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Annie Potts to play Young Sheldon’s Meemaw

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Ghostbusters star Annie Potts has signed on for a series regular role in Young Sheldon, the upcoming spinoff from The Big Bang Theory, where she’ll portray Sheldon Cooper’s beloved Meemaw. THR reports that the character is described as a “foul-mouthed, hard-drinking Texas grandmother who is very supportive of her grandson and his unique gifts.” The […]

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

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Welcome to an abridged, pre-San Diego Comic-Con edition of The Week in Spandex… Well, it’s almost that time of year again. In just a few short hours the San Diego Comic-Con International 2017 will get underway, and as usual it promises to be a huge weekend for fans of superhero movies and television. Warner Bros. […]

T.J. Miller says Deadpool 2 won’t be a Hangover 2-style sequel

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As production continues on Deadpool 2, actor T.J. Miller has been chatting to Screen Rant about the hotly-anticipated sequel, promising that it will be very different from its predecessor in terms of story, as well as echoing Josh Brolin’s recent comments that it may also be a funnier film than the first movie. “It’s not […]

Spider-Man: Homecoming almost featured the “With Great Power…” line

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While Uncle Ben was entirely absent from Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man reboot, screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have revealed that an early draft of the script for Spider-Man: Homecoming would have featured a nod to Ben’s iconic “With great power comes great responsibility” line. “At the end when Happy [Jon Favreau] is in […]

Sebastian Stan says The Winter Soldier won’t appear in Black Panther

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The last time we saw Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes in Captain America: Civil War, he’d been granted asylum in Wakanda, and was being put in a cryogenic sleep until such time as a cure for his brainwashing could be discovered. Naturally, that has led to speculation amongst fans that the Winter Soldier could make an […]

Sylvester Stallone says he has no involvement with Bollywood Rambo remake

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Back in May it was announced that filmmaker Siddharth Anand and martial arts expect Tiger Shroff are teaming up for an official Bollywood remake of First Blood, which is set to begin production in 2018 under the title of Rambo [take a look at the teaser poster here]. Amid rumours that Sylvester Stallone will be involved with the production, […]

Dave Bautista praises the Russos’ handling of the Guardians of the Galaxy in Avengers: Infinity War

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Following this past weekend’s D23 panel where Marvel unveiled the very first footage from Avengers: Infinity War, Good Morning America caught up with Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista, who was full of praise for directors Anthony and Joe Russo and their handling of Drax and company in the hotly-anticipated superhero epic. “My biggest, […]

Rumour: Avengers: Infinity War will see Steve Rogers as Nomad

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Having laid down his shield at the end of Captain America: Civil War, Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers will reportedly take on a new alias for Avengers: Infinity War, suiting up as Nomad rather than once again taking on the mantle of Captain America. The rumour comes by way of the folks at MCU Exchange, who […]