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Newcomer Brianna Hildebrand cast as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool

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With production now underway on 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool movie, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that newcomer Brianna Hildebrand has signed on to play the obscure mutant Negasonic Teenage Warhead – a character created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, who made her debut in New X-Men #115 in 2001. She is described as “a […]

The Week in Spandex – Ant-Man, Black Panther, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, Bananaman and more

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Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Big Hero 6, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Suicide Squad, LEGO Batman, The Flash, Arrow, Gotham, Constantine, Bananaman and […]

The New Mutants image features Alice Braga’s Dr. Cecilia Reyes

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The official Twitter account for The New Mutants has released another image from the upcoming X-Men movie ahead of the film’s long-delayed release this April, this time offering a new look at Alice Braga’s character, Dr. Cecilia Reyes; take a look here… SEE ALSO: The New Mutants tracking lowest box office opening of any Fox […]

Marvel to pay tribute to Giant-Size X-Men #1 on 45th anniversary

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Marvel is set to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the 1975 release of writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum’s groundbreaking Giant-Size X-Men #1 by assembling 37 of the industry’s top artistic talents to reimagine the landmark issue page by page with Giant-Size X-Men: Tribute to Wein & Cockrum. In 1975, writer Len Wein and artist […]

Hasbro reveals new Marvel Legends Series X-Men: Age of Apocalypse and Marvel’s Avengers GamerVerse action figures

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As part of its Toy Fair 2020 reveals, Hasbro has released promotional images for two of its new Marvel Legends Series 6-inch figure assortments in X-Men: Age of Apocalypse and GamerVerse, the latter of which features characters from the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers video game; check them out here…. SEE ALSO: Fox’s Deadpool and X-Men movies […]

Fox’s Deadpool and X-Men movies get new Marvel Legends Series figures from Hasbro

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As part of its New York Toy Fair reveals, Hasbro has unveiled a selection of Marvel Legends Series 6-inch figures based upon Fox’s X-Men movie franchise, which includes Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), Cable (Josh Brolin), Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand) and Domino (Zazie Beetz) from Deadpool 2, along with Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and […]

Patrick Stewart confirms Professor X for Wolverine 3, hints at Old Man Logan

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During a promotional interview with Collider to discuss his Blunt Talk TV series, Patrick Stewart has confirmed that he’ll be reprising the role of Professor Charles Xavier for 2017’s third Wolverine solo movie, while his comments also seem to support Hugh Jackman’s tease about an Old Man Logan adaptation. SEE ALSO: Hugh Jackman posts first […]

The New Mutants tracking lowest box office opening of any Fox Marvel movie, The X-Files’ Mark Snow composing score

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Let’s be honest – this won’t come as a surprise to anyone, but 20th Century Fox’s long-delayed final X-Men movie The New Mutants looks set to smash X-Men: Dark Phoenix’s record for the poorest opening of the entire Fox X-Men series when it finally hits cinemas this April. According to Box Office Pro, the Josh […]

X-Men star James Marsden says he would be a “fool to say no” to reprising Cyclops role if asked

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Former X-Men star James Marsden says he would be a fool to say no to reprising his role as Cyclops under Marvel Studios if the opportunity arises in the future and even stated he “occasionally” talks to his friend Kevin Feige, who got his start as an associate producer on 2000’s X-Men. “I look at those three […]