Jun 17 2013
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner’s Superman flick Man of Steel has opened to a record weekend of $125.1 million in the US, the highest North American June opening to date. That includes the $12 million midnight screenings on the Thursday. The film exceeded expectations and pulled in $113.1 million over the Father’s Day weekend …
Jun 16 2013
Being a blogger type on the Internet is a bit like putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle: you look for the straight bits around the edges and the sky is big, blue and frightening. In the lead-up to the Avengers sequel, we’ll look for any bit of information to jam in sideways, whether it fits …
Jun 15 2013
In this issue Hellboy comes to Oz Comic Con, Man of Steel gets a sequel already, Sex Criminals stops time with sex, Zombies come to Riverdale and Fables heads to the big screen. PLUS our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week: All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely On our next Issue: Daredevil: End of Days by Brian Michael …
Jun 15 2013
Having cause to leave the house this week, mostly to pick up comics but that is neither here nor there, we noticed that the The Galeries in Sydney’s CBD have been decked out with the Superman costume from Man of Steel. The reflective glass on the surface of the cabinet made it difficult to take …
Jun 15 2013
Deadline has confirmed that actor John C. Reilly has been cast as Nova Corps leader Rhomann Dey in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn. They had previously reported that he would play Ronan the Accuser, but later retracted this. In the comics, Rhomann Dey was a leader of the Nova Corps on …
Jun 14 2013
After looking at the DC Comics July solicitations the other day, it’s only fair that Marvel gets a proper look for the merry month of September. Already announced is Marvel’s X-Men: Battle of the Atom event, and you can find further details on that here. Plus there’s also stacks of Infinity tie-ins, including two new mini-series, the …
Jun 14 2013
Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios have announced that they’ve locked in dates for two mystery films on 6 May 2016 and 5 May 2017. So make sure you keep your calendar free for early May for the next four years or so. Let the speculation commence! The immediate thought was Ant-Man, although this already has …
Jun 14 2013
Marvel has revealed that this September and October, they will celebrate the X-Men’s 50th anniversary with the “first major X-Men crossover event in over three years” – X-Men: Battle of the Atom! It seems that Avengers vs X-Men wasn’t major enough for the purposes of this announcement. It should come as no surprise that this one is …
Jun 13 2013
It’s already been a bumper year for sci-fi, with the world ending at an alarmingly regular rate. With Oblivion, After Earth and the forthcoming Elysium already on our radars, add Snowpiercer to the list. Exciting not just because it’s Captain America and that priest from The Thirst teaming up in a strange confluence of multiversity, …
Jun 13 2013
Roadshow Films has sent over the first teaser trailer for 300: Rise of an Empire, the prequel to Zack Snyder’s 2006 film 300 from Warner and Legendary Films The Greek general Themistocles battles an invading army of Persians under the mortal-turned-god, Xerxes. Directed by Noam Murro, it stars Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro (reprising his role …
Jun 13 2013
With all of the attention on Man of Steel and its potential sequels at the moment, it was very easy to forget that another Zack Snyder project is coming out in the near future. The prequel to his 2006 adaptation of 300 was coming out in August, and a new poster has just been released …
