Lionsgate and Saban certainly had big plans for their Power Rangers reboot, hoping to use the movie as the launching point for a franchise of up to seven instalments. Unfortunately, the film disappointed at the box office, grossing just $140 million worldwide, leaving a second instalment looking very unlikely (although there has been some talk […]
Flash Thompson isn’t a bully in Spider-Man: Homecoming
Contradicting some earlier reports that described the Spider-Man: Homecoming interpretation of Flash Thompson (this time played by Tony Revolori of The Grand Budapest Hotel fame), Tom Holland says that this time around the character is not a bully as traditionally depicted, but rather a rival to Peter Parker. On A Fan’s Guide to Spider-Man: Homecoming [which […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 reaches $800 million at the global box office
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is rocketing up the box office ranks, as the movie has now reached a figure of $800 million worldwide. Having only been in cinemas for less than a month, this number is quite impressive, and means that the film is now the fifth MCU entry to cross the $800 […]
The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One’s original ending, Yoda and The Last Jedi, Darth Vader vs Darth Maul and more
In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, Gareth Edwards has been talking about the original Rogue One ending, Frank Oz has seemingly let slip Yoda’s inclusion in The Last Jedi, and Dave Filoni has revealed that Darth Vader and Darth Maul were going to go head-to-head in Star Wars Rebels… With the home-entertainment […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens expected to shift $5 billion of merchandise in first year
We all know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is going to rake it in at the worldwide box office, with predictions of a $600 million + global opening weekend, and now analyst Tim Nollen has told The Hollywood Reporter that tie-in products for the hotly-anticipated blockbuster could pull in around $5 billion in sales […]
Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women upstage films from legendary veterans Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese with four 2019 CFCA Awards apiece
Last night, my colleagues and friends of the Chicago Film Critics Association got together to announce the lucky winners and, well, they let me down. Adam Sandler lost Best Actor to some other Adam that most definitely will not be seen in any other movies for the rest of the year – an all-around inferior […]
The Cinematic 12 Days of Christmas
Matt Rodgers on the Cinematic 12 Days of Christmas… Tis the season, you know the one, no matter your own belief system you’re going to be exposed to seasonal songs being pumped into your every waking hour by supermarkets, cinemas, and family members. Here at Flickering Myth we’re not going to be a pre-ghosted Ebenezer […]
The Death of Superman Blu-ray cover artwork revealed
Following on from last month’s trailer, which you can watch here, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now unveiled the Blu-ray cover art for The Death of Superman, the next instalment in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series. SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon UK or Amazon US And here’s a look at the Blu-ray […]
Ron Howard discusses Qi’ra’s motivations at the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story
Warning. Major Solo: A Star Wars Story spoilers follow… Solo: A Star Wars Story delivered a number of twists and turns during the climactic showdown on Dryden Vos’ (Paul Bettany) star yacht the First Light. First we had Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) betraying Han (Alden Ehrenreich) and Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke), before Qi’ra turned on Dryden […]
James Gunn confirms Rob Zombie cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Earlier today James Gunn took to his consistently active Facebook page to confirm a Rob Zombie cameo for the summer’s hotly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. “There are two things you can be sure of in my films,” teased Gunn. “1) There will be a character named Fitzgibbon. And […]
