Author: Martin

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13350″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]As DC’s Shazam! draws nearer, Zachary Levi is on the talk circuit speaking about all things Shazam! and expressing his desire to be a part of a Justice League film should it ever transpire. In a recent interview with Games Radar he believes his character would fit right in to the mix…in his unique way. Shazam would fit. The person he’d be closest to is the Flash (Ezra Miller) because of their youth and humor. And we’ve gotta have Shazam and Superman (Henry Cavill) interactions. They’re, like, the same, but totally different… And how would the kid in the superhero’s body react to Wonder Woman? Levi has previously…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13311″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]As we begin the slow and measured countdown to the final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, we have seen different members of the show’s cast move on to other things in their careers with Sophie Turner concentrating on X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Kit Harrington starring in Sam Shepard’s play True West. That doesn’t mean that they have completely moved past their time on Game of Thrones. Harrington in particular was quite candid in a recent interview with GQ about the toll filming the last season took on the cast both emotionally and physically. Everyone was broken at the end. I don’t…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6448″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]It should come as no surprise to any fan of the superhero genre that making these movies is an expensive proposition. That is true whether it is a Marvel, DC, or Fox film. Visual effects cost money. Reshoots cost money. So when it is announced that X-Men: Dark Phoenix approached the 200 million mark for their budget, it would seem to be the price of doing business in the superhero world. The real test however, will be how much money the film makes upon release. Big budgets are fine if your movie makes enough money to pay for…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13295″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] NEWS FLASH!! Sony is working on the next generation of PlayStation. Ok, that’s not news. We have all known for sometime that Sony is working on the PS5, for lack of a better name. Unfortunately, that’s about all we do know. There have been rumors and suppositions on what Sony is planning and it is thought that advanced streaming and improvements of the PSN would be a must. Recently, a couple of job postings from Sony have given credence to the concept that PSN would indeed be part of their next gen plans. The first one…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13285″ img_size=”600×300″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]In her role as Dr. Ellie Staple in M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass, Sarah Paulson’s job is to try convince those who believe they are gifted with special abilities that there might be other explanations for what they are experiencing. She talked about her Glass character’s thought process in a recent interview with The Upcoming. My job in the movie is really to ask the questions to these people who Ellie believes have some sort of affliction, the delusion of grandeur connected specifically to believing they are superhuman, or a superhero. It’s my job to sort of offer another way to think…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13270″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]If any production company is keeping the horror genre going its New Line Cinema. From their early days with Nightmare on Elm Street until today with their Conjuring franchise and their upcoming follow up to Stephen King’s It reboot, New Line is keeping the horror fans in mind. One of their more successful series in the early 2000’s were their Final Destination films. In preparation for the sixth installment of the popular series, New Line has brought on board the writing duo of Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan who were responsible for writing four of the popular Saw films. By bringing on these horror writing…

HBO’s Watchmen series has been full speed ahead since its announcement. With that in mind, Deadline has reported that a new cast member has been selected to join the ever growing number of actors already on board. Hong Chau, who was seen recently in the film Downsizing as Ngoc Lan, has been brought on to play a yet as undetermined role. She will be joining a cast that includes Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Andrew Howard among others. The series is being overseen by Damon Lindelof and is based on the iconic comic series by…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12973″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]With Marvel’s first female lead Superhero film drawing near, analysts have started making projections of how much money Captain Marvel will pull in during its opening weekend. Fortunately for those who might have feared that Marvel Studios  might be running low on funds, BoxOffice Pro predicts that Marvel’s 21st film will bring in an estimated $140-180 million in its opening weekend. Factors given for this projection include the stature of the hero, the fact that Marvel has lead up to this film with its tease in Infinity War, and of course it’s first female centered film. Add all that up…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13254″ img_size=”990×600″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]I would be lying if I said I hadn’t watched my share of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoons in my time. Usually this was with my nephew while I pretended not to like it. He wasn’t fooled and you shouldn’t be either. When Sony has expressed the idea of revisiting the He-Man franchise, fan’s were intrigued. Unfortunately, with numerous delays and false starts, intrigued was all they COULD be. However, a glimmer of hope might have surfaced. According to a report from Collider, Sony and Mattel Films have brought in former Iron Man writers Art Marcum and…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”13144″ img_size=”800×450″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]As Captain Marvel advanced ticket sales have been going for just a day, it has already joined an elite duo of Marvel Films when it comes to advanced sales. It has outdistanced all but the two money making juggernauts Avengers Infinity War and Black Panther as reported by Deadline. The reasons for this are multiple. Chief among them are it brings to the screen an extremely popular character in the Marvel Universe. It also marks the first Marvel film that will be female driven with Brie Larson filling the role as one of the most powerful characters to grace the…