Cyclops. Wolverine. Jean Gray.
Some characters have been at the forefront of the Marvel brand that are intimately connected to the X-Men. It is as Captain America and Iron Man are to the Avengers, Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben are to the Fantastic Four, and as Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman are to the Justice League. Whenever it comes to introducing these teams in new mediums, these characters are the premier choices to build out the universe with.
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While Wolverine, Cyclops, and Marvel Girl might be important characters to introduce the X-Men within any universe, a rumor has surfaced online that states that Marvel might forgo its premiere mutant team to focus on ‘underutilized’ characters to introduce the X-Men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Needless to say, fans had a few things to say about it, whether it is true or not.
Fans simply don’t want...
Some characters have been at the forefront of the Marvel brand that are intimately connected to the X-Men. It is as Captain America and Iron Man are to the Avengers, Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben are to the Fantastic Four, and as Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman are to the Justice League. Whenever it comes to introducing these teams in new mediums, these characters are the premier choices to build out the universe with.
X-Men | Marvel Comics
While Wolverine, Cyclops, and Marvel Girl might be important characters to introduce the X-Men within any universe, a rumor has surfaced online that states that Marvel might forgo its premiere mutant team to focus on ‘underutilized’ characters to introduce the X-Men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Needless to say, fans had a few things to say about it, whether it is true or not.
Fans simply don’t want...
- 5/19/2024
- by Anuraag Chatterjee
- FandomWire
This X-Men ’97 article contains spoilers.
“Tastes like chicken.” If that phrase brings to mind the evil mutant the Blob chowing down on the Wasp’s corpse, then the ending of X-Men ’97‘s eighth episode, “Tolerance Is Extinction Part One,” should send shivers down your spine.
After all, Magneto’s decision to attack the entire planet Earth in X-Men ’97 has a lot in common with the inciting event of Ultimatum, the 2009 Marvel event that somehow made the already grim and edgy Ultimate Marvel Universe even grimmer and edgier, to very mixed results.
The connections between Ultimatum and “Tolerance Is Extinction Part One” only stand out more when one considers all of the many cameos in the episode, which showed that anti-mutant bigotry isn’t just limited to the X-Men, but it affects the entire Marvel Universe.
Here’s a breakdown of all the cameos in the star-studded episode...
“Tastes like chicken.” If that phrase brings to mind the evil mutant the Blob chowing down on the Wasp’s corpse, then the ending of X-Men ’97‘s eighth episode, “Tolerance Is Extinction Part One,” should send shivers down your spine.
After all, Magneto’s decision to attack the entire planet Earth in X-Men ’97 has a lot in common with the inciting event of Ultimatum, the 2009 Marvel event that somehow made the already grim and edgy Ultimate Marvel Universe even grimmer and edgier, to very mixed results.
The connections between Ultimatum and “Tolerance Is Extinction Part One” only stand out more when one considers all of the many cameos in the episode, which showed that anti-mutant bigotry isn’t just limited to the X-Men, but it affects the entire Marvel Universe.
Here’s a breakdown of all the cameos in the star-studded episode...
- 5/2/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
It’s easy to forget about the X-Men in a world where the Avengers have dominated the box office for over a decade. Despite both teams being introduced to the world with their comic books in 1963, the Avengers always seemed to edge ahead in popular culture. ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is the second highest grossing movie of all time with $2.7 billion, and ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ is the closest X-Men film to that success with $746 million.
The debate over which team is better may never end, but ‘X-Men ‘97’ provides a strong argument for fans on the mutants’ side. The ten-episode Disney+ series picks up right after the events of ‘X-Men: The Animated Series,’ which ran from 1992 to 1997. Episodes release weekly, and the first three are streaming now. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider...
The debate over which team is better may never end, but ‘X-Men ‘97’ provides a strong argument for fans on the mutants’ side. The ten-episode Disney+ series picks up right after the events of ‘X-Men: The Animated Series,’ which ran from 1992 to 1997. Episodes release weekly, and the first three are streaming now. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider...
- 4/9/2024
- by Kaitlyn Murphy
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Journey becomes introspective for key X-Men members, as this week’s latest episode of X-Men’97 focuses on two separate adventures with distinctive tone and treatment, like an old-school comics double bonanza issue. On the one hand, the youngest member of the team, Jubilee, gets a reality check in the form of getting taken inside Marvel’s gameverse for a trip down memory lane, and on the other hand, Ororo is up for some nasty revelations regarding her loss of power.
