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Simon Kinberg says X-Men: Apocalypse is “the culmination” of a trilogy for the First Class cast

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During an interview with Collider to discuss the upcoming release of The Martian, producer Simon Kinberg has been talking about Fox’s next Marvel offering X-Men: Apocalypse, describing it as the culmination of a trilogy featuring the younger X-Men: First Class cast. “[X-Men: Apocalypse] delivers on the dramatic story and emotion of the last two movies. […]

Simon Kinberg talks X-Men crossovers and Apocalypse’s look

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Over the past couple of days Simon Kinberg has been speaking about the status of the Fantastic Four sequel [see here], as well as confirming that there’s been talk of a second Deadpool movie [see here]. Bow we have more comments from the writer-producer, this time concerning the possibility of Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a […]

Tye Sheridan on playing Cyclops in X-Men: Apocalypse

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During an interview with IndieWire to discuss his latest film The Stanford Prison Experiement, Tye Sheridan got onto the topic of X-Men: Apocalypse, which is set to see him take on the role of Scott Summers, a.k.a. Cyclops. “There’s no franchise I’d rather be a part of and doing sort of as my first foray […]

Stan Lee on why Fantastic Four flopped, confirms X-Men: Apocalypse cameo

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While the Marvel brand is a license to print money these days, 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four tanked hard at the box office, with the film yet to pull in $150 million worldwide, making it one of – if not the – biggest failures of the year so far. Speaking to Larry King […]

Official synopsis for X-Men: Apocalypse

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Thanks to a tie-in promotion with M&Ms, we’ve got the first official synopsis for next year’s mutant superhero ensemble X-Men: Apocalypse: Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon […]

Legion nearing series pickup at FX, will not crossover with X-Men movies

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This morning we brought you news that Fox has pushed back its X-Men TV pilot Hellfire, but it seems that FX is pushing full steam ahead with Marvel’s other X-series Legion, with the show apparently nearing a season pickup at the network. “We’re already in active prep,” said FX chief John Langraf at the Television Critics Association […]

Rumored X-Men: The New Mutants actress says James McAvoy’s Charles Xavier will appear

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We know that 20th Century Fox is working on a big screen adaptation of The New Mutants from director Josh Boone (The Fault in our Stars), but not much concrete information has been announced. Boone himself says he envisions a trilogy of films, and rumors indicate that Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), […]

Rumour: Bryan Singer wanted for Fantastic Four sequel

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From the moment 20th Century Fox announced its reboot of the Fantastic Four, there’s been speculation that the studio will look to combine Marvel’s First Family with its X-Men universe – most recently just last week, when it was rumoured that the crossover is being eyed for a 2018 release. Well, if This Is Infamous […]

Channing Tatum and producer Reid Carolin talk Gambit movie

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Now that 20th Century Fox has found a director for its Gambit movie in Rupert Wyatt, the studio can starting moving forward with its third X-Men movie of 2016. Digital Spy caught up with star Channing Tatum and producer Reid Carolin during the Magic Mike XXL press tour this week, during which Tatum was asked […]