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Rumour: Jessica Chastain portraying Miss Sinister in X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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Before her casting was officially announced, all rumours pointed towards Jessica Chastain taking on the role of Lilandra, Empress of the Shi’ar Empire, in the next chapter of Fox’s X-Men franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Chastain subsequently denied these rumours, while the first official image revealed her character was “an otherworldly shapeshifter”, leading to speculation that […]

Rumoured details on X-Men: Dark Phoenix reshoots and release date delay

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Earlier this week it was announced that 20th Century Fox had pushed back the release date of two of its X-Men movies, with X-Men: Dark Phoenix now opening on February 14th 2019 rather than November 2nd 2018, and The New Mutants moving from February 2019 to August 2nd 2019 (the latter having already been moved […]

Fox pushes back X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants

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Fox had big plans for the X-Men franchise in 2018, with the studio originally planning to release a triple-header in The New Mutants, Deadpool 2 and X-Men: Dark Phoenix. However, back in January, the studio announced that it was pushing back the release of The New Mutants from April 2018 to February 2019 – with […]

Tye Sheridan says X-Men: Dark Phoenix is more drama than superhero movie

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Charles Xavier and company return this November as 20th Century Fox takes a second crack at adapting the classic Dark Phoenix Saga comic book arc for the big screen with X-Men: Dark Phoenix. While the movie will surely feature plenty of visual spectacle as the X-Men franchise goes cosmic, actor Tye Sheridan – who plays Scott […]

Rose Byrne’s Moira MacTaggert won’t be in X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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Just as she did with X-Men: Days of Future Past, it seems that X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Apocalypse star Rose Byrne will be sitting out the next – and possibly final – instalment of 20th Century Fox’s main X-Men series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. “Unfortunately, Moira MacTaggert is not showing up,” Byrne told CinemaBlend . “I wish […]

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 […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers 4 wraps filming, Gambit loses another director, The New Mutants delayed, Justice League extended cut rumours and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Silver & Black, Venom, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man 3, Black Widow, Captain America: Civil War, Runaways, Inhumans, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Gambit, Deadpool 2, The New Mutants, Kitty Pryde, Doctor Doom, Justice League, Shazam, Wonder Woman, […]

The Week in Spandex – New DC Films boss, Wonder Woman 2 to be “totally different”, Avengers: Infinity War details, Jodie Foster slams superhero movies and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Wonder Woman 2, Wonder Woman, Shazam, Harley Quinn, Batman Returns, Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Black Lightning, Krypton, Titans, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Silver & Black, Iron Fist, Daredevil, Agents […]

Jessica Chastain’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix character name revealed

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When Jessica Chastain was first announced as being in talks for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, initial reports claimed that she would be portraying the character of Lilandra, Empress of the Shi’ar Empire. However, Chastain subsequently denied the report, with later rumours then suggesting that she’ll be portraying a Skrull character. That seemed to […]