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Disney chief expresses “disappointment” in films inherited from Fox

November 28, 2019 by Matt Rodgers

X-Men Dark Phoenix Sophie Turner

When Disney completed their all-consuming acquisition of 20th Century Fox earlier this year, they inherited a slate of films that were already in the can and jostling for release. So as well as an enormous amount of archived content that would bolster the launch of Disney+ (The Simpsons), they also had to handle the marketing […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Ad Astra, Ford V. Ferrari, The Art of Racing in the Rain, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Rumour: The New Mutants and X-Men: Dark Phoenix being shelved by Fox?

July 26, 2018 by George Chrysostomou

Rumours have been circling for quite some time now that 20th Century Fox has serious confidence issues with their next two Marvel properties, with both X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants reportedly receiving extremely poor internal reactions, leading to reshoots and release date delays on both projects. And reports are now circulating that the situation for both […]

Filed Under: George Chrysostomou, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, The New Mutants, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

The Week in Spandex – Justice League reshoot details, Affleck exiting The Batman (again), Wonder Woman bonus scene, first look at The Wasp and more

September 2, 2017 by Gary Collinson

In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Justice League Mortal, The Batman, Justice League Dark, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2, Shazam, Suicide Squad 2, Batgirl, The Joker, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Titans, Batman and Harley, Batman and Harley Quinn, The LEGO Batman Movie, Deadpool 2, […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television, The Week in Spandex Tagged With: Ant-Man and the Wasp, Arrow, Avengers: Infinity War, Batgirl, Batman, Batman and Harley, Batman and Harley Quinn, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman: The Animated Series, Daredevil, DC, DC Extended Universe, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Deadpool 2, fantastic four, Gotham, Hellboy, Inhumans, Iron Man, Justice League, Justice League Dark, Justice League Mortal, Kindergarten Heroes, Luke Cage, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Shazam, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Suicide Squad 2, Supergirl, The Batman, The Crow, The Defenders, The Flash, the joker, The LEGO Batman Movie, The Punisher, Thor: Ragnarok, Titans, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Olivia Munn’s Psylocke rumoured to be returning for X-Men: Dark Phoenix

July 8, 2017 by Gary Collinson

It looks like we may be able to add another returning cast member to the roster for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, with rumours circulating that Olivia Munn could be reprising the role of Betsy Braddock / Psylocke from last year’s X-Men: Apocalypse. According to Omega Underground, Munn arrived in Toronto this past Friday, where X-Men: Dark […]

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

X-Men: Dark Phoenix supporting character descriptions revealed, will reportedly take place in 1991

June 17, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Earlier this week 20th Century Fox officially announced the director and main cast for next year’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the latest chapter in the main X-Men franchise, and now The Hashtag Show has shared a list of rumoured character descriptions for the supporting cast. Check them out here: [HIROSHI] Male, Early- Mid 20s, Japanese, brash Tokyo […]

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

The Shi’ar Empire could feature in X-Men: Dark Phoenix

June 9, 2017 by Gary Collinson

We’ve already had a tease from producer Hutch Parker that X-Men: Dark Phoenix could see the mutant superheroes heading into space, and now it seems we may have confirmation that the next instalment in the main X-Men franchise will introduce the Shi’ar Empire. Omega Underground have got their hands on an audition tape featuring Toby […]

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

Fox recasting Rogue for X-Men: Dark Phoenix?

April 30, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Over the past three instalments of the main X-Men franchise we’ve seen several of the original X-Men recast with younger actors, including Professor Xavier, Beast, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler and Jubilee. And it looks like we may be able to add another to that list with 2018’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. The folks at Omega […]

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

X-Men: Dark Phoenix finishes its theatrical run as the lowest grossing X-Men movie ever

August 18, 2019 by Gary Collinson

20th Century Fox’s X-Men series drew to a close back in June, the franchise ending with a bomb but no bang as Simon Kinberg’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix was ravaged by critics and suffered the worst opening weekend of any X-Men movie in its near-20 year history. Things went from bad to worse with the steepest […]

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

Disney blames X-Men: Dark Phoenix for the studio’s disappointing Q3 earnings

August 7, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Disney has decided that X-Men: Dark Phoenix is to blame for the studio’s disappointing Q3 earnings. There is no question that Dark Phoenix was a massive disappointment financially, becoming one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, and now that Disney owns the franchise, it’s their finances which are taking a hit. During […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Dark Phoenix, Marvel, 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

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