Amy Richau reviews the season finale of Agent Carter season 2… The season finale of Agent Carter, “Hollywood Ending”, starts 60 seconds after the previous episode ended. It’s really too bad that ABC didn’t choose to air episodes 9 and 10 together as a two-hour grand finale instead of packaging episodes six & seven (which worked […]
Comic Book Review – Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1
David Smyth reviews Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1… Pleasant Hill looks like the perfect small-town community — but underneath the surface, a deadly secret lurks. One so explosive it will draw estranged allies Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson back together to save a friend in danger and put things right. But when […]
Katie Aselton joins X-Men series Legion
The cast of FX’s Legion TV pilot has added Katie Aselton (The League), with Entertainment Weekly reporting that the actress is set to play Amy, “the practical older sister to lead character David Haller (Dan Stevens), who does her best to remain positive, which proves difficult when her brother has spent years in and out […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. showrunners confirm Grant Ward’s new Marvel villain identity
During an appearance at Wizard World Portland, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Elizabeth Henstridge seemed to let slip that Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) has been transformed into the Marvel villain Hive, and now showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen have confirmed the news to Nerdist, as well as releasing a sneak peek image… “As we saw […]
Deadpool crosses $600 million; now the third biggest R-rated movie of all-time
It’s good to be The Merc with a Mouth at this point in time, as Deadpool has crossed another landmark. Deadpool earned around $31.5 million this weekend to remain at the top of the US domestic box office, where it is now the third biggest R-rated movie of all-time behind American Sniper and The Passion […]
Captain America: Civil War “twice as aggressive in tone and execution” as The Winter Soldier
During a question and answer session yesterday, Captain America: Civil War co-director Joe Russo briefly discussed the tone of the upcoming Phase Three-launching threequel compared to the Russos’ first Marvel outing, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. “We really did a radical reinterpretation of Captain America in Winter Soldier,” states Russo (via Cleveland.com). “We were twice as […]
Avengers: Infinity War will feature 68, not 67, different characters
Earlier this year, Anthony and Joe Russo made an off-the-cuff remark that Avengers: Infinity War would contain a whopping 67 characters. Well, it seems that they were off with their estimates… by one. During a panel at Wizard World Comic-Con Cleveland, Joe and Anthony Russo took a moment to clarify that Avengers: Infinity War “features 68 […]
Fox sets release dates for two new Marvel movies and Predator sequel, moves Gambit and Alien: Covenant
Following the success of Deadpool, 20th Century Fox looks to be laying out its plans for its future Marvel slate, with BoxOffice reporting that the studio has set dates for two as-yet-untitled superhero movies on October 6th 2017 and January 12th 2018. Furthermore, the X-Men spinoff movie Gambit has been removed from its original October […]
The Week in Spandex – Justice League, Batman v Superman, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Daredevil, The Punisher, Iron Fist, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman: The Killing Joke and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham, Powerless, LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Cosmic Clash, Batman: The Killing Joke, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of […]
Deadpool screenwriters will have a hand in X-Force movie
We already know that the Merc with a Mouth is set to return for a solo sequel which will feature the introduction of Cable, and it seems that 20th Century Fox is also looking to dust of its X-Force movie, with Deadpool screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick revealing to The Playlist that they “will have […]