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Director James Mangold discusses Logan’s Oscar nomination

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Director of Logan, James Mangold, has offered his thoughts on why the film received an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay. This is the first time that a comic book film has been nominated in the adapted screenplay category, giving further credence to the notion that Logan is more than just your average superhero movie. […]

Losing A Grip On Greatness: Dropping the Ball with Logan

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Tom Jolliffe on Logan’s final third and losing a grip on greatness. Warning. Major spoilers follow… So there you are. You’re bowling a near perfect game. You’ve had the odd spare here and there but largely you’ve had strikes. Then you hit a gutter ball and your game starts falling apart. Sometimes it can end […]

Deadpool 2 Thanksgiving poster riffs on Norman Rockwell

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20th Century Fox has kicked off the promotion for next year’s hugely-anticipated superhero sequel Deadpool 2, which riffs on American Artist Norman Rockwell’s ‘Freedom from Want’ painting, and sees Merc with a Mouth joined around the Thanksgiving table by Cable, Domino, Weasel, Colossus, Blind Al, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Vanessa and Dopinder. Oh, and there’s even […]

Ryan Reynolds ponders Deadpool’s future amid Disney/Fox takeover talk

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Yesterday it was revealed that The Walt Disney Company has held early discussions with 21st Century Fox about acquiring parts of its operation, including the movie studio 20th Century Fox. While reports indicate that a deal between the two parties is unlikely, should it go through, it would mean that Marvel Studios would regain the […]

Tyler Bates to score Deadpool 2

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With Junkie XL opting against a return in a show of solidarity with outgoing director Tim Miller, 20th Century Fox has enlisted a new composer to score its upcoming superhero sequel Deadpool 2, with Film Music Reporter revealing that the task has fallen to Tyler Bates. Bates has previously collaborated with Deadpool 2 helmer David […]

Eddie Marsan joins Deadpool 2, new image of Josh Brolin’s Cable surfaces

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It looks like we can add another name to the cast of 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool 2, with British actor Eddie Marsan (Atomic Blonde, Ray Donovan) posting the following image to Twitter, showing his children alongside Ryan Reynolds in costume as the Merc with a Mouth… The kids visited me at work on #Deadpool2.Ryan made […]

UPDATE: A stunt performer has died on the set of Deadpool 2

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Tragedy has struck the the set of Deadpool 2 today, with news coming out of Vancouver that a female stunt performer has been killed whilst performing a motorcycle stunt for the hotly-anticipated superhero sequel. According to reports, the as-yet-unnamed stuntwoman has successfully completed the stunt four times, but something went wrong on a fifth attempt, […]

Deadpool 2 director promises more action

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As development continues on Deadpool 2, new director David Leitch has been chatting to Empire about the hotly-anticipated sequel, stating that he plans ramping up the action from its predecessor. “There’s more action in this film. I hope we can expand it and make it interesting in an 87Eleven kinda way,” said Leitch, referring to […]

Deadpool 2 writers say “it’s been phenomenal” working with new director David Leitch

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For those worried or unsure of what to think regarding Tim Miller departing as the director on Deadpool 2, being replaced by John Wick helmer David Leitch, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have some positive words of reassurance on the shakeup. Speaking to IGN, the duo said: “It’s been phenomenal, David has his own, you […]