[Review] Deadpool

Superhero fatigue: It’s a very real thing, especially at the beginning of a year in which we’ll see Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, and Doctor Strange representing the superhero film genre. By now, we’ve grown tired of the standard Marvel formula, as showcased by the less-than-stellar reviews of Ant-Man and Avengers: Age of […]

Channing Tatum Might Leave Gambit Solo Film

All seemed well for Fox and their X-Men film properties out of San Diego Comic Con ’15. After all, they cemented their status at the comic book convention with a great panel showcasing all of their upcoming films (Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, et al) and an epic on-stage selfie. All seemed well and good coming out of the successful […]

10 Badass Superheroines and Supervillains in Comics

Recently, there has been tension in the superhero world over the lack of strong women in comics. While there is a huge gap between the number of men versus women in the comic book world, there are powerhouse superheroines fans seem to phase over. Don’t be fooled, some of the names that you might recognize […]

Fox Might Be Developing X-Men TV Show

While the box office is where the real money is, many studios are embracing the TV format for various comic book properties. The Batman-related Gotham‘s series premiere a few weeks ago brought in 8.21m viewers, Netflix and Marvel recently revealed the logo for Daredevil (the first of four TV shows to exclusively premiere on the service), Brian […]

Channing Tatum Confirmed to Play Gambit in Future X-Men Films

Out of all of the hoopla surrounding the X-Men film franchise and its myriad of sequels and spin-offs, one of the most requested characters has been Gambit. Most people in their mid-to-late 20s remember the Cajun as being the smooth talking kinetically-powered mutant romantically linked to Rogue thanks to the ’90s X-Men cartoon series. Comic book fans know there’s more […]

X-Men, Fantastic Four Film Crossover Won’t Happen Anytime Soon

Marvel set the blueprint for unified film universes with Iron Man. Since then, they’ve made billions at the box office with every subsequent Marvel-related film tying into an overarching narrative. Some of the groundwork for The Avengers was placed in Iron Man, for example. Keeping to a cohesive narrative structure is something that involves tons of planning and […]

X-Men: Days of Future Past on 25 Empire Magazine covers

The next X-Men film, Days of Future Past, has been building up momentum over the past few months with the onslaught (no pun intended) of images, trailers, viral videos, and even the announcement of the film’s sequel. Over the course of a whirlwind 25 hours, Fox and Empire released an exclusive cover for the magazine commemorating characters from the […]

X-Men: Apocalypse set for 2016 release date

X-Men: Days of Future Past is still five months away, yet the stage has already been set for its sequel. Yesterday, director Bryan Singer confirmed that X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s follow-up, X-Men: Apocalypse, will be coming out in May 2016. The news comes a bit too premature to announce, doesn’t it? In a way, the announcement […]