In celebration of the first ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios has released a new retrospective video which looks at the legacy of the MCU as we head into this month’s hugely anticipated superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Avengers: Infinity War directors considered not having any post […]
Avengers: Infinity War and the Marvel Marketing Machine
Pim Razenberg on Marvel’s well-oiled marketing machine, which hooked us all to the Marvel Cinematic Universe… Black Panther passed the $1 billion mark at the box office, Avengers: Infinity War is expected to have a $215 million opening debut in North America and Kevin Feige is starting to tease audiences around the world with what […]
Hasbro unveils new Marvel Legends figures for the MCU, Deadpool, Spider-Man, Venom, X-Men and more
With Toy Fair taking place in New York, Hasbro has unveiled a huge batch of promotional images for its upcoming 6″ Marvel Legends Series offerings, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe releases Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Panther, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Age of […]
Ranking The Marvel Cinematic Universe (2017 Edition)
The Flickering Myth writing staff rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe for 2017… 2017 saw three new releases in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok – as well as our first looks at next year’s Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War. As is tradition, we here […]
Why does Marvel keep using the same villain for every movie?
Anghus Houvouras on Marvel’s villains… Next year Marvel Studios will turn ten years old. This milestone is being marked with a celebration that Kevin Feige touched briefly upon. There’s certainly a lot to celebrate. Marvel’s foray into feature films has been an unmitigated success financially and with the ticket buying movie public. Whether you love […]
Stan Lee’s Marvel cameos get the Pop Vinyl treatment from Funko
Funko has revealed three new Pop! Vinyl figures for Stan Lee which includes the Marvel legend in costume from his cameos in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Captain America: The First Avenger; check them out here… New Pop!s of Stan Lee are arriving at Walmart next month! Featured in outfits […]
Ranking the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2016 Edition)
Flickering Myth ranks the Marvel Cinematic Universe… Kicking off back in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe now contains a whopping fourteen movies, two TV shows and three Netflix series with more coming our way next year. We’ve seen the formation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., the rise of Ultron and the introduction […]
Flickering Myth Podcast #49b – The Complete Ranking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Subscribe on iTunes. Support Flickering Myth, buy a t-shirt. Email in your questions: oli@flickeringmyth.com Join Oli and Luke in this week’s Flickering Myth Podcast for the unveiling of Flickering Myth’s Complete Ranking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – compiled from votes from Flickering Myth’s many contributors. The ranking takes into account all 14 Marvel movies […]
Suicide Squad passes Captain America: The Winter Solider and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 at the box office
Though it received some rather dreadful reviews and some pretty bad publicity following its release, Suicide Squad has earned another notch on its box office belt this weekend. Gorssing another $4 million from this weekend, Suicide Squad has now passed both Captain America: The Winter Solider ($714 million) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($708 million) at […]
When Was The Last Great Marvel Post-Credits Scene? | Flickering Myth Podcast Mini
Subscribe on iTunes. Support Flickering Myth, buy a t-shirt. Email in your podcast questions: oli@flickeringmyth.com While talking about the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok and how Marvel could set up The Hulk’s inclusion in the film, Oli and Luke stumbled across a rather worrying question: when was the last really great MCU post-credits scene? Since Iron Man […]