Oculus it out in cinemas on June 13th 2014 and last night, Flickering Myth co-editor Luke Owen went to a special screening of the movie at the Cineworld Haymarket in Piccadilly Circus. But it wasn’t just the movie that gave Luke this hibbie-jibbies as he also had a run-in with the movie’s terrifying mirror along with Gary […]
Djimon Hounsou joins the cast of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan is set to have yet another live-action film adaptation, with Warner Bros. having a release date penned in for July 2016. Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) is set to take the role of the eponymous Tarzan, with Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) as his love interest Jane, and David Yates […]
Marvel files trademarks for Black Panther, Alpha Flight, New Warriors and others
Now, this may end up being a big piece of “non-news”, but if history has taught us anything it’s that when Marvel (or any other studio making a comic book movie) trademark a name, it means that a movie is heading our way. And with Comic-Con just around the corner, one would think that this […]
James Earl Jones rules out Star Wars return as Darth Vader
Since Disney announced the acquisition of LucasFilm 18 months ago and their plan to release a new trilogy along with a bunch of spin-off movies, rumours have been rife about what direction their new story team would go and what characters, if any, would return. People even spoke about the possible return of The Emperor […]
Matt Ryan talks Constantine TV series
DC’s supernatural detective John Constantine is heading back to the screen this October, with a new TV series from Daniel Cerone (The Mentalist) and David S. Goyer (Man of Steel), and leading man Matt Ryan (Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior) has spoken to IGN about the upcoming NBC show and its tone: “I think as with […]
Movie Review – Fruitvale Station (2013)
Fruitvale Station, 2013. Written and Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. It’s practically a crime that it […]
Bill Condon to direct live action version of Beauty and the Beast
Well with Disney’s Maleficent (read our reviews here, here and here) having made itself over $170 million worldwide in its opening weekend, the studio has been quick to get the ball rolling on another classic fairy tale adaptation. Bill Condon has been announced to direct the Beauty and the Beast adaptation with Evan Spiliotopoulos down […]
Two more directors join the Ant-Man shortlist
After Edgar Wright decided to bail on Ant-Man, Marvel Studios identified a shortlist of potential candidates to replace him in the director’s chair, only for two of the names – Adam McKay (Anchorman) and Rawson Marshall Thurber (We’re the Millers) – to subsequently decline the studio’s offer. Well, with next month’s planned production start date […]
Do we really need a grounded Fantastic Four?
Anghus Houvouras on whether we really need a grounded Fantastic Four movie… I’m just as prone to devolve into playing ‘armchair movie producer’ as any writer online. I’d like to believe I’m better than the raging masses screaming bloody murder about how their favorite comic book characters should be adapted. Fandom is interesting because often […]
J.J. Abrams responds to Star Wars: Episode VII set photo leaks
Well, the Star Wars news just keeps on coming this week. After seeing the first set photos from Disney’s Star Wars: Episode VII arriving online – depicting what looks to be a Tatooine marketplace, as well as the Millennium Falcon under construction – director J.J. Abrams has posted a rather tongue-in-cheek response to the leaks […]