Author: Neil Vagg

Overnight The Wall Street Journal has posted a really interesting article on Justice League. The article ‘Can the ‘Justice League’ Keep Up With Offbeat Superheroes?’ looks at the production and release of the film but also the future of DC Films. On the production of the film the article notes that the appointment of John Berg and Geoff Johns to head the DC Films Unit was a direct consequence of the reception to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Their appointment brought about an eleventh hour rewrite of the films script to lighten the mood of the film. Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara is also discussed as…

Disney star Asher Angel has been announced to star as Billy Batson in the upcoming Shazam film. Earlier this evening Variety exclusively broke the news that Angel, star of Andi Mack, will be joining Zachary Levi (Chuck) in the as-yet-undated picture. Rumours circulating in the press have Mark Strong (Kingsman) in talks to play the villainous Doctor Sivana. Grace Fulton is also rumoured to be joining the cast in a supporting role. David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) will direct the film from a script by Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke. Shazam is a co-production between New Line and Warner Bros. it is not yet known whether the…

The cast of Justice League open to the publichave spent the last three days promoting the film in London. We’ve already brought you news on the venue used for the press junket being at the end of the week. Now we’ve got b-roll footage from the cast photocall courtesy of Warner Bros. The cast posed for the press early on Saturday with each member of the League taking a solo moment in front of the camera before the big group show. Checkout the footage in the player below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32dE7KlFMsU Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Supermans selfless act,…

To celebrate our Justice League countdown on social media we’ve got a gallery of all the promotional posters released for the film. Each day we’re counting down towards the film on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages with a new image from the film. We’ve brought together all of the films promotional posters which have been released online in to one special gallery for you. Check it out below and let us know which are your favourites in the usual way! Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Supermans selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound…

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…

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…