‘Dark Phoenix’ Rises
The Fox version of the X-Men have gone through the Dark Phoenix Saga once before. Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) sacrificed herself at the end of X-2, […]
X-Men
Disney Closes Deal With Fox… Maybe
The official deal could be announced early next week. So now we can ask… what will it really mean?
Kirby Krackle Invites You To An “X-Men Pool Party”
This song gets right to the heart of why a certain merry band of mutants became the huge franchise they did — because under writer […]
News I Missed Last Week, Episode 2: How To Jump Onboard ‘Marvel Legacy’
We’ve talked a lot about Marvel’s upcoming event in the past week, including on this week’s podcast. The big question that keeps us cynical is […]
The First Wave Of Marvel Legacy Series
Over the weekend, we posted a sneak peek at Marvel’s plans for Marvel Legacy. The event has been met with mixed response. For old fans like […]
Josh Brolin Cast As Cable For ‘Deadpool 2’
Well, this ought to smooth things out between all the various factions of Marvel productions… The ongoing search for the right actor to play Nathan […]
Jean Grey and Black Bolt Both Fly Solo
Poor Marvel — they’ve gotten a lot of the wrong kind of attention this past week, bemoaning low sales and (partially) blaming it on diversity […]
How Bernie Wrightson Changed Comics In The ’80s
A look at a master artist’s attempts to stretch the medium — touching on horror, social justice, and superheroes while always being true to his own vision.
Cinequest 2017: ‘Prodigy’
If I told you that I saw a great movie featuring a young girl with powers she cannot control, that the government wants to destroy, […]
Review: ‘Legion’
The X-Men Universe always prided itself on being the most out there of the Marvel books. Especially after writer Chris Claremont took over from Len […]
The Secret Empire Just Sort Of Scares Me
Today, I’d almost believe it’s true. If my guesses are right, that this spins out of Steve Rogers, Captain America, at least it means the X-Men […]
‘Generation X’ Gets A ResurrXion
Another beginning… and this again borrows heavily from the past. It’s not just Generation X, notable but forgotten as having actually beaten X-Men to live-action by being […]
The First Trailer For ‘Logan’
The old adage is “go out with a bang.” As Hugh Jackman teams with writer/director James Mangold to say farewell to the character that made […]
Jean Grey Also Getting ‘ResurrXion’
Still all Marvel will tell us is it’s “a beginning.” Looking at the various pieces of Jean Grey’s history on this teaser image — it […]
It’s Time To Go Retro X (-Men)
To celebrate the upcoming 1980s-set X-Men: Apocalypse, Fox Studios has assembled a series of retro video games, altered to reflect a world full of mutants. Take […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 435: Silly Symphonies
The fanboys review the fannish news of the week, including Hugo Award Nominations, the Spectrum comic, Silly Symphonies, and so much more!
Final ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Trailer
Finally confirming the worst kept secret of the whole X-Men franchise…. of COURSE everyone’s favorite mutant will appear. And my son will be happy. Plus you […]
The Four Horsemen of ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’
Through their Twitter feed earlier today, Fox released these character images of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) from X-Men: Apocalypse. For those unfamiliar with the […]
The Apocalyptic ‘X-Men Apocalypse’ Trailer
It’s fascinating how far we’ve come since the 2000 release of Bryan Singer’s original X-Men. The look has changed, the powers have increased, and the […]
‘X-Men Apocalypse’ Superbowl Ad
Though in hindsight there are always little nitpicky flaws in Bryan Singer’s X-Men films, overall they work, and not once has a trailer for his work […]