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Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2019

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The Flickering Myth writing team present our top ten movies of 2019… 2019. A year that has seen Disney dominating the multiplexes, the Mouse House setting records left, right and centre (not least Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, which dethroned 2009’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all-time). It’s seen legendary filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese […]

Avengers: Endgame concept art showcases alternate Captain Marvel design

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Marvel’s Visual Development Supervisor Andy Park has shared a piece of concept art from Avengers: Endgame which gives us a look at one of his alternate designs for Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Exclusive Interview – Marvel Visual Development Supervisor Andy Park on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the […]

Iron Studios’ Avengers: Endgame Thanos and Black Order Battle Diorama Statues revealed

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Iron Studios have unveiled the new line of Battle Diorama Series 1:10 scale statues for the Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Endgame which includes Thanos and his Black Order – Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, Corvus Glaive, and Cull Obsidian; check out the promotional images here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron […]

Celebrating the Most Memorable On-Screen Friendships in 2019 Movies

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As we each begin to take stock of 2019 and count our blessings over the festive period, George Nash takes time to celebrate the great movie friendships that have graced our cinema screens over the past twelve months… With the festivities sweeping us up on a wave of shameless consumer indulgence, seasonal knitwear and figuring […]

James Cameron says “its a certainty” that Avatar will regain box office crown from Avengers: Endgame

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For almost an entire decade, James Cameron’s Avatar stood head and shoulders above the competition as the highest-grossing movie of all time – that is, until Disney and Marvel Studios unleashed this year’s superhero epic Avengers: Endgame. The culmination of Marvel’s Infinity Saga grossed $2,797,800,564 over the summer, dethroning Avatar by just $8.1 million, although […]

Avengers: Endgame’s ‘A-Force’ scene was originally going to be very different

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During Avengers: Endgame’s climactic battle, Marvel took the opportunity to assemble the ‘A-Force’, bringing together the female heroes of the MCU to help Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel make her way across the battlefield in an effort to keep the Nano Gauntlet out of the hands of the Mad Titan Thanos. As it happens, the original […]

James Gunn confirms that Avengers: Endgame hasn’t changed his plans for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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James Gunn is currently busy shooting the DC Extended Universe supervillain team-up The Suicide Squad, but in a break from production the director took part in a recent fan Q&A where he addressed his upcoming return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, confirming that Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame have not impacted his original plans […]

Dormammu almost appeared in Avengers: Endgame

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As part of their For Your Consideration campaign for the Academy Awards, Disney and Marvel have released the full screenplay for this year’s blockbuster superhero epic Avengers: Endgame, which reveals that the Doctor Strange villain Dormammu almost made a brief cameo appearance in the movie. On page 77 of the script, during the sequence where […]

Disney becomes first studio to gross over $10 billion in a single year at the global box office

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It already set a new record for the biggest haul in a single year back in July, and with the animated sequel Frozen II currently tearing up the box office, Walt Disney Pictures has now become the first studio to surpass $10 billion at the global box office with its cumulative takings in 2019. Alongside […]

Avengers: Endgame writers have one regret about the death of Black Widow

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Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the writers of Avengers: Endgame, have one regret about the death of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow. There were many shocking moments in Avengers: Endgame, including plenty of characters saying their goodbyes to the franchise. One character who didn’t survive the film was Black Widow, falling to her death in a […]