Earlier this year it was announced by EA that a sequel to the mulitplayer shooter Star Wars Battlefront is in development, and would come out “next year”. Well, speaking on an investor conference call, EA chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen has revealed that Star Wars Battlefront 2 will arrive “a year from now” – just […]
Marvel’s Star Wars: Darth Vader Comic to end in August
Some bad news for fans of Marvel’s Star Wars: Darth Vader comic, as it has been announced that the ongoing solo series will be coming to an end this August with issue #25, the cover to which you can see here… “It was a situation where, you know, we’ve always said all the way through, […]
The Week in Spandex – X-Men: Apocalypse reviewed, Civil War tops Deadpool, Justice League rumours, Affleck unhappy with Batman v Superman, Booster Gold in development, Agent Carter cancelled, Supergirl renewed, new DC shows announced, Fox “committed to trying again” with Fantastic Four and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Gambit, Wolverine 3, Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Agent Carter, Marvel’s Most Wanted, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Jessica Jones, The Defenders, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Green Lantern Corps, […]
Godzilla 2 has lost director Gareth Edwards
Just this week, Warner Bros. announced that Godzilla 2, the sequel to the 2014 reboot of the popular monster franchise, had been delayed nine months. Now, the reason for that delay appears to have been revealed: director Gareth Edwards has left the project. The news comes from Deadline, who claim that Edwards’ exit was decided before the […]
Simon Kinberg explains why Fantastic Four failed, but says there are big plans for the franchise
It was a story that dominated a lot of the summer last year: Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four, its troubled production and its failure at the box office. The director dismissed the movie shortly before its release and went radio silent shortly thereafter, but its producer – and one of the directors of the non-Trank reshoots – […]
Michael B. Jordan joins Marvel’s Black Panther, possibly as the villain
Yesterday news hit that Lupita Nyong’o was in talks to join Marvel’s Black Panther, and now we have another piece of exciting casting, as Creed star Michael B. Jordan has joined the upcoming superhero film as well. It’s not yet clear who Jordan will be playing, but THR‘s sources say that it could be the film’s villain. Considering we’ve […]
Simon Kinberg on Fox’s X-Men schedule, says Gambit will shoot in the spring
During an interview with The Hashtag Show (via Comic Book), writer-producer Simon Kinberg has spoken briefly about Fox’s upcoming X-Men schedule, as well as revealing that the current plan is to begin filming the oft-delayed Gambit movie in the Spring. “We’re figuring out [the schedule now],” said Kinberg. “The first thing up, we’re shooting the […]
More rumours about the X-Men joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Ever since the surprise announcement that Sony and Marvel Studios had reached a deal to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s been frequent rumours suggesting a similar deal with Fox, which would allow the X-Men to join up with The Avengers on the big screen. Well, another rumour is doing the rounds which suggests that […]
Hitman: Agent 47 producer teases development of a Just Cause movie
2016 is a big year for the video game movie adaptation with a whopping four being released. We’ve already seen Ratchet & Clank and The Angry Birds Movie, Warcraft is out very soon, and earlier today we got our first look at Assassin’s Creed. With so many video game adaptations in some form of development, […]
Kevin Smith talks The Flash, would like to write for Arrow
Kevin Smith made his DC directorial debut with this week’s episode of The Flash, ‘The Runaway Dinosaur’ [read our 10/10 review of the episode here], and during an interview with Variety, Smith has been discussing his experience in Central City, his return for an episode of season three, and whether he’d like to tackle any […]
