Thor: Ragnarok finally made its debut in North American cinemas this week. After an excellent opening weekend at the international box office the film has repeated its success domestically. Reports are coming in that the film has made an estimated $121m over the three day weekend. Starting with Thursday night previews the film was able to make $46.82m on Friday followed by $44.36m on Saturday. Estimates for Sunday have the Marvel three-quel making a further $29.83m for a total of $121m. That’s a long way ahead of the $65.72m made by the first Thor in 2011. The God of Thunder’s second outing – Thor: 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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A few weeks ago we learned that Matt Ryan will be returning to the role of Constantine. Not content with his own animated series coming next year the character is making a guest turn on Legends of Tomorrow. Initially believed to be a one episode deal we now know the character has a two part arc in episodes 10 and 11 of season 3. Those two episodes are currently in production and series creator Marc Guggenheim shared the below photo on social media. Though not a hi-res or direct set photo we can clearly see the chain smoking anti-hero living it…
In an effort to avoid spoilers Marvel and director Taika Waititi went to a lot of trouble to ‘fix’ scenes from both Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War. Beware there are major spoilers ahead! In the climactic battle with Hela in Thor: Ragnarok the God of Thunder lost an eye. By the films climax the character is seen wearing an eye patch very similar to that of his father, Odin. Scenes from that films second trailer were edited to show Thor with both eyes. The Avengers: Infinity War trailer which was shown at SDCC back in Summer was also amended to hide the spoilers. Thor is seen…
Social media savvy fans will know the Justice League cast was in London this weekend for the films press junket. On Friday night there was a dinner for the press followed by a screening of the film. Then Saturday and Sunday consisted of interviews with the cast and crew plus a press conference. The Justice League social media channels, along with several of the films stars, have been keeping us up to date with events. Eagle eyed fans will have noticed that interviews have been taking place in a purpose built complex. Warn Bros. has reconstructed several major sets from the film…
Thor: Ragnarok is directed by Taika Waititi and returns Chris Hemsworth starring as Thor and Tom Hiddleston reprising his role as Loki. They are joined by Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson and Karl Urban, with Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Hopkins. Kevin Feige is producing with Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Victoria Alonso, Thomas M. Hammel and Stan Lee serving as executive producers. The story is by Craig Kyle & Christopher Lost and Stephany Folsom, and the screenplay is by Eric Pearson. Synopsis In Marvel Studios Thor: Ragnarok, Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without…
With Thor: Ragnarok tearing up the international market eyes are beginning to turn to its North American release on November 3rd. Director Taika Waititi is still doing the rounds of press to promote the film and talk is all about the potential for his return. In an interview with Screen Rant Waititi discussed his feelings on Thor 4 or should that be Thor: Ragnarok 2? “Yeah, people ask me, ‘would you do another one,’ and for sure I’d do another one because it wouldn’t even feel like doing a fourth Thor film, it would just feel like doing the second Ragnarok film. Cuz it does…
With the news that Zachary Levi will take the lead in Shazam it was time for some news on Black Adam. The film has been gestating for a while now with The Rock set to star. The film pre-dates Shazam in terms of production but has been on the back burner to give filmmakers a chance to introduce the Captain Marvel character first. The Tracking Board is running a story today that Undateable creator Adam Sztykiel is in talks to write the film. At the time of press there were no names in the frame for directing the film. It is also worth noting that Black Adam is…
Batman week has begun on Justice League social media. Yesterday we brought you the montage video published via AT&T and today we’ve got the Bruce Wayne/Batman motion poster to go with it. Hit play on the video below to check out a black and white look at Bruce Wayne and a cheeky snapshot of Batman. Head down the page to see the Flash, Cyborg, Aquaman and Wonder Woman motion posters too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5nW1PbEWQU Fueled 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…
Now here’s an announcement we didn’t see coming (thank you Batman-News.com). Batman: The Brave and the Bold is being resurrected new year in a feature length movie. IGN just dropped the exclusive announcement and trailer debut for the film. Scooby Doo! and Batman: The Brave and the Bold will see the Caped Crusader team up with Mystery Inc. to help the citizens of Gotham City when villains from both franchises team up to wreak havoc. You can checkout the first trailer for the film in the player below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBrPQYTuvMI The film stars Diedrich Bader as Batman, Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo and Fred, Grey Griffin…
Yesterday we brought you a new behind-the-scenes look at Star Wars: The Last Jedi courtesy of Disney. The two minutes featurette focusses on Rian Johnson, the director bringing the franchise back to the big screen this year. We’ve now got a gallery of over 70 exclusive stills from that video for you to check out. We posted them yesterday on our Facebook and Instagram pages but now here they are for you all to enjoy! Star Wars: The Last Jedi stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie and…