Author: Frank Palmer

During a recent interview with Variety, Cary Fukanaga talked about his version of Stephen King’s IT that never came to be. Apparently, the studio thought that his version was too offensive: “I was trying to make an unconventional horror film. It didn’t fit into the algorithm of what they knew they could spend and make money back on based on not offending their standard genre audience. Our budget was perfectly fine. We were always hovering at the $32 million mark, which was their budget. It was the creative that we were really battling. It was two movies. They didn’t…

Mahershala Ali has joined the cast of Luke Cage as Cottonmouth. Announced on Marvel.com, the casting choice is the latest rumor to be confirmed after speculation. If you remember, it was reported about a month ago that this would be the villain in the series. Ali’s version of Cottonmouth will be Cornell Stokes, who is the owner of a nightclub in Harlem. Here’s what Marvel had to say: “Mahershala is an actor of extraordinary range and gravitas. As Cottonmouth he will really let loose,” said Executive Producer/Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb in the announcement. “Luke Cage…

Jon Bernthal is very excited about playing The Punisher. He recently tweeted a picture of not only himself – but the massive collection of weapons that Frank Castle will have on the Netflix show. Check it out below: As you can see, the tweet was short and straight to the point: PUNISH. It looks like Frank Castle will do just that on Season 2 of Marvel’s Daredevil, and like all of you, I can’t wait to see it happen.

Although Spider-Man hasn’t been cast for the Marvel Cinematic Universe just yet, there has already been some speculation as to how he will be used. In a recent sit down with MTV News, Charlie Cox didn’t hold back from what he thought would be a great idea, stating that he would love to see a crossover between Daredevil and Spider-Man: “There is a wonderful episode –  issue of the comic – where Matt Murdock has to defend Daredevil – cause the public don’t know – so he has Peter Parker put on his Daredevil costume so he can sit in the…

A young fan named Dominic recently appeared on Australian radio station KIIS 1065 to chat about his love for Wolverine. The station called Jackman’s phone so he could speak to the actor – not telling him that Hugh Jackman was in the other room. But when the kid asked Jackman what his favorite Wolverine post was, the actor burst into the room and surprised him. Check it out below, it’s pretty awesome: What do you guys think? Be sure to sound off below!

Since the release of Iron man in 2008, Marvel Studios has operated under Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter. However, after what is being described as “several years of frustration”, Kevin Feige will now report directly to Disney boss Alan Horn. This isn’t a rumor either – a Disney spokesperson confirmed it: “Marvel Studios is taking the next logical step in its integration with The Walt Disney Studios, joining Pixar and Lucasfilm in centralizing many of its film-related functions in Burbank, with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and co-president Louis D’Esposito continuing to lead the Marvel Studios team reporting…

One of the biggest parts of the Civil War comic series was Peter Parker’s relationship with Tony Stark. Fans have been wondering how that relationship will play out in the upcoming film and Latino Review apparently has a scoop. Don’t read any further if you don’t want to know. Latino-Review has been told that the original comic book plot of Iron Spider will not be part of “Civil War” but instead Stark will be the one responsible for creating Spidey’s web shooters.  When we first meet young Spider-Man, Peter Parker will be a hero using only…

Vice Press under license from Rebellion are extremely proud to announce the next in their on-going 2000 AD screen-printed series of art; featuring Mega City Lawman, Judge Dredd! For this release we are honoured to have worked with legendary Judge Dredd co-creator, Carlos Ezquerra on his first ever screen print release. Vice Press have long been fans of Carlos’s creations and artwork and it has been an absolute privilege to release this newly commissioned piece: Artist: Carlos Ezquerra Title: “Dredd” Size: 18 inches x 24 inches Regular: Edition of 150, £35, 8 colours, 100# Cougar White Printer: Lady Lazarus Artist:…

The video that has surfaced isn’t much and it doesn’t have any sound – but it appears to be from the Civil War teaser trailer that should be released at any time now. It will probably be taken down soon so take a look and speculate below: What do you guys think? Be sure to sound off below!

Some were disappointed when Marvel decided to re-cast Spider-Man rather than keep Andrew Garfield on board. Marvel felt that it needed to reboot the character entirely rather than continue The Amazing Spider-Man franchise. Well, it turns out Andrew Garfield wanted Sony to make a deal with Marvel much sooner: With the next Spider-Man movie, you can just watch it like the rest of us! Exactly, yeah. And I’ve been petitioning to hook up with Marvel since the beginning, so I’m really glad they’re finally doing it. Were you ever in talks with Marvel to continue on as Peter? No. To…