Author: Mark Salcido

Comic book adaptations have been all the rage for at least a decade. It seems like the genre—you read that correctly—shows no sign of slowing down, and why would it? Every week there’s a news story about some beloved Marvel, DC, Vertigo, or Image character jumping from the funny pages onto the big screen. The impending streaming wars has shown signs of services like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ relying on comic book properties to bring in new subscribers and new binge-watching obsessions to their multi-million-dollar companies. It would only seem fitting that Amazon Studios put their name in the cowl…

Spider-Man: Far From Home was the bookend of Marvel’s Phase 3 and many fans were on the edge of the seats waiting to see what would happen next. There wasn’t really in big clues in the end credits of the latest Spider-Man in regard to the MCU as a whole, but we at least know where the web-crawler might turn up. It wasn’t until this year’s San Diego Comic-Con when fans found out what is to come from Marvel Studios Phase 4. The lineup is very impressive with many from the previous MCU phases returning while also adding a nice…

So many huge announcements that burst out of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con and not enough websites to report on the same story. This year’s event garnered a lot of news and Marvel’s Hall H panel was the big one that took home most of it. Marvel Studios showed their lineup of movies and show for Phase 4 to an awestruck audience. One of them was Disney + soon to be released show Falcon and The Winter Solider that will see the return of actor Daniel Brühl as Baron Zemo. Baron Zemo is considered one of Captain America’s most dangerous…

The news about Marvel Studios redoing the Blade franchise has been going nonstop since it was announced this past Saturday and shows no sign of slowing down. The new film starring two-time Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali doesn’t have a release date but fans of the character are already super hyped. Many had hoped that Wesley Snipes—the previous Blade—would once again don the shades and slice up some vampires in the near future but the actor is more than willing to past the torch to Ali. Now that the fans are most likely accepting of the new actor, a campaign has…

It’s never a good day when a life is lost and sadly another one has left this mortal plane. Cult and sometimes mainstream actor Rutger Hauer has died at the age of 75. Though the man lived a healthy life his acting legacy will live on. The sci-fi and genre actor passed after a short illness—what that illness is, we don’t know—last Friday, July 19th. His funeral has come and went but the news of his death is still hard-hitting for many fans that enjoyed his unique style of acting. Hauer’s career as an actor expands over decades in Hollywood.…

It’s been a long while since audience members and fans of the Pitch Black series have seen Richard B. Riddick on the big or small screen. The character that propelled Vin Diesel into superstardom has been a favorite among sci-fi fans since the character showed his glowing eyes. Though Diesel has been busy with his Fast and Furious franchise, the idea of returning to the character has never left the mind of the actor. Fortunately for us, it seems like we might be getting another adventure with everyone’s favorite Furyan soon in Riddick 4. Vin Diesel can usually be seen…

Even though Jon Watt’s Spider-Man: Far From Home still brings in the big bucks at the box-office, the movie might have never happened without Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. The film released back in 2002 was a huge hit for Sony Pictures and warranted two sequels with varying degrees of success. One factor that was also consistent in these movies was several great horror-like shots from Raimi. Who can forget that memorable surgical scene in Spider-Man 2 featuring Doctor Octopus murdering a room full of doctors with his tentacles?  Another consistent trademark from Raimi in his Spider-Man movies is the legendary actor…

It: Chapter 2 is the horror film everyone is waiting to see this year. The previous movie—which was released in 2017—was a mega-hit at the box-office and it was only a matter of time when the sequel would hit the theaters. The casting of older versions of The Losers Club looks perfectly fully realized and the hype for the sequel only grew more once a full trailer dropped online. The story this time around will follow the gang 27 years later to relive the horror that they thought was defeated and find out more about themselves than expected. Fortunately for us,…

Despite many fans of the Marvel eagerly waiting for Disney/Fox merger to complete, some people were worried about what type of control the studio would have over Deadpool, X-Men, and Fantastic 4. The deal that is worth up to close to $53 billion—you read that right—have been set in stone and some of the rights to these characters would in up back home with Marvel. As we all know, Kevin Feige is the head honcho over at Marvel Studios and has been doing a bang-up job with their characters. So, one would summarize that the control of Fox’s Marvel properties…

One of the biggest news to come out of San Diego Comic-Con this year is the casting of Marvel’s Blade. The character has been portrayed by a series of actors or voice actors, but most folks recognize Wesley Snipes has the Daywalker behind the shades. His role in Blade, Blade 2, and Blade Trinity has gathered a huge fanbase over the years and rumors were circling that the actor might return to the role. That rumor was put to rest once two-time Oscar winner actor Mahershala Ali was announced to take on the role that made Wesley Snipes a household…