As you’ll no doubt be aware if you’re a regular around these parts, we’re big fans of comic book movies here at Flickering Myth. So with the 2013 comic book movie season about to get underway in April with the arrival of Oblivion and Iron Man 3, we thought we’d spend the month counting down […]

Attending WonderCon this weekend to show footage from his hotly-anticipated kaiju homage Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro has taken part in a Q&A, during which the fanboy favourite director offered an update on the status of his planned Justice League Dark adaptation, Dark Universe. Stating that he intends Dark Universe to be his next project […]

With G.I. Joe: Retaliation tracking an impressive $100 million + opening at the global box office this weekend, there’s a good chance we’ll be seeing further big-screen adventures for the Real American Heroes, but could that involve a crossover with Paramount Pictures’ other big Hasbro property Transformers? According to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura it’s unlikely at […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including The Wolverine, Kick-Ass 2, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Solider, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Deadpool, Venom, Ninja Turtles, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Man of Steel, Arrow, Young Justice, Green […]

Robb Ghag reviews Age of Ultron #3… “For years the heroes of the Marvel Universe have lived in fear that the artificial intelligence known as Ultron would one day evolve to fulfill its desire to wipe out all organic life and take over the Earth — that day has arrived.“ In the third issue of […]

In the next instalment of the ‘Late to the Show’ series, Luke Addison looks at HBO’s Oz… “In Emerald City we have rules, a lot more rules than anywhere else in Oz. Your cell is your home, keep it clean, spotless. You are to exercise regularly, attend classes, go to drug and alcohol counselling, work […]

Having steered DC Comics’ animated output since the debut of the classic Batman: The Animated Series in 1992, Bruce Timm has stepped down from his position as DC Animation’s supervising producer, with Voices from Krypton reporting that Timm has since been replaced in the role by another veteran of the DC animated universe, James Tucker. […]

Miramax has announced that it’s teaming up with legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese for a television series based upon Scorsese’s acclaimed 2002 historical drama Gangs of New York. The film explored the confrontations between rival gangs in New York City during the 1980s, with a cast that included likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz […]

With the impending arrival of the Fede Alvarez-directed Evil Dead reboot [read our ★★★★★ review here] there’s a renewed optimism that Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell might finally be ready to reunite for the long-rumoured Evil Dead 4. Raimi himself stoked the speculation earlier this month during a promotional interview for Oz the Great and […]