As Disney and Marvel look to expand their roster of movies to three per year, it seems many directors are looking to jump on the band wagon as a way of furthering their profile. We’ve already seen how directing Thor: The Dark World got Alan Taylor the job on Terminator: Genisys and Guardian of the […]
Tom Hiddleston talks Thor: Ragnarok and its “questions that need to be answered”
Tom Hiddleston, who plays the God of Mischief Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was in attendance for the 68th British Academy Awards last night to present BAFTA and spoke with BBC’s Zoe Ball about the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok.“Thor 3 is happening at some point, and the last time we saw Loki, he was on […]
Fifty Shades of Grey sequels on the way
Ahead of its release this Valentine’s Day weekend (because nothing says flowers and romance like an erotic drama), there was some news coming out of a special fan screening of Fifty Shades of Grey. Some fans tweeted and revealed that the book’s sequels Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed would also be going into development.So […]
Mark Hamill asks for managed expectations with Star Wars: The Force Awakens: “I’m telling you, it’s just a movie”
If there is one movie released this year that has a lot of hype to live up to, it’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Not only is it the first Star Wars movie in a decade, but it’s the first film to come from Disney without any involvement from George Lucas. Since its announcement, we’ve […]
David Ayer teases Suicide Squad vs. Justice League and Harley Quinn’s character
If there is one thing we know for sure, it’s that the production of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad is going to be a fun one. The director has been tweeting several images over the last few weeks (see here and here) and this is likely to continue once the film goes into production this April.His […]
BAFTAS 2015: EE Rising Star nominee Gugu Mbatha-Raw talks film in Britain and working with Will Smith
EE Rising Star nominee Gugu Mbatha-Raw faced stiff competition last night for the coveted prize from Shailene Woodley (The Fault in our Stars), Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street), Miles Teller (Whiplash) and Britain’s own Jack O’Connell (’71), who eventually took home the gold.Before she went in for the ceremony, Flickering Myth caught up with […]
BAFTAS 2015: Birdman producer John Lesher talks the critical response to the movie and the worries over Michael Keaton’s connections to Batman
Despite a hearty nine nominations, Birdman only took home one award last night at the 68th British Academy Awards in Central London for Cinematography. The movie was beaten out for Best Film by Richard Linklater’s Boyhood while Michael Keaton was pipped to the post for Leading Actor by Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything.Before that […]
Takashi Miike directing live-action adaptation of Terra Formars
Anime News Network is reporting that a live-action movie adaptation of Kenichi Tachibana and Yū Sasuga’s sci-fi manga Terra Formars has been given the green light, with cult Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) set to direct.Launching in 2011, Terra Formars has sold over 10 million copies to date across 11 volumes, with […]
BAFTAS 2015: J.K. Simmons talks topping his performance in Whiplash and “his tempo”
Congratulations to the wonderful J.K. Simmons on picking up the Best Supporting Actor award at last night’s 68th British Academy Film Awards for his role in Whiplash! Before he went in to collect his award, Flickering Myth caught up with him on the red carpet to discuss the movie, topping that performance and what exactly […]
Jupiter Ascending falters at the box office while The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water makes a huge splash
As many predicted (including ourselves in our own review), Jupiter Ascending has faltered at the global box office on its debut weekend, taking just $51 million worldwide.The film, written and directed by The Wachowskis, opened in around 65 territories and cost a whopping $175 million to make, but only managed to take a pitiful $19 million […]
