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Jamie Chung to play Blink in Marvel and Fox’s X-Men TV pilot

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Jamie Chung is swapping the DC universe for Marvel, with the actress joining the cast of Fox’s and Marvel’s as-yet-untitled X-Men series, where she will portray the character of Clarice Fong, a.k.a. Blink. Chung has recently starred in Fox’s Batman prequel series Gotham, where she played Valerie Vale. Blink previously appeared in X-Men: Days of […]

Deadpool 2 adds Drew Goddard as a script consultant

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It appears that in addition to replacing its director (John Wick co-director David Leitch is now on board to steer the ship following Tim Miller’s exit due to creative differences), Fox is also shuffling up the writing team on Deadpool 2. Collider is reporting that Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods) has been brought in to […]

Deadpool 2 will reportedly start shooting in May

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It looks like 2017 is going to be a busy year for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise on the production front; Josh Boone’s X-Men: The New Mutants begins filming in the Spring, with the next instalment of the main franchise, X-Men: Supernova, also expected to get underway in the summer. Now it seems we can […]

James Mangold talks Logan’s “happy ending”, Hugh Jackman was reluctant to introduce X-24

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Warning. Major Logan spoilers follow… With this year’s Logan, director James Mangold and star Hugh Jackman delivered a rather fantastic end to Jackman’s 17-year stint as the fan favourite mutant superhero Wolverine, culminating in an emotional climax where Logan makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to save his clone/daughter Laura and her young mutant friends from his […]

Logan tracking a $60 million domestic opening weekend

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The reviews are in, with many hailing it as one of the best superhero movies of all time (read Rob Kojder’s ★★★★ review here), and with just two weeks to go before it opens in cinemas, the first box office tracking numbers for Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine swan song Logan have now arrived online. According to Forbes, […]

How to fix the X-Men Cinematic Universe

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Anghus Houvouras on how Fox can fix the X-Men: Cinematic Universe… Fox has been cultivating the X-Men cinematic universe for nearly two decades. It’s been that long since fans were first treated to Marvel’s most magnanimous mutants on the big screen. The first X-Men movie wasn’t perfect, but it was a solid first entry into […]

Legion Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Chapter Two’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the second episode of Legion… Legion‘s pilot was about experiencing what it’s like to be consumed in David’s mind. An observer’s distance in episode two brings more work for David but a guilty relief for viewers. What’s remarkable is realizing how much of this episode is a rehash of images and events from the […]

Hugh Jackman on saying goodbye to Wolverine in Logan

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After seventeen years of donning the mutton chops and adamantium claws, Hugh Jackman will say goodbye to the character of Wolverine in a fortnight’s time with the release of Logan (unless of course Ryan Reynolds manages to convince him otherwise). During an interview with ET Online, the Australian actor has been speaking about his experience […]

Bryan Singer’s executive producer credit on Marvel’s The Gifted under review, steps down from Legion

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Earlier this week it was announced that Fox has given a renewal to its Marvel series The Gifted, with the network’s press release seemingly revealing that Bryan Singer will remain attached as an executive producer for season two, despite allegations of sexual misconduct and assault circling the filmmaker. Well, it appears that may not be […]