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Avengers: Infinity War director on the comic pairing of Thor and Star-Lord, turning Thanos into “Darth Vader for a new generation”

July 30, 2017 by Gary Collinson

We’ve heard a lot from Avengers: Infinity War co-director Joe Russo off the back of Marvel’s panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International last weekend, and now we have a few more comments from the filmmaker about the hotly-anticipated superhero epic – specifically, the comic pairing of Thor and Star-Lord, and the MCU’s big bad, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Avengers: Infinity War, Joe Russo, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Deadpool 2 to feature an expanded role for Colossus

July 30, 2017 by Gary Collinson

With Deadpool 2 set to introduce new characters such as Cable (Josh Brolin) and Domino (Zazie Beetz), you’d be forgiven for assuming that Deadpool’s X-Men buddies Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead might be set to take a back seat in the sequel as they make way for the members of X-Force. However, speaking to THR, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Deadpool 2, Marvel, Stefan Kapicic, X-Men

The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession

August 12, 2017 by admin

Tom Jolliffe on Hollywood’s fascination with the shared cinematic universe… Marketing, labelling, packaging. It’s everywhere. In cinematic terms it’s more important than ever. Everything is governed by men with clipboards. Or the modern equivalent. I suppose it’s all tablets now. I’m a cave dwelling Cro-Magnon man, so I wouldn’t know but there’s an inherent need […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Avatar, Dark Universe, fast and furious, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Prometheus, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, Terminator, The Mummy

The Genesis of the Excessively Long Action Scene

August 31, 2017 by admin

Tom Jolliffe on the genesis of the excessively long action scene… It has become almost the norm now. The majority of large-scale action blockbusters will have a hugely elaborate, and extremely long set piece in them. In fact some may have several. It used to be that maybe 5-10 minutes at the end of a […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Avengers Assemble, Mad Max: Fury Road, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Thor: Ragnarok could be the shortest Marvel movie to date

July 26, 2017 by Gary Collinson

A few days ago it was revealed that Avengers: Infinity War is shaping up to be the longest instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date with a “two hour plus” running time, and now comes word that Marvel is going in the opposite direction with Thor: Ragnarok. “The cut right now, I reckon it’s […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok was going to feature a childhood flashback with a fat Thor and goth Loki

November 9, 2017 by Gary Collinson

During an interview of MTV’s Happy Sad Confused Podcast, Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi has revealed that he originally planned to include a scene in the Marvel blockbuster which would have been a flashback to an 80s-style Asgard showing Thor and Loki’s childhood, with the God of Thunder as an overweight kid and the God […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor: Ragnarok

Taika Waititi explains how Thor: Ragnarok went from 100 minutes to 130 minutes

October 30, 2017 by Gary Collinson

During the San Diego Comic-Con, Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi suggested that the final cut of the Phase Three threequel would run to around 100 minutes, which would have made it the shortest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to date. As we now know, it’s actually the longest Thor movie, running at 130 minutes, and the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Taika Waititi, Thor: Ragnarok

Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne join Ant-Man and the Wasp as Janet Van Dyne and Goliath

July 23, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Marvel has kicked off its panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International this evening with Ant-Man and the Wasp, beginning with some casting news on the sequel. Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne are swapping the DC universe for the MCU, with Pfeiffer set to play Janet Van Dyne and Fishburne as Dr. Bill Foster, a.k.a. […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Hannah John-Kamen, Laurence Fishburne, Marvel, Michelle Pfeiffer, San Diego Comic-Con International, Walton Goggins

Wonder Woman has beaten Deadpool’s global box office takings

August 2, 2017 by Samuel Brace

Wonder Woman has now surpassed Deadpool at the global box office. The DC superhero movie has managed to add another scalp to its name, with its impressive international receipts meaning that is has now surpassed the tremendous effort of Deadpool. Deadpool managed to bring in a very impressive $783.1 million back in 2016 but it […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, Deadpool, Marvel, Wonder Woman, X-Men

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Venom, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Justice League Dark, Aquaman, Man of Steel 2, Shazam, Watchmen and more

December 23, 2017 by Gary Collinson

In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Venom, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Iron Fist, Runaways, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, The New Mutants, Justice League, Justice League Dark, Aquaman, The Batman, Man of Steel 2, Shazam, Gotham City Sirens, Deathstroke, Arrow, The Question, Krypton, […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television, The Week in Spandex Tagged With: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Aquaman, Arrow, Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, DC, DC Extended Universe, Deathstroke, Gambit, Gotham City Sirens, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Hawkeye, Iron Fist, Justice League, Justice League Dark, Krypton, LEGO DC Super Heroes The Flash, Logan, Man of Steel 2, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Runaways, Shazam, Superman, The Batman, The Boys, The Gifted, The New Mutants, The Question, Thor: Ragnarok, Venom, Watchmen, Wonder Woman, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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