UPDATE: According to the latest figures from Variety, Spider-Man: Far From Home is now said to be tracking a $154 million six-day opening over the July 4th weekend. Original story follows…With a combined $3.6 billion and counting from Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame, 2019 has already proven itself to be a fantastic year at the […]
5 Marvel Video Games You Need to Play
With Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe drawing to a close in just a few short weeks with the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home, we at Flickering Myth have decided to look back at Marvel Comics’ history with video games.The result was a mix of amazing and not so spectacular games, but there […]
Namor invades Marvel Contest of Champions
Kabam has announced its latest update to Marvel Contest of Champions, which sees Namor the Sub-Mariner joining the fight! Check out Namor’s champion spotlight gameplay trailer, bio, and stats and abilities here…To both heroes and villains alike, Namor has been a mighty ally and a formidable foe. The Short-tempered Mutant King of Atlantis will stop […]
Alexandra Daddario to play a crazy lesbian in Why Women Kill
Deadline is reporting that CBS’ upcoming dark comedy drama series Why Women Kill has cast Alexandra Daddario (Baywatch), who will star alongside the previously announced Lucy Liu (Elementary) and Ginnifer Goodwin (Once Upon a Time).The series, created by Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives) is set to follow three women living in three different decades, each of […]
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps revival reportedly in the works
According to actor Will Mellor, the BBC is close to commissioning the hit British sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps could be returning to our screens for a one-off revival which would reunite Mellor’s Gaz with Ralph Little’s Jonny.“Recently, since Two Pints came back, it is on at 11 o’clock every […]
Terry Pratchett’s The Amazing Maurice in development as animated movie
German production outfit Ulysses Filmproduktion (Luis and the Aliens) has announced an animated feature film adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s 2001 novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, with Toby Genkel (Ooops! Noah is Gone) directing from a script by writer Terry Rossio (Aladdin).The 28th Discworld novel, and the first to be written specifically for […]
New Line Cinema wanted to cast a white actor as Blade
While 2000’s X-Men is widely credited as launching the Marvel-era of movies – and indeed, the modern superhero movie – that honour actually falls to 1998’s Blade, which saw Wesley Snipes taking on the role of Marvel’s vampire-hunter Eric Brooks.With the film celebrating its 20th anniversary, EW has been chatting to Snipes and screenwriter David […]
Michael Rooker joins The Dark Tower TV series
Guardians of the Galaxy star Michael Rooker has revealed on his website that he has joined the cast of Amazon’s TV adaptation of the Stephen King fantasy epic The Dark Tower.Details on Rooker’s role are being kept under wraps, but the actor joins the previously announced Sam Strike (Nightflyers) as Roland Deschain and Jasper Paakkonen […]
Netflix acquires video game adaptation The Division starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain
During Ubisoft’s panel at E3, the publisher has announced that its long-gestating feature film adaptation of Tom Clancy’s The Division has been acquired by streaming giant Netflix.David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) is set to direct The Division, which has Jake Gyllenhaal (Spider-Man: Far From Home) and Jessica Chastain (It: […]
Love, Death & Robots renewed for season 2 by Netflix
Streaming service Netflix has taken to Twitter to announce that it has renewed the Tim Miller (Deadpool) and David Fincher (The Social Network) produced animated anthology series Love, Death & Robots for a second season. “Love, Death and Robots” will be back! Jennifer Yuh Nelson has joined as supervising director for Volume 2 and will […]
