Mar 20 2014
The latest Marvel film elevates the franchise to new heights, creating an authentic comic book experience on screen that defies convention. It just might also be the best Marvel film to date. Over the course of the last six years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe hasn’t simply adapted comic stories, but instead it has woven together …
Mar 19 2014
As part of ABC network’s Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe, Disney has unveiled some concept art from Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, showcasing the two newest members to the team. If that’s not enough, there’s also a tease of Iron Man’s “Hulkbuster” armour, some new Guardians of the Galaxy concepts and some things from Ant-Man. Click images …
Mar 19 2014
Based on the beloved cartoon strip by the late Charles Shulz, Fox and Blue Sky have unveiled a first look at Peanuts, the new film coming from Blue Sky and director Steve Martino. It’s a very brief look at the animation and only features Charlie Brown and Snoopy, but it appears to reassure many fans …
Mar 17 2014
Welcome to Issue 92 of Behind the Panels, the comic book show that forgot the 5th of November. In this issue, Kevin Smith is back writing comics. Expect the first issue this year, and the second sometime in 2017. THEN Captain America is set to go head-to-head with Batman and Superman: it’s the most expensive …
Mar 17 2014
With X-Men: Days of Future Past looming large on the 2014 release calendar, and the previous announcement that X-Men: Apocalypse is due in 2016, attention has turned to the next sequel to James Mangold’s The Wolverine, thanks largely to his active Twitter account. Mangold confirms that a Wolverine film will follow Apocalypse, although it is …
Mar 14 2014
We’ve mentioned several times how much we love Australian anthology Home Brew Vampire Bullets, so much so that Richard Gray has been quoted in the publicity repeatedly. The HBVB Brains Trust have just dropped details and cover art, from the awesome Sacha Bryning, for the second issue. It’s an even bigger line-up than their already massive …
Mar 14 2014
Yesterday, the Internet had opinions on the notion that a Marvel Studios film would be going directly against DC/Warner’s Batman Vs. Superman in the May 2016 blockbuster line-up. Now The Hollywood Reporter is…reporting that it will be none other than Captain America 3 facing off against the caped duo of Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill. Can …
Mar 14 2014
While the net has been overrun with ‘leaked’ pictures from the set of NBC’s forthcoming Constantine, the network has now released their first official look at the lead , based on the DC/Vertigo character of the same name. Welsh actor Matt Ryan very much conjures up the spectre of the character, with the trenchcoat, shirt …
Mar 12 2014
Following the recent reveal of the mask from the upcoming CW series The Flash, starring Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash, The CW has revealed the full costume from the forthcoming series. It is a thing of beauty. There’s no mucking about here: this is a modern take on the classic red and yellow costume, …
Mar 10 2014
Welcome to Issue 91 of Behind the Panels, the comic book show that tried to dine in Hell, but couldn’t get reservations. In this issue, Scarlet Johannson’s Avengers scenes get bumped because of baby news. Fox and Marvel are currently discussing joint custody rights. THEN it’s a new Batman game from Rocksteady, where you get …
Mar 08 2014
The mostly unlikely sequel acts as a companion piece to 300, bringing with it more of Miller’s trademark broads, blood and blades by swapping Spartans for Athenians. Zack “Snack” Snyder‘s adaptation of Frank Miller and Lynn Varley’s 300 was an almost literal interpretation of the graphic novel origins, a vision that could come from nothing else …
