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 […]

Jett over at the interweb’s #1 Batman fansite Batman-on-Film has put together a list entitled ‘Books About Batman Every Fan Should Read’, which just so happens to feature my little Bat-chronicling effort Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen. Here’s Jett’s take on the book… “This is the definitive book on the […]

The Flickering Myth writing team trade opinions on The Amazing Spider-Man. Beware of spoilers through-out… If there’s been a question mark hanging over any of this year’s triumvirate of big superhero releases (please note: we’re discounting Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance here), it’s The Amazing Spider-Man. From the very first moment back in 2010 when […]

The Flickering Myth writing team debate Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Beware of spoilers within… The dust has finally settled on Ridley Scott’s (Blade Runner, Gladiator) not-just-a-prequel-to-Alien, Prometheus. Billed as one of the movie events of the 21st century in some quarters, let alone just 2012, Prometheus had an awful lot of hype to live up to. […]

The Flickering Myth writing team trade opinions on the first trailer for Dredd… In 1995 Sylvester Stallone starred as judge, jury and executioner in Judge Dredd. Whilst the film has its fans, they are mostly drowned out by the critics. The movie has a dire 15% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is slammed for weaknesses […]

There’s just over a week to go until the UK release of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen, and a splendid new review has been posted by Mark “RorMachine” Cassidy of ComicBookMovie.com, who has been kind enough to give it five stars, describing the book as “by far the most comprehensive […]

Earlier this year, the French-owned Gaumont International Television and producer Martha De Laurentiis announced that they’d be bringing the celebrated movie serial killer Hannibal Lecter to the small screen, and now Deadline has revealed that they plan to follow this with another series based around the comic book character Barbarella, made famous of course by […]

Following on from the recent delays to G.I. Joe: Retaliation and World War Z (both of which have been pushed back to 2013), The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Paramount Pictures has now shut down pre-production on the much-maligned Ninja Turtles reboot from producer Michael Bay (Transformers) and director Jonathan Liebesman (Wrath of the Titans). […]