Previously, members of X-Men had rescued teenage mutant Roberto De Costa from the clutches of mutant hate group Friends of Humanity, and he eventually befriended Jubilee. While saving Magneto, the new leader of the team, as decreed by the last will of the late Professor X, from the assassination attempt of X-Cutioner during his hearing at the Un, Ororo was shot by a permanent power-dampening projectile. Losing her powers, a...
Previously, members of X-Men had rescued teenage mutant Roberto De Costa from the clutches of mutant hate group Friends of Humanity, and he eventually befriended Jubilee. While saving Magneto, the new leader of the team, as decreed by the last will of the late Professor X, from the assassination attempt of X-Cutioner during his hearing at the Un, Ororo was shot by a permanent power-dampening projectile. Losing her powers, a...
- 4/3/2024
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
X-Men ’97 Spoiler Alert: Fans of Cyclops Would be Disappointed Again After Watching This Marvel Show
X-Men 97 has finally started by dropping two episodes, and the fans are delighted to get their favorite animated series back. The original X-Men: The Animated Series was a massive hit among Marvel fans. It formed an essential part of many people’s childhoods and was also one of the primary reasons behind the popularity of the mutant team among non-comic book readers. However, an interesting take on the latest series may disappoint some fans.
A still from X-Men ’97
Cyclops is one of the primary characters in the X-Men franchise. He has been one of the most fan-favorite characters in comics, movies, and the animated show. However, Cyclops was not handled well in Fox’s live-action X-Men universe. Countless fans looked forward to seeing Scott Summers return in X-Men 97 to lead the team. But it looks like the show may take a different route and can disappoint the fans once again.
A still from X-Men ’97
Cyclops is one of the primary characters in the X-Men franchise. He has been one of the most fan-favorite characters in comics, movies, and the animated show. However, Cyclops was not handled well in Fox’s live-action X-Men universe. Countless fans looked forward to seeing Scott Summers return in X-Men 97 to lead the team. But it looks like the show may take a different route and can disappoint the fans once again.
- 3/21/2024
- by Subham Mandal
- FandomWire
“What the hell’s a mutant?”
Over 30 years ago, Canadian voice actor Cal Dodd auditioned for Project X, an animated show at the now-defunct Fox Kids – a children’s programming block known in the ‘90s for Saturday morning cartoons. He was up for a character called Wolverine, and he read lines for a scene with someone named Sabretooth.
“Is this an animal cartoon?” he recalls wondering as he stood in a vocal booth in Toronto.
Meanwhile in the U.S., Alison Sealy-Smith couldn’t believe she was stooping so low for her role.
“I had no idea what this was about,” she says. “They told me it was a cartoon. I felt a little quiver because I was supposed to be this serious actress. I was out in Connecticut doing Shakespeare at the time. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.”
Lenore Zann had just wrapped up...
Over 30 years ago, Canadian voice actor Cal Dodd auditioned for Project X, an animated show at the now-defunct Fox Kids – a children’s programming block known in the ‘90s for Saturday morning cartoons. He was up for a character called Wolverine, and he read lines for a scene with someone named Sabretooth.
“Is this an animal cartoon?” he recalls wondering as he stood in a vocal booth in Toronto.
Meanwhile in the U.S., Alison Sealy-Smith couldn’t believe she was stooping so low for her role.
“I had no idea what this was about,” she says. “They told me it was a cartoon. I felt a little quiver because I was supposed to be this serious actress. I was out in Connecticut doing Shakespeare at the time. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.”
Lenore Zann had just wrapped up...
- 3/14/2024
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
If you grew up in the '90s, there's no way you could have escaped the cultural impact of "X-Men: The Animated Series." Alongside fellow Fox Kids superhero shows "Batman: The Animated Series" and "Spider-Man," the X-Men's animated adventures represented a true high point for superhero animation at the close of the century. Of course, it helped that the mutant team came armed with one of the most undeniably cool theme songs of all time. But the show itself was, much like the aforementioned Batman and the Spidey cartoons, memorable for not treating kids like dummies and including some pretty mature storylines and themes. As such, "X-Men: The Animated Series" left an indelible mark on kids around the globe with its 1992-'97 run.
Now, Disney is capitalizing on that popularity with "X-Men '97," which is set to debut on the Disney+ streaming service on March 20, 2024. Ahead of the release...
Now, Disney is capitalizing on that popularity with "X-Men '97," which is set to debut on the Disney+ streaming service on March 20, 2024. Ahead of the release...
- 3/9/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
For years, Hollywood has tried relentlessly to bring to life the exciting and diverse team dynamic of one of Marvel’s most iconic and best-selling comic book franchises- The X-Men. With 11 live action films and billions of studio dollars given to them over the years, you’d think we’d have covered the best stories from the pages and brought them into cinema. And while I think there are plenty of good moments hidden in these movies, and some movies in the franchise that are beyond expectations, I also think that the true potential of the X-Men and their complicated, interpersonal nuance has yet to be fully realized on the big screen.
