When it comes to superhero news, Marvel Studios has been quiet lately, taking a back seat to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Warner Bros.’ various TV / Batman vs. Superman / Justice League announcements. Well, to help us get through the lull, a new casting claim has emerged from rumour […]
Elizabeth Olsen and Mark Ruffalo talk Avengers: Age of Ultron
2014 is shaping up to be a huge year for Elizabeth Olsen. After a string of indie successes, including the acclaimed Martha Marcy May Marlene, she’s set to feature in the blockbuster Godzilla this week, and is currently filming the hotly-anticipated Marvel sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron, which is set to arrive next Spring. In […]
CBS cancels Two and a Half Men, opts against How I Met Your Dad
CBS has announced its upcoming TV schedule, revealing that the long-running sitcom Two and a Half Men will come to an end with its 12th season, and that the network has also decided against picking up the How I Met Your Mother spin-off pilot How I Met Your Dad. The Chuck Lorre-produced Two and a […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the first look at Ben Affleck’s Batman
The Flickering Myth writing team share a few thoughts on the first look at Ben Affleck in the Batsuit…. DC fans haven’t had much to shout about over the best part of the past year, having to sit twiddling their thumbs waiting on news while Marvel Studios, Sony and Fox laid out their superhero plans […]
Movie Review – Lucky Bastard (2014)
Lucky Bastard, 2014. Directed by Robert Nathan. Starring Don McManus, Jay Paulson, Betsy Rue, Chris Wylde and Catherine Annette. SYNOPSIS: When the adult website LUCKY BASTARD runs a contest giving the winner a night with a hot porn star, the outcome turns from fantasy to horror in a deadly nightmare no one could possibly have […]
Roberto Orci confirmed to direct Star Trek 3
After being tipped as the front runner last week, it has now been confirmed that Roberto Orci will make his directorial debut on Star Trek 3, the third instalment of Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions’ rebooted Trek universe. Orci of course has plenty of experience with the Star Trek universe, having co-written and produced both […]
X-Men and The Fantastic Four won’t share the same movie universe
On several occasions over the past year, we’ve heard talk – including comments from Mark Millar – suggesting that 20th Century Fox is devising a shared movie universe between it’s two Marvel properties, X-Men and The Fantastic Four, possibly even building to a showdown between the two superhero teams. Well, it seems that could be […]
Hulk News Swirling
The Hulk is one of the most popular and enduring comic book characters of all-time, maintaining a constant spotlight presence in Marvel’s stable for over five decades. In that time, the modern Jekyll-and-Hyde story has captured the imaginations and sympathy of generations of comic book fans time and again. Thanks to 2012’s The Avengers, the […]
Why couldn’t Batman vs. Superman have made its original release date?
Thomas Roach examines why Batman vs. Superman could not have made its original release date… One of the most anticipated films to come out over the next few years is Batman vs. Superman, the sequel to Zack Synder’s Man of Steel. As you may remember the film was due for release in July 2015, but […]
Denis Lawson turns down Wedge Antilles return for Star Wars: Episode VII
Last month, Lucasfilm and J.J. Abrams gave us a taste of which returning characters we can expect to see when we return to a galaxy far, far away in 2015 for Star Wars: Episode VII, announcing that Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) […]