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Spider-Man meets The Punisher – tease for Captain America: Civil War?

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As comic book fans will know, The Punisher made his debut in the Marvel world as a villain for the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, but has since become a popular anti-hero. We got the announcements recently that Tom Holland (The Impossible) would be our next Spider-Man for Captain America: Civil War and The Walking Dead‘s Jon […]

Parent complains about Slave Leia Star Wars toy – asks for Target to remove from sale

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It’s perhaps one of the characters most iconic of looks, but a parent in Phildelphia is asking for Hasbro’s Star Wars Black Series figure of Princess Leia in Return of the Jedi to be removed from sale – because it offends him. “That’s pretty inappropriate,” Fred Hill told FOX News. “I got two daughters, I don’t […]

Joss Whedon says there won’t be a director’s cut of Avengers: Age of Ultron

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With so much of Avengers: Age of Ultron left on the cutting room floor (according to Whedon in interviews), some fans speculated that we would see a director’s cut of the movie that would meet the director’s “true vision” of the movie. Whedon was clearly unhappy with how the movie turned out, but he has […]

Development Hell: The History of Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man

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With Marvel’s Ant-Man finally heading into cinemas this week, Luke Owen looks back at its bumpy ride to the silver screen… It may be hard to remember, but there was a time when the Marvel Cinematic Universe didn’t exist and movies based on Marvel characters were just released to make money and become franchises. Some […]

SDCC: Suicide Squad leaked footage – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth staff react… It was one of the most anticipated movies coming out of San Diego Comic Con, and the footage for David Ayer’s Suicide Squad went down a storm by all accounts. As suspected, the footage was leaked online shortly after (see it here if it’s still online) – but what did […]

The Week in Star Wars – Post-Comic Con 2015 Edition: Watch the SDCC panel, first official image of Princess Leia in The Force Awakens and more

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As San Diego Comic Con comes to a close, we look back at the big Star Wars news coming out of it – and some other stuff to boot… Of course, the biggest story for this edition of The Week in Star Wars is the Hall H panel from San Diego Comic Con, which had […]

SDCC: Deadpool leaked footage – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth Team react… In a previous edition of Flickering Myth Reaction, the team gave their thoughts on the concept footage that leaked online for the Deapool movie. Since then, the movie was not only announced by has been made with footage shown at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. As with all footage […]

SDCC: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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The Flickering Myth team react… There was an awful lot to discuss coming out of the Warner Bros. and DC panel yesterday from Hall H, but none more so than the second trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (watch it here if you’ve not seen it already). But what did our writing staff […]

SDCC: Description of Suicide Squad footage

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Warner Bros. and DC were in Hall H today to show off some footage from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Check out the description of what was shown below (via ComingSoon). “It opens with Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller… Waller is talking to the police commissioner saying that they have captured someone and put them away where […]