At 5am this morning UK time the review embargo for Wonder Woman finally lifted. For many fans the nervous wait to see how the critics would is finally over. The verdict? Critics and fans alike are hailing Wonder Woman a tremendous success for the DCEU. As of 8am this morning UK time the film holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 96% fresh. Here’s a few choice comments: THR Yet as with all comics-based extravaganzas, brevity is anathema to the Patty Jenkins-directed Wonder Woman, and it doesn’t quite transcend the traits of franchise product as it checks off the list of…
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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Whilst the DCEU rides high on the positive buzz of Wonder Woman its future has been dealt a blow this week. Director Doug Liman has departed from Justice League Dark. Variety reports that Liman exited the project over scheduling issues with his new Lionsgate production Chaos Walking which is set to star Daisy Ridley (Star Wars) and Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Homecoming). Liman signed on to the project in August of 2016 after exiting another comic book film. Gambit. Prior to his involvement in the film Justice League Dark, then known as Dark Universe, was under the watchful eye of Guillermo…
We’ve got a little treat for Spidey fans out there with the release of not one but TWO new trailers for Spider-Man: Homecoming. Following the theme set with previous trailers there are both domestic and international versions of this third trailer. Both versions of the trailer focus more on the films main villain: Vulture. Whilst the domestic trailer shows off his menacing side the international trailer focusses a little more on his methods. Both versions of the trailer still heavily feature Robert Downey Jnr in his role as Tony Stark, much to the chagrin of fans. Sony has also released…
Sad news for film fans around the world today, particularly those fans of the DC Comics Extended Universe (DCEU). Director Zack Snyder has announced that he is stepping down from his remaining directorial duties on Justice League after the tragic loss of his daughter. Autumn Snyder passed away in March of 2017. Snyder kept the news secret from the press and continued working on Justice League until only recently. Discussing his loss with The Hollywood Reporter Snyder revealed that Avengers Assemble and Batgirl director Joss Whedon will take over completion of the latest DC Comics film. “In my mind, I…
We’ve got some exciting news for Wonder Woman fans this morning. We’ve now received our copy of the films press kit so we have a whole heap of new videos for you to see today! We’ve got thirteen interviews with the cast and crew of the film. Also we’ve got five clips and nearly ten minutes of behind-the -scenes footage. Checkout our full Wonder Woman playlist in the player below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUTa0b7J1j0&list=PL22h2b5wZwUumJ6Gjv4SiTToikGswK3et&sns=em AppleNews users click here to view the playlist in full. Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised…
Though the series won’t debut until mid season The CW has shown off its first footage from Black Lightning. At a press event to unveil its 2017/18 season schedule gathered press were given the chance to see a near three minute preview which we’ve got for you in the player below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZpJeuXo2CY Some unexpected news was announced during the event – Black Lightning will NOT be part of the universe shared by sister series Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl. Instead the series will exist as a standalone. We also now have a much more details synopsis…
With just two weeks left until the films release promotion for Wonder Woman is in to overdrive. Today Entertainment Weekly has unveiled its latest cover to feature the Amazonian heroine. We don’t yet have any gossip from the article itself but we do have a look at eight pictures featured in the magazine, including its cover. Checkout all our coverage of Wonder Woman here. Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a…
Our first look at the new Star Trek series is finally here! Overnight CBS All Access with partners Netflix unveiled the first trailer for Star Trek: Discovery as well as releasing a teaser poster. The trailer, which you can view in the player below, gives us proper first looks at the ships, uniforms and alien designs for the series. Although there isn’t a huge amount of plot given away we do get to see a fair amount of action from the series first batch of episodes. Fans will instantly notice that the series has kept some of the aesthetic from…
TV network ABC has announced its programming schedule for the 2017/18 season setting the launch date for Inhumans. The show will take a Friday night timeslot running from 9pm. Notably missing from the launch lineup was the recently renewed Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. which we now understand will be returning at mid season after Inhumans completes its run. Friday night is typically known as the timeslot of death, where many great genre shows have gone to die after suffering ratings slumps. New shows starting out on Friday nights often tend to start low and drop lower never succeeding to a…
After a couple of weeks of waiting patiently the final Wonder Woman trailer has finally been released to the international press. It’s slightly modified to the version we first saw but there’s no huge spoilers to be had… sorry those of you hoping for Ares. He’s staying secret until June 1, 2017. Head down the page of a gallery of exclusive HD images from the final trailer.