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Plans for an abandoned X-Men Beast spin-off movie revealed

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With the final instalment of the X-Men franchise currently breaking the wrong kind of box-office records – X-Men: Dark Phoenix is reportedly on course to suffer a whopping -73% decline in its sophomore frame at the domestic box-office – plans for a Nicholas Hoult-headlined Beast spin-off movie have been revealed by The Hollywood Reporter. According to […]

In Defense of Fox’s X-Men Franchise

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EJ Moreno looks back on Fox’s X-Men franchise… During the start of the Fox/Disney merger, the Internet took a sharp turn when it came to discussing the X-Men films. While it was never universally loved, the long-running comic book series never had such negativity surrounding it. With many fans wanting to see these characters find […]

Unused X-Men: Dark Phoenix concept art teases the original ending

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A couple of pieces of concept art have surfaced from the final instalment in Fox’s X-Men franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix featuring Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey flying through space, which was intended to feature in the final sequence of the film; take a look here, courtesy of illustrator Houston Sharp… SEE ALSO: Tye Sheridan says original […]

Spider-Man and Magneto get the Egg Attack treatment from Beast Kingdom

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Diamond Comic Distributors has unveiled Beast Kingdom’s new PREVIEWS exclusive Egg Attack action figures for Spider-Man from the Marvel blockbuster Spider-Man: Homecoming and Magneto which is based on his appearance in the classic 90s animated X-Men series; take a look here… In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter Parker goes back to basics and is reminded that even without his advanced […]

MCU plans for X-Men and the Fantastic Four have been “fun” says Kevin Feige, but it’s still early days

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Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios, has revealed that its still early days when it comes to their plans for the X-Men and Fantastic Four but it has been a fun process so far. The biggest news coming out of Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox is, of course, the X-Men and Fantastic Four […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix suffers biggest box office drop of any superhero movie ever

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After scoring the lowest opening weekend for any instalment in the franchise, Fox’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix has now set another unenviable record with the film suffering the biggest second weekend box office drop not just for an X-Men film, but for any superhero movie ever. As reported by Forbes, Dark Phoenix earned $14 million on […]

Tye Sheridan says original X-Men: Dark Phoenix ending featured the Skrulls

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If you kept up to date with all things X-Men during the development and production of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, you may recall a rumour from back in 2017 which suggested that Fox was planning on introducing the Skrulls to the franchise with a scene that would have seen the United Nations coming under attack by […]

Simon Kinberg says X-Men: Dark Phoenix failure “is on me”

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It was meant to serve as the grand finale to the near-twenty year franchise, but things didn’t go according to plan for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, with the film failing to catch fire with fans and critics and scoring not only the worst reviews of the series, but also the lowest box office […]