This year Warner Bros reversed their superhero fortunes with their smash-hit Wonder Woman, by entrusting the property to auteur director Patty Jenkins and allowing her to bring her vision to life. DC Films’ previous efforts, including Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad, fell short critically and in the eyes of many DC Comics’ fans. The overwhelming consensus has been […]
Marvel has made undeniable movie history by creating a fully functional cinematic universe over the course of the past decade. However, they have had a much rougher road in replicating that same level of success on the TV side. Many of their Netflix shows have redefined superhero programming, while other programs have been a black […]
It has proven to be close to impossible to predict Warner Bros’ future moves when it comes to their growing DC Extended Universe. After announcing an ambitious slate of ten films in 2014, the studio has seemingly decided to change course with their movies in development recently. While movies like Wonder Woman and Aquaman seem to be coming along […]
There is one superhero that’s arguably larger than the entire Marvel cinematic universe itself – Spider-Man. So when Sony partnered with Marvel Studios to effectively bring the superhero back into the fold there was a sense that something big was on the horizon. Last year, Tom Holland’s Peter Parker was introduced in Captain America: Civil […]
It’s that special time of the year again. The time when a collection of the world’s most charismatic, talented, and attention-hungry, performers gather to drink wine and celebrate their own contributions to film. Next week the Academy Awards will be hosting their 89th award ceremony in Hollywood to honor the cream of the crop of […]
Yesterday, with the some strokes on a keyboard, actor and director Ben Affleck turned the geek world on its head. After a long pre-production for The Batman, the Academy Award winner prepared a statement in which he would step down as director on the project, in an effort to focus on his dual performance as Batman […]
The first domino has fallen for the eighth episode in the Star Wars franchise, as LucasFilm begins the year-long roll out for the upcoming blockbuster. Little is known about the follow up to The Force Awakens, aside from a beefed up role for Luke Skywalker, after his cameo appearance in the last installment. Director Rian Johnson (Looper) is […]
Marvel, IMAX, and ABC, have made a huge splash with an unexpected partnership that will result in new superheroes to grace the big and small screens. After Marvel president Kevin Feige formally announced The Inhumans on their feature film slate in 2014, the property went on to endure its share of turbulence before being scrapped altogether. Most assumed […]
One night this summer, in a city near you, pickup trucks and barbeque grills will be replaced by bean bag chairs and food trucks. As Hulu takes the summertime spirit of the drive-in and brings it to the modern age with their Hulu Summer Road Trip. Hulu is taking their streaming service outside of the confines of your puny television […]
Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures aren’t simply rebooting the Spider-Man series in 2017. They are attempting to take the character of Peter Parker literally from a boy to man, over the course of his MCU life, which began this year with Captain America: Civil War. They are literally building the character from the ground up, in ways that […]
Things are in a state of constant flux for the world of DC on the Warner Bros’ lot. After the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, things have changed for the studio as they continue to try and find a dominant niche in the superhero marketplace. In the past two months, there have been […]
There has been a lot of attention on Hugh Jackman’s last film in the role of Wolverine. Following an appearance in X-Men: Apocalypse, Jackman will make his final appearance as the feral mutant in next year’s solo movie. There has been a lot of speculation over what story elements from the comics will make it into the next […]