Marvel Comics has announced that an all-female team of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is assembling during Secret Wars, as the creative team of writers G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and Marguerite K. Bennett (Angela: Asgard’s Assassin) and artist Jorge Molina (X-Men) unleashe A-Force. “She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, Nico Minoru and other fan favorites, will take charge,” says […]
Deadpool joins the original Secret Wars in Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars
As the Marvel Universe as we know it draws to a close this May, Wade Wilson is heading back in time to the original 1984 Secret Wars series for the Warzones! tie-in Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars. In 1984, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars was known for debuting Spider-Man’s black costume and featuring Doctor Doom stealing […]
Luke Mitchell joins Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in Inhuman role
The Tomorrow People star Luke Mitchell has signed on to the cast of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with Marvel.com announcing that the Australian actor is set to play an Inhuman called Lincoln, “who has an important role to play in Skye understanding the true extent of her transformation.” “With the revelations surrounding Skye’s true identity […]
Rumour: Kraven the Hunter could be the villain in Spider-Man solo movie
With the writers now on board for the Spider-Man solo movie, we can expect to see a plethora of new rumours and speculation hitting the Internet from the usual sources on who the villain will be. “Sources” for Heroic Hollywood have informed them that Sony’s Vice President for Creative Affairs Karen Moy has purchased a […]
Marvel announces Secret Wars 2099
Well, the Marvel Universe is certainly going to go out with a bang this May with Secret Wars, with the publisher already announcing a host of tie-in titles to the epic event, and now we have another in Secret Wars 2099, which comes by way of Spider-Man 2099 creative team Peter David and Will Sliney. […]
Superhero Movies: Contrarian Opinions and Partisan Fandoms
Samuel Brace on contrarian opinions and parisan fandoms…. This is a great time to be a fan. A fan of superheroes and superhero movies, of a particular TV series or film franchise, to be a fan of pretty much anything and anyone. For this there is no doubt. Fandom’s are at their peak, with the […]
Kevin Smith thinks Deadpool may be the greatest movie ever made
Writer and director Kevin Smith has been very outspoken about film in recent years, and many folks in the geek culture landscape take him at his word. He was very vocal about his love for Star Wars: The Force Awakens prior to the film being released, and he thinks Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice […]
Gambit loses its director
News has broken today that director Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) has left 20th Century Fox’s X-Men spinoff Gambit. Deadline are reporting that Fox made the decision to push the production of the film – which will see Channing Tatum play the titular role – back to March, and for that reason Wyatt is no longer available […]
Ryan Reynolds is worried about Michael B. Jordan’s future following Fantastic Four
If there is one man who knows the perils of an under-performing superhero movie, it’s Ryan Reynolds. The actor was infamous for starring in the woefully-received Green Lantern, but he looks to be in an upstream of positivity with the release of the Deadpool trailer creating a lot of buzz. However, in an interview with GQ […]
Rebecca Ferguson to star in The Girl On the Train, out of the running for Gambit
After her stellar break-out performance in this summer’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, actress Rebecca Ferguson is in talks to star in The Girl On the Train, reports Deadline. Tate Taylor (The Help) is directing the film based on the novel by Paula Hawkins, and Ferguson will take on one of three main female roles […]
