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FOX Plans X-MEN Television Series

X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox
X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox

The X-Men franchise could mutate into a new television series.

Fox Executives Gary Newman and Dana Walden confirm they’re into talks to develop an X-Men television series spinning off the popular film franchise according to TV Insider.

Twentieth Century Fox controls the film rights to the X-Men. Marvel controls the right to the comic characters which is part of Disney. According to the story Fox would need Disney/Marvel’s approval to move ahead with a television series.

“It’s in negotiations,” Newman said. “We’re cautiously optimistic, we had a good meeting with them. That will not be on a fast track creatively. This is just the deal, now we have to find the creative.” Continue reading FOX Plans X-MEN Television Series

OSCAR ISAAC On Creating X-MEN APOCALYPSE

X-Men #182 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #182 courtesy Marvel

Oscar Isaac is revealing more news about his transformation into one of the most fearsome X-Men villains.

Isaac said Apocalypse “will bring the X-Men to their knees” but how will the acclaimed actor and director Bryan Singer create the bad guy’s look and powers?

“It’ll be a mix [of practical and digital]. I haven’t had a script so I haven’t had a chance to look through the script and see what the exact requirements are, but I think it’ll be a mixture of physical, aided with some robotic technology,” Isaac told Yahoo Movies. Continue reading OSCAR ISAAC On Creating X-MEN APOCALYPSE

YOUNG CYCLOPS, JEAN GREY & STORM in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

All-New X-Men #16 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #16 courtesy Marvel

Three young actors have been cast as three of the most iconic mutants in X-Men: Apocalypse.

Director Bryan Singer revealed Alexandra Shipp will play Ororo Munroe (aka Storm) Sophie Turner will be Jean Grey and Tye Sheridan will portray Scott Summers (aka Cyclops) via Twitter.

The new film will be set in the 1980’s with James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence returning as Professor Xavier, Magneto and Mystique. Hugh Jackman returns as Wolverine.

Turner is best known as Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones. Continue reading YOUNG CYCLOPS, JEAN GREY & STORM in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Most Wanted X-MEN As UTOPIANS

All-New X-Men #40 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #40 courtesy Marvel

Who are the Utopians in All-New X-Men #40 ?

The tease for the next arc (after The Black Vortex crossover) by Brian Michael Bendis has us intrigued and reminiscing about the recent past.

Utopia was the island nation Cyclops established off the coast of San Francisco but destroyed by the Phoenix Five in Avengers vs. X-Men.

Will this the mean the return of some mutants who played role in this Nation X off the California coast?

Here are the most wanted mutants we’d like to see resurrected as possible Utopians? Continue reading Most Wanted X-MEN As UTOPIANS

WHO ARE UTOPIANS in ALL-NEW X-MEN?

All-New X-Men #40 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #40 courtesy Marvel

Who are the Utopians?

All-New X-Men #40 (in Marvel‘s April previews) asked “Who are the Utopians?” and “what secret do they hold that pertains to the future of mutantkind?”

This blast from recent past may affect the future of the Children of the Atom.

Cyclops created a bright new future for the X-Men in San Fransisco. Then Norman Osborn’s Dark Reign began.  Osborn ordered his Dark Avengers and H.A.M.M.E.R. (his twisted version of S.H.I.E.L.D.) to restore his kind of order after anti-mutant riots erupted in their new home. Continue reading WHO ARE UTOPIANS in ALL-NEW X-MEN?

X-MEN vs. JUGGERNAUT Rematch

Amazing X-Men #15 courtesy Marvel
Amazing X-Men #15 courtesy Marvel

The Juggernaut!

One of the mutants oldest enemies comes stomping back in Amazing X-Men #15 this week.

It’s part of why writer Chris Yost brought the Russian X-Man of steel back into the fold in part.

Colossus and Jugernaut were both avatars of the demon Cyttorak.

The infamous gem of Cyttorak is back to Earth and the race is on in The Once and Future Juggernaut a four-part story that could crown the next avatar. Continue reading X-MEN vs. JUGGERNAUT Rematch

OSCAR ISAAC Says APOCALYPSE “WILL BRING X-MEN TO THEIR KNEES”

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

Oscar Isaac is winning raves for his role in A Most Violent Year and he’s teasing what’s next as he plays one of the most vicious and relentless X-Men villains.

Isaac is playing En Sabah Nur but comics readers know him as Apocalypse.

The holy mutant trinity we met in First Class (James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique) along with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine will explore the origins of mutants on Earth and face “The First One” in X-Men: Apocalypse. Continue reading OSCAR ISAAC Says APOCALYPSE “WILL BRING X-MEN TO THEIR KNEES”

G. WILLOW WILSON on X-MEN

X-Men #23 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #23 courtesy Marvel

A Seattle writer’s comic book success keeps soaring as she takes on one of the most famous teams in comics.

G. Willow Wilson launched a brand new Ms. Marvel to critical acclaim and sales success in 2014.  The book was named the number one series of 2014 by Comic Book Resources.

Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel’s real name) was the first Muslim character to to lead their own mainstream comic book. Wilson is now a Marvel exclusive creator and writing the all-female X-Men book.

X-Men #23 arrives in comic shops this week. The Burning World is the name of Wilson’s first arc as Storm, Psylocke, Rachel Grey and Monet investigate a mysterious event at a “Burning Man” style concert.

Will the mutants be outmatched by what could be a natural phenomenon?

What it’s like to write an iconic superhero like Storm (as played by Halle Berry in movies) and will a mutant connected to mother Earth fight the planet? Continue reading G. WILLOW WILSON on X-MEN