Author: Martin

The busiest man in Hollywood is doing what he always does, work. In this case he is filming his latest entry in what Disney hopes will be their next successful ride-based series that will follow in the footsteps of Pirates of the Caribbean. Disney’s Jungle Cruise will tell the story of a jungle boat captain named Frank (played by The Rock) who takes a brother and sister (Whitehall and Emily Blunt) on a mission through the jungle in search of a tree with reported magical healing powers. As one might expect in a jungle, they encounter many different animals and also encounter…

For a series that has went through 6 different films, you would think that the main character would have no mysteries left to solve. With the latest version of Halloween, Director David Gordon Green plans to bring back the mystery of the Michael Myers character the way it was when he first appeared. To accomplish this he has decided to not acknowledge some of the plot details shown in previous movies, including losing the idea of Jamie Lee Curtis character of Laurie Strode being Michael’s sister. Green in an interview with the L.A. Times explains: “Michael Myers hasn’t evolved as…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4464″ img_size=”800×800″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded”][vc_column_text] One of the things that puts life in perspective as you grow older is that many of your heroes when you were young have reached the age where eventually their life’s journey reaches an end. Thus we at GVNation are saddened to report the passing of Gary Friedrich, who co-created Ghost Rider. This was announced by former Marvel writing great Roy Thomas: I won’t go into details at this point, but I wanted to mention that one of my oldest and dearest friends, Gary Friedrich, passed away last night, from the effects of Parkison’s, which…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4432″ img_size=”800×500″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded”][vc_column_text] My very first article for GVNation was an opinion piece on how I was converted to the idea of Zachary Levi for Shazam! One of the main points was how Levi so easily handled the child-like wonder of suddenly having superpowers. Apparently His young co-star Asher Angel thinks the same thing. In an interview with Variety, Angel explained why Zachary was perfect in the role. “Zach, you’re the perfect Shazam because, I mean, we look alike, kind of, but he’s funny, we have a lot in common,” Angel told Variety. “I mean, he’s really a…

Fans of the X-Men from their beginning in the early 1960’s probably remember the original “Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.” This was Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s creation to provide the first foils for their new mutant X-Men team. The original Brotherhood consisted of Magneto, the Master of Magnetism as the team’s leader. He was joined by two characters familiar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the Brother and Sister duo of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Another of the original members was the Toad.  His mutant power was the gift of an incredible jumping ability and he wore a medieval costume. He…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4399″ img_size=”600×500″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] When Todd McFarlane created Spawn for the comic publisher he helped create, Image Comics, he probably didn’t realize how popular the character would become. In fact in 1997, McFarlane, in conjunction with New Line Cinema, produced a major motion picture starring Michael Jai White as the mercenary turned Hell Spawn. Its performance was modest at best but it did almost double its 40 million dollar budget between world wide and domestic ticket sales. With the announcement by McFarlane of a reboot that will be coming in the next couple of years, it sounds like the creator has some different ideas for Spawn’s…

We examine the importance of Captain America’s shield Find out why we think it’s so great in a new opinions of a traditionalist.

As the creative team of artist Carlos Villa and writer Tim Seeley work on the upcoming Shatterstar miniseries, one of Marvel’s longtime X-Men characters, Rictor will be getting a new look that is more in keeping with his original design back in June of 1987 as Longtime he first appeared in XFactor#17. Villa decided to remodel his appearance as seen in this Twitter post: https://twitter.com/cfvillaart/status/1034429000020647936?s=21 In describing the new series, Seeley sees this as a journey for the  Shatterstar character in rediscovering who he is: “When the life he built crumbles, Shatterstar is forced to ask himself if he truly ever gave…

Scott Lang was the Ant-Man. Scott Lang was Goliath. (Well…he was Big!) He fought against other super villains (Yellow Jacket). He fought along with Captain America in  “Civil War” He fought along side the Wasp against the Ghost. He was a hero. But all of these things were not what made him a hero. What made him a hero was his love and dedication to his young daughter Cassie. Even while under house arrest his main goal was to entertain his daughter. That is what made him a hero, especially in his daughters eyes. Apparently, Jackson Sze, the Senior Concept Illustrator…

Daenerys Targaryen. The woman who inspires worship and fear across both sides of the Narrow Sea. She whose drivers license would have to be continued on the other side. You know her. Mother of Dragons, Khaleesi of the grass seas, blah, blah, blah… Yes, that’s her. The one thing we know is that Game of Thrones would be quite a different show without her. With that being said and since we obviously have perhaps even more time to wait until the 8th and final season, I will take advantage of this and submit for your approval, another in the…