Earlier this week Scarlett Johannson confirmed a January start date for filming on 2015’s hotly-anticipated sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron. However, before she returns alongside the rest of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Johannson will be back as the Black Widow in next year’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the actress has spoken to Coming […]

Following the image Legendary Pictures posted to their Facebook page earlier [see here], it looks like there is some more news coming from the 2014 Godzilla reboot. The press release for the movie contains a lot of details about the merchandising and tone of the movie (taking it back to its routes etc.) but the […]

We may only be one move into Phase Two, but Marvel Studios is already laying down its plans for the next slate of movies post-The Avengers 2 in 2015; we already know that Phase Three will get underway in November 2015 with Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man, while the studio recently set release dates for two as […]

Get those pinches of salt ready… We reported on Sunday that J.J. Abrams would be kicking off filming of Star Wars: Episode VII early 2014 but refused to give any speculation on whether the plot would contain elements of the Expanded Universe. However, according to Schmoes Know, the basic plot of Episode VII has been […]

As Joss Whedon continues to put the finishing touches to the script for The Avengers: Age of Ultron, the geek favourite filmmaker has spoken to Entertainment Weekly about his plans for the eponymous villain, stating that he plans to strip back some of the artificial intelligence’s abilities when he goes up against Earth’s Mightiest Heroes […]

The Flickering Myth team discuss the first trailer for The Wolverine…. On Monday, we got a teaser for the first trailer for The Wolverine. Then on Tuesday we got a slightly longer teaser for the trailer. Finally, after the trailer for a trailer which itself was a trailer for the trailer, we finally got the […]

Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, The Avengers 2, Ant-Man, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Deadpool, Justice League, Man of Steel, Superman Lives, Superman: Flyby, […]

Scott Davis reports from today’s London press preview of one of 2013’s biggest films: the return of Tony Stark in Iron Man 3 (if you’ve not seen the trailers and TV spots, there are some minor spoilers ahead)… “You’ll never see me coming.” Unlike the legendary villain The Mandarin from the Marvel and Iron Man […]

It’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride for Star Wars fans following Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm last year, beginning with the shock announcement that the House of Mouse was to develop a new sequel trilogy starting with Star Wars: Episode VII in 2015, in addition to several standalone Star Wars features. However, it […]

The Flickering Myth writing team look at yesterday’s red band trailer for Kick-Ass 2…. This year’s superhero season kicks off next month with Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 (see the writing’s team reaction to that trailer here) and after that we’re treated to the sequel to 2010’s Kick-Ass in the form of Jeff Wadlow’s Kick-Ass […]