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Mark Millar says Captain America: Civil War is “much the same” as the comic book

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To this day, Marvel’s Civil War remains their biggest selling comic series of all-time (so big in fact, they’re doing it again). Written by Mark Millar, the feature film adaptation of the comic – Captain America: Civil War – is heading to cinema screens this April and there has been a lot of speculation and rumours about how close […]

The Week in Star Wars – Episode VIII pushed back for “positive” re-writes, TV show update, Marvel crossover, Kylo Ren on Undercover Boss, Rogue One rumours and more

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After last week’s bumper edition, The Week in Star Wars is looking ahead to Episode VIII and why its been pushed back. We’ve also got some rumours surrounding Rogue One, a crossover with Marvel, Kylo Ren on Undercover Boss and more…We’re running a competition to win this set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens Pop! Bobble-Heads […]

McG in talks to direct Masters of the Universe

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The long-gestating Masters of the Universe reboot has gone through several writers and directors over the last few years, and it now looks like they’ve found their latest helmer.Deadline are reporting that Sony are looking to target McG (Charlie’s Angels, Terminator Salvation) to take on the project. If McG joins, he will re-write the latest […]

Deadpool tracking for $55 million opening weekend; bigger than X-Men, The Wolverine and X-Men: First Class

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We’re only a couple of weeks away from The Merc With a Mouth hitting cinema screens in his feature-debut, and The Hollywood Reporter is tracking a good opening weekend for Deadpool.If the outlet is to be believed, Deadpool is currently tracking to earn $55+ million on its opening weekend, when it goes up against Zoolander 2 […]

Grant Gustin says he didn’t “bash” Ezra Miller as The Flash; fully endorses the casting

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Over the last couple of days, The Flash TV star Grant Gustin has been favouriting a few tweets from fans who were upset that DC and Warner Bros. had decided to recast him as Barry Allen for the film version of The Flash. Some news sites took this to mean that Gustin was upset with […]

Zack Snyder defends the ending of Man of Steel

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While it has its supporters, Zack Synder’s Superman reboot Man of Steel has certainly had its detractors – particularly when it comes to the ending which saw Superman and Zod tear up Metropolis and presumably killing thousands of innocent people. However, there will always be one person who 100% defends it.“I stand by it”, Snyder told […]

Charlie Cox says Daredevil could be recast if the character appears in Avengers: Infinity War

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Since The Russo Brothers said that they had 67 characters in Avengers: Infinity War – a number they clarified was figurative – fans began to speculate who was going to be in the ensemble cast. Hell, we even did it ourselves. Many fans jumped to the conclusion that the Netflix side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe […]

Rumour: Villain for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 revealed

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There’s been quite a bit of speculation thrown around Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, much of which has already been shot down by director James Gunn. Well, now we have a new rumour.According to Geek.com – who claim to have sources close to the production – the villain for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 […]

Rumour: Star Wars: Episode VIII pushed back to re-write the script and focus on Rey, Finn, Kylo Ren and Poe Dameron

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Warning – spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens below…It was shockingly announced last night that Disney and Lucasfilm had made the decision to push back Star Wars: Episode VIII to December 15th, 2017 – which means we’re looking like we’re getting a new Star Wars movie every Christmas rather than being spread throughout the […]