After topping the domestic box office this past weekend and the international box office the weekend prior, Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok has wasted little time in thundering past the $500 million mark worldwide. The Taika Waititi-directed threequel has pulled in $502.3 million by close of play on Wednesday, becoming the fourteenth Marvel Cinematic […]
Kathleen Kennedy says that Star Wars: The Last Jedi won’t answer all of our questions
Star Wars: The Force Awakens certainly raised a few questions: Who are Rey’s parents? What has Luke Skywalker been doing all these years? How did Kylo Ren fall to the Dark Side? And just who is Supreme Leader Snoke? We know that some of these will be answered in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Director […]
Deadpool 2 Thanksgiving poster riffs on Norman Rockwell
20th Century Fox has kicked off the promotion for next year’s hugely-anticipated superhero sequel Deadpool 2, which riffs on American Artist Norman Rockwell’s ‘Freedom from Want’ painting, and sees Merc with a Mouth joined around the Thanksgiving table by Cable, Domino, Weasel, Colossus, Blind Al, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Vanessa and Dopinder. Oh, and there’s even […]
Play NES, SNES and Mega Drive games in HD with the Super Retro Trio Plus console
Retro-Bit, leader in retro consoles, controllers and video game hardware, have announced today Retro-Bit Europe, a new subsidiary bringing their state-of-the-art console hardware to European gamers. First to be released is the Super Retro Trio Plus, a compact console capable of playing original NES, SNES and Mega Drive cartridges from virtually any region in glorious HD. Available for pre-order […]
Samuel L. Jackson’s Elijah Price returns in set photo from M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass
After the post-credits scene of Split revealed that the movie takes place in the same world as Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan wasted little time in announcing that he was working on a sequel to both films entitled Glass, which would pit Bruce Willis’ David Dunn against Samuel L. Jackson’s Elijah Price and James McAvoy’s Kevin […]
New image of Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor from Doctor Who
Although the BBC released a brief promo of Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor back when her casting in Doctor Who was first announced, we now have an official look of Whittaker’s Time Lord in her costume, standing alongside the iconic TARDIS. Take a look at the image below, and let us know what you make of […]
Chris Hemsworth pays tribute to Mjolnir with Thor: Ragnarok promo
Poor Mjolnir. The trusty hammer of Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder meets its maker in Thor: Ragnarok at the hands of Cate Blanchett’s villain Hera, and Hemsworth has taken to Twitter to pay tribute to Mjolnir with an ‘In Memoriam’ promo; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Thor: Ragnarok was going to feature a childhood […]
Clip and images from Star Wars Rebels season 4 – ‘Rebel Assault’
Disney XD has released a clip and promotional images for Monday’s ninth episode of Star Wars Rebels season four, entitled ‘Rebel Assault’. Take a look here… SEE ALSO: Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Episode 7 Review – ‘Kindred’ Hera leads a courageous attack against Grand Admiral Thrawn’s forces, but when things go awry, her battle […]
Flickering Myth is now on SQUID
A few weeks ago we launched our brand new mobile site (which we hope you’re enjoying) and now those people on the go have a new way of keeping up with all things Flickering Myth, as we’ve partnered up with the news app SQUID for our movie, TV and video game content. Here’s how the […]
Thor: Ragnarok was going to feature a childhood flashback with a fat Thor and goth Loki
During an interview of MTV’s Happy Sad Confused Podcast, Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi has revealed that he originally planned to include a scene in the Marvel blockbuster which would have been a flashback to an 80s-style Asgard showing Thor and Loki’s childhood, with the God of Thunder as an overweight kid and the God […]
