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‘Dark Phoenix’ Honest Trailer: A Terrible Attempt To Remake A Bad Film Based On A Beloved Story

September 18, 2019 12:25 pm

Sometimes Screen Junkies takes on objectively good movies for the company’s Honest Trailers series. Those tend to be a bit more nit-picky and less interesting than the videos made about terrible films. And beca...

Netflix Outbids Sony & Several Other Studios For Reese Witherspoon-Led Sci-Fi Film ‘Pyros’

Charles Barfield

August 13, 2019 11:49 am

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Remember that time when it was being reported that Netflix was going to be a bit more cautious with its big spending? Ha, yeah right. Deadline is announcing that the streaming service has outbid six other ma...

Reese Witherspoon & Simon Kinberg To Team Up For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Pyros’

Charles Barfield

August 2, 2019 10:16 am

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This summer has not been the best for filmmaker Simon Kinberg. After writing and producing the bulk of Fox’s ‘X-Men’ franchise, Kinberg was given the keys to the castle, allowing him to write and direct “Dark P...

Olivia Munn Was Shocked How Little Bryan Singer & Simon Kinberg Knew About The ‘X-Men’ Comics While Working On ‘Apocalypse’

Charles Barfield

July 15, 2019 10:15 am

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After almost two decades of modern superhero films, it’s clear that there’s one trend that helps determine whether a comic book film is going to be good or bad. That trend is tied to how much passion the filmma...

Read The Script For An Unproduced ‘X-Men’ Spin-Off Film About Beast & Wolverine Inspired By Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’

Charles Barfield

June 17, 2019 12:56 pm

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It was only five years ago that the ‘X-Men’ film franchise felt reinvigorated, thanks to the success of the film “X-Men: Days of Future Past.” That film, combining the casts of the original trilogy with the cha...

Simon Kinberg Falls On The Sword For ‘Dark Phoenix’ Critical & Box Office Failure: “That’s On Me”

Charles Barfield

June 17, 2019 10:42 am

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A good leader is often someone that is willing to share success with their colleagues, while also taking the blame for when something goes wrong. And while we’ll never know how writer-director Simon Kinberg mig...

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Tye Sheridan Confirms Aliens In ‘Dark Phoenix’ Were Initially Skrulls Before Reshoots

Charles Barfield

June 11, 2019 2:17 pm

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Leading up to the release of Fox’s “Dark Phoenix,” the running theme of the news surrounding the film seemed to be about the last-minute reshoots and changes made. Considering the end result being so poorly-rec...

‘Dark Phoenix’ Expected To Lose At Least $100 Million As Behind-The-Scenes Drama Is Revealed

Charles Barfield

June 10, 2019 10:44 am

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This past weekend saw “Dark Phoenix” attempt to rise from the ashes of “X-Men: Apocalypse.” Unfortunately, for everyone involved in the film, the newest ‘X-Men’ movie didn’t just fail to live up to expectations...

Simon Kinberg Says ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ Not ‘Captain Marvel,’ Actually Shared More Similarities With His Original ‘Dark Phoenix’ Ending

Charles Barfield

June 7, 2019 1:32 pm

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“Dark Phoenix” arrives in theaters this weekend, ending the 20-year run of Fox ‘X-Men’ films. However, the version of the film that the audience will enjoy now is very different from what was originally intende...

Producers Of 2015 ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot Admit Mistakes Were Made & “Suffered” Because Of Tonal Disconnect From Comic Books

Charles Barfield

June 7, 2019 11:09 am

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When you’re a producer, director, actor, or anyone directly responsible for creating a film, it’s understandable that you’ll defend your work to the bitter end, even if the product isn’t great. This happens alm...

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