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The Week in Spandex – Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Captain Marvel, Suicide Squad, Aquaman, Fantastic Four, Hit-Girl and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Captain Marvel, The Punisher, Ghost Rider, Blade, Daredevil, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6, Avengers: Ultron Revolution, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, […]

Henry Simmons promoted to series regular for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3

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Earlier this week it was announced that Luke Mitchell’s Lincoln Campbell has been promoted to a series regular for the upcoming third season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and now Comic Book Resources is reporting that he’ll be joined by Henry Simmons, who plays Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie. The third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will […]

Infographic: 20 Highest Grossing Movies Based on Marvel Comics

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Wondering how Avengers: Age of Ultron is getting on at the box office compared to the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Maybe you’d like to see how Spider-Man stacks up against its Amazing reboot, or which of the X-Men movies have had the most success around the globe? Well, you’re in luck as the […]

William Fichtner joins Independence Day 2 (and 3 and 4)

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Deadline is reporting that William Fichtner (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) has signed on to play a top general in the sci-fi sequel Independence Day 2, with a view to an expanded role in a further two follow-ups. SEE ALSO: Jeff Goldblum is back as David Levinson in first behind-the-scenes photo from Independence Day 2 Independence […]

The Week in Spandex – Batman, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Gambit and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Superman Lives, Justice League Mortal, Arrow, Static Shock, Gotham, Supergirl, LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, […]

Ryan Reynolds on whether we’ll see Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine in Deadpool

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We know that Hugh Jackman is set to don the claws for one last time in 2017’s third Wolverine movie, but as yet we’ve not heard whether he’ll be portraying the fan favourite mutant in Fox’s trio of 2016 releases: X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool and Gambit. Well, during a chat with News.com.au, the Merc with a […]

Chris Pine in talks to play Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman

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It looks like Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman has found a love interested for her upcoming solo movie, with Variety reporting that Chris Pine (Star Trek Into Darkness) is in talks with Warner Bros. about taking on the role of Steve Trevor in the 2017 release. SEE ALSO: Wonder Woman promo art from Batman v Superman: […]

Documentary set to explore George Miller’s aborted Justice League Mortal

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Back in 2007, Warner Bros. announced that Mad Max creator George Miller had signed on to direct a motion-capture Justice League movie, which was going by the title of Justice League Mortal. The project made it as far as pre-production, with a a cast that was set to include Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger) as […]

Michael B. Jordan responds to criticism of his casting as Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four

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Back at the start of the year, a section of the internet exploded with the news that black actor Michael B. Jordan had been cast as white comic book character Johnny Storm in 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four. Jordan has spoken briefly on the backlash on several occasions [see here and here], but […]