Author: Martin Lis

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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Suicide Squad director David Ayer revealed the latest poster of the film via Twitter. Just in time for the close release of sister film Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice to be released on BluRay with the full experience, this is an additional pat on the head for DC fans stoked for the third installment of the film universe: Skwad Up people! @wbpictures @SuicideSquadWB #skwad pic.twitter.com/xxvFat20x0 — David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) June 18, 2016 Unlike previous promotional images, this one appears less of the superhero grit DC is known for their films lately and more straightforward and colorful like collaborated tattoo…

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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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Frank Castle. The Punisher. First meeting our lovely self-justified vigilante he was merely set out to murder our Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man in February of 1974, and has since grown to become his own independent success through writings of Garth Ennis in Punisher MAX, Carl Potts in The Punisher War Journal, and a multitude of comics and crossovers whether tagging or squaring with some unlikely heroes or even Eminem and Archie (those happened…). From shows to video games to anything within the adult comic world media, Punisher has become a household name for one of the most unique Marvel properties that goes beyond the image of children’s…

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With the astounding results of Daredevil’s Second Season in regards to viewership and critical reception, fans have been taking the time to dig up some juicy details with a second viewing or more. Here are 10 Easter Eggs you may want to know about. And of course, spoilers ahead. Let’s get started: 10. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The biker gang “Dogs of Hell” were actually the same gang what were controlled by Lorelei back in Season 1 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Deathlok was also made reference when the newspaper headline mentioned his creators, “Cybertek Settles”. To make another interesting Easter egg…

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Actress Rose McGowan (Scream, Charmed) has exclaimed her thoughts on the new promotional billboard for Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse, which depicts the main antagonist Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) holding female mutant Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) by a forceful grip of the neck. Her words did not come happy: There is a major problem when the men and women at 20th Century Fox think casual violence against women is the way to market a film. There is no context in the ad, just a woman getting strangled. The fact that no one flagged this is offensive and frankly, stupid. The geniuses behind this,…

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With filming having started on the Justice League movie recently, a title has still been speculated for the film to combat Marvel’s The Avengers.  Justice League United, Justice League: Angels and Demons, Justice League: Gods Among Us, and Justice League: Gods Among Men being many suggested ones by fans. Living up to such an intense title to follow up the recent Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice may seem like their plan. However, it doesn’t seem to be the case. Geoff Johns, longtime writer of DC Comics and the recent co-chief of DC Films division, spilled the news via Twitter…

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