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

July 14, 2019 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, Olivia Munn, Simon Kinberg, X-Men, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

X-Men: Dark Phoenix on course to be a bigger box office bomb than Fantastic Four

July 12, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

After a troubled production, extensive reshoots and several release date delays, 20th Century Fox unleashed the final instalment of its X-Men series last month, and while many fans predicted that the movie would fail to deliver, as it turns out X-Men: Dark Phoenix is now shaping up to be one of the biggest box office […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: fantastic four, Marvel, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Plans for an abandoned X-Men Beast spin-off movie revealed

July 1, 2019 by Matt Rodgers

With the final instalment of the X-Men franchise currently breaking the wrong kind of box-office records – X-Men: Dark Phoenix is reportedly on course to suffer a whopping -73% decline in its sophomore frame at the domestic box-office – plans for a Nicholas Hoult-headlined Beast spin-off movie have been revealed by The Hollywood Reporter. According to […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Beast, John Ottman, Marvel, Nicholas Hoult, Simon Kinberg, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

In Defense of Fox’s X-Men Franchise

July 1, 2019 by EJ Moreno

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Movies Tagged With: Logan, Marvel, X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand, X2: X-Men United

Unused X-Men: Dark Phoenix concept art teases the original ending

June 26, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

A couple of pieces of concept art have surfaced from the final instalment in Fox’s X-Men franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix featuring Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey flying through space, which was intended to feature in the final sequence of the film; take a look here, courtesy of illustrator Houston Sharp… SEE ALSO: Tye Sheridan says original […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

X-Men: Dark Phoenix suffers biggest box office drop of any superhero movie ever

June 17, 2019 by Gary Collinson

After scoring the lowest opening weekend for any instalment in the franchise, Fox’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix has now set another unenviable record with the film suffering the biggest second weekend box office drop not just for an X-Men film, but for any superhero movie ever. As reported by Forbes, Dark Phoenix earned $14 million on […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Tye Sheridan says original X-Men: Dark Phoenix ending featured the Skrulls

June 16, 2019 by Gary Collinson

If you kept up to date with all things X-Men during the development and production of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, you may recall a rumour from back in 2017 which suggested that Fox was planning on introducing the Skrulls to the franchise with a scene that would have seen the United Nations coming under attack by […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Men in Black and Shaft continue disappointing sequel trend at the US box office

June 16, 2019 by Matt Rodgers

Expectations weren’t that high for either of this frame’s blockbuster sequels, but Men in Black: International and Shaft both fell short of studio estimates at the domestic box-office this weekend. Men in Black: International managed to recoup $28.5 million, which was the lowest of the franchise by over $20 million. The poorly received film (read […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Aladdin, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Late Night, men in black international, shaft, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Simon Kinberg says X-Men: Dark Phoenix failure “is on me”

June 15, 2019 by Gary Collinson

It was meant to serve as the grand finale to the near-twenty year franchise, but things didn’t go according to plan for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, with the film failing to catch fire with fans and critics and scoring not only the worst reviews of the series, but also the lowest box office […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, Simon Kinberg, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

X-Men: Dark Phoenix director shares details on the original ending and reshoots

June 13, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Simon Kinberg, the writer and director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, has shared details about the film’s original ending and has explained the need for reshoots. X-Men: Dark Phoenix didn’t have the smoothest path to cinemas in terms of its production, including the ending of the movie needing to be reshot. Writer-director Simon Kinberg has gone […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Captain Marvel, Marvel, Simon Kinberg, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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