Anghus Houvouras on ‘Cin-Cest’, or how geek films keep it in the family… I was watching the latest trailer for How to Train your Dragon 2, a sequel to a movie I quite enjoyed.  While pouring over the gorgeous looking teaser for the film, a major plot point was revealed.  Technically its not really a […]

Joss Whedon has added another bad guy to the cast of The Avengers: Age of Ultron, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Thomas Kretschmann (Wanted, Dracula) has signed on to appear as the HYDRA chief Baron von Strucker. The Nazi agent was originally identified as a secondary villain in the movie by Latino-Review back in […]

The Flickering Myth writing team give their thoughts on the first trailer for Godzilla…. It’s been a busy time for the Flickering Myth Reactions with three going live last week looking at Gal Gadot’s casting as Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer and the announcement of X-Men: Apocalypse. But we can’t […]

According to Comic Book Movie, director Joss Whedon will be linking up with a new cinematographer when production gets underway on The Avengers: Age of Ultron early in the New Year, with British director of photography Ben Davis set to replace The Avengers’ Seamus McGarvey for the hotly-anticipated sequel. Davis has recently finished shooting another […]

Sony were seemingly trying to play catch up with Marvel and Disney by creating their own wider universe for Spider-Man when they announced the release date for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4. The release of the trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 seemed like the best place to start this, but one […]

The Flickering Myth writing team discuss Bryan Singer’s announcement of X-Men: Apocalypse… What a busy few days we’ve had here at Flickering Myth in terms of comic book news. Firstly we had the news that Gal Gadot was playing Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman (read our reaction here) and then Thursday saw the debut […]

The Flickering Myth writing team give their views on the first trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2…. What a couple of days it’s been for comic book movie fans. Aside from the news that Gal Gadot has been cast as Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman (read our reaction here), we also had Bryan Singer […]

We said a few days ago that news from the Batman vs. Superman camp has been quiet while talking about the Kent Farm photos, so it’s about time someone came out in an interview to talk about the “controversial” casting of Ben Affleck as The Dark Knight. While promoting The Man From U.N.C.L.E. with Total […]

It’s been a huge week for superhero news, what with Warner Bros. announcing that Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious 6) being cast in the role of Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman, and the first trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 hitting the web today courtesy of Sony. Well, it’s now 20th Century Fox’s turn, […]

Next year, Bryan Singer and 20th Century Fox are set to bring one of the most beloved X-Men tales to the big screen with X-Men: Days of Future Past, although it won’t be a direct adaptation of the classic comic book story, with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine taking the place of Kitty Pryde as he goes […]