Warning. Minor spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 follow…Back in April of last year some set photos from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 arrived online showing movie posters from the ‘Simon Williams Film Festival’, which also revealed that Nathan Fillion is portraying the character of Simon Williams, better known to Marvel comic book […]
Mark Gibbon reportedly cast as General Zod in Supergirl
It looks like Melissa Benoist’s Girl of Steel is set to kneel before Zod, with Bleeding Cool reporting that Canadian actor Mark Gibbon is currently shooting scenes as the Kryptonian warlord in Supergirl.Gibbon has plenty of previous experience with comic book roles, having appeared in the likes of Man of Steel, Arrow and Smallville, along […]
Tom Holland’s Peter Parker leaps into action in Spider-Man: Homecoming image
Thanks to Empire, we’ve got a new image from Spider-Man: Homecoming which sees Tom Holland’s Peter Parker using his arachnid abilities to leap over the railings of Midtown Science High School…SEE ALSO: Why Spider-Man will stay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe beyond 2019UPDATE: And here’s another couple of images of Peter in his Spider-Man costume…A […]
Adam Warlock was originally in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, will likely appear in Vol. 3
Given the key role he plays in The Infinity Gauntlet storyline of Marvel Comics, there’s been a lot of speculation as to whether Adam Warlock would have been introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe prior to next year’s Avengers: Infinity War, with many expecting him to have featured in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.Well, speaking […]
Marvel Studios won’t go down the R-rated superhero movie route with the MCU
After years of watering down its blockbusters to ensure a PG-13 rating, it seems Hollywood is falling over itself to go R-rated following the box office success of 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool and Logan.Rumours have suggested that Warner Bros. is open to going down the R-rated road with the DC Extended Universe (they’ve already done […]
Movie adaptation of Mark Millar’s Chrononauts finds a screenwriter
Way back in March 2015 it was announced that Universal Pictures had picked up the rights to Mark Millar and Sean Gordon Murphy’s Chrononauts comic book series, and now it looks like we may finally have some movement on the big screen adaptation.Deadline is reporting that playwright and screenwriter Philip Gawthorne has signed on to […]
Dave Filoni expresses his interest in directing a live-action Star Wars movie
As Lucasfilm begins to plan out the next decade and a half of Star Wars movies, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels creator Dave Filoni has been chatting to Coming Soon about whether he has any aspirations to make the jump to live-action and get behind the camera for a Star Wars […]
SNES Classic Mini rumoured to be in the works at Nintendo
Following last year’s NES Classic Mini, it seems that Nintendo are gearing up for a 16-bit version, with rumours suggesting that a SNES Classic Mini is slated for release later this year.According to Eurogamer, the SNES Classic Mini is the reason that Nintendo has decided to discontinue the NES Edition despite its popularity, and that […]
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck to direct Captain Marvel
Yesterday Ant-Man helmer Peyton Reed revealed that Marvel had found its director for the Brie Larson-headlined Captain Marvel movie, and now Variety has revealed that we’ll have not one but two people behind the camera, with Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Mississippi Grind) set to direct the studio’s first female-led superhero movie.According to the site, […]
IDW to publish Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics
In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the first Star Wars film this May, IDW Publishing and the multi award-winning imprint, Library of American Comics present Volume One of Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics which contains 575 sequential strips from its premiere run March 11, 1979 to October 5, 1980. Star Wars: The Classic […]
