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Anyone with even a passing interest in the X-Men franchise knows that Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters serves as somewhat of an anchor. Mutants find sanctuary within its walls, and villains do their best to slay those students and/or blow it up. It’s an important location. In the lead up …

Even though Zack Snyder promised a three-hour extended version (opens in new tab) of Batman v Superman on home video, there was always a slim chance it wouldn’t materialise. That butt-numbing runtime has now been confirmed by a Swedish retailer, CDON (opens in new tab), which lists the Ultimate Edition …

X-Men: Apocalypse (opens in new tab)‘s villain is only just now showing up in the film series’ continuity, but he’s been skulking around in the shadows for quite some time, building followers and imbuing other mutants with powers. Also known as En Sabah Nur, the ancient being is – at …

Before Jared Leto debuts his brand new Joker in Suicide Squad (opens in new tab) later this year, Mark Hamill will voice the iconic charter once again in Batman: The Killing Joke. Warner Bros has released the first trailer for the animated movie, and you can watch it below… Batman: …

We’ve heard a lot about the new Ghostbusters (opens in new tab) team – and we recently got a little more info on Chris Hemsworth’s receptionist (opens in new tab) – but we don’t know much about the villain our titular heroes will be facing. In the past, the Ghostbusters …

The future of superhero movies just got about a million times more interesting. Jeff Goldblum is trolling the heck out of us about a potential role in a comic book adaptation.  During a recent MTV interview about the upcoming Independence Day sequel, the actor was asked if he had fielded …

It’s well-documented that making Avengers: Age of Ultron took its toll on Joss Whedon. In the press tour for the film, the director talked perhaps a little too openly about his battle with Marvel executives over which scenes to keep in the film, and it was clear that he was …

Captain America: Civil War (opens in new tab) will kick-off phase three of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe in a couple weeks, and with ten more movies scheduled between now and 2019 it’s safe to say that there is no end in sight for the hugely successful franchise. That’s not to say …

Mad Max: Fury Road did a lot for movies. It reinvented the action genre, giving its stale tropes a much-needed shot of adrenaline, and introduced the world to one of cinema’s best female heroes – Furiosa. It should come as no surprise that most of the talk surrounding a sequel …

It’s all been building to this. From the three-way forest throw-downs and Hulk-shaped sucker punches of Avengers Assemble to Civil War’s savvy, hashtag-powered marketing campaign prompting True Believers to pick a side, the prospect of Marvel’s mightiest going toe to toe in a superhuman dust-up has been irresistibly enticing. That …