As the years tick by movie studios seem to become more and more focussed on box office tracking ahead of big movie releases. We’re increasingly seeing headlines made up of tracking data in the weeks leading up to release day. Captain Marvel is no strange to those headlines. The first entry in the MCU headlined by a female character has huge expectations amongst the fan community. Many could argue more rests on the shoulders of Brie Larson than even that of Avengers: Endgame. If you fall in to that category then Box Office Pro has some good news for you.…
Author: Neil Vagg
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.
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Marvel is currently remaining coy on its upcoming slate of movies in development. Whilst we know they have plans in place for the foreseeable future the studio refuses to discuss those plans until Avengers: Endgame is out in the world. One movie we do know is on the way is Black Widow. The Cate Shortland directed movie is currently in pre-production with rumours pointing to a spring 2019 shoot. But what of the movies potential rating? Given the characters background one might expect the movie to be a little more grown up than other Marvel releases. “When I first heard…
Yesterday the news became official: Aquaman has crossed $1bn world-wide. Only the third DC Comics movie to cross the figure makes this milestone a big deal. James Wan’s aquatic adventure has now surpassed the lifetime gross of The Dark Knight, a movie which many believe the greatest comic book movie of all time. Now director James Wan has released a short statement thanking fans and the movies cast and crew for helping it reach such a milestone. Taking to Twitter the director said: Firstly, this movie wouldn’t be what it is without the astonishing achievement of everyone involved, from the…
Everyone’s favourite Twitter user DanielRPK is back with another scoop. But this time it’s not one that some fans may want to hear. Daniel is reporting that a number of X-projects which Fox has previously announced are now dead in the water. Also several strongly rumoured projects will also fall foul on the studios upcoming merger with Disney. Top of the list is Gambit. The film has been almost a decade in production hell following the characters live action debut in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. After a revolving door of directors it looks like the project will be the first victim…
Warner Bros. has a huge reason to celebrate this weekend as Aquaman has crossed $1bn at the worldwide box office! In North America Aquaman has been dethroned by STXFilms’s The Upside. Its box office fell 44% from last weekend to gross a further $17M. The Upside took the top spot with $19M. Aquaman’s North American gross is now around $278.8M. Internationally Jame Wan’s underwater adventure took a further $27.8M this weekend. Its international total is now an impressive $732.4M. With Japan the only remaining market left to open there’s still every chance the film will climb higher. All that means…
With Gotham’s final season now in full swing the promotional wheels are in motion over at FOX. The team has now released images from the seasons fourth episode “Ruin”. The network describes the episode as: Gordon and Penguin are forced to work together and alliances are shaken when Lucius, Nygma and Barbara all have different ideas of the culprit behind recent events at Haven. Meanwhile, Selina continues her quest for revenge against Jeremiah (guest star Cameron Monaghan) in the all-new “Ruin” episode of GOTHAM airing Thursday, Jan. 24 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (GTH-504) (TV-14 L, V) Here’s a look…
The DC Universe crew are currently hard at work on the upcoming Swamp Thing series. But thoughts are now beginning to turn to their next live-action venture: Stargirl. Heroic Hollywood is reporting that veteran DC director David Nutter will be behind the camera for the series pilot. Nutter started his DC journey working as a Director of Photography on Smallville. He went on to direct a number of episodes of that show including the first half of “Absolute Justice” which featured Stargirl in a guest role. Nutter has since helmed episodes of Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow. Most…
It’s been a little while since we had an update on the Loki spin-off series. Whilst the series has been semi-officially released to be coming to Disney+ we’ve heard little about how it will bring back the character killed off in Avengers: Infinity War. Now a new story from That Hashtag Show’s Charles Murphy has shed some light on how Tom Hiddleston will factor in to the show. Murphy reports that Hiddleston will act as a narrator for the series. Much like Jim Parson’s role in Young Sheldon it is said Hiddleston will narrate the adventures of his younger self. Could a…
Last night the second episode of Gotham’s final season, “Trespassers”, aired in North America. Though the episode didn’t feature the return of Jeremiah that many thought it would there was still plenty to enjoy. Now FOX has released the promo trailer for next week’s episode “Penguin, Our Hero”. We previously brought your the image gallery for the episode which you can find here. Here’s a reminder of the episode synopsis: GORDON CREATES A SAFE HAVEN ON AN ALL-NEW “GOTHAM” THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, ON FOXWith the creation of Haven as a safe place for refugees, Gordon hopes to stop the gang fighting in…
We promised you it was coming and now it’s here. Netflix has released this new trailer for The Punisher season 2! The new series arrives on the streaming service in just over a weeks time. Hit play on the video below to see what Marvel has in store for us when the series returns. https://youtu.be/jrLhP5sK2wI The Punisher stars Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page and Ben Barnes as Billy Russo. The series also stars Amber Rose Revah, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Daniel Webber, Jamie Ray Newman, Jason R. Moore, Michael Nathanson and Paul Schulze. The series…