Mark Steven Johnson, the director of early Marvel films Daredevil and Ghost Rider, says that he is proud of the movies and what they did at the time. These days Marvel is all about their enormous connected universe, with films like Avengers raking in billions of dollars worldwide, but there was a time before the […]
Hollywood’s Unhealthy Obsession With Movie Ratings Needs to End
Harrison Abbott on Hollywood’s unhealthy obsession with movie ratings and why it has to end… From a sanitised Die Hard sequel to an R-rated Star Trek, when it comes to ratings Hollywood is incapable of leaving well enough alone. The Dark Age of PG-13-ification Alien Vs Predator, The Expendables 3, World War Z, Max Payne, […]
Funko celebrates Venom’s 30th anniversary with Venomized Pop! Vinyl figures
In celebration of Venom’s 30th Anniversary, Funko has revealed a new range of Pop! vinyl figures which sees Marvel’s heroes and villains ‘Venomized’, the line includes Venom, Carnage, Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, Ghost Rider, and Loki; check them out here… In honor of Venom’s 30th anniversary, your favorite Super Heroes and Villains […]
Marvel announces Cosmic Ghost Rider variant covers for September
After making his debut in last year’s Thanos #13, Marvel is set to celebrate the Cosmic Ghost Rider this September with a series of special variant covers featuring the breakout character battling a host of different heroes of the Marvel universe. Here’s eight of the covers for your viewing pleasure… Look for Marvel’s COSMIC GHOST […]
Marvel to explore the origin of the 1,000,000 BC Ghost Rider in Avengers #7
Last year, Marvel Legacy introduced Odin and his Prehistoric Avengers to critical acclaim, and now Marvel has announced that it is returning to 1,000,000 BC in Avengers #7 to tell the origin of the flaming woolly mammoth-riding original Ghost Rider! Check out the cover and some first-look artwork here… “Fans have been intrigued by the […]
Marvel announces Cosmic Ghost Rider: Punishment By Fire
Marvel has announced that Cosmic Ghost Rider is set for his own solo adventure with an all-new limited series from Donny Cates (Thanos, Doctor Strange) and up-and-coming artist Dylan Burnett. Check out the cover to the first issue here, along with some early artwork… “Cosmic Ghost Rider is such a blast to work on,” said […]
Nicolas Cage wants an R-rated Ghost Rider with someone else in the part
Revealing that the original Ghost Rider script was R-rated, Nicolas Cage says that the film should still be made for adult audiences, even if he’s not in it. Superhero movies were quite different when Nicolas Cage started starring as Marvel’s Ghost Rider. The risks which studios are willing to take now weren’t an option back […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Brian Taylor on Mom and Dad, Nicolas Cage freakouts and having to clear the rights to the ‘Hokey Pokey’
Tom Beasley chats to high-octane director Brian Taylor about his new film Mom and Dad, which features Nicolas Cage at his most Nicolas Cage… Fans of Nicolas Cage at his nuttiest may have a new favourite movie when Mom and Dad screams its way into multiplexes this weekend. Directed by Brian Taylor, who previously worked […]
Exclusive: R-rated Ghost Rider script was “awesome” compared to “vanilla” Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. version, says director Brian Taylor
High-octane film director Brian Taylor took the time to chat to Flickering Myth this week and had some choice words for the new take on Ghost Rider in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show. Taylor, who directed 2011 sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance with regular collaborator Mark Neveldine, said the current TV incarnation of […]
Five TV Shows That Could Help the Marvel Netflix Universe
Liam Hoofe looks at five new shows Netflix could add to their Marvel Universe… When Marvel kickstarted the Netflix branch of their universe with Daredevil back in 2015, expectations were understandably high. Marvel, being Marvel, delivered on those expectations and then some, giving us one of their finest properties to date. They then continued this […]