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UPDATE: Matthew Vaughn wanted to make a young Wolverine movie before X-Men: Days of Future Past

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Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class breathed new life into a franchise in dire need of resuscitation after the fiasco that was Brett Ratner’s X-Men: The Last Stand. By going back to where it all started, Vaughn was able to flesh out the stories of the series’ two cornerstone characters: Charles Xavier and Magneto. What resulted […]

Channing Tatum on the status of Gambit: “We’ve just sort of started over”

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The Gambit film is going back to the drawing board according to lead Channing Tatum. Speaking with HeyUGuys, the Gambit actor talked about some of the struggles involved getting the film off the ground: “I look for a personal connection to the movies I make and it may not be immediately obvious…In every story, I […]

James McAvoy is not a fan of Professor Xavier’s bald head

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Professor Charles Xavier has many defining traits in the X-Men series, but one of the most striking is his completely bald head. Interestingly, we our only just now getting a bald professor Xavier in the First Class films, as we see Professor X shedding his mane at the end of X-Men: Age of Apocalypse, which […]

Rumour: Halston Sage cast as Dazzler in X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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It looks like X-Men: Dark Phoenix may have found its Dazzler, with Omega Underground reporting that Halston Sage (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, The Orville) is set to play Alison Blair in the latest instalment of 20th Century Fox’s mutant superhero series. The site reports that Sage and Suki Waterhouse (The Bad Batch) had […]

Rumoured details on Magneto’s role in X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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Given that the character is absent from the original comic book storyline, it may have come as a surprise to some that Michael Fassbender’s Magneto was confirmed as featuring in the cast of next year’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix (although it really shouldn’t have, given that Erik is one of the mainstays of the movie series). […]

Marco Beltrami composing the score for Logan

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It looks like there’s been a change of composer on 20th Century Fox’s upcoming Wolverine movie Logan, with director James Mangold revealing on Twitter (via Film Music Reporter) that Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine) is now scoring Hugh Jackman’s X-Men swansong. Back in July, it was reported that Cliff Martinez (Drive, The Neon […]

UPDATE: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman and James Mangold deny rumour that Deadpool will appear in Logan

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Those hoping for Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine to team up on the big screen may be getting their wish granted, if a new report from TheWrap is to be believed. According to “an individual with knowledge” of the upcoming Logan film, Reynolds recently shot a scene as the Merc with the Mouth that may end up […]

X-23 unlikely to join a future X-Men movie, but may get a solo film

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One of Logan’s most popular characters was Dafne Keen’s X-23, stealing many scenes from the two powerhouse actors behind Wolverine and Charles Xavier. There has been much talk about the character’s potential to pop up in future X-Men franchise movies, with Logan’s director James Mangold even teasing her return. But according to producer Hutch Parker, […]

Bryan Singer talks X-Men: Apocalypse run time and praises Michael Fassbender

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During an appearance at the San Pedro International Film Festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Usual Suspects, Bryan Singer has been speaking about his latest return to the X-Men universe for next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse (via CBM). “It cuts a little long,” said Singer. “I think it’s gonna be a longer X-Men movie. […]