Flickering Myth

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

2015 At The Global Box Office

by

This week in The Callow Way, Neil Calloway looks at the box office so far in 2015… Number one at the global box office so far this year is Furious 7, which has made $1.5 billion dollars so far, the vast majority of it outside the US, and also become the highest grossing film in […]

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson officially turns down Fifty Shades sequels

by

With a worldwide gross of over $550 million to date, the cinematic version of E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey has been a smash hit. But with the two sequels Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed currently in pre-production over at Universal Pictures, it has now been officially announced that director Sam Taylor-Johnson won’t […]

Universal Pictures passes $3 billion internationally for 2015

by

For the first time in the studio’s stellar 103-year history, Universal Pictures has grossed over $3 billion internationally, thanks to an unprecedented run of success throughout 2015 that has seen them take many other records with them. A large chunk of those grosses (almost two-thirds) are thanks to their summer juggernaut blockbusters Fast & Furious […]

Why Banning and Cutting Films is a Mistake

by

This week, Neil Calloway argues that far from increasing revenues in conservative countries, by allowing censored versions of their movies to be shown, Hollywood will ultimately lose out… This week brought the news that transgender period drama The Danish Girl has been banned in Qatar. I doubt Working Title will be too upset that their […]

Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan want pay increase for Fifty Shades sequels

by

After conquering the world this year with a whopping $550 million worldwide to date, it is no surprise that Universal Pictures and Focus Features are fast-tracking plans to bring the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels to the screen. But while fans can’t wait to see the return of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, the films […]

Fifty Shades of Grey receives an R rating from MPAA

by

The movie adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey has now received its rating from the MPAA. They have rated the movie R for “strong sexual content including dialogue, some unusual behavior and graphic nudity, and for language.” It was unknown whether or not the filmmakers would be loyal to the book by including strong sexual […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is officially the most anticipated film of 2015

by

It will come as no surprise to anyone that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the most highly anticipated film of 2015, according to a survey conducted by Fandango.  The first chapter of Disney’s Star Wars Sequel Trilogy has snuck ahead of other feature films like Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurrasic World and The Hunger […]

Universal Pictures hits $5 billion in record time as Jurassic World passes $600 million domestic and Minions reaches half a billion worldwide

by

It’s fair to say that Universal Pictures are having an even bigger year at the box-office than even they could have anticipated, with the studio setting a new record this weekend for the quickest amount of time a studio has reached $5 billion at the worldwide box-office. 20th Century Fox were the original record holders […]

Fifty Shades of Grey gets a new TV spot

by

Just a few days after the second trailer, the highly anticipated adaptation of the novel Fifty Shades of Grey has got its first TV spot. Check it out after the official synopsis… Fifty Shades of Grey is the hotly anticipated film adaptation of the bestselling book that has become a global phenomenon. Since its release, […]