Author: James Hadden

So far the majority of the heroes in the marvel universe have been American, African Princes and Asgardian Deitys notwithstanding. But now it sounds as though we may see some heroes emerge from the other side of the pond. A tweet from poster artist, Ciara McAvoy seemingly reveals that we may soon be seeing Brian Braddock AKA Captain Britain grace our screens. The tweet, which you can see below also gives us a potential look at the characters costume in all it’s Britishness. https://twitter.com/ciaramcavoy1/status/711200774127284224 The artist then went on to reveal when we may be seeing the show https://twitter.com/ciaramcavoy1/status/712278701283647488 Whether…

Back before Marvel regained the rights to The Man without Fear and brought us the incredible series currently on Netflix, Fox was looking at bringing the character back to the big screen with a very different take, footage of which has recently been making the rounds on the internet again. The reboot would have been brought to life by Smokin’ Aces director Joe Carnahan who planned on setting the film in the seventies and giving it an NC-17 rating. Carnahan even went so far as to create a sizzle reel for his proposed vision featuring footage from various films including…

The second season of Daredevil hasn’t even been on Netflix for a week, but that hasn’t stopped leading man Charlie Cox looking at the future – more specifically who he would like to see the man without fear face-off against next season. Whilst taking part in a conference with CinemaBlend, Cox revealed that  the foe he would most like to take on would be the assassin Bullseye. The Boardwalk Empire actor revealed: ‘If we are fortunate enough to continue making the Daredevil series, I can’t imagine doing a run of Daredevil where Bullseye doesn’t show up at some point. It…

Last night saw the world premiere of the eagerly anticipated Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice and while official reviews are still under the embargo, the first responses to the film have already started to emerge. Read on to see what they’re saying. Earlier reports had stated that Warner Brothers was nervous about the film as early screenings had a somewhat negative reception. It now sounds as though that may not be the case because as you can see from the tweets below, the audience seemed to love the film. The majority of the praise seemed to be directed at…

Since the early days of Comic Books, there has always been comparisons and now that seems to have carried over into the world of comic book movies, specifically between Marvel and DC. Now Man of Steel director Zack Snyder has spoken out about these comparisons. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Snyder made a valid point on how these comparisons are unimportant to much of the general audience revealing: ‘You have these two giant comic book powers, and it would make sense that they would in some ways be compared to each other. It’s like comparing Downton Abbey…

Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice may still be a week away but we’re already hearing about the films release on home media, more specifically, the R-Rated version of the film which already has the internet buzzing with excitement. The Hollywood Reporter recently spoke to the films director Zack Snyder and producer Deborah Snyder about the R-rated cut as well as the rumors that it was the success of Deadpool which brought about the rush for this version. Deborah Snyder told the reporters: ‘Online, everyone’s like, “Oh, they’re doing an R-rated in reaction to Deadpool,” and you’re like (laughing), “We…

It was all but confirmed that Game of Thrones actor, Finn Jones will be taking the mantle of Iron Fist in Netflix’s upcoming series of the name same, but now we finally have word from Marvel and Netflix that this is in fact the case. As well as a confirmation, we also had a comment from show runner Scott Buck about Jones’ casting. He explained: “Danny Rand is a very complicated character. He’s a billionaire New York Buddhist monk martial arts superhero who’s still trying to figure out what exactly that all means. Finn is able to play all these…

When it comes to comic book movies, the actors tend to either embrace the role or merely see it as ‘just another job’. It sounds as though we can put Sally Field in the latter. Field, who portrayed Aunt May in Amazing Spider-Man franchise was recently a guest on ‘The Howard Stern Show’ where Stern asked whether she enjoyed the movie to which the actress replied: “Not especially. It’s not my kind of movie. But my friend Laura Ziskin was the producer, and we knew it would be her last film, and she was my first producing partner, and she…

Back when Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 everybody was excited by the prospect of more Star Wars, but what seemed to pass by unnoticed was that the deal also included the rights to Indiana Jones franchise and it looks like the studio is ready to utilize those rights, as they have just announced the fifth film in the franchise is coming in 2019. It looks like the recent rumors of a reboot of the character can finally be put to be bed because as well the films announcement, we also have confirmation that Harrison Ford will be reprising his role…

From what we have seen from the Netflix corner of the MCU so far, it appears to take a much more grounded approach to the world of superpowers, but where does that leave the soon-to-be fourth member of the defenders, Iron Fist. With the character steeped in magic and mysticism, how will he fit in with the realistic image they have created? Marvel’s Joe Quesada has an answer. Speaking to the website, Decider, Quesada explained: “It still takes place in the same world. I think the Danny Rand character himself will have a different perspective on the world than some…