With various box office analysts suggesting that December’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens could cross the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office, Disney’s CEO Bob Iger has tried to play down expectations for the first chapter of the studio’s Sequel Trilogy during a conference call with investors. “On the Star Wars front, we […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation tops the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 31st to Sunday 2nd August 2015… Tom Cruise returned to the top of the UK box office this past weekend, with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation claiming first place with an opening haul of £5,351,344. Despite claiming top spot, Rogue Nation couldn’t overtake […]
Fantastic Four tracking for $40-$50 million opening weekend
Reviews are now out for Fantastic Four (and they’re not kind), but the movie is still tracking well for its opening weekend. Deadline are reporting that the Josh Trank directed movie is tracking better than Marvel’s Ant-Man and should take the number one spot from Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation with somewhere between $40-$50 million. […]
Rumour: Kraven the Hunter could be the villain in Spider-Man solo movie
With the writers now on board for the Spider-Man solo movie, we can expect to see a plethora of new rumours and speculation hitting the Internet from the usual sources on who the villain will be. “Sources” for Heroic Hollywood have informed them that Sony’s Vice President for Creative Affairs Karen Moy has purchased a […]
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow casts Casper Crump as Vandal Savage
Yesterday it was revealed that Falk Hentschel (Transcendence) has nabbed the role of Hawkman in The CW’s upcoming superhero series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and now it’s been announced that Casper Crump (The Killing) is set to play the supervillain Vandal Savage. Legends of Tomorrow’s incarnation of Savage is described as “immortal, having spent the […]
Kermit and Missy Piggy announce their split
We don’t really cover celebrities’ private lives, gossip and other such nonsense here at Flickering Myth, but when the news is this earth-shattering… Having been an item for the best part of forty years, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy have announced their split, just weeks before the (former) couple return to the small screen […]
Monty Python and the Holy Grail getting 40th anniversary cinema re-release with a sing-a-long version
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the classic comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail is getting a special one-night-only theatrical re-release here in the UK this October with a special sing-a-long version. SEE ALSO: Funko announces Monty Python and the Holy Grail Pop! Vinyl figures for November The re-sissue will also include a special […]
Robert Downey Jr. tops list of Hollywood’s highest paid actors for the third year in a row
For the third consecutive year, Robert Downey Jr. has topped Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actors in the world, with his back-end deal for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron helping to propel the star to a whopping $80 million dollar haul over the past twelve months. And with Captain America: Civil War on the horizon, […]
Extended editions of The Hobbit trilogy heading to the big screen in October
If you’ve been itching to relive Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy on the big screen – and in their extended editions, no less – then you’re in luck, as The One Ring is reporting that An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies will be receiving a theatrical run […]
Jenna Dewan-Tatum to play Lucy Lane in Supergirl
With her husband Channing Tatum officially signing on to play Gambit in Fox’s X-Men spinoff, Jenna Dewan-Tatum (Step Up) has signed on for a comic book role of her own, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the actress will play Lois Lane’s younger sister Lucy Lane in CBS’ Supergirl. Lucy will make her debut in […]
