In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Arrow, Constantine, Gotham, Titans, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron hits $1 billion at the global box office
Avengers: Age of Ultron has reached a box office milestone today, with the Joss Whedon-directed superhero sequel becoming the twenty-first film to pass the $1 billion mark world wide, and the third Marvel Studios movie to hit ten figures after The Avengers and Iron Man 3. It’s taken twenty-four days for Age of Ultron to […]
Asa Butterfield reportedly cast as Spider-Man
If reports are to be believed, it looks like Marvel and Sony may have settled on their new Spider-Man, with Umberto Gonzalez (a.k.a. former Latino-Review writer ElMayimbe) claiming that Asa Butterfield (Hugo, Ender’s Game) has been cast as the wall-crawler for his Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot and an official announcement will be made once the […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Finale Review – ‘S.O.S’
Danny Hale reviews the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 finale… Warning: FULL spoilers for S.O.S Parts 1 and 2 below. Wow, where to begin? I haven’t had so much fun watching a finale since the good old days of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. S.O.S had a bit of everything; it boasted some of the strongest […]
Deadpool takes another swing at Mario Lopez
Back on April Fool’s Day, the Merc with a Mouth made an unannounced appearance on Extra, assaulting former Saved By the Bell star Mario Lopez as he revealed that Fox’s upcoming Deadpool movie will be R-rated. Well, it looks like Deadpool has now taken another swing at A.C. Slater, with Lopez posting the following image […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron opens big in China with record day for Marvel
As it continues its march towards the billion dollar mark, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron opened in China yesterday, pulling in a whopping 95.5% of all box office takings to debut with $33.9 million. That’s a record opening day for Marvel in that market, and is almost double the opening of Iron Man 3, and […]
Marvel releasing Star Wars #1 and Darth Vader #1 Director’s Cuts next month
It looks like Marvel Comics is taking a leaf out of George Lucas’ Special Edition playbook (okay, not quite…), with the publisher announcing that it is set to release Director’s Cuts of the smash hit comics Star Wars #1 and Star Wars: Darth Vader #1 this June… Experience the monumental return of the iconic Star […]
Selma director Ava DuVernay to direct a Marvel Studios movie
According to The Wrap, Marvel has tapped Selma director Ava DuVernay to direct one of its upcoming Phase Three movies, with the site reporting that Black Panther is the most likely candidate, although Captain Marvel is also a possibility. The report goes on to state that Marvel “is intent on hiring an African-American director for […]
Casting call reveals possible synopsis for X-Men: Apocalypse, suggests Wolverine and Gambit will appear
With production underway on X-Men: Apocalypse, a casting call for extras has landed online, which appears to give us our first plot synopsis for the Bryan Singer-directed superhero sequel. Oh, and it also “confirms” Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and Channing Tatum’s Gambit – although it should be noted that these casting calls are often mistaken and […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron hits $875 million worldwide
Having retained top spot at the U.S. box office this past weekend with a whopping $77 million (more than five times that of its nearest rival, the Reese Witherspoon/Sofia Vergara buddy comedy Hot Pursuit), Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is now closing in on the $900 million mark worldwide. Having banked $312.6 million domestically and […]
