Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the bestselling comic books and graphic novels of 2015, with Marvel’s Star Wars titles topping the comic book list for the second month running, while Image’s The Walking Dead leads the graphic novel chart. Having had just one title in the top ten last month, DC features heavily in April’s […]
Matthew McConaughey has “circled” Marvel and DC movies
Prior to the Cannes premiere of his latest film The Sea of Trees – which was met with a “chorus of boos” – Matthew McConaughey was asked by Variety if he’d ever considered starring in a superhero movie, with the Oscar winner revealing that he’s “circled” some scripts for both Marvel and DC projects. “I’ve […]
Animated storyboard offers up an alternate look at Hulk vs Hulkbuster from Avengers: Age of Ultron
There’s no doubt that seeing The Hulk going up against Iron Man in his Hulkbuster armor was one of the highlights of Avengers: Age of Ultron, and now thanks to storyboard artist Federico D’Alessandro, we’ve got a look at an alternate take on the big showdown; check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAtnXbHxEXY SEE ALSO: Read our […]
The Week in Spandex – Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, The New Mutants, The Incredibles 2
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 […]