That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy movies like the original X-Men, and First Class, and of course Logan, which is easily the most bleak and disturbing film that Fox has ever made with Jackman as Wolverine.
That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy movies like the original X-Men, and First Class, and of course Logan, which is easily the most bleak and disturbing film that Fox has ever made with Jackman as Wolverine.
- 5/25/2023
- by Kier Gomes
- JoBlo.com
Get our hopes up with a Dark Phoenix storyline once? Shame on you. Get our hopes up with the storyline twice? Shame on us.
Of course, if the box office returns were any indication, nobody actually got their hopes up for a Dark Phoenix-themed X-Men movie the second time around. The movie came and went with poor reception from audiences and critics alike, serving as the final nail in the coffin for this particular string of "X-Men" movies. Not only did the movie perform poorly by every metric available, but nobody seemed particularly surprised by its performance either, which begs the question: what exactly was it that soured us on the movie before it even hit theaters?
The X-Men are some pretty popular characters, after all, played by plenty of beloved actors like Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy. "Dark Phoenix" also starred Sophie Turner just off the heels of...
Of course, if the box office returns were any indication, nobody actually got their hopes up for a Dark Phoenix-themed X-Men movie the second time around. The movie came and went with poor reception from audiences and critics alike, serving as the final nail in the coffin for this particular string of "X-Men" movies. Not only did the movie perform poorly by every metric available, but nobody seemed particularly surprised by its performance either, which begs the question: what exactly was it that soured us on the movie before it even hit theaters?
The X-Men are some pretty popular characters, after all, played by plenty of beloved actors like Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy. "Dark Phoenix" also starred Sophie Turner just off the heels of...
- 1/26/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix might as well be retitled Contractual Obligations: The Movie. For a comic book adaptation of this thematic magnitude, speaking for female representation en masse, it’s devastatingly inconsequential. Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s “The Dark Phoenix Saga” continues to be referenced as one of the Marvel Comics Universe’s most iconic storylines, but Kinberg’s cinematic reissue fails to attain equal reverence. As exhaustively procedural a franchise shakeup you’d never ask for, (possibly) ending Fox’s X-Men canon with one last hurrah that got creatively scooped by Captain Marvel. This is a phoned-in finale; nothing more but potentially even less.
Marvel’s “Dark Phoenix” arc sees Jean Gray (Sophie Turner) become the ultimate evolution of her psychic and telepathic powers after colliding with chart-spiking solar flares. Jean feels descriptively “great,” but Beast (Nicholas Hoult) and Cyclops (Tye Sheridan) worry when their friend cannot restrain her amplified abilities.
Marvel’s “Dark Phoenix” arc sees Jean Gray (Sophie Turner) become the ultimate evolution of her psychic and telepathic powers after colliding with chart-spiking solar flares. Jean feels descriptively “great,” but Beast (Nicholas Hoult) and Cyclops (Tye Sheridan) worry when their friend cannot restrain her amplified abilities.
- 6/5/2019
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
The cast of the new Netflix trauma-dy, “Dead to Me,” came out to support the season one premiere of the series at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Thursday night, but everyone seemed to have movies on their minds.
“It’s been a crazy three weeks,” said Linda Cardellini, who had back-to-back movie premieres for “The Curse of La Llorona” and, of course, “Avengers: Endgame,” which has already emerged as the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time. “I think this word sometimes is overused, but that movie truly is epic,” Cardellini told Variety. “To be a part of that at all is incredible.”
Ex-x-Man James Marsden, meanwhile, talked about next month’s release of “Dark Phoenix,” which retells the same story of star-crossed mutants as “X-Men: The Last Stand,” in which he played Cyclops and Famke Jansen portrayed Jean Gray. “I obviously know the Dark Phoenix story — the saga...
“It’s been a crazy three weeks,” said Linda Cardellini, who had back-to-back movie premieres for “The Curse of La Llorona” and, of course, “Avengers: Endgame,” which has already emerged as the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time. “I think this word sometimes is overused, but that movie truly is epic,” Cardellini told Variety. “To be a part of that at all is incredible.”
Ex-x-Man James Marsden, meanwhile, talked about next month’s release of “Dark Phoenix,” which retells the same story of star-crossed mutants as “X-Men: The Last Stand,” in which he played Cyclops and Famke Jansen portrayed Jean Gray. “I obviously know the Dark Phoenix story — the saga...
