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Simon Kinberg discusses the cosmic storyline of X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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Director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Simon Kinberg, has discussed the movie’s cosmic storyline. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has found great success with their cosmic tales in recent history and Fox is hoping that X-Men: Dark Phoenix can work a little of the same magic. The cosmic storyline of Dark Phoenix is something X-Men fans have […]

Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg “never” wants to stop making X-Men movies

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X-Men producer and director Simon Kinberg has said that he never wants to stop making these movies. Simon Kinberg has been involved with X-Men movies for a long time and is immensely proud of what he and his colleagues have achieved, especially on critical hits like Deadpool and Logan. Asked recently by The Hollywood Reporter […]

Evan Peters says X-Men: Dark Phoenix is closer in tone to First Class than Apocalypse

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We’ve heard on several occasions from director Simon Kinberg that X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be more “grounded” than past instalments in the main X-Men franchise, in an effort to “course correct” the series after the mixed reception to 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Now, in an interview with Collider, actor Evan Peters – who plays the speedster […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix is more grounded than past X-Men movies, says Simon Kinberg

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Director Simon Kinberg has revealed that X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be more grounded than past movies in the franchise. X-Men movies aren’t exactly known for their restraint, with 2017’s Logan being a notable exception. This is about to change, however, as the next movie in the main series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, is going to be […]

Simon Kinberg hopes Gambit movie will shoot this summer

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X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is holding out hope that the Gambit movie will shoot this summer. While Fox is doing some interesting things with their Marvel properties of late and hoping to find further success with the likes of Deadpool 2, one movie that just can’t seem to get going is the Channing Tatum Gambit […]

Universal secures rights to Jessica Chastain’s all-star female spy thriller 355

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Last week Jessica Chastain spoke passionately about taking her idea for spy-thriller 355 to sell at the Cannes Film Festival. Now Deadline is reporting that the film has been bought by Universal Pictures for a whopping $20 million. Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is set to direct 355, “a large-scale espionage film” that will feature […]

X-Men producer confirms Channing Tatum’s Gambit is still in the works

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One of the producers of the X-Men franchise has confirmed that the Channing Tatum-led Gambit movie is still alive. News that Disney might be purchasing 20th Century Fox and therefore acquiring their X-Men and other Marvel-related properties has, of course, excited a lot of fans. But it has also cast some doubt on the Fox […]

The Hunger Games writer to pen Logan’s Run for X-Men: Dark Phoenix director

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Having been in development for several years now, it looks like Warner Bros. may finally be ready to move forward with its Logan’s Run remake. Deadline is reporting that the studio has closed a deal for Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) to direct from a script by The Hunger Games writer Peter Craig. Kinberg originally […]

Hans Zimmer comes out of superhero retirement to score X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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A couple of years ago, composer Hans Zimmer announced that was retiring from scoring superhero films with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice having been his last one. Zimmer’s comic book movie credits include the scores to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and now he is apparently coming out of his superhero […]