Dec 05 2014
The biggest comic book film comes to terrestrial entertainment systems, and we can now walk in the Blu-rays of the beautiful sun. Guardians of the Galaxy was always going to be the trickiest film in the canon to sell to a mass audience. Just like Korath the Pursuer’s (Djimon Hounsou) reaction when he first encounters Peter “Star Lord” …
Nov 03 2014
Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 115, the comic book show that wears its underpants on the inside. In this issue, 9 films are announced for Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We’d tell you about them if we could stop squeeing for 5 minutes. ALSO Ri¢hie Ri¢h is coming to television. In this version he …
Oct 29 2014
Marvel has not only announced their full slate of films leading up to 2019, but has cast Chadwick Boseman as the lead character T’Challa in Black Panther. That film is slated for 3 November 2017, with seeds promised to be planted as early as next year’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. The character will make his first appearance in Captain …
Oct 29 2014
Marvel Studios has announced their full slate of upcoming film at a special live online event this morning. It confirms the titles and dates of all of the upcoming Marvel Studios films following Ant-Man. Marvel has confirmed that the anticipated Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Captain Marvel and Inhumans films are on the cinematic slate, along …
Oct 23 2014
Following leaks of the first trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel blamed Hydra. They then promptly released the official trailer online. It is, dear readers/listeners, a thing of unrestrained beauty. It’s up to Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and the rest of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to save …
Aug 25 2014
Despite prognostications of doom earlier in the year, Guardians of the Galaxy has exceeded expectations and become the top box office earner of the US summer season. Beating out heavy hitters such as Transformers: Age of Extinction and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the Marvel Studios film returned to the top slot on the US box-office this …
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 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 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 …
