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The Week in Spandex – Deadpool (and Deadpool 2), X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Daredevil, Batman v Superman, The Flash/Supergirl and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Deadpool, Deadpool 2, X-Force, X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Agent Carter, Dardevil, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham and more… The Merc […]

Superhero Showdown 2016 – Deadpool vs Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice vs Captain America: Civil War vs X-Men: Apocalypse vs Suicide Squad vs Doctor Strange

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Gary Collinson on the 2016 superhero box office showdown… We’re used to seeing three or four superhero movies each year, but 2016 sees Hollywood’s infatuation with costumed heroes making the jump to ludicrous speed with SIX superhero movies set to grace the big screen (it would have been seven, had Fox been able to get […]

The Week in Spandex – Deadpool v Wolverine, Batman v Superman, Supergirl v The Flash, X-Men: Apocalypse, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Thor: Ragnarok, Suicide Squad, Justice League Mortal, The Defenders and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Deadpool, Wolverine, Deadpool vs. Wolverine, X-Men: Apocalypse, Legion, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Man of Steel, Justice […]

Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg think recasting Wolverine would be impossible

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20th Century Fox faces the unenviable task of replacing Hugh Jackman as Wolverine following next year’s third solo movie, and speaking to Digital Spy both X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer and writer-producer Simon Kinberg have admitted that recasting the role would be “impossible.” “I do think you would want to figure out how to tell […]

Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad outpacing Marvel by 500% on social media interest

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If social media engagement is any indication, 2016 is going to be a huge year for Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe, with Variety reporting that tracking across Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia puts Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad a whopping 500% ahead of the superhero competition at the […]

The Week in Spandex – Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, The Punisher, The Defenders, Marvel / Star Wars crossover and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Batman, Justice League, Aquaman, Cyborg, The Flash, Green Lantern Corps, Man of Steel, Sgt. Rock, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Arrow, Vixen, Constantine, Supergirl, Gotham, Batman: Bad Blood, Justice League vs. Teen Titans, […]

Simon Kinberg and Bryan Singer open to revisiting X-Men’s Dark Phoenix Saga

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Among the numerous criticisms aimed at X-Men: The Last Stand was the film’s rather poor attempt at adapting the Dark Phoenix Saga storyline. Well, now that X-Men: Days of Future Past has erased that movie from the timeline, and X-Men: Apocalypse is reintroducing Jean Grey with Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, might we see […]

Psylocke and Storm featured in new X-Men: Apocalypse image, Simon Kinberg explains how they chose their Four Horsemen

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With numerous X-Men: Apocalypse set visit reports popping up around the web, Screen Rant has debuted a new image of Psylocke (Olivia Munn) and Storm (Alexandra Shipp) from the upcoming mutant superhero movie… Psylocke and Storm will be joined by Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and Angel (Ben Hardy) as part of Apocalypse’s (Oscar Isaac) Four Horsemen, […]

Simon Kinberg says X-Men: Apocalypse is “biggest X-Men film we’ve ever done”

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It’s a big year for 20th Century Fox and its superhero movies. First up out of the gate is the R-rated Deadpool, followed by Bryan Singer’s latest X-Men adventure X-Men: Apocalypse – the first instalment in the “rebooted” timeline following the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past. During a fan Q&A, writer-producer Simon Kinberg […]

The Week in Spandex – Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Avengers: Infinity War, Inhumans, Daredevil, Deadpool, Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, DC TV and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Inhumans, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, Gambit, Legion, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Suicide Squad, Supergirl, […]