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Marvel’s X-Men series The Gifted scores almost 5 million viewers with premiere

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On Monday night, Fox launched its latest comic book adaptation with the premiere of Marvel’s X-Men series The Gifted. Coming off the back of decent reviews [read ours here], the new show managed to score a decent 1.5 rating in the key 18-49 demo, with 4.9 million viewers in Live+ Same Day numbers. Fox will […]

Stranger Things’ Charlie Heaton cast as Cannonball in X-Men: The New Mutants

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There’s been a lot of talk of Fox’s X-Men spin-off New Mutants recently, and now we have word of an additional piece of casting for the movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Stranger Things‘ Charlie Heaton has entered talks to join the film, where he will portray the character of Cannonball. Cannonball’s mutant power gives himself the ability to propel […]

Hugh Jackman shares his thoughts on recasting Wolverine

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Now that Hugh Jackman has hung up the claws following the release of Logan, the actor has been chatting to Collider about the eventual recasting Wolverine, and how he would go about rebooting the fan favourite mutant. “I think one thing we’ve learned: when X-Men started, it was pretty revolutionary,” said Jackman. “Like the comic book itself, […]

Logan was going to open with the death of the X-Men

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Although Logan contained enough clues for audiences to get a pretty good idea of what happened during the ‘Westchester Incident’, but director James Mangold has revealed to IGN that he originally planned to make it much more explicit by opening the film with the death of the X-Men. “I literally had written an opening which […]

T.J. Miller to have bigger role in Deadpool 2

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Actor T.J. Miller has teased how Weasel will have a bigger role in Deadpool 2. The news and updates regarding the much anticipated sequel to Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool are coming thick and fast. Just yesterday we learnt of the film casting its villain with actor Jack Kesey, and now the actor behind the character Weasel, […]

Deadpool 2 casts Jack Kesy as its villain, possibly Black Tom

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20th Century Fox has just found its villain for the anticipated Deadpool 2. Deadline has reported The Strain’s Jack Kesy has been cast as the sequel’s unknown antagonist, though they  claim to have heard reports that Kesy will portray the X-Men and Deadpool enemy, Black Tom. Black Tom is an Irish mutant who has the ability to […]

Rumour: X-Men: Dark Phoenix to feature a major death

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Despite filming wrapping last month and the film being less than a year away from release, we’ve had absolutely nothing in the way of marketing materials or official plot details for the next chapter of 20th Century Fox’s main X-Men series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. However, while we await some official news, That Hashtag Show has […]

Hugh Jackman reveals his two regrets from his time as Wolverine

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Having brought the curtain down on a 17 year spell as Wolverine this March with the release of the critically-acclaimed Logan, Hugh Jackman has been reflecting on his time as the fan favourite X-Man, revealing to Collider that he only has two regrets. “There were a couple of things I couldn’t work out how to […]

Michael Fassbender’s Magneto reportedly set for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, won’t appear in New Mutants

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Last year’s X-Men: Apocalypse marked the end of the initial three film contracts for First Class stars James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Nicholas Hoult (Beast), and with 20th Century Fox readying the next slate of X-Men movies – including X-Men: Dark Phoenix and X-Men: The New Mutants – it […]

Promo for Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 6 – ‘got your siX’

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Fox has released a promo for the sixth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted season 1, entitled ‘got your siX’; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Anna Paquin believes a Gifted cameo would be “distracting” Determined to find out more information behind what Sentinel Services did to an old friend of his, Thunderbird spearheads a mission […]