Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

IDW resurrects Captain Kirk for Star Trek: The Last Starship

by

IDW Publishing has announced that Captain James T. Kirk is coming back from the dead for Star Trek: The Last Starship, which will see the iconic Starfleet captain resurrected in the 31st century as the United Federation of Planets faces its greatest threat to date.Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing with art from Adrian […]

Winston Zeddemore suits up for Mondo’s The Real Ghostbusters action figure line

by

Mondo has officially launched pre-orders for the next release in its 1:12 scale The Real Ghostbusters action figure line in Winston Zeddemore, who is available both as a standalone figure complete with mini Sandman and Charles Foster Hearse ghosts, or as part of the Winston and Sandman Collector’s Pack featuring a full size Sandman ghost. […]

Batman Begins at 20: How it reinvented franchise filmmaking

by

Chris Connor on Batman Begins as it turns 20…It is hard now to think that Batman had become somewhat of a laughing stock in the late 90s through the early 00s, supplanted by the likes of Spider-Man and X-Men who had both launched their own successful franchises in the years following the Dark Knight’s last […]

DC’s Clayface movie finds its lead in Tom Rhys Harries

by

DC Studios has found its lead for its Clayface movie, with up and coming Welsh actor Tom Rhys Harries signing on for the title role in director James Watkins’ (Speak No Evil) horror-tinged DC Comics adaptation.Harries is best known for his roles in Apple TV+’s Suspicion and the Ralph Fiennes-led The Return, while his other credits […]

BBC developing Doctor Who animated series

by

While there’s been some speculation over the future of the main show and the continued involvement (and financial backing) of Disney, the BBC looks set to expand the Doctor Who universe with an all-new CBeebies animated series aimed at pre-school children. “Everyone is welcome at CBeebies, including the Doctor,” said Patricia Hidalgo, Director of Children’s […]

Linda Hamilton battles aliens in trailer for sci-fi action thriller Osiris

by

Vertical has released a trailer for Osiris, the upcoming sci-fi action thriller which follows a crack Special Forces team who face a fight for for their lives after being abducted by a hostile alien race during a mission. Fortunately, they find they also have some experienced backup in the form of a sci-fi action veteran…Directed […]

Karma is a killer in new trailer for I Know What You Did Last Summer

by

Ahead of its theatrical release this July, Sony Pictures has shared another trailer for director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s slasher legacy sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer.The film sees original stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. return alongside franchise newcomers Billy Campbell, Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Jonah […]

Batman is James Gunn’s “biggest issue” and he’s working to get The Brave and the Bold “right”

by

While DC Studios co-head James Gunn is getting the new DC film universe off the ground with next month’s Superman and next year’s Supergirl, among the other TV projects in various stages of development, one of the biggest question marks in all this is where does the Dark Knight stand in the new DCU?Batman is not without […]

Dinosaurs rule the Earth in new Jurassic World Rebirth trailer

by

With just over two weeks to go until Jurassic World Rebirth roars into cinemas, an action-packed new teaser has arrived online for the hotly-anticipated blockbuster which sees the movie’s human cast terrorised on both land and sea by the film’s terrifying prehistoric beasts; watch it below…Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the […]