In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Luke Cage, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, The Punisher, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Silver Surfer, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, Constantine […]
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn wrote a Silver Surfer treatment for Fox
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has taken to Facebook to reveal that back in the late 1990s he spent time working on another of Marvel’s cosmic properties, producing a treatment for a Silver Surfer movie for 20th Century Fox. “Little known fact: When I first moved to LA in 1999, one of the […]
Marvel’s Kevin Feige talks Spider-Man, Daredevil and Inhumans
During a promotional interview with Crave Online to promote the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has been speaking about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, discussing the upcoming debut of Spider-Man, the chances of Charlie Cox’s Daredevil making the jump to the big screen, and the introduction of […]
Cult sci-fi film Cube set for remake at Lionsgate
Lionsgate is reportedly readying a remake of the cult 1997 Canadian sci-fi film Cube. Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) is on-board as one of the producers, with director Saman Kesh, whose short Controller has turned some heads in Hollywood, set to make his feature debut with the film, which will be entitled Cubed. Philip Gawthorne, who has […]
Warner Bros. secures rights to The Forever War, set to star Channing Tatum
Deadline has reported that the bidding war between Warner Bros. Pictures and Sony Pictures over the 41-year-old sci-fi novel The Forever War by Joe Haldeman has been won by Warner Bros. Richard Edlund had held the rights to the book for around 27 years, and the project had previously been set up at Fox for […]
The Omen TV show moves from Lifetime to A&E
Deadline is reporting that the new TV show based on the classic horror film The Omen, entitled Damien, is set to change from Lifetime to A&E. The straight-to-series drama is set to be a direct follow-up to the original The Omen, which was directed by Richard Donner (Superman) and starred Gregory Peck. The show had […]
J.K. Simmons and Emile Hirsch to star in comedy The Runaround
Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) is to co-star with Emile Hirsch (Into The Wild) in The Runaround, a new comedy from director Gavin Wiesen (The Art of Getting By) and written by Seth W. Owen (Morgan). The film will see Simmons star as a workaholic father who has to team up with her daughter’s ex-boyfriend […]
Josh Trank exits Star Wars Anthology spin-off movie
Having been absent from the ‘Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank’ panel at Star Wars Celebration last month due to “flu”, it has been announced tonight that Josh Trank (Chronicle, Fantastic Four) has vacated the director’s chair on Disney’s second Star Wars Anthology standalone movie. “After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with […]
Grab the Secret Wars prelude Armor Wars #½ from Toys “R” Us
Marvel Comics has announced that Toys ‘R’ Us customers will be able to pick up a complimentary copy of the exclusive Secret Wars prelude Armor Wars #½ when spending $25 or more between Sunday, May 3rd through to Saturday, May 9th. Here’s a preview of the special issue… “This is a really cool prelude that […]
The Most Disappointing – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Anghus Houvouras shares his disappointment over Avengers: Age of Ultron… Even the thought of this column feels like a slaughter waiting to happen. I feel like Sonny Corleone in The Godfather as he exits the car at the toll booth… I get it. People love movies like Avengers: Age of Ultron. Any negative sentiments are […]
