In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justie, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Supergirl, Constantine, Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, The Punisher, Jessica Jones, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hulk and the Agents of […]
Netflix announces five new shows, including Degrassi: Next Class
Netflix has announced its latest expansion to its ever-increasing slate of original programming, which is set to include a new series of the Canadian teen drama Degrassi following its cancellation by TeenNick this month. Check out the official announcement from the streaming service below… Keeping true to the spirit of the Degrassi franchise, which generations […]
HBO shuts down production on David Fincher’s Videosynchrazy
According to Deadline, HBO has shut down production on David Fincher’s secretive comedy series Videosynchrazy, with the site reporting that the cable network made the decision after viewing completed episodes of the show. The site reports that Fincher has asked for time to revisit the cuts and the series’ creative direction, and that as of […]
Mark Ruffalo on whether The Hulk will appear in Captain America: Civil War
Marvel Studios looks set to kick off Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a bang as the Russo brothers bring together pretty much every character from the MCU for next year’s Captain America: Civil War. However, so far there is one major omission from the official cast announcements in Mark Ruffalo, and The […]
Second Opinion – Jurassic World (2015)
Jurassic World, 2015. Directed by Colin Trevorrow. Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Omar Sy, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Judy Greer, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson and B.D. Wong. SYNOPSIS: Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. […]
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review – The Look of Silence (2014)
The Look of Silence, 2014. Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. SYNOPSIS: A family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers. After two films on the same subject, it’s difficult to tell whether director Joshua Oppenheimer is more repulsed by the perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide or fascinated […]
Michelle MacLaren has met with Lucasfilm over Star Wars Anthology movie
With Josh Trank vacating the director’s chair on the second Star Wars Anthology movie, Disney and Lucasfilm have a vacancy for a filmmaker in a galaxy far, far away, and now Jeff Sneider of The Wrap is reporting on Meet the Movie Press that Michelle MacLaren has met with the studio about the project. MacLaren, […]
Wonder Woman takes centre stage in Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles episode 3 – ‘Big’
Having released the first two episodes earlier this week featuring Batman vs. Harley Quinn [see here] and Superman vs. Brainiac [see here], Machinima has now debuted the third and final episode of Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, which sees Wonder Woman taking centre stage… https://youtu.be/fOWLqnjFN64 n an alternative history Zod is Superman’s father, Batman […]
Asa Butterfield reportedly out of the running for Spider-Man, shortlist now down to three names
Back in both April and May, Latino-Review claimed that Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game) had bagged the role of Spider-Man for his upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War and the subsequent series of rebooted solo movies. Well, it seems those reports were premature, as Jeff Sneider is reporting on Meet the Movie […]
Matthew Vaughn talks Kingsman 2
Matthew Vaughn scored another hit earlier this year with his latest Mark Millar collaboration Kingsman: The Secret Service, and now the director has revealed during an interview with Yahoo Movies that he’s busy working on the script for the sequel. “The good news is that I’m writing it at the moment. If I think I can […]
