It may have hit cinemas months ago (and is already available on Blu-ray and DVD in several markets), but the Merc with a Mouth has just made his way over to Japan, with 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool dethroning Zootopia at the Japanese box office with a five-day opening haul of $6.5 million. Deadpool is currently […]
Stan Lee jokes that his Deadpool cameo made him “damn mad”
Stan Lee enjoyed one of his more memorable Marvel cameos earlier this year, popping up as a DJ in a strip club in February’s smash hit Deadpool. The Marvel legend had previously joked that he was disappointed the producers had him in and out of the club so quickly, but he’s now revealed that he never […]
Greg Berlanti on The Flash / Supergirl musical and four-show DC crossover
Now that The CW has brought Supergirl into the fold, the network is planning a major four-part crossover between that show and its three other DC series The Flash, Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and executive producer Greg Berlanti has given an update on the big event during an interview with IndieWire. “We just finished writing the […]
Michael Bay confirms Megatron return for Transformers: The Last Knight
Following last week’s viral teaser [watch it here], Michael Bay has taken to Instagram to share a brief teaser for Transformers: The Last Knight, confirming that the Decepticon leader Megatron will be back for the fifth instalment of the blockbuster franchise… https://www.instagram.com/p/BGFEZ9vIWv1/ Transformers: The Last Knight reunites Michael Bay with Transformers: Age of Extinction star […]
The Wolverine star Rila Fukushima joins Ghost in the Shell
DreamWorks’ Ghost in the Shell movie has added Japanese actress Rila Fukushima (The Wolverine, Arrow) to its cast, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The film, which is being directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman), has come in for criticism for “whitewashing”, having cast Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: Civil War) and other white actors […]
Director Roland Emmerich says Independence Day 3 would be “an intergalactic journey”
Be warned. The following post contains spoilers for Independence Day: Resurgence… After a disappointing weekend at the US box office, a sequel to Independence Day: Resurgence is already looking unlikely, but, if the international numbers come in stronger than expected, all hope is not lost yet. At the very least, one person is preparing for that scenario, as […]
Roland Emmerich’s next sci-fi Moonfall lands at Universal
Fresh from destroying the world again with Independence Day: Resurgence, Roland Emmerich will be at it once more with next project Moonfall, with Deadline reporting that Universal has snapped up his spec script for a seven-figure sum. Written by Emmerich, his regular collaborator and destroyer of worlds Harald Kloser, and Spencer Cohen (Extinction), Moonfall “is […]
Roland Emmerich shares unused plot for Independence Day sequel
It’s taken director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin two decades to get their Independence Day sequel off the ground, and with the release of Independence Day: Resurgence fast approaching, Emmerich has shared an unused plot for the follow-up during an interview with Empire. “It was after 9/11 and Dean and I wanted to make […]
Independence Day: Resurgence underwhelms at the box office
It may have had a positive review from us here at Flickering Myth, but the domestic performance of Roland Emmerich’s big budget sci-fi sequel Independence Day: Resurgence is nothing to boast about. Opening on over 4,000 screens, Independece Day: Resurgence earned an estimated $41.6 million, placing it second behind the animated behemoth Finding Dory. With a […]
Michael Fassbender on reuniting with Ridley Scott for Alien: Covenant
With Ridley Scott deep in post-production on Alien: Covenant, star Michael Fassbender has been talking to Collider about working with the legendary filmmaker and reuniting with the Prometheus director on the latest chapter in the Alien franchise. “I just love Ridley,” states Fassbender. “You know, he’s become a really good friend, and he’s just a natural, he’s one […]
