Tag: X-Men
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‘X-Men’ Producer Says She’s “Hopeful” ‘New Mutants’ Receives A Theatrical Release; Says ‘Gambit’s Fate Is Now In Marvel’s Hands
Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox will be complete later this year, but that hasn’t stopped fans from holding out hope for Fox’s “X-Men” and mutants universe. The reality though is rather grim, and Fox and longtime “X-Men” producer Lauren Shuler Donner, who spoke at TCA today, realizes that it’s Marvel and Kevin Feige who…
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Superhero Bits: X-Men Series Rumored for Disney+ Service, Marvel’s 10 Year Challenge & More
What new X-Men character is Rob Liefeld introducing in the new Major X comic? Will Robin Lord Taylor wear a fat suit as The Penguin in Gotham? Which Spider-Man: Homecoming characters are returning for Far From Home? Is there an X-Men series coming to Disney+? What secret Marvel Studios project is Avengers artist Stefano Caselli…
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Channing Tatum Reportedly Interested In Directing The Long-Delayed ‘Gambit’ Film
We are fast approaching the five-year anniversary of the first time we reported that Channing Tatum is in line to play the “X-Men” character Gambit in a solo film. Since then, the film project has gone through constant changes, gaining directors, losing directors, getting a scheduled release date, and then, of course, losing that release…
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Superhero Bits: Peyton Reed’s ‘Fantastic Four’, KiKi Layne Wants to Play Storm & More
Does that shirt Zack Snyder designed for charity map out his plans for the DC Extended Universe? Does a Captain Marvel card game spoil Jude Law‘s character name? What would Peyton Reed’s Fantastic Four movie have been like? Did you catch the Japanese Spider-Man Easter egg in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? Can the X-Men be…
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‘Captain Marvel’ Executive Producer Jonathan Schwartz Reveals Everything He Can About Marvel’s Next Movie [Set Visit Interview]
You probably don’t know Jonathan Schwartz, and while walking the set of a Marvel movie, you might not even notice the smart guy with glasses in the corner. But he’s one of the architects of the modern Marvel Cinematic Universe. Just as Marvel Studios mastermind Kevin Feige started as the assistant to X-Men producer Lauren…
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‘Dark Phoenix’: Director Simon Kinberg on How Loyal the Film Will Be to the Comic
There are a lot of questions with regards to the upcoming Dark Phoenix. It will be the first time producer and screenwriter Simon Kinberg steps behind the camera to direct, and it will be taking on arguably the biggest X-Men comic storyline of all-time. The adaptation was attempted once before in X-Men: The Last Stand…
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Jennifer Lawrence Blisters Harvey Weinstein’s “Predatory Tactics”
Hours after the latest lawsuit to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault was made public both the disgraced producer and Jennifer Lawrence have responded to complaint – in very different manners.“My heart breaks for all the women who were victimized by Harvey Weinstein,” the Oscar winner and X-Men alum said in a statement on Friday.…
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‘Once Upon a Deadpool’ Is Proof This Weird, Twisted Franchise Needs Its R-Rating
The numbers should speak for themselves: over the course of just two films, the burgeoning “Deadpool” franchise has made Fox over $1.5 billion. It’s a cash cow! A strange, twisted, violent, weird cash cow that manages to exist both inside of and wholly removed from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the X-Men’s own convoluted cinematic…
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‘Umbrella Academy’ Trailer: Six Adopted Kids Have to Stop the Global Apocalypse
If the X-Men franchise has been disappointing you in recent years, maybe you’ll take solace in a different kind of mutant superhero story that has flares of Watchmen, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and Atomic Blonde all mixed together. Umbrella Academy, based on the comic book series created and written by Gerard Way, is…
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‘Once Upon A Deadpool’ Trailer: “It’s Like If The Beatles Were Produced By Nickelback”
Remember when 20th Century Fox thought that a “Deadpool” movie would crash and burn? The famously meta-comedic character didn’t exactly jive with the darker tone of the successful “X-Men” franchise. Also, complicating matters more, Ryan Reynolds hadn’t exactly had a hit in a few years, so the project remained in development hell without an end…