Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is off to a flying start at the international box office. Having opened in 37 markets already the film has taken an estimated $101.2M in its first weekend. According to Deadline that opening is 57% ahead of the first Guardians, 50% bigger than Captain America: The Winter Soldier and 19% above Thor: The Dark World. Disney along with Marvel Studios has in recent year maximised this late April/early May opening to launch several previous movies in the MCU line. Often to great success. In several key territories Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has opened higher than Captain America: Civil War. The…
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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Following the release of two TV spots earlier this week a third Wonder Woman spot has hit the web. Following the previous two spots this third, entitled ‘Goddess’, focusses a little more on the dynamic between Diana Prince (Gadot) and Major Steve Trevor (Chris Pine). Check out the new spot in the player below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnbDVsL_JpQ ‘Goddess’ – TV spot Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside…
Overnight the marketing machine for Wonder Woman cranked up in to high gear with the release of two TV spots. Signalling that we’re now in the final month before release these two short videos are packed with new footage. If you look carefully enough you may even see your first look at Ares in action in the ‘Power’ spot. It’s now only 35 days to go until the film is release so get ready for our countdown on social media by following us on Twitter and Instagram. Just search for @getyourcomicon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9waCtSVoZ0&feature=youtu.be ‘Together’ – TV spot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsJeu11shJg&feature=youtu.be ‘Power’ – TV spot Before…
Over a year ago we heard rumours that the TNT Network in the USA was working on a TV series based on the Titans/Teen Titans comics. Sadly those plans never came to fruition. Then more recently DC Comics Chief Geoff Johns teased that ‘something new’ was coming. Now we know just what he meant as today Warner Bros. and DC Comics have announced a new direct-to-customer digital service to launch in 2018. The as-yet-unnamed service will focus on DC Comics content and will launch with two brand new series. First up will be the live-action series Titans. Written by Goldsman (Star…
Exciting news for fans of the X-Men franchise over the weekend as 20th Century Fox announced their 2018 movie slate. We’ve known for some time that director Josh Boone has been working on a New Mutants film. There are also the well publicised problems that Deadpool 2 has had with keeping its directors chair filled. The anomaly has been what would happen next to the main X-Men brand following the middling success of X-Men: Apocalypse. It’s been long rumoured that Simon Kinberg would take a stab at righting the wrongs of X-Men: The Last Stand by taking another shot at…
Over the weekend we teased the release of this first trailer for Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The trailer was due to debut during The Late Show with James Corden in the US but thankfully 20th Century Fox went ahead and released it early. The almost two minute trailer gives fans a little reminder of the first film before diving head in to some new action. There are first looks at Julianne Moore and Halle Berry who are joining the franchise alongside Channing Tatum and Jeff Bridges. The returning Colin Firth also puts in an appearance. The trailer focuses, of course, on Taron Egerton…
Welcome news for fans of the truth… it’s still out there. FOX has confirmed that The X-Files will be returning for an 11th season later this year. After the success of the reboot season shown in 2016 a further 10 episode season has been commissioned. Original series starts David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will once again return to headline the series. Both stars took to twitter to celebrate the announcement with Duchovny releasing this first teaser poster. Speaking of the announcement David Madden, President, Fox Broadcasting Company said “Iconic characters, rich storytelling, bold creators – these are the hallmarks of great TV…
Earlier this week the cast and crew of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 walked the red carpet at the filmsworld premiere. From stars Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana to director James Gunn and Marvel Studios fearless leader Kevin Feige. The gang were all in attendance to show off what the press are calling potentially the best Marvel film to date. Now Disney/Marvel Studios has been kind enough to release 18 videos from the event to the press. We’ve added all those videos to our Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 playlist on YouTube which you can watch by hitting…
With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 grabbing the headlines ahead of its release next week attentions are starting to turn to the next Marvel film. Spider-Man: Homecoming debuts in cinemas this summer and Empire Magazine have a new preview in their next issue. Today, via their website, the company debuted this new photo of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker seemingly doing whatever a spider can and escaping school. Checkout the high-res photo below… A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thrilled by his…
With only five episodes remaining until the end of the season Arrow is currently on a break. The show returns with a new episode – “Dangerous Liaisons” – on April 26th. The whet your appetite The CW has released a two minute long sizzle reel. Featuring a huge number of upcoming fights the trailer shows off the returns of both Nyssa and Talia al Ghul. Although he isn’t shown in the trailer there’s a big tease for Manu Bennett as Wade Wilson/Deathstroke. There is still some confusion over his return as a stunt double has been photographed on set in costume…