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Vacation directors to write the Spider-Man reboot

July 17, 2015 by Gary Collinson

They may have missed out on directing to Cop Car’s Jon Watts, but it seems that Sony and Marvel were impressed enough with John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein to snap them up as screenwriters for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. The duo, whose writing credits include Horrible Bosses, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and Cloudy […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man

Ant-Man tops U.S. box office with second-lowest opening for a Marvel Studios movie, earns $114 million worldwide

July 19, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Marvel’s latest superhero adventure Ant-Man opened in cinemas worldwide this past Friday, dethroning Minions in the States and continuing Marvel’s perfect streak of number one domestic debuts with $58 million. Internationally, it added a further $56 million from 37 markets, for a global opening weekend of $114 million. Ant-Man’s domestic debut is the second-lowest for […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Ant-Man, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel Cinematic Universe crosses $9 billion at the global box office

October 21, 2015 by Gary Collinson

  Thanks to Ant-Man’s success in China, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the first franchise in history to cross $9 billion at the worldwide box office, with its twelve releases having pulled in a whopping $9.0186 billion and counting. Via Box Office Mojo, here’s the list of MCU films, ranked by highest grossing: The […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Movie Review – Ant-Man (2015)

July 20, 2015 by Helen Murdoch

Ant-Man, 2015. Directed by Peyton Reed. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder Fortson, John Slattery, Hayley Atwell, Martin Donovan, David Dastmalchian, Wood Harris, Gregg Turkington and Michael Douglas. SYNOPSIS: Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man […]

Filed Under: Helen Murdoch, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Abby Ryder Fortson, Ant-Man, Bobby Cannavale, Corey Stoll, David Dastmalchian, Evangeline Lilly, Gregg Turkington, Hayley Atwell, John Slattery, Judy Greer, martin donovan, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Wood Harris

Kevin Feige says Benedict Cumberbatch’s popularity nearly cost him Doctor Strange role

December 29, 2015 by admin

Benedict Cumerbatch was a popular choice for the role of Doctor Strange when he was announced last year, but Marvel head-honco Kevin Feige has said that the actor’s popularity nearly cost him the role. “He was someone that we were very interested in for a very long time,” Feige told EW. “[But] he kept getting […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Doctor Strange, Kevin Feige, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

SDCC: Sam Raimi on the new Spider-Man reboot

July 13, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Over the weekend we heard the first comments from The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb about Sony’s decision to reboot the franchise alongside Marvel Studios – with Webb admitting that he’s “sad to surrender” the series – and now another former Spidey filmmaker has shared his opinion on the latest take on the wall-crawler. “It’s […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man

Captain Marvel was originally set to appear in Jessica Jones

November 20, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Marvel’s latest series Jessica Jones arrived on Netflix today, but had the stars aligned differently the Alias adaptation would have joined Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as part of ABC’s Marvel slate – and would also have featured Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Captain Marvel. “Back when it was at ABC Network, I did use Carol Danvers,” showrunner Melissa […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Captain Marvel, Jessica Jones, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Peyton Reed reveals alternate ending for Marvel’s Ant-Man

July 21, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Warning: Spoilers for Marvel’s Ant-Man follow. You have been warned… If you’ve seen Marvel’s latest blockbuster (or if you haven’t, but don’t mind spoilers), you’ll know that the film ends with a set-up for Scott Lang’s (Paul Rudd) next appearance in the MCU in Captain America: Civil War, with Luis (Michael Pena) informing Scott that […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Ant-Man, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Disney’s Bob Iger isn’t afraid of competition from DC: “We’re Marvel”

July 8, 2015 by Gary Collinson

For the past few years, Marvel Studios had been running pretty much unopposed when it comes to shared superhero movie universes, although that’s about to change as Warner Bros. kickstarts its DC slate next year with the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad. However, Disney chief Bob Iger isn’t afraid […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

CinemaSins takes on Avengers: Age of Ultron in new video

October 16, 2015 by Justin Cook

CinemaSins tackles one of the year’s biggest films, Avengers: Age of Ultron, in their brand new Everything Wrong With video. Watch the immensely popular YouTube channel tear apart the mega-blockbuster over the course of nearly 18 minutes down below… Despite Avengers: Age of Ultron receiving mostly positive reviews from both critics and fans, many still couldn’t […]

Filed Under: Justin Cook, Movies, Random, Random Videos Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, CinemaSins, Everything Wrong With, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

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