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 […]
Matthew Vaughn discusses his original X-Men: First Class trilogy plans
Having relaunched the franchise with a younger cast in 2011’s X-Men: First Class, director Matthew Vaughn was originally announced as returning to the director’s chair for X-Men: Days of Future Past, only to exit the project in favour of Kingsman: The Secret Service. Speaking to Coming Soon, Vaughn has explained his exit from the franchise, […]
X-Men: First Class director would have made Apocalypse before Days of Future Past
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 […]
Ranking Fox’s X-Men Franchise from Worst to Best
Harrison Abbott ranks Fox’s X-Men franchise from worst to best… With X-Men: Dark Phoenix bringing the curtain down on the franchise, now feels like an appropriate time to look back on everything that Fox’s X-Men series gave us over the past two decades. Granted, there have been peaks and troughs. However, I maintain that the […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix director says the film lines up with Days of Future Past ending
Simon Kinberg, the director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, says he has some “sense” of how the film lines up with the ending of X-Men: Days of Future Past. While fans are getting ready to experience the last Fox produced X-Men movie, Dark Phoenix, how will the film connect with what has come before it? The […]
Bryan Singer planned on killing off Cable in X-Men: Days of Future Past
Nathan Summers finally made his big screen debut last year as Josh Brolin took on the role of Cable alongside Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth in Deadpool 2, but it seems we almost got an appearance from the time-travelling mutant some four years earlier. Speaking to Screen Rant, Deadpool and Cable creator Rob Liefeld […]
The Merc with a Mouth photobombs Fox Blu-ray covers to celebrate Deadpool 2 release
In celebration of the release of Deadpool 2, Walmart is offering an exclusive line of limited edition Blu-rays with their covers “photobombed” by the Merc with a Mouth. On offer are sixteen different Fox titles in Logan, My Cousin Vinny, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Edward Scissorhands, War for the Planet of the Apes, […]
The Week in Spandex – Justice League screening reaction, DCEU praise, Avengers 4 casting, The Punisher trailer, The Defenders struggles, X-Men: New Mutants wraps and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2, Flashpoint, Shazam, Joker and Harley Quinn, The Joker, Man of Steel 2, Superman: The Movie, Gotham, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Freedom Fighters: The Ray, Watchmen, Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man […]
UPDATE: Matthew Vaughn wanted to make a young Wolverine movie before X-Men: Days of Future Past
Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class breathed new life into a franchise in dire need of resuscitation after the fiasco that was Brett Ratner’s X-Men: The Last Stand. By going back to where it all started, Vaughn was able to flesh out the stories of the series’ two cornerstone characters: Charles Xavier and Magneto. What resulted […]
Making Sense Of The X-Men Movie Timeline(s)
Eric Bay-Andersen on making sense of the X-Men movie timeline(s)… To say that the X-Men movies are convoluted and confusing would be an understatement – over the past 17 years the franchise has seen multiple spin-offs, re-boots and re-castings, making any hope of coherence impossible. But there is a way to make (partial) sense out […]
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