While the Marvel brand is a license to print money these days, 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four tanked hard at the box office, with the film yet to pull in $150 million worldwide, making it one of – if not the – biggest failures of the year so far. Speaking to Larry King […]
Benicio Del Toro officially confirms Star Wars: Episode VIII villain role
It’s been a busy day for Star Wars news, what with all the toy reveals, comic book previews and a new banner for Star Wars: The Force Awakens [check out all of our coverage here], and now we have confirmation from Benicio Del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy) that he’s set for a villainous role […]
A new Justice League animated series incoming?
Speculation is running rampant that a new Justice League animated series could be on the horizon, thanks to a photo posted to Reddit (via CBR) which was reportedly taken at Warner Bros.’ Burbank offices which shows a poster for JLA alongside current shows such as Be Cool Scooby Doo!, Mike Tyson Mysteries and The Tom […]
Liev Schreiber wants to be ‘Old Man Sabretooth’ in Wolverine 3
Back in July, Hugh Jackman asked fans what they’d like to see in his upcoming X-Men swansong Wolverine 3, revealing the following month that there was plenty of support for Logan’s arch-enemy Sabretooth returning to the screen. This prompted Liev Schreiber, who portrayed the character of Victor Creed in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, to tweet “do […]
Simone Missisk cast as Misty Knight in Marvel’s Luke Cage
According to Deadline, Simone Missick (Ray Donovan) has nabbed the lead female role of ‘Missy’, a.k.a. Misty Knight, in Marvel’s upcoming Netflix series Luke Cage. Just yesterday, it was announced that Rosario Dawson will be reprising her role as Claire Temple from Daredevil alongside her upcoming Jessica Jones co-star Mike Colter as Power Man, while […]
Steven Spielberg thinks comic book movies will go “the way of the Western”
Director and visionary Steven Spielberg has spoken previously about the upcoming implosion of comic book movies, and has re-stated his claim that the films will die out and go “the way of the Western”. “We were around when the Western died and there will be a time when the superhero movie goes the way of […]
Live action Mega Man movie in development
There’s been a resurgence in video game movies over the last couple of months. Not only did we get the release of Hitman: Agent 47, but there has been news of James Wan producing the a Mortal Kombat reboot and Nintendo throwing their hat into the movie business again after the failure of 1993’s Super Mario […]
Disney’s Artemis Fowl movie moving ahead with Kenneth Branagh directing
It looks like the long-gestating Artemis Fowl movie may be about to escape development hell, with The Tracking Board reporting that Kenneth Branagh has signed on to direct the project and develop alongside Irish playwright Conor McPherson, although McPherson is yet to close a deal to write the script. Based on Eion Colfer’s series of […]
Netflix picks up Narcos for a second season
It hasn’t even been a full week since Netflix’s Narcos was released for streaming, but a new report from The Hollywood Reporter confirms that the show has already been picked up for a second season. Other than the fact that the show will return in 2016, few details are known about the second season at this […]
Emma Thompson: “If I see yet another Spider-Man, I’m going to have to actually hang myself”
We may be done with superhero and comic book movies for 2015, but there’s a load of the coming next year (Captain America: Civil War, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse to name but a few). Some feel like we’re in a glory period of comic book flicks (unless you’re our own […]
