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Stan Lee and Rob Liefeld comment on Disney’s acquisition of X-Men and Fantastic Four

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Earlier this week it was announced that Disney has finalised a deal to purchase the movie and television assets of 20th Century Fox, which means that both X-Men and Fantastic Four are now at the disposal of Marvel Studios and its Cinematic Universe. This is of course great news for Marvel fans who have been […]

Justice League surpasses Logan at the worldwide box office

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Justice League may have underwhelmed at the box office, but we do have one bit of good news for Warner Bros., as the DC team-up is not going to finish the year as the lowest-grossing live-action superhero movie. Going into this weekend, Justice League has pushed its worldwide haul to $625 million, surpassing 20th Century […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix to focus on its female characters

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Last week we got our first look at X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the next – and possibly final, following Disney’s takeover of Fox – instalment of the X-Men franchise, and now we have some further details on the film thanks to writer-director Simon Kinberg, who has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that the movie will see a […]

Charlie Heaton’s Cannonball featured in latest The New Mutants teaser

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Following a teaser for The New Mutants featuring Maisie Williams’ Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane [watch it here], another brief promo has now arrived online Josh Boone’s upcoming horror-themed X-Men spinoff focusing on Charlie Heaton’s Sam Guthrie/Cannonball; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Description of The New Mutants footage shown at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience https://twitter.com/NewMutantsFilm/status/941368004931215362 SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for New Mutants here The young […]

Disney’s Bob Iger says Marvel could make R-rated Deadpool movies

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It was officially announced earlier today that The Walt Disney Company has reached a deal with 21st Century Fox to acquire its movie and TV properties, which – as the official press release stated – “provides Disney with the opportunity to reunite the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Deadpool with the Marvel family under one roof […]

Marvel’s The Gifted Season 1 Episode 10 Review – ‘eXploited’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the tenth episode of Marvel’s The Gifted… Of the mutants in the Mutant Underground, Dreamer’s abilities have been cause for more debate than most but her intentions have always been good. While interrogating Dreamer, Jace lets her know this is personal for him, after she tampered with his memories and made him forget the […]

The New Mutants teaser gives us a glimpse of Maisie Williams’ Rahne Sinclair

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A new teaser promo has arrived online for Josh Boone’s upcoming horror-themed X-Men spinoff The New Mutants featuring Maisie Williams’ Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Description of The New Mutants footage shown at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience https://twitter.com/NewMutantsFilm/status/940280664884236288 The young mutants find a hidden place at the hospital where they’re being held. There they found a ‘lie detector’ and […]

Description of The New Mutants footage shown at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience

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Yesterday at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience (CCXP), 20th Century Fox unveiled some exclusive footage from its upcoming horror-themed X-Men spinoff The New Mutants, and thanks to Omelette we have a description of what was shown to fans in attendance: The young mutants find a hidden place at the hospital where they’re being held. There they found […]

Simon Kinberg talks X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Jean Grey’s transformation

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Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s first look images [which we have for you here], long time X-Men writer-producer and debut director Simon Kinberg has been talking to Entertainment Weekly about next year’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, and more specifically Jean Grey’s transformation into the Phoenix. “Jean absorbs those solar flares and then hurls them […]