Gone are the days when fans would queue for hours to pick-up action figures based on the biggest movie franchises. Now if you’re a serious collector you’ll want to jump on the Funk Pop! Vinyl bandwagon. Yesterday actor Zachary Levi shared this first look at his Shazam character immortalised in vinyl pop form and he couldn’t contain his excitement. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs11qC5FPHo We understand the Shazam! figures will hit stores in March and we’ll bring you pre-order links as soon as they become available. In the meantime you can also find all our coverage of the movie over at our Shazam! hub.…
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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Synopsis Gordon and Bullock investigate a location where several kids have been kidnapped; Barbara proves to be an unlikely ally to Gordon; Bruce looks into an alleged witch with healing powers to Selina; Nygma deals with his demons. Review For week the cast and crew of Gotham has been promising us a crazy ride through this last batch of episodes. Last week’s opener (reviewed here) built on that promise by setting out the rules of No Man’s Land. The expediency of the short episode count was always going to impact on the pace of the show. “Trespassers” is a fine example…
Over the weekend some interesting news on the planned Gambit movie was discovered buried in a report on Deadline. The report focussed on the new that actor Channing Tatum has separated from his long term talent agents at UTA and Management 360. Later in the article it mentions that Tatum is currently trying to get his long gestating Gambit movie off the ground. In doing so it’s discussed that the actor is interested in taking on directing duties in order to get the movie made. Many fans have presumed the project dead with 20th Century Fox due to merge with…
Bumblebee is proving to be the leggiest Transformers movie ever released at the box office. Now entering its sixth week at the North American box office the movie has crossed a fairly significant landmark worldwide. It’s 5th weekend at the domestic box office brought in a further $4.6M, upping its domestic total to $115.9M. But internationally the latest Transformers franchise release has raked in a total of $296M for a global tally of $412.3M. Considering its $21.6M opening weekend in North America the film has legged it out through the holiday season to become a sleeper success. $130M of it’s…
Detective Pikachu hits cinemas in May of this year, just a matter of weeks after the release of Avengers: Endgame. With only one trailer released so far we still thing there’s a strong chance the movie will perform well at the box office. Overnight Warner Bros. has released a short TV spot for the movie via social media. Starting out with some familiar scenes from the trailer the spot is then littered with fresh looks at some of the various Pokemon that will appear in the movie. Let us know via the usual channels if you’re excited for the release…
Last night finally saw the return of Supergirl to screens in North America. Following the winter break the series returned with a heartbreaking episode for sisters Kara and Alex. It looks like things won’t be getting any better next week with the episode “Blood Memory”. Here’s the synopsis and promo for the episode: “Blood Memory” – (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (TV-PG, V) (HDTV)KATE BURTON GUEST STARS; NIA AND KARA VISIT NIA’S HOMETOWN – Kara (Melissa Benoist) joins Nia (Nicole Maines) on a trip to Nia’s hometown to visit her family during the town’s annual Harvest Festival. While home, Nia’s mother (guest star…
Whilst we all patients wait for the release of the second Shazam! trailer Warner Bros. has a little surprise for us. Earlier this evening the studio dropped this short new teaser for the movie on social media. Initial reports had the second trailer due to drop on January 19th but we have recently heard that date has been slightly pushed back. In the meantime checkout the latest teaser below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJCbtNZ18O8 You can also find all our coverage of the movie over at our Shazam! hub. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6GEIrcvFY We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic…
The success of Aquaman poses a distinct problem for Warner Bros. What to do with the DC Film universe moving forwards? There are now two streams of movies within the universe. Those like Aquaman and Wonder Woman which have proven critical and fan successes and those like Justice League and Suicide Squad which have proven to be more divisive. Luckily for fans it seems like now, more than ever, the studio has a much better idea about the trajectory of its film franchise. A new quote from chairman Toby Emmerich in The Hollywood Reporter points towards a more standalone approach…
With the New Year well in our rearview mirror it’s time to start planning for all the huge upcoming events of 2019. MCM Comic Con has it’s first show of 2019 coming up in Birmingham on 23rd and 24th March. Then it’s on to London for the weekend of 24th, 25th and 26th May. Neither show has begun to announce guests as yet but general release tickets are now on sale via the MCM Expo Store! Here’s a recap of the May 2018 show here in London to whet your appetite for next year. You can check out all our…
This year the Power Rangers franchise has been celebrating its 25th anniversary. We’ve seen a number of large scale crossovers on TV and in the comics to mark the occasion. Now as new game looks to bring the franchise together on a console near you. Taking the format of the Power Rangers: Legacy Wars mobile game and adapting it for console Battle for the Grid looks incredibly exciting. Lionsgate Games has just released this new teaser video featuring gameplay footage of a battle between the classic Red and Green Rangers. There’s also a cameo from a Yellow Ranger. Of course…