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International screenings save X-Men: Apocalypse at the box office as it crosses $400 million worldwide

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Among a sea of mediocre reviews [read ours here, here and here], Bryan Singer’s mutant movie X-Men: Apocalypse has not been performing too well in its domestic release. However its international screenings are really helping push the movie further up the success chart. Now in its second week, X-Men: Apocalypse dropped 66% to $22 million, […]

Junkie XL to score Deadpool

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Tom Holkenborg – a.k.a. Junkie XL – has taken to Twitter to announce that he’ll be composing the score to 20th Century Fox’s hotly-anticipated X-Men spinoff movie Deadpool. The Dutch composer’s previous film credits include the likes of 300: Rise of an Empire, Divergent and Mad Max: Fury Road, while he’s also a regular collaborator […]

Fear the Walking Dead’s Elizabeth Rodriguez in talks for Wolverine 3

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The Wrap is reporting that Fear the Walking Dead star Elizabeth Rodriguez is in talks to join 20th Century Fox’s upcoming superhero sequel Wolverine 3 for what is being described as “a small but key role”. Wolverine 3 is being helmed by The Wolverine director James Mangold and will mark Hugh Jackman’s final outing as […]

Olivia Munn shows off Psylocke’s sword skills for X-Men: Apocalypse

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Olivia Munn (Magic Mike) is set to take on the role of Psylocke in next year’s mutant superhero sequel X-Men: Apocalypse, and the actress has taken to Instagram to post a short video showing her demonstrating her sword-weilding skills in preparation for the part… https://instagram.com/p/4fPS83MmZ-/   SEE ALSO: It looks like Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine will […]

Blu-ray Review – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

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X-Men: Apocalypse, 2016. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn and Lucas Till. SYNOPSIS: After the re-emergence of the world’s first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.  X-Men: Apocalypse arrives on Blu-ray […]

Second Opinion – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

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X-Men Apocalypse, 2016. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Issac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Lucas Till and Kodi Smit-McPhee. SYNOPSIS: With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan. Going to see a […]

Fox announces X-Men spin-off The New Mutants, Josh Boone to direct

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Not content with the upcoming spinoffs Deadpool and Gambit, 20th Century Fox has announced it is expanding the X-Men universe further with The New Mutants, with Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) signing on to direct and co-write. “We’re so excited to explore this new part of the X-Men universe, and so excited to […]

Evan Peters on Quicksilver’s “bigger, longer and more detailed” slow-mo sequence in X-Men: Apocalypse

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While the initial reveal of Evan Peters’ Quicksilver during the marketing campaign for X-Men: Days of Future Past met with a mixed reception from fans, the character would go on to provide one of the highlight’s of last year’s X-Men movie with his slow-mo action sequence inside the Pentagon. Peters is set to return to […]

Rumoured details on the Deadpool 2 creative differences between Ryan Reynolds and Tim Miller

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Yesterday came the rather surprising news that director Tim Miller has left 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool sequel, after an “amicable” split due to creative differences with star and producer Ryan Reynolds. Although no further details were revealed alongside the announcement, The Wrap is claiming to have the inside scoop on the reasoning for Miller’s departure […]