After making a brief cameo in last year’s Thor: Ragnarok as an Asgardian actor playing Loki, it seems that Matt Damon may have turned down the opportunity for a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a much bigger capacity. According to The Tracking Board, Damon had emerged as Marvel and Sony’s top choice for […]
The Problem With East Asian Action Cinema Today
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at recent trends in East Asian Action Cinema… I’ve seen a lot of action films in my time. From all over the world. From the biggest blockbusters, to the straight to VHS specials that used to regularly populate your nearest video store. Whether it was the latest mega budget Schwarzenegger […]
Rejected animation test from Donald Glover’s Deadpool leaks online
Earlier in the week it was announced that FX Networks has decided to cancel the planned Deadpool animated series from Marvel Television due to creative differences with Donald Glover and Stephen Glover, who were set to serve as writers, executive producers and showrunners. While it seems we’ll never get to see what the Glovers had […]
Rumour: Jessica Chastain portraying Miss Sinister in X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Before her casting was officially announced, all rumours pointed towards Jessica Chastain taking on the role of Lilandra, Empress of the Shi’ar Empire, in the next chapter of Fox’s X-Men franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Chastain subsequently denied these rumours, while the first official image revealed her character was “an otherworldly shapeshifter”, leading to speculation that […]
Jon Hamm was reportedly going to appear as Mister Sinister in The New Mutants prior to the reshoots
Earlier this week it was revealed that 20th Century Fox has once again pushed back the release of The New Mutants, with the X-Men spinoff reportedly set to be completely “overhauled” with up to fifty percent of the movie reshot ahead of its latest release date in August 2019. We know that these reshoots will […]
Black Panther composer to score Sony’s Venom movie
Fresh from scoring Marvel’s blockbuster superhero movie Black Panther, Deadline is reporting that composer Ludwig Goransson has signed on for another comic book related project in Sony’s Tom Hardy-headlined Venom movie. In addition to Black Panther, Goransson has scored director Ryan Coogler’s two previous movies Fruitvale Station and Creed, as well as Venom director Ruben […]
Preview of Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude #2
Marvel Entertainment releases the second part of its comic book adaptation of 2015’s Ant-Man this Wednesday when Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude hits comic book stores; check out a preview of the issue here… ANT-MAN GETS BATTLE-TESTED – AND THE WASP TAKES FLIGHT! ANT-MAN will need to fight an AVENGER – but it’s not what […]
Ben Mendelsohn explains why Brie Larson is perfect for the role of Captain Marvel
Now that he has officially been announced as part of the cast, actor Ben Mendelsohn is free to start talking about his upcoming Marvel Studios role in next year’s Captain Marvel – although as you’d expect given the secrecy about the MCU, he’s keeping things rather vague. During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the Rogue […]
Deadpool wishes us a Happy Easter with new poster for the superhero sequel
A new promo poster has arrived online for the hotly-anticipated superhero sequel Deadpool 2 which sees the Merc with a Mouth wish fans a Happy Easter; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Deadpool 2 motion posters featuring Vanessa, Domino, Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Blind Al After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef […]
Chris Evans says he’ll miss everything about Captain America
It’s long been speculated that Marvel Studios will follow in the footsteps of its comic book source material by killing off Steve Rogers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and actor Chris Evans stoked those fires last week when he was quoting as revealing he has no plans to return as Captain America after the as-yet-untitled […]
