Our weekly round up of all the latest stories from the world of screen superheroes, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, Big Hero 6, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Arrow, The Flash, Constantine, […]
Valiant Entertainment’s awesome Archer & Armstrong comic is headed to the big screen
Comic book movies are all the rage these days, but we forget that not all of them are about superheroes. We’re seeing a ton of other books and graphic novels getting adapted as well, and now have one more to add to the list. According to Ain’t It Cool News, Valiant Entertainment’s awesome Archer & Armstrong series […]
Guillermo del Toro admits that Hellboy 3 isn’t going to happen
After years of back and forth chatter, which ultimately did nothing but get our hopes up, director Guillermo del Toro has admitted that Hellboy 3 just isn’t going to happen. The desire is there, he’s got a great idea, and Ron Perlman is dying to come back. But frankly none of that justifies the $150 million price […]
Guillermo del Toro discusses the Pacific Rim animated series
Last month, Legendary Pictures announced that it had given Guillermo del Toro the go ahead for a sequel to Pacific Rim, as well as developing an animated series based upon the kaiju epic. Having spoken last week about both projects, del Toro has now shared some further information on the animated series during an interview […]
Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson to headline Forever, Interrupted
THR reports that Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson will headline another book-to-screen adaptation, Forever, Interrupted. Written by Taylor Jenkins Reid, the novel tells the story of Elsie Porter, an average twentysomething who falls head over heels in love with a man named Ben Ross. Within weeks the two have eloped, but their happy ending is cut […]
Saw II director Darren Lynn Bousman to helm sci-fi action film Apex
Darren Lynn Bousman, who directed such films as Saw II, Saw II, Saw IV, 11-11-11, and The Barrens has set his sights on his next film: an indie sci-fi action flick called Apex. Described as a mix of Predator and Call of Duty, the film tells the story of a Special Ops team sent to optain a weapon of mass destruction from North Korea. […]
Roberto Orci indicates that the future of Sony’s Spider-Man franchise is “yet to be determined”
In the lead up to the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony seemed to have a clear plan in place for the future of their Marvel franchise, setting release dates of 2016 and 2018 for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4, as well as announcing spin-offs for Venom and The Sinister […]
Stan Lee confirms cameo for Avengers: Age of Ultron
Stan Lee is over in the UK at the moment for the London Film & Comic-Con (that’s me looking rather chuffed to be having my photo taken with the legend earlier this evening), and at a press conference prior to the event he spoke about the rise of Marvel movies, as well as confirming that […]
Wolverine is going to die, and I couldn’t care less
Anghus Houvouras on why he couldn’t care less about the upcoming Death of Wolverine… When I first start reading comic books, the idea of a character dying seemed so epic. Our superheroes always seemed immortal. The idea that one of them or their supporting cast could cease to exist was a grim reality that had […]
Robert Englund to be Freddy Krueger one last time
One, two, Freddy’s coming for you… It’s been 30 years since Robert Englund first put on the make-up for A Nightmare on Elm Street as the now iconic Freddy Krueger and to mark the occasion, he’s doing it one last time. At the Flashback Weekend on August 8th (get tickets here), Englund will be putting […]