The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin, Snowpiercer) is in talks with Marvel Studios about taking on the role of the Ancient One in next year’s Doctor Strange.Initially Marvel had been looking for a male actor to portray Dr. Stephen Strange’s mentor, with Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron overtakes Iron Man 3 and Frozen to become sixth-biggest movie of all time
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has continued its climb up the all-time box office chart, overtaking fellow Disney released Iron Man 3 ($1.215 billion) and Frozen ($1.274 billion), having pulled in $1.278 billion by close of play on Monday. SEE ALSO: New featurette explores the opening sequence of Avengers: Age of Ultron The Joss Whedon-directed […]
Bryan Singer reveals that Caliban will appear in X-Men: Apocalypse
It looks like we can add another mutant to the ever-growing roster for X-Men: Apocalypse, with Bryan Singer revealing via Instagram that Caliban is set to feature in the 2016 sequel. Singer posted the following set photo, with the caption “Shooting Caliban’s place of ‘business’… A member of the Morlocks with the ability to sense […]
Daredevil is the highest-rated show on Netflix
Well, it’s official. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has scored another huge hit with its first foray into the world of streaming content, with the 13-episode Daredevil series now the highest-rated show on Netflix.Business Insider reports that Daredevil currently has a 4.6 out of 5 rating, which puts it 0.1 points ahead of House of Cards, […]
Ryan Reynolds on whether we’ll see Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine in Deadpool
We know that Hugh Jackman is set to don the claws for one last time in 2017’s third Wolverine movie, but as yet we’ve not heard whether he’ll be portraying the fan favourite mutant in Fox’s trio of 2016 releases: X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool and Gambit.Well, during a chat with News.com.au, the Merc with a Mouth […]
Channing Tatum talks Gambit movie
2016 is shaping up to be a big year for Fox and its X-Men franchise; not only do we get X-Men: Apocalypse and the long-awaited Deadpool, but the studio also has another spin-off in the works, with Channing Tatum set to take on the lead role in Gambit. Speaking to Empire in the latest issue […]
Peyton Reed on replacing Edgar Wright as director of Ant-Man
The latest issue of Empire Magazine serves up a preview of Marvel’s next superhero blockbuster Ant-Man, offering some insight into Edgar Wright’s shock departure from the project due to creative differences with Marvel Studios, as well as comments from incoming director Peyton Reed (Down with Love) about the pressure of stepping into Wright’s shoes.SEE ALSO: […]
The Week in Spandex – Captain Amercia: Civil War, Ant-Man, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman, Lobo, Supergirl and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Daredevil, Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Flash, Lobo, Arrow, Supergirl, Heroes Reborn and more…We’ll get things underway […]
Michael B. Jordan responds to criticism of his casting as Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four
Back at the start of the year, a section of the internet exploded with the news that black actor Michael B. Jordan had been cast as white comic book character Johnny Storm in 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four. Jordan has spoken briefly on the backlash on several occasions [see here and here], but […]
Infographic: Introducing Ant-Man
With the release of Marvel’s latest film Ant-Man just around the corner on July 17th, the folks at MorphCostumes – the inventors of Morphsuits – have put together a handy infographic giving some background on the miniature hero and his various incarnations, as well as showing off the brand new Ant-Man Morphsuit itself… Ant-Man is […]
