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 […]

The Flickering Myth writing team look at the second trailer for Iron Man 3… It’s finally here! The comic book movie season of 2013 is finally here! And kicking things off is the first part of Marvel’s Phase Two in the form of Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 which sees Tony Stark battling the evil […]

Tom Jolliffe looks at the possibilities for The Expendables 3… The dust had barely settled from the first time eyes were laid upon a print of The Expendables 2 before rumours of the third film started flying around. Long before the final box office takings had been registered it seemed that the third was more […]

Those excited by the talk of a Planet Hulk movie which has been circling the internet and tantalising fans everywhere may be a tad disappointed by a recent development. Speculation began when concept art for Hulkbuster armor and a rumour issued by Latino Review suggested that The Avengers 2 would be Hulk-centric and would then […]

Earlier this week the internet exploded with the rumour that Warner Bros. had handed Christopher Nolan the keys to a DC movie universe, with various reports circulating suggesting that Nolan would serve as producer on the studio’s long-rumoured Justice League adaptation, or that Christian Bale’s Dark Knight would team up with Henry Cavill’s Man of […]

It was announced a couple of days ago that The Amazing Spider-Man was moving into parts 3 and 4 over the next few years (2016 and 2018) and with its ever growing cast of characters for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, it seems one of them has been pushed back to the third part – Mary […]

Martin Deer on the reaction to the potential change of gender for Superman’s pal Jimmy – or rather Jenny – Olsen… Now that I have your attention, breathe… I like that Jimmy is now a Jenny – if that is even actually the case. A few months back a rumour was started on a fan […]

Last year, fans of epic First World War novel Birdsong, written by Sebastian Faulks, were finally treated to an on-screen version of the story. Eddie Redmayne (Les Misérables, My Week with Marilyn) and Clémence Poésy (Harry Potter, 127 Hours) starred in a two-part adaptation which aired on the BBC. This interpretation won many admirers and had an […]

As part of the summer blockbuster preview in the latest issue of Total Film (via CBM), Henry Cavill has briefly spoken about donning the cape as Superman in Zack Snyder’s hotly anticipated reboot Man of Steel, as well as touching upon Warner Bros. planned DC team-up Justice League. “This is not a movie about Zack […]