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, […]
Deadpool 2 to feature an expanded role for Colossus
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, […]
The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession
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 […]
The Genesis of the Excessively Long Action Scene
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 […]
Thor: Ragnarok could be the shortest Marvel movie to date
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 […]
Thor: Ragnarok was going to feature a childhood flashback with a fat Thor and goth Loki
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 […]
Taika Waititi explains how Thor: Ragnarok went from 100 minutes to 130 minutes
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 […]
Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne join Ant-Man and the Wasp as Janet Van Dyne and Goliath
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. […]
Wonder Woman has beaten Deadpool’s global box office takings
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 […]
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
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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