New Star Wars: Episode IX news overnight as original cast member Billy Dee Williams is confirmed to return. It is not yet known how Lando Calrissian will return to the fold. It’s likely that in their hour of need the rebels will turn to only of the only surviving original characters to remain. The news was confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter. Williams debuted as the fan-favorite Lando in 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back and made his second and last appearance in 1983’s Return of the Jedi. The actor has often returned to voice the character in animated and gaming forms, including Star Wars Rebels…
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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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Great news for fans of the Teen Titans Go! franchise today. With the teams first movie set to drop in cinemas in just over two weeks we’ve got our first look at tracking data. Predictions from Variety place the film opening somewhere between $14m and $19m. That might seem low in this world of billion dollar blockbusters but think again. Many animated features release directly to DVD in the current market. To see an animated film based on a short form TV series opening to these numbers is an incredibly positive sign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9WhJyyTtqo&t Teen Titans Go! to the Movies is scheduled for release on…
Todd Macfarlane’s Spawn reboot is continuing to gather steam. We’ve previously heard that Jamie Foxx will be taking on the lead in the movie. Now That Hashtag Show has confirmed that Avengers star Jeremy Renner will be taking on the role of Twitch. Macfarlane had this to say of Renner’s casting: “As a first time director, I wanted to surround myself with the most talent and the most skilled people I can on all fronts. I was lucky enough to land Jason Blum and then Jamie Foxx, and I knew the person on screen the most is this police officer, Twitch Williams. We needed as…
It was recently announced that Deadpool 2 will be getting the extended cut treatment on home video. Now star Ryan Reynolds has confirmed we will be seeing the “Super Duper Cut” a lot sooner than expected. In a tweet yesterday Reynolds confirmed the new cut will land on Blu-Ray on August 21. The digital edition of the film will arrive on August 7. Both dates are much sooner than we anticipated. The “Super Duper Cut” will be getting its world premiere at San Diego Comic Con in a couple of weeks. Attendees with 4-Day or Saturday passes can grab tickets for the premiere…
Gal Gadot has proven what a Wonder Woman she is with a visit to a children’s hospital whilst on a break from filming Wonder Woman 1984. The actress donned her full costume to visit children at nova Children’s Hospital in Annandale, Virginia. Hospital staff, patients and parents were all quick to jump on social media to share heartwarming moments from the actress’ visit. Plenty had photos to share as you can see below. https://twitter.com/InovaHealth/status/1015317198221570048 https://twitter.com/DrCollazo/status/1015316410623459328 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk6IEzKguXb/ https://www.facebook.com/kelly.s.welch.7/posts/10216366285485194 Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @GetYourComicOn, or on Instagram at GetYourComicOn. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected].
Great news for Disney and their partner Pixar as Incredibles 2 has stolen the crown of the highest grossing animated movie of all time! According to Box Office Mojo the film has overtaken Finding Dory to take the crown. With a domestic gross fo $504m the film now leads by over $18m. Here’s a look at the top 5 animated movies: INCREDIBLES 2 $504,000,000 FINDING DORY $486,000,000 SHREK 2 $441,000,000 THE LION KING $423,000,000 TOY STORY 3 $415,000,000 Congratulations to the cast and crew! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYHJlYE4KiE Head to our YouTube channel for the full playlist of The Incredibles 2 videos. In “Incredibles 2,” Helen (voice of…
Sad news from the comics industry over the weekend as Marvel legend Steve Ditko has passed away at the age of 90. Ditko is most famous as the co-creator of iconic characters such as Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. The writer/artist was found dead in his apartment a little over a week ago. Over the weekend multiple sources confirmed his sad passing. Ditko never married and leaves no surviving family. As an icon of the golden era of comics we all have a lot to thank him for. Rest in peace to a dear friend of the comics community. Follow us…
We all knew it was coming but now it’s confirmed. Over the weekend Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom broke the $1 billion barrier at the worldwide box office. Overall it is the thirty-fifth film to cross the milestone at the box office. It is also the third film of 2018 following Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther. Having grossed a further $28.5m over the weekend in North America the current gross is $333.3m in North America. Internationally another strong weekend has seen the films gross reach $725.3m. Globally the films total is actually $1.05 billion. Congratulations to J.A. Bayona and the team at Universal! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHLhaM12mcY With…
Margot Robbie has been talking Birds of Prey to the press over the weekend. We knew the film had picked up a potential director in Cathy Yan. Though we are yet to hear any solid details on the films plot or casting it seems Margot Robbie is ready to drop some details. Speaking with Flickering Myth Robbie confirms that the film will “hopefully” be filming from January 2019. She also touches on the fact the film will shoot on a lower budget than the average superhero blockbuster. Checkout the interview in the player below: https://youtu.be/ZwVx5slwtUI Our friends at Batman-News.com also picked up on an interview Robbie…
It’s a little over a month to go until Ant-Man and The Wasp arrives here in the UK. But in the meantime the film has just completed its first weekend at the North American box office. Heading in to the weekend predictions put the film anywhere from $70m-80m. Following a successful Thursday night preview gross of $11m those expectations were raised. With the film following a similar pattern to other Marvel sequels expectations rose closer to the $95m mark. Thursday led in to a $33m Friday. The film fell around 30% on Saturday to make a further $23.6m. Whilst a further fall…