With Marvel set to take its Cinematic Universe cosmic next year with the release of the “big space epic” Guardians of the Galaxy, it comes as little surprise that comparisons have been drawn with George Lucas’ space opera Star Wars (indeed, an early piece of concept art had a very Mos Eisley feel to it). […]

Liam Trim reviews the return of Doctor Who…Warning: Spoilers!Doctor Who is back and this time the big attraction, at the start of Part Two of Series Seven, was the proper introduction of new companion Clara Oswald, played by Jenna-Louise Coleman. Yes we’ve seen her twice before already, in different incarnations, but it’s in The Bells […]

The Flickering Myth writing team look at the trailer for Only God Forgives… Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling really made a name for themselves with 2011’s Drive and now they are back together again with the first red band trailer for Only God Forgives. And as one would expect, this is very dark, moody […]

Sony Pictures’ long-gestating live-action reboot of Masters of the Universe looked to be moving closer to becoming a reality back in 2012 when director Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) signed on to bring He-Man and his pals to the screen, only for the filmmaker to leave the project in limbo this past October, dropping […]

Last July it seemed that the long-rumoured live-action reboot Masters of the Universe might finally be on its way to the screen, with Sony Pictures and Escape Artists tapping Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) to direct He-Man’s second big screen adventure. However the project now looks to have hit yet another stumbling block, with […]

Now that G.I. Joe: Retaliation has arrived in cinemas [read our ★★★ review here], director Jon M. Chu can give his full attention to another classic 80s toy line that he’s set to adapt for the screen in the long-in-development Masters of the Universe. Speaking to IGN (via ComicBookMovie), Chu has provided a brief update […]

Last night our knowledge of who is involved in the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special grew – or didn’t, depending on how you look at it. John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness) tweeted around the globe his non-involvement with the 50th Anniversary Special: I will not be involved in the 50th Anniversary Episode of Dr WHO. […]

The internet was awash with reports yesterday linking Academy Award-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle to the vacant director’s chair on Bond 24, stemming from a report in The Sun which claimed that Boyle was in the frame because he’d been seen chatting with producer Barbara Broccoli back stage at the Empire Awards on Sunday night. So […]

We complete our countdown to The World’s End as Jackson Ball looks forward to the long-gestating Ant-Man…. Way back in 2006, Edgar Wright appeared at Comic-Con to discuss the possibility of a film adaptation for Marvel’s Ant-Man. Here we are seven years later though, and production still hasn’t begun for the film. Seven years is […]

The Flickering Myth get together to talk about yesterday’s leaked Ant-Man footage… It was last summer that Edgar Wright showcased some test footage from Ant-Man, the movie planned to kick of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since then the footage was kept under lock and key and became a sort of myth comic […]