During an interview with Cinema Blend to promote his upcoming film In the Heart of the Sea, Chris Hemsworth spoke briefly about his next outing as the God of Thunder in Thor: Ragnarok, stating that he’d like to see an injection of Guardians of the Galaxy-esque humour into the threequel. “I think [Thor 3] needs […]
Marvel Missteps: The problem with ‘Event Comic’ movies
Anghus Houvouras on the problem with Marvel’s ‘event comic’ movies… Finally, we get our first pristine footage of Captain America: Civil War. Arguably the second or third most anticipated geek film of 2016. The movie that finally gives Marvel fans what they’ve been waiting for: the watered down, truncated version of the acclaimed mini-series from […]
Natalia Cordova-Buckley to play Slingshot in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
According to Point of Geeks, Marvel is adding another member of the Secret Warriors to the cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with the site reporting that Natalia Cordova-Buckley is set to play Yo-Yo Rodriguez, a.k.a. Slingshot. Slingshot made her first comic book appearance in Mighty Avengers #13 in 2008, and possesses superhuman speed, although she […]
Top 5 Movies to Stream Online (25.11.15) – Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Gravity, The Imitation Game and more…
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Sonia Braga joins the cast of Marvel’s Luke Cage
With Jessica Jones now on Netflix, Marvel is moving full steam ahead with casting on the third Netflix series Luke Cage, with the official site revealing that Sonia Braga (Brothers & Sisters) is set to play Soledad Temple, the mother of Rosario Dawson’s Claire Temple. “A character as strong as Claire needs an equally powerful […]
Captain America: Civil War “big surprise” coming tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Marvel fans may want to tune in to Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, as it has been announced that Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans are set to bring a Captain America: Civil War surprise to the show… .@Iron_Man & @CaptainAmerica themselves, @RobertDowneyJr & @ChrisEvans are on TONIGHT with a BIG #CivilWar surprise… @Marvel — Jimmy […]
Marvel officially announces production is underway on Doctor Strange, synopsis released
We’ve already seen a few set photos earlier this month [see here and here], but now Marvel has officially confirmed that production is underway on Doctor Strange and will shoot in several locations around the world, including London, New York, Hong Kong and Kathmandu. As part of the announcement, we also got the first brief […]
James Gunn says Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 rumour about Star-Lord’s father is “completely false”
Earlier today, El Mayimbe of Heroic Hollywood posted his latest “scoop”, claiming to know the identity of Star-Lord’s father in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. If you’re interested in who his “four independent sources” reckon it is, we’ll mention it at the bottom of the post; however, much like when he claimed to know who Disney […]
Episode description for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3 midseason finale ‘Maveth’, Clark Gregg promises two shocking twists
ABC has released the official episode description for the upcoming midseason finale of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season three, entitled ‘Maveth’; check it out here… “Maveth” – S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra go head-to-head in a battle that will change Coulson’s world forever. While Daisy and her team of Inhumans fight to keep Hydra at bay, Coulson […]
Fox removes Fantastic Four 2 from its upcoming slate
It was always an ambitious move, setting a release date for Fantastic Four 2 prior to the release of the first movie, and given the abysmal box office performance and reception for the Josh Trank-directed reboot, it’s one that has truly backfired on 20th Century Fox. Despite talk from Simon Kinberg that Fox is “figuring […]
