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…
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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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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…
What is arguably one of the best moments in ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ has been released online. Featuring the theme tune ‘Who’s the Bat(man)’ by Patrick Stump this clip comes from the films third act. That means BEWARE SPOILERS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZeYddv6C7A&sns=em The clip comes courtesy of Warner Bros. Thailand. ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ took an estimated $55.6M at the North American box office at the weekend. Currently the film is due to cross the $100M mark at the worldwide box office this week. You can checkout our review and our playlist of ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ videos now. Will Arnett reprises…
With production now underway on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ its cast is continuing to grow. Official website StarTrek.com last night announced a trio of new characters for the show. Terry Serpico (‘Elementary’) joins the cast as Admiral Anderson, described as a high-ranking Starfleet official. Maulik Pancholy (‘Weeds’) joins the crew of the USS Shenzhou as Dr. Nambue and will act as the Chief Medical Officer. Finally Sam Vartholomeos (‘The Following’) will play Ensign Connor. His character is described as aJunior Officer in Starfleet Academy who is assigned to the Shenzhou. The above three join Sonequa Martin-Green as the series lead alongside…
Rumours have been swirling for a while now about the future of the ‘X-Men’ franchise. After the disappointing box office returns of last entry ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ there have been talk of reboots, spin-offs or simply resting the franchise altogether. Last night actress Sophie Turner (‘Game of Thrones’) appeared on the red carpet at the BAFTA awards in London and was asked about the future of the franchise. Turner confirmed that she was ‘soon’ to return to her role as Jean Grey. ‘We’re about to start shooting the next X-Men, we’ve just finished shooting Season 7 of [Game of] Thrones, and…
As the films release draws ever nearer more TV spots are being released to promote ‘Logan’. The film hits cinemas in a little over three weeks and marketing is really starting to ramp up. Today four new short TV spots for the film have made their way online. Each spot focuses on a different aspect of the films plot and there are sporadic pieces of new footage throughout. You can checkout each of the TV spots in the players below! You Will Not Survive TV spot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj1OVDvtTuo TV spot 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6cRkeMNXCc TV spot 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6my-ChdKjso TV spot 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmzIaqqw5jk ‘Logan’…