Author: Neil Vagg

Neil is the Editor-in-Chief at GYCO. He has a BA in Film & TV and an MA in Scriptwriting; he currently works 9-5 in an office and 5-9 as a reviewer. He has been reading comics for as long as he can remember and is never far away from any book which has the word Bat in the title.

On Sunday night in North America viewers saw Andrew Lincoln exit The Walking Dead. Rick Grimes had been expected to meet a grisly end, particularly following the predicament he was left in at the end of his penultimate episode. To the surprise of many Rick survived the episode. Flying off into the sunset on that mysterious helicopter which has been floating around for a while. Adding to that surprise AMC then announced that Lincoln will return to the role. Yes, the network has announced that Rick Grimes will return in a trio of original TV movies. Chief Content Officer Scott M. Gimple…

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Titans stars Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson/Robin, Anna Diop as Starfire, Teagan Croft as Raven, Ryan Potter as Beast Boy, Alan Ritchson as Hawk and Minka Kelly as Dove. Titans is available to watch now on DC Universe in North America. The series will arrive on Netflix in international markets soon. Synopsis Dick and Kory try to track down Rachel while Gar takes her to the house of the Doom Patrol for safety. Review This week Titans took a break from being dark and dreary to be… less dreary and a little more colourful. Finally the series has a chance to show…

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Aquaman director James Wan has confirmed that finally, after two years, work on the movie is complete! Posting on Instagram the director thanked those who have worked tirelessly to help make the movie. Sharing in image of many of them celebrating the end of work on the movie he signed off the post by saying he was off to take a “really long nap.”  Aquaman arrives in UK cinemas on December 14 and in North America on December 21. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpvNOBeFpA- From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an acition-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven…

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Following the sci-fi-tastic “The Tsuaranga Condunrum” (reviewed here) last night we’ve got the promo for next weeks episode of Doctor Who. “Demons of the Punjab” is described by the network as: India, 1947. The Doctor and her friends arrive in the Punjab, as the country is being torn apart. While Yaz attempts to discover her grandmother’s hidden history, the Doctor discovers demons haunting the land. Who are they and what do they want? Check out the episode promo in the player below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrK6CEnIaR4 Doctor Who airs Sunday nights on BBC One in the UK and BBC America in North America. Time slots may vary. The series stars…

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Now that Titans has introduced us to the Doom Patrol it’s time for the narrative to shift back to forming the titular team. The next episode, entitled “Together”, focusses on the four heroes as they are now together for the first time. DC Universe has released a short promo for the episode which you can check out in the player below. A short synopsis for “Together” reads: When the Nuclear Family tracks them down, Dick, Kory, Rachel and Gar decide to stop running and work together – and the team that will be known as “The Titans” is formed. https://youtu.be/59haXii4pac Titans stars Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson/Robin, Anna…

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald arrives in cinemas in just under two weeks! As fans begin to whip up a frenzy of excitement for the latest Wizarding World release, Warner Bros. are kicking their promotional campaign in to high gear. Over the weekend the first clips for the movie have been released. In this first clip we see Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) tasking Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) with finding escaped prisoner Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp). https://youtu.be/FowN0UfOoPg The second clip focusses on Newt and Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) as they capture Newt’s brother Theseus Scamander (Callum Thomas). https://youtu.be/f30vKA5NoXk The third and final…

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We’ve been hearing plenty of rumours around Marvel’s plan for the new Disney streaming service. It is strongly rumoured plans exist for several event-series focussed on core characters. But until now we’ve not heard from Marvel Studios themselves on the subject. Now studio head Kevin Feige has spoken with THR about what might be coming when the service launches in 2019. “Well, it’s not a hundred percent complete yet, so there’s only so much I’m allowed to say, or so much they even tell me,” he teased.”But Paul mentioned the streaming service, and I think that is something that we’re going to be…

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Doctor Who airs Sunday nights on BBC One in the UK and BBC America in North America. Time slots may vary. The series stars Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor, Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan, Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair and Bradley Walsh as Graham O’Brien. Synopsis Injured and stranded in the wilds of a far-flung galaxy, The Doctor, Yaz, Graham, and Ryan must band together with a group of strangers to survive against one of the universe’s most deadly – and unusual – creatures. Review “The Tsuranga Conundrum” is easily the most “classic” Doctor Who episode so far this season. A truly science fiction…

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The cast of DC Universe Swamp Thing is shaping up to be something very special. Overnight it has been announced that Academy Award Nominee Virginia Madsen has joined the cast. Madsen will be playing a character known as Maria Sunderland. Whilst not a comics character we understand Sunderland to have “traded in her privileged upbringing for the swamps of Marais when she married local business magnate Avery Sunderland (not yet cast), but Avery’s life-time obsession with the swamp has driven a wedge between him and Maria. Her poised existence is shaken further when the return of Abby Arcane reawakens a deep grief over the…

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The latest TV spot for Aquaman has surfaced and it feature a short blast of new footage. The thirty second spot rehashes a lot of footage from previous trailers. But there are snippets of new footage including new scenes featuring Amber Heard has Mera. Check it out in the player below! https://youtu.be/xYLgInZUPl0 From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an acition-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of…

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