Last month, Hugh Jackman took to social media to encourage fans to tell him what they’d like to see in the upcoming third Wolverine solo movie, which will also mark his final outing as the fan-favourite mutant. Having had time to sift through the responses, Jackman has now spoken to the Sydney Confidential Podcast about […]
Original version of Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four had Galactus, Mole Man, Herbie the Robot, the Fantasticar and Doctor Doom as a Latverian dictator
Like Tim Burton’s Superman Lives or James Cameron’s Spider-Man, we will never see the true version of Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four. Among the many public problems the film has had in the last couple of weeks (see here, here, here, here, here and here), it was revealed by screenwriter Jeremy Slater that not much of his script was […]
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 […]
The Blob to appear in X-Men: Apocalypse
A photograph posted by Benjamin Malartre Bureau on Instagram has quickly circulated around the web detailing the addition of a new character to the upcoming X-Men Apocalypse. The Blob – who previously appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine – will join the cavalcade of mutants set to take the floor in the newest X-Men film. SEE […]
Tom Holland joins the Captain America: Civil War cast in Germany; not allowed to talk about the character
New Spider-Man Tom Holland has officially joined the cast of Captain America: Civil War as they film in Germany and is expected to film for the next couple of weeks. This does however conflict with earlier reports that Holland had already shot his scenes for the movie, unless he does have a larger role in […]
Ed Skrein says Deadpool is going to be a “nightmare” for 20th Century Fox
Deadpool has been making a lot of waves amongst the comic book community and his first big screen movie is looking to be one of the most anticipated comic book films next year. But it could be a nightmare for 20th Century Fox according to Ed Skrein. Skrein, who plays Ajax in the movie, thinks […]
Guardians of the Galaxy animated short explores Rocket Raccoon’s Origins
Marvel Entertainment has released its latest animated short ahead of Disney XD’s Guardians of the Galaxy series, which details the origin of Rocket Raccoon. Check it out below, and watch the previous shorts for Star-Lord and Groot… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVO7OiDtKy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9TVX0f_TeA We still have two more shorts coming before the animated series launches proper… – August 22: […]
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 […]
Jeph Loeb talks Marvel’s Jessica Jones and David Tennant’s Purple Man
While Phase Three won’t kick off until the release of Captain America: Civil War in the spring, we will be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe later this year as Netflix ventures back into Hell’s Kitchen for its second Marvel series Jessica Jones. During the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Marvel’s Head of Television […]
Fantastic Four limps to $100 million worldwide after second weekend
Well, if there was still any doubt after last weekend’s miserable box office debut, it’s now official: 20th Century Fox’s superhero reboot Fantastic Four has tanked hard, with the Josh Trank-directed film limping to a worldwide gross of $102 million by close of play on its second weekend. In the States, the film dropped to […]
