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The Week in Spandex – Captain Amercia: Civil War, Ant-Man, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman, Lobo, Supergirl and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Daredevil, Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Flash, Lobo, Arrow, Supergirl, Heroes Reborn and more… We’ll get things […]

Infographic: Introducing Ant-Man

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With the release of Marvel’s latest film Ant-Man just around the corner on July 17th, the folks at MorphCostumes – the inventors of Morphsuits – have put together a handy infographic giving some background on the miniature hero and his various incarnations, as well as showing off the brand new Ant-Man Morphsuit itself… Ant-Man is […]

Did Avengers: Age of Ultron negate the one thing that makes Ant-Man special?

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James Garcia on how Avengers: Age of Ultron accidentally eliminated the one thing that makes Ant-Man stand apart from the crowd. Be warned, Age of Ultron spoilers abound… For Avengers: Age of Ultron, director Joss Whedon was faced with several enormously difficult tasks; he had to make a riveting follow-up to his much beloved first Avengers team-up, give each of the film’s […]

Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord to cameo in other MCU movies

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Chris Pratt is fast becoming one of the most sought after actors in Hollywood and for good reason. He’s recently been linked with a Ghostbusters reboot – which he has since debunked as bulls**t – and he’s also being rumoured to take over from Harrison Ford in the next Indiana Jones movie. Not to mention […]

SPOILERS: Who’s dead in Captain America: Civil War?

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Warning – there be spoilers round these parts… Last week, we had some set photos from Captain America: Civil War which saw Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) attending a funeral. At the time, we wrote that it would be no big surprise who it would be, but now we officially know. […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sexism and Hollywood

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Anthony Stokes on Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sexism and Hollywood… Like many, I feel as though Hollywood has a major diversity problem, with the status quo being handsome white males.  Look no further than Avengers: Age of Ultron as an example. Marvel Studios has been trying to diversify the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the limited […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron becomes the eighth-biggest film of all time

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Having hit the $1 billion mark on Friday, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has now cracked the top ten list of the highest-grossing movies of all time, climbing to eighth with $1.142 billion and counting. Despite falling to third in the States behind Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road is closing in on […]

Matthew McConaughey has “circled” Marvel and DC movies

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Prior to the Cannes premiere of his latest film The Sea of Trees – which was met with a “chorus of boos” – Matthew McConaughey was asked by Variety if he’d ever considered starring in a superhero movie, with the Oscar winner revealing that he’s “circled” some scripts for both Marvel and DC projects. “I’ve […]

Animated storyboard offers up an alternate look at Hulk vs Hulkbuster from Avengers: Age of Ultron

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There’s no doubt that seeing The Hulk going up against Iron Man in his Hulkbuster armor was one of the highlights of Avengers: Age of Ultron, and now thanks to storyboard artist Federico D’Alessandro, we’ve got a look at an alternate take on the big showdown; check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAtnXbHxEXY SEE ALSO: Read our […]

The Week in Spandex – Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, The New Mutants, The Incredibles 2

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Arrow, Constantine, Gotham, Titans, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of […]