The U.S box office has witnessed its lowest Memorial Day weekend since way back in 1999.The four day weekend is usually a good time for box office receipts with families in the U.S looking to take a trip to their local theaters.But this hasn’t been the case in 2017 as this year’s films have performed […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales opens to $270 million as Baywatch sinks at the box office
The fifth instalment of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise set sail this past weekend, with Dead Men Tell No Tales opening to $270.6 million worldwide.The film claimed $62.2 million domestically, the lowest opening for the series since the first instalment Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl opened with $46.6 million […]
Netflix releases first-look featurette for the Sense8 finale
Netflix has released a first look featurette for the two hour finale special of the Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski’s acclaimed sci-fi drama series Sense8; watch it below…Sense8 is centered around eight characters, from different parts of the world, who experience a violent vision, and soon find themselves mentally connected by the experience. They become […]
The Sense8 special has begun production
The Sense8 finale special has officially started production.The Netflix sci-fi series was cancelled by the streaming service back in June with Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos attributing high costs and low viewership as the cause.The costs for the series were always going to mount up considering the worldwide scope of the series — being […]
Netflix revives Sense8 for two-hour series finale
Well, here’s some rather great news for fans of the cancelled drama Sense8. Just a couple of weeks after ruling out a potential return, Netflix has had a change of heart, and has given the go ahead to a two-hour series finale special which will arrive in 2018.The news was announced by co-creator Lana Wachowski […]
Hugh Jackman shares his thoughts on recasting Wolverine
Now that Hugh Jackman has hung up the claws following the release of Logan, the actor has been chatting to Collider about the eventual recasting Wolverine, and how he would go about rebooting the fan favourite mutant.“I think one thing we’ve learned: when X-Men started, it was pretty revolutionary,” said Jackman. “Like the comic book itself, I […]
Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins on her exit from Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World
We’re just a week away from the release of the DC Extended Universe blockbuster Wonder Woman, which sees director Patty Jenkins becoming the first female filmmaker to helm a movie with a budget in excess of $100 million. However, Jenkins could have taken that honour back in 2013, had she not chosen to depart Marvel Studios’ […]
Patty Jenkins still determined to have Lynda Carter cameo in Wonder Woman 2, sequel will be set in America
There was some disappointment from Wonder Woman fans that the most iconic interpretation of the Amazon Princess, Lynda Carter, did not end up making a cameo in the first-ever big-screen adventure for the superheroine. Rest assured however that director Patty Jenkins did try to make this fan demand a reality and will not stop trying […]
Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was strongly against an R-rating
The director of Wonder Woman has spoken out on why the movie isn’t R-rated.Patty Jenkins is currently preparing for the much anticipated release of DC’s Wonder Woman, which is being received well by critics, a stark change from recent movies in the DC Extended Universe.The recent trend in making superhero properties even more appealing has […]
Exclusive: Rupert Gregson-Williams on composing the Wonder Woman score
We’re just a couple of days away from the release of Wonder Woman, the fourth instalment of the DC Extended Universe (and by all accounts the best). Ahead of its opening, Flickering Myth’s Sean Wilson caught up with composer Rupert Gregson-Williams, who discussed his work on the film, and his approach to crafting the score […]
