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.

The Star Trek Universe made a huge splash across the summer convention schedule and a new article from Deadline points to CBS attempting to make a similar impression at New York Comic Con in October. As part of the Star Trek celebrations at NYCC there will be a transporter experience, beaming fans in to an experience like no other. Here’s the announcement from CBS: U.S.S. DISCOVERY TRANSPORTER EXPERIENCECBS All Access invites fans attending New York Comic Con to step aboard the U.S.S. Discovery and travel to strange and distant lands through an immersive transporter experience. The transporter experience will be…

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Up until SDCC and D23 Marvel Studios has remained almost entirely silent about Black Widow. We knew it was happening despite the lack of recognition from the studio but it seems Marvel is working on something pretty special. Early footage screened at those conventions brought back memories of Captain America: Winter Soldier which made hold as a highlight moment in the MCU. Now Natasha Romanoff herself, Scarlett Johansson, has opened up about the death of the character in Avengers: Endgame and how it feels to finally be making a solo movie. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Johansson candidly discussed killing off…

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Variety is reporting that Midsommar actor Will Poulter is to be one of the headline stars in Amazon Prime’s upcoming Lord of the Rings series. As with most of the casting announcements across various projects this week, we have no idea who Poulter will be playing but we understand that he will be one of the series leads. The series is set to enter production soon with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom director J.A. Bayona taking on the first couple of episodes. Taking a fresh look at the franchise the Amazon show will be set in the second-age of J.R.R Tolkien’s…

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The annual BFI London Film Festival is right around the corner and in readiness we now have the full programme of events. As previously announced The Personal History of David Copperfield is set to open the festival whilst Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman will close the festival in grand style. Other gala screenings will include Rian Johnsons Knives Out which debuts on Tuesday 8 October with its world premiere. The film will also screen through the festival until Sunday 13 October. This year’s BFI Patrons Gala will be Tom Hanks’ new film A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood which see’s him…

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Hot on the heels on the incredibly successful Star Trek Universe panel at SDCC and the Star Trek Las Vegas convention it’s been announced that a lineup of Trek stars will be appearing at New York Comic Con in October. In a similar setup to the SDCC extravaganza Deadline has learned that Trek will take over the Hulu Theatre in Madison Square Garden for a panel from 1pm running through to 2:30pm on Saturday, October 5. Appearing at the panel will be Patrick Stewart, Star Trek: Discovery’s Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz and David Ajala…

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During the SDCC and D23 conventions Marvel proudly showed off its upcoming What If…? series which joins the Disney+ streaming service. The series is said to feature 23 episodes each with ties to the current MCU universe but twisting their stories. Now Twitter user Cosmic (via CBM) has shared some leaked preview images from the series. We’ve got looks at T’Challa’s Starlord, Captain Britain, a Skinny Steve Rogers and also Zombie Captain America! Check out the full gallery below. What If…? will join the Disney+ streaming service sometime in 2020. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @GetYourComicOn, or on Instagram…

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TVLine has released its latest preview for the upcoming TV season which begins in the next few weeks. As part of their preview the site has shown off new images from both Arrow and The Flash. As you can see from the photos below the new images show off updated costumes for a number of our DCTV favourites. Barry Allen is wearing a New 52 era inspired Flash costume which features more gold accents and lightning bolt trim. He’s edging even closer to that comic book shade of red too. This is possibly the best his suit has ever looked.…

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New York Comic Con is coming up next month and organisers have begun to announce panels which will be taking place across the weekend. One of those panels will be a celebration of 20 years of Batman Beyond. The convention takes place only a couple of weeks before the release of the new Blu-ray™ set which features the stunningly remastered series in HD. The voices of Bruce Wayne and Terry McGinnis, Kevin Conroy and Will Friedle will be on hand to discuss their experiences in making the show. We’re attending NYCC this year and can guarantee you we’ll be queuing…

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The Batman Who Laughs took Scott Snyder even further down the dark path of The Dark Knight. Following on from Dark Knight’s Metal the series took a deep dive on the Batman of an alternative universe and was a truly chilling series to read. Now DC Comics has collected all seven issues together in a new collected edition which hit book stores this week. DC Comics has released this hugely stylised new trailer for the release which could not be a more perfect representation of the horror within. Check out the trailer in the player below. The Batman Who Laughs…

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Remember back in March 2018 when Tomb Raider returned to cinemas starring Alicia Vikander? That film went on to gross $275m worldwide and now we finally have news on a sequel! Yesterday it was announced that a second film, which we’ll call Tomb Raider 2 for now, will be hitting cinemas on March 21, 2021. That’s a solid three year gap between releases. We’ve been hearing for some time that the creative team were working on a script for the sequel but now we know that A Field in England director Ben Wheatley will be taking over from Roar Uthaug.…

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