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Valentine’s Day banners and new TV spot for Deadpool, MPAA grants R-rating for “strong violence, language, sexual content and graphic nudity”

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A couple of days ago 20th Century Fox switched gears with its marketing for Deadpool with a rom-com style poster for the upcoming X-Men spinoff, and now we have another two Valentine’s Day-inspired banners, along with a new still from the film and the latest TV spot; check them out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMU0W4wwQg4 Meanwhile – as expected […]

Channing Tatum’s Gambit movie to start shooting in March

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20th Century Fox’s X-Men spinoff Gambit has had a bit of a rocky road through development, with Channing Tatum’s on-off involvement in the lead as Remy LeBeau, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt vacating the director’s chair following creative disputes with the studio. Well, with Tatum now firmly on board, […]

Jon Hamm is Rob Liefeld’s dream pick for Cable

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Although it seemed for a while that Cable would make his big screen debut as part of 20th Century Fox’s planned X-Force movie, things have since fallen quiet on the potential X-Men spinoff. Nevertheless, creator Rob Liefeld has taken to Twitter to reveal his dream pick to play the character, sharing a mock-up of Mad Men […]

Simon Kinberg says X-Men: Apocalypse is “biggest X-Men film we’ve ever done”

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It’s a big year for 20th Century Fox and its superhero movies. First up out of the gate is the R-rated Deadpool, followed by Bryan Singer’s latest X-Men adventure X-Men: Apocalypse – the first instalment in the “rebooted” timeline following the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past. During a fan Q&A, writer-producer Simon Kinberg […]

Marvel announces X-Men: X of Swords crossover event

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During the X-Men panel at C2E2, Marvel has announced that House of X and Powers of X writer Jonathan Hickman is to oversee the next big X-Men event – a 15-part crossover entitled X of Swords which will run through Marvel’s various X-titles. “One of the cool things we are able to do now, because […]

Deadpool will get an IMAX release

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20th Century Fox have landed a multi-picture deal with IMAX to show several of their future tentpole movies on the cinema format, including Independence Day: Resurgence, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the untitled Wolverine movie and Deadpool. “We are very happy to announce this new global affiliation with IMAX and look forward to offering our audiences another […]

Simon Kinberg says Fox is talking about Deadpool sequel, will Cable appear?

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Earlier today we brought you some comments from Simon Kinberg suggesting he’s trying to “figure out” the sequel to this year’s superhero flop Fantastic Four [see here], and now he’s been talking to Collider about another potential sequel – this time to February’s X-Men spinoff Deadpool. SEE ALSO: Hold onto your chimichangas, here’s a new […]

Bryan Singer reveals that Caliban will appear in X-Men: Apocalypse

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It looks like we can add another mutant to the ever-growing roster for X-Men: Apocalypse, with Bryan Singer revealing via Instagram that Caliban is set to feature in the 2016 sequel. Singer posted the following set photo, with the caption “Shooting Caliban’s place of ‘business’… A member of the Morlocks with the ability to sense […]