Just last week the press wrote off Matt Reeves as the new director of ‘The Batman’. Today Warner Bros. one-upped it’s naysayers by officially announcing that Reeves has signed on to take the directors chair. A short time ago Warner released the following statement: BURBANK, Calif. Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Matt Reeves (DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, CLOVERFIELD) has been set to direct THE BATMAN. Reeves will also serve as a producer on the new standalone action adventure centering on one of DCs most enduringly popular Super Heroes. The announcement was made by Toby Emmerich, President…
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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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Today marks one month to go until the release of ‘Power Rangers’! The marketing machine behind the monster reboot is beginning to go in to overdrive. Fans browsing the PowerRangersMovie.com website are now able to hold a virtual ‘chat’ with character Alpha 5. We won’t spoil the fun but you will be asked to train to become a Ranger and learn a few snippets of info about the films storyline. Upon successful completion of Ranger training fans are rewarded with one of five new posters which you can view in the gallery below. A second TV spot for the film…
Following on from the prologue sequence ‘Last Supper’ we’ve just received 18 HD stills from ‘Alien: Covenant’. Featuring stills from the film as well as behind-the-scenes shots you can see the full gallery below and on our Facebook page. Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with ALIEN: COVENANT, a new chapter in his groundbreaking ALIEN franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination,…
Earlier this week the first cast photo for ‘Alien: Covenant’ was released via the films official Twitter account. 20th Century Fox also took the opportunity to announce that a promo for the film was due this week. That promo took the form of a video shown during this weeks episode of ‘Legion’ on FX. Fans expected the first teaser for the film or a short sizzle reel. However that was not the case. The promo is in fact a four and a half minute prologue film! ‘The Last Supper’ serves to introduce viewers to the main cast of ‘Alien: Covenant’.…
The first reactions from press and fans for ‘Logan’ are in. The verdict? Resoundingly positive! We’ve pulled together a few snippets to help whet your appetite for the films release on March 3rd, 2017. Empire Yes, the Wolverine movie without ‘Wolverine’ in the title is definitely the best one yet: grown-up, ballsy, character-driven and grounded. It feels right that it should be the last one, but it also feels a bit of a shame. Rating: 4 stars out of 5 IGN Logan is in many ways an emotional, heavy picture, but it’s also an uplifting one that reminds us that…
Breaking news overnight via THR, director Matt Reeves has stepped away from talks with Warner Bros. over ‘The Batman’. A ‘studio source’ has confirmed to the press that around one week after entering the talks Reeves has left proceedings. The source concludes that Warner and Reeves could come back to the table once heads have cooled. In the meantime Warner Bros. will now look to one of its other options. Before Reeves entered formal talks it was reported that Warner Bros. were also courting famed director Ridley Scott and relative newcomer Fede Alvarez. Could one of these two be back…
May the power protect you! A third trailer for Lionsgate and Saban’s ‘Power Ranger’ was unveiled last night via the films Facebook page. Using a unique way to capture viewers attention the live video was required to hit 75K reactions before the trailer would be played. Fans around the globe jumped in to action and in a little over an hour the trailer was released. Although mainly made up of footage seen in the previous two trailers there are a few small moments of new footage. This trailer clocks in around one minute in length and does expand on moments…
Very strange news has broken overnight. Several high profile sources are reporting that Mel Gibson is being courted by Warner Bros. to direct ‘Suicide Squad 2’! The news was first reported by Deadline as an aside to a story about his work with Paramount Pictures. THR followed suit with an article stating their sources had heard Gibson was ‘familiarising himself with the material’. Variety added fuel to the fire but noted that Ruben Fleischer (‘Zombieland’), Daniel Espinosa (‘Safe House’), and Jonathan Levine (‘Warm Bodies’) are also in early talks for taking on the job. DCEU fans are most likely familiar with…
Brief news on the new ‘Power Rangers’ movie today. As ticket retailers begin to offer tickets for the March 24th release they are also publicising the films runtime. UK cinema chain Cineworld are advertising the film as running at exactly 120 minutes (2 hours). Some US websites are promoting the time as 124 minutes (2hrs 4mins). We have to say that’s around half-an-hour longer than we expected but we’re excited to see just how much action this film can conjure up! Directed by Dean Israelite, Saban’s ‘Power Rangers’ stars Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin, featuring…
With its release drawing ever nearer another new ‘Logan’ poster has hit the web. This special painted poster has been released to promote the IMAX release of the film. With the sun setting on Hugh Jackman’s time in the Wolverine role it was only fitting that the artwork send him off in style. With the film often drawing comparisons to an old style Western the marketing team have gone and drawn up a poster to match. Featuring the main cast and a host of villainous foes the poster really evokes the feeling of the first ‘Logan’ trailer. Speaking to the press Twentieth…