Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

Frank Miller and Scott Snyder to collaborate on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns threequel

by

According to a report from Bleeding Cool, Frank Miller is set to team with current Batman writer Scott Snyder to pen a threequel to Miller’s seminal comic book The Dark Knight Returns and its less-seminal sequel The Dark Knight Strikes Again. According to the site, the story “would concern Carrie Kelley, the Robin of Dark […]

Batman: Earth One Vol. 2 arriving in May 2015

by

DC Comics has announced that Batman: Earth One Vol. 2 – the sequel tot he #1 New York Times bestseller from writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank – is set to arrive in May; check out the cover artwork here… While Gotham City is plunged into terror by an enigmatic anarchist and killer calling […]

Colin Farrell, Michiel Huisman and Charles Dance rumoured for Justice League

by

Now, be sure to take this with a healthy pinch of salt, but according to rumours, Colin Farrell (True Detective) is in talks to join the cast of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, alongside a couple of Game of Thrones stars in Michiel Huisman and Charles Dance. The reports come by way of CutTheCrapTV and Wayne […]

THEORY: Who Suicide Squad’s main villain really is…

by

Oli Davis thinks he’s figured out who Suicide Squad’s main villain will be… Warner Brothers have now released three full length trailers for this August’s Suicide Squad, yet – because the teasers have focused on conveying a general sense of theme over any significant story elements – we’re still none the wiser on who or what the […]

Comic Book Review – Justice League: Rebirth #1

by

Tony Black reviews Justice League: Rebirth #1… Spinning out of the events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1, a new day dawns for Earth’s greatest heroes as they welcome three new members to the team, including… Superman? Who is this strange visitor from a dead world — and can he be trusted? Batman and Wonder Woman […]

5 Actors Who Could Play The Joker

by

Thomas Roach with five actors who could play The Joker in the new DC Universe… After Heath Ledger’s tragic death in 2008 and the actor leaving his mark on the world with his iconic portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight, the next person to take on the role of the Clown Prince of […]

Is Box Office More Important Than a Film’s Critical Success?

by

Samuel Brace on whether box office is more important than critical success… How should we measure a film’s success? The metric we use to determine whether or not the latest feature film has reached heights high enough to warrant being labelled successful, seems to be up for a rather heated debate. Is a film’s worth […]

Peyton List joins Gotham as Poison Ivy

by

Gotham’s Poison Ivy is set to undergo another transformation, with Deadline reporting that Peyton List (Mad Men, Frequency) has signed on to portray the character as a recurring guest star, either later in season four, or in season five. “In the continuing evolution of Poison Ivy’s origin story, Ivy Pepper has been transformed once again […]