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The Marvel Universe gets Knullified with December variant covers

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The God of Symbiotes is set to make his long-dreaded arrival in the Marvel Universe in this December’s King in Black event, and the publisher is celebrating the occasion with a series of Knull variant covers featuring ‘Knullified’ versions of some of Marvel’s most iconic heroes! Check out a selection of the variants here… Look […]

Comic Book Preview – X-Men: Marvels Snapshot #1

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Ahead of its release this Wednesday, Marvel has shared the official preview for X-Men: Marvels Snapshot #1, which we have for you here; check it out… The Marvels Snapshot tour through Marvel history continues, showcasing Marvel’s greatest characters through the eyes of ordinary people! Or does it? In this case, the “ordinary person” is teenaged […]

Marvel never considered The New Mutants joining the MCU says director Josh Boone

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Josh Boone, the director of The New Mutants, says Disney and Marvel never planned for the film to become part of the MCU. The New Mutants is finally available to the public after all these many months of delays and uncertainty. While the film started off life before Fox was purchased by Disney, the deal […]

Movie Review – The New Mutants (2020)

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The New Mutants, 2020. Directed by Josh Boone. Starring Blu Hunt, Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga and Alice Braga. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage mutants are housed and observed within a purpose-built hospital as they learn to control their dangerous powers. Moreso than Tenet or Bill and Ted or any of the […]

X-Men spinoff The New Mutants opens with $7 million at the U.S. box office

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It’s not often that Hollywood finds cause to celebrate a $7 million opening topping the U.S. box office, but in these crazy times that’s the case this past weekend with the long-delayed X-Men spinoff The New Mutants. The long-delayed Fox superhero movie, which was originally slated to open back in 2018, grossed $7 million across […]

The New Mutants co-creator slams the X-Men spinoff for white-washing and misspelling his name

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Having gathered dust for a couple of years on 20th Century Fox’s shelf, the studio’s final X-Men movie The New Mutants finally saw the light of day this weekend courtesy of Disney, and perhaps rather unsurprisingly the movie isn’t exactly setting the world alight. It’s been met with a mixed response from fans (to put […]

The New Mutants tracking $10 million opening as new poster, promo and character featurette unveiled

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After several years of delays, The New Mutants has finally made its way into theaters in North America today, with box office analysts projecting that the X-Men spinoff is set to top the box office over the weekend with a gross of between $7 – $10 million. The New Mutants is screening at 2412 locations […]

Marvel’s X-Men event X of Swords: Creation gets a trailer

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This September, ten X-Men will join forces to defend the mutant nation of Krakoa from mysterious new enemies in Jonathan Hickman’s House of X follow-up X of Swords, and Marvel has released a trailer for the launch title X of Swords: Creation #1 which offers up a first taste of the action along with artwork […]

The New Mutants TV spot offers a first glimpse of Lockheed

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Yesterday we seen a batch of character posters and a TV spot for The New Mutants, and now with the movie set to arrive in U.S. cinemas this coming Friday, another promo has been released for the X-Men spin-off which offers a glimpse at Illyana’s companion, the alien dragon Lockheed; watch it here… SEE ALSO: The […]