In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Big Hero 6, The Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Green Lantern, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Lucifer, Valiant, ABCs of Superheroes, Powers and more… […]
Martin Scorsese to direct Jamie Foxx in Mike Tyson biopic
Last year it was revealed that Jamie Foxx is set to play Mike Tyson in an upcoming biopic of the former heavyweight boxing champ, and now Foxx has revealed on New York’s Power 105’s Breakfast Show that Martin Scorsese has been tapped to direct the film at Paramount Pictures. “I just went in to Paramount […]
HBO wants more than seven seasons of Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin responds
As Game of Thrones gears up for its fifth season next month, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo has been speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the epic fantasy series, admitting that he’d love to extend the show beyond the seven season preference of showrunners David Benoiff and D.B. Weiss: “We started this journey with David and […]
Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps takes to the skies in new Secret Wars series
Captain Marvel creators Kelly Sue Deconnick and David Lopez are set join Marvel newcomer Kelly Thompson for a high-flying tour of Battleworld from the inside of a cockpit with the new Secret Wars series Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps, which will get underway this June. Welcome to Hala Field, where if you’ve got the […]
Ryan Reynolds says Deadpool will be “made in a way the most critical of fanboys could embrace”
As 20th Century Fox and director Tim Miller gear up to go into production on Deadpool, leading man Ryan Reynolds has been speaking to Shortlist about his excitement over finally getting to realise the Merc With the Mouth’s solo movie. “I’m incredibly happy about it, we’ve got a director that understands that world, and writers […]
Three more names join FOX’s Lucifer pilot
As the DC / Vertigo adaptation gears up to go into production, FOX’s Lucifer pilot has added three more names to its cast in D.B. Woodside (24), Rachael Harris (Suits) and Nicholas Gonzalez (Sleepy Hollow). Deadline reports that Woodside will play the angel Amenadiel, with Harris starring as Lucifer’s Los Angeles-based therapist and Gonzalez nabbing […]
Kevin Smith announces Clerks III will shoot in May, Mallrats 2 to follow
Kevin Smith has taken to Facebook to announce that production on Clerks III is set for this Spring, with cameras set to roll on the sequel to the 1994 cult classic and its 2006 follow-up in May. Smith also went on to outline his schedule for the next year, as well as hinting at a […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 12 Review – ‘Who You Really Are’
Matthew Spencer-Skeen reviews the twelfth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D season 2.… In my review of episode 11 of this series I made it clear that it was clearly just catching us up on what happened and was only setting us up for bigger things. Luckily bigger things started happening straight away. The return of […]
R.I.P. Terry Pratchett (1948 – 2015)
Some very sad news this afternoon, with beloved British author Sir Terry Pratchett having passed away aged 66 after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. The announcement was made with a series of scheduled tweets on Twitter, which read: “At last, Sir Terry, we must walk together. Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through […]
Danny Trejo joins the cast of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
The El Rey Network and Miramax have announced that Danny Trejo is heading back to the world of From Dusk Till Dawn, having signed on to appear in the second season of the TV adaptation, where he’ll play The Regulator, “horrifying agent of evil who has been summoned to perform a deadly errand.” Trejo will […]
