A few years on from their brush with the Caped Crusader, The Dark Knight Rises stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Hathaway have teamed up again as part of Gordon-Levitt’s Hit Record on TV for the parody short Sidekicks. The second episode of the new sketch show, which features Gordon-Levitt and Hathaway alongside the BriTANick crew […]
SDCC: Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness reuniting for Spider-Man/Deadpool
Marvel has announced that Spider-Man and Deadpool are to team up for the new series Spider-Man/Deadpool from writer Joe Kelly and artist Ed McGuinness, the creative team behind the Merc with a Mouth’s first solo series from 1997. Via The L.A. Times, here’s a look at the cover for the first issue, along with some […]
Bran Stark is coming back for Game of Thrones season 6
Although Isaac Hempstead Wright’s Bran Stark was benched on Game of Thrones for all of season five, the actor has confirmed to the Irish Examiner that he’s officially coming back next season. Wright said, “I can’t say a lot, but I am back this season, and it’s going to get particularly interesting with Bran. He […]
Rumours of Rambo fighting ISIS in Rambo: Last Blood debunked
A report emerged earlier today claiming that the upcoming Rambo: Last Blood would see Sylvester Stallone taking his Vietnam veteran to Syria to tackle ISIS for the fifth and final instalment in the Rambo series, with the action icon allegedly breaking the news at Comic-Con over the weekend. However, it turns out that the original […]
SDCC: Joss Whedon announces Twist, a new comic book series about a “Victorian female Batman”
During his Hall H panel at the San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, Joss Whedon announced that he’s teaming with Dark Horse comics to create a new six-issue series entitled Twist. Speaking about the upcoming project, Whedon revealed that, “[Twist] deals with the most important moral question facing us, which is: why isn’t there a Victorian […]
The Week in Spandex – San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Edition
In this (abridged) edition of The Week in Spandex, we round up all the big superhero news coming out of the San Diego Comic-Con… Well, the curtain has fallen on the geek mecca that is San Diego Comic-Con for another year, and over the past four days we’ve been treated to a wealth of superhero […]
Minions enjoys massive $115.2 million US opening; global total already at $395.7 million
A new number one entered the US box office chart this weekend with those loveable yellow Minions slaying everything in their path to sit atop the charts with a massive opening. The prequel to Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2, Minions took an estimated $115.2 million in its opening weekend, the second-highest of all time […]
SDCC: Sam Raimi on the new Spider-Man reboot
Over the weekend we heard the first comments from The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb about Sony’s decision to reboot the franchise alongside Marvel Studios – with Webb admitting that he’s “sad to surrender” the series – and now another former Spidey filmmaker has shared his opinion on the latest take on the wall-crawler. “It’s […]
SDCC: The Flash and Aquaman getting Earth One graphic novels
Yesterday during the DC Entertainment: Meet the Co-Publishers panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International, Jim Lee and Dan DiDio announced that The Flash and Aquaman are both set to receive the Earth One graphic novel treatment next year. Flash: Earth One is set to be penned by J. Michael Straczynski (Superman: Earth One), while […]
Game of Thrones’ Lena Headey lends her voice to Danger Mouse reboot
If you watched Danger Mouse as a kid in the 80s then your childhood was probably pretty cool. UK national treasure David Jason originally voiced the secret agent mouse during its decade long run from 1981 to 1992. It was announced last year that well known British comedian and television show host Alexander Armstrong would […]
