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Fox and Marvel traded characters for Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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During the San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year, Marvel revealed the identity of Star-Lord’s father in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, with James Gunn dropping quite the surprise when he announced it as none other than Ego, the Living Planet. Well, it seems Ego’s inclusion in the Guardians sequel actually only came about through […]

The undead rise for Marvel Zombies variant covers

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To mark the release of Marvel Zombies: Resurrection, the undead are set to rise this April for a series of special variant covers across a selection of Marvel comic book titles, and you can check out the covers right here… AVENGERS 33 MARVEL ZOMBIES VARIANT by RYAN BENJAMIN with colors by DAVID CURIEL CAPTAIN AMERICA […]

The New Mutants producer explains where the film fits into Fox’s X-Men timeline

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After years of delays, The New Mutants is finally on-track and set for release in April to bring a close to Fox’s X-Men universe. While we don’t have to wait long, producer Karen Rosenfelt has spoken out in an interview with Digital Spy regarding when the film takes place in the timeline. “It’s contemporary timeless,” said Rosenfelt. “We […]

Patrick Stewart has had “long, long conversations” with Kevin Feige about the MCU’s X-Men

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Patrick Stewart, the actor behind Fox’s Charles Xavier, has revealed that he spoke to Kevin Feige about the MCU’s X-Men movies. We are still waiting for news on the X-Men’s arrival into the MCU but we can safely assume that when they turn up, it will be with a fresh cast of actors. However, is […]

Casting call for Deadpool offers up details on supporting characters

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As Deadpool gears up to go into production, a casting call has surfaced online over at 24/7 Casting, which offers up some details about the supporting characters set to join Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson in the 2016 X-Men spin-off, albeit with codenames for the time being. Take a look… [RIDGE] Any ethnicity, early 30s to […]

Gina Carano joins Deadpool, Colossus will also reportedly appear

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Yesterday Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter to mark the fact that the Deadpool movie would arrive in cinemas in a year’s time by teasing the costume design for the Merc with the Mouth, and now tonight we have some casting news on the X-Men spin-off. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gina Carano (Fast & Furious […]

Patrick Stewart may join Wolverine 3, Ian McKellen returning for X-Men: Apocalypse

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With the news (which we reported at Flickering Myth) that director Bryan Singer is in pre-production on the latest X-Men blockbuster, X-Men: Apocalypse, some other interesting news on the plans possibly in place for the rest of the X-Universe. Professor X (well, the older version) himself Patrick Stewart has been speaking this week to Oregon […]

The Week in Spandex – Spider-Man, Civil War, Ant-Man, Daredevil, Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Wolverine and more

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Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder […]

Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson reunite for God Loves, Man Kills extended cut

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Marvel has announced that it is set to represent the X-Men classic God Loves, Man Kills in an all-new two-issue extended edition which includes the original tale, framed by a brand-new present day story from the creative team of Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson. In 1982, writer Chris Claremont was in the midst of his […]