Ricky Church reviews The Mystery Knight: A Graphic Novel… Westeros is eerily peaceful. King Aerys I sits on the Iron Throne. A ravaging plague has abated. Yet beneath the surface, tensions linger sixteen years after a failed rebellion. In these restless times, noble hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall—Dunk, to his friends—and his precocious boy […]
4 Things We Learned From The First 4 Episodes of The Defenders
Luke Owen looks at 4 takeaways from the first 4 episodes of The Defenders… Warning – very, very minor spoilers ahead… It’s finally here! Marvel’s Netflix heroes are about to crossover for the first time, with Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist teaming-up to become The Defenders against Sigourney Weaver and The Hand. […]
Stephen King adaptation It looks set to float with record-breaking September opening
Given that the first trailer absolutely smashed the record for most views in its first 24 hours with close to 200 million plays, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema must surely be confident that they have a hit on their hands with the Stephen King adaptation It, and box office tracking seems to support that. […]
Producer vs. Director: The Case of Zack Snyder
Pim Razenberg on the debate on creative differences between producers and directors… Creative differences. The clichéd answer to most break-ups between a studio and its directors. Recent examples of cases where “creative differences” were the cause of conflict are the departure of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from the as-of-yet untitled Han Solo anthology film […]
Why was War for the Planet of the Apes a bust?
Anghus Houvouras on War for the Planet of the Apes… There are some things that defy explanation. Like how the Great Pyramids of Giza were built, what happened to the settlers at Roanoke, or why people watch The Big Bang Theory. Sometimes there are no answers. The question of why a movie succeeds or fails […]
Superman joins the Justice League on new promotional poster
We have a new Justice League poster to pick apart admire! This one features the ‘Man of Steel’ himself looming over the rest of the team: Not much to see here, but one can’t help but take notice every single time Superman shows up in recent promotional material. Obviously, the guy is dead right? Well, not […]
Marvel’s The Defenders gets another new trailer
Earlier in the week we brought you the “final” trailer for The Defenders [watch it here], and now ahead of its release tomorrow, Netflix has unveiled what we can only assume is the “final final” trailer for the Marvel team-up series. Watch it here… SEE ALSO: Charlie Cox on how The Defenders fit together as […]
Rian Johnson trusted his “inner fan” while making Star Wars: The Last Jedi
It must feel daunting to direct a new entry in the Star Wars franchise, and actually be a fan yourself. The pressure to not screw the film up must be immense — after all, people are still ripping on the prequels to this day. The first installment in this revitalized trilogy fared well with critics, […]
Spidey struggles with his parachute in Spider-Man: Homecoming concept art
Marvel illustrator Ryan Meinerding has taken to Twitter to share three pieces of concept art from Spider-Man: Homecoming featuring the scene where Spidey becomes entangled in his web parachute after being dropped above a lake by The Vulture; check them out here… A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain […]
Director David F. Sandberg gives an update on Shazam and his comic book inspirations
Fresh from the box office success of Annabelle: Creation, director David F. Sandberg is now turning his attention to the DC Extended Universe and his next project, Shazam!. Speaking to Film Riot (via Heroic Hollywood), Sandberg has provided an update on Shazam!, confirming that the script is ready and it will be the next DC […]
