Anghus Houvouras on whether we really need a Deadpool movie… “Ryan Reynolds should play Deadpool.” I’ve been hearing this armchair casting presented online for what seems like a decade. What every comic fan claims to be ‘the perfect casting’. A character that has a huge presence in the comic book community. Certainly not a marquee […]
Mads Mikkelsen says Doctor Strange will have a “different flavour” to other Marvel movies, discusses villain role
It’s going to be a big end to the year this year for Mads Mikkelsen, with the former Hannibal star set to feature in two huge movies in Marvel’s Doctor Strange and Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Mikkelsen has briefly spoken about the former in an interview with Yahoo! Movies, stating that […]
Five characters who could replace Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War
Anghus Houvouras with five characters who could replace Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War… One of the many interesting stories that came tumbling out of the massive Sony hack was negotiations between Marvel and Sony to borrow Spider-Man for next year’s third Captain America film that will tackle the Civil War storyline. In the comic, […]
Stan Lee has one complaint about his Deadpool cameo
Spoilers for Stan Lee’s Deadpool cameo follow… Unless you’re one of the few people yet to see Deadpool, you’ll have no doubt caught Marvel legend Stan Lee’s latest cameo in the blockbuster X-Men spinoff, where he pops up as the DJ in a strip club. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly at The Big Bang Theory’s 200th […]
Why the Punisher works better as a supporting character
Anghus Houvouras on why the Punisher works better as a supporting character… I don’t know about you, but I’m excited. The first season of Daredevil was a gift. The best thing Marvel Studios has put out to date. An almost perfect interpretation of the character in a world where he feels outgunned, under-powered, and fighting […]
Rumour: Hugh Jackman set for X-Men: Apocalypse reshoots
We’ve known for a while that Hugh Jackman is set to don the claws as Wolverine for a final time with 2017’s third solo movie, but we haven’t heard a definitive answer on whether we’ll see his Logan back on the big screen before then as part of next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Well, if a […]
Tom Holland says Spider-Man reboot will be “the biggest independent film ever”
During a promotional interview with The Daily Beast for his new film In the Heart of the Sea, new Spider-Man Tom Holland has been speaking about the wall-crawler’s 2017 reboot, stating that it will be like “the biggest independent movie ever” and echoing previous comments from director Jon Watts suggesting it will be a “John […]
Spider-Man director reveals Peter Parker’s age in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
While we’ve known for some time that Sony and Marvel are taking Spider-Man back to high school for the web-slinger’s Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation, we haven’t known exactly how old Tom Holland’s Peter Parker will be… until now. Speaking to Empire (via Yahoo), director Jon Watts revealed that: “I love the idea of making a […]
Screenwriters confirm the Spider-Man reboot won’t be another origin story
Anyone worried that they’d have to sit through another Spider-Man origin tale when Marvel and Sony’s latest reboot hits the big screen in 2017 can rest easy, as screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein have confirmed that will not be the case. “Everybody feels like, you know he got bit by a spider and […]
Asa Butterfield reportedly out of the running for Spider-Man, shortlist now down to three names
Back in both April and May, Latino-Review claimed that Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game) had bagged the role of Spider-Man for his upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War and the subsequent series of rebooted solo movies. Well, it seems those reports were premature, as Jeff Sneider is reporting on Meet the Movie […]
