Iconic comic character The Phantom is set to be given a second shot at live-action success in the form of a television series from the filmmaker behind Candy Cane Lane. Variety report that Reginald Hudlin (Marshall) will produce and direct the series, which is in early development at King Features. Hudlin has previously written issues […]
Slam Evil! The Phantom Revisited
Ricky Church looks back at The Phantom as it celebrates its 25th anniversary… In the 1990s superhero films were few and far between with Batman mostly dominating in the Burton/Schumacher era. There weren’t many other superheroes hitting the big screen in that decade nor were they taken nearly as serious as they are now, being […]
1990s Summer Movie Flops That Deserved Better
Casey Chong presents seven 90s summer movie flops that deserved better… The 1990s saw a good deal of summer movies that turned into big hits. Various films released during the crowded months-long season spread across different genres from supernatural romance (1990’s Ghost) to sci-fi action (1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day), dinosaur-themed sci-fi (1993’s Jurassic Park) […]
The 1990s in Comic Book Movies
Tom Jolliffe looks at the eclectic range of comic book movies brought out in the 1990s… The MCU. The DCU. Modern multiplex cinemas have been packed to the rafters with comic book adaptations for decades now, but in the 1980s, the notion of comic book films being a lucrative well to create marketable movies was […]
