After his huge success with Iron Man 3 last summer, writer/director Shane Black looks like he will be heading back to the jungle to help 20th Century Fox reboot the Predator franchise. Black has been set to write a treatment for a new film before handing over full script duties to Fred Dekker, the man […]
Warner Bros. bringing The Monstrumologist to the big screen
Variety are reporting today that Warner Bros. is working on brining Rick Yancey’s four-book series, The Monstrumologist, to the big screen. According to the report, Jessica Postigo (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) will pen the first movie which could spin off into a franchise. The Monstrumologist was followed by The Curse of Wendigo, The Isle of […]
Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton set for Coen Brothers’ latest Hail, Caesar!
22 Jump Street star Channing Tatum is the latest name set to be added to the new Coen brothers film Hail, Caesar!. Tatum is said to be in negotiations along with Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel) and Tilda Swinton (Only Lovers Left Alive) to feature in the cast, joining George Clooney (Gravity) and Josh […]
Video Game Review – Mario Kart 8
Ray Willmott reviews Mario Kart 8 on Wii U… If there’s one Nintendo game you can rely on to be gold-standard, it’s Mario Kart. Look back at every iteration over the years and it’s hard to dispute the evidence. Nintendo know how to make a great Kart racer and the good news is, with Mario […]
FMTV Movie Myths – Is There a Time Traveller in Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus?
Yesterday we announced the launch of Flickering Myth TV, a new partnership between ourselves and Trident Vision Media, the folk behind the national UK television shows Wrestle Talk TV and BWC British Wrestling Round-Up. And now we bring you the debut episode of our first series, Movie Myths, where Flickering Myth co-editor Oliver Davis will […]
Video Game Review – Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Ray Willmott reviews Valiant Hearts: The Great War on Playstation 4… World War games on consoles faded away around the early days of Medal of Honour and Call of Duty. The Playstation 2 era was saturated with titles that forced us to relive the horrific events of history’s darkest hours, but ever since then they’ve […]
Comic Book Review – Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #13
Luke Owen looks at Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #13… While Godzilla’s disappearance has brought calm to the planet, a threat from the past is set to resurface and take back the world they once had control over. No monster is safe and no future is certain as one of Godzilla’s greatest enemies prepares to return […]
Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks G.I. Joe 3
Last week, Paramount Pictures announced that G.I. Joe 3 will hit cinemas some time in 2016, and now producer Lorenzo di Bonaventure (Transformers: Age of Extinction) has been speaking about the third film in the G.I. Joe franchise, stating that filming is expected to get underway early next year, and that a new director should […]
Edgar Ramirez talking to Scott Derrickson for role in Doctor Strange
Though the project has yet to be “officially” confirmed by Marvel Studios, the long-gestating Doctor Strange movie is finally gaining traction, with Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose director Scott Derrickson at the helm. Over the last few weeks the Sorcerer Supreme has been in the news cycle several times, from gaining Prometheus scribe Jon Spaihts to wrangling a list of prospective […]
Comic Book Review – Ghostbusters #17
Luke Owen looks at Ghostbusters #17 from IDW… New York’s unknown dead are buried on Hart Island… and their spirits are about to be stirred, raised and conscripted into an army with but one purpose: raising chaos on the streets of Manhattan. The second half of Mass Hysteria! begins here in our celebration of 30 […]