X-MEN LADIES IN WAITING

Domino in X-Men #39 by courtesy Marvel
Domino in X-Men #39 by courtesy Marvel

When will more X-Women make it to the big screen?

Even Negasonic Teenage Warhead is starring in a movie and she appeared in only one X-Men issue. (Well she kinda made a brief comeback in Emma’s psychic guilt nightmare)

All the recent photos of Mohawk Storm and Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse and the previously named-dropped mutant above in Deadpool has us wishing for more of the Women of the Atom to make the leap off the comic page.

With Fox planning more X-Men spinoffs and possible live action television series, we picked the X-Women we want to see the most: Continue reading X-MEN LADIES IN WAITING

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Underground Mutant Fight Clubs

New Mutants #29 courtesy Marvel
New Mutants #29 courtesy Marvel

Will the Children of the Atom become gladiators fighting for their lives in X-Men: Apocalypse?

Underground arenas where mutants fight for their lives have appeared in the comics and may be part of the next film.

Director Bryan Singer revealed a new photo via Instagram with these

#eastberlin #1982 #fightclub #benhardy #angel #xmen #xmenapocalypse.

Producers revealed Ben Hardy will be playing Warren Worthington aka Angel aka Archangel and will be one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse. Continue reading X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Underground Mutant Fight Clubs

X-MEN Live Action Television Series?

X-Men #275 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #275 courtesy Marvel

Are the Children of the Atom mutating into a live-action television series?

Fox is getting closer to a X-Men television show.

“[For] X-Men, we’re in negotiations with Marvel. We’re hopeful we’ll be able to announce something soon. We’re not closed on a deal yet but it’s something we’re definitely pursuing,” Fox Television Group chairman and CEO Dana Walden told The Hollywood Reporter on at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour stop. Continue reading X-MEN Live Action Television Series?

DEADPOOL Director On X-MEN

Deadpool courtesy 20the Century Fox and Empire
Deadpool courtesy 20the Century Fox and Empire

Fans are still reeling after finally seeing the first trailer for Deadpool.

Rude, Raunchy and Red-Band.

Ryan Reynolds is back as Wade Wilson aka The Merc With a Mouth in a teaser packed with violence, dark humor, comic homages and satiric references to the actor’s superhero film resume.

But what about all those X-Men connections? Continue reading DEADPOOL Director On X-MEN

ONCE and FUTURE X-MEN

Uncanny X-Men #17 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #17 courtesy Marvel

Remember these names:

Tempus, Triage, Hijack, Benjamin Deeds and Goldballs…yes Goldballs.

The newest mutants of the X-verse starred in Uncanny X-Men #35 this week. It was an emotional and powerful story of fame, youth and finding your role in a world that loves you…until they fear and hate you. Brian Michael Bendis and artist Valerio Schiti delivered an unexpected tale featuring the rookies that perfectly captures the core of what being an X-Man is.

It may be one of the final times we see them in action.

The new students created by Bendis are not listed in the All-New, All-Different Marvel X-books. Will these kids vanish into the back burner or the void of forgotten mutants? Continue reading ONCE and FUTURE X-MEN

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE FOUR HORSEMEN REVEALED

Uncanny X-Men #377 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #377 courtesy Marvel

Fox gave fans Marvel-ous moments and big reveals at Comic-Con.

The cast of X-Men: Apocalypse including Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Fantastic Four, Deadpool including Ryan Reynolds and even Channing Tatum, the future Gambit joined Stan Lee for the “ultimate superhero selfie.”

Fans learned new details about X-Men: Apocalypse including the identities of the titular villain’s Four Horsemen – and the truth may shock some longtime X-fans. Continue reading X-MEN: APOCALYPSE FOUR HORSEMEN REVEALED

UNCANNY INHUMANS & X-MEN SDCC Panel

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

Mutants. Inhumans. Different from the rest of humanity but very different from each other. The future of X-Men and Inhumans will be intertwined even more when the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now begins this fall.

Marvel’s Uncanny Inhumans panel at San Diego Comic Con was packed with updates on the upcoming relaunches of both the Inhuman and X-Men franchises.

Uncanny Inhumans writer Charles Soule, Extraordinary X-Men, Old Man Logan writer Jeff Lemire, Uncanny X-Men writer Cullen Bunn, Extraordinary X-Men artist Humberto Ramos, and Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso answered fan questions and revealed new details about the lines. Continue reading UNCANNY INHUMANS & X-MEN SDCC Panel