Good news for the fans who are hoping for the X-Men to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Comcast is no longer a threat to the Disney/Fox merger. Last December, it was revealed that 21st Century Fox had agreed to sell the lion's share of its assets to The Walt Disney Company for $52.4 billion. The...

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Early in November, comic book movie enthusiasts learned that Disney had entered into negotiations to buy 21st Century Fox’s film division. Such a deal would usher the X-Men and the Fantastic Four (and all characters connected with them) into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But then there was a twist. Negotiations had already stalled by the...

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We all know that Stan Lee created the X-Men in the 1960s, but we’ve only recently learned that he originally wanted to give the superhero team a different name. During a Wizard World Nashville panel, the Marvel Comics legend revealed that he originally wanted to call the team The Mutants. Unfortunately for him – and maybe fortunately for...

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20th Century Fox has finally settled on Drew Goddard to direct its X-Force movie! In 2013, we learned that the studio was developing an X-Force movie written and directed by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2). The project stalled out for a couple of years, but the success of 2016’s Deadpool revived it. A while back, a report suggested that Joe Carnahan (The...

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It has repeatedly been made clear that, unlike Sony Pictures' Spider-Man, the X-Men and Fantastic Four (to which 20th Century Fox has the rights) won't show up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe anytime soon. Whether it's due to Marvel Studios' lack of interest or Fox's reclusive attitude or both, we won't see these characters team up on the big screen as they...

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Twentieth Century Fox has made three Fantastic Four movies, none of which really impressed fans. Many would say that Tim Story's first two movies were at least watchable, but almost no one would say that Josh Trank's latest reboot wasn't a disaster. While fans are urging Fox to share the franchise with Marvel Studios, as Sony Pictures did...

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Deadpool 2 was originally scheduled to kick off production late last year, but it encountered a major delay when original director Tim Miller stepped down. However, with John Wick co-director David Leitch at the helm, the sequel is finally moving into production this month. As that day approaches, they’ve added a new member to the cast roster. Deadline has...

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Twentieth Century Fox released Tim Miller's Deadpool and Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016, but James Mangold’s Logan is the only Marvel Universe movie that’s been released so far this year. The good news is that the studio has three projects in development for release in 2018: New Mutants, Deadpool 2, and X-Men 7. Today, the studio officially...

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At one point, we thought that Deadpool 2 was set to start shooting in January 2017. But original director Tim Miller suddenly walked away, and it appeared that the project wouldn’t meet the deadline. Twentieth Century Fox promptly hired John Wick co-director David Leitch as Miller's replacement, but production still hasn’t begun. Recent reports suggested that cameras would start...

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Fantastic Four and X-Men: Apocalypse fell short of expectations. However, 20th Century Fox didn’t feel the need to press the panic button on their Marvel superhero franchise because they bagged big bucks from the movie that was released in between: The R-rated blockbuster Deadpool. Next week's Logan has already earned rave reviews from film critics, so the studio...

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