Just a quick update to let you know that my book, Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen – which charts the entire live-action and animated history of Gotham City’s Grim Avenger, from the 1943 Batman movie serial through to The Dark Knight Rises and beyond – is now available to pre-order […]

Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… The big talking point this past week was of course the arrival of the second theatrical trailer for Marvel’s epic superhero team-up The Avengers (or Marvel Avengers Assemble, as it’s now officially known here in the UK), which debuted online on […]

Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… Despite unconfirmed reports that Warner Bros. has debuted new footage from The Dark Knight Rises at the Russian Movie Expo, it’s been another quiet week from the Batman camp, which may have something to do with the fact that director Christopher […]

Our weekly round-up of all the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… With less than two months to go before its release, The Avengers continues to dominate much of the superhero headlines and director Joss Whedon has been very active this past week, taking part in a several interviews to discuss the […]

Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… The big story this past week is the complete non-story about the running time for Christopher Nolan’s rough cut of The Dark Knight Rises clocking in at four-hours, which stemmed from a blatantly obvious throwaway joke over at MTV that was […]

Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… With Marvel’s The Avengers arriving in cinemas in just a few short weeks, you’d expect Disney to kick the marketing campaign up a gear, but when said marketing campaign has already been in overdrive for the last couple of months, things […]

Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… The Disney marketing machine really has gone into overdrive recently, with the studio flooding the internet with all things Avengers as we inch ever closer to release of the epic superhero team-up. Just trying to keep on top of everything is […]

Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb… Peter Sciretta writes for /Film on April 4th reagrding the new trailer for the Colin Farrell-starring Total Recall: “The trailer for Len Wiseman’s Total Recall remake seems to have impressed more than disappointed — I guess that’s the positive side of having an audience with very low expectations. […]

Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes… After years of anticipation, Marvel’s The Avengers has finally launched it’s attack on the global box-office and with advance ticket sales for the North American release this coming Friday outselling Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain […]

Liam Trim ponders whether outdated villains at the cinema are more than a joke… Marvel’s Avengers Assemble opens this week to unexpectedly unanimous rave reviews. According to Flickering Myth’s very own five star assessment, Avengers Assemble (or simply The Avengers for our American cousins) “has everything”. Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Cabin in […]