Author: 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.

Titans streams new episodes on Friday’s via the DC Universe platform. The second season will debut internationally on Netflix later in 2019. Synopsis Conner Kent and Krypto escape from Cadmus Labs. His search for the truth about his past leads him to Lionel Luthor and genetic scientist Dr. Eve Watson. Review Let’s just get the audacious Titans fanboying out of the way first: season 2 is absolutely killing it! I am hanging on every moment of this show. Right… let’s move on to being objective. “Conner” is an episode which is very much in the vein of season 1 episodes…

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It’s been a little while since Deadpool was on the big screen. His last outing being the Christmas 2018 re-release of Deadpool 2. Following that the character has been in a state of flux as Disney procured 20th Century Fox. Now in an interview with Entertainment Weekly writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have been discussing how the merger may (or may not) impact on how the Merc With a Mouth is presented on the silver screen. “We’re always in touch with Ryan,” said Wernick. “We’ve got several projects with him in addition to the Deadpool universe. I think the party line…

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Marvel is set to debut a new annual based on the Black Cat character, Black Cat Annual #1 hits stores in November and we have a preview of the awesome artwork in this new press release… Spidey and Black Cat are getting hitched… ? The Black Cat is crossing Spider-Man’s path once again — is that path really going to be towards an altar? Going by the cover and some of the preview art provided by the Merry Marvel Bullpen, it sure looks like the cat-buglar and Wall-Crawler are headed towards wedded bliss in BLACK CAT ANNUAL #1, out Wednesday, November 13! Written by Jed…

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Zombieland: Double Tap is in cinemas across the UK from today. Synopsis A decade after Zombieland became a hit film and a cult classic, the lead cast (Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone) have reunited with director Ruben Fleischer (Venom) and the original writers Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (Deadpool) for Zombieland 2: Double Tap. In the sequel, written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and Dave Callaham, through comic mayhem that stretches from the White House and through the heartland, these four slayers must face off against the many new kinds of zombies that have evolved…

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This holiday season, 20th Century Fox is hoping to have an animated hit on its hands with Spies In Disguise. The studio has now released the third trailer for the Will Smith and Tom Holland starring film. This latest trailer shows off a whole lot more of the films characters and gives us a better idea of what to expect when the film hits cinemas in December. Of course there’s also plenty of comedy spy action to show off as Smith and Holland navigate the spy world. Check it out in the player below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3AJB7BogUw Super spy Lance Sterling (Will…

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In case you missed it: late last night for us Europeans it was announced that Matt Reeves The Batman has found its Riddler. THR first reported the news that Wildlife and 12 Years A Slave actor Paul Dano had been tapped for the role. Dano is a Golden Globe nominee who has also starred in There Will Be Blood, and Okja. Dano’s casting comes hot on the heels of the news that Jonah Hill had dropped out of the running to join the cast. We understand that Warner Bros. was touting Hill for the role of Penguin but that he was…

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Deadline is reporting yet another casting announcement for Warner Bros. upcoming fourth film in The Matrix franchise. In the last week alone we’ve learned that Neil Patrick Harris and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II have boarded the Lana Wachowski directed picture. There are also rumours that Jada Pinkett Smith will return to the franchise. This time it’s the turn of Iron Fist and Game of Thrones actress Jessica Henwick to join the franchise. The trade understands that Henwick joins the film after a lengthy audition process and will play a Neo-like character at the forefront of the new film. The film will…

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The cast of The CW’s Crisis On Infinite Earths has grown again as IGN has revealed that Stephen Lobo (Continuum) has joined the cast. According to the site Lobo – don’t get confused with the name! – is joining the Arrowverse in the role of Detective Jim Corrigan also known as The Spectre! Fans began to speculate that Spectre would be joining the action following a tweet from Arrow star Stephen Amell over the weekend. https://twitter.com/StephenAmell/status/1183659504228921349 Executive producer Marc Guggenheim has expressed his own excitement at adding Lobo to the cast, “Fans of the Crisis on Infinite Earths comic know…

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Dark Horse Comics has announced a new series from Descendent writer Stephanie Phillips and artist Dean Kotz (Mars Attacks). Get all the details on The Butcher of Paris in the press release below. On May 25, 1946, Marcel Petiot, dubbed the Butcher of Paris, was executed for his numerous horrific crimes. InButcher of Paris, writer Stephanie Phillips (Descendent, Devil Within), artist Dean Kotz (Mars Attacks), colorist Jason Wordie (Penny Dreadful, Johnny Red), and letterer Troy Peteri (Witchblade, The Darkness) delve into the historical, true-crime thriller about a killer wanted by both the Nazis and Allied Forces for the death of…

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Things have been quiet on the Black Widow front for the last few weeks. We understand that the film has completed principal photography and that director Cate Shortland is now hard at work on the film’s edit. But Scarlett Johansson recently appeared at the Elle Women in Hollywood dinner and made some interesting comments on the film. The New YorkTimes’ Kyle Buchanan was present for the dinner and tweeted the exchange in which Johansson referred to Black Widow as a “‘standalone franchise'”. Could the film be the first adventure in a series of solo-outing for the character? https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/status/1183973122690564096 Black Widow…

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