In this issue, it’s a huge week of news following the San Diego Comic-Con. PLUS a comic book sequel to Fight Club, and we remind you about some upcoming events. PLUS our Kick-Ass Picks of the Week: The Wolverine, the latest film in the Fox X-Men franchise from director James Mangold. On our next Issue: The …
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Jul 29 2013
Box office: ‘The Wolverine’ opens to $141.1 million worldwide
Despite a high number of positive reviews than its predecessor (including our own), The Wolverine has taken less than anticipated at the US box office but opened stronger internationally. Coming Soon indicates that the film still topped the charts and opened at an estimated $55 million in 3,924 theaters. This is lower than the estimated $75 …
Jul 19 2013
Spoiler Zone: ‘The Wolverine’ secret end credits ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ tease
Warning: The following post contains spoilers for the end credits sequence in The Wolverine. It details plot points and reveals that you may wish to keep secret until you have seen the film. You have been warned. Earlier this week, we reported that Hugh Jackman had revealed the end credits of The Wolverine would tease Bryan …
Jul 19 2013
Film Review: The Wolverine
The Wolverine’s second solo adventure tips its hat to the comics, and focuses on character for mature action epic. He’s the best there is at what he does, which is probably why Wolverine remains one of Marvel’s most popular characters almost forty years after his introduction in the pages of The Incredible Hulk. One of …
Jul 18 2013
Hugh Jackman says ‘The Wolverine’ contains ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ tease
In an interview with ComingSoon.Net/SuperHeroHype, actor Hugh Jackman gave us another reason to be excited about next week’s release of The Wolverine: “If you stay on after the credits you get to see a nice little preview for Bryan’s next film.” He is, of course, referring to Bryan Singer‘s X-Men: Days of Future Past, both a …
Jul 12 2013
Watch ‘The Wolverine’ world premiere broadcast live online
20th Century Fox has shared with us a live feed for the upcoming world premiere of The Wolverine, next Tuesday, 16 July 2013 at 6:00 pm BST (London time). That’s 3am the following day for Australian viewers on the east coast if you’re planning on getting up. The video embed below will go live at that time. If …
Jul 02 2013
New featurette for ‘The Wolverine’ reveals new footage and story details
Digital Spy has revealed a new featurette that gets into the nuts and bolts of The Wolverine, the next chapter in Fox’s successful X-Men film franchise from director James Mangold. Starring Hugh Jackman as Logan, the featurette establishes that the film is set after X-Men: The Last Stand, and also reminds us that X-Men: The …
May 22 2013
Trailer for The Wolverine showcases Silver Samurai, Yukio and Jean Grey
Almost two months after the debut of the first trailer for The Wolverine, Fox has unleashed a new trailer for their X-Men franchise film. Indeed, this latest trailer not only expands on some of the narrative from the first trailer, but it introduces a new/old friend to the mix. Based on the celebrated comic book …
Apr 01 2013
Behind The Panels Issue 52 – Happy
In this Easter issue Marvel relaunches its graphic novel line, Christopher Lee gets villainous for DC and you can soon play with your Fables. THEN The Secret Service set for cinemas, trailers for The Wolverine, Kick-Ass 2 and…really? Batroc the Leaper? PLUS our kick-ass pick of the week Happy by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson. …