It was announced last week that Warner Bros. were finally pulling the trigger on making a sequel to 1996’s Space Jam, which starred NBA all-star Michael Jordan and the cast of Looney Tunes. With Justin Lin now at the helm, original Space Jam director Joe Pytka has some very harsh advice for the sequel. “Don’t do […]
ABC cancels Agent Carter and passes on Marvel’s Most Wanted
We’ve been hearing for a while now that the future of two Marvel television shows – Agent Carter and Marvel’s Most Wanted – were grim. And now it’s been confirmed. At the television upfronts presentation today, ABC announced its various renewals and cancellations (via THR), and both of the aforementioned Marvel series didn’t make the cut. Agent Carter has officially been cancelled after two […]
Centipede and Missile Command are the latest video games to be adapted for the big screen
As we’ve been talking about on the Flickering Myth Podcast for the last few weeks, with four movies being released this year based on video game movies it will only take one of them to be successful to create an influx of adaptations. Well, even though Ratchet & Clank didn’t do all that well at […]
Tom Hardy is still attached to the Splinter Cell video game movie
Back in 2012, it was announced that Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road) had signed on to play Sam Fisher in a big screen version of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. The project went quiet until 2014 when Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) was announced to direct, but he left the project and Frank John (Dark Tourist) […]
The Week in Star Wars – Tom Hardy in Episode VIII, Finn and Rey relationship, Battlefront 2 announced, Star Wars: Bloodline reviewed and more
In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got more cameo rumours, news on Battlefront 2, a review of Star Wars: Bloodline and more… We’re kicking things off this week with some more rumours surrounding cameos for Star Wars: Episode VIII. A couple of weeks back we heard that Prince William and Prince […]
Smart Boy turns your Android phone into a Game Boy Color
Coming soon to your Android device is the rather splendid looking piece of kit called a Smart Boy! This great retro-inspired product made by Hyperkin – and sold by Funstock – fits over your Android smartphone turning it into a Game Boy Color, allowing you to playing both Game Boy Color cartridges and even original Game […]
Annabelle 2 gets a new cast member in Miranda Otto
Despite receiving some truly awful reviews when it was released in 2014, The Conjuring spin-off Annabelle is getting a sequel of her own. And THR are reporting that the movie has a new cast member. According to the site, The Lord of the Rings star Miranda Otto has joined the cast of the movie, which […]
Exclusive Interview: Jessie Usher talks Independence Day: Resurgence
With mere hours to go until the two decade wait is finally over, Flickering Myth has been getting ready for the new alien invasion by speaking to the cast and filmmakers behind Independence Day: Resurgence. Scott J. Davis got to chat to new recruit Jessie Usher about the film, his memories of the first film […]
Exclusive: IDW’s John Barber responds to the fan criticism of Revolution and how it affects The Transformers
Earlier this month, IDW announced a Hasbro shared universe comic titled Revolution (not tying into the Paramount movie one) which would bring The Transformers, G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K., Micronauts, Action Man and more. The announcement led to several IDW readers – particularly Transformers fans – to take editor Chris Ryall to task by asking questions about […]
Metrodome to release “relentlessly violent” The World of Kanako this August, watch the trailer here
Metrodome has announced that is is set to release director Tetsuya Nakashima’s “relentlessly violent” The World of Kanako here in the UK this August. Check out the official synopsis and trailer below… When beautiful straight-A high school student Kanako goes missing, her mother asks ex husband Fujishima – a drifting, irresponsible former cop – to […]
