In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy, Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Deadpool, X-Men, Suicide Squad, Shazam, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Heroes Reborn, Powers, The Crow and more… There’s less than five […]
Dwayne Johnson on whether Black Adam could join the Justice League
Last month Dwayne Johnson shared a few words about his upcoming role as Black Adam in the Shazam movie, and the possibility of him squaring off against the likes of Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) in the DC Cinematic Universe. Well, The Rock has now offered up a few more comments about the […]
Three more join Heroes Reborn
Casting on NBC’s Heroes revival is picking up pace, with Deadline reporting that Ryan Guzman (The Boy Next Door), Gatlin Green (Finding Cody) and Henry Zebrowski (The Wolf of Wall Street) have all signed on to appear in the event series Heroes Reborn. Guzman, Green and Zebrowski join Robbie Kay (Once Upon a Time), Danika […]
Jim Carrey, Keanu Reeves and Jason Momoa join Ana Lily Amirpour’s The Bad Batch
With a Sundance and London Film Festival appearance under its belt already, vampire movie A Girl Who Walks Home Alone at Night has been garnering lots of praise both for the film and its director Ana Lily Amirpour. So it comes as no surprise that her next film, The Bad Batch, is securing some top […]
Jamie Hewlett returning to Tank Girl for 21st Century Tank Girl
Titan has just announced that they are going to be serializing the Kickstarter Smash Hit – it gained over $350,000! – 21st Century Tank Girl! Not only that Co-Creater Jamie Hewlett is set to return. After a break of more than 20 years, artist extraordinaire Jamie Hewlett has returned to the iconic character for which he made his name. Co-created in the […]
Marvel announces A-Force Presents featuring Marvel’s Mightiest Heroines
Marvel’s Mightiest Heroines are exploding onto the scene this September with the launch of a new bi-monthly collection entitled A-Force Presents, with each volume collecting six issues of Marvel’s critically-acclaimed female-led titles. “In a world where virtually everyone has heard of Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow and The Avengers, Marvel’s female Super Heroes have […]
Charlotte Gainsbourg set to join Independence Day 2
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the cast of Independence Day 2, the long-awaited sequel to Roland Emmerich’s 1996 blockbuster, has swelled further with a new addition. Charlotte Gainsbourg (Nymphomaniac) is in talks to join the cast, which would see her join Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Jessie Usher and Bill Pullman, though Pullman’s involvement is […]
Owain Yeoman cast as Vartox in Supergirl
It looks like Kara Zor-El won’t be the only superhero appearing in CBS’ upcoming DC series Supergirl, with io9 reporting that Owain Yeoman (The Mentalist) has signed on to play the character of Sean Connery lookalike Vartox, a character who made his first appearance in Superman #281 back in 1974. SEE ALSO: Supergirl to use […]
Kevin Smith teases Mallrats 2
Last week Kevin Smith dropped the announcement that he’s set to follow up Clerks III by revisiting the View Askewniverse once more with Mallrats 2, and now the filmmaker has taken to Twitter to tease the sequel, posting an image of himself alongside Jason Mewes, Michael Rooker and Stan Lee… SEE ALSO: Kevin Smith explains […]
Big Finish to adapt the original The Avengers comic strips
Big Finish Productions has signed a licence with STUDIOCANAL and DC Thomson to produce full cast audio productions of The Avengers comic strips which were original published in Diana in 1966 and 1967. The eight episodes will be released over two box sets in April and November 2016, and will run alongside The Avengers: The […]
