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X-Men: Dark Phoenix director says the film lines up with Days of Future Past ending

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Simon Kinberg, the director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, says he has some “sense” of how the film lines up with the ending of X-Men: Days of Future Past. While fans are getting ready to experience the last Fox produced X-Men movie, Dark Phoenix, how will the film connect with what has come before it? The […]

New X-Men characters join Marvel Future Fight

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Netmarble has announced a new Uncanny X-Men update for Marvel Future Fight, which adds fan favourite characters Bishop, Jubilee and Iceman, along with new uniforms, missions and more. Check out the trailer here: MARVEL Future Fight players and Uncanny X-Men fans now have the opportunity to save the timeline with fan-favorite X-Men Super Heroes Iceman (Modern), Jubilee (Classic) and Bishop (Disassembled). Agents […]

Chris Hemsworth almost played Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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Thor actor Chris Hemsworth has revealed that he nearly played Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Chris Hemsworth is, of course, enjoying a tremendously successful career, known mostly for his role as Thor in the MCU. But it wasn’t always this good for the actor and he nearly got the role as Gambit in X-Men Origins: […]

Exclusive Interview – X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg on star wrangling, leaving out Hugh Jackman, and the Disney/Fox merger

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Tom Beasley sits down with Simon Kinberg to discuss X-Men: Dark Phoenix and the wider universe in the wake of Disney’s takeover of Fox… The X-Men are finally back. Three years after Apocalypse proved to be divisive, to say the least, Charles Xavier’s team of mutant heroes have returned to the big screen for X-Men: […]

Exclusive: Simon Kinberg on whether Wolverine was considered for X-Men: Dark Phoenix appearance

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Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is staying dead in the X-Men franchise, for now at least. X-Men: Dark Phoenix is expected to work as a victory lap for many of the major characters in Fox’s mutant universe, with the franchise baton now set to pass to Disney, which acquired the X-Men as part of their takeover of […]

Exclusive: Simon Kinberg updates on The New Mutants, Multiple Man and Gambit after Disney’s Fox takeover

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg has confirmed that reshoots are still planned for spin-off The New Mutants and said the likes of Gambit and Multiple Man are not quite dead yet. Kinberg has been a part of the X-Men universe for well over a decade and has shepherded many of the biggest names in […]

Exclusive Interview – X-Men: Dark Phoenix producer Hutch Parker on saying goodbye to these characters

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Tom Beasley chats to producer Hutch Parker about X-Men: Dark Phoenix and bidding farewell to this roster of superhero characters… After a turbulent path to the big screen, we’re now just days away from the release of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, arriving in the wake of the big Disney-Fox merger. The film allows Simon Kinberg – […]

Sideshow adds Sabretooth to its X-Men Collection

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Sideshow has unveiled its Sabretooth Premium Format Figure from the X-Men Collection. The Victor Creed collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $625.00, and is expected to ship between April and June 2020; here’s the official promotional images for the piece… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles “You wanted a war? Sabretooth just gave […]

Comic Book Preview – X-Men: Grand Design – X-Tinction #1

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Ed Piskor’s X-Men reimagining continues this Wednesday with the release of X-Men: Grand Design – X-Tinction #1, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… The ruination of the X-Men revisited! Re-live the now-classic storylines like Mutant Massacre and The Fall of the Mutants. With appearances by Longshot, Cable, and […]