David Bishop sorts through the multitude of projects on Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming slate to see which ones have a shot at reaching the screen… Visionary director / producer / writer / filmmaking machine Guillermo del Toro has about a million projects on the go. It seems his name is never far away when a […]

Paul Risker on America’s ‘rape’ of the Scandinavian crime drama… The American remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), adapted from Steig Larsson’s first novel of his Millennium Trilogy, follows on the heels of Sweden’s 2009 adaptation and forms part of a trend that has seen a number of Scandinavian crime dramas adapted […]

As we approach the end of 2012, the folks over at TorrentFreak have put together their annual lists of the most pirated movies and TV shows from the past twelve months, which is based upon the number of illegal downloads from various torrent sites. Despite the inclusion of box office behemoths such as The Avengers […]

British film and television producer Gerry Anderson has passed away aged 83, having suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease since early 2010. Born in London in 1929, Anderson began his career working at Gainsborough Pictures in the 1940s and after completing his national service he went on to form AP Films alongside cinematographer Arthur Provis, with the […]

Paul Risker asks whether the BBFC’s 12A classification is forcing producers to sacrifice artistic integrity for commercial gains… Then and Now The Woman in Black and The Hunger Games are a reminder of how far removed we are from the years of censorship controversy at the hands of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). […]

Tori Brazier helps you plan your Christmas viewing with Flickering Myth’s Top Ten* Terrestrial TV Festive Flicks… The Christmas period has traditionally always been a time for squeezing an excessive amount of television viewing under one’s already-straining belt, with a plethora of comedy specials, dramas, films and one-off specials from which to choose.  This year […]

Anghus Houvouras defends the controversial storyline leading in to Marvel NOW!’s Superior Spider-Man… The last few weeks have been a maelstrom of anger and rage over writer Dan Slott’s conclusion to The Amazing Spider-Man. Major spoilers ahead. Be warned… Leading up to the conclusion of nearly fifty years of stories, Slott has written a storyline […]

Back when Justice League was announced in June, the first man whose name was attached to it was Argo director Ben Affleck. However the rumour was quickly debunked a few days later. In that time, Affleck has remained mostly quiet about the project but in an interview with Hitflix, he spoke out about Justice League […]

At a special screening and Q&A session of Marvel’s The Avengers, writer/director Joss Whedon spoke at length about the movie including which characters didn’t make the final cut and what we can expect for the 2015 sequel. “There was a little bit of time where we thought we might not actually get Scarlett [Johansson],” The […]

Vin Diesel (Fast and Furious) is set to develop a love for lollipops as he is gearing up to step into the shoes of Kojak, the lollipop loving NYPD detective in a big screen remake of the hit 70s crime TV show. According to Deadline, Skyfall screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have been drafted […]