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Captain Marvel tops list of the most anticipated movies of 2019

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With 2018 drawing to a close, the IMDb has released a list of the most anticipated movies of 2019, as determined by page views on the website and the MOVIEmeter rankings from IMDb Pro. Coming out on top is the Marvel Studios blockbuster Captain Marvel, which will see Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers becoming the first […]

Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey featured in new X-Men: Dark Phoenix image

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A new image has arrived online (courtesy of Total Film) from 20th Century Fox’s upcoming mutant superhero sequel X-Men: Dark Phoenix which features Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey in updated X-Men costume; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Dark Phoenix star Sophie Turner isn’t sure that X-Men will work well in the Marvel Cinematic Universe In Dark […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix gets a comic-inspired poster from CCXP

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A new comic book inspired poster for next year’s mutant superhero sequel X-Men: Dark Phoenix was revealed at Brazil’s Comic Con Experience São Paulo, and features Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Charles Xavier (James McAvoy), and Magneto (Michael Fassbender); take a look at the poster here… SEE ALSO: Dark Phoenix star Sophie Turner isn’t sure that X-Men will work […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix doesn’t feature a Stan Lee cameo, but Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse does

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The pop culture world suffered some devastating news this week with the passing of Marvel legend Stan Lee. The comic book icon will of course be a huge miss, not least to fans who’ve enjoyed his many cameos across Marvel’s film and television adaptations. In the wake of his passing, it was confirmed by Marvel […]

X-Men’s Sophie Turner reveals the mental health research she did for her Dark Phoenix role

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A lot of research into mental health was undertaken by Sophie Turner for her role as Jean Grey in X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Fox has attempted the Dark Phoenix story before back during X-Men: The Last Stand, and with little success. They will certainly be hoping for much better this time around and it looks like […]

Dark Phoenix star Sophie Turner isn’t sure that X-Men will work well in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Assuming there are no unforeseen snags along the way, The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox’s film and TV assets is set to be finalised in the first half of 2019, which – among many other things – means that the X-Men and Fantastic Four will soon be available to Marvel Studios. While […]

Dark Phoenix director apologises for X-Men: The Last Stand

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Long time X-Men writer and producer Simon Kinberg is set to bring the classic X-Men storyline The Dark Phoenix Saga to the big screen next year in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, having already taken one crack at the source material as screenwriter on X-Men: The Last Stand. The 2006 film was widely criticised by fans, particularly for […]

Simon Kinberg explains the X-Men: Dark Phoenix reshoots and delays

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Just hours after unveiling the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix last week, 20th Century Fox announced that it had pushed back the release of the next (and potentially final) instalment of the main X-Men franchise from February 2019 to June 2019. The news perhaps shouldn’t have been too unexpected, given that the film – […]

Fox releases new X-Men: Dark Phoenix images

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20th Century Fox has released four new official images from the upcoming superhero sequel X-Men: Dark Phoenix featuring Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Charles Xavier (James McAvoy), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Selene (Kota Eberhardt), Red Lotus (Andrew Stehlin), and Jessica Chastain’s as-yet-unrevealed character; take a look here… […]

The X-Men assemble in new Dark Phoenix image

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Following the arrival of the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix (and the news that Fox has now pushed the film back four months to the summer of 2019), Empire has unveiled a new image from the superhero sequel featuring Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) in their new X-uniforms […]