Nintendo has announced that it has partnered up with Oscar-winning studio Aardman to welcome Shaun the Sheep into its award-winning game, Super Mario Maker for Wii U. Responsible for creating some of the world’s best-loved and most recognisable characters, Aardman worked closely with Nintendo to carefully bring Shaun’s Mossy Bottom Farm into the Mushroom Kingdom, […]
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast teaser trailer breaks record for most views in 24 hours
It looks like Disney has another sure-fire hit on its hands with Beauty and the Beast, with this week’s first teaser trailer for the upcoming live-action adaptation setting a new record for the most views in 24 hours. Following its debut on Good Morning America, the trailer racked up 91.8 million views in its first […]
Tetris The Movie secures $80 million budget, will shoot next year
Deadline is reporting that the long-rumoured Tetris movie adaptation has secured $80 million of financing, and will begin production next year as a co-production between China and the US. The project, which is based upon the classic video game from Russian designer Alexey Pajitnov, has been described as a “sci-fi thriller” and is being produced […]
The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One trailer, Yoda in Episode VIII, Ewan McGregor wants to do an Obi-Wan movie, Ahsoka YA novel, Captain Rex in Return of the Jedi and more
Order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US The Week in Star Wars is back! And we’ve got our first look at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a few bits on Star Wars: Episode VIII and some more of that Star Wars: The Force Awakens Blu-Ray goodness… Let’s kick this […]
Video Game Review – Firewatch
Villordsutch reviews Firewatch… Firewatch was voted Number.4 in Flickering Myth’s most anticipated video games of 2016 back in January. I myself have been watching Campo Santo’s latest release with bated breath since the kindling was first laid out in-front of us and now finally it appears on our machines and I’m so hoping this blazes […]
Is Star Trek Beyond the worst teaser trailer ever?
Anghus Houvouras on the trailer for Star Trek Beyond… First impressions. They’re so important, especially in the world of blockbuster cinema where the marketplace is saturated with high budgeted fare looking to snap its fingers and gain your attention for a fleeting moment. It’s been awhile since the wretched Star Trek Beyond trailer first hit […]
Blu-Ray Review – The Bridge: The Complete Season 3
Villordsutch reviews The Bridge: The Complete Season 3… The Bridge has just finished its third season on the BBC and with that it quickly follows onto a rather impressive boxset release from Arrow Films. This true Nordic Noir series – based in both Sweden and Denmark – returns to show the other Nordic Noir productions why this really bears […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the first trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence
The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence… With Christmas just a little over a week away, Hollywood continues to roll out the trailers for some of 2016’s biggest releases. We’ve seen our first look at Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and X-Men: Apocalypse […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the first trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse
The Flickering Myth writing team share their opinion on the first trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse… Yesterday 20th Century Fox gave us our first official look at May’s big X-Men sequel with the release of the trailer for Bryan Singer’s latest mutant superhero epic X-Men: Apocalypse. What did our writing team make of the trailer? Well, […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows trailer
The Flickering Myth writing team react to the first trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows… In the early hours of the morning, the first trailer arrived online for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the follow-up to last year’s Michael Bay-produced reboot. Here’s what our writing team made of […]