- 5/4/2019
- by James Patrick Herman
- Variety Film + TV
CinemaCon 2018 marked the farewell presentation for Twentieth Century Fox. And this year, Disney studio chairman Alan Horn folded the acquisition into the Disney show. As he praised “Bohemian Rhapsody” getting to an amazing $900 million, he sounded almost envious. And while he celebrated Fox Searchlight’s 25th anniversary with a tribute reel and as he touted their four Oscar Best Picture wins in 10 years, and recent Best Actress win for “The Favourite,” he made fun of last year’s winner “The Shape of Water.” “What is that, really?” he said.
Horn, who said he’s just “getting his mind around all this,” is still not even comfortable assembling a sizzle reel combining Fox and Disney movies. It makes sense. As Fox chief Emma Watts later admitted, the two studios have been rivals for a very long time. “We’ve stood on this stage as competitors,” she said. “It’s a shock to be here as colleagues,...
Horn, who said he’s just “getting his mind around all this,” is still not even comfortable assembling a sizzle reel combining Fox and Disney movies. It makes sense. As Fox chief Emma Watts later admitted, the two studios have been rivals for a very long time. “We’ve stood on this stage as competitors,” she said. “It’s a shock to be here as colleagues,...
- 4/4/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Just before the WonderCon panel, featuring the filmmakers and cast members of Dark Phoenix, the latest X-Men film from Fox, a message over the public address system informed the crowd at the Anaheim Convention Center’s Arena that no time would be allotted for audience questions. There was an amused murmur from the crowd that seemed to say: That figures.
Dark Phoenix won’t open in theaters until June 7 but the film’s reputation has taken a beating for months with some of the harshest advance word of any major superhero sequel since, well, the franchise’s previous installment, X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016. It was not clear, however, how much of that negative word was informed by genuine firsthand knowledge and how much of it was an early-bird pile-on by negative nellies.
With the Disney acquisition of Fox, Dark Phoenix can be viewed as a lame-duck entry in a short-timer superhero...
Dark Phoenix won’t open in theaters until June 7 but the film’s reputation has taken a beating for months with some of the harshest advance word of any major superhero sequel since, well, the franchise’s previous installment, X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016. It was not clear, however, how much of that negative word was informed by genuine firsthand knowledge and how much of it was an early-bird pile-on by negative nellies.
With the Disney acquisition of Fox, Dark Phoenix can be viewed as a lame-duck entry in a short-timer superhero...
- 3/30/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
The New Mutants is an upcoming superhero-horror movie. It’s the latest installment of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men film franchise, based on Marvel Comics’ X-Men spinoff series of the same name. The film is centered on a younger generation of mutants, representing an expansion of the X-Men film franchise. The younger crop of mutants is set to replace the older and aging generation of Professor X’s mutants, including Cyclops, the Wolverine, and Jean Gray, aka Marvel Girl. View this post on Instagram we in bwoston #happy4th A post shared by Henry Zaga (@henryzaga) on Jul 3, 2017 at 8:41am Pdt Although […]
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- 10/12/2018
- by John Thomas Didymus
- Monsters and Critics
20th Century Fox’s X-Men lineup for 2018 has been whittled down to one.
After losing The New Mutants to 2019, we now have word that Simon Kinberg’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix has officially been rerouted to February 14th, 2019 – the date once occupied by Gambit – where it will open in close proximity to Hellboy and M. Night Shyamalan’s atypical threequel, Glass. It’s bad news for Josh Boone’s New Mutants, too, which is now expected to drop on August 2nd, 2019 – 16 months later than first scheduled. Yikes.
Rumor has it that Fox plans to incorporate an additional character during The New Mutants reshoots (Warlock, perhaps?), all the while amplifying the underlying horror element that helps set it apart from its mutant peers. Hell, in the eyes of Josh Boone, the star-studded spinoff may prove to be one of the “hardest PG-13s ever made.” How’s that for a pull-quote?
X-Men:...
After losing The New Mutants to 2019, we now have word that Simon Kinberg’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix has officially been rerouted to February 14th, 2019 – the date once occupied by Gambit – where it will open in close proximity to Hellboy and M. Night Shyamalan’s atypical threequel, Glass. It’s bad news for Josh Boone’s New Mutants, too, which is now expected to drop on August 2nd, 2019 – 16 months later than first scheduled. Yikes.
Rumor has it that Fox plans to incorporate an additional character during The New Mutants reshoots (Warlock, perhaps?), all the while amplifying the underlying horror element that helps set it apart from its mutant peers. Hell, in the eyes of Josh Boone, the star-studded spinoff may prove to be one of the “hardest PG-13s ever made.” How’s that for a pull-quote?
X-Men:...
- 3/27/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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