Last week 20th Century Fox gave us our first look at director Josh Trank’s upcoming reboot The Fantastic Four, and despite – or should that be because of? – all the negativity from fans towards the film, the studio is touting a whopping 42 million views for the trailer, setting a record for Fox. SEE […]
Rumoured shortlist of directors for Thor: Ragnarok
Since Marvel’s big Phase Three announcement, much of the attention has been on the remaining Phase Two installments Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man, along with the 2016 releases Captain America: Civil War and Doctor Strange. However, we now have a few tidbits of information about one of Marvel’s 2017 releases in Thor: Ragnarok – […]
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes battle across time in Avengers: Millennium
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are set to assemble this month to face a new threat thousands of years in the making in Avengers: Millennium, a new Marvel Infinite Comic series from writer Mike Costa (Scarlet Spiders, A+X) along with artists Carmine Di Giandomenico (All-New X-Factor) and Geoffo & Mast (Deadpool: The Gauntlet, Iron Man: Fatal Frontier). […]
Exclusive: Zak Penn talks Pacific Rim 2
It was announced last year that Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk) had been hired to write the screenplay for Pacific Rim 2 along with original writer and director Guillermo Del Toro. On the latest episode of the Flickering Myth Podcast, we caught up with Penn to talk about his new documentary Atari: Game Over, as well as […]
Jeremy Renner talks Paul Bettany’s Vision and Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron
We’re only a few months away from Avengers: Age of Ultron, which means Earth’s Mightiest Heroes have been out in force talking about the movie. In an interview with Jeremy Renner with The Hollywood Reporter talking his latest movie The Throwaways, he talked about Paul Bettany’s Vision – and has admitted he has no idea […]
Spider-Man writer David Koepp gives his thoughts on saving the Spider-Man franchise
Back in 2002, comic book movies were not as common place as they are today. 20th Century Fox had just released Bryan Singer’s X-Men two years earlier and Sony had just launched the Sam Raimi directed Spider-Man to much critical acclaim. Original writer David Koepp (Jurassic Park) would not return for its sequels Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, but […]
Sony snaps up the movie rights to sci-fi comic Descender
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Sony has emerged victorious in a bidding war for the movie rights to Descender, an upcoming sci-fi comic book from writer Jeff Lemire and artist Dustin Nguyen, which will be published by Image Comics this March. The series “tells of a time where anything android, robotic or with artificial […]
American Sniper passes $300 million worldwide
Despite the busy Super Bowl weekend, American Sniper still managed to break more records. The movie took $31.9 million over the weekend, which is the biggest taking of a movie over Super Bowl weekend, breaking the previous record of $31.1 held by Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert from 2008. This along with […]
How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Simpsons and Disney Mickey Mouse win big at the 42nd annual Annie Awards
The 42nd annual Annie Awards took place on Saturday night, with DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon 2 bagging six honours including Best Animated Feature and Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production. The top TV honour – Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production – went to Fox’s The Simpsons, while Disney Micky Mouse […]
David Duchovny on a possible return as Denise Bryson in Twin Peaks
We already know that David Duchovny could be reprising the role of Fox Mulder for Fox’s potential revival of The X-Files, and it seems he could also be returning to another of his former federal agent roles, with the actor suggesting that he could be back as DEA agent Denise Bryson in Twin Peaks. “Seems […]