While it’s never officially been confirmed by Warner Bros. as being in development, rumours of a sequel to Man of Steel have been circulating widely for the past couple of years, with the likes of Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class) and George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) linked to the director’s chair. Responding to a […]
If you’re a person who gives bad reviews to films you’ve not seen, perhaps you should rethink your life
Samuel Brace on the campaign to sabotage the Rotten Tomatoes score of Marvel’s Black Panther… In the grand scheme of nefarious machinations, the topic of disgruntled movie fans (‘fan’ being a word I’m hesitant here to use) dishing out bad review scores to films which have yet to be seen, falls rather lower on the […]
Wesley Snipes still keen on Blade return, but up for playing other Marvel characters
Ever since his release from prison for tax evasion, Wesley Snipes has been lobbying hard for a return as the vampire hunter Blade, with the actor claiming on several occasions that he’s held talks with Marvel Studios about that very possibility. Well, the Daywalker is now back under the Marvel umbrella, with the rights to […]
Lucasfilm says more Star Wars Legends characters joining official canon soon
Back in 2014, following its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company, Lucasfilm announced that it was erasing the Star Wars Expanded Universe, rebranding the line as ‘Legends’ and cutting it from the official Star Wars canon, which consisted at that point of the original six movies and the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series. […]
Facebook closes down Black Panther Rotten Tomatoes saboteurs group
Instead of being excited about what could turn out to be not only another successful piece of the Marvel jigsaw, but an important cultural milestone in blockbuster filmmaking, the release of Black Panther has summoned forth a group of internet trolls from their post Star Wars: The Last Jedi slumber. A Facebook group called Down […]
We’ve launched a new Patreon
Hello readers! Here at Flickering Myth, we’ve been covering movies, TV, video games, comic books, and geek culture since 2009, and thanks to the wonderful support of our readers, we’re still around! However, it’s getting tougher each year… Ad revenues are plummeting, as many advertisers shift their dollars over to social media influencers, and ad […]
Poster and trailer for fantasy adventure 7 Guardians of the Tomb
With just three weeks to go until its release, a new poster and trailer have arrived online for director Kimble Rendall’s upcoming fantasy adventure 7 Guardians of the Tomb which stars Li Bingbing, Kellan Lutz, Kelsey Grammer, Shane Jacobson, Ryan Johnson, Jason Chong, Stef Dawson, Wu Chun, and Eva Liu; check them out here… 7 Guardians of […]
Black Panther producer discusses the film’s connections with the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe
In less than two weeks, Marvel Studios is set to pull back the curtain on Wakanda with the release of its latest superhero blockbuster Black Panther. Given that the movie is the final stop before May’s Avengers: Infinity War, and we’re still one Infinity Stone down, it would seem to make sense that the Ryan […]
American Gods finds a new showrunner for season 2
Back in November came the rather surprising announcement that Bryan Fuller and Michael Green had exited Starz’s American Gods, stepping down as showrunners over disagreements with the budget for the second season of the Neil Gaiman adaptation. Actress Gillian Anderson quickly followed suit, announcing that she wouldn’t be returning as Media following Fuller and Green’s […]
Nintendo officially announces Super Mario Bros. animated movie from Illumination Entertainment
If you cast your mind back to November, you may recall a report which suggested that Nintendo was looking to bring its iconic Super Mario Bros. property back to the big screen by teaming up with Illumination Entertainment for an animated feature, and now the video game giant has made it official: Nintendo and Illumination […]
