Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron may have failed to set an opening weekend record with its debut in the States – with the film earning $187.7 million domestically, and pushing its global haul to $627 million – but the Joss Whedon-directed sequel has helped to propel the Marvel Cinematic Universe above the Harry Potter series […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron enjoys $191.3 million domestic opening weekend, hits $630 million worldwide
Avengers: Age of Ultron arrived in the States this past Friday, with the film pulling in a whopping $191.3 million domestic opening weekend and pushing its global haul to $630 million after just twelve days. Despite the impressive U.S. numbers, the film fell short of its predecessor The Avengers, which earned a record $207.4 million […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Civil War, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, The Punisher, Silver Surfer and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Luke Cage, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, The Punisher, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Silver Surfer, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, Constantine […]
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn wrote a Silver Surfer treatment for Fox
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has taken to Facebook to reveal that back in the late 1990s he spent time working on another of Marvel’s cosmic properties, producing a treatment for a Silver Surfer movie for 20th Century Fox. “Little known fact: When I first moved to LA in 1999, one of the […]
Marvel’s Kevin Feige talks Spider-Man, Daredevil and Inhumans
During a promotional interview with Crave Online to promote the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has been speaking about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, discussing the upcoming debut of Spider-Man, the chances of Charlie Cox’s Daredevil making the jump to the big screen, and the introduction of […]
Grab the Secret Wars prelude Armor Wars #½ from Toys “R” Us
Marvel Comics has announced that Toys ‘R’ Us customers will be able to pick up a complimentary copy of the exclusive Secret Wars prelude Armor Wars #½ when spending $25 or more between Sunday, May 3rd through to Saturday, May 9th. Here’s a preview of the special issue… “This is a really cool prelude that […]
The Most Disappointing – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Anghus Houvouras shares his disappointment over Avengers: Age of Ultron… Even the thought of this column feels like a slaughter waiting to happen. I feel like Sonny Corleone in The Godfather as he exits the car at the toll booth… I get it. People love movies like Avengers: Age of Ultron. Any negative sentiments are […]
Joss Whedon on why Tom Hiddleston’s Loki was cut from Avengers: Age of Ultron
Back in November, Idris Elba let slip that he’d shot a scene for Avengers: Age of Ultron alongside Chris Hemsworth’s Thor and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki. However, Hiddleston was absent from the cast list on the subsequent poster, and as it turned out, the God of Mischief was nowhere to be seen in the final film […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron nabs $27.6 million from US midnight screenings
Today, after a week of waiting patiently for the release, Avengers: Age of Ultron arrives in the USA, and the film is already breaking records from its Thursday midnight previews. From midnight shows, Ultron ended with an estimated $27.6 million, almost $10 million more than the $18.7 million midnight opening for The Avengers on the […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 19 Review – ‘The Dirty Half Dozen’
Danny Hale reviews Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 19… First off, that single-shot fight scene with Skye was awesome! As a big fan of one-shot takes I feel very spoiled this month what with Daredevil and now this! It became clear that Skye had become quite the formidable agent under May’s tutelage but it’s […]
