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The Week in Spandex – Fantastic Four, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, Constantine, Blade, The Punisher, Heroes Reborn and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Blade, Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Daredevil, The Punisher, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Constantine, Arrow, The Flash, […]

Wesley Snipes says he’s had “positive and very favorable” discussions with Marvel about Blade return

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During the San Diego Comic-Con back in July, Wesley Snipes suggested that he’d met with Marvel Studios about a potential return as Blade, and now the action star has spoken briefly to CBR about the alleged talks. “Well, we’ve had some discussions,” states Snipes, who portrayed the Daywalker in New Line Cinema’s trilogy of films […]

The Week in Spandex – San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Edition

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In this  (abridged) edition of The Week in Spandex, we round up all the big superhero news coming out of the San Diego Comic-Con… Well, the curtain has fallen on the geek mecca that is San Diego Comic-Con for another year, and over the past four days we’ve been treated to a wealth of superhero […]

The Week in Spandex – Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Captain Marvel, Suicide Squad, Aquaman, Fantastic Four, Hit-Girl and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Captain Marvel, The Punisher, Ghost Rider, Blade, Daredevil, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister 6, Avengers: Ultron Revolution, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, […]

What are the Box Office Expectations for Marvel’s Phase Four?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Marvel’s Phase Four, and what the box office expectations might be… In the wake of the announcement of Marvel’s next phase of superhero movies, and off the back of a run of billion dollar home runs (including the two gargantuan grosses of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame) what can the […]

Shades, Leather and New Messiahs in Late 90s Sci-Fi

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Tom Jolliffe looks back on three key sci-fi films at the end of the last century – Blade, Dark City and The Matrix… Towards the tail end of the 20th Century, sci-fi cinema was in something of a rut. A plethora of films were being made, but with a few exceptions, everything seemed to be […]

White Boy Rick’s Yann Demange to direct Marvel’s Blade

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Marvel’s Blade has been more concerned with hunting down a director than pursuing vampires since Mogul Mowgli’s Bassam Tariq ditched the Daywalker back in September, but now they’ve found one in the form of ’71 and White Boy Rick helmer Yann Demange.  Deadline confirm that Demange, who most recently directed episodes of HBO’s Lovecraft Country, […]

Overkill: Star Wars, Marvel and Disney’s upcoming slate

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Tom Jolliffe on the next few years of content for Star Wars, Marvel and Disney… Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. Ask my belly. He likes chocolate, but this sack of indulgence is such that my daughter used it as a bongo drum this morning and shouted ‘wobbly wobbly.’ True story. […]

Comic Book Preview – Blade: Vampire Nation #1

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Marvel Comics releases the one-shot comic Blade: Vampire Nation #1 next week, and you can get an early sneak peek at the issue below with he official preview… A deep dive into Dracula’s new kingdom as established in AVENGERS. Starring BLADE, the sheriff of Vampire Nation! An assassination threatens to unravel the fledgling country and […]