Rumours have been circulating for the last few weeks that all is not well with the cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead. Reports pointed to the revelation that actors Andrew Lincoln (Rick) and Norman Reedus (Daryl) are receiving a substantially higher wage than others on the show. Specific reports pointed to Lauren Cohan as leading the charge for equality. The actress has been with the show as Maggie Greene since season 2 and has been lobbying for equal pay across the series main cast. With her contract up for negotiation at the end of the current season this has lead to…
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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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Overnight THR has run an exclusive report on the continued shakeup over at DC Films. Back in January we learnt that Walter Hamada would be taking over as the studios new president. Hamada would take on the post vacated by Jon Berg after Justice League failed to set audiences alight. Now comes news that Chantal Nong has been tapped to be the new VP of Production. Nong has been with Warner Bros. since 2011 most recently overseeing development of The Meg, an upcoming prehistoric shark movie starring Jason Statham, and Crazy Rich Asians. She previously worked on a number of other films including 300:…
Nightwing comics has found its new writer. DC Comics has formally announced that Benjamin Percy will inherit the series from Tim Seeley. Seeley exited the post of ongoing writer with issue #34 in November. The series has featured a series of guest writers whilst the publisher sought a new permanent writer. Percy comes from successful runs on both Teen Titans and Green Arrow so is well accustomed to working at DC. In a statement Percy said “Consider how Gotham and Blüdhaven are shadow-soaked, crime-ridden environments. One of the things I love about Nightwing is his irrepressible optimism. This joy—a love of the game, a showman’s…
Marvel Comics has today announced that its whole universe will be receiving a makeover. Later in 2018, roughly May-time, will see the entire line get what they are calling a ‘fresh start’. Earlier this evening the company released the following promotional video for the project: Very few details have been released so far but we do have some tidbits of info for you: Avengers series under the banner of Uncanny Avengers, Secret Avengers and New Avengers will be coming to an end. This is in an effort to streamline the franchise.A new Avengers series will bring together a new team featuring Black Panther, Iron Man, Doctor Strange,…
Say what you will about the bulk of the DC Films slate that has been released so far. One thing that fans will all agree on is that seeing the DC Films ident for the first time attached to Wonder Woman was a rousing moment of pride and excitement. From the echoes of Justice League’s animated series to the full cast shot it’s quite a visual feat and one which stands apart from the various Marvel Studios logos that we’ve seen in the last decade. We thought we’d take a deeper look at moments from the ident just to see what tidbits we…
UPDATE: the official figures have now been released and Black Panther performed even better than we could have hoped. The official figures for the three-day weekend in North America has risen to $202m! With the Monday estimate of $33m that means that the four-day holiday weekend opening is approximately $235m. This is an unprecedented success for a solo entry in to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The worldwide gross is now estimated at $404m. At first he was tracking for a $100m opening weekend, then $150m and then $200m. It seems that Black Panther has become an unstoppable juggernaut at the box office and now we…
A new rumour courtesy of Aquaman Shrine has brought us a small update on the character of Mera. In DC Comics New 52 era we know that Mera’s father promised her hand in marriage to king Nereus of Atlantis. The character falls helplessly in love with Arthur putting the two men at odds. Now this rumour points to Nereus being the father of Mera in James Wan’s Aquaman. We have little information to go on other than the rumour itself. But this would not be an entirely baseless ideas given that Amber Heard is 31 and Nereus is being portrayed by 61 year…
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. 25 seasons of adapting the Super Sentai series for the American market, 3 movies and countless toys and comics books and the franchise is still going strong. Over the weekend Saban Brands announced some details on the future of the long-running franchise. Firstly the company has extended its deal with Nickelodeon to continue airing future series of the TV show. Beginning in 2019 will be Power Rangers Beast Morphers. Check out the press release from both companies below: Los Angeles, CA – February 12, 2018 – Saban Brands and Nickelodeon today announced the continuation of…
The lovely people over at SyFy are in the final countdown for the premiere of Krypton. Just over a month to go now and still much of this show remains a mystery. The latest batch of promo artwork to be release focusses on the various houses that make up the Kryptonian civilisation (and funnily enough the shows main cast). Check them out below. Set two generations before the destruction of Superman’s home planet, KRYPTON follows Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe), the legendary Man of Steel’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed. With Krypton’s leadership in disarray, Seg-El encounters…
AMC Theatres has released a brand new IMAX trailer for Pacific Rim: Uprising and it’s perhaps the most exciting trailer yet! Lasting almost three minutes we can to see John Boyega and his team of Jaegers taking on what is believed to be a HUGE category 6 Kaiju monster. Check out the new trailer in the tweet below: https://twitter.com/AMCTheatres/status/964152340419813377 You can also find the films first trailer here and a gallery of images from it here! Pacific Rim: Uprising is directed by Steven S. DeKnight based on a script by Guillermo del Toro, Zack Penn, John Spaihts, Derek Connolly, Emily Carmichael, Kira…