After yesterday’s big Marvel Cinematic Universe news blitz – which included our very first look at Avengers: Age of Ultron – Stitch Kingdom has unearthed details of surprise cameos for Guardians of the Galaxy, including Nathan Fillion and Stan Lee’s roles, as well as a couple of familiar faces from the Marvel comic book universe. […]
Comics to Read Before You Die #1 – The Amazing Spider-Man: The Night Gwen Stacy Died
In the first of a new series here at Flickering Myth looking at classic comic book story arcs, Jessie Robertson explores ‘The Night Gwen Stacy Died’… Issues: The Amazing Spider-Man #121-122 (June-July 1973) Writer: Gerry Conway Pencil Art: Gil Kane Inking: John Romita Sr/ Tony Mortallero “She was young, she was beautiful, she was innocent […]
Peter Shinkoda joins Marvel’s Daredevil
Well, the Marvel news just keeps on coming. Hot on the heels of the first-look images from Avengers: Age of Ultron [see here and here] comes word from Deadline that Peter Shinkoda (Falling Skies, Godzilla) has secured a major recurring role as Hachiro in Marvel’s first Netflix miniseries Daredevil. Shinkoda joins a cast that so […]
Gotham will reportedly feature a potential Joker in each episode
Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool posted some images from the pilot episode of FOX’s Gotham, showing a stand-up comedian (played by relative unknown Jon Beavers) who the site speculated could potentially be our first look at the future Joker. If you’ve been following the development of the Batman prequel series, then you may be aware […]
Megan Fox responds to criticism of her casting in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
It’s fair to say that director Jonathan Leibesman (Wrath of the Titans) and producer Michael Bay’s (Transformers: Age of Extinction) upcoming reboot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has come in for its fair share of criticism, whether it be the early talk of changing the Turtles’ origins to have them as aliens, or the casting of […]
Don’t Turn Out The Light: Is David Fincher Still Afraid of the Dark?
Martin Carr on the work of David Fincher… ‘I’m interested in films that scar’ February 96’ (Empire Magazine) ‘I’m not interested in the guy on his own, in a dark room sharpening his knives’ (Zodiac Commentary) At the heart of David Fincher is a contradiction. Beneath his meticulous approach and need for perfection is a […]
Kevin Feige explains why Peyton Reed is right for Ant-Man
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige was in London today to present footage from Guardians of the Galaxy [read our first impressions here], as well as a special first look sneak peek at Avengers: Age of Ultron [read our thoughts on that footage here]. While he was here, IGN caught up with the producer to ask […]
Kate Mara distances The Fantastic Four from its source material
If you’ve been following the development of Fox’s reboot of The Fantastic Four, then you’ll no doubt be aware that director Josh Trank (Chronicle) intends on delivering something different to the traditional comic book incarnation of Marvel’s First Family. With the casting of younger actors, it was thought that the studio had decided to go […]
Thor to undergo a sex change as Marvel introduces female God of Thunder
Marvel Comics has announced this morning that The Mighty Thor is to undergo a change of sex, with the publisher introducing a female version of the God(dess) of Thunder in the pages of Thor #1, which is set to launch in October with Jason Aaron (Thor: God of Thunder) writing and art by Russell Dauterman. […]
Gary Oldman says Batman v Superman has “got big shoes to fill”
With Zack Snyder currently rebooting The Dark Knight as part of Warner Bros.’ big DC ensemble Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Yahoo! Movies caught up with Gary Oldman during a promotional interview for his new film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, during which they managed to get a few comments from The […]
