Breaking news from Disney this evening: director J.J. Abrams has been confirmed to return to the Star Wars universe. Following the mutually agreed departure of Colin Trevorrow from the project last week Disney has negotiated a deal to bring Abrams back for Star Wars IX. It is believed that Abrams will be rewriting the script for Star Wars IX as well as directing the project. The script, originally written by Tevorrow and Jack Thorne, will be rewritten by Abrams and Chris Terrio. An official statement from Disney reads: J.J. Abrams, who launched a new era of Star Wars with The Force…
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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The sad news has broken today that a legend of the comic book world, Len Wein, has passed away. He was 69 years-old. The famed writer and editor was perhaps best known for creating Wolverine and co-creating Swamp Thing. Beyond creating these two iconic character Wein also worked closely with Alan Moore on editing of Watchmen and was a regular contributor to Batman and Green Lantern at DC. For a time he worked as Editor-in-Chief in at Marvel where he masterminded The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk and also worked on The Fantastic Four. Wein’s legacy will live on for years,…
After the success and mass acclaim of the Batman: Arkham series so far fans have been desperate for news of any new games. The series began back in 2009 with Arkham Asylum and was following by Arkham City in 2011, Arkham Origins in 2013 and finally Arkham Knight 2015. Aside from Arkham Origins all of the games in the franchise have been developed by British studio Rocksteady. Origins was developed by Warner Bros. in house Montreal studio. There were rumours some time ago of a new game being developed by Rocksteady but now those rumours have been dispelled by none…
Great news for fans of Wonder Woman today, Patty Jenkins has signed on to direct a sequel! Variety exclusively broke the story earlier tonight that Jenkins has closed a deal with Warner Bros. to return. With over $800m in the bank at the worldwide box office Jenkins has reportedly been offered a contract in the $8m range to write and direct the sequel. Wonder Woman remains in cinemas across the globe and recently crossed the $409m mark at the North American box office. Gal Gadot is expected to the return to the role of Diana Prince in the planned 2019…
Well Marvel’s Inhumans finally made it’s bow at the box office. After a slew of negative reviews and a serious lack of buzz the film was able to garner enough attention to make $1.5m at the North American box office. Heading in to the weekend box office predictions put the 75 minute presentation at a possible $2m. But with the review embargo lifting so late and an inevitable barrage of bad press brought that number down. Though Rotten Tomatoes is yet to give the series an official score the audience anticipation rating has fallen to a mere 57%. Working in…
First it was happening, then it wasn’t announced at SDCC but still happening, then it wasn’t happening and now… we’re confused. But it would appear that Gotham City Sirens is still in development at Warner Bros. After all the noise this week regarding a rumoured Joker/Harley Quinn film an ‘insider’ from WB has spoken with Forbes about what’s going on. First up is either a presumption about the Joker/Harley films title or some insider info but the project is now being referred to as Mad Love. A reference to the BTAS episode and subsequent graphic novel which filled in the blanks…
We’ve known since the packing previews for Batman and Harley Quinn were released that the next DC Comics animated film would be an adaptation of Gotham by Gaslight. The Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola comic was originally released back in 1989 (a good year for Bat-fans) and spawn a 1991 sequel Master of the Future. Having ventured in to the domain on magic with Justice League Dark this is the DCAU’s first foray in to the plethora of Elseworlds stories using DC Comics characters. The near 8 minute preview is available in the player below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woa8JjGpGLY Gotham by Gaslight is…
For over fifteen issues Boom Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series has focussed on the series original team. The team of Jason, Billy, Zack, Trini, Kimberley and Tommy have been through a lot as the series has focused on new stories rather than adapting episodes of the TV series. Now a variant cover for the twenty-first issue of the series has given us a look at a different version of the team. Though the characters are not mentioned in the synopsis the image below clearly shows Rocky, Adam and Aisha taking the places of Jason, Billy and Trini. Fans of…
Whilst the cameras are still rolling on the Han Solo film it appears that the next stage in the Star Wars saga has been unveiled. Rumours from The Hollywood Reporter claim that Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry is in talks with Disney/Lucasfilm to helm the film. Well today Omega Underground has revealed the films working title as Joshua Tree. The site believes this is in reference to Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California. The park could be used as a filming location for the movie and if it is well it certainly bares a striking resemblance to Tattooine. Ewan…
The DC Extended Universe rumours continue. We’ve just brought you stories on Joker and The Batman well now it’s Gotham City Sirens turn to go through the gossip rags. First up the film was the films lack of inclusion at the SDCC 2017 Warner Bros. panel. Though David Ayer commented on the film separately at comic con fans were worried that the writing was on the wall. Next came news from The Hollywood Reporter that Margot Robbie and Jared Leto were re-teaming for a Joker & Harley Quinn movie. Today The Tracking Board are reporting that Joker & Harley is…