UPDATE: As pointed out by YackBacker in the comments below, turns out this is a fake. Original post follows… There’s been a lot of rumours swirling lately about the design for Tom Holland’s Spider-Man suit in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War and the subsequent 2017 solo movie, and now an image has arrived online […]
Fantastic Four sequel reportedly postponed in favour of Deadpool 2
Things are already pretty bad for Fantastic Four. It has rather poor reviews (read ours here and here), a war raging on between director and studio (with Josh Trank tweeting its their fault, and Fox saying it was his), and the film is only tracking to make $25 million by the end of its opening weekend. Fox had […]
Secret Wars and Fables top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of July 2015
Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling titles from July 2015, with Marvel’s Secret Wars #4 taking top spot on the comic book chart, and DC/Vertigo’s Fables Vol. 22 topping the graphic novel sales. Here’s the top ten bestselling comic books of July 2015: 1. Secret Wars #4 2. Star Wars: Lando #1 […]
The Week in Spandex – (Not So) Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Batman v Superman, Hellboy 3, The Crow and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Gambit, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agent Carter, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Vixen, Supergirl, Hellboy […]
Sources say Josh Trank’s “combative behaviour” is to blame for Fantastic Four’s failings
Never has a film had so much bad press before its opening weekend is even over, but Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four is struggling to find a modicum of positivity at the moment. Amidst all its bad reviews (read ours here and here), it’s Thursday box office tracking was poor, and it’s only looking to make […]
Ant-Man hits $300 million at the worldwide box office
As it reaches its fourth weekend of release, Marvel Studios’ latest franchise Ant-Man has crossed the $300 million mark at the global box office, reaching the milestone on Friday. Ant-Man has surpassed the worldwide haul of 2008’s The Incredible Hulk ($263.4 million), but remains the second-lowest instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe behind 2011’s Captain […]
Why don’t they just make a Doctor Doom movie instead?
Anghus Houvouras on how to fix the Fantastic Four franchise… Fantastic Four is one of those cinematic enigmas. A concept that’s been around almost as long as Marvel Comics. A well-known, well established group of characters that are high on recognition factor but low on the public’s interest level. We’ve suffered through four terrible Fantastic […]
Rumours surface on Captain America: Civil War “teams”
Another day, another rumour doing the rounds on all things comic book movies. This time it’s the turn of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Heroic Hollywood claiming they know how The Avengers will be split once the events of Captain America: Civil War unfold. According to the website, the teams will be split 6 to […]
Agent Carter showrunner discusses season 2 villain Madame Masque
As Marvel and ABC gear up for the second season of Agent Carter, executive producer and co-showrunner Tara Butters has been speaking to Slash Film about the new villain set to go up against Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter in Madame Masque. “Here’s the thing,” said Butters, when asked about getting access to Marvel villains. “It’s […]
Simon Kinberg distances X-Men from Fantastic Four
Last month, director Bryan Singer confirmed the ongoing speculation that 20th Century Fox has plans to cross its X-Men universe over with Fantastic Four in an effort to create a shared continuity akin to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Well, in the wake of absolutely horrendous reviews and word of mouth for Fantastic Four, it now […]
