Author: Neil Vagg

As excitement ramps up for next months Black Panther and fans clamour for more news on Avengers: Infinity War there’s another Marvel movie to remember. Coming in July this year is the sequel to 2015’s Ant-Man. Here we have a first look photo from Ant-Man and the Wasp showing off to the two titular heroes suited up and ready for action. 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) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a…

Marvel Comics has a new publisher in the form of John Nee. Nee, a former executive at DC Comics and co-founder and co-CEO of games and cards company Cryptozoic Entertainment, joins the company to oversee its print and digital comics lines. Nee replaces former publisher Dan Buckley who has recently been promoted to President of Marvel Entertainment. A Buckley now focussed on his new role Nee will join the company to oversee it’s comics line. Buckley spoke with ComicBook.com on the new appointment: “As the publisher, John will lead our business strategy for publishing as a whole and focus on growing…

It’s been a little while since we had an update on the Flashpoint movie. The last news came back in September when Robert Zemeckis was still in the frame to direct. At that stage we understood a new page one rewrite of the script was underway. Overnight Variety has brought a new story to the web regarding the films director/s. It appears that Spider-Man: Homecoming scribes John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein are in negotiations to direct the film. Interestingly the trade reports that Warner Bros. had initially tapped Ben Affleck to direct the film. It would appear that Affleck passed on helming the film…

The latest DC Comics animated movie, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, gets its premiere this week. It’s physical release follows in early Feb. Now eyes are beginning to turn to the next film in the ongoing franchise. Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay. We’ve not yet seen the first look featurette. Those normally hit the web around the digital release of the preceding film. But we have got a first look photo of the cast and a list of the voice actors portraying them. The Hollywood Reporter has the first details on the film in an exclusive report on their website. The full cast includes: Christian…

Ben Affleck is Batman. Ben Affleck has quit the role. Ben Affleck wants to segue out of the role. Jake Gyllenhaal is taking over. Maybe. Yes, Jake Gyllenhaal is Batman… possibly? The rumour mill surrounding DC Comics most bankable box office star continues to churn. With Matt Reeves quietly working on the script for The Batman fans and press continue to spread rumours of who will don the cape and cowl. During the press tour for Justice League Affleck had commented that it wasn’t a role he would play forever. He politely said in the future he would look for a way to segue…

Warner Bros. has confirmed the Shazam release date will be April 5, 2019. In a positive turn of events for the DC Films franchise it is currently the only film due for release on that date. The date had been widely reported for some time but had yet to be confirmed by the studio itself. The film is currently in production at Pinewood Studios in Toronto. Shazam is directed by David F. Sandberg and written by Henry Gayden and Darren Lemk. The film stars Zachary Levi as Shazam, Asher Angel as Billy Batson, and Mark Strong as the villain Doctor Sivana. The film hits…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is beginning to lose steam at the box office. In North America this weekend the gross fell an estimated -52% but was still able to make $11.2M. It now places at no.6 in the top ten box office for the week ending 14th January. Globally the story is a little more positive. With a $1.26B gross it has now become the most profitable films of 2017. In doing so the film overtakes another Disney release, Beauty and the Beast. In the list of world-wide highest grossing films of all time is currently sits in the no.10 slot.…

Wonder Woman won big last night at the 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards. The film won Best Action Movie beating off strong competition from Logan, War for the Planet of The Apes, Thor: Ragnarok and Baby Driver. Star Gal Gadot was also presented with the #SeeHer Award by director Patty Jenkins for challenging female stereotypes in media. Gal thanked fans for the awards on her Twitter account: https://twitter.com/GalGadot/status/951648604405448709 Logan was less lucky losing in all the categories where it was nominated. The biggest winner of the night was Guillermo Del Torro’s The Shape of Water which took home the Best Picture award amongst others. Congratulations…

Following the announcement that New Mutants will be moving back 10 months to 2019 we have more news on shifting release dates in the X-Men universe. Deadpool 2 was due to be released on June 1, 2018. The film will now hit cinemas on May 18, 2018. Moving the film in to May pits it against Solo: A Star Wars Story which hits cinemas on week later on May 25. Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter to celebrate the new release date with a sharp new image of the mere with a mouth. https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/951562166234120193 After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson)…

Whilst Fox deals with life in limbo as the its takeover deal from Disney goes through there have been a few changes in the X-verse. This years New Mutants has found that its release date has slipped from April of this year to February 22, 2018. Whilst the party line from the studio is to avoid X-Men films overlapping in cinemas reports point towards more unsettling news. The Wrap is reporting that studio execs are unhappy with the film. Marketed as a horror it seems the studio feels the final product doesn’t quite like up to the atmosphere. Could the release date move be…