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Is Cinema Really Dead If Scorsese Says It Is?

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Henry Bevan on whether cinema is really dead… The ‘cinema is dead’ narrative has gone around for a while. It is normally spouted by some blogger who wants to get across their “hot take”. But, sometimes, someone of note joins in, and as 2016 came to a close, a director trifecta chimed in — Martin […]

Matthew McConaughey on choosing The Dark Tower over Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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Before Kurt Russell was cast in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Ego, the Living Planet, Marvel reached out to Matthew McConaughey for the role of Star-Lord’s father, only for the Oscar winner to turn the opportunity down in favour of portraying The Man in Black in the upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Dark […]

Forest Whitaker talks about working with the “amazing” Ryan Coogler on Marvel’s Black Panther

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Forest Whitaker is one of many esteemed actors joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the next couple of years, and he’s chosen arguably the most promising project on Marvel’s docket to make his first appearance: Black Panther. Whitaker has known the film’s director, Ryan Coogler, for a number of years now, even serving as a producer […]

Civil War comic writer Mark Millar was not a fan of the film and felt it was too bleak

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The film may have made over $1 billion for Marvel and Disney this year, but the man who wrote the comic on which its based – Flickering Myth’s friend Mark Millar – felt the film was too bleak. “Civil War had a good opening twenty mins, but then I honestly can’t remember what the movie […]

Marvel casts The Pride in Runaways TV series

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Having announced its young leads for the TV series Runaways last week, the official Marvel site has now revealed the cast who’ll be portraying their parents, a.k.a. the supervillain cabal known as The Pride. Via the official site: Ryan Sands (Hat Hair, The Wire) as Geoffrey Wilder – is a man defined by the grueling […]

New Avengers: Endgame deleted scenes debut on Disney+

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In a departure from typical streaming services, The Walt Disney Company’s new Disney+ platform not only offers subscribers access to its library of film and TV shows, but also a host of “extras” such as trailers, behind-the-scenes featurettes and more. And, as subscribers have found out this week, said extras for Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame also […]

Stranger Things star Shannon Purser would like to play Squirrel Girl for Marvel

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Back at the start of July, Anna Kendrick expressed her interest in portraying The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it seems she’s not the only one lobbying for the role. A few weeks ago Stranger Things star Shannon Purser tweeted “So who do I talk to about being Squirrel Girl?”, and now […]

Sameer Ali Khan reportedly joins Marvel’s Iron Fist

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It looks like Marvel’s Iron Fist may have a new addition to its cast, with Bollywood actor and stuntman Sameer Ali Khan (Rock the Kasbah) seemingly revealing on Instagram that he’s joined the currently-in-production Netflix series. The Afghan actor, who has a martial arts background, joked that he will miss his beard as he has […]