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The Week in Star Wars – More production problems for Rogue One, Star Wars TV series, Han Solo trilogy and more

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The Week in Star Wars is back – and it’s another bumper edition. We’ve got the latest on production issues for Rogue One, a possible TV series, a rumoured Han Solo movie and more… We’ll kick things off this week with more news on production issues for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story [which got […]

The Week in Spandex – Suicide Squad cameo revealed, Infinity War title change, James Gunn on Star-Lord’s father “spoiler”, Spider-Man: Homecoming influenced by Harry Potter, Netflix turns down Agent Carter, Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman revealed and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The LEGO Batman Movie, Batman: The Killing Joke, Justice League Dark, Supergirl, Gotham, The Flash, Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Doctor Strange, Captain America: […]

SDCC: Justice League, Wonder Woman & Kong: Skull Island trailers – The Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth Team react… SEE ALSO: Read the Flickering Myth Reactions to Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Assassin’s Creed, Suicide Squad, and more Well it was a trailer heavy edition of San Diego Comic Con this year, with Warner Bros releasing the trailers for Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman and Justice League (sort […]

Should Sony risk a Ghostbusters sequel?

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Luke Owen looks at the franchise potential of Ghostbusters… The second week numbers are in, and it’s what most people expected (at least it’s what I predicted on last week’s podcast). After a fairly decent (but not all that great) $46 million opening weekend, Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot dropped 54% to earn $21 million in its […]

The Week in Spandex – San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Edition

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Here’s a special SDCC edition of The Week in Spandex, wrapping up all the superhero news from Comic-Con 2016… Unless you’ve been residing under a rock these past few days, you’ll be all too aware that the San Diego Comic-Con has been taking place across the Pond, bringing us a host of superhero goodies. Both […]

Franchise Report Card: Marvel & DC

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Anghus Houvouras grades the Marvel Cinematic and DC Extended Universes… There’s been a lot of discussion lately about fan bias towards movies from our experienced friends at Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. who have just started taking baby steps into an expanded cinematic universe. Critics, columnists, and editors find themselves in a precarious situation from […]

Blair Witch: Returning to a seminal horror franchise

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Tony Black on the return of the Blair Witch franchise… Of course the first question worth asking is this: is Blair Witch a horror movie? That now depends on which Blair Witch you’re talking about. Amongst all its glittering comic book movie reveals, Comic Con 2016’s biggest surprise turned out to be that Adam Wingard’s […]

The Pre-SDCC Week in Spandex – New Suicide Squad footage, Batman v Superman Blu-ray review, Spider-Man concept art, Taika Waititi on Thor: Ragnarok, Batman rumoured for the Arrowverse, Constantine to return and more

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In this special pre-SDCC edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Batman, Supergirl, Constantine, Gotham, Powerless, The LEGO Batman Movie, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain America: Civil War, Luke Cage and more…  With the San Diego Comic-Con International kicking off across the Pond today, we’re expecting the […]

The Week in Star Wars: Star Wars Celebration Europe Edition – Rogue One trailer and behind the scenes, Thrawn confirmed for Star Wars Rebels, Episode VIII and Han Solo updates and loads more

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It’s the post-Star Wars Celebration Edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got a lot to cover including Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Episode VIII, Star Wars Rebels, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars Battlefront and more… Right, let’s kick things off with everything from Star Wars Celebration Europe – […]