Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

Epix’s Batman prequel Pennyworth casts its Alfred and Thomas Wayne

by

Epix has found its lead cast members for its Batman prequel series Pennyworth. The series is centred around Batman’s faithful butler and confidant Alfred Pennyworth in his youthful days as a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company and begins working for Thomas Wayne. Epix announced Jack Bannon (The Imitation Game) will star as […]

First image from HBO’s Watchmen TV series showcases a mystery hero

by

HBO has released the first image from their upcoming Watchmen television series. The network revealed the image through their newly launched Instagram page for the series that showcases a new, unknown hero. Check out the image below…   Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while […]

Comic Book Review – Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader’s Castle #1

by

Ricky Church reviews Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader’s Castle #1… With Halloween coming up on us, IDW has taken Star Wars somewhere it has rarely gone before: the horror genre. Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader’s Castle #1 tells a light horror story on – appropriately enough – the Ghost while another unlucky crew stumbles upon Mustafar and […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Lost Light #24

by

Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Lost Light #24… The penultimate issue of Transformers: Lost Light is here and holds nothing back as Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, Megatron and the crew of the Lost Light put together one desperate plan to destroy the Functionalists and their massive Cybertron. It’s a fast paced issue that has James Roberts firing on all […]

Chris Evans joins Rian Johnson’s murder mystery Knives Out

by

After completing production on Avengers 4 – and possibly the role of Captain America as well – Chris Evans has already joined another project. Deadline reports Evans has been cast in Rian Johnson’s (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) murder mystery Knives Out opposite current James Bond star Daniel Craig. The film underwent a bidding war at the Toronto International […]

Krypton casts The Fall’s Emmett J. Scanlan as Lobo for season 2

by

After revealing at the San Diego Comic-Con that the intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo would appear in Krypton‘s second season, The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Emmett J. Scanlan (The Fall) is set to star as the big-man in SyFy’s Superman-prequel set two generations before Krypton’s destruction. Lobo is from the peaceful planet Czarnia, but was born […]

First image of Star Wars’ The Mandalorian, directors include Dave Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard and Taika Waititi

by

After yesterday’s announcement the live-action Star Wars series from Jon Favreau is called The Mandalorian, Lucasfilm has yet another surprise in store. As production on the series begins, Lucasfilm has released the first official image from the show that presumably showcases the galaxy-wandering lone Mandalorian warrior who is at the centre of the story. Check out the image […]

Video Game Review – Spider-Man

by

Ricky Church reviews Spider-Man… After what has been a very long time, Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man has finally been released. The game is a very welcome entry to superhero video games and takes its place among the very best of them as players step into the wall-crawling shoes of Spider-Man and fights some of his most famous […]

James Wan reveals new Aquaman poster, teases new trailer for Friday?

by

Aquaman director James Wan has revealed a new poster for the upcoming superhero film that teases Aquaman’s classic gold and green costume and traditional trident. However, that wasn’t the only thing Wan teased as he’s also told fans something is set to arrive online tomorrow. Could Wan be teasing a new Aquaman trailer, or a full costume reveal? […]

Chris Evans wraps production on Avengers 4, and says goodbye to the role of Captain America?

by

Ever since 2011, Chris Evans has donned the star-spangled costume of Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the leader of Earth’s mightiest heroes, the Avengers. Today may mark the end of an era for him and Captain America fans, though, as Evans announced via his Twitter that he has wrapped production on Avengers 4, […]