Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige not only stuck the landing when they released “Avengers: Endgame” and capped off a nearly-two-dozen-film run that spans a decade, but they did so in record-breaking fashion. But what do you do after you release the biggest film of all time? Well, COVID-19 says that you take a full year off and regroup.

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We are now in 2021, and the MCU hangover from ‘Endgame’ has fully worn off.

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Update: “Tenet” made $53 million overseas this weekend.

Despite thousands of theaters both in the U.S. and abroad still closed, the biggest movies of the summer are making big first impressions at the box office, as moviegoing resumes in North America and blockbusters return to the screen.

READ MORE: Christopher Nolan Doesn’t Believe He’s “Saving” Film With ‘Tenet’: “Cinema Is Bigger Than Any One Film”

Though Christopher Nolan‘s latest blockbuster, “Tenet,” won’t open in U.S.

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The Fox ‘X-Men’ franchise is now over. And thank the lord! No, I don’t say that as someone who hates superhero movies and wishes they’d all go away. The opposite, actually. I’m a huge superhero fan and adore many of the ‘X-Men’ films, but if “The New Mutants” (and last year’s “Dark Phoenix”) is the direction the studio was going, consider a Marvel Studios reboot of the franchise a mercy killing.

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For most of my adult life, the cinema has been my place of worship. At least once a week, armed with a small popcorn and large Coca-Cola, I’d settle into the back row, dead center, and in the dark, I’d step into worlds, stories, characters, and moments that nourished parts of my soul that even years and years of cinematic devotion later, I’d be hard-pressed to accurately articulate. Even the more tangible aspects of this ritual — the immersive screen, the surround sound, the collective laughter and tears, the feeling of togetherness with a room full of strangers — are so powerful they are beyond mere words. However, the COVID-19 pandemic put a sudden and jarring end to this routine and drew the entire industry to a standstill.

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As the release of “New Mutants” (maybe?) draws nearer, we’ve been finding out more and more about what could have been in the long-delayed last gasp of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise. Speaking in an interview with Slash Film, the film’s director Josh Boone discussed how the critical failure of Bryan Singer’s final entry to the franchise, the often maligned and kind of loopy “X-Men: Apocalypse” lead to changes in his own film.

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This year’s San Diego Comic-Con replacement, Comic-Con@Home, was pretty damn disappointing. Sure, fans got to see new trailers and clips and some decent interactions between cast members of some genre projects, but overall, there wasn’t that big exciting, surprise announcement or show-stopping panel. Many assumed the biggest news was going to come from the “New Mutants” Q&A, where people were predicting that 20th Century Studios would announce that the long-delayed superhero film would land on a streaming service and forgo the theatrical release that seems to be damn-near impossible.

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When Fox announced “The New Mutants” more than three years ago, excitement grew. Director Josh Boone of “Stuck in Love” and “The Fault in Our Stars” would be teaming up with famous acting youngsters and TV stars Maisie Williams (“Game of Thrones”) and Charlie Heaton (“Stranger Things”), Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Witch) for a horror-filled superhero-esque thriller.

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When Disney purchased Fox, it was a foregone conclusion that one of the by-products of the merger would be that all those ‘X-Men’ film properties that Fox owned the rights to would eventually fall under the control of Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige. However, before he took the wheel and put his spin on the ‘X-Men’ franchise, Fox was going to release two new films, “Dark Phoenix” and “New Mutants” to close out its run of X-films.

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LAS VEGAS – Walt Disney Studios probably didn’t plan on making any news at their first CinemaCon presentation since acquiring 20th Century Fox, but it happened anyway. No, the studio didn’t show any footage from “Star Wars: Episode IX,” “Frozen 2” or James Cameron’s long-awaited “Avatar” sequels. They didn’t date any new Marvel Studios films or explain how the X-Men would be incorporated into the MCU.

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In this media-massaged world with PR training and handlers, actors rarely speak out of line. Regardless, we’ve seen lots of flubs (Jason Reitman unintentionally set off a lot of people this week, for example). Case in point: poor actress Anya Taylor-Joy, who’s a champ normally but is facing an unenviable task of press for a movie that’s been in trouble for months. Every time she’s asked about the long-delayed 20th Century Fox ‘X-Men’ spin-off “New Mutants,” she can’t say much, but she sticks to her talking points.

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Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox will be complete later this year, but that hasn’t stopped fans from holding out hope for Fox’s “X-Men” and mutants universe. The reality though is rather grim, and Fox and longtime “X-Men” producer Lauren Shuler Donner, who spoke at TCA today, realizes that it’s Marvel and Kevin Feige who will be taking control and she and Simon Kinberg are not likely to return.

Continue reading ‘X-Men’ Producer Says She’s “Hopeful” ‘New Mutants’ Receives A Theatrical Release; Says ‘Gambit’s Fate Is Now In Marvel’s Hands at The Playlist.

It’s funny to think that 2018 was supposed to be the year 20th Century Fox’s Marvel universe was supposed to throw down the gauntlet and show other rival studios they meant business. Feeling confident, last year the studio set three of their Marvel properties for release in 2018 and challenging Marvel Studios who have the same aggressive schedule. But after all is said and done, only “Deadpool 2” will arrive in this calendar year.

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Director Cory Finley’s finely tuned “Thoroughbreds” is like 1989’s “Heathers,” if that dark comedy was artsy, minimalist and contemporary. “Thoroughbreds” is a nasty little piece of business and Finley, a theater veteran, brings out the best leads, Anya Taylor-Joy, Olivia Cooke and the late Anton Yelchin.  The trio becomes involved in a murder plot that is as highly unpredictable as it is stark and pitch black.

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20th Century Fox’s Marvel universe may have had some setbacks since “Fantastic Four,” but the “X-Men” side of the world is arguably still killing, even revitalized, after “Deadpool” and “Logan” (both R-rated and still huge successes). With an “X-Force” movie brewing, and “Gambit” still in the slow cooker, expansion seems to be the name of the game.

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