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Wonder Woman has beaten Deadpool’s global box office takings

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Wonder Woman has now surpassed Deadpool at the global box office. The DC superhero movie has managed to add another scalp to its name, with its impressive international receipts meaning that is has now surpassed the tremendous effort of Deadpool. Deadpool managed to bring in a very impressive $783.1 million back in 2016 but it […]

Meet the Mutants with new featurette for Marvel’s The Gifted

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A new featurette has arrived online for The Gifted, entitled ‘Meet the Mutants’ which sees writer/executive producer Matt Nix discussing the upcoming X-Men series and features interviews with stars Blair Redford (Thunderbird), Jamie Chung (Blink), Sean Teale (Eclipse), and Emma Dumont (Polaris); take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the SDCC for The Gifted here […]

James McAvoy is not a fan of Professor Xavier’s bald head

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Professor Charles Xavier has many defining traits in the X-Men series, but one of the most striking is his completely bald head. Interestingly, we our only just now getting a bald professor Xavier in the First Class films, as we see Professor X shedding his mane at the end of X-Men: Age of Apocalypse, which […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel, Justice League, Wonder Woman 2, The Batman, Flashpoint, Watchmen

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Rounding up all the big superhero news from the past week… Unfortunately, due to some major technical issues (resulting in a switch to a brand new server), it’s another abridged edition of The Week in Spandex this weekend. Apologies. Barring any more gremlins in the system, we’ll be back to normal next weekend… MARVEL CINEMATIC […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix may have cast its young(er) Jean Grey

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It would appear that director Simon Kinberg and the folks over at 20th Century Fox have zeroed in on an actress to portray a young(er) Jean Grey in 2018’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. According to IMDb (via Screen Rant), Summer Fontana will take on the role that actresses Famke Janssen, Haley Ramm and Sophie Turner all filled before her. […]

Deadpool 2 to feature an expanded role for Colossus

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With Deadpool 2 set to introduce new characters such as Cable (Josh Brolin) and Domino (Zazie Beetz), you’d be forgiven for assuming that Deadpool’s X-Men buddies Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead might be set to take a back seat in the sequel as they make way for the members of X-Force. However, speaking to THR, […]

SDCC: Channing Tatum confirms he’s still attached to Gambit, but rethinking the approach after Deadpool and Logan

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Following yesterday’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, Channing Tatum spoke to Comic Book and confirmed that – unlike directors Rupert Wyatt and Doug Liman – he’s yet to abandon 20th Century Fox’s planned X-Men spinoff Gambit. “Yeah, of course,” replied Tatum when asked if the Gambit movie is still moving ahead. […]

SDCC: Wonder Woman’s Saïd Taghmaoui joins FX’s Legion as Shadow King, Dan Stevens on Patrick Stewart potentially appearing as Professor X

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Yesterday at the Hall-H panel for FX’s X-Men themed series Legion, it was announced that Saïd Taghmaoui, who recently starred in this summer’s blockbuster Wonder Woman, has been cast as the villainous Shadow King for the second season. Shadow King was hinted at in the first season through various characters. FX describes him as a “villain with a […]

Fox and Marvel launch Sentinel Services viral site for The Gifted

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Fox TV has continued its promotional campaign for the upcoming Marvel series The Gifted by launching a new viral site entitled Sentinel Services. The site – from the Sentinel Services Division of the Department of Mutant Affairs – offers details on the X-Gene, testimonials, and information and safety advice to protect you and your family. […]