For those who may be unaware, Marvel created a series of comedic shorts titled Team Thor, explaining the God of Thunder’s absence from last year’s colossal superhero showdown Captain America: Civil War [watch them here and here]. During the shorts, the Avenger moved into an apartment and found himself a roommate named Darryl, who became […]
Wonder Woman climbs to $570 million at the worldwide box office
It may have lost top spot in the U.S. to Disney-Pixar’s Cars 3, but Warner Bros.’ DC blockbuster Wonder Woman continues to impress at the box office, having pushed its worldwide haul to $571.8 million worldwide. Wonder Woman dropped just 30% domestically this weekend, grossing $40.8 million and pushing its North American cume to $274.6 […]
Spider-Man won’t be able to kill in Insomniac’s new video game
If you were hoping that Insomniac’s upcoming Spider-Man video game would allow you to swing around New York City on a Grand Theft Auto-style killing spree that would put Cletus Kasady to shame, then you may be disappointed to hear that contingencies will be in place to prevent Spidey from killing anyone, accidentally or otherwise. […]
The Week in Spandex – Spider-Man: Homecoming tracking, Venom and the Fantastic Four not part of the MCU, Justice League set photos, X-Men: Dark Phoenix casting
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Spider-Man: Homecoming, Venom, Fantastic Four, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Defenders, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Inhumans, Avengers: Secret Wars, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Deadpool 2, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Shazam, Batgirl, Batman, Batman […]
Rumoured description for the new Justice League trailer includes Superman’s return
Although there is no official word yet on a new trailer for DC’s November superhero extravaganza Justice League, it would seem to be a fairly safe bet that one is on the way to feature in front of Warner Bros.’ primary summer tentpole release, Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic story Dunkirk. As it happens, Reddit user […]
UPDATE: Deadpool 2 filming X-Mansion scenes in Victoria, BC
According to CBR, filming on Deadpool 2 is currently underway in Victoria, British Columbia, with the production reportedly filming scenes at Hatley Castle, which has served as a stand-in for the X-Mansion in last year’s Deadpool, along with X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand. The site reports that Ryan Reynolds has been spotted […]
Scarlett Johansson teases 30+ character scene in Avengers: Infinity War
Given that it is serving as the culmination of everything we’ve seen from the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far, and featuring the majority of the characters we’ve been introduced to over the past decade, it’s pretty clear that Avengers: Infinity War is going to be unlike anything we’ve seen before in terms of epic scale. […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming tracking $100 million domestic opening weekend, first track from Michael Giacchino’s score released
With exactly three weeks to go until Spider-Man: Homecoming swings into U.S. theaters, the official tracking numbers for the Marvel and Sony-produced reboot are in, and according to box office analysts the wall-crawler is looking at a domestic opening weekend of between $90 million to $108 million. That’s down quite considerably from the $135 million […]
The CW developing Dr. Mirage TV series
After failing to get the project off the ground back in during the 2016-2017 season, The CW is taking another crack at adapting the Valiant superhero comic book series Dr. Mirage as a TV drama series. Deadline reports that Reign co-creator Laurie McCarthy is developing this new take, redeveloping the original 2016 script from Gary Dauberman […]
Vin Diesel closes deal to star in comic book adaptation Bloodshot
Back in January it was revealed that Vin Diesel was in talks with Sony about taking on the lead role in Bloodshot, the upcoming comic book adaptation which will launch the Valiant Entertainment shared cinematic universe. Well, it is now being reported that Diesel has officially signed on to portray Bloodshot, a.k.a. Ray Garrison, a mortally […]
