Aug 21 2014
Just when we thought that the announcements for Oz Comic-Con Brisbane and Sydney couldn’t get any bigger, they go and drop Orlando Bloom into the mix. That sound you hear is thousands of fan boys and girls screaming their lungs out. Bloom will be joined by The Hobbit co-star Stephen Hunter and and Dean O’Gorman, as …
Aug 21 2014
Paramount Pictures Australia has announced that Megan Fox and Will Arnett (i.e. the humans) are headed to Sydney to show their new film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at a special green carpet event on Sunday 7th September. Despite incredibly poor reviews, currently sitting at 21% on the all-important Rotten Tomatoes, the Michael Bay produced film opened to #1 at the U.S. box office with a USD$65 …
Aug 20 2014
Filming for Marvel’s Ant-Man only began yesterday, but the studio has wasted no time in releasing the first official photo from the production. Filming is taking place in San Francisco, and while we don’t get any spandex just yet, we do get to see star Paul Rudd in front of one of the city’s most iconic …
Aug 19 2014
Marvel has confirmed that the troubled pre-production of Ant-Man has finally moved to the next stage, with production beginning under director Peyton Reed. The film’s long development began back in 2006, when formerly attached director Edgar Wright first expressed interest in the film. Following a holdiong pattern of sorts, work began in force from 2011 with …
Aug 15 2014
Already a meme across the Internet, and a hot item for Etsy craft makers, Marvel has now (legally) made one of the most endearing and popular scenes from Guardians of the Galaxy available online. Proceed with caution if you haven’t seen the film, as it contains some pretty ket SPOILERS. Set to the Jackson 5’s “I …
Aug 11 2014
Following a strong opening weekend, the Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is unsurprisingly getting a sequel from Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies. It’s currently pegged for 3 June 2016, a date currently clear of any competitor superheroes. Despite incredibly poor reviews, currently sitting at 19% on the all-important Rotten Tomatoes, Jonathan Liebesman’s film opened to …
Aug 08 2014
There was a time when the end of shooting would be announced via a lengthy press release, or the trade publications would post something concerned expected revenue for the studio. Yet it seems that for Avengers: Age of Ultron it is also the age of social media, with Joss Whedon announcing the wrap of shooting …
Aug 07 2014
Warner has blinked in the expensive game of chicken it was playing with Disney, moving Zack “Snack” Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to 25 March 2016. It was originally due to be released on 6 May 2016, leaving Captain America 3 free to dominate the box office in the early US summer months. This …
Aug 06 2014
We rank our favourite movies based on Marvel properties, putting aside studio divides and anti-mutant sentiments. Prepare for controversial choices and fights on the discussion boards. With Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel marks its tenth film since 2008 under the Marvel Cinematic Universe banner, a cohesive set of films that stand up individually but interconnect …
Aug 05 2014
Welcome to Behind the Panels, the comic book show that has 12% of a plan. In this issue, Marvel announce new ongoing books for Spider-Woman and S.H.I.E.L.D., Arrow adds more actors to its growing quiver and someone is auctioning off Bill Kane. THEN the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles blow up a tower on September 11. It’s …
Aug 04 2014
After months of white-knuckling our anticipation for the film, Guardians of the Galaxy is a success. This weekend saw the Marvel Studios film break box office projections and August records by taking $94 million in the US alone. According to Variety, it took an additional $66.4 million in 42 territories including Russia, Brazil, Mexico and the UK to a …
