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James Marsden stirs up rumors of Cyclops cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine

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If you’re unaware, Deadpool & Wolverine is shaping up to be every non-MCU Marvel film with cameos and a storyline entrenched in 20th Century Fox characters. One of the rumored cameos is James Marsden, who played Cyclops in the X-Men films. During a recent interview, the actor added fuel to the fire. While speaking to […]

The X-Men battle the Sentinels in Marvel’s X-Men ’97 clip

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Marvel Studios has released a batch of character posters for X-Men 97′ which put the spotlight on Wolverine, Beast, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, and Bishop; check them out below, along with a first-look clip for the upcoming animated series which sees X-Men battling the Sentinels; check them out here… The revival revisits the iconic era […]

Get ready for A New Age with Marvel’s X-Men ’97 featurette

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With less than a week to go until X-Men ’97 premieres on Disney+, Marvel Entertainment has released a new featurette for the eagerly-anticipated animated series which sees executive producer Brad Winderbaum, consulting producer Larry Houston, and voice actors Adrian Hough, Cal Dodd, Alison Sealy-Smith, Lenore Zann, and George Buza discussing the series; watch it below […]

Marvel fires X-Men ’97 showrunner a week out from premiere

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Marvel Studios still has some rocky days ahead of them. As the superhero powerhouse attempts to correct years of mistakes and mishaps that have seen it massively fall out of favor with the general public, Marvel is still making bold moves. Take this week’s shocking headline from The Hollywood Reporter: The studio is firing X-Men […]

Exclusive Interview – Beast voice actor George Buza on X-Men’s relevance and X-Men ’97 return

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We’re just over a week away from the premiere of X-Men ’97 and this weekend at the Toronto Comicon (March 15 to March 17 at the Metro Convention Centre, Toronto), several of the original X-Men: The Animated Series voice actors who are returning for the revival will appear to mark the occasion. We sat down with voice […]

Vinnie Jones was approached to play Juggernaut in Deadpool and Wolverine

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As Deadpool actor Karan Soni (Dopinder) revealed this week in Variety, we are preparing for several surprise cameos in Deadpool and Wolverine. Sadly, fans of X-Men: The Last Stand won’t be able to see the return of Vinnie Jones, who played Juggernaut in the 2006 film. Speaking to Yahoo Movies UK, Jones tells the outlet that […]

Jeff Wadlow opens up on Fox’s once-planned X-Force movie with Deadpool

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We know the Fox X-Men movies had many projects in development before Disney took over the brand, but did you know director Jeff Wadlow planned an X-Force movie? Speaking with the A Trip To The Movies With Alex Zane podcast, Wadlow dives into his once-planned X-Force script and compares it to Red Dawn. The filmmaker […]

X-Men ’97 poster reveals episode titles

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With X-Men ’97 premiering in just a couple weeks, Marvel Animation has revealed a new poster with the episode titles and their premiere dates. X-Men ’97 is a continuation of the beloved X-Men: The Animated Series which ran for five seasons from 1992 – 1997. The revival/sequel will pick up where the original series left off after Professor Charles Xavier, the […]

Comic Book Preview – Ultimate X-Men #1

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Marvel Comics releases Peach Momoko’s Ultimate X-Men #1 on Wednesday, and we have the official preview for you below; check it out… Visionary creator PEACH MOMOKO (DEMON DAYS, STAR WARS) creates a new generation of X-Men for an all-new universe! Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life – […]