Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada’s comic book series Painkiller Jane is heading to the big screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the Soska Sisters have signed on to direct a big screen version of the title for Paperfilms. Painkiller Jane “centers on the titular heroine, a cop, who, along with with her best friend […]
Monster Artistry: A Quick Chat with Animation Legend Phil Tippett
James Clarke chats with animation legend Phil Tippett… If you know your modern visual effects maestros, and if you know your stop- motion tauntaun from your stop-motion ED209, then you’ll know that Phil Tippett has been at the forefront of the visual effects and animation industries for the past forty years. His visual effects outfit, […]
The Week in Spandex – The Pre-Comic-Con Edition
Our weekly round up of the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Planet Hulk / Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Captain America 3, Iron Man 4, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Sinister Six, […]
The Sinister Six gets 2016 release date as The Amazing Spider-Man 3 pushed back to 2018
We’ve been hearing talk from the likes of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman suggesting that Sony may have jumped the gun when it came to announcing 2016 and 2018 release dates for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4, and it seems that is indeed the case after all, with the studio announcing […]
Falling Skies Season 4 – Episode 1 Review
Ray Willmott reviews the first episode of Falling Skies Season four… It’s rare for a Sci-Fi show to see life past its first season these days, but Falling Skies has definitely earned its stripes, continuing to improve year on year. Aliens, known as Skitters, have unexpectedly attacked Earth, leaving it in tatters and ruins, forcing […]
John Boyega eyeing Marvel role as Black Panther
Not content with venturing to a galaxy far, far away for Star Wars: Episode VII, it seems that John Boyega is eyeing another Disney franchise, with the Attack the Block star taking to Twitter to express his interest in joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “Marvel role? Damn right I’m aiming for it,” said Boyega. “Currently […]
Robert Downey Jr. on the possibility of returning as Tony Stark for Iron Man 4
With Marvel announcing five new release dates last week, there’s been much speculation as to what properties could fill the seven currently-unnanounced slots on the studio’s slate. The Avengers 3 will presumably occupy the May 2019 release date, and with Doctor Strange and Thor 3 taking up another two, that leaves us with four mystery […]
Simon Kinberg on The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse and Gambit
If you were hoping to get a first look at Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell as the Fantastic Four at Comic-Con this weekend, then I’m afraid you’re out of luck. The Josh Trank-directed reboot was absent from 20th Century Fox’s schedule for its Hall H presentation on Friday, and now […]
DVD Review – Honour (2014)
Honour, 2014. Written and Directed by Shan Khan. Starring Paddy Considine, Aiysha Hart, Faraz Ayub, Shubham Saraf, Harvey Virdi and Nikesh Patel. SYNOPSIS: A story centered on a young woman is targeted by her family for an “honour killing” and the bounty hunter who takes the job. Let’s take a cursory look at the headlines: […]
Gotham showrunner talks Harvey Dent and Hugo Strange
Earlier this week we brought you some comments from Gotham showrunner Bruno Heller about the inclusion of Poison Ivy – sorry, Ivy Pepper – and The Joker in the upcoming Batman prequel series, and now he’s been talking about utilising another two members of The Dark Knight’s Rogues Gallery in Harvey Dent and Professor Hugo […]
