Having announced its young leads for the TV series Runaways last week, the official Marvel site has now revealed the cast who’ll be portraying their parents, a.k.a. the supervillain cabal known as The Pride.Via the official site:Ryan Sands (Hat Hair, The Wire) as Geoffrey Wilder – is a man defined by the grueling path he’s […]
Marvel and Fox’s X-Men TV pilot gets its first cast member
With Bryan Singer now on board to direct, casting is underway on Marvel and Fox’s X-Men TV pilot, with EW reporting that Blair Redford (Switched at Birth, Satisfaction) has signed on to play Sam, described as “the strong-headed Native American leader of the underground network.”The TV series, which has Matt Nix (Burn Notice) on board […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 13 Review – ‘BOOM’
Danny Hale reviews the thirteenth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… Our opening scene this week did a great job of quickly establishing where Coulson’s mind is at in the wake of the events of ‘Hot Potato Soup’ while he and Mac observe an anonymous target. Discovering he was living alongside a LMD […]
Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel five-part crossover announced by Marvel
Marvel has announced that it is launching a new five-part crossover Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel this May from writers Jason Aaron and Kieron Gillen, which will get underway with the oversized Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel #1 one-shot before continuing in the pages of the regular Star Wars series and Star Wars: Doctor Aphra. […]
Legion Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Chapter One’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first episode of Legion… Legion’s pilot has no qualms pulling the rug out from under you. Here are some of the arguments made for why you should put up with it. Coming off of successfully reimagining Fargo, creator, writer and director of this episode, Noah Hawley, brings the same visual inventiveness and soundtrack to a show […]
Thanos’ role in Avengers: Infinity War, Iron Fist trailer, Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft and more – Daily News Roundup
Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories…THANOS DROPS A SPOILER?With cameras now rolling on Avengers: Infinity War, we’ve had several actors confirming their involvement in the Marvel epic, but it seems that the Mad Titan himself Josh Brolin may have let slip one surprise guest (if you want to spoil yourself, click here). And on the […]
The Collector seemingly confirmed for Avengers: Infinity War by Josh Brolin
It’s all been building to this. Building and building and building. This climatic Marvel movie where Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will finally battle Thanos is now in production, and it seems yet another character is joining the cast.Avengers: Infinity War — the closing of Phase Three of the MCU — is going to be a packed […]
Rumoured X-Men: Supernova synopsis suggests we’ll be revisiting the Dark Phoenix Saga
The state of affairs with regards to the X-Men franchise is a little all over the place at the moment, but with the re-casting of old characters including that of Jean Grey (played by Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner), it look like it may be time to revisit the franchise’s classic Dark Phoenix Saga storyline once again.Originally adapted […]
Luke Cage hits the streets of New Orleans in new Marvel solo series
Luke Cage is going solo in May with the release of a brand new series from critically acclaimed writer David F. Walker (Power Man and Iron Fist, Occupy Avengers) and rising star artist Nelson Blake II (Romulus), which will see Harlem’s Hero for Hire heading to New Orleans to uncover a mystery dating back to his […]
Kevin Feige discusses Marvel villain criticisms and Thanos’ role in Avengers: Infinity War
If you read any reviews for a Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster, the one criticism they are likely to have in common is a gripe that the big bad villain is underdeveloped with one-dimensional motivations.MCU architect Kevin Feige spoke about these criticisms at a press junket for Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 and noted how Avengers: Infinity War […]