George Lucas is heading to the DC universe – well, a fictional version of the filmmaker, anyway – with executive produce Marc Guggenheim revealing to Entertainment Weekly that Matt Angel (Grimm) is set to portray a young version of the Star Wars creator in the upcoming midseason premiere of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, titled ‘Raiders of […]
Matthew McConaughey on choosing The Dark Tower over Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Before Kurt Russell was cast in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Ego, the Living Planet, Marvel reached out to Matthew McConaughey for the role of Star-Lord’s father, only for the Oscar winner to turn the opportunity down in favour of portraying The Man in Black in the upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Dark […]
Forest Whitaker talks about working with the “amazing” Ryan Coogler on Marvel’s Black Panther
Forest Whitaker is one of many esteemed actors joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the next couple of years, and he’s chosen arguably the most promising project on Marvel’s docket to make his first appearance: Black Panther. Whitaker has known the film’s director, Ryan Coogler, for a number of years now, even serving as a producer […]
How much control do Marvel have over Spider-Man?
When the deal was announced that Marvel and Sony had come to a terms for Spider-Man to appear in their movies and kick off another reboot to the series in 2017, it was thought that Sony would have full creative control over the character and his direction. With Amy Pascal stepping down from her seat of control, comic […]
Pee-wee’s Big Holiday to shoot next month
We’ve known for a while that a new Pee-wee Herman film is in the works, and now the official site of Paul Reubens’ iconic character has announced that production on the Judd Apatow-produced Netflix original movie Pee-wee’s Big Holiday is set to get underway in March under first time feature director John Lee. “Judd and […]
Civil War comic writer Mark Millar was not a fan of the film and felt it was too bleak
The film may have made over $1 billion for Marvel and Disney this year, but the man who wrote the comic on which its based – Flickering Myth’s friend Mark Millar – felt the film was too bleak. “Civil War had a good opening twenty mins, but then I honestly can’t remember what the movie […]
Friday the 13th for NES is being adapted into a movie, and it needs your help
Ladies, and gentleman, it’s finally happening. Friday the 13th for the NES is being made into a live-action film. I remember the first time I popped Friday the 13th into my NES. Like most NES games, I died repeatedly, and just assumed that I was just really bad at video games. In my 10 year old mind, there […]
Godzilla: King of Monsters to start shooting in the summer
The MonsterVerse is set to continue in just under a month with the release of Kong: Skull Island, and now we have some news pertaining to the filming of the next instalment, Godzilla: King of Monsters. Omega Underground is reporting that the sequel will surprisingly not undergo shooting in China, but rather Atlanta, and will begin […]
Marvel casts The Pride in Runaways TV series
Having announced its young leads for the TV series Runaways last week, the official Marvel site has now revealed the cast who’ll be portraying their parents, a.k.a. the supervillain cabal known as The Pride. Via the official site: Ryan Sands (Hat Hair, The Wire) as Geoffrey Wilder – is a man defined by the grueling […]
First-person puzzle adventure Fractured Minds helps raise awareness of mental health issues
Fractured Minds, a BAFTA Young Game Designer award winning puzzle adventure game from Wired Productions and up and coming developer Emily Mitchell, is now available to buy on Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC to help raise awareness of mental health issues. This new first person puzzle adventure explores anxiety and mental illness […]
