Another day, another twist in the Star Wars Episode VII director saga… Fresh from the news yesterday that Brad Bird (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) had joined reported Lucasfilm targets J.J. Abrams (Star Trek Into Darkness) and Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) in denying any interest in helming Disney’s first voyage to a galaxy far, far away, […]

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th – Sunday 18th November 2012… After three fantastic weeks atop the UK box office, it was inevitable that Skyfall’s reign would come to an end this past weekend as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (read our reviews here and […]

Skyfall, 2012 Directed by Sam Mendes.Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Bérénice Marlohe, Helen McCrory, Rory Kinnear, Ola Rapace and Ben Whishaw.   SYNOPSIS: Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her.  As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and […]

The Flickering Myth writing team trade opinions on the future of Star Wars following Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm and the announcement of Episode VII… How much would you pay for exclusive ownership of your very own film franchise? If you’re a lifelong fan of said franchise a precise figure is probably impossible to calculate. For […]

Luke Owen discusses the first trailer for Marvel’s Iron Man 3… The first stage of “Phase Two” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is underway with the release of the trailer for Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 [watch it here]. Promising (figuratively) to ‘take Stark back to the cave’, the trailer certainly shows a much bleaker Iron […]

Flickering Myth’s writing team vote for their favourite James Bond theme songs as Skyfall, the 23rd film in the franchise, hits cinemas…The sky is finally falling. The 23rd official James Bond film, Judi Dench’s 7th, Daniel Craig’s 3rd and director Sam Mendes’ 1st, Skyfall, swaggers into cinemas today. So far we’ve had to make do […]

Our weekly round up of the latest news stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, S.H.I.E.L.D., The Incredible Hulk, Marvel Animation, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Kick-Ass 2, Man of Steel, Arrow, Wonder Woman, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, DC vs. Marvel […]

Last month, it was announced that 20th Century Fox would follow Marvel Studios’ lead by bringing in a creative consultant to oversee the development of its future superhero movie slate, with Scottish comic book writer Mark Millar (Wanted, Kick-Ass) taking on responsibility for the studio’s upcoming Marvel output. During the New York Comic Con, Word […]

Now that director Marc Webb has officially signed on to helm a sequel to this year’s web-spinning reboot The Amazing Spider-Man, it seems that Sony are pressing full-steam ahead with casting on the follow-up. According to Variety, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) will be getting some competition for Peter Parker’s (Andrew Garfield) affections in the form […]