Whilst those of us here in the UK were sleeping the cast and crew of Justice League were walking the red carpet in Los Angeles. Presented by DC All Access host Tiffany Smith there’s plenty of interviews and cool moments to check out in the playback video below. https://twitter.com/justiceleaguewb/status/930245539492372480 Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Supermans selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the…
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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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File this one squarely under the ‘news nobody saw coming’ pile. THR are reporting that Sony has secretly been developing a Morbius the Living Vampire film alongside Power Rangers writers Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama. This film joins the currently in production Venom and the upcoming Silver and Black in the world of spin-offs from the new Spider-Man universe. Morbius was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane and first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #101, the first issue not written by Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee. Dr Michael Morbius is a scientist who tried to cure his own rare blood disease with disastrous effects. His cure left him with…
Ben Affleck has spoken again about his future in the DC Films franchise. In a genuinely insightful article published by USA Today about the production of Justice League the actor is frank and honest about whether he will continue to play Batman. Affleck states that Matt Reeves upcoming The Batman is “something I’m contemplating,” whilst going on to say “You don’t do it forever, so I want to find a graceful and cool way to segue out of it.” Hit the link above for the full article, it really does make for a great read. It also includes a really nice photo of the League off…
The reviews of Marvel’s The Punisher have hit the web and they are… the same as every other Marvel Netflix show just with added guns. Many of the reviewers have picked up on a solid performance from lead Jon Bernthal whilst pointing to the middle of the season becoming a little dull. Most of Marvel’s efforts in league with Netflix has come under heavy fire for not shortening their episode orders. Then there was The Defenders which did have a shorter season and still the critics complained. Many reviewers have taken writing about The Punisher as an opportunity to discuss their feelings about gun law in…
After years in production hell it appears the remake of The Crow may finally be about to enter production. Justice League star Jason Momoa took to Instagram with a cryptic image of Erik Draven’s makeup as The Crow tagging the remakes director Corin Hardy. https://www.instagram.com/p/BbZp_dWHBO9/?taken-by=prideofgypsies The original The Crow was released back in 1994 and followed up with several critically panned direct-to-video sequels. The remake has been rumoured for some time with financial difficulties and studio bankruptcy continually delaying production. Relativity Media had been masterminding the film which has now landed at Sony Pictures. Momoa will star as Erik Draven originally played by Brandon Lee…
As we’ve known for a little while Jean Grey will be returning to current Marvel Comics universe. Phoenix Resurrection: The Return Of (Adult) Jean Grey #1 hits shelves in December but will only be the beginning of Jean’s return. As part of the February 2018 solicitations Marvel has announced a new series from writer Tom Taylor and artist Mahmud Asrar entitled X-Men Red. The new series will star Jean, with an upgraded suit, and a cast of new and exciting characters. “Tom has captured the spirit of a quintessential X-Men book. It’s got dynamic hero moments, great character interactions, and a surprise villain…
As we suspected Thor: Ragnarok has had a great second week at the worldwide box office. The film remains the number one movie in the world overall with takings of around $650m making it the highest grossing of the Thor franchise. Earning $56.6m at the North American box office has taken the films domestic gross to $211.6m. Internationally it made a further $75.9m for a total of $438.5m. That puts the film ahead of the international totals of Wonder Woman ($409.2m) and Logan ($390.5m). For those of an inquisitive nature Thor: Ragnarok is now the tenth highest grossing film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But whilst the film still has…
With the release of Batman & Harley Quinn back in Summer we got our first look at the next DC Comics animated film… Batman: Gotham by Gaslight behind-the-scenes preview. The brief showed off some of the Victorian action from the film and now we have the first full trailer. This new trailer gives a much better idea of how the book will translate to film. There’s a lot of action as well as confirmation that Gotham by Gaslight will be an R-rated film. Check out the trailer in the player below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6340tX9M_eM&feature=youtu.be In an age of mystery and superstition, how would the people of Gotham react…
Whilst fans anticipate Avengers: Infinity War which finally hits cinemas next May we have to remember there’s another Marvel movie to come first. Black Panther arrived in February and is shaping up to be a truly original entry to the MCU. Marvel has released a series of new character posters featuring the main cast. You can check them out in the gallery below! So far we’ve seen a teaser and full trailer for the film but very little has been given away outside of the synopsis: After the events of Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War, King T’Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced…
Warner Bros. yesterday made the last minute decisions to move up the embargo on social media reactions to Justice League. As 5pm here in GMT rolled around we nervously sat and waited for the reactions to come in and it turned out they were, mostly, positive. Whilst several reporters pointed to a ‘fun but flawed’ movie it seems that Justice League has been on the whole well received. There’s only one overtly negative reaction which you can find at the bottom of this collection of reactions. We also got confirmation of not one but two post credit scenes with many journalists pleading with…