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Patrick Stewart on Star Trek: The Next Generation and his transition to film

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These days, Sir Patrick Stewart is a household name. The masses know him as Professor X, but before his casting in X-Men, Mr. Stewart was primarily known as Captain Jean Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. However, it was not a particularly easy transition. Talking to The Frame, Sir Patrick opened up about […]

Gambit production reportedly pushed back, again

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Well, this won’t come as much of a surprise, seeing as it’s Gambit we’re talking about, but according to Omega Underground the troubled X-Men spinoff has been pulled from 20th Century Fox’s production schedule following the departure of director Gore Verbinski last month. The film, which has Channing Tatum attached to play the mutant Remy […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War, Black Widow, Thor 4, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Shazam, Flashpoint, Gotham City Sirens, Hellboy, Spawn and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Thor 4, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Venom, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Black Widow, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Cloak & Dagger, The Punisher, X-Men, Wolverine, The Gifted, Justice League, Shazam, Flashpoint, Gotham City Sirens, […]

Rumour: Gambit could have a villainous love rival in X-Men spinoff

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With filming on 20th Century Fox’s long-delayed Gambit movie reportedly set to get underway in March, it shouldn’t be too long before we get some official news as to who’ll be joining Channing Tatum’s Remy LeBeau and Lizzy Caplan’s Bella Donna Boudreaux in the cast of the film. Mister Sinister is rumoured to be the […]

Rumour: The New Mutants and X-Men: Dark Phoenix being shelved by Fox?

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Rumours have been circling for quite some time now that 20th Century Fox has serious confidence issues with their next two Marvel properties, with both X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants reportedly receiving extremely poor internal reactions, leading to reshoots and release date delays on both projects. And reports are now circulating that the situation for both […]

Blu-ray Review – Deadpool 2 Super Duper $@%!#& Cut (2018)

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Deadpool 2, 2018. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, T.J. Miller, Karan Soni, Leslie Uggams, Eddie Marsan, Stefan Kapicic, Bill Skarsgård, Terry Crews, Shioli Kutsuna, Lewis Tan, Jack Kesy, Hayley Sales, and Rob Delaney. SYNOPSIS: Wisecracking, indestructible mercenary Deadpool is back in a sequel […]

Kong: Skull Island director linked to Gambit movie

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Despite passing through the hands of several directors and pushing back numerous production starts and planned release dates, 20th Century Fox still hasn’t given up on its ambitions of a Gambit solo movie featuring Channing Tatum as the fan favourite mutant Remy LeBeau. The latest reports claim that Fox is looking to get cameras rolling […]

Fox still moving ahead with X-Force as Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin and Zazie Beetz confirmed to star

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Last week a rumour surfaced online claiming that 20th Century Fox had decided that next year’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix would be its final Marvel movie before the studio’s acquisition by Disney, which seemingly meant the end for several planned projects. Well, it turns out that may not be the case after all, as That Hashtag […]

Deadpool 2 hindered Josh Brolin in filming Avengers: Infinity War with his co-stars

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Josh Brolin couldn’t spend as much times as he would like filming scenes with his Avengers: Infinity War co-stars because of his commitments to Deadpool 2. The actor is starring as the villain Thanos in the long anticipated Infinity War but according to Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Doctor Strange, Brolin wasn’t able to perform with […]

Deadpool asks you to ‘F*ck Cancer’ in campaign video

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So much about the Deadpool 2 marketing material has been brilliantly spot-on, but none more so than this campaign video from 20th Century Fox, in partnership with Omaze, asking you to ‘F*ck Cancer” in order to win Deadpool‘s pink suit. The Omaze video was aired during a terrestrial premiere of Deadpool on US television, asking […]