Marvel’s third Netflix series has added its first cast member beyond Mike Colter’s titular hero, with Deadline reporting that Alfre Woodard (Desperate Housewives, True Blood) has signed on for a villain role in Luke Cage. The official character breakdown states that Woodard is set to play Minetta, “a powerful woman in local politics who will […]
Marvel and James Patterson announce Max Ride: Ultimate Flight #1
Marvel Entertainment and bestselling author James Patterson have announced the continuation of the Max Ride saga with James Patterson’s Max Ride: Ultimate Flight, a brand new five-part limited series debuting this November. Writer Jody Houser (Avengers: No More Bullying, Orphan Black) and artist R.B. Silva (Spider-Man & The X-Men, Secret Wars Journal) take the reins […]
Shawn Ashmore on an Iceman solo movie, would like to play Ghost Rider
Given that 20th Century Fox appears to have shifted its focus onto the younger cast of the X-Men franchise following X-Men: Days of Future Past, it seems unlikely that we’ll be seeing Shawn Ashmore back as Bobby Drake any time in the near future. However, that hasn’t stopped him from expressing his interest in returning […]
Tom Holland has filmed his Spider-Man scenes in Captain America: Civil War
We knew that it would be a fast turnaround for young actor Tom Holland after being cast as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, but it would appear that he’s already done. While discussing their latest movie Vacation, Spider-Man screenwriters Jonthan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have said that they will be screened his scenes […]
Why does every superhero movie feature the Military-Industrial Complex?
Anghus Houvouras on superhero movies and the military-industrial complex… To say that comic book movies have become formulaic is like saying that Michael Bay enjoys explosions and hot women. It’s painfully obvious and hardly a revelation. I sat through Fantastic Four last week, and like many of you checked out around the halfway point, and […]
Marvel’s Jessica Jones episode titles revealed
As we await an official announcement on when we can expect Marvel’s second Netflix series Jessica Jones (our money is on early November), it seems the titles for the 13-episode series may have leaked online, with a Reddit user locating them hidden away on the Netflix website. If you want to avoid any minor potential […]
Marvel announces Secret Wars Too for November
Marvel is set to give Secret Wars a grand sendoff this November as some of the hottest names in the comics industry bid adieu to Battleworld with the oversized one-shot Secret Wars Too #1. Secret Wars scribe Jonathan Hickman himself unites with the likes of Sergio Aragones, Ryan Browne, Al Ewing, Rob Guillory, Kate Leth, […]
Marvel announces Deadpool & Cable: Split Second Infinite Comic
Marvel has announced that Deadpool and Cable are teaming up once again this October for a new Marvel Infinite Comic series entitled Deadpool & Cable: Split Second. Call them a duo with a special kind of dynamics. Call them an odd couple, but with guns. Call them the 1990s distilled down in to two characters. […]
DEBUNKED: Is this Tom Holland’s Spider-Man suit?
UPDATE: As pointed out by YackBacker in the comments below, turns out this is a fake. Original post follows… There’s been a lot of rumours swirling lately about the design for Tom Holland’s Spider-Man suit in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War and the subsequent 2017 solo movie, and now an image has arrived online […]
Secret Wars and Fables top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of July 2015
Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling titles from July 2015, with Marvel’s Secret Wars #4 taking top spot on the comic book chart, and DC/Vertigo’s Fables Vol. 22 topping the graphic novel sales. Here’s the top ten bestselling comic books of July 2015: 1. Secret Wars #4 2. Star Wars: Lando #1 […]
