Dark Phoenix Movie Interview

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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X-Men The Exterminated #1 Coming

X-MEN: THE EXTERMINATED #1 Zac Thompson & Lonnie Nadler and Chris Claremont (W) Neil Edwards & more (A) COVER BY Geoff Shaw Variant cover by Kaare Andrews FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAINS VARIANT COVER BY MICO SUAYAN EXTERMINATION AFTERMATH! A Death in the Family! In the aftermath of Extermination, the X-Men mourn for their fallen brother, Cable. But no one is taking it harder than his adopted daughter, Hope Summers. Will Hope be able to cope with the loss, or will she be led down a dark path that she won’t be…

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Disney CEO Talks Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige Taking Over the X-Men

With the Disney and 21st Century Fox merger all but done, Disney CEO Bob Iger talked about the direction moving forward, and how it features Kevin Feige in a leadership position. Iger was interviewed by THR on many topics related to Disney, and that includes the plan going forward for the 20th Century Fox Marvel properties. Those properties include X-Men and Fantastic Four, and at one point Iger was asked if Marvel would absorb the X-Men franchise and if Feige would be overseeing it. “I think it only makes sense,”…

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

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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John Byrne Returns To X-Men In Alternate Story

John Byrne has begun writing and drawing a continuation of his iconic X-Men run, picking up from the end of Uncanny X-Men #136 in an alt-history take on the franchise. “Just had one of my wilder ideas. Remember when Chris was doing X-Men Forever, picking up from when he left the book? Immediately some people started speculating about me doing the same, X-Men Evermor, picking up from my own exit point,” Byrne wrote on his forum. “But just now I thought of something that would be even more fun. For…

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Chris Claremont/X-Men Interview From Emerald City Comic Con

Chris Claremont writes both comics and prose. His initial unbroken 17-year run on Marvel Comics The Uncanny X-Men is the stuff of industry legend. The story arc “Dark Phoenix,” with its radical treatment of the story’s central character, paved the way for the reinterpretation of superhero mythos throughout the comics industry. His work is lauded for its anti-prejudice themes, and the groundbreaking inclusion of minorities as heroes. He is the creator of such iconic characters as Gambit, Mystique, Kitty Pryde, and Rogue. Although best known for his work on Marvel…

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

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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Astonishing X-Men Act 1: Life of X Reaction

Or How Marvel Secretly Brought Professor X Back to Life… !!SPOILER ALERT!! Okay, let me say what a great way to bring a character back to life and in doing so getting rid of my least favorite X-universe character, created by Grant Morrison, Fantomex. He first appeared in New X-Men #128 published August 2002. In my mind, he has been pretty much been a throwaway rogue character. He is a little too much Gambit and not quite enough Wolverine to keep me interested. However because he is a Human, Mutant/Sentinel…

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The Disney – Fox Deal

The Disney mega-deal for 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets has happened. This includes all the Marvel properties the comic company gave up to Fox to stave off bankruptcy including the Fantastic Four and X-Men characters in the cinematic universe in the 1990s. Disney’s 4 billion dollar deal to buy Marvel in 2009 has paid many dividends by forging the highest-grossing film franchise of all time with over $13 billion. They hope that the Fox deal will have the same effect on their bottom line and make them an even bigger…

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Marvel’s Phoenix Resurrection Trailer

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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Jean Grey leads an all-new team X-MEN RED this February

Media Release — Fans were surprised and shocked at the news of adult Jean Grey’s return to the Marvel Universe in the upcoming and highly anticipated PHOENIX RESURRECTION (on sale in December), but the 5-issue epic is only the beginning of exciting new adventures of one of the X-Men’s most beloved characters. Marvel is excited to announce that Jean’s story continues with X-MEN RED, a new series written by Tom Taylor (All-New Wolverine) with art by Mahmud Asrar (All-New, All-Different Avengers Generations: The Unworthy Thor & The Mighty Thor). “As…

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The New Mutants | Official Trailer | 20th Century FOX

As promised by director Josh Boone on Instagram, the first teaser trailer for Fox’s distinctly horror-centric upcoming X-Men spinoff film The New Mutants arrived online just after midnight Pacific time on Friday, set partially to the sounds of “Another Brick In The Wall.” The New Mutants is based on the Marvel Comics of the same name, which was the first — of many — comic book spinoffs of the X-Men franchise. The original comic book team was introduced in 1982’s Marvel Graphic Novel #4 by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod,…

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What Went Wrong With The Inhumans Movie

The Inhumans Movie was not received well at the cinema making Worldwide: $2,852,282 in just one week. Yes, it was scheduled for two weeks but too many seats were empty so they cancelled the second week. The critical reception of the movie was a whopping 8% on Rotten Tomatoes; Critics Consensus: Marvel’s Inhumans sets a new low standard for the MCU with an unimaginative narrative, dull design work, weak characters, and disengaging soapy melodrama. The series on TV is also in trouble and we don’t know if it will survive…

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Len Wein’s Final Story To See Print In ‘Swamp Thing Winter Special’

Legendary comic book writer and editor Len Wein passed away last month, aged 69. This week, DC Comics ran tributes to Len in all their titles. And yesterday at New York Comic Con, DC announced that his final story would see print in the upcoming Swamp Thing Winter Special, starring the character he co-created for DC Comics with Bernie Wrightson, and then a few years later, as editor, hired Alan Moore to write. The story will be drawn from Len’s outline by Kelly Jones, who most recently worked with Len…

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The Gifted Promo Trailer Episode 2

The Gifted from FOX starts this week. It promises to be something different and new in the mutant war between humans and special gifted people. The world fears what they don’t know or can’t control. The FOX new series is trying to find a place in the hearts of X-Men fan’s. let us know what you think in tonight’s episode. Written by Matt Nix (APB, “Burn Notice”), directed by Bryan Singer (the “X-Men” franchise”) and executive-produced by Nix, Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner (“X-Men: Apocalypse,” “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” “The…

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