Back in the early 90s, coming off the success of The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss and the blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgement Day, director James Cameron turned his attention towards the fledgling superhero genre and Marvel’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Ultimately, he would fail to get his Spider-Man movie off the ground, paving the way for Sony […]
X-Men: Days of Future Past hits half a billion worldwide to become highest-grossing X-Men movie to date
20th Century Fox will certainly be celebrating today with Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past crossing the half-billion mark at the global box office in its second weekend. Having pulled in $500.2 million, the time-travelling sequel is already the highest-grossing instalment of the X-Men franchise, having surpassed the $459.4 million haul of 2006’s X-Men: […]
Director Doug Liman talks Splinter Cell movie
Speaking to IGN to promote the release of his latest movie, the Tom Cruise-headlined sci-fi Edge of Tomorrow [read our review here], director Doug Liman has taken the opportunity to briefly discuss his next project Splinter Cell, which will see Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises, Locke) starring as Sam Fisher in an adaptation of […]
The Week in Spandex – Ant-Man, Thanos, Daredevil, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Batman v Superman, The Flash and more
Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Daredevil, Namor the Sub-Mariner, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Fantastic Four, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice […]
Movie Review – Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Edge of Tomorrow, 2014. Directed by Doug Liman. Starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Jonas Armstrong, Tony Way, Kick Gurry, Franz Drameh, Dragomir Mrsic and Charlotte Riley. SYNOPSIS: A soldier fighting in a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle, though he becomes better […]
Ben Foster reveals character details for Warcraft movie
Despite the fact that it’s finished shooting, Legendary Pictures has done a great job of keeping director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft under wraps. Very little is known about the epic fantasy, but now actor Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) has offered up some details about his character, the mage Medivh… […]
Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal discusses The Mountain vs. The Red Viper
In tomorrow night’s eagerly-anticipated episode of Game of Thrones, Prince Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal) is out for revenge against Ser Gregor Clegane (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson) for the rape and murder of his sister Elia, serving as champion in Tyrion Lannister’s (Peter Dinklage) trail by combat in ‘The Mountain and the Viper’. Speaking to TV Guide, […]
Anchorman director Adam McKay in talks to replace Edgar Wright on Marvel’s Ant-Man
Last night a shortlist of potential directors to succeed Edgar Wright on Marvel’s Ant-Man emerged, featuring the likes of Adam McKay (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy), Rawson Marshall Thurber (We’re the Millers) and Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland). While early talk seemed to suggest Thurber was the front runner, it’s now being reported that McKay has […]
Josh Brolin to voice Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Age of Ultron
Well, Marvel Studios has found its Thanos, with Josh Brolin (Men in Black 3, Oldboy) signing on to lend his voice to the Mad Titan in August’s Guardians of the Galaxy as well as next year’s eagerly-anticipated sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron. The casting news for Guardians originally broke via Latino-Review (who have been on […]
What will happen with Ant-Man?
Thomas Roach on the situation surrounding Marvel’s Ant-Man… Recently it was announced that Edgar Wright had walked away from Marvel’s Ant-Man project despite being attached since 2006. Filming was due to start within a couple of weeks and, despite Wright leaving, Marvel has stated that the film will make its expected release date in July […]