In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Green Lantern, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Lucifer and more… The big news this week was the arrival […]
Netflix sets air dates for several shows, buys True Detective director’s latest film Beasts of No Nation
Netflix has announced some big news about its slate of upcoming shows, as well as taking another big step in their outward expansion, having struck a deal to purchase True Detective director Cary Fukanaga’s new film. In terms of its new show line-up, four big new series will get their debut through the summer: sci-fi […]
Insurgent set for $57 million+ US opening, bigger than Divergent
Deadline has reported that the Divergent sequel, Insurgent, which is set for release at the end of March, looks likely to have a bumper opening weekend in the US, with tickets sales up on the original. Tickets for Insurgent went on sale earlier this week through US ticket companies Fandango and MovieTickets.com, and early industry […]
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
The New York Times is this evening reporting the very sad news that Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83. Most famously remembered for his role as Spock in the original Star Trek television show and subsequent movie franchise, Nimoy was admitted to hospital last week falling ill. His wife, […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four, X-Men, Batman v Superman, Aquaman, Suicide Squad, Supergirl and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Daredevil, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men vs. Fantastic Four, Wolverine, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Aquaman, Suicide Squad, Shazam, Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Gotham, Lucifer, Powers and more… We’ll […]
Jamie Dornan has apparently quit Fifty Shades of Grey sequels because his wife was “uncomfortable”
It may be the biggest grossing 18-rating movie as of this week, but it looks like the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels are set to lose one half of its leading duo. According to an Australian newspaper, Jamie Dornan is set to quit the franchise due to his wife being “uncomfortable” with the raunchy sex […]
Rumour: Adi Shankar tops Sony’s Venom director shortlist
With Sony pushing ahead with its plans for a non-MCU-related Venom solo movie (which is due to shoot this Autumn and will apparently carry an R rating), a rumour has emerged claiming that Adi Shankar is positioned at the top of the studio’s director shortlist for the project. For those unfamiliar with Adi Shankar, he actually has experience […]
Director Joseph Khan talks Power/Rangers, says he wasn’t a fan of the show
It hit the Internet like a tornado last week and was gone just as quickly, but the Adi Shankar produced fan movie Power/Rangers has split opinions of the fans of the Power Rangers franchise. Even the original cast members have waded in their thoughts with Jason David Frank (Green Ranger) saying it wasn’t for him while Amy […]
Project Almanac director in talks for Power Rangers reboot
Apart from the ultra-violent Power/Rangers short film that debuted earlier this year, we haven’t heard much about the Power Rangers, who are set to get another shot at the big screen next summer. That’s about to change, however, as word has hit that the film may have just found a director. According to TheWrap, Lionsgate and Saban are […]
Power Rangers fan movie director says Saban are trying to shut it down
It’s been the talk of the Internet for the last couple of days, but the Power Rangers fan movie Power/Rangers has found a powerful enemy. No, not original Green Ranger Jason David Frank, but Saban, the studio behind the show. According to Power/Rangers director Joseph Khan, Saban have been harassing him to take the movie […]
