James Garcia on how Avengers: Age of Ultron accidentally eliminated the one thing that makes Ant-Man stand apart from the crowd. Be warned, Age of Ultron spoilers abound…For Avengers: Age of Ultron, director Joss Whedon was faced with several enormously difficult tasks; he had to make a riveting follow-up to his much beloved first Avengers team-up, give each of the film’s new […]
George A. Romero’s Empire of the Dead heading to the small screen
It looks like another zombie series is heading to the small screen, and this time it’s from the mind of George A. Romero, granddaddy of the genre. Demarest Films has snapped up the rights to Romero’s Empire of the Dead, a Marvel Comics series which serves as a loose continuation of his Night of the […]
Rumour: Matthew McConaughey wanted for Norman Osborn role in Spider-Man reboot
Over the weekend Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey revealed that he’s “circled” several Marvel and DC scripts, suggesting that he’d be open to jumping in on the comic book movie bandwagon should the right opportunity present itself.Well, if rumours are to be believed, Sony may have identified a role for the Interstellar star, with The Hashtag […]
20th Century Fox wants more than just comic book movies
James Murdoch, the current co-COO of 20th Century Fox, made a statement at the most recent J P Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference about Fox’s plans for future franchise movies and stated that he wanted the studio to look for things other than comic book movies. “We don’t want to be a place where […]
Phil Lord talks The Flash movie, says it will probably be Barry Allen but not connected to the TV show
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are directors in high demand at the moment. Following the box office success like 21 Jump Street, The LEGO Movie and 22 Jump Street, the duo have been on the studio must-have list, leading to them getting an animated Spider-Man movie over at Sony and The Flash movie over at […]
Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord to cameo in other MCU movies
Chris Pratt is fast becoming one of the most sought after actors in Hollywood and for good reason. He’s recently been linked with a Ghostbusters reboot – which he has since debunked as bulls**t – and he’s also being rumoured to take over from Harrison Ford in the next Indiana Jones movie. Not to mention […]
SPOILERS: Who’s dead in Captain America: Civil War?
Warning – there be spoilers round these parts… Last week, we had some set photos from Captain America: Civil War which saw Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) attending a funeral. At the time, we wrote that it would be no big surprise who it would be, but now we officially know. […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sexism and Hollywood
Anthony Stokes on Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sexism and Hollywood…Like many, I feel as though Hollywood has a major diversity problem, with the status quo being handsome white males. Look no further than Avengers: Age of Ultron as an example. Marvel Studios has been trying to diversify the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the limited amount […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron becomes the eighth-biggest film of all time
Having hit the $1 billion mark on Friday, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has now cracked the top ten list of the highest-grossing movies of all time, climbing to eighth with $1.142 billion and counting.Despite falling to third in the States behind Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road is closing in on $375 […]
Star Wars and The Walking Dead lead bestselling comics and graphic novels of April 2015
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 top […]
