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Tom Holland responds to Kirsten Dunst’s Spider-Man: Homecoming criticism

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A few weeks before the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, original Spider-Man trilogy star Kirsten Dunst shared a few choice words for the reboot, accusing Marvel and Sony of “milking that cow for money”. Well, speaking to Movie’n’co UK (via CBM), our new Spider-Man Tom Holland has responded to Dunst’s comments, offering a rather diplomatic response: “You know, […]

James Cameron is planning a new Terminator trilogy

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Back in January it was announced that James Cameron would be looking to relaunch the Terminator franchise when the rights to the series revert back to him in 2019, with Cameron said to be looking to Deadpool helmer Tim Miller to direct and Arnold Schwarzenegger saying he’ll be back for a sixth outing as the T-800. […]

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

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Rounding up all the big superhero news from the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International… Well, the dust has settled on another Comic-Con, and as you’d expect, we got plenty of news, trailers and other goodies from the ever-increasing slate of superhero movies and TV shows. While 20th Century Fox decided to keep its new X-Men […]

Avengers 4 to start shooting in two weeks, will be “distinctly different” to Avengers: Infinity War

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Having originally announced the titles of Avengers 3 and Avengers 4 as Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 and Part 2, Marvel seemingly altered its plans for the two-part superhero epic by dropping the subtitle for the latter, instead referring to it as the Untitled Avengers Movie. It’s expected that the Thanos storyline will still […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Thor: Ragnarok Comic-Con trailer

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Our writing team share their thoughts on the Thor: Ragnarok Comic-Con trailer… While Marvel Studios chose (pretty unsuccessfully) to keep its Avengers: Infinity War trailer for Hall H eyes only at Comic-Con this past Saturday, the studio did unleash the second trailer for November’s Thor: Ragnarok, giving us our latest look at the Taika Waititi-directed […]

Rumour: Early cut of Justice League deemed “unwatchable”, ending reportedly changed

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Over the past couple of months, Justice League has been undergoing some expensive reshoots under director Joss Whedon, who stepped in to take over the DC blockbuster after Zack Snyder’s daughter passed away. As you’d expect with a film of this magnitude, there’s been plenty of rumour and speculation surrounding said reshoots, with reports claiming […]

Justice League’s “extensive reshoots” reportedly causing scheduling issues, Joss Whedon’s credit up in the air

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Back in May it was announced that Joss Whedon would be stepping in to oversee reshoots on Justice League following the untimely passing of Zack Snyder’s daughter, with rumours suggesting that these reshoots would be “significant” and will change the movie “tremendously”. At Comic-Con, the cast played down this report, with Cyborg actor Ray Fisher […]

Spider-Man: Homecoming closing in on $600 million worldwide

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Spider-Man: Homecoming may be slipping down the box office charts, but the film is marching towards the $600 million mark at the global box office, with its domestic and international haul this weekend pushing the Marvel and Sony blockbuster to $571.7 million. It hasn’t been completely plain sailing for the web-slinger; in its second weekend, […]

Shaun Sipos cast as Adam Strange in Superman prequel series Krypton

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Deadline is reporting that Shaun Sipos (Melrose Place, The Vampire Diaries) has joined the cast of Syfy’s upcoming Superman prequel series Krypton in the recurring role of Adam Strange. Created by Julius Schwartz and Murphy Anderson, Adam Strange made his DC comic book debut in 1958’s Showcase #17, and is an archeologist who found himself teleported […]