In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Iron Man 4, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6, X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Batman, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Aquaman, Supergirl, The […]
Say hello to Cocaine Bear on poster for Elizabeth Banks’ crazy true story
It’s a case of it does what it says on the tin with the first-look poster for Elizabeth Banks’ inspired by true events thriller Cocaine Bear. Said “true events” focus on a 1985 incident featuring the titular bear, who was found dead in Kentucky after eating roughly $15 million worth of coke from a duffle […]
Scarlett Johansson teams with Amazon for Just Cause
In what Deadline describes as “a very competitive situation,” Amazon Studios is coming together with Christy Hall and Scarlett Johansson for a Just Cause series. Hall and Johansson are working on a new take on John Katzenbach’s 1992 novel, and have received a straight-to-series order for Prime Video. Per Deadline, “the Just Cause book’s male […]
The Russos talk Spider-Man’s costume in Captain America: Civil War
Last week we got our first glimpse of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s incarnation of Spider-Man when Tom Holland’s wall-crawler popped up at the end of the latest trailer for Captain America: Civil War, and co-director Joe Russo has been speaking to Forbes about Spidey’s Steve Ditko-inspired look and the reaction from fans. “The design of […]
UPDATE: Tim Burton confirms that Beetlejuice 2 has been given the go ahead by Warner Bros.
UPDATE: We’ve been contacted by Tim Burton’s reps, who deny that the filmmaker provided any comments to Showbiz spy. So, it looks like this one is false, I’m afraid… Back in 2013, it was reported that Tim Burton was in talks for the long-rumoured sequel to his 1988 fantasy comedy Beetlejuice, and while we’ve heard […]
The Week in Star Wars – Chewbacca confirmed for Han Solo spin off, Episode VIII set photos, more Star Wars after 2020 and more
Pre-order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has some news on the Han Solo spin-off movie, Rian Johnson’s Episode VIII set photo, rumoured movies after 2020, some good news for Daisy Ridley and more… Our top story this week should come to […]
The evolution of Spider-Man’s costume in films
Luke Owen looks a the history of Spider-Man in movies… With Spider-Man currently leaping into headlines around the Internet following his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the latest trailer for Captain America: Civil War [watch it here], a lot is being said about his costume. While it certainly evokes that Ditko style of the 1960s, there are […]
Is Paul Feig ‘creative enough’ to direct Ghostbusters?
Simon Columb weighs in on Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot… Fellow Flickering Myth-er and Ghostbusters fan, Luke Owen, followed the release of the new trailer [watch it here] with an article titled “Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters is everything wrong with reboots…”. His interest in the topic is deep and the first few paragraphs of his informative article […]
Jeff Nichols explains why he passed on Aquaman
Before James Wan signed on to direct Warner Bros.’ Aquaman movie, Jeff Nichols was in talks with the studio about helming the King of Atlantis’ solo debut, although ultimately he decided to pass on the opportunity. During an interview with ScreenCrush to promote his new film Midnight Special [read our review here], Nichols has explained […]
Robert Downey Jr. says Captain America: Civil War is “like my little Iron Man 4”
As Robert Downey Jr. gears up to make his seventh appearance as billionaire playboy philanthropist and armored superhero Tony Star, the actor has been speaking to USA Today about his latest outing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stating that Captain America: Civil War is “like my little Iron Man 4.” “I don’t think that’s in the […]
