Now that J.J. Abrams is finishing up promotional duties on Star Trek Into Darkness, the filmmaker can start to turn his full attention towards Star Wars: Episode VII, and with the first instalment of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy gearing up to go into production soon ahead of its release in 2015, Lucasfilm has announced that the […]

After the success of last year’s Robot Chicken DC Comics Special, it will come as little surprise to learn that a sequel is now in development, with Adult Swim announcing Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II as part of its upcoming schedule for 2014; here’s the official description: Faster than a speeding bullet! Well, maybe […]

Anghus Houvouras discusses the most disappointing films of all time; first up is Ridley Scott’s Prometheus… With all the discussion created around the most disappointing films of all time, I thought it was time to delve into a regular discussion on the topic.  If I learned anything from the first two articles [see here and […]

Having been in development since 2006, it seems pretty safe to assume that the proposed 24 movie is never going to manage to drag itself out of development hell, but that might not necessarily mean we’ve seen the last of CTU. According to Deadline, Fox is looking to revive the real-time drama for a new […]

To celebrate the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, the Flickering Myth writing team look back at the classic sci-fi franchise. Next up for Star Trek Month is Andy Naylor looking at Star Trek: Insurrection…. Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise learn of a conspiracy against the peaceful inhabitants of a distinctive planet, […]

Acclaimed director Joe Wright is no stranger to literary adaptations. As well as Ian McEwan’s Atonement, he is responsible for cinematic versions of classics like Pride and Prejudice, and more recently Anna Karenina. However, transforming raunchy bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey into a film would certainly be different territory for him. Variety broke the ‘news’ initially and […]

Yesterday we got our first look at the Foot Clan in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action reboot thanks to a batch of set photos, and now today we may have discovered the identity of their master. According to Deadline, William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Drive Angry) has joined the cast of the Michael […]

Martin Deer rounds up all the latest talking points from Man of Steel as we count down to the return of Superman this summer… Hans Zimmer’s Score The track list for the Man of Steel score was released online when it went on pre-order, and just this week the previous 30 second clips of each […]

Robb Ghag reviews Star Wars #5… “After their resupply mission for the Rebel Alliance is exposed to the Empire, Han Solo and Chewbacca seek refuge in the Coruscant underworld, where they are being hunted by Boba Fett.  Meanwhile at the construction site of the second Death Star, Darth Vader, having fallen from the Emperor’s favor, […]

In the first of a new series, Flickering Myth’s writing team discuss their all-time favourite piece of cinema alongside their most re-watchable film; first up is Helen Murdoch with The Devil’s Backbone and Velvet Goldmine… I was trying to think of my favourite film the other day and it came down to two choices – […]