Author: Martin Lis

With just less than a month until the bad guys make their break, Entertainment Weekly has revealed new photos of Suicide Squad, ranging from head shots of the main cast to shots of the film. Even provided were four exclusive covers featuring the characters on their latest issue. The heads hots provided (in order) with Deadshot (Will Smith), Joker (Jared Leto), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman), Katana (Karen Fukuhara), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Diablo (Jay Hernandez), Enchantress (Cara Delevingne), and Slipknot (Adam Beach). Provided below are new shots of the…

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Japan may be getting Deadpool a bit later than usual, but the Merc with a Mouth decided to take matters into his own hands on giving them something to make up the wait. Ryan Reynolds donned the mask again for a special spot on the Japanese trailer to the latest film of the X-Men franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse. During the end of the trailer, Deadpool gives a countdown of 5 facts on the new film with his signature mention of pop culture and humor in the mix. We may have a bit to wait for a Deadpool 2 to surface us…

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The tremendous impact of Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead, Mob City) and his performance as Frank Castle in the recent season of Daredevil has received much acclaim from fans and critics alike. Merely a month after the release, a spin-off series based off Punisher  has been announced to bring Bernthal back and Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal, Casualty) as the showrunner. Surprising enough however, is that Daredevil barely scratched the surface of the skull-wearing vigilante to be. Bernthal spoke to ADTV how that wasn’t fully Punisher yet. I think when you’re talking about characters like these, the way they fight, what’s motivating…

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Jessica Jones has been the second show to demonstrate Marvel’s television department is capable to step out of the comfort zone of PG-13 and with a successful audience appraisal. Executive producer Melissa Rosenberg elaborated with The Hollywood Reporter on writing and working with the joint Netflix-Marvel programming, whether certain boundaries could be exceeded in this world of rape and murder. “The beauty of working at Netflix is that you don’t have those limits. I also work with Marvel, and Marvel has a brand and their brand is generally PG-13. They’ve kind of let us go to PG-16.” So what exactly…

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With the conclusive box office numbers set, the domestic score for Batman V Superman:  Dawn of Justice’s theatrical run has finally been revealed for those waiting anxiously. Has the appeal of the two biggest DC names in collaboration won over the unenthusiastic word of mouth? https://twitter.com/GiteshPandya/status/743875603393294336 The record comes from BoxOfficeMojo at 330.36 million in America, with the international add of 542.3 million. The total figure of 872.6 million is the final recording for theatrical run. With close to a billion dollars, it’s by no means a horrible figure of dollars for a film, but considering the two most prolific…

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Independence Day: Resurgence director Roland Emmerich revealed to The Guardian on his peculiar opinion on Marvel movies. You’d think the guy behind huge explosions in his films would be behind some of the superhero film genres, especially with the love of explosions and battle very evident in both. However, it appears he’s got his nose pointed up with his view. In fact, he’s “filled with distain” that his films are actually related to them: “When you look at my movies it’s always the regular Joe Schmo that’s the unlikely hero. A lot of Marvel movies, they show people in funny…

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While the skills of Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!) ultimately won the titular role of the recently-announced Star Wars spin-off, the competition for the next Han Solo has sounded very tense with names like  Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) and Jack Reynor (Sing Street, Transformers 4) in the running list. However, a certain Marvel might have also walked out of Hell’s Kitchen for an opportunity. Daredevil’s lead Charlie Cox revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that he might have “blindly” been involved in an audition for the iconic role. “I had gone to an audition — one of those things that are super…

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ s new Shredder Brian Tee was interviewed by Entertainment Tonight when the question of “dream roles” popped in. Tee brought up the growing versatility of Hollywood leads and his support for more films of that nature: “…very few and far between, Asian-Americans and people of color are given these opportunities to be leads in films, I would love to see more of that. The time has come for us to allow those situations to happen.” Did he have a particular one in mind? Well, with the news of a certain Submariner…

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The fascinating behind-the-scenes stories and controversies of Suicide Squad’s very in-character bonding actors have been making headlines several times over the course of filming. A closer talk of the depth involved was made by actor Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flagg) and director David Ayer when interviewed by Yahoo Movies UK: Kinnaman started off about the “rehearsals”: “You often hear directors talk about a rehearsal period, and it often ends up being an advanced table read. But we actually had a month of rehearsals. We were all in one room, rehearsing the script, improvising, and that puts everybody in an insecure and…

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With The Walking Dead going into a seventh season, his own motorcycle show and a refound partnership with Hideo Kojima in a spiritual successor to Silent Hills, AMC sensation Norman Reedus has quite the reputation grown. However, his mentioned interest in blazing skeletons mixed with his love for motorcycles has given fans another golden opportunity at fancasting. Previously played by Nicolas Cage in the previous two films, the future of Marvel’s Ghost Rider has been up in smoke, but there is rumor of a second-wave Netflix series that may have him trail through with wheels of fire. Comicbook.com wasted no time…

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