News has broken this week that ‘Gotham’ will find it’s UK home on terrestrial network Channel 5. The news very quickly spread around the internet and quickly found itself appearing as headline news on BBC Entertainment. Channel 5’s head of acquisitions Katie Keenan said: “I don’t think there was a more exciting show at the LA screenings this year – Gotham is a thrilling drama built on iconic characters that fascinate. “Channel 5 is delighted to become the home of such a powerful, bold and visually stunning show. Its acquisition proves we continue to be committed to the biggest in…
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.
In readiness for Friday’s US release of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Paramount Pictures has released a batch of new hi-res images which you can find in the gallery above. Film review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes currently has the film as 33% fresh but has yet to make a final ruling on the film as only 11 reviews have been collected so far giving an average score of 4.5/10. You can check out those reviews here. Remember us UK fans have to wait an extra couple of months for the film which finally sees the light of day here on 17th…
First published in 2012 ‘Batman: Earth One’ is written by Geoff Johns with pencils by Gary Frank, inks by Jonathan Sibal, colour by Brad Anderson and letters by Rob Leigh. You can pick up your copy @ Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com now. I have to admit I’d seen this book around but hadn’t read it until Geoff Johns previewed some of the artwork and discussed the upcoming volume 2 which as as yet does not have a publication date. All the talk of Bruce being part Wayne and part Arkham really piqued my interested and so I ran out on to the…
During the Batman 75th anniversary panel at this years SDCC event Geoff Johns (Chief Creative Officer – DC Comics) previewed some artwork from is upcoming collaboration with Gary Frank ‘Batman: Earth One’ volume 2, the follow-up to their massively successful first volume released in 2012. Checkout the preview pages in the gallery above and you can find our review of volume 1 here.
FANBOYS AND FANGIRLS REJOICE! AS WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES BATMAN: THE COMPLETE TELEVISION SERIES ON BLU-RAY AND DVD FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME NOVEMBER 11, 2014 The Long-Awaited 1960’s TV Series Features All 120 Original Broadcast Episodes Completely Remastered Includes Over Three Hours of Never-Before-Seen Enhanced Content Including Interviews With Adam West and Burt Ward Burbank, CA (July 24, 2014) – For the very first time, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) is releasing the fan-favorite original 1960’sBatmanTV Series starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. On November 11, 2014, just in time for the holiday season, Batman:…
As we’ve put together video playlists for ‘Gotham’ and ‘Assault on Arkham’ we thought in the run up to the UK release of the new ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ movie in October – yes we’re two months behind the US – that we’d start collecting videos for that too! Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL22h2b5wZwUvEpdu93W2APLI28P-0N4Il
Premiering on September 22nd on Fox ‘Gotham’ is one of the most talked about and most buzzed pilots of the 2014/15 season. The show had a big presence at SDCC this year with the city skyline forming the backdrop to a 130 foot long (and 30 foot high!) zip line between the convention centre and the Hilton hotel as well as freebies given away at the DC stand and a screening of the pilot as part of the Warner TV panel on the Saturday night with appearances from the cast at all of the above. Of the big three pilots…
Directed by James Gunn Written by James Gunn & Nicole Perlman Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel You might think it’s been a busy year for Marvel with ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’, ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and now ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ gracing our cinema screens but only two of those are direct Marvel Studio’s releases. ‘Guardians’ is one of them… can you guess the other? Whilst Joss Whedon and his crew are hard at work on ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ here on Earth we’re taken on a massive…
With the imminent release of ‘Batman: Assault on Arkham’ we’ve pulled together a YouTube playlist of clips and trailers for you to check out. As more clips are released we’ll add them in for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLPzdrNLjZo&list=PL22h2b5wZwUtxNDF5b0MV6lwe28wWqQ5B
Let’s start out with a big spoiler for anybody who hasn’t read any kind of Batman comic in the last year… Damian Wayne died and he took the ‘Batman Incorporated’ title with him in one final battle to the death with the Leviathan and his own mother. Bruce wallowed in self pity for a long time, teaming with a different partner every month in ‘Batman & …..’ titles until Nightwing finally brought him to him senses only for Grandad Ra’s Al Ghul to come along and steal the bodies of both mother and son and that brings us up-to-date with…