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The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens unlikely to beat Avatar, young Han Solo actor shortlist, Darth Vader in Rogue One, Princess Leia joins Rebels, Poe Dameron getting his own series and more

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This edition of The Week in Star Wars sees more updates on The Force Awakens’ box office totals, casting news for Han Solo: A Star Wars Story, Rogue One rumours and more… We’re going to kick things off this week by looking at Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ box office totals. The film is still […]

Possible spoiler: The “other villain” in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice revealed

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Warning – this is a possible spoiler… Last week we posted a photo from the LEGO sets of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice that suggested there would be another villain in the movie alongside Lex Luthor and Doomsday. Well, the folks over at Latino-Review claim they know who it is. The site is ‘confirming’ […]

Jared Leto is the “king of Planet Joker”, says Suicide Squad director

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The highly-anticipated anti-hero addition to the DC Extended Universe is get closer with a new trailer set to be released very soon. One topic that was always going to over-shadow the conversation, however, was Jared Leto’s portrayal of The Joker – which has already split the Geek Community. Suicide Squad director David Ayer, on the […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens hits $1 billion, more original trilogy cameos, alternative versions of the movie and more

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It’s a Holiday Edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got more record breaking box office news from The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams talking about Episode VIII and Kylo Ren, the rest of the cast talking about the movie and what could have been the plot of The Force Awakens before it was […]

The Week in Star Wars – George Lucas has seen The Force Awakens, Carrie Fisher calls Slave Leia controversy “stupid”, Han Solo casting news, new posters and clips from The Force Awakens and more

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USE THE COUPON CODE 20OFF FOR 20% OFF YOUR ORDER (ends on 6th December, 2015) In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got George Lucas talking about Greedo shooting first as well as liking The Force Awakens, news on Disney’s casting plans for a young Han Solo, UK cinemas adding an extra […]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth Team react… After a small teaser earlier in the week, the latest trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was released to the wide world, and showed off what many have been expecting – Doomsday. Some have already critisied the trailer for being spoiler-heavy, but what did the writing staff of […]

Why Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice doesn’t need Doomsday

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Luke Owen looks at the big reveal in the latest Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer… It’s the showdown we’ve all been waiting for – World’s Finest collide as The Dark Knight takes on The Man of Steel in next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The Comic-Con trailer teased us with what this […]

The Week in Star Wars – New footage from The Force Awakens, major character returning for Episode VIII, J.J promises less lens flare and more

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We’ve got some more new footage from The Force Awakens in this edition of The Week in Star Wars, along with news of the film’s rating and lens flare, as well as spoilers for Episode VIII and some video games bits and bobs… Kicking things off with some more new footage from Star Wars: The […]

Captain America: Civil War Trailer #1 – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth writing staff react… After revealing the first bit of footage at Disney’s D23 (watch our breakdown of that footage here), Marvel dropped the first official trailer for Captain America: Civil War. You can watch the trailer here, and read the thoughts of the Flickering Myth writing staff below: Chris Cooper: ‘He’s my […]