Blade Runner 2049 may have been one of the year’s most acclaimed movies, but it also proved to be one of the biggest box office disappointments, grossing just under $260 million worldwide from a budget of $150 million, plus hefty marketing costs.Director Denis Villeneuve has previously suggested that a lack of familiarity with the universe […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi on pace to top $1 billion at the 2017 box office
A 2017 box office figure of more than $1 billion is firmly in the sights of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.The latest film in the saga was always going to be a box office behemoth, and despite its hugely divisive reaction from audiences, the Rian Johnson directed film is living up to that lucrative promise.So […]
Daredevil’s season 1 showrunner Steven DeKnight would “love” to return to Marvel
Steven DeKnight, showruner for Daredevil season 1, would love to return to work with Marvel in the future.Season 1 of Netflix’s Daredevil series has been the most critically acclaimed Marvel season the platform has managed to date, and kicked off this little corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Since then, a new showrunner has taken over […]
John Boyega responds to Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s divisive fan reaction
One of the stars of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, John Boyega, has responded to the film’s divisive fan reaction.Fans were expecting the world from The Last Jedi when it hit theatres earlier in December, or at least something a little more familiar to what they’ve been used to with the franchise, but what they […]
Disney win the US box office crown for second year in a row
Largely thanks to the cinematic behemoths that were Beauty and the Beast ($504m) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($423m and counting), Disney has once again won the race to be crowned the domestic box office champions with $2.27 billion in the studio account.At the time of writing, Disney held a 21.3% market share, ahead of Warner […]
Trailer for rom-com You, Me and Him starring Lucy Punch, Faye Marsay and David Tennant
A poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Daisy Aitkens’ upcoming rom-com You, Me & Him starring Lucy Punch, Faye Marsay and David Tennant; check them out below, along with the official synopsis…“In You, Me and Him we meet lesbian couple Olivia and Alex (Lucy Punch, Faye Marsay) who, despite their age difference, are very […]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will set up the plot of the next Jurassic World movie
It looks like we won’t have to wait very long for plot clues to the inevitable third installment in the Jurassic World franchise. In an interview with YouTuber Sebas Tabany, Colin Trevorrow — director of Jurassic World and writer/producer of the upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom — stresses the importance of having a plan, and giving fans a […]
Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair want to kill their kids in trailer for Mom and Dad
Ahead of its release next month, Momentum Pictures has debuted a trailer for the upcoming horror Mom and Dad. Written and director by Brian Taylor, the film stars Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur, and Lance Henriksen; take a look at the trailer here…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMIczuE9Hlo“A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild […]
Screeners of three Oscar contenders have leaked to piracy networks
Piracy collective Hive-CM8 has leaked copies of three of this year’s Oscar contenders to file-sharing networks, reportedly ripping the movies from awards screener DVDs.Torrent Freak is reporting that Grega Gerwig’s Lady Bird, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name and Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya all appeared on online pirate sites, ready to be viewed illegally. The group has […]
Ranking The DC Extended Universe (2017 Edition)
With the release of Wonder Woman and Justice League in 2017, we here at Flickering Myth decided to start ranking the DC Extended Universe the same way we do for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.It’s been a bumpy ride for the DCEU since its inception in 2013. Now five movies in, it still feels like it […]
