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The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War casting and budget, The Defenders first look, Deadpool 2 update, Justice League “a mess”, Affleck hesitating on The Batman

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Defenders, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Runaways, Cloak and Dagger, Legion, Logan, Deadpool 2, X-Men: The New Mutants, X-Men: Supernova, The Batman, Justice League, Shazam, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Gotham City Sirens, Green […]

Charlie Cox and Krysten Ritter on where we’ll find Daredevil and Jessica Jones heading into Marvel’s The Defenders

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Over the past couple of days, EW has been peeling back the curtain on Netflix’s upcoming Marvel ensemble The Defenders, releasing the first official images from the team-up [see here], some behind-the-scenes photos of the cast [see here], and some brief details on Sigourney Weaver’s villain [see here]. And now we have some comments from cast members Charlie […]

Finn Jones on Danny Rand’s journey from Iron Fist to The Defenders

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We’ve already heard from Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones) and Mike Colter (Luke Cage) about Netflix’s The Defenders, and now former Game of Thrones star Finn Jones has been chatting to EW about his role as Danny Rand, and the character’s journey from Iron Fist through to the Marvel team-up. “[Danny Rand] […]

The Defenders showrunner on bringing Marvel’s heroes together

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As Entertainment Weekly continues its preview of Netflix’s big Marvel team-up The Defenders, the outlet has been speaking to showrunner Marco Ramirez about the crossover series, and the challenges of combining the separate Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist shows to deliver one cohesive tone. “It’s ultimately a story about a family of orphans who […]

Sherlock slumps to UK ratings low

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The hit BBC show, Sherlock, hit an all time ratings low in the UK last Sunday night on BBC One. The second episode of the show’s three part fourth series attracted an overnight total of 6 million viewers according to Broadcast Magazine. That’s significantly below the 8.1 million viewers of the opening episode. It is unknown […]

Sherlock Series 4 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Lying Detective’

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Tori Brazier reviews the second episode of Sherlock series four… After the rather uneven opening episode of Sherlock series four, Sunday’s ‘The Lying Detective’ managed to provide its audience, on the whole, with what we came to expect of the show in earlier series: namely a clever and more coherent plot which, although acting as […]

The Week in Spandex – Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, Moon Knight, The Punisher, Logan, The New Mutants, Justice League, Wonder Woman, The Batman and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Amazing Spider-Man 3, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Moon Knight, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Hawkeye, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Punisher, Captain America: Civil War, Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6, Spider-Man, Big Hero 6: The Series, Logan, Deadpool/Wolverine, […]

The Week in Spandex – Deadpool/Wolverine, Logan, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange 2, The Punisher, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Captain Underpants and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Deadpool/Wolverine, Logan, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Animated, Doctor Strange 2, Black Panther, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Punisher, Luke Cage, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Shazam, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham, The LEGO […]

Kathleen Kennedy teases bigger future plans for Rogue One’s Saw Gerrera

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Of all the characters featured in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Forest Whitaker’s Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera seems to be the one that will act as connective tissue between the standalone anthology film and the rest of the Star Wars universe. Originally appearing in several episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Gerrera will next pop up in Star Wars […]