Despite getting many things right, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has long struggled with one thing: its film scores. While Alan Silvestri managed to make an alright theme for The Avengers, it didn’t stick around after Phase One of the MCU, and was nowhere near as iconic as the superhero themes from composers like Danny Elfman, John Williams […]
Adam McKay to direct film adaptation of Mark Waid’s Irredeemable
Adam McKay has slowly been working his way toward directing a superhero movie for a couple years now. He rewrote the Ant-Man script with Paul Rudd after Edgar Wright’s departure, and was even in line to direct before passing on the project (which then went to Peyton Reed). He was then rumored to be in the running to […]
Captain Marvel will be in Avengers: Infinity War, the Russo brothers accidentally confirm
While doing a press event at the Smithsonian Institute to promote the U.S. release of Captain America: Civil War, directors Anthony and Joe Russo let slip that a certain blonde Marvel heroine will soon make her debut – in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 (which we now know is not the official title). That’s right, Captain […]
Alden Ehrenreich is the new Han Solo
After several months of casting rumors and a search that included over 2,500 actors, we finally have our new Han Solo: Hail, Caesar! star Alden Ehrenreich. The news was first reported by PageSix, and then further confirmed by trades such as THR and TheWrap. Ehrenreich will of course fill the iconic shoes originally worn by Harrison Ford, and is […]
Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy to star in Andy Serkis’ Breathe
Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Claire Foy (Wolf Hall) have signed on to star in Breathe, which is being directed by Andy Serkis from a script by two-time Oscar nominee William Nicholson (Shadowlands, Gladiator). Garfield will star as Robin – handsome, brilliant and adventurous; a man with his whole life ahead of him before […]
Jack Huston and Emilia Clarke join Above Suspicion
Deadline is reporting that Jack Huston (Ben-Hur) and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) have signed on to appear in Above Suspicion, an adaptation of Joe Sharkey’s non-fiction book of the same name. The project, which is being directed by Phillip Noyce (The Giver) from a script by Chris Gerolmo (Mississippi Burning), tells the true story […]
Civil War breaks out on campus in Marvel Avengers Academy
Coinciding with the release of Captain America: Civil War, TinyCo and Marvel have announced a brand new limited time in-game event for the Marvel Avengers Academy mobile game, with new Civil War content available now. Following MARVEL Avengers Academy’s Guardians of the Galaxy update last month, the Avengers Academy finds itself in a vulnerable state […]
Bryan Singer on the early criticism of Apocalypse’s design in X-Men: Apocalypse
Back in July of last year, 20th Century Fox gave us our first look at Oscar Isaac’s titular villain in X-Men: Apocalypse, although the reaction probably wasn’t quite what the studio would have hoped for. Fans were critical of the design (comparing him to Power Rangers’ Ivan Ooze), the colour scheme, and the character’s size, while […]
Universal Monsters: The Next Big Cinematic Franchise?
Tony Black on whether the Universal Monsters will deliver the next big cinematic franchise… You all remember The Mummy, right? Brendan Fraser doing his best Harrison Ford impression while Arnold Vosloo pranced around in a gold nappy trying to hide his broad South African brogue. Rather good, wasn’t it? You may be surprised to learn […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 19 Review – ‘Failed Experiments’
Danny Hale reviews the nineteenth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3… Kicking off the final four episodes of the season Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. opened with the origin of Hive. We saw how an encounter with the Kree forever changed the once primitive man when he was infused with their own blood sparking his terrigenesis. […]
