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Venom producer dodges Spider-Man questions, Riz Ahmed’s role reportedly revealed

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Ever since Sony announced its plans to launch a series of Spider-Man spinoff movies – beginning with Venom and Silver and Black – there’s been questions and confusion as to how these movies will fit in alongside Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, who as we all know is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe thanks to a […]

Tom Hardy portraying Venom via performance capture

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Earlier today it was announced that production has got underway on Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff Venom, but don’t expect to get a glimpse of Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock suited up as the antihero through any set photos, as it has been revealed that he is portraying the fan favourite character via performance capture technology. The news […]

Tom Holland says Tom Hardy will bring “a lot of energy” to Venom role

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In addition to relaunching the Spider-Man franchise with Marvel Studios and Spider-Man: Homecoming, Sony is preparing to launch a series of spinoff movies, beginning with the R-rated Venom solo film, which will see Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer directing Tom Hardy in the lead role. Fan reaction to Hardy nabbing the role has been mostly positive, and Peter […]

Edgar Wright on exiting Marvel’s Ant-Man

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It had seemed that writer/director Edgar Wright had caught a huge break back in 2006 when he was given the opportunity to helm Marvel’s Ant-Man, but apparently, it just wasn’t meant to be. Almost a decade later he left the project over creative differences while Peyton Reed went on to make the superhero blockbuster, which […]

First Spider-Man: Homecoming reactions hit the web, suggest another winner for Marvel Studios

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Marvel fans can breathe a sigh of relief! The first string of reactions from press members who have seen Spider-Man: Homecoming at an early screening have hit the web (no pun intended), and they claim that the summer blockbuster is a rip-roaring, crowd-pleasing good time. Praise, in particular, is being directed towards the film’s John Hughes-inspired […]

Zendaya wasn’t aware she was auditioning for Spider-Man: Homecoming

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Actress Zendaya apparently wasn’t aware at the time that she was auditioning for a role in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Movie gigs don’t come much bigger than superhero films these days, and superheroes don’t come much bigger than Spider-Man, especially now that the character is being incorporated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with this latest reboot of […]

Joss Whedon calls Thor: Ragnarok “a modern masterpiece”

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Having helmed The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, as well as stepping in to oversee reshoots and complete post-production on Zack Snyder’s Justice League, there’s no question that writer and director Joss Whedon certainly knows a thing or two about superhero movies. And he’s now taken to Twitter to sing the praises of the […]

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2017

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Samuel Brace with his ten best TV shows of 2017… Wow. What a year it’s been. 2017 has been a true standout for high quality television; featuring never better returning favourites, premium series finales, and new shows announcing their arrival onto the stage. There’s been a bit of everything in 2017 but just which of […]

Sony’s Animated Spider-Man movie titled Into the Spider-Verse

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It seems that we may have a titled for Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man animated feature, with the Alberta Ratings Board classifying a trailer for Animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is set to run for 1 minute 6 seconds. The feature, which is being directed by The Little Prince’s Bob Persichetti and Rise of the Guardians‘ Peter Ramsey from […]