The X-Men have faced some pretty devious foes in the pages of the comics, but one of the most formidable has to be Bolivar Trask and his army of mutant-hunting Sentinel robots. Now, they're getting ready to battle the X-Men on the big screen. At this year's Comic-Con, 20th Century Fox set up a mini-exhibit…
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How much bigger can X-Men: Days of Future Past cast possibly get? As the film approaches its spring start, Bryan Singer is scrambling to add still more characters to the already sprawling lineup. Not that we're complaining. The latest original trilogy actor set to return is Daniel Cudmore, who played Peter Rasputin a.k.a. Colossus in…
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Fox has been sitting on some juicy Marvel properties for years, but it wasn't until the success of Marvel Studios' The Avengers that they finally started trying to build their own Marvel Cinematic Universe. To that end, Fox brought on Mark Millar to oversee all of the studio's Marvel films, including The Wolverine, Fantastic Four, and X-Men: Days of…
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What tools will bring X-Men to the screen for their timeline-hopping story Days of Future Past? With a new trailer hitting today and the film's release coming up in just a couple weeks, Jack the Giant Slayer director Bryan Singer is doing some press rounds. He's fielding quite a few questions about X-Men, which is…
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Mark Millar is known for his willingness to talk, and at times that has led to us peering through a certain amount of inflated discussion of projects that may or may not happen. But Millar has been on the rise in Hollywood, and his talk about Kick-Ass 2, for example, was on the money. And…
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Bryan Singer seems to be bringing back just about everyone for X-Men: Days of Future Past, including actors like Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman from the previous trilogy. But there is, apparently, one notable exception. January Jones, who played Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class, said she has not been contacted about reprising her role…
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Not surprisingly, today's tidbits begin with Star Trek Into Darkness. After the jump: Simon Pegg is laughing at your Star Trek fan theories You can count out Danny Boyle for Bond 24 Clerks III already has a 70-page outline Andy Serkis talks The Hobbit and Apes A Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy sequel is coming Barbara…
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Are movie studio execs really as blinkered and limited in scope as some pundits make them out to be? Or are lawyers so in control that good ideas are pooh-poohed as too difficult or risky? It varies, of course, but there's no doubt of one thing: Fox has, for years, been sitting on a goldmine…
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Last week, we learned that X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn would not be returning to direct the sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past, as had been previously expected. While that made for some disappointing news, perhaps the latest update on the project will cheer you up. Bryan Singer has officially closed his deal to direct…
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As Django Unchained prepares for its year-end release, news has broken about one more addition to the already star-studded cast. Rex Linn, who plays Tennessee Harry in the film, recently revealed that Quentin Tarantino himself would appear in a small role -- as he has in several of his other directorial efforts, including Inglourious Basterds,…
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Those who read X-Men comics in the '80s, or those who have caught up with some of the classic storylines from The Uncanny X-Men, will recognize the name Days of Future Past. The two-issue story ran in 1981 and featured a future in which a political assassination has led to concentration camps holding mutants, and…
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