Author: Neil Vagg

It seems the success of Star Trek: Discovery for CBS and Netflix may have triggered a resurgence in the franchise TV universe. Several mainstream news sites (including Variety) are reporting that new show runner Alex Kurtzman has signed a multi-year deal to supervise the expansion of the Discovery universe. This role will see him oversee the development of new series and ‘other content’ set within the Star Trek universe. Variety reports on four potential series that Kurtzman could be overseeing. The first is said to come from the showrunners of Hulu and Marvel’s Runaways, Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz. This series is said to be set…

Despite stiff competition Black Panther swept the board at this weeks MTV Movie Awards. Whilst Avengers: Infinity War was nominated in the Best Movie, Best Villain and Best Fight categories the film walked away with nothing. The night belonged to Chadwick Boseman and the cast of Black Panther as they walked away with four awards between them. The film picked up the award for Best Movie, Best Hero and Best Performance for Chadwick Boseman and Best Villain for Michael B. Jordan. One category where Black Panther failed to take the title was Best Fight. That award went to Gal Gadot fighting the Nazi’s in Wonder Woman! Stranger Things also had a…

From now on you are going to see Ko-fi buttons on Get Your Comic On. We’ve joined the group of internet creatives who are open to small donations from fans. For those who know the GYCO story you’ll know we were setup by a group of friend who just wanted to spread some love for our favourite comics, movies and TV series. We don’t get paid to do this job. We make a very small amount of money from adverts but we do this because we love these characters. We also love our fans! We love interacting with you on…

Lucifer has been saved! In an eleventh hour deal Netflix has swopped in and picked up the series for a fourth season. The streaming service brokered a deal with studio Warner Bros. and FOX TV within 24hrs of the contract deadline. Had a deal not been reached by June 16 the actors contracts would have relinquished and allowed them to move on to new projects. The Netflix incarnation of Lucifer is set to debut in 2019 with 10 new episodes. Those episodes are confirmed to run the standard 43-45mins. Given the length of network television series this will roughly halve the length of…

The ongoing saga of just who will buy 20th Century Fox continues. Following Disney’s bid to become majority shareholder of the company Comcast countered with a cash bid of $65 billion. Now CNBC is reporting that Disney is preparing a further offer to help secure assets from the deal. Disney is expected to revise its original offer to purchase the majority of 21st Century Fox by adding cash to its bid. Fox executives are to hold a board meeting on Wednesday to discuss Comcast’s latest bid. Should Fox decide to engage in talks with the company, Disney would then have five days to match…

In a weird-and-wonderful interview with EW (thanks to Batman-News.com) Warner Bros. exec Toby Emmerich has expressed some interesting thoughts on Aquaman. As part of their build up to the films first trailer EW asked the studio chairman for his thoughts on the upcoming DC Films release. It’s safe to say that his responses are not quite what we, or the interviewer, expected. What excites you about having Aquaman in your pipeline?  That it’s coming out this year. I’m excited to have it in as the last Warner Bros. release in 2018. What made the Dec 21 date the right time to release it? I didn’t…

Last night Supergirl wrapped up it’s third season with an action-packed finale. Kara finally took down Reign in battle but it was not without its consequences. Borrowing aspects from Superman: The Movie the finale saw several characters killed off. Seeing the devastation around here Kara used black Kryptonite to travel in time and make a second attempt. But in the closing moments of the episode several of those death still left us with characters departures. Executive Producer Robert Rovner confirmed during an interview with TV Line that Chris Wood (Mon-El) would not be returning for the fourth season. “The plan for Chris was always…

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is continuing to dominate the worldwide box office. Despite not releasing in North America until Friday the film is already nearing the $400m mark at the box office. Following a hugely successful $151m opening in several markets the film has most recently opened in China. In it’s first weekend the fifth film in the Jurassic Park franchise took a huge $112m making it the second-best opening of 2018, behind Avengers: Infinity War, and it is currently the fourth-best opening of all-time in the Middle Kingdom for a U.S. release, behind Universal’s Fate of the Furious, Avengers: Infinity War, and Paramount’s Transformers: The Last Knight. Currently…

Here in the UK we have a frustratingly long wait for Ant-Man and The Wasp. Thanks to World Cup football the film doesn’t arrive here until August 3. Thats almost an entire month after the July 6 release date in North America. But fear not. We’ll have plenty of coverage to keep you going until then. Over the weekend a new “Universe” TV spot has hit the web. https://youtu.be/TmIpM601d1M From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink: Ant-Man and The Wasp. In the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang (Rudd)…

Though the film has yet to be formally announced it appears Todd Phillips Joker begins production in September. Omega Underground reports that the film, set to say Joaquin Phoenix, will shoot largely in New York. The city will act as Gotham during the origin story. Little more is known about the film at this stage. We understand it will form part of a new off-shoot of DC Films known as “DC Dark” or “DC Black”. This new table will seek to create one-shot, lower budget films based on characters from the DC Universe. Joker is expected to shoot on a modest $55m budget, aiming…