With Dark Phoenix now rolling out across the world the cast want to thank fans for their support. 20th Century Fox has released two new featurettes to promote the movie. The first features Sophie Turner and members of the cast thanking fans for their support over the last two decades. The second featurette sets out to celebrate the cinematic history of the X-Men looking back over their past series of movies. You can watch both featurettes in the players below. https://youtu.be/jpGLHQH3-mw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y882k4F9jg In Dark Phoenix, the X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey.…
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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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Yesterday 20th Century Fox debuted the first poster for new space odyssey Ad Astra. Directed by James Gray the movie centres on Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) who travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father (Tommy Lee Jones) and to unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos. The movie stars Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga and Donald Sutherland with a screenplay by James Gray and Ethan Gross. Check out the…
Netflix is gearing up for the release of Jessica Jones third and final season in June. The streaming platform last night announced that a new, full trailer for the series will debut later today. In doing so they also release a new poster which you can check out below. This latest promotional image for the series featuring a mysterious stalker who seems to have his sights set on the titular detective. https://twitter.com/JessicaJones/status/1136316758271373312 Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones) is joined by an incredible returning cast that includes Rachael Taylor (Trish Walker), Carrie-Anne Moss (Jeri Hogarth), Eka Darville (Malcolm Ducasse) and new cast…
Some interesting casting news this morning. TV Line is reporting that The Royals actress Elizabeth Hurley has joined the cast of Marvel’s Runaways season three. Hurley will be taking on the role of evil sorceress Morgan le Fay. In the comics le Fay has ties to Fantastic Four villain Doctor Doom, Spider-Woman, and the legendary King Arthur. A brief statement from Marvel Television’s Jeph Loeb said: “Elizabeth Hurley is joining the Marvel Universe, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have her portraying one of the most enchanting Marvel characters.” The Runaways have left their homes (and evil parents) behind and…
Last night we were invited to the Sony offices in London for a screening of upcoming superhero-horror movie Brightburn. Whilst we were deep in to our screening Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot and Warner Bros. were dropping this intensely colourful first poster for Wonder Woman 1984. Warner Bros. has confirmed that it’s movie arm will be skipping Hall H at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. But that didn’t stop Jenkins from sharing this awesome poster artwork featuring Gal Gadot in new, gold, armour. Comic book fans will no doubt see the resemblance to Wonder Woman’s Golden Eagle armour which she…
Dark Phoenix is now in cinemas across the UK and hits North America tomorrow. In the early hours of yesterday morning the review embargo lifted and we finally got an idea of what the critics thought. At the time of writing the movie holds a score of 22% on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest of any movie in the X-Men franchise. The critics consensus, according to the site, reads: Dark Phoenix ends an era of the X-Men franchise by taking a second stab at adapting a classic comics arc — with deeply disappointing results. Here’s some snippets from the top reviews: Rolling Stone Sophie…
Fans of X-Men comics will no doubt know that the relationship between Logan and Jean Grey plays an important part of the Dark Phoenix storyline. Likewise that relationship was a huge factor in the X-Men: The Last Stand movie. With Hugh Jackman retired from the role of Wolverine/Logan it left filmmakers with an interesting conundrum when it came to Dark Phoenix. To recast the character, coax Jackman back to the role or leave him out completely. Well, in fact, the reason he was omitted from the movie may come as a surprise to you. Speaking with Rolling Stone director Simon…
Amazon Prime has unveiled the first teaser for upcoming fantasy series Carnival Row. The series comes from the mind of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Rene Echevarria, who also serves as showrunner, Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim) and Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein). The first season will run for eight episodes when it debuts in August. An official synopsis for the series reads: Carnival Row is a fantasy-noir set in a neo-Victorian city. Mythical creatures fleeing their war-torn homeland have gathered in the city, and tensions are simmering between citizens and the growing immigrant population. The series follows the investigation of a…
Finally we have some potential news on when Doctor Strange 2 might enter production. Star Benedict Wong recently appeared at Denver Pop Culture Con and LRM (via CBR) has some news for you… Whilst appearing at the convention Wong was quote as saying “I know they’ve now got a writer on board who I met at the Endgame premiere. So I think that may be happening some time next year.” What isn’t 100% clear at this stage is whether Wong meant that writing would begin next year, or whether the cameras will roll with a writer currently working on the movie. At…
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