Last week it was reported that Paul Rudd (This Is Forty, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Dark Knight Rises, Don Jon) were in the running to play Hank Pym in Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man, with the latter said to be “in talks.” However, according to Schmoes Know – who earlier this week […]

12 Years a Slave, 2013. Directed by Steve McQueen.Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Quvenzhané Wallis, Garret Dillahunt, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael K. Williams, Scoot McNairy, Ruth Negga and Taran Killam. SYNOPSIS: In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, […]

Over the last decade, Tim Burton has arguably lost the imagination that made the likes of Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands and of course Beetlejuice so memorable and brilliant. However, there are rumours that Burton will be revisiting Michael Keaton and company one more time. According to Schmoes Know, both Burton and Micheal Keaton are ready […]

As director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) gears up to go into production on Jurassic World, we now have another name rumoured to be joining to the cast of the latest instalment in the blockbuster dino-franchise. According to Hypable, Jason Schwartzman (Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel) is being lined up for a role in […]

With production on the fourth instalment of the Jurassic Park franchise set to get underway this winter, we’ve heard plenty of casting talk on Jurassic World these past few weeks, with Josh Brolin (Men in Black 3, Oldboy), Bryce Dallas Howard (Spider-Man 3, The Help), Ty Simpkins (Insidious, Iron Man 3) and Nick Robinson (The […]

Josh Brolin already missed out on one big 2015 sequel, having been under consideration for the role of The Dark Knight in Batman vs. Superman before losing out to Ben Affleck, but it looks like he’s going to make up for it by taking a trip to Jurassic World, with reports emerging that the Men […]

These days it seems every actor in Hollywood is keen to jump on the superhero movie bandwagon, and even a two-time Oscar winner is no exception. Speaking to Showbiz 411 (via ComicBookMovie) to promote the release of his latest film Captain Phillips, Tom Hanks (Philadelphia, Forrest Gump) has expressed his desire to take on the […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…. On Friday, amongst others, Bleeding Cool, Coming Soon, /Film – and, of course, Flickering Myth – all covered the release of images from Toy Story of Terror! revealing Combat Carl, voiced by Carl Weathers: “Disney has revealed this first look at Combat Carl from Pixar’s upcoming TV special […]

The Flickering Myth writing team discuss the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards… On Thursday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards, which you can check out in full here if you haven’t already seen them, or you just want to remind yourself who’ll be contesting […]

Matt Spencer-Skeen on his top five snubs from this week’s Oscar nominations… So the Oscar nominations have been announced (in case you’ve missed all this you can find the nominations here) and what a wonderful array of very predictable picks they were. The most interesting part of the Oscar nom for me though is all […]