Just as original writer Michael Arndt left Star Wars: The Force Awakens, screenwriter Gary Whitta has now departed Disney’s first standalone Star Wars movie, which is being directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla). According to THR, Whitta has completed a first draft of the film and is now moving on to his next project, which could […]
Movie Review – Dying of the Light (2014)
Dying of the Light, 2014. Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Irene Jacob, Victor Webster and Alexander Karim. SYNOPSIS: Burned out CIA operative Evan Lake (Nicolas Cage) is forced into early retirement due to a degenerative medical diagnosis. Aided by an up and coming field agent Milton Schultz (Anton Yelchin) […]
Marvel dominates comic book sales in 2014
Diamond Comic Distributors has releasing their annual end-of-year sales rankings for the comic book industry, which continued its upward trend in 2014 as sales increased 4.39% over the previous twelve months. The year was dominated by Marvel, who led the charts in terms of both dollar and unit market share (34.38% and 36.78% respectively), as […]
Marvel announces the Death of Deadpool
It looks like Deadpool is going to be following in the footsteps of Wolverine and meeting his maker, with Marvel announcing that it’s killing off the Merc with the Mouth in the upcoming Deadpool #45, which marks the 250th issue of Deadpool across all his volumes, and also the last of the current series. “This […]
New rumoured shortlist for Cyclops, Jean and Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse
Back in November a list of potential candidates for the roles of the younger Cyclops and Jean Grey in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse arrived online, which included the likes of Ben Hardy (EastEnders), Charlie Rowe (Neverland), Timothee Chalamet (Interstellar), Chloe Moretz (The Equalizer), Elle Fanning (Maleficent) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit). Since then, we haven’t heard […]
UPDATE: Batman v Superman to be split into two parts, with Enter the Knight leading into Dawn of Justice?
If you were wondering how Warner Bros. and DC plan to cram so many characters into the upcoming DC ensemble Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, well we may just have the answer – although the emphasis is on may here… According to an image doing the rounds on the internet which is allegedly from […]
Kevin Feige comments on Ant-Man “disagreements” with Edgar Wright
With the accompanying press release for the first Ant-Man trailer came the news that original director Edgar Wright and his writing partner Joe Cornish will not receive a screenwriting credit on the twelfth instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, despite spending the best part of a decade working on the script. Instead, the duo will […]
American Horror Story: Freak Show – Episode 11 Review
Alice Rush reviews the eleventh episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show… After taking a midseason break Freak Show is back and, thankfully, seems to be keeping on the right track. Kind of. This week’s episode ‘Magical Thinking’ introduced an exciting new character, said goodbye to another and brought some much needed gore and horror. […]
Why the Ant-Man trailer is so serious
Anthony Stokes on why the Ant-Man trailer is so serious… The Ant-Man teaser has dropped and the reactions are quite predictable. Generally most people are pretty happy with it. There was some mention of Marvel basically doing the same thing over again, which has seemed to work pretty well for the studio so far, and […]
Edward James Olmos joins Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Blade Runner and Battlestar Galactica star Edward James Olmos has signed on for a recurring guest role in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with the official Marvel site revealing that he’s set to play Robert Gonzales, a character who “will have massive repercussions for Director Coulson and his team.” “Edward James Olmos brings an amazing gravitas to […]
