deadpool 2’s Zazie Beetz auditioned for Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse
Atlanta star Zazie Beetz joined the X-Men universe earlier this year with her role as Domino in 20th Century Fox’s blockbuster sequel Deadpool 2, but it seems she could have found herself portraying a different character in the mutant superhero franchise, having auditioned for the role of Storm in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse. “When I was […]
The Merc with a Mouth photobombs Fox Blu-ray covers to celebrate Deadpool 2 release
In celebration of the release of Deadpool 2, Walmart is offering an exclusive line of limited edition Blu-rays with their covers “photobombed” by the Merc with a Mouth. On offer are sixteen different Fox titles in Logan, My Cousin Vinny, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Edward Scissorhands, War for the Planet of the Apes, […]
The Fastest Superheroes On Screen
We all love the idea of having a superpower and there’s a wide range of superhuman abilities seen on TV and on the big screen. One of the most notable powers depicted has to be super speed, donned by the likes of comic book characters from The Flash to Disney’s Dash from The Incredibles. To […]
The Week in Spandex – Warner Bros. shuffling DC slate, DCEU director rumours, Guardians of the Galaxy updates, Chris Hemsworth thought he was fired from Marvel
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at The Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern Corps, Gotham City Sirens, Suicide Squad 2, Justice League Dark, Man of Steel 2, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Black Lightning, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Logan, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool 2, X-Men: Supernova, Legion, Fantastic […]
Fox didn’t realise that X-Men: Apocalypse and Logan both planned to use Caliban
Although 20th Century Fox attempted to fix much of the continuity issues in the X-Men franchise with X-Men: Days of Future Past, the last two instalments – X-Men: Apocalypse and Logan – threw another spanner in the works by featuring two different versions of the character of Caliban. Fans have wondered if this was supposed […]