In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Avengers Assemble, Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors, Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, X-Force, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, The Flash, Superman Lives, Justice League Mortal, Gotham, […]
Oscar Isaac and Olivia Munn discuss their X-Men roles as Apocalypse and Psylocke
20th Century Fox gave us a peek at X-Men: Apocalypse earlier this week with a series of official stills [see here and here], which included our first look at two new additions in Oscar Isaac’s Apocalypse and Olivia Munn’s Psylocke. While Psylocke’s look seemed to go down well with fans, the same couldn’t be said […]
Ryan Reynolds wants to return as Deadpool for X-Force movie
Almost two years ago to the day, it was announced that Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2) had signed on to write the script for an X-Men spinoff movie based around the team of X-Force. Since that time, Fox has pressed ahead with two other spinoffs in Deadpool and Gambit, as well as hiring Josh Boone (The […]
Ant-Man director Peyton Reed on his aborted Fantastic Four movie
Before he succeeded Edgar Wright on Marvel Studios’ latest offering Ant-Man, director Peyton Reed had a brush with the superhero genre when he was attached to 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four back before Tim Story brought Marvel’s First Family to the big screen for the first time. Speaking to Yahoo!, Reed has offered up a […]
Comics to Read Before You Die #27: Fantastic Four “The Trial of Reed Richards”
In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at Fantastic Four “The Trial of Reed Richards”… Found in Fantastic Four: Visionaries Vol. 4 (or Fantastic Four #262) January 1984 Glynis Oliver Wein- Colorist Jim Shooter- Editor Michael Higgins- Editor Jim Novak- Letterer John Byrne- inker, penciler “The Trial of […]
Josh Helman returning as Stryker in X-Men: Apocalypse
Following yesterday’s first official images [see here and here], director Bryan Singer has taken to Instagram to reveal that another familiar face will be appearing in X-Men: Apocalypse, with Josh Helman set to reprise his role as William Stryker from last year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. Singer announced the news with an image of […]
Ed Skrein and Gina Carano talk villain roles in Deadpool
Following on from the Deadpool panel at San Diego Comic-Con International [which you can watch it full here], IGN caught up with stars Ed Skrein and Gina Carano to discuss their roles in the upcoming X-Men spinoff as the villains Ajax and Angel Dust. “The program that we run is very similar to Weapon X, […]
Video Interviews: Peyton Reed, Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Pena, T.I. and David Dastmalchian on Marvel’s Ant-Man
Marvel’s Ant-Man explodes into cinemas today, and we’ve got a selection of video interviews for you featuring director Peyton Reed alongside stars Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Pena, T.I. and David Dastmalchian. Check them out here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Ant-Man here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huwQGmP0pEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JOKnDQG9_w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amyJaGmRGvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Betr_t484 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te8pfFYUf0Y The next […]
Oscar Isaac doesn’t look like Apocalypse – and it doesn’t matter
Luke Owen on X-Men: Apocalypse… It’s a common complaint from comic book fans whenever the first images of their favourite characters from a new movie are released: “they don’t look like the comics”. Even going back as far as Bryan Singer’s X-Men, there were those in the comic book community who bemoaned the fact Wolverine was […]
Vacation directors to write the Spider-Man reboot
They may have missed out on directing to Cop Car’s Jon Watts, but it seems that Sony and Marvel were impressed enough with John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein to snap them up as screenwriters for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. The duo, whose writing credits include Horrible Bosses, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and Cloudy […]
