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Venom production delayed to late October

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It looks like Sony has pushed back production on its Tom Hardy-headlined Venom movie, with Omega Underground reporting that filming on the non-MCU Spider-Man spinoff will get underway in Atlanta on October 23rd. Cameras had originally been set to roll on September 1st. The Venom movie is being directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland), and will […]

The Week in Spandex – Justice League reshoot details, Affleck exiting The Batman (again), Wonder Woman bonus scene, first look at The Wasp and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Justice League Mortal, The Batman, Justice League Dark, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 2, Shazam, Suicide Squad 2, Batgirl, The Joker, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Titans, Batman and Harley, Batman and Harley Quinn, The LEGO Batman Movie, Deadpool 2, […]

Rumoured plot details for Sony’s Spider-Spinoff Silver & Black

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Although Sony’s female-led Spider-Man spinoff Silver & Black still seems to be some way away, we’ve already heard rumours about a host of villains and supporting characters set to join Silver Sable and The Black Cat in the film, and now The Hashtag Show is claiming to have some details on our two leads and […]

Rumour: Sony’s Venom movie to feature She-Venom, and take inspiration from the Ultimate universe

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We already know that Eddie Brock will be bonding with the symbiote in Sony’s upcoming Venom movie, with Tom Hardy cast in the lead the lead role, but if a rumour from The Hashtag Show is to be believed, he may not be the only host set to feature in the SpiderVerse solo film. According to the […]

Transformers: The Last Knight box office struggles, Blade Runner 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming a hit and more – Weekend News Roundup

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THE LAST OUTING? Back in 2014, Transformers: Age of Extinction was roundly trashed by critics but the film ended up being the only release to pass $1 billion at the box office that year. It seemed like Transformers was a critic-proof franchise. However the fifth outing, Transformers: The Last Knight, has had a very poor […]

The Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson interested in playing Spider-Man

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Since the announcement of Marvel and Sony reaching a deal so Spider-Man can feature in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there has been a fair amount of speculation on who could play the friendly neighbourhood wall crawler. If reports are to be believed, Sony and Marvel are looking at Logan Lerman (Fury) and Dylan O’Brien (The […]

Marvel revisits Earth X with Marvels X variant covers

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Marvel is set to revisit the fascinating future of Earth X this January as comic legends Alex Ross and Jim Krueger teunite for a prequel to their classic epic with Marvels X, and to celebrate the new series the publisher has announced a selection of Marvels X variant covers featuring bold reimaginings of iconic characters […]

Marvel’s new Spider-Man likely to be non-white?

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Since the announcement of Marvel and Sony coming to a deal over the rights to Spider-Man which will see the wall crawler interact within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there has been discussion of whether or not we’ll see the first big screen version of Spider-Man that isn’t Peter Parker. Several casting articles (including our own) […]

The MCU Spider-Man films will not be coming to Disney+

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Ricky Strauss, the head of content for Disney+, has confirmed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man films will not be coming to the service. Millions of people are currently enjoying the recently launched Disney+, many of whom are Marvel fans, looking to binge some of their favourite MCU titles. However, they won’t be able to […]