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Designing the Action of Aquaman, Dark Phoenix and More – Exclusive Comic-Con Interviews

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Tai Freligh attends the Designing the Action of Aquaman panel at SDCC… Halon Entertainment, the premiere visualization and game cinematics studio, brings together the Directors, Supervisors and Lead Artists to discuss the craft of storytelling, the advancement of virtual production, and the experience of creating today’s most high profile films and game cinematics including Aquaman, […]

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: Dark Phoenix home-entertainment release details and special features revealed

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20th Century Fox has announced the home entertainment release of the final instalment of its main X-Men series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which is set for a digital release on September 28th, followed by 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release on October 7th; check out the cover artwork and special feature details below… SEE ALSO: […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]