Our weekly round up of all the news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes…Last week I promised to revert back to the usual format of the Week in Spandex following some technical issues with the site, but unfortunately they’ve continued into this week, so again time has been very limited as we […]
The Fantastic Four trailer breaks records, Simon Kinberg comments on reboot
Last week 20th Century Fox gave us our first look at director Josh Trank’s upcoming reboot The Fantastic Four, and despite – or should that be because of? – all the negativity from fans towards the film, the studio is touting a whopping 42 million views for the trailer, setting a record for Fox. SEE […]
Thoughts on the The Fantastic Four trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction
The Flickering Myth staff react… Well, it’s finally here. Despite some theories that this was going to be another Roger Corman attempt to keep hold of the franchise rights and nothing else, it seems as though Josh Trank’s The Fantastic Four (or is that Fant4stic?) is very real. So, what did the writing and editorial […]
Josh Trank and Simon Kinberg discuss The Fantastic Four trailer, video commentary released
Earlier today 20th Century Fox released the first trailer for Josh Trank’s reboot of The Fantastic Four (which you can view here), and this afternoon both Trank and writer Simon Kinberg have been speaking exclusively to Empire about the trailer’s debut. “We live in a time where there’s a required instant gratification from audiences,” says […]
Interview: Mark Millar talks Kingsman: The Secret Service, James Bond and The Fantastic Four
Flickering Myth sits down with Mark Millar…Out in cinemas at the end of the month, Flickering Myth deputy editor and podcast host Luke Owen sat down with comic book writer and legend Mark Millar to talk about Kingsman: The Secret Service, his favourite James Bond, working with Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman and his thoughts […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Fantastic Four, Suicide Squad, Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Justice League, Agent Carter, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Batman Vs. Robin and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Justice League, The […]
Simon Kinberg responds to reports that Fox is unhappy with The Fantastic Four, confirms when the trailer will land
Last night a rumour broke over at Bleeding Cool suggesting that 20th Century Fox is unhappy with Josh Trank’s “mess” of a Fantastic Four reboot, and that the studio is gearing up for heavy reshoots in an effort to salvage the movie (there’s even some wild reports of Trank acting up on set, trashing the […]
Exclusive: Mark Millar talks The Fantastic Four reboot, “everything I’ve seen looks good”
Yesterday we brought you the exclusive word from Kingsman: The Secret Service director and The Fantastic Four producer Matthew Vaughn, who has seen the reboot and praised the work of Josh Trank (Chronicle). Today we bring you a snippet from our chat with Mark Millar, whose comic book is the basis for Kingsman: The Secret Service, who gave […]
Exclusive: Matthew Vaughn talks The Fantastic Four: “I’ve seen the movie, it’s good… If you like Chronicle, then you’ll like this.”
Matthew Vaughn is currently on the promotional trail for his latest directorial effort, an adaptation of Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons’ Kingsman: The Secret Service.However, that’s not the only comic book movie on his upcoming slate, with the Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class helmer also attached to The Fantastic Four in a producing capacity.Flickering Myth’s […]
The Fantastic Four reboot “isn’t a complete trainwreck” according to a “20th Century Fox employee”; calls it, “Chronicle 2”
Earlier we brought you a possible logo for Fantastic Four via a Reddit user named MrBlueFox who claims to be a “20th Century Fox” employee who worked as an editor on the second cut of the movie. In some further comments (which were removed, but rescued by an IMDB user and CBM), he/she went on […]
