With The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises both crossing $1 billion at the global box office, there’s little doubt that 2012 was the year of the superhero movie. However, when it comes to comic books there was only one winner, with Image’s The Walking Dead #100 taking the title of the best selling comic […]

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Universal Pictures are planning a reboot of Timecop, the 1994 sci-fi actioner directed by Peter Hyams (Sudden Death, End of Days), which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as a U.S. federal agent in a then-future 2004 who fights time-travel crime as part of the Time Enforcement Commission.Timecop was originally based […]

Luke Owen reviews the first instalment of IDW’s January crossover series…  Mars Attacks Martians invade five different IDW timelines and universes this month, starting with their assault on Sweethaven. How can Popeye, Alice the Goon, the Sea Hag the rest of the one-eyed sailor’s friends and foes possibly contend with this threat from beyond the […]

With screenwriter Allan Heinberg (Gilmore Girls) busy developing a Wonder Woman prequel series entitled Amazon for The CW, producer David E. Kelley has taken a moment to reflect on his failed NBC pilot from 2011, which starred Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights, G.I. Joe: Retaliation) as the Amazon Princess. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Kelley […]

Not content with playing a younger Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class and next year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, James McAvoy has now expressed his desire to portray a young Ian McKellen. However, he’s not looking to step on Michael Fassbender’s toes by taking on the dual roles of Professor X […]

There’s a little under three months to go until director Zack Snyder unleashes his hotly-anticipated Superman reboot Man of Steel, and during a recent promotional interview his new Starz show Da Vinci’s Demons, screenwriter David S. Goyer (Blade, Batman Begins) confirmed that he has seen the final film and “was very happy” with the results, […]

Luke Owen on the latest issue of Godzilla: The Half Century War…“New technologies and new recruits lead the AMF now, while Ota and Kentaro are stuck watching. But when a new threat comes to town from space, technology and young blood mean nothing. Will the grizzled vets be able to save the day? Don’t miss […]

Interesting news has emerged that could either turn out to be comedy gold or one of the biggest mistakes in TV history. According to Deadline, Kelsey Grammer (Frasier, Boss) and Martin Lawrence (Bad Boys, Big Momma’s House) are in talks to star in a new TV comedy together. Whilst this seems like a rather peculiar […]

Paul Risker on the year-long international celebration of the distinguished Russian film director Andrei Konchalovsky… A retrospective of a distinguished Russian director may not be the first thing to come to mind if one is to stop and reflect on the year was 2012. Marvel’s The Avengers was a barnstorming success, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark […]

Back in August of last year, filmmaker David Cronenberg (The Fly, Cosmopolis) caused some upset among comic book movie fans when he spoke of his dislike for the genre, stating that it’s “for kids” and “people who are saying The Dark Knight Rises is supreme cinema art, I don’t think they know what the f**k […]