HUGE CAPTAIN MARVEL CASTING The first female-led Marvel Studios movie, Captain Marvel, landed some big casting news yesterday, with Variety reporting that Jude Law has signed on to play Carol Danvers’ (Brie Larson) mentor in the movie. He will join Ben Mendelsohn as the yet-to-be-named villain and Samuel L. Jackson who reprises his role as […]
Geoff Johns talks Warner’s standalone DC movies, DCEU to focus less on interconnectivity
Back in August it was announced that Warner Bros. is set to launch a new DC Comics division, focussing on standalone movies separate from the wider DC Extended Universe and beginning with a Joker origin film from director Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and producer Martin Scorsese (Silence), which will see a new actor cast as […]
Warner Bros. announces new DC slate, including The Batman, Justice League Dark, Wonder Woman 2, Batgirl and Flashpoint
Warner Bros. has just kicked off its DC Extended Universe panel at the San Diego Comic-Con by revealing logos for its upcoming slate – Shazam, Suicide Squad 2, The Batman, Justice League Dark, Flashpoint (the new title for The Flash movie), Wonder Woman 2, Green Lantern Corps, and Batgirl! Poor Cyborg. https://twitter.com/LiveLoveLupe/status/888843577018732546 We’re expecting more big […]
Geoff Johns and Jon Berg on DC Extended Universe failings and lessons learned
DC Films’ Jon Berg and Geoff Johns have spoken about the shortcomings of previous DC Extended Universe movies while also looking to a more positive future. Wonder Woman is looking to be the film that helps DC turn the corner with its movie universe, changing attitudes slightly towards proceedings after the mostly negative reception both […]
Tony Danza to headline The Good Cop for Netflix
Netflix has announced that Tony Danza is set to lead its new 10-episode police procedural dramedy The Good Cop, which sees Andy Breckman (Monk) serving as showrunner and executive producing alongside Randy Zisk (Bones, Monk), and Howard Klein (The Office, The Mindy Project). The Good Cop will see Danza as Tony Sr., a disgraced former […]
Universal will reportedly lose around $95 million on The Mummy
Yesterday we brought you some comments from Alex Kurtzman, director of The Mummy, who responded to the critical backlash against the Dark Universe-launching reboot, where he towed standard the “we made it for the fans, not the critics” line. Well, it seems that the fans haven’t responded to the movie as well as Universal would […]
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively to star in Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor
It looks like Paul Feig is dusting himself off and getting back down to business following the failure of Sony’s Ghostbusters reboot, with Deadline reporting that he has signed on to direct the thriller A Simple Favor, which has Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in talks to star. The project is being set up at […]
Exclusive: Kevin Conroy explains why Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is the best Batman movie
Last week Flickering Myth’s Amon Warmann was lucky enough to chat with legendary Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy about the latest instalment in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line Batman and Harley Quinn. During the discussion, they also spoke about their favourite Batman movie – 1993’s Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Amon Warmann: My […]
Luc Besson says there’s no financial risk with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Next month, director Luc Besson makes his return to the sci-fi genre with the release of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a $180 million-budgeted blockbuster said to be the most expensive European production ever. On paper, that sounds like a huge gamble for Besson and EuropaCorp, with rumours even suggesting that the […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales hits $650 million worldwide
The fifth instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is showing some steady sea legs at the box office, with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales having pushed its worldwide haul to $650 million this past weekend. The film, directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg and released in the UK […]
