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Luc Besson to adapt ‘Valérian and Laureline’ in 2017

Valérian and Laureline: The Empire of a Thousand Planets

Luc Besson kicked off his brand new Twitter account by announcing that his next film will be VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS. It begins production in December starring Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne, and is due for release in 2017. The film is an adaptation of the French comic Valérian and Laureline by Pierre Christin and …

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Marvel unleashes third ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ trailer

The Vision in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

How many trailers does a film need? In the case of AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, the biggest geeky release this side of a new Star Wars film, as many as inhumanly possible please! A third trailer has been released by Marvel Studios, this time focusing more on Ultron’s design and creation, and the direct hand that …

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Behind The Panels Issue 127 – Kingsman: The Secret Service

ehind The Panels Issue 127 – Kingsman: The Secret Service

Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 127, the comic book show that uses talcum powder under its tights to avoid unfortunate chafing. In this issue, David Tennant joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That sound you hear is the Internet breaking under the strain. ALSO we all sit around and watch The Thing without pants in …

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The first ‘Fantastic Four’ trailer is here

Fantastic Four (2015)

After months of inactivity, it’s a veritable flood of FANTASTIC FOUR as 20th Century Fox drops the first trailer for Josh Trank’s reboot of the franchise. The results are somewhat mixed. It begins with the same vague voiceover and range of cornfields that many modern trailers have opened with, but opens into something a little …

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First official look at ‘Fantastic Four’ costume design

Fantastic Four (2015) costume - Michael B. Jordan

After what seems like an eternity of speculation about 20 Century Fox‘s FANTASTIC FOUR reboot, we finally get a first official look (of sorts) at some of the costuming thanks to Collider. It marks our first official look at anything from the film to date. In an interview with director Josh Trank and producer/screenwriter Simon …

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Film Review: Kingsman – The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons’ comic shoots stylishly out of the gates, and it is guaranteed that minds will be blown. The prospect of Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn re-teaming with creator Mark Millar was already a glee inducing prospect, as the combination had previously produced one of the most kinetic translations of a modern comic book in recent …

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First ‘Ant-Man’ preview is now human sized

Ant-Man teaser preview

Following yesterday’s ant sized preview for Marvel’s upcoming Ant-Man film, effectively a tiny teaser for the teaser of a teaser, the studio has released a “human sized” version that doesn’t require squinting or the need to be shrunk down to the size of a tiny arthropod. While this is still just 18 seconds of footage from …

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First ‘Ant-Man’ teaser is actually ant sized

Ant-Man and Yellowjacket concept art

Those folks at Marvel are marketing wizards. Teasing the first trailer for the upcoming Ant-Man, they’ve released a version online that can only be viewed by ants. The full “human sized” teaser trailer will be screened during Agent Carter, when it debuts on 6 January 2015 in the US. For now, eagle-eyed viewers can spot …

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Megan Fox and Will Arnett coming to Sydney for ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ in September

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Will Arnett and Megan Fox

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 …

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Film: First official photo from ‘Ant-Man’ is here

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 …

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Watch: Dancing Baby Groot scene from ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ online

Dancing Baby Groot (Guardians of the Galaxy)

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 …

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