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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 last […]

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 Experiencehttps://twitter.com/NewMutantsFilm/status/940280664884236288The young mutants find a hidden place at the hospital where they’re being held. There they found a ‘lie detector’ and they think it […]

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 a […]

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 back […]

The New Mutants director shares cast photo from the X-Men spinoff

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Following on from this week’s poster and teaser promo for The New Mutants [check them out here], director Josh Boone has shared a new promo image for the upcoming horror-themed X-Men spinoff featuring Cannonball (Charlie Heaton), Mirage (Blu Hunt), Wolfsbane (Maisie Williams), Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Sunspot (Henry Zaga); take a look below…SEE ALSO: The New Mutants director talks horror […]

Chris Evans and Ryan Reynolds joke about Disney’s potential Fox takeover

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With reports suggesting that The Walt Disney Company is closing in on a deal to acquire 20th Century Fox, it means we’re potentially just days away from an announcement that Marvel Studios has regained the rights to Fox’s two Marvel properties, X-Men and Fantastic Four.This is of course a hugely exciting prospect, not just for […]

Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey featured on EW’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix cover, first plot details revealed

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Entertainment Weekly has unveiled the cover to the latest issue of its magazine, which features a first look at Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey for the next chapter in 20th Century Fox’s main X-Men franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Check it out here…The site also offers up the first official plot details, confirming that the X-Men will […]

Deadpool 2 teaser sees Wade Wilson offering free tattoos to attendees at Brazil Comic-Con

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Deadpool has a message for the “beautiful sun-kissed home of Pele, hairless genitalia, and the world’s largest Jared Leto statue” in this teaser trailer for the Merc with a Mouth’s upcoming sequel, Deadpool 2.If you hadn’t worked it out from the obscure clues, Ryan Reynold’s was talking about Brazil, where Deadpool has recorded a special […]