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Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg would “love to do a fresh take” on X-Men for the MCU

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Simon Kinberg, the director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix and long-running writer and producer on the Fox franchise, says he would be interested in making an X-Men movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While X-Men: Dark Phoenix wasn’t exactly a success with fans or critics, it’s director Simon Kinberg – a long time producer in the […]

Here’s why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine never wore his iconic yellow mask

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James Mangold, director of Logan and The Wolverine, explains why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine never put on his iconic mask. While Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is seen as one of the very best parts of Fox’s X-Men franchise, many fans were disappointed that he never put on his iconic yellow and black mask from the comics. Why […]

New images from X-Men spinoff The New Mutants

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While we await news of its next delay, a new batch of images have arrived online from the X-Men horror spinoff The New Mutants, courtesy of Empire and SFX, which offer another look at Wolfsbane (Maisie Williams), Mirage (Blu Hunt), Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy), Sunspot (Henry Zaga), Cannonball (Charlie Heaton), and Dr. Cecilia Reyes (Alice Braga); […]

Logan director James Mangold on killing Wolverine and a possible Hugh Jackman return in the MCU

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It’s been over three years since Hugh Jackman called time on his career as Wolverine in Logan, and speaking to Comic Book, director James Mangold has been speaking about bringing closure to Jackman’s 17-year spell as the iconic Marvel character and how they reached the decision to kill off the fan favourite mutant. “The process […]

Funko celebrates 20 years of the X-Men movie franchise with new Pop! Vinyl figures

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This year marks the 20th anniversary of Fox and Bryan Singer’s first X-Men movie, and Funko has announced that it will mark the occasion with a new wave of X-Men Pop! vinyl figures inspired by the original X-Men trilogy and including Wolverine, Storm, Mystique, Charles Xavier, Magneto, Cyclops, Phoenix, Beast, Rogue, and Nightcrawler; check them […]

The New Mutants gets August theatrical release date from Disney

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Earlier this month, the long-delayed The New Mutants popped up for pre-order on Amazon, prompting speculation that Disney had finally given up on a theatrical release for the troubled X-Men spinoff and would instead send it straight-to-streaming/digital. Well, it seems that isn’t the case after all, as Disney has now announced that the Josh Boone-directed […]

Rob Liefeld slams Marvel Studios, says there is “zero” plans for Deadpool

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Late last year, Ryan Reynolds spoke about a potential Deadpool movie in the works with Marvel Studios, saying, “yeah, we’re working on it right now with the whole team.” However, according to Deadpool comic book co-creator Rob Liefeld, that may not be the case after all In an interview with YouTube channel Inverse, Liefeld got […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Terminator: Dark Fate lead biggest box office bombs of 2019

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2019 may have seen box office records broken left, right and centre, with Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame overtaking Avatar to become the biggest movie of all time and helping Disney to absolutely annihilate the studio record for the most receipts in a single year. However, it seems the Mouse House also holds another record from last […]