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Bill Murray to play the villain in Ghostbusters remake?

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It was revealed yesterday that the cast of Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters remake would be Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids), Melissa McCarthy (The Heat), Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live) and Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) and now we bring some more possible casting news. According to Hitflix, Sony are looking for original Ghostbuster Bill Murray to play […]

Thoughts on the The Fantastic Four trailer – Flickering Myth Reaction

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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 […]

Friday the 13th pushed back (again) to 2016

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The return to the big screen of Jason Voorhees has been a tough one so far. Since returning to Paramount last year in a deal between Warner Bros. over distribution rights to Interstellar, Friday the 13th has moved dates a few times. It was originally set for the first quarter of 2015, before being pushed back to […]

Margot Robbie talks playing Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad

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One of the more exciting tidbits of casting news to come from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad was that Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) would be playing the first big screen adaptation of Harley Quinn, the faithful right hand to the Joker, and firm favourite amongst comic book fans. “Yeah, I guess it’s intimidating because […]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson talks Quicksilver, East-European accents and being compared to X-Men: Days of Future Past

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We’ve already brought you the two Empire covers for Avengers: Age of Ultron, some images and a few notes from Joss Whedon talking about not directing Avengers: Infinity War and threatening to kill all of the Avengers. And now we bring you some notes from an interview with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who will be playing Quicksilver […]

Chris Pine says Simon Pegg writing Star Trek 3 is a “perfect match”

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In some news that surprised many last week, it was announced that Simon Pegg would be writing the third (technically, the 13th) movie in the Star Trek franchise alongside Doug Jung. While promoting his latest movie Into the Woods, MTV asked Chris Pine about reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk for a third […]

Joss Whedon talks the fate of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Age of Ultron, “I f***ing kill them”

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If there is one thing that Joss Whedon is famous for, it’s killing off popular characters to get a reaction from his audience. Last time round it was Agent Coulson, but who will it be this time in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Well, in an interview Empire, Whedon clearly has deadly plans for not just […]

Is this the line-up for Guillermo Del Toro’s Justice League Dark?

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The last we heard about Guillermo Del Toro’s Justice League Dark was that the script was finished and it would be part of the DC Cinematic Universe. Although, we still have no release date. In an previous interview, Del Toro stated that the line-up for his Justice League Dark movie would include Swamp Thing, Demon, […]

More details on Jared Leto’s Joker in Suicide Squad, “everyone is afraid of him”

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We had some small news about The Joker’s role in Suicide Squad previously due to some early script leaks (he will take a Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs type role), and now we have some new details. According to the good folk over at JoBlo, the idea of The Joker in the […]