Having tackled the Captain America trilogy, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are now turning their attention to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War, and the duo have been speaking about the two-part superhero epic during an interview with The Huffington Post whilst out on the press tour for Captain America: Civil War. […]
Maisie Williams addresses New Mutants casting rumour
Late last month, a rumour claimed that Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams would be joining the cast of the Josh Boone-directed X-Men spin-off New Mutants as Wolfsbane, a mutant capable of shapeshifting from a human into a wolf. Although 20th Century Fox almost immediately denied the casting, many were still left wondering if the […]
Daredevil Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘New York’s Finest’
Ricky Church reviews the third episode of Daredevil season two… When there is one hero who has sworn against killing and another who sees the black and white value in taking life, its inevitable for them to have that philosophical conversation debating their beliefs. ‘New York’s Finest’ dealt primarily with Daredevil’s and Punisher’s beliefs in […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 3 Episode 1 Review – ‘Laws of Nature’
Danny Hale reviews the first episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D season 3… Season 3 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. burst onto our screens with the energy we’ve been waiting for. The show was quick to establish Chloe/Daisy’s transformation and to set the new tone for the series. It must be handed to the producers and writers; […]
Why are the stakes in Marvel movies so low?
Anghus Houvouras on the low stakes in Marvel movies… There are so many things the Marvel movies have done right. They’ve launched a new era of studio blockbusters, faithfully adapted some of their most exciting characters with care, and delivered consistently entertaining feature films that, for the most part, are well worth the price of […]
Does It Hold Up? Avengers: Age of Ultron – One Year On
Tony Black revisits Avengers: Age of Ultron one year on to see how it holds up… One of my main outlets is podcasting, and recently I asked online if anyone would like to do a speculative episode of my film show in which we ‘fix’ a broken movie, discussing why it failed and how we […]
Two new additions to the cast of Marvel’s Iron Fist
Marvel and Netflix are moving full steam ahead with casting on Iron Fist, with Variety reporting that Jessica Stroup (90210) and Tom Pelphrey (Banshee) have signed on to the superhero series as brother and sister Joy and Ward Meachum the children of Harold Meachum (David Wenham). The site states that, “Joy and Ward have spent […]
Jon Favreau reprising the role of Happy Hogan for Spider-Man: Homecoming
Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark is set to be joined by Happy Hogan in next year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, with Variety reporting that Jon Favreau is reprising his role from the Iron Man trilogy for the upcoming Marvel and Sony reboot. Spider-Man: Homecoming is currently shooting in Atlanta under director Jon Watts (Cop Car) and sees Tom Holland and […]
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 […]
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 […]