‘Dark Phoenix’ director reveals what he learned from the box office bomb

Not to sound too harsh, but Simon Kinberg’s feature-length directorial career hasn’t exactly gotten off to the strongest of starts.

Having been a key part of the X-Men franchise dating back to The Last Stand, the writer and producer ended up stepping behind the camera to helm Dark Phoenix, which wound up bombing at the box office to become the lowest-grossing entry in the series not named The New Mutants, while it’s also the worst-reviewed installment on Rotten Tomatoes.

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IPL 2022: Five England Players Who Could Rake in Money at the Mega Auction

A total of 1,214 players, 896 Indian and 318 overseas players have signed up to be part of the IPL 2022 Player Auction. Of those 318, 30 of them are from England.

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Hasbro denied James Gunn use of a Marvel character in all 3 ‘Guardians’ movies

Thanks to the advent of Marvel Studios and its in-house cinematic universe, not to mention Disney’s acquisition of Fox and the increasingly collaborative creative partnership with Sony, the comic book company has slowly but surely been regathering the rights to many of its highest-profile characters.

That being said, we’re still a long way away from the entire back catalogue being at Kevin Feige’s disposal, something James Gunn knows all too well. Having previously explained why the MCU can’t utilize cult favorite character Rom the Space Knight, the filmmaker has now revealed that he’s been denied another unsung hero on three occasions.

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The underwhelming conclusion to a beloved franchise hits the target on streaming

The elephant graveyard of box office bombs is littered with the bones of YA literary adaptations thrust into development in the wake of Harry Potter‘s record-breaking success, but only a select few managed to get a second installment, never mind launch an entire franchise.

The two most notable outliers were The Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games, both of which coincidentally took a leaf out of the Wizarding World’s book by splitting their respective conclusions into two parts. It may have been a fairly cynical moneymaking exercise in practice, but it was nothing if not a successful one.

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Rain Washes Out Third Australia-England Ashes T20I in Adelaide

Both teams will now travel by charter flight to Canberra on Monday afternoon to begin their preparations for the Test at Manuka Oval beginning Thursday.

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Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire spent 2 weeks together prepping for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

It was the worst-kept secret in Hollywood that Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire would be suiting up and swinging back into action as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, but it was much easier for the latter to keep it a secret.

Tom Holland’s third solo outing marked Maguire’s first live-action onscreen appearance in over seven years, with the actor and producer maintaining a relatively low public profile in the years since the release of Pawn Sacrifice in September 2014.

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