Author: James Hadden

This year is a very special year for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, because 2018 marks ten years since the critically acclaimed shared universe began with Iron Man. One of the ways that the franchise is celebrating this is with Avengers: Infinity War, the culmination of the Eighteen films that came before it. However, it seems as though Marvel are only really taking the films into account with the marketing making no reference to any of the small screen heroes who populate the universe. This has led fans to believe that there is no place for these characters in the universe.…

After years of female characters in films being reduced to either damsels in distress or love interests, it seems like Hollywood is finally giving us more strong women in our films. One of the most notable franchises to do this is Star Wars. However, a small minority of fans are none too happy about this invasion of their fandom and have taken matters into their own hands by creating a ‘De-Feminized’ cut of the latest film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi  – …yes, I’m afraid you read that right. Men’s Rights Activists took it upon himself to edit Rian Johnson’s…

Back in 2013, Warner Bros. shocked us all by announcing that Daredevil actor, Ben Affleck would be taking the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in the burgeoning DC film universe. Despite many at the time believing this casting to be a mistake, Affleck’s portrayal of the hero in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League has seemingly won around his naysayers. However recently, many reports have pointed to actor looking to vacate the role, with Matt Reeves’ upcoming solo Batman film set to feature somebody else donning the Cape and Cowl. Thankfully, it sounds as though we will still…

If there is one thing which Science Fiction writers love writing, it’s a Dystopian society ruled over by an oppressive government. This is the story we are set to see in HBO’s latest Television Movie, Farenheit 451, which is set to be a gritty take on Ray Bradbury’s classic tale. Now the Network have released a teaser trailer to give us an idea of what to expect. Read on to find out more. The movie, which is set to star Michael B. Jordan in the lead role takes place in the aforementioned dystopian future where the leaders use the media…

With all the excitement caused by Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the studio still has projects on the horizon. However it seems like some of those films may actually be getting further away with the news that the upcoming New Mutants and Gambit movies will be pushed back, with one of them being a significant change. Read on to find out more. THR is reporting that The New Mutants, which was initially due to be released this year on April 13th will now be released a whopping ten months later on February 22nd…

At the moment it seems as though everyday, another male celebrity is accused of some form of sexual harassment. This week alone we have seen it in the form of The Disaster Artist’s James Franco and Marvel Legend Stan Lee. The latest actor to find himself on the receiving end of these allegations is Ant-Man and The Wasp star, Michael Douglas, however this time the actor has tried to preempt the damage and has released a statement denying the claims. Read on to find out more. The actor was recently contacted by The Hollywood Reporter and Variety in regards to…

Jurassic World was a film which featured Dinosaurs running amok in a theme park, Raptors being trained like a dog and a Half-Raptor, Half-Tyrannosaur Monster causing chaos, yet the thing that audience goers found hardest to believe – Bryce Dallas Howard spending the whole of the film in high heels. However it sounds as though this won’t be an issue in the upcoming sequel, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. After the controversy surrounding the scene in the first film, which saw Howard’s Claire outrunning an adult Tyrannosaurus Rex, sequel director J.A. Bayona has assured fans that we won’t be seeing a…

Disney’s Live Action adaption of Aladdin has had a pretty bad go of it so far. First, it was the controversy surrounding the casting of the Half-White, Half-Indian actress Naomi Scott as Jasmine, a role which many fans believed should by an actress of Arabic descent and now the production has been bit with another scandal, this time for supposedly ‘Browning Up’ it’s extras. According to Deadline, news of this scandal was picked up by various media outlets in the U.K. who reported that the Guy Ritchie directed flick was apparently changing the ethnicity of some of it’s extras to look…

Comic Book fans will undoubtedly recognize Vin Diesel as the voice of the lovable sentient tree, Groot (and his adorable younger counterpart), in the hugely successful Guardians of the Galaxy series. But now it looks as though the Fast and the Furious actor is eyeing up another comic book movie in the form of Valiant Comics, Bloodshot, according to an article from The Wrap. The film is expected to be part of five film shared universe created by Sony Pictures beginning, however it is intended to be the second film in the franchise which is set to begin with Harbinger.…

The Sixties and Seventies have got to be the golden era of science fiction films, with franchises such as Star Wars, Star Trek and Doctor Who becoming pop culture phenomenons still ingrained in the public consciousness to this day. The seventies also saw the arrival of a very different type of science fiction franchise, Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise, yet despite its acclaim it never saw the success that the other franchise’s saw, something which Scott himself doesn’t understand. In a recent interview with The Toronto Sun about his new film, All the Money in the World, Scott was asked about…