This won’t really come as a surprise given that it has been shattering box office records left, right and centre, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide, becoming the fastest movie in history to do so. This is the third time this year that the record has been […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets Christmas Day box office record, will hit $1 billion this weekend
Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues leave box office records in its wake, with the film setting a Christmas Day record yesterday of $49.3 million in the States, crushing the previous high set by Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes in 2009. Domestically, The Force Awakens is now the fastest movie to reach $400 million, having banked […]
The Big Bang Theory producers on whether season 10 will be the last
The Big Bang Theory is midway through its ninth season, with the cast all locked down to reprise their roles for another season in 2016. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, showrunner Steve Molaro has been discussing the tenth season, and whether it’s being planned as the end of the line for Leonard (Johnny Galecki), Sheldon […]
The Week in Spandex – Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Luke Cage, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Deadpool, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Incredible Hulk, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, The Flash, […]
Anakin Skywalker’s Force Ghost was considered for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, concept art unveiled
Warning. This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Proceed with caution… Now that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is finally here, we’ve been able to see for ourselves which rumours turned out to be accurate, and which ones were pure fabrications. In the build up to the release, there had been persistent speculation that […]
Lyndsy Fonseca to return for Agent Carter season 2’s Dancing with the Stars crossover
Having been absent from the official cast list of Agent Carter season 2, Entertainment Weekly has revealed that Lyndsy Fonseca will reprise the role of Angie Martinelli in the second season of the Marvel show, albeit as part of a musical song-and-dance dream sequence that will cross over with the U.S. TV series Dancing with […]
Listen to Radiohead’s unused Spectre theme
Radiohead front man Thom Yorke has given fans of the band a little Christmas present in the form of their rejected theme for this year’s 24th Bond outing Spectre. “Last year we were asked to write a theme tune for the Bond movie Spectre,” states Yorke. “Yes we were. It didn’t work out, but […]
Ali Liebert cast as love interest for White Canary in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
It looks like Sara Lance’s White Canary (Caity Lotz) will be getting a new love interest in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, with Entertainment Weekly revealing that Ali Liebert (Strange Empire) has joined the cast of the Arrow and The Flash spinoff as Lindsay Carlisle. Described as “the ideal picture of 1950s womanhood”, Lindsay “harbors a dark […]
Season’s Greetings from Flickering Myth
A quick note from everyone here at Flickering Myth to wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas, and a prosperous 2016! While we’re here, we’d also like to say a huge thank you for your continued support of the site. 2015 has been a great year for Flickering Myth, and we’ve got some […]
Chris Evans is Hollywood’s “best value” star of 2015
Earlier in the week Forbes announced its list of the most overpaid stars of 2015, with Johnny Depp topping the list of actors who offer the least return on their salary. Now we have a look at those names on the opposite end of the scale, with Forbes revealing that Chris Evans has offered the […]