Back in 2013, J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions announced a partnership with video game developers Valve, revealing that they would be working on big screen adaptation of the hit games Half-Life and Portal. There was little news on either project until earlier this year when Abrams confirmed that both were still in development, and now […]
Agents of Mayhem teams up with Grimecraft for latest promotional stunt
First there was the ‘leaked’ sex tape from Agent of Mayhem‘s Agent Hollywood, and now a character of the Mayhem universe has teamed up with Grimecraft to launch his latest single. August Gaunt, Legion lieutenant and enemy of Mayhem, bears an uncanny resemblance to a current pop icon – who I think you may be […]
Whiplash causes Academy friction, deemed “adapted” screenplay
Deadline reports today that Whiplash, Damien Chazelle’s superb Sundance winner, has been somewhat surprisingly classified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as an adapted script, rather than a original screenplay. Even stranger still was that the Academy apparently didn’t inform the director or the films distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, about the decision […]
Read Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar prequel comic Absolute Zero
Thanks to Wired, a seven-page prequel comic to Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic Interstellar has arrived online for our reading pleasure. Entitled ‘Absolute Zero’, the the “lost chapter” has been written by Nolan with art from Sean Gordon Murphy and explore’s Dr. Mann’s earlier Lazarus mission to find a hospitable planet for humanity… Read the full comic […]
Easter Egg – TARDIS spotted in Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer?
With the trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron being out for less than a day, here at Flickering Myth we believe we could have spotted the first Easter egg from the hotly-anticipated Marvel sequel. It appears our favourite Time Lord is making a background cameo at 1 minute and 33 seconds into the trailer. […]
Ms Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to direct Damon Lindelof’s Star Wars movie
So much of the recent Death Star style blue-print plans for the galaxy far far away have been focused on the small screen output, with the futures of Rian Johnson’s proposed trilogy, Taika Waititi’s solo-outing, a Kevin Feige-produced film and Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron all up in the air. Now you can add another Star […]
Black Adam blasts off with $67M at the U.S. box office and and $140M worldwide
The combined powers of Dwayne Johnson, the DCEU, and an audience starved of blockbuster content meant that Black Adam bowed with an expectation smashing $67 million at the domestic box-office and a worldwide haul of $140 million. A passion project for Johnson, Black Adam proved to be worth the 15-year wait by landing the actor […]
Pablo Larraín to direct Angelina Jolie in Maria Callas biopic
Pablo Larraín is set to continue his trend for biopics depicting some of history’s most iconic women with the news that he is set to direct Angelina Jolie in a film about legendary soprano Maria Callas. Following his Oscar bothering one-two of Jackie and Spencer, Deadline report that the Chilean filmmaker will direct Maria, a […]
Japanese mystery thriller Missing gets a trailer, poster and images
Ahead of its release this November, Dark Star Pictures has shared a trailer, poster and images for the Japanese mystery thriller Missing. Directed by Shinzô Katayama and starring Aoi Itô, Jirô Satô, and Hiroya Shimizu, the film follows widower Santoshi as he sets out to track down an infamous serial killer to receive a reward […]
Stranger Things: The Many Ghosts of Dr. Brenner miniseries announced by Dark Horse
Dark Horse Comics has announced that its next Stranger Things series is set to delve into the dark past of the enigmatic Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine) with the launch of the four-issue Stranger Things: The Many Ghosts of Dr. Brenner in January. The year is 1968. Dr. Martin Brenner, a disgraced American scientist, returns to […]
