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 […]
Rumour: Next X-Men film could revisit the Dark Phoenix Saga
Get your pinch of salt at the ready, as Heroic Hollywood claims to have the inside scoop on the storyline being considered for the next X-Men film after X-Men: Apocalypse. According to the site, “studio sources” have revealed that Fox is mulling over the possibility of revisiting the seminal Dark Phoenix Saga for the as-yet-unannounced seventh […]
Alan Silvestri to score Avengers: Infinity War
Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers composer Alan Silvestri is set for a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, announcing on his official website that he’ll be scoring both parts of Avengers: Infinity War. Avengers: Infinity War Part I and Part II are being directed by Joe and Anthony Russo (Captain America: Civil […]
Kevin Feige teases a “very different” Phase Four for the Marvel Cinematic Universe
With Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe set to get underway with the release of Captain America: Civil War, Marvel has laid out its plans for the next three years, announcing a slate of films that takes us through to 2019’s Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2 and Inhumans. There is however an air […]
