Author: Simon Andrews

As the curtain fell on this year’s cinematic adaptation of the ‘Civil War’ storyline, audiences saw Steve Rogers following Nick Fury off the grid, taking his small band of renegade Avengers into hiding with him. This scenario raised a fair old number of questions about what role Steve & Co would be playing in the next big MCU event, ‘Infinity War’, and one of these questions was answered last week. In an interview with superstar Marvel Directors Joe and Anthony Russo, the pair confirmed that in choosing to go underground and rebel against the US Government, Steve Rogers would no…

Despite the fact that George R.R. Martin seems determined to string out his written version of ‘Game Of Thrones’ for at least the next decade, HBO have no intention of risking a dip in quality for their flagship show, and are determined to wrap proceedings up by the end of the next two seasons. Not only that, but they’ve also gone and limited the number of remaining episodes to a mere seventeen, ditching three hours from next year’s run in order to leave room to set up an epic and all encompassing final series. Now if there’s one consistent feature…

DC bad guys don’t come much bigger than Darkseid, and with that now-infamous dream sequence from BvS saturated with references (Omega symbols, Paradaemons etc…) that tease his arrival in the The DC Extended Universe, it was naturally assumed that we’d be seeing a live-action version of the Super Villain as the primary antagonist in next year’s ‘Justice League’ film. Well, a rumor that’s now made its way onto the Internet this week is suggesting we might well be waiting a while longer before we see the Mad Tyrant facing off against ‘The Seven’. The first supporting evidence behind this came…

Fans of the ‘Claustrophobic Horror’ genre have been somewhat spoiled of late. Audiences have been treated to a whole slew of horror movies which have seen the protagonists trapped in relatively mundane yet inescapable situations, stalked by threatening forces of varying levels of the supernatural. Last year was dominated by the brilliant Aussie offering ‘The Babadook’, and this year’s leading contender would appear to be the innovative ‘Lights Out’, which started out its life as a 5 minute YouTube short. So as this niche section of the genre continues to expand, is there still room for more new entries? This…

Have you ever stopped what you were doing, and taken the time to wonder what a Russian comic-book movie might look like? Well, thankfully, you won’t have to wonder much longer, because next year finally sees the release of the first Soviet Superhero film, ‘Guardians’. It’s entirely possible you might have already seen the movie’s teaser footage, which has been bouncing around the internet since last Summer, (we posted about it before most sites) and with production recently having wrapped following some re-shoots in both Moscow and the Crimea, a full international trailer has now been released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIc0NqjOPgc Looking very…

Remember the 1990’s? Remember those halcyon days of non-stop disposable action movies? Hell, you couldn’t throw a shitty stick without it ricocheting off a high-kicking cinematic release from messrs Van-Damme, Seagal or Snipes. Sure, they were offerings that might be low on tact and subtlety, but what they lacked in depth they more than made up for with deaths and damage to property. But, alas, those carefree days are now long since gone, and cinemagoers today ask for just so much more from their action heroes. Step forward actors like Jason Statham. Not merely a model and an accomplished martial…

Ever since Marvel and Netflix announced they would be green-lighting a solo ‘Punisher’ series way back in March, fans have been desperately awaiting any further detail on the project. It was all just too much to take in. Not only was there the surprise that Netflix had suddenly deviated from their seemingly rigid ‘Defenders’ plans, but Jon Bernthal had just turned up and thrown down a career-defining performance for a character which has been so badly maligned in its previous incarnations. Emotions were high. And then… Well… Not a lot happened really. Other than an initial announcement that ‘Frank Castle…

It’s turning into quite the week to be a Deadpool fan. First came the news that Kyle Chandler (Super 8, Bloodline) is now rumored to be a sure thing to play Cable, the time-hopping mutant sidekick to Ryan Reynolds’s ‘Merc With The Mouth’. This came as quite a surprise, given the high profile of some of the veteran actors who have already vocally thrown their names into the ring to try and bag the role. And hot on the heels of that delicious gossipy tidbit came an equally tantalizing suggestion that 20th Century Fox may have also quickly identified the…

Marvel went to great lengths at last month’s SDCC to generate as much hype as they could around the upcoming ‘Doctor Strange’ movie, and also next year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming’, but one project they didn’t have much to say about was ‘Thor: Ragnarok’. The third installment in the Son of Odin’s solo series is currently halfway through filming, and most of the information that we do know about it has been drawn from the limited casting announcements, and the Twitter feeds of those currently larking about on set. Marvel producers have revealed that the movie will be drawing heavily from the…

You have to feel a little bit sorry for DC. Having spent decades living off the success of the Batman and Superman franchises, the company woefully failed to plan ahead in terms of their plans for future movies. They were consequently left stood scratching their heads in bewilderment when Marvel’s virtually unknown ‘Iron Man’ suddenly launched the MCU into orbit way back in 2008. The following eight years saw a painfully slow drawing together of talent and resources, as the company juggled its popular animated releases and tremendously successful TV franchises with mapping out their own shared universe to counter…