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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 […]

Rumour: Joe Cornish and Shane Black in contention for Gambit movie

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Earlier this week it was reported that 20th Century Fox is eyeing Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) to replace the departed Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) as director on the upcoming X-Men spinoff Gambit, and now Heroic Hollywood has thrown another couple of contenders into the hat. According to the site, […]

Mark Millar talks Captain America: Civil War and how Fox could adapt Old Man Logan for Wolverine 3

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Earlier today we brought you some comments from Mark Millar about the planned sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service, and now we have more from the comic book writer as he addresses the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe adaptation of his Civil War series, along with Fox’s potential take on Old Man Logan for 2017’s Wolverine […]

Deadpool 2 director on assembling X-Force for the superhero sequel

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As we’ve seen in the trailers for Deadpool 2, Ryan Reynolds Merc with a Mouth will be enlisting a few of his mercenary buddies in the superhero series as he assembles his very own X-Force team. Speaking to USA Today, director David Leitch has been talking about the introduction of X-Force, stating that: “Building a […]

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 […]

X-Men series Hellfire won’t go to pilot this season

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It looks like X-Men fans will have a little longer to wait before the arrival of Fox and Marvel’s Hellfire TV series, with the project being pushed back after losing showrunners Evan Katz (24: Live Another Day) and Manny Coto (24), who have both departed in order to focus on Fox’s 24 spinoff 24: Legacy. “It’s unlikely it […]

James McAvoy details a ridiculous deleted scene from X-Men: First Class

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During an interview with IGN to promote the release of his new film Victor Frankenstein, James McAvoy has detailed what would surely have been a rather horrendous scene from X-Men: First Class. “There was actually a scene in X-Men: First Class where we come up against somebody so dumb that I can’t mind bend him,” […]