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Spider-Man: Far From Home logo revealed as Jake Gyllenhaal arrives in London

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Today is Spider-Man Day, and Marvel Studios has marked the occasion by sharing the official logo for Spider-Man: Far From Home, next year’s Phase Four-launching superhero blockbuster, and the sequel to 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. Meanwhile, it it has been rumoured that Jake Gyllenhaal has been cast in Spider-Man: Far From Home, as the villain Mysterio. This […]

Marvel’s Doctor Strange director teases possible sequel news for September

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Scott Derrickson has quickly become one of the staple directors at Marvel Studios. After helming the first Doctor Strange movie, the director of the mystic arts has also helped to shape the character’s portrayal in Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War, so it comes as no surprise that Marvel would want him to return for the sequel to the magical […]

Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt announce start of production on Disney’s Jungle Cruise

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As Disney continues to enjoy enormous success with its various Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm properties, not to mention its live-action retellings of its animated classics, the Mouse House has now decided to turn to an old trick of looking to its theme park attractions for its next franchise hopeful. Disney’s Jungle Cruise, a long time popular […]

Rumour: The New Mutants and X-Men: Dark Phoenix being shelved by Fox?

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Rumours have been circling for quite some time now that 20th Century Fox has serious confidence issues with their next two Marvel properties, with both X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants reportedly receiving extremely poor internal reactions, leading to reshoots and release date delays on both projects. And reports are now circulating that the situation for both […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars revived, new trailer unveiled at Comic-Con

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Several years have passed since the fan favourite Lucasfilm animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars was cancelled on a less than satisfying note. It appeared that all hope was lost when Star Wars Rebels was announced as the spiritual successes to the Prequel-era series, seemingly bringing an end to the possibility of a new season of […]

What we can expect from the Marvel video game panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2018

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George Chrysostomou looks forward to Marvel’s gaming panel at Comic-Con… Marvel has announced a number of panels for the 2018 pop culture extravaganza San Diego Comic-Con. One jumped out to me, however, as potentially housing some of the biggest news of the con. On Thursday, Marvel is hosting a gaming panel. There have been a […]

3 Successful Franchise Revivals and 3 Failures

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George Chrysostomou with three successful franchise revivals and three failures… Franchise revivals are an ever present part of Hollywood today. Whilst audiences love sequels, prequels, original properties and reboots, there’s nothing quite as nostalgic as a franchise revival – taking a property from years ago, giving it a fresh coat of paint and selling it […]

Ranking the Pixar Movies from Worst to Best

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George Chrysostomou ranks the Pixar movies from worst to best… Coinciding with the release of Incredibles 2, we at Flickering Myth thought it was about time to do a full ranking of every Pixar film. To create this list, not only is this a culmination of my own opinions and other Flickering Myth writers, but also […]

5 Ant-Man Oddities That Could Pop Up In Ant-Man and the Wasp

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George Chrysostomou with five Ant-Man oddities that could pop up in Ant-Man and the Wasp… The Marvel Cinematic Universe is expanding at asurprising pace and 2018 is no different for the comics juggernaut. Whilst TV has already brought us a cast of characters such as the Runaways and Cloak and Dagger, the movie side of […]