This weekend sees the long-awaited debut of the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man. But rather than super villains to fight, the Peyton Reed-directed film is going to have to fend of the challenges of Amy Schumer and the Minions in order to take the US box-office crown this weekend. Debuting across an […]
Ant-Man passes $200 million at the global box office
Despite being the second-lowest opening for a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie behind The Incredible Hulk, Ant-Man has managed to pass the $200 million mark in its second week of release. The movie dropped 56% on its domestic opening weekend, but still topped the US box office with $24 million, beating out competition from Adam Sandler’s […]
Did Avengers: Age of Ultron negate the one thing that makes Ant-Man special?
James Garcia on how Avengers: Age of Ultron accidentally eliminated the one thing that makes Ant-Man stand apart from the crowd. Be warned, Age of Ultron spoilers abound… For Avengers: Age of Ultron, director Joss Whedon was faced with several enormously difficult tasks; he had to make a riveting follow-up to his much beloved first Avengers team-up, give each of the film’s […]
Marvel celebrates the return of Fantastic Four with True Believers titles
Last month it was announced that the Fantastic Four are set to make their triumphant return to the Marvel universe with a brand new ongoing series from creators Dan Slott (Amazing Spider-Man) and Sara Pichelli (Spider-Man: Miles Morales). And, to mark the occasion, the publisher is inviting us to relive some of the First Family’s […]
Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord to cameo in other MCU movies
Chris Pratt is fast becoming one of the most sought after actors in Hollywood and for good reason. He’s recently been linked with a Ghostbusters reboot – which he has since debunked as bulls**t – and he’s also being rumoured to take over from Harrison Ford in the next Indiana Jones movie. Not to mention […]
Joss Whedon says there won’t be a director’s cut of Avengers: Age of Ultron
With so much of Avengers: Age of Ultron left on the cutting room floor (according to Whedon in interviews), some fans speculated that we would see a director’s cut of the movie that would meet the director’s “true vision” of the movie. Whedon was clearly unhappy with how the movie turned out, but he has […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron now the fifth highest grossing movie of all-time
Having beaten out Frozen and Iron Man 3 to become the sixth highest grossing film of all-time, Avengers: Age of Ultron has now beaten Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 to take the fifth spot. The movie added another $6 million domestically over the weekend to bring its total up to $1.3 billion […]
Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man and William Hurt’s Thunderbolt Ross join Captain America: Civil War, official synopsis released
Hot on the heels of the announcement that Emily VanCamp was returning for Captain America: Civil War, Marvel Studios has begun production on the blockbuster sequel at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta. Not only that, but it looks as though Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man will feature in the movie, along with William Hurt reprising his role as Thunderbolt Ross […]
Josh Trank hopes people “learn something” from Fantastic Four
With some new UK posters launched this morning, the hype machine for Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four is now getting into full swing. Speaking with the LA Times, Trank had some words about the passion of comic book fans, stating that he hopes they “learn something” from the movie. “People are religious about comics the way […]
Phil Lord talks The Flash movie, says it will probably be Barry Allen but not connected to the TV show
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are directors in high demand at the moment. Following the box office success like 21 Jump Street, The LEGO Movie and 22 Jump Street, the duo have been on the studio must-have list, leading to them getting an animated Spider-Man movie over at Sony and The Flash movie over at […]
