Author: Simon Andrews

Beloved by both Audiences and critics alike, Michael Fassbender is one of the most diverse actors you’re going to find in modern Hollywood. As comfortable in a Summer Blockbuster as he is in an independent film, a drama or a comedy, he’s turned his hand to pretty much everything during a 15 year acting career that’s seen him twice nominated for academy awards, only to be cruelly denied. Sure, these days Michael’s best known for playing Magneto or Macbeth, but very actor has to start out somewhere, so what Fassbender performances does a little journey through the pages of IMDB…

For those amongst you who prefer your material a little bit bloodier and darker than the mainstream, it would appear that two comic books that are right up your street may soon be making the transition from page to screen. First up is the news that after the massively positive feedback they’ve just received for ‘Deadpool’, 20th Century Fox are looking to try and repeat their success by adapting an equally cynical story. ‘Irredeemable’ sees a thinly-veiled incarnation of Superman going rogue, and tracks a frantic alliance of his former heroic colleagues and as they try to deal with his…

Hugh Jackman’s reported appearance in this year’s ‘X-Men Apocalypse’ will be the eighth time he’s stepped up to portray everybody’s favourite ‘Crazy Canucklehead’ onscreen, over a sixteen year period. Which isn’t bad going when you consider he only got the role because 1st choice Dougray Scott dropped out at the last minute… But it won’t be his last outing in the role, as the final film in the divisive ‘Wolverine Trilogy’ is planned for release in March 2017. The as yet untitled Wolverine 3 will be helmed by returning Director James Mangold, and franchise producer Simon Kinberg has been dropping…

At the outset of their collaboration, Marvel and Netflix went to great pains to keep fans updated and informed about how they intended to bring their ‘Defenders’ project from page to screen, and since then the two companies have stuck somewhat rigidly to their planned format. In orderly fashion, the four nominated characters that would make up the team have each been allocated their own TV series and have been given a release date, with no deviation from the initial announcement. Until, that is, the introduction of a certain Frank Castle. Ever since it had been revealed that The Punisher…

It’s been a real rollercoaster of a year for comic-book fans so far, and we’re not even halfway through it. As we sit here at the breaking dawn of Marvel’s ‘Civil War’, dissecting next year’s ‘Dr Strange’ trailer and hypothesizing about who will might be playing Captain Marvel in ‘Infinity War’, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Geek truly have already inherited the Earth. But there are warning signs that the market has become a more dangerous prospect for the two big studios. Marvel have experienced their first wobbles with ‘Age Of Ultron’ receiving uncharacteristically mixed reviews, the…

What with all of the excitement around last week’s ‘Rogue One’ trailer release, you could be forgiven for having temporarily forgotten there was the little matter of another two remaining films in the Star Wars franchise’s newly created trilogy. Well have no fear, as Episode 8 Director Rian JOHNSON has today released two teaser photos from the set of the untitled next instalment, just to remind you that Finn and Rey’s story is still in the process of unfolding. The ‘Looper’ Director, appointed by the studio to carry on where JJ Abrams left off, released the two black and white…

Whilst it maŷ have been divisive to the point where it verged on controversy, there’s no denying that last year’s ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ was a massive success. The movie was roundly criticised for having a pretty neanderthalic representation of gender, and a final act that left a significant portion of critics and audiences alike cold, but having returned $414m worldwide and cost less than a quarter of that to make, there was no doubt whatsoever that we’d be seeing a sequel. The sequel will retain a lot of the elements of the first movie. It’s working title is ‘Kingsman:…

You have to feel a little bit sorry for Charlie Cox. His breathtaking, bone-crunching portrayal of a rebooted Matt Murdock stole the show in Season 1 of Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’. It was a standout portrayal, combining vulnerability and misery with a deep-rooted desire for justice and vengeance, rivaled only by Vincent D’onofrio’s simmering and explosive Kingpin. It was a performance that automatically earned the young British actor that most desirable second series, and the universal love and acclaim of fans and critics alike. And then….. Somebody decided to cast The Punisher in Season 2. Poor old Charlie. No matter how much…

The majority of Star Wars fans are still trying to recover from the rollercoaster-ride that was ‘The Force Awakens’. Having had to endure a full year of Internet speculation, set leaks, clever teasers, the literary reboot of the entire canon, and then the spectacular and tragic events in the film itself, it was all very emotionally draining. But there’s no letup, and today’s first full trailer for the next Star Wars movie, ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ has officially kicked off the nine month hype-train until it’s release on 16th December. So as we embark on this new…

Whilst the first three shows from the Netflix/Marvel stable have all been quite heavily leaked and teased well prior to their release, there’s been virtually nothing generated by the Internet rumour mill in relation to their fourth series, ‘Iron Fist’. Telling the tale of Luke Cage’s best mate, Danny Rand, the proposed storyline would see billionaire playboy Rand returning to New York, Bruce Wayne-style, after learning a lethal blend of magic and Kung Fu. Buzz around the project did not seem overwhelmingly positive. There were rumours the studio was struggling with the idea of casting an Asian actor. That the…