Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Rumour: Marvel to replace Iron Fist Netflix series with The Punisher” Let’s start with he week’s most disappointing news. The Iron Fist Netflix series potentially getting scrubbed for a Punisher series. Marvel has been trying to get Punisher right for ages. And after seeing Daredevil, […]
Rebecca Hall on her role in Iron Man 3 being reduced
Back in May of this year, director Shane Black revealed that he originally planned to have a female villain in Iron Man 3, only for Marvel to nix the idea due to concerns that female action figures wouldn’t sell (as opposed to Aldrich Killian figures, which didn’t sell because they weren’t produced to begin with!). […]
Countdown to Cincy Comic Expo – Remembering Larry Hama’s run on Wolverine
Jessie Robertson looks back on Larry Hama’s run on Wolverine… In just two short weeks, I’ll be attending the Cincinnati Comic Expo for my third time and if there’s one name in all of the guests that stood out to me and put me on fanboy tilt, it would be “Lethal” Larry Hama. Hama is mostly known for […]
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum (76060) Review
Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum… 2016 has been a rather solid year for LEGO’s Marvel Super Heroes line; we’ve had some excellent Captain America: Civil War tie-ins and Spider-Man sets (including Spider-Man: Ghost Rider Team-Up, which I absolutely loved), and now the folks at LEGO have one other treat […]
Michael Pena returning as Luis in Ant-Man and the Wasp
It looks like we can add another returning cast member for Ant-Man and the Wasp, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Michael Pena is set to reprise his role as Luis in the 2018 sequel. Paul Rudd (Scott Lang) and Evangeline Lilly (Hope Van Dyne) are set to return as the two title characters, will […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 5 Review – ‘4,722 Hours’
Danny Hale reviews Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 5 – ‘4,722 Hours’… This week we finally got to see what happened to Simmons when she was dragged through the monolith and what an episode it was. This episode was everything I was hoping for while also bringing some unexpected moments to the screen. We […]
A more intelligent Hulk teased for Thor: Ragnarok
It seems that everyone’s favorite green weapon of mass destruction might be going to some character changes starting with the upcoming 2017 MCU entry Thor: Ragnarok. Speaking on the subject with Hitflix, director Taika Waititi says “It’s interesting, because at the moment, there’s a big conversation that’s happening about how far to push that. Whether […]
Mark Ruffalo says Thor: Ragnarok is a road movie
The Hulk may not have a solo movie in Phase Three, but Mark Ruffalo is set to reprise the role of the Jade Giant alongside Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder in Thor: Ragnarok, and the actor has been speaking to Empire about the 2017 release, describing it as a road movie across the universe. “There’s […]
ABC president reveals more Marvel shows planned, explains why network passed on Marvel’s Most Wanted
It may have pulled the plug on Agent Carter and passed on the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff Marvel’s Most Wanted, but ABC certainly isn’t looking to sever its ties with Marvel Television, as network president Channing Dungey has revealed that there are still plans for future shows in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “We all came […]
Jeph Loeb on why we haven’t seen any of Marvel’s TV superheroes on the big screen
Despite being three seasons into Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the third of Netflix’s Defenders shows set to premiere in a couple of months, we’re yet to see any of Marvel’s TV characters making the jump to the big screen side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – and it’s looking unlikely that Daredevil and company will be […]
