Marvel fans can breathe a sigh of relief! The first string of reactions from press members who have seen Spider-Man: Homecoming at an early screening have hit the web (no pun intended), and they claim that the summer blockbuster is a rip-roaring, crowd-pleasing good time. Praise, in particular, is being directed towards the film’s John Hughes-inspired […]
Zendaya wasn’t aware she was auditioning for Spider-Man: Homecoming
Actress Zendaya apparently wasn’t aware at the time that she was auditioning for a role in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Movie gigs don’t come much bigger than superhero films these days, and superheroes don’t come much bigger than Spider-Man, especially now that the character is being incorporated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with this latest reboot of […]
Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo reteaming with Nightcrawler’s Dan Gilroy
Deadline is reporting that writer-director Dan Gilroy is set to reteam with his Nightcrawler stars Jake Gyllenhall and Rene Russo for a new project set in the art world. According to the site, the project is being shopped to interested parties, with multiple buyers said to be interested. A deal is expected to be closed […]
Fan petition calls for all-Joss Whedon cut of Justice League
A few weeks back, a petition launched calling for Warner Bros. to release director Zack Snyder’s cut for Justice League, which has now attracted over 150,000 signatures as fan show their support for Snyder’s original vision for the DC blockbuster. Well, now we have a rival petition, this time requesting an all-Joss Whedon cut of the […]
Justice League will lose around $100 million, Batgirl still on track with Joss Whedon, The Last Jedi tracking big at the box office and more – Daily News Roundup
#ALLIN The DC team-up movie Justice League has dominated the headlines since its release, with a lot of negative reviews and a pretty disappointing opening weekend at the box office. Earning the least of all the DCEU movies, Forbes is now reporting that Warner Bros. is looking at an overall loss of between $50 million and […]
The Most Disappointing: Joss Whedon’s Justice League
Anghus Houvouras on Joss Whedon’s involvement with Justice League… I’m still processing the Frankenstein franchise film that was Justice League. A not totally unenjoyable blockbuster that felt like a movie that had been stolen from Zack Snyder and taken to a chop shop where it was stripped down and reassembled based on the notes from […]
Joss Whedon calls Thor: Ragnarok “a modern masterpiece”
Having helmed The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, as well as stepping in to oversee reshoots and complete post-production on Zack Snyder’s Justice League, there’s no question that writer and director Joss Whedon certainly knows a thing or two about superhero movies. And he’s now taken to Twitter to sing the praises of the […]
Joss Whedon receives screenwriting credit on Justice League
Since it was first announced that Joss Whedon was stepping in to direct the reshoots and complete post production on Justice League following Zack Snyder’s decision to step away after the death of his daughter, there’s been a lot of speculation as to how Warner Bros. will handle his credit on the DC blockbuster. A […]
DC Films chief on bringing Joss Whedon into the DC Extended Universe
Back in March it was revealed that Joss Whedon is making the jump from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the DC Extended Universe in order to direct a Batgirl movie, while he has also since stepped in to complete Justice League after Zack Snyder was forced to pull out of the DC team-up following the […]
Sony’s Animated Spider-Man movie titled Into the Spider-Verse
It seems that we may have a titled for Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man animated feature, with the Alberta Ratings Board classifying a trailer for Animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is set to run for 1 minute 6 seconds. The feature, which is being directed by The Little Prince’s Bob Persichetti and Rise of the Guardians‘ Peter Ramsey from […]