The Flickering Myth Team react… After a few tasters and a very brief teaser on Sunday, we got our first trailer for the second season of Marvel/Netflix’s Daredevil, which will see the Man Without Fear going toe-to-toe with Frank Castle – aka The Punisher. Not only that, but Elektra has shown her face in Hell’s […]
James Gunn says Hollywood will misunderstand Deadpool’s success
In the middle of Deadpool crushing all expectations at the box office, we have Guardians of the Galaxy series director James Gunn taking to his consistently opinionated Facebook page to express concern that Hollywood just won’t realize why Deadpool is such a game-changer. “The film has a self-deprecating tone that’s riotous. It’s never been done […]
Movie Review – Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool, 2016. Directed by Tim Miller. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, Brianna Hildebrand, Gina Carano and T.J. Miller. SYNOPSIS: A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopting the alter ego Deadpool. After sitting in development hell for what seemed like […]
Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan to play married couple in An Ideal Home
Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan have signed on to play a bickering married couple in the comedy drama An Ideal Home from writer-director Andrew Fleming (The Craft). Deadline reports that the film will see Coogan as Erasmus, “a bickering couple leading an extravagant life. Coogan’s Erasmus is a demanding, popular celebrity, and Paul (Rudd) is […]
Eric Johnson and Arielle Kebbel join Fifty Shades sequels
As director James Foley gears up to go into back-to-back production on Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, we’ve got some further casting news on the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels. Variety is reporting that Eric Johnson (The Knick) is in talks to play Christian Grey’s rival Jack Hyde in Fifty Shades Darker, while […]
Donnie Yen replaces Jet Li in xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
Donnie Yen (Ip Man 3) has joined the cast of the action threequel xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, with Twitch reporting that he has signed on as a replacement for Jet Li (The Expendables), with Li said to have exited the project for undisclosed reasons. It marks another high-profile Hollywood role for the Hong […]
Margot Robbie talks Harley Quinn’s costume in Suicide Squad
During an interview with Hello Giggles, Margot Robbie has been speaking about her upcoming role as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, discussing the process they went through with her costume and revealing that they did consider having her dress in the classic jester outfit from Batman: The Animated Series. “We tried on every variation of […]
Margot Robbie to star in noir thriller Terminal
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) has signed on to appear in writer-director Vaughn Stein’s noir thriller Terminal. The film, which is now in pre-production, “follows two hit men as they embark on a borderline suicide mission for a mysterious employer and a high paycheck. Along the way, […]
Flickering Myth at BAFTA’s EE British Academy Film Awards 2016
Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis braves the cold to bring you the red carpet action from the Royal Opera House as BAFTA hosts the 2016 British Academy Film Awards. Refresh for updates… SEE ALSO: Are the BAFTAs British Enough? And here’s our last update, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Matt Damon, Stanley […]
Nicolas Cage to star in horror-thriller Mom and Dad
Nicolas Cage is set to reunite with Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance co-director Brian Taylor for the horror-thriller Mom and Dad, Variety is reporting. The film “follows a teenage girl and her little brother who must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on […]
