It was meant to expand Sony’s Spidey franchise into a fully-fledged cinematic universe, but instead The Amazing Spider-Man 2 disappointed fans and critics, as well as underperforming at the box office, becoming the lowest-grossing instalment in the series, and trailing behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier and X-Men: Days of Future Past in terms of […]

In the lead up to the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony seemed to have a clear plan in place for the future of their Marvel franchise, setting release dates of 2016 and 2018 for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4, as well as announcing spin-offs for Venom and The Sinister […]

This past Friday brought the unexpected news that Edgar Wright has vacated the director’s chair on Marvel Studios’ first Phase Three offering Ant-Man, having been developing the movie since 2006. It was of course hugely disappointing news for fans eager to see Wright’s take on the miniature superhero, and now two of the British filmmaker’s […]

It’s not really much of a surprise given that it’s the last San Diego Comic-Con before the release of the film, but Mark Ruffalo has confirmed to Collider that the cast of Avengers: Age of Ultron will be in attendance in Hall H next month, where the Joss Whedon-helmed sequel will presumably be the centrepiece […]

With The Incredible Hulk absent from Marvel’s Phase Two line-up, we’ve already heard from Kevin Feige to expect plenty of the Green Goliath (and Hawkeye) when Joss Whedon reassembles Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for Avengers: Age of Ultron, and now Bruce Banner himself Mark Ruffalo has echoed those sentiments during a chat with Total Film: “[My […]

With Captain America and Thor set to return for solo movies as part of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe alongside Ant-Man and (presumably) Doctor Strange, it seems that Marvel has one slot left before Earth’s Mightiest Heroes reunite once again for the epic showdown against Thanos in Avengers 3. Marvel Studios does of […]

The phrase cult movie will forever be tied to 1999’s The Boondock Saints thanks in large part to its strange path to success. After the script and writer/director Troy Duffy were plucked from obscurity and labeled the next Hollywood “it” thing, the film and Duffy were dumped and left to fend for themselves. The movie […]

Back in January Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) signed on to direct the long-gestating live-action adapation of the anime classic Ghost in the Shell, and now it looks like we may have our first cast member. According to The Wrap, Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) is in early talks for the […]

22 Jump Street, 2014. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Nick Offerman, Amber Stevens, Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell, Jillian Bell, Ashlyn McEvers, and Richard Grieco. SYNOPSIS: After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and […]

Last week Jeremy Renner suggested that he could be set to follow-up his role in Avengers: Age of Ultron with another outing as Hawkeye in 2016’s Captain America 3; however, as it happened, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely had planned to include the archer in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, with Renner’s schedule ultimately […]