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Dark Phoenix Movie Interview

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After many delays the Dark Phoenix is finally slated for release but with the Disney buyout of 21st Century Fox what does this mean for the franchise? Dark Phoenix writer/director/producer Simon Kinberg, the film (which dropped “X-Men” from its title earlier this year) is intended not necessarily to set the tone for future X-Men movies specifically but to open the door for whatever comes next. “I see it as a new chapter. I see it as taking the franchise in a different direction tonally,” Kinberg told Brazilian media outlet CinePOP.…

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What Happened to the New Mutants and X-Men: Dark Phoenix?

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Currently, Fox Studios has two X-Men movies that are in active development with New Mutants and X-Men: Dark Phoenix, both of which have completed filming, though there are supposed to be reshoots in the works. Some communications at superherohype.com by a user that claims to be a Fox employee has said that there is a slim chance we will see the New Mutant and X-Men movie in the near future. Regarding New Mutants, it’s rumored there were problems with director Josh Boone who didn’t care about the comic books, but…

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X-Men – Jean’s back (again and again?!?)

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Phoenix Resurrection: The Return Jean Grey and the Jean Grey comics are a great story. I have followed the Young Jean Grey story since her first arrival in the future and have enjoyed the recent ongoing series. Her book is a wild ride across the world, where she is dealing with a renewed threat of the Phoenix Force’s imminent return. I did struggle with this a bit because a couple years back in the AVX crossover story Hope Summers eviscerated the Phoenix Force… I guess since energy cannot be destroyed…

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Joaquin Phoenix ‘Agrees’ To Be Newest JOKER

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Joaquin Phoenix has agreed to play the Joker in writer/director Todd Phillips’ untitled Joker origin film produced by Martin Scorcese, according to Variety. the Hollywood trade said that Phoenix was approached as Phillips’ top choice for the role in late 2017, and agreed to it – although “studio negotiations” have not commenced. Phillips’ Joker film is said to “delve into what it took for the Joker to become a mastermind criminal,” and take place in the 1980s. This film is framed as part of an unnamed new banner within Warner…

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Marvel’s Phoenix Resurrection Trailer

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Marvel is returning to older stories that were wildly popular years ago. Pacing the story of the first appearance of the Phoenix in X-Men #101 and the scare of her turning into the Dark Phoenix as in X-Man #133 it energizes the narrative and potential for a great story arc. Jean Grey is returning and with it, Marvel hopes the readership of their comic books will increase from the lag they have been experiencing for recent history. Below is the new trailer for the series which teases things which will…

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PHOENIX RESURRECTION: THE RETURN OF JEAN GREY covers

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Media Release — This January, fan-favorite mutant Jean Grey returns to the X-Men and the Marvel Universe…and she’s not alone. Do Jean and Phoenix bring the world life? Or is the destruction of the universe imminent? The mystery unfolds in this five-part epic from blockbuster writer Matthew Rosenberg, featuring five different superstar artists, including startling 3D motion covers with art by Leinil Yu! And what about young Jean Grey, currently time displaced in the Marvel Universe and battling her own Phoenix visions? It all culminates in JEAN GREY #11, the…

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Marvel Legacy Continues

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From the current pages of Previews comes from the past a look at two great comic franchises, Fantastic Four and the X-Men. First look Jean Grey is coming back; no not the younger version of Jean that was taken from an earlier time but the original Phoenix possesed version. A look back at the power and the glory of the Phoenix and the woman that tried to master that power and failed with it costing her life. The original X-Men morned Jean’s death and went on with their lives but…

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The Original Jean Grey Will Return To The Marvel

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Marvel Comics has officially announced that the original, adult incarnation of Jean Grey will make her return in Phoenix Resurrection this December. The five-issue Marvel Legacy limited series will be written by Matthew Rosenberg (Secret Warriors, Punisher) with art by Leinil Yu (Secret Empire), and will reintroduce the original, adult version of Jean, who hasn’t been seen in quite some time. “Matt came to us with a really interesting and unique approach to bringing Jean back,” said senior editor Mark Paniccia. “It’s not what we expected, and plays to Matt’s…

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JEAN GREY’s First-Ever Ongoing Comic Is Coming

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Founding X-Man Jean Grey is getting her own ongoing series as part of 2017’s “ResurrXion” line, and according to series writer Dennis Hopeless “this has been a long time coming.” Hopeless and artist Victor Ibanez are setting the time-displaced young telepath on path to understand her connection to the Phoenix Force to fight the future that’s prescribed for her before it returns. “It’s a sort of trials of Hercules story. Jean gets a premonition of sorts. She’s told the Phoenix is back in play and that the Earth is doomed…

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Avengers VS X-Men #11 Fatality! Who Dies?

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Marvel has shown us the cover of  AvX Consequences #1 about the after math of the Avengers Vs X-Men series. It clearly shows there is a casualty in the series. We can guess who it might be, some names have been suggested, but there are also hints within the cover art and future titles that will be released in November as part of the Marvel NOW! release. We will set forth possibilities of who this may be. 1. PROTECTOR – formerly known as Marvel Boy this character has played a…

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What Is The Phoenix Force Marvel?

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The Phoenix Force is one of the oldest known cosmic entities, representing life that has not yet been born. The Phoenix Force is an immortal, indestructible, and mutable manifestation of the prime universal force of life. Born of the void between states of being, the Phoenix Force is a child of the universe. It is the nexus of all psionic energy which does, has, and ever will exist in all realities of the omniverse, the Guardian of Creation, and a de-facto guardian of the M’Kraan Crystal. The M’Kraan Crystal was…

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AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #0 REVIEW

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Glimpse of why the Avengers and X-Men are going to war against each other what are peoples attitude towards the Scarlet Witch including her husband Vision who wants no part of Wanda (the Scarlet Witch) for what she did when controlled by the power to change reality. And its about Hope and the relationship she has between her and the X-Men and their leader Cyclopes. What direction they are going with this is not clear accept that Hope and Wanda are being  judged by what they did or are going…

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Preview Avengers Vs X-Men #1

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Media Release — This April, prepare for the biggest super hero war in comics history as Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Avengers Vs. X-Men #1! From the powerhouse creative team of Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Matt Fraction, Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brubaker, John Romita Jr., Adam Kubert and Olivier Copiel comes a groundbreaking event pitting Earth’s Mightiest against the X-Men with the entire Marvel Universe at stake. Cyclops and his team believe the arrival of the Phoenix Force will save mutantkind, but Captain America is convinced…

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WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #9 will be an Avengers Vs. X-Men Tie-in

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Media Release— This April, as the Marvel Universe waits on baited breath for the arrival of the all-powerful Phoenix Force, Wolverine must choose a side of the coming war…but will the Jean Grey School of Higher Learning follow? Find out if Logan fights for mutantkind or mankind in Wolverine & The X-Men #9 from the blockbuster creative team of Jason Aaron & Chris Bachalo available in comic shops worldwide and on the Marvel Comics app this April! Which team will reign supreme? Join the conversation on Twitter with #AvX! For…

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