With Christmas just around the corner it is now time to start considering breaking out the Christmas jumpers! This year however rather than be lumbered with the heaviest aran wool sweater that your mum knitted for you ten years back, Numskull have teamed up with Marvel to release some rather splendid Christmas sweaters. Now when […]
Why won’t Marvel take their heroes seriously?
Anghus Houvouras asks why Marvel won’t take their heroes seriously… Humor as a defense mechanism. It’s something that used to be reserved for certain characters in comic books and comic book movies. Robert Downey Jr. took inspiration for Mark Millar’s legendary Ultimates series and made Tony Stark a guy who didn’t take life too seriously. This […]
When Will Shared Universes End?
This week Neil Calloway questions how long cinematic shared universes can last… It was announced on Thursday that Margot Robbie – given the sweetener of an Executive Producer to boot – had signed on for a Harley Quinn solo movie. This followed hot on the heels of the news that Anne Hathaway would be open […]
Franchise Report Card: Marvel & DC
Anghus Houvouras grades the Marvel Cinematic and DC Extended Universes… There’s been a lot of discussion lately about fan bias towards movies from our experienced friends at Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. who have just started taking baby steps into an expanded cinematic universe. Critics, columnists, and editors find themselves in a precarious situation from […]
Marvel’s movie model works, DC’s doesn’t – and Suicide Squad proves it
Tony Black shares his thoughts on the state of the DC Extended Universe… So we can all agree on one thing here, right? Suicide Squad is a disaster. Yay or nay? If you’re reading this, there’s every chance like me you thought it was almost as loud, boring and ponderous as Batman v Superman: Dawn […]
UDPATE: Teenager Riri Williams to suit up as Marvel’s new Invincible Iron Man
Marvel has announced that teenager Riri Williams is set to suit up as the Armored Avenger of the Marvel NOW! era as writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Stefano Caselli team up for the new ongoing series Invincible Iron Man! “We’re in the middle of a very big Tony Stark storyline – actually three storylines […]
The DC Films train has left the station, let’s make the best of it!
Tony Black on the DC Extended Universe… Another day, another reshuffle at DC Comics in terms of their burgeoning DC Films department (or the DCU). Not a fortnight after Geoff Johns was drafted in on the creative side, alongside Jeff Berg working the corporate end, now it appears Warner Bros are taking more steps to […]
9 ways to save the DC Extended Universe
Anghus Houvouras with 9 ways to save the DC Extended Universe… I don’t require much. Just a producer credit on every Warner Bros. DC movie, a balloon payment of $16 million dollars in gold cougarans, and 8% of the merchandising. Wait. Sorry. Got ahead of myself. Before the fans and Warner Bros. shower me in warm, […]
Civil War vs Dawn of Justice: One Film, One Theme, One Victor
Tony Black on Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice… By now, you’ve probably seen both Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil War. If you haven’t, here be spoilers. If you have, has it dawned on you yet as it did me by the end of Civil […]
Jon Favreau to executive produce Avengers: Infinity War films
After helming two out of three of the first installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man and Iron Man 2, director Jon Favreau decided to take a lesser role on future projects, serving as an executive producer on The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Iron Man 3, the latter of which he also returned […]
