Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

Bryan Singer rules out a director’s cut of X-Men: Apocalypse, talks deleted scenes

by

With X-Men: Apocalypse opening in the States today, director Bryan Singer has been chatting to Fandango about the movie, during which he confirmed that unlike X-Men: Days of Future Past, there will be not additional director’s cut or extended version of his latest foray into the world of the X-Men. “There will be nothing like […]

Taylor Swift could be playing Dazzler in X-Men: Apocalypse

by

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner has taken to Twitter to share a brand new image from X-Men: Apocalypse featuring her character Jean Grey and Tye Sheridan’s Scott Summers out record shopping for the latest Dazzler album… https://twitter.com/SophieT/status/725970347674243072 While the image itself could just be a nice little Easter egg, Turner’s comment about her being […]

Simon Kinberg on X-Men: The New Mutants, Deadpool 2, Gambit and the future of the X-Men franchise

by

Yesterday we brought you some comments from writer-producer Simon Kinberg about the possibility of 20th Century Fox producing another Fantastic Four movie, as well as rumours linking him to the director’s chair on X-Men: Supernova. Well, as the press tour for Logan continues, Kinberg has now been speaking more about the X-Men franchise, offering updates on X-Men: […]

Michael Shannon emerges as frontrunner to play Cable in Deadpool 2

by

There have been several names floating around in regards to the role of mutant mercenary Cable in David Leitch’s Deadpool 2, the sequel to last year’s Ryan Reynolds led superhero movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nocturnal Animals actor Michael Shannon has emerged as the frontrunner for the role. This seemingly confirms a report made a couples week that […]

Josh Brolin will star as Cable in Deadpool 2

by

After a very long search, Deadpool 2 has finally found its Cable. The Hollywood Reporter has revaled Sicario actor Josh Brolin has been cast as the mutant mercenary in the hotly-anticipated sequel and the deal is said to include up to four films. Deadpool 2 is one of them while Brolin could reprise the role in Deadpool 3 and the long planned X-Force film. […]

Dan Stevens, Aubrey Plaza and Jean Smart join X-Men series Legion

by

Back in January it was announced that Rachel Keller (Fargo) had been cast in the upcoming X-Men TV series Legion, and now The Hollywood Reporter has word on three more additions to the show. Dan Stevens (The Guest) is set to play David Haller (who, in the comics at least, is the son of Charles […]

Stranger Things’ Charlie Heaton says The New Mutants “going full-fledged horror”

by

Having originally been slated to open in theaters this weekend, we now still have some 16 months to wait before we get to see 20th Century Fox’s X-Men spinoff The New Mutants. Having been delayed twice, Fox has now taken the decision to “overhaul” the movie with up to 50% reshoots, reportedly inserting new characters, […]

Hugh Jackman teasing classic Wolverine costume for Logan?

by

In the midst of a hectic day loaded with Super Bowl TV spots, Hugh Jackman took to Twitter to tease the notion of Wolverine’s classic costume making an appearance in his highly anticipated possible final outing for the superhero, Logan. The costume was first teased in a deleted scene from The Wolverine, which Logan director James […]