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Anthony Mackie on Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool and Batman v Superman – exclusive Triple 9 interview

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To promote his new film Triple 9 (2016 – Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Norman Reedus), Anthony Mackie sat down with Flickering Myth’s Scott Davis. In the interview, Mackie speaks about where he ranks Captain America: Civil War (in which he plays The Falcon) overall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what he thinks about the DC/Marvel feud and who, […]

Rumour: Warner Bros. worried about Batman v Superman, considering shuffle of DC movie slate

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With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice now just a little over a month away from release, rumours continue to swirl about the big DC blockbuster. According to Drew McWeeny of HitFix, Warner Bros. is “starting to get scared” by the movie, suggesting that “response has not been exactly what I think they wanted.” McWeeny […]

Batman v Superman, Mystery & Over Promotion

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Samuel Brace on Batman v Superman, mystery and over promotion… Mystery is a great thing. Mystery is often the seed of both wonder and the desire to understand. What we don’t know, what we haven’t figured out, is what leads us to learn more. This mystery, this lack of knowledge, is the very thing that […]

The Week in Spandex – Deadpool (and Deadpool 2), X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Daredevil, Batman v Superman, The Flash/Supergirl and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Deadpool, Deadpool 2, X-Force, X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Agent Carter, Dardevil, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham and more… The Merc […]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Final Trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth Team react… The final trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice landed yesterday – and the Internet exploded in praise. It’s fair to say that the trailers prior to this one (the last one in particular) split audiences with some thinking it was pretty great, while others thinking it was a […]

Gotham executive producer on introducing Azrael with a “brand-new twist”

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Back in July of last year, it was revealed that Gotham i set to introduce the character of Azrael, with the episode ‘The Son of Gotham’ subsequently making reference to the Order of St. Dumas, the organisation responsible for training the character. Speaking to Comic Book, executive producer John Stephens has been discussing the introduction […]

Countdown to Batman v Superman – Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Superman/Batman: Public Enemies… What could be worse than your mortal enemy running a billion dollar company, having infinite resources to work on your doom? How about that same mortal enemy being President of the United States. In the early 00s, Lex Luthor […]

Scott Snyder departing Batman in April

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Since the start of DC’s The New 52 in September 2011, writer Scott Snyder has led the Batman title to some great and interesting places. Amid the rumours of DC’s Rebirth event/re-launch, it has been confirmed Snyder will be leaving the title after April’s Batman #51. Snyder broke the news in an interview with Comic […]

Exclusive: Anthony Mackie on the Marvel and DC “rivalry”, and his favourite Batman

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2016 is shaping up to be another busy year for Anthony Mackie. This month he’s set to feature as part of the cast of John Hillcoat’s star-studded crime drama Triple 9, and will also be reprising the role of Falcon in May’s Captain America: Civil War. At today’s UK press junket for Triple 9, Flickering […]