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Simon Kinberg and Bryan Singer open to revisiting X-Men’s Dark Phoenix Saga

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Among the numerous criticisms aimed at X-Men: The Last Stand was the film’s rather poor attempt at adapting the Dark Phoenix Saga storyline. Well, now that X-Men: Days of Future Past has erased that movie from the timeline, and X-Men: Apocalypse is reintroducing Jean Grey with Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, might we see […]

Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg think recasting Wolverine would be impossible

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20th Century Fox faces the unenviable task of replacing Hugh Jackman as Wolverine following next year’s third solo movie, and speaking to Digital Spy both X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer and writer-producer Simon Kinberg have admitted that recasting the role would be “impossible.” “I do think you would want to figure out how to tell […]

Simon Kinberg gives update on Wolverine 3 and New Mutants

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During an interview with Collider, writer-producer Simon Kinberg has given an update on two of 20th Century Fox’s upcoming X-Men projects in Hugh Jackman’s Logan swansong Wolverine 3, along with Josh Boone’s New Mutants. “We’re pretty close to a script that everyone’s excited about, and I don’t know when the start date is, but we […]

Evan Peters says Quicksilver will be searching for his father in X-Men: Apocalypse

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Following his scene-stealing turn in X-Men: Days of Future Past, Evan Peters is set to return to the X-Men universe next year in what’s thought to be an expanded role in X-Men: Apocalypse, and speaking to Details, the American Horror Story star has given a brief insight into what Quicksilver will be up to. “The […]

The Week in Disappointment – Iron Fist, The Punisher, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Man of Steel, Deadpool, The Walking Dead, Ghostbusters, Spider-Man

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Rumour: Marvel to replace Iron Fist Netflix series with The Punisher” Let’s start with he week’s most disappointing news. The Iron Fist Netflix series potentially getting scrubbed for a Punisher series. Marvel has been trying to get Punisher right for ages. And after seeing Daredevil, […]

Countdown to Cincy Comic Expo – Remembering Larry Hama’s run on Wolverine

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Jessie Robertson looks back on Larry Hama’s run on Wolverine… In just two short weeks, I’ll be attending the Cincinnati Comic Expo for my third time and if there’s one name in all of the guests that stood out to me and put me on fanboy tilt, it would be “Lethal” Larry Hama. Hama is mostly known for […]

Fox partners with Marvel Television for X-Men series Hellfire and Legion

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Well, it looks like Fox has secured Marvel’s agreement to take the X-Men franchise to the small screen, as two X-Men TV pilots have officially been announced today by the studio and Marvel Television, with Hellfire set up at Fox TV and Legion at FX. Hellfire will be set in the late 1960s. The series — […]

Doug Liman to direct Chaos Walking, still attached to Gambit

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Doug Liman is in talks to direct an adaptation of Patrick Ness’ post-apocalyptic young adult trilogy Chaos Walking, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The project, which has been scripted by Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation), previously had Robert Zemeckis (The Walk) attached to direct, and “takes place in a world where there are no women and all […]

FX picks up X-Men series Legion with season order, first look image released

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The official Marvel site has announced that FX Networks has placed an eight-episode season order for Legion, the X-Men TV series from Noah Hawley (Fargo), which sees Dan Stevens (The Guest) leading the cast as David Haller alongside Rachel Keller (Fargo), Jean Smart (Fargo), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), Jeremie Harris (A Walk Among the […]