Marvel Comics has announced that the Gods of Thunder are heading to Battleworld this June courtesy of writer Jason Aaron (Star Wars) and artist Chris Sprouse (Multiversity) for the Secret Wars series Thors. “This is basically me doing a cop story, but with hammers instead of guns,” states Aaron. “It’s every version of Thor you […]
X-Men’s Shawn Ashmore would love to crossover with Fantastic Four
While it seems the chances of the two series crossing over are slim, there are those within the films that would like to see X-Men and The Fantastic Four cross paths at some point down the road. One man in particular is Shawn Ashmore, who played Bobby Drake aka Iceman in X-Men 2, X-Men: The […]
Will Doctor Strange be American or British?
With Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man and Captain America: Civil War hitting cinemas before it (not to mention X-Men: Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Gambit and Deadpool), we’re still a way off from seeing what Marvel have up their sleeves with Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange. At the Oscars over the weekend, Best Actor in a Leading Role […]
James Gunn speaks out against “anti-comic book movie” comments at Oscars and Independent Spirit Awards
During the Oscars on Sunday night, actor and singer Jack Black made some disparaging remarks against comic book movies singing, “opening with lots of zeroes, all we get are superheroes: Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, Jedi Man, Sequel Man, Prequel Man, formulaic scripts!” The night previous, Nightcrawler writer and director Dan Gilroy also spoke out against a […]
Marvel announces new Secret Wars series Ghost Racers
Marvel Comics has announced that the Spirits of Vengeance will be duelling one another in lethal, cutthroat races as part of the publishers big Secret Wars event with a new series Ghost Racers from Felipe Smith and Juan Gedeon. Check out a preview here… “This is the book that every GHOST RIDER fan is going […]
Marvel’s new Spider-Man likely to be non-white?
Since the announcement of Marvel and Sony coming to a deal over the rights to Spider-Man which will see the wall crawler interact within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there has been discussion of whether or not we’ll see the first big screen version of Spider-Man that isn’t Peter Parker. Several casting articles (including our own) […]
Joss Whedon defends Spider-Man 3
If there is one comic book movie that is oft-mocked and much maligned, its Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3. Whether you hate their treatment of Venom, the fact it has too many characters or that dance sequence, it seems that almost everyone on the face of the Earth hates Spider-Man 3. Apart from the man with […]
Avengers: Infinity War – An accumulation, or continuation?
Pim Razenberg on whether Avengers: Infinity War will be an accumulation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or a continuation… We’re well into 2015 and Avengers: Age of Ultron is firmly knocking on our doors. The superhero ensemble movie will pick up the threads from Marvel Studios’ previous Phase Two instalments, and, looking at the studio’s […]
Hugh Jackman on Wolverine: “I’ve got to find a way to keep playing him until I die”
Last year Hugh Jackman made his seventh outing as the fan favourite mutant Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past, and judging from the star’s latest comments, he’s got no plans to hang up the claws just yet. “‘I always want to be in better shape than I was for the last one,” Jackman tells […]
The Week in Spandex – Aquaman, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Aquaman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Gotham, Lucifer, Constantine, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers Assemble, […]
