Harry Potter bad guy Jason Isaacs has secured another villainous role, with the actor heading to a galaxy far, far away by signing on to lend his voice to the Jedi hunter The Inquisitor, the primary antagonist of the upcoming Star Wars Rebels animated series. “He’s cold, he’s analytical, he doesn’t get angry,” Lucasfilm Story […]
Official series description for The Flash
Ahead of its unveiling at Comic-Con next week, The CW has released a lengthy series description for the upcoming Arrow spin-off The Flash: Barry Allen was just 11 years old when his mother was killed in a bizarre and terrifying incident and his father was falsely convicted of the murder. With his life changed forever […]
Deborah Ann Woll joins Daredevil as Karen Page
True Blood actress Deborah Ann Woll has joined the cast of the Netflix series Daredevil. She will play the female lead and the love interest for Matt Murdock. Page appeared in the first Daredevil #1 comic back in 1964 and was Murdock’s longest-running love interest before her death at the hands of Bullseye. In the […]
Matt Ryan on Lucy Griffiths’ departure from Constantine
Last week we heard that the producers of the upcoming DC TV show Constantine had decided to axe Lucy Griffths’ (True Blood) female lead Liv, in favour of bringing in the character of Zed, who is set to be portrayed by Angelica Celaya (Burn Notice). Now John Constantine himself has shared his thoughts on the […]
Guardians of the Galaxy cameos revealed
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 […]
