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Free Critics From Disney (Or How I Should Learn to Stop Worrying About Marvel)

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Tony Black on the conspiracy theory that Disney is paying critics to attack non-Marvel superhero movies… In what could be the most ludicrous movie news this year, and possibly the most ridiculous Change.org petition yet, a group of frustrated fans appear to have fired the first salvo in a war against critics they believe Disney […]

Sophie Turner talks playing Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse and “emulating” Famke Janssen

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It was announced last week that Sophie Turner had been cast as the younger Jean Grey in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse (alongside Tye Sheridan as young Cyclops and Alexandra Shipp as a young Storm) and now the Game of Thrones star has spoken out about her new role. “I was getting out of the car to […]

In Defense of Fox’s X-Men Franchise

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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 many fans wanting to see these characters find […]

X-Men: Apocalypse’s Olivia Munn found Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg’s lack of X-Men knowledge “very frustrating”

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Although the series produced a number of memorable instalments throughout its 20-year history, fans of Marvel’s mutant superheroes are unlikely to be shedding too many tears over 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise coming to an end following the studio’s recent acquisition by Disney. With fans already looking forward to the inevitable Marvel Studios rebiit, the […]

X-Men producer disowns Dark Phoenix, The New Mutants, and Apocalypse

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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

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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 […]

Oscar Isaac found working on X-Men: Apocalypse “excruciating”

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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 […]

How Superhero Movies Have Done So Far in 2016

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It became apparent very early on that 2016 was going to be the year of superhero movies. While previous years have seen quite a number of superhero movies as well, the 6 big titles scheduled to hit the screen this year pretty much eclipsed anything else up till now. At this stage four of those […]

Deadpool 2’s Zazie Beetz auditioned for Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse

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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 […]