With a hugely underwhelming opening weekend in the US of just $19 million, Jupiter Ascending is another in a long line of films from the Wachowski siblings where the box-office has failed to match the grand, epic-scale ideas of their films. Their previous two films, Cloud Atlas and Speed Racer, both flopped on release, with […]
Take a look back at the cinematic evolution of Batman
The most enduring superhero of them all in cinema terms is The Dark Knight, with over ten screen interpretations of the Batman character since his comic book debut in May 1939. Today, an 11-minute video has surfaced which brings together all of those different versions of the character in a wonderful retrospective look, which includes […]
Man of Steel’s Christina Wren returning as Carrie Farris in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
It looks like we can add another returning player from Man of Steel to the cast of next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, with Christina Wren – who played the United States Air Force officer Carrie Farris – revealing to Pittsburgh Magazine that she’ll be back in the hotly-anticipated DC ensemble. “The casting […]
Halloween “recalibration” coming from Saw writers
With many of horror’s classic big-bads being rejuvenated and renewed many times over, it seems that one of the genre’s biggest figures, Michael Myers, is set to return in a new film from Dimension Films. The Hollywood Reporter is today reporting that a new chapter of the Halloween franchise is set to go before the […]
Marvel vs. DC Comic Book Movies Release Dates 2015 – 2020
What a wonderful time to be a comic book movie fan. Following the news of Spider-Man joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel and Disney pushed back a few of their Phase Three movies, including Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Captain Marvel and The Inhumans. Not only that, but there’s also the DC slate of movies that […]
Patrick Stewart may join Wolverine 3, Ian McKellen returning for X-Men: Apocalypse
With the news (which we reported at Flickering Myth) that director Bryan Singer is in pre-production on the latest X-Men blockbuster, X-Men: Apocalypse, some other interesting news on the plans possibly in place for the rest of the X-Universe. Professor X (well, the older version) himself Patrick Stewart has been speaking this week to Oregon […]
Description of Princess Leia’s look in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
We’ve heard bits and pieces over the last year or so about what certain characters will look like in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and now we can add Princess Leia to that list. According to the site Making Star Wars, they have a source who claims to have seen Princess Leia’s outfit […]
Sony’s Sinister Six movie still in development
Following on from this morning’s HUGE news that Sony and Disney/Marvel have reached a deal for Spider-Man to join the Marvel Cineamtic Universe, it looks as though at least one of Sony’s original plans for the series is still on track. It was teased during the closing moments of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that we would […]
Spider-Man officially joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first solo film in 2017
The day has finally arrived: Spider-Man is coming home and officially joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe! How official is this news? Officially official, as Marvel announced their new partnership with Sony late Monday night. Under the new deal, Spider-Man will join the rest of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in the MCU, while Sony will continue to release Spider-Man solo films, […]
Jaimie Alexander’s Lady Sif returning to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
After making a cameo appearance in the first season, it looks like Jaimie Alexander’s Lady Sif will be making another trip to Midgard during the second season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with TV Insider reporting that the Thor and Thor: The Dark World star will be back for the twelfth episode of season 2. […]
