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Tim Miller and Brian Michael Bendis team for mystery X-Men movie 143

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Deadline is reporting that Fox has set Deadpool helmer Tim Miller to direct a mystery X-Men movie going by the title 143, which is being scripted by acclaimed comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis. The movie is shrouded in secrecy, but may well refer to 1981’s Uncanny X-Men #143, which sees the character of Kitty Pryde […]

Deadpool celebrates Josh Brolin’s birthday with Goonies portrait

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Actor Josh Brolin is celebrating his 50th birthday today, and Ryan Reynolds has taken to Instagram to share an amusing Happy Birthday post for his Deadpool 2 co-star, which sees the Merc with a Mouth painting a portrait of his fellow mutant Cable, albeit from back in his younger days when he bore an uncanny […]

Rob Liefeld compares Deadpool 2 to James Cameron’s Aliens

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This past week we got our first real look at Deadpool 2 with the arrival of a new trailer for the hotly-anticipated follow-up to 2016’s blockbuster X-Men spinoff [watch it here]. Following its release, comic book writer Rob Liefeld – who co-created both Deadpool and the newly-introduced Cable – spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about […]

Donald Glover discusses his Deadpool animated series

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Back in May of last year it was announced that Donald Glover is developing a ten-episode Deadpool animated series for FXX, and speaking to PopCulture to promote the second season of his hit show Atlanta, Glover was asked if he’s feeling any pressure tackling such a fan-favourite character. “That it’s funny,” he replied. “That one […]

Rose Byrne’s Moira MacTaggert won’t be in X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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Just as she did with X-Men: Days of Future Past, it seems that X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Apocalypse star Rose Byrne will be sitting out the next – and possibly final – instalment of 20th Century Fox’s main X-Men series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. “Unfortunately, Moira MacTaggert is not showing up,” Byrne told CinemaBlend . “I wish […]

Exclusive Interview – Patrick Meaney, director of Chris Claremont’s X-Men

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Tai Freligh chats with Patrick Meaney about Chris Claremont’s X-Men… Chris Claremont came to Marvel as a young man, and was assigned a book that no one else wanted, a book on the brink of cancellation: X-Men. Over the next 17 years, his work on the title turned it into the biggest franchise in comic […]

Meet Cable in the latest Deadpool 2 teaser

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20th Century Fox has released a rather splendid new sneak peek for Deadpool 2, which introduces audiences to Josh Brolin’s Cable – thanks to a little help from the Merc with a Mouth himself; watch the trailer here… SEE ALSO: Deadpool 2 spoofs Flashdance with new poster https://youtu.be/rXZa4g396wo After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, […]

Marvel releases trailer for Wolverine: The Long Night

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Marvel New Media and top podcast service Stitcher have released a trailer for Wolverine: The Long Night, Marvel’s highly-anticipated first-ever scripted podcast. You can listen to the trailer on the official website here. The Wolverine: The Long Night story is a captivating hybrid of mystery and the larger-scale fantasy of the Marvel Universe. It follows agents […]

Marvel’s Legion gets a season 2 premiere date and synopsis

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Fox has released a new banner for the second season of Marvel’s X-Men series Legion featuring Dan Stevens’ David Haller along with a premiere date reveal of April 3rd and a series synopsis; check them out below… “Based on the Marvel Comics by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, “Legion” is the story of David Haller […]