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Stan Lee has one complaint about his Deadpool cameo

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Spoilers for Stan Lee’s Deadpool cameo follow… Unless you’re one of the few people yet to see Deadpool, you’ll have no doubt caught Marvel legend Stan Lee’s latest cameo in the blockbuster X-Men spinoff, where he pops up as the DJ in a strip club. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly at The Big Bang Theory’s 200th […]

X-Men series Legion adds Amber Midthunder

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According to Deadline, Amber Midthunder is the latest addition to the cast of FX’s Legion, an upcoming TV series set in the X-Men universe. The actress has joined the project to play Kerry, “a woman of action with a childlike sense of wonder.” The article also describes her as “a true savant,” who has lived […]

Deadpool retains top spot at the box office, becomes North America’s highest-grossing X-Men movie

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Well, you can chalk up another record for Deadpool. Having held onto top spot at the U.S. box office, adding $55 million in its second weekend, the film has now become the highest-grossing X-Men movie in North America. Deadpool has earned $235.39 in the States after 10 days, surpassing the domestic totals set by X-Men: […]

Why Deadpool’s Success Should Surprise No One

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This week, Neil Calloway argues that Deadpool’s success should not come as a surprise… With Deadpool breaking box office records around the world (a bigger opening than The Force Awakens in Russia, oddly), and has been the surprising hit of the 2016 so far, making more than double its budget back in its opening weekend […]

The Week in Spandex – Deadpool, Wolverine 3, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Daredevil, Spawn, Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, rumours of trouble in the DCEU and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Deadpool, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Deadpool 2, Wolverine 3, Legion, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6, Guardians of the Galaxy, Batman […]

How Deadpool managed to sneak in a Marvel Studios character

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Among the many Easter eggs in 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool movie was an appearance from Bob, a buddy of Wade Wilson’s who is better known to comic book fans as Bob, Agent of Hydra. The cameo was interesting, given that the rights to Hydra – and to Hydra Bob – belong to Marvel Studios, and […]

Deadpool breaks Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ opening record in Russia

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The results for Deadpool keep rolling in, as the film has broken yet another record. On its opening weekend, Deadpool made more than Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four did it in its entire run, it broke the February opening record (in the US and the UK), it’s the biggest R-rated release of all-time, it’s the biggest R-rated […]

James Gunn says Hollywood will misunderstand Deadpool’s success

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In  the middle of Deadpool crushing all expectations at the box office, we have Guardians of the Galaxy series director James Gunn taking to his consistently opinionated Facebook page to express concern that Hollywood just won’t realize why Deadpool is such a game-changer. “The film has a self-deprecating tone that’s riotous. It’s never been done […]

Wolverine 3 aiming for R-rating after Deadpool success

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Well, it looks like 20th Century Fox is set to fully embrace the R-rating following the box office success of Deadpool; writer-producer Simon Kinberg has already suggested that the X-Force movie could be targeting an R-rating, and now the studio has confirmed that Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Logan in Wolverine 3 will also be […]