Marvel came in for a little criticism last week with the news that Game of Thrones star Finn Jones had been cast as Danny Rand in Iron Fist, with some fans feeling that the studio missed an opportunity to further diversify the MCU by casting an Asian actor in the title role. Well, according to The […]
Drax battles The Destroyer in clip from Guardians of the Galaxy Season 1 Episode 12 – ‘Stuck in the Metal With You’
Marvel has released a clip from this Sunday’s twelfth episode of the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series, ‘Stuck in the Metal With You’, where Drax has to prove he’s the one and only destroyer. Check it out here… BIG HEROES! BIG VILLAINS! AND BIGGER ADVENTURES this week, Share Your Universe with a brand new […]
ABC renews Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for fourth season, no word yet on Agent Carter
Good news for fans of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., as Deadline has revealed that ABC has given an early renewal to the Marvel series, which will return for a fourth season later this year. S.H.I.E.L.D. is one of fifteen series renewed by ABC, alongside Grey’s Anatomy, Quantico, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, Once Upon a […]
Disney’s Bob Iger rules out R-rated Marvel movies
In the wake of Deadpool’s box office success, 20th Century Fox is embracing the R-rated comic book movie, with Wolverine 3 aiming for that rating and X-Force looking likely to follow suit, while Warner Bros. too has announced an R-rated cut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. However, despite venturing into darker territory with […]
Agent Carter Season 2 Episode 10 Review – ‘Hollywood Ending’
Amy Richau reviews the season finale of Agent Carter season 2… The season finale of Agent Carter, “Hollywood Ending”, starts 60 seconds after the previous episode ended. It’s really too bad that ABC didn’t choose to air episodes 9 and 10 together as a two-hour grand finale instead of packaging episodes six & seven (which worked […]
Comic Book Review – Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1
David Smyth reviews Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha #1… Pleasant Hill looks like the perfect small-town community — but underneath the surface, a deadly secret lurks. One so explosive it will draw estranged allies Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson back together to save a friend in danger and put things right. But when […]
Katie Aselton joins X-Men series Legion
The cast of FX’s Legion TV pilot has added Katie Aselton (The League), with Entertainment Weekly reporting that the actress is set to play Amy, “the practical older sister to lead character David Haller (Dan Stevens), who does her best to remain positive, which proves difficult when her brother has spent years in and out […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. showrunners confirm Grant Ward’s new Marvel villain identity
During an appearance at Wizard World Portland, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Elizabeth Henstridge seemed to let slip that Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) has been transformed into the Marvel villain Hive, and now showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen have confirmed the news to Nerdist, as well as releasing a sneak peek image… “As we saw […]
Deadpool crosses $600 million; now the third biggest R-rated movie of all-time
It’s good to be The Merc with a Mouth at this point in time, as Deadpool has crossed another landmark. Deadpool earned around $31.5 million this weekend to remain at the top of the US domestic box office, where it is now the third biggest R-rated movie of all-time behind American Sniper and The Passion […]
Captain America: Civil War “twice as aggressive in tone and execution” as The Winter Soldier
During a question and answer session yesterday, Captain America: Civil War co-director Joe Russo briefly discussed the tone of the upcoming Phase Three-launching threequel compared to the Russos’ first Marvel outing, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. “We really did a radical reinterpretation of Captain America in Winter Soldier,” states Russo (via Cleveland.com). “We were twice as […]
