For the past quarter of a century, there’s been talk every couple of years – usually from star Dan Aykroyd – that the long-rumoured third instalment of the Ghostbusters franchise could finally be one step closer to the screen. However, after countless false starts, it now seems that Ivan Reitman has started to grow weary […]

Last month saw a new twist in the seemingly never-ending saga of Ghostbusters 3 when it was announced that Sony had called Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder, Men in Black 3) to deliver a new script for the long-mooted third instalment of the Ghostbusters franchise. At the time, it was reported that cast members Harold Ramis, […]

The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the Man of Steel teaser trailers… Christopher Nolan’s (Memento, Inception) beloved Batman trilogy is finally finished. For many fans of the director, and the character of the Caped Crusader, the end is hard to take. Our reviewers here at Flickering Myth are proclaiming The Dark Knight […]

The Flickering Myth writing team trade opinions on the first trailer for Jack Reacher… Although 2011 ended on a high for Tom Cruise with the release of the blockbuster action sequel Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, so far this year hasn’t been too kind to the Hollywood star. Aside from his marital troubles, Cruise’s most […]

Last month filmmaker David Slade (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) chose to vacate the director’s chair on 20th Century Fox’s proposed Daredevil reboot, leaving the studio facing an uphill task to get the project into production before October 10th, at which point the rights to the character are set to revert back to Marvel Studios. According […]

With The Dark Knight Rises just around the corner, Martin Deer looks forward to the closing chapter of Christopher Nolan’s epic Dark Knight trilogy… In four days time the final chapter of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy comes to a close with the release of The Dark Knight Rises. This represents the end of something […]

Although filming has wrapped on J.J. Abrams ‘Untitled Star Trek Sequel‘, we know very little about the plot for the follow-up to the acclaimed 2009 series reboot, and despite the fact we’ve seen spy pictures featuring Benedict Cumberbatch’s villain squaring off against Zachary Quinto’s Spock, the identity of the Sherlock star’s character has remained a […]

If you’re a fan of the Street Fighter franchise, you’ll be well aware that both live-action attempts to bring the fantastic beat ’em up to the screen have failed to come anywhere close to doing the blockbuster video game series justice. 1994’s Jean-Claude Van Damme / Kylie Minogue combo Street Fighter was appalling, and although […]

Luke Owen has a few thoughts on the first trailer for Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great and Powerful… Released late last night was the first trailer for Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful, the prequel to the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, which is directed by Sam Raimi (Spider-Man Trilogy, Evil Dead Trilogy) and […]

Our weekly round up of all the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Due to this weekend’s London Film and Comic Con, this edition of ‘The Week in Spandex’ arrives a little early (and somewhat abridged), but there’s still plenty of superhero goodness to catch up on… …The Amazing Spider-Man was released […]