Last month it was announced that director Robert Schwentke had departed from the fourth and final chapter of The Divergent Series, having helmed the previous instalment Insurgent and the upcoming Allegiant. Well, Lionsgate has wasted no time in finding a replacement, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Lee Toland Krieger (Celeste and Jesse Forever, Age […]
Josh Brolin was “blown away” by the story for Avengers: Infinity War
It’s been brewing since Thanos made his first appearance in the post credit scene of The Avengers back in 2012, and this year Marvel will go into production on its huge two-part superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War, as Josh Brolin’s Mad Titan goes head-to-head with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Speaking to MovieFone to promote the home entertainment release of […]
Kevin Feige discusses Marvel’s five-year-plan, has a firm idea of where the MCU is going through to 2020
Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now in full swing, taking us through to 2019 with the arrival of Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2. And while we’ve still got nine movies to look forward to before the curtain falls on the third phase of the MCU, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has […]
Avengers: Infinity War to introduce new characters
We’re anticipating a massive cast of characters in Avengers: Infinity War – either 67, or maybe even 68, according to directors Anthony and Joe Russo – and it seems that the Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War helmers won’t just be pulling from the established roster of the Marvel Cinematic Universe […]
Marvel’s Continuity Problem: Will we accept a reboot?
Tony Black on Marvel’s continuity problem, and whether fans will accept a reboot… What seems like a ton of new quotes and interviews with various major Marvel players have been floating around this week as Captain America: Civil War opens in the US, and head honcho Kevin Feige has been particularly vocal. After admitting they […]
Captain America: Civil War overtakes Batman v Superman at the worldwide box office, pushes the MCU’s gross to $10 billion
Earlier in the week Captain America: Civil War overtook Deadpool at the worldwide box office, and now it has surpassed Warner Bros.’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of the year so far with $940.9 million. Civil War is now the sixth-biggest comic book movie of all time behind […]
Star-Lord and Thor confirmed for Avengers: Infinity War, Part 1 and Part 2 will be “very, very different” movies
From the moment it was announced that Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe would culminate with Avengers: Infinity War, there’s been speculation that the two-part movie will see Earth’s Mightiest Heroes teaming up with the Guardians of the Galaxy to battle the Mad Titan Thanos. So far, Marvel has refused to be drawn into […]
The Flash loses director Seth Grahame-Smith over ‘creative differences’
As Warner Bros.’ DCEU is just getting started, The Flash has just lost its director, Seth Grahame-Smith, over ‘creative differences’ according to The Hollywood Reporter. Grahame-Smith is the author of the parodies Pride & Prejudice & Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as well as the screenwriter for their film adaptations. He is primarily a […]
The Oscars don’t matter and we all need to stop caring
Luke Owen on last night’s Oscars… If Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, then Awards Season is the most loathsome as a film fan. It’s the time of year that a group of out-of-touch Hollywood professionals all gather round to lay their hand down on what they think was the best film released […]
Predicting the 88th Academy Awards
This Sunday all of the stars will be out to celebrate the greatest achievements in cinema over 2015. Is it Leo’s year? Will there be any upsets? If John Travolta is asked to speak, will he successfully be able to pronounce everything right? What will win the most prestigious prize of Best Picture? And most […]
