Yesterday, Bryan Singer announced that 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise would see another release in 2016 with X-Men: Apocalypse, and now it’s been announced via The Hollywood Reporter that writer-producer Simon Kinberg has signed a three-year deal with a view to expanding the studio’s Marvel properties “into full-blown universes, with the hope of creating for […]

The Flickering Myth writing team discuss Bryan Singer’s announcement of X-Men: Apocalypse… What a busy few days we’ve had here at Flickering Myth in terms of comic book news. Firstly we had the news that Gal Gadot was playing Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman (read our reaction here) and then Thursday saw the debut […]

The Flickering Myth writing team give their views on the first trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2…. What a couple of days it’s been for comic book movie fans. Aside from the news that Gal Gadot has been cast as Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman (read our reaction here), we also had Bryan Singer […]

Last week, Michael Bay was said to have “apologised” for the previous instalments in the Transformers franchise, with a report quoting the director as stating that: “I wanted the first Transformers to be very suburban and less cool. This is a much more cinematic one. I focused on keeping this one slick. There won’t be […]

With G.I. Joe: Retaliation pulling in $375 million around the globe, Paramount wasted little time in securing director Jon M. Chu to helm the third instalment, as well as bringing in Evan Daugherty, screenwriter of Snow White and the Huntsman, Divergent and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to tackle the script for the threequel. Speaking to […]

A.K.A. Doc Pomus, 2013. Directed by Peter Miller and Will Hechter. Starring Willie Burke, Dr. John, Dion DiMucci, Ben E. King, B.B. King, Joan Osborne, Lou Reed and Doc Pomus (archival footage). SYNOPSIS: Paralyzed since childhood by polio Jerome Felder overcomes the crippling disease to become a renowned songwriter called Doc Pomus. Often a song […]

Alice Rush reviews the eighth episode of American Horror Story: Coven…. After a week break American Horror Story: Coven is back. This weeks episode ‘The Sacred Taking’ followed straight on from the end of the previous episode whereby Delia began laying the plans to kill her interfering and murdering mother. The episode opens on a […]

It’s been a huge week for superhero news, what with Warner Bros. announcing that Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious 6) being cast in the role of Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman, and the first trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 hitting the web today courtesy of Sony. Well, it’s now 20th Century Fox’s turn, […]

The Flickering Myth writing team give their thoughts on Gal Gadot’s casting as Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman…  In order to make sure The Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer had as little impact as possible, Variety dropped a huge news story yesterday that Fast & Furious star Gal Gadot will be playing Wonder Woman in the upcoming […]