Last week the actors who will play the young versions of Jean Grey, Storm and Cyclops were announced for X-Men: Apocalypse, and now it has been confirmed that another character will be returning to the franchise, with Rose Byrne, who played Moira MacTaggert in X-Men: First Class, set to return for the latest movie. In […]
The Week in Spandex – The Fantastic Four, Avengers: Age of Ultron, X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Suicide Squad, Aquaman, Supergirl and more
Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Infinity War, Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers Assemble, Big Hero […]
Joss Whedon clarifies his “sexism” comments about Marvel
Last year, Digital Spy interviewed director Joss Whedon on the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron about his thoughts on the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its lack of diversity. In the interview, Whedon said that it was “sexism” and “quiet misogyny” that was holding Marvel back from pulling the trigger on female-led superhero movies in […]
Miles Teller says we will see the traditional Fantastic Four costumes in the reboot
Before we saw any footage from 20th Century Fox’s upcoming reboot of The Fantastic Four, star Michael B. Jordan spoke about the costumes for Marvel’s First Family, stating that they’d be getting a “new look” and describing the outfits as “containment suits”. Since then, we have of course seen the first trailer, and sure enough […]
Josh Trank and Simon Kinberg discuss The Fantastic Four trailer, video commentary released
Earlier today 20th Century Fox released the first trailer for Josh Trank’s reboot of The Fantastic Four (which you can view here), and this afternoon both Trank and writer Simon Kinberg have been speaking exclusively to Empire about the trailer’s debut. “We live in a time where there’s a required instant gratification from audiences,” says […]
Chris Pine says Simon Pegg writing Star Trek 3 is a “perfect match”
In some news that surprised many last week, it was announced that Simon Pegg would be writing the third (technically, the 13th) movie in the Star Trek franchise alongside Doug Jung. While promoting his latest movie Into the Woods, MTV asked Chris Pine about reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk for a third […]
David Ayer teases Suicide Squad vs. Justice League and Harley Quinn’s character
If there is one thing we know for sure, it’s that the production of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad is going to be a fun one. The director has been tweeting several images over the last few weeks (see here and here) and this is likely to continue once the film goes into production this April. […]
American Sniper climbs to the top of the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th January 2015… After losing out on top spot during its opening weekend, Clint Eastwood’s box office juggernaut American Sniper has climbed to the top of the UK box office at the second attempt, dethroning Taken 3 with a solid […]
The Week in Spandex – Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Justice League, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Gotham, Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Constantine, Batman vs. Robin, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agent Carter, […]
Rumour: Marvel is scrapping Iron Fist
Late last week, the folks over at Bleeding Cool announced that their sources at Marvel had told them that the studio was looking to shut down Inhumans as it was only put in place so Kevin Feige could get his pet projects Black Panther and Captain Marvel off the ground. Well, they’ve now got a […]
