UPDATE: THR is reporting that Billy Crudup remains “firmly on board” The Flash, and that the original EW report is inaccurate. Original story follows… Having lost two directors in Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa, it now seems that Warner Bros. may have to find a new dad for Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen in the planned DC solo […]
Game of Thrones’ Michael McElhatton reveals his Justice League casting
Irish actor Michael McElhatton – best known for his role of Roose Bolton in HBO’s Game of Thrones – has revealed that he is appearing in November’s DC blockbuster Justice League, and although he’s keeping his part to himself, he did offer a few tidbits of info during an interview with Red Carpet News TV. […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Justice League trailer
The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the new trailer for Justice League… After a mixed reception to last year’s Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. has a lot riding on November’s big DC ensemble Justice League, and yesterday the studio unveiled the official trailer for the superhero team-up. Our writing team voted […]
Zack Snyder on uniting the Justice League and Superman’s role
Over the weekend, Warner Bros. unveiled the new trailer for Zack Snyder’s latest DC offering Justice League, and the filmmaker has been chatting to USA Today about bringing the iconic superheroes together for November’s blockbuster. “The thing that’s awesome about these icons is that a lot of them we haven’t seen in the movies before […]
Five Things I Still Like About the DC Extended Universe
Anghus Houvouras with five things he likes about the DC Extended Universe… I’ll tell you what I don’t like: having to type the words ‘DC Extended Universe’. It just sounds stupid. That really has nothing to do with the following column, but I always wonder who the hell coined that awkward franchise phrase every time […]
Kurt Russell’s Ego the Living Planet gets a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 character poster, run time revealed
Not to let DC grab all the headlines with its Justice League reveals, Marvel has now unveiled a new character poster for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 featuring Kurt Russell’s Ego the Living Planet, which was released by director James Gunn on his Facebook page; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Chris Pratt shares […]
J.K. Simmons doesn’t know if The Batman will shoot before Justice League 2
This November, former Spider-Man star J.K. Simmons will make his DC Extended Universe debut as he takes on the role of Jim Gordon in Justice League. Simmons was set to reprise the role this year for The Batman, but now that the Matt Reeves-directed solo movie has been pushed back amid rumours of a page-one […]
The Last Jedi revisiting classic planets, The Terminator terminated, Michael Shannon as Cable, more Spider-Man spinoffs – Daily News Roundup
Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI TO REVISIT CLASSIC PLANETS As we await the first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the folks at Making Star Wars is reporting that the latest chapter in the Sequel Trilogy will see us returning to three classic planets in Tatooine, Mustafar and […]
Jyn Erso’s mother was a Jedi in early Rogue One: A Star Wars Story draft
This week we’ve been learning a lot about how Gareth Edward’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story could have turned out – from its original ‘happy’ ending to Orson Krennic’s death at the hands of Darth Vader – and now we’ve learnt of another discarded idea thanks to Entertainment Weekly. In an early draft of the story, the […]
The Dark Tower poster, four more Alien movies after Covenant, The Matrix prequel rumours and more – Weekend News Roundup
Rounding up the weekend’s big news stories… THE DARK TOWER MARKETING BEGINS It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like the marketing campaign for the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s fantasy epic The Dark Tower is about to begin, with the first teaser poster arriving online on Sunday. Now, how about that trailer… […]
