In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Cloak and Dagger, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Guardians of the Galaxy, Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6, Avengers: Ultron Revolution, X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine 3, Deadpool 2, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Aquaman, […]
IDW and Top Shelf to release Superf*ckers as five-issue miniseries
IDW Publishing and Top Shelf have announced that they are teaming up to give cartoonist James Kochalka’s Superf*ckers new life as a five issue comic book miniseries entitled Superf*ckers Forever, which will launch in August. “In an era of ongoing over-the-top comic-book events, Superf*ckers Forever out-events all others,” said Chris Ryall, IDW’s Chief Creative Officer. […]
Boyd Holbrook to play the main villain in Wolverine 3
With production on Wolverine 3 set to get underway next month, Deadline is reporting that 20th Century Fox has found its main villain for Hugh Jackman’s final outing as the adamantium-clawed mutant. According to the site, Narcos star Boyd Holbrook has signed on to play “a relentless, calculating and intense head of security for a […]
Hugh Dancy joins Fifty Shades Darker as Christian Grey’s psychiatrist
Hannibal star Hugh Dancy has signed on to the cast of the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel Fifty Shades Darker, where he is set to play Dr. John Flynn, psychiatrist to Christian Grey. James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross) is directing the sequel, which is being shot back-to-back with the third instalment Fifty Shades Freed. Jamie Dornan, […]
Rumour: Warner Bros. considering theatrical release for Batman v Superman R-rated Ultimate Edition
In the build up to the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Warner Bros. announced that an R-rated ‘Ultimate Edition’ of the movie will hit Blu-ray this July, providing fans with an additional 30 minutes of DC superhero action. Well, according to El Mayimbe of Heroic Hollywood, we may in fact get a […]
James McAvoy open to more X-Men films after X-Men: Apocalypse
Not only will X-Men: Apocalypse mark the end of a “trilogy” of films based around the X-Men: First Class cast, but it will also see Fox’s contracts with the likes of James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult expiring. Having previously suggested that Apocalypse would be her final outing as Mystique, Jennifer Lawrence recently […]
Jason Momoa responds to Batman v Superman criticism, compares Aquaman movie to Iron Man
As he gears up to go into production on Justice League next week, Jason Momoa has been speaking to ET Online about the negative reaction from critics – and some fans – to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which of course saw the actor making his brief debut as Aquaman. “There’s been some things […]
Kevin Feige confirms that MCU characters will appear in the Spider-Man reboot
From the moment that Marvel and Sony announced they’d reached a deal to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Captain America: Civil War ahead of a solo reboot, there was speculation that the deal would see characters from the MCU appearing in the wall-crawler’s own movie. MCU stalwarts Chris Evans and Robert Downey […]
IDW to launch second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing series
IDW Publishing has announced that it is set to launch a second ongoing comic series based on Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe getting underway in August. “The story of IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is now too large to confine to just one ongoing series!” says TMNT editor Bobby […]
Sam Rockwell says we almost got a Galaxy Quest sequel before Alan Rickman passed away
During an interview with Nerdist, Sam Rockwell has revealed that Amazon was developing a sequel to the cult sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest, only for the plans to fall apart following the passing of Alan Rickman in February. “They were going to do a sequel on Amazon,” states Rockwell, who starred alongside Rickman, Tim Allen and […]
