Author: Simon Andrews

As each of the five planned shows of the Netflix/Marvel partnership have arrived on our screens, their developing little corner of the MCU has become just that little bit bigger. This in turn has made trying to co-ordinate the overall ‘Defenders’ narrative that links them together just that little bit more difficult. And that’s not even taking into account the newly commissioned ‘Punisher’ series, which is currently filming in and around New York. So far the company has rigidly stuck to the release of two shows per year, with 2015 seeing the first seasons of ‘Daredevil’ and ‘Jessica Jones’, and…

The set photos from ‘The Punisher’ just keep on coming (God bless the Internet!), and a couple more have now landed, courtesy of Getty Images, which finally reveal British actress Amber Rose in character as CIA Agent Dinah Madani. Rose can be seen in the snaps alongside actor Michael Nathanson (Wolf of Wall Street, The Knick), who appears to be playing a fellow agent, and the two characters are moodily sharing a coffee in and around some police land cruisers. The description of Agent Madani in the production notes make her sound suspiciously like an updated version of Agent Kathryn…

People just can’t get enough of The Punisher right now. There’s a phrase you thought you might never hear in the aftermath of some of the previous big-screen outings of the character, and yet it’s quite factual. The most hyper-violent and notorious anti-hero ever to grace the pages of Marvel Comics is now rapidly becoming one of the company’s most critically acclaimed MCU properties, thanks in no small part to an achingly emotional performance which stole the show in this year’s second season of ‘Daredevil’. The fans watched in awe as Jon Bernthal went deep down into places never before…

A new batch of character posters for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story have been released! Earlier, as you may have seen, some new characters for the upcoming film were revealed – so this is shaping up to be a great day to be a Star Wars fan. As December rapidly approaches, it can only mean one thing… No, not Christmas. STAR WARS. The second trailer has heralded a flood of new promotional material, and this past week has now seen new books, trading cards and character bios released. And joining all of that today are a series of sexy new…

Entertainment Weekly and Topps have just revealed a ton of new cards that give us a look brand new characters for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story!  Old Saint Nick has historically had somewhat of a monopoly on the month of Advent, but Disney’s decision to designate the Festive Period as their release window for each new Star Wars movie means that fans have something other than Turkey to look forward to. The film is due to land on December 16th, and it’s trod somewhat of a rocky path on it’s approach. Rumors began to circulate online that the tone…

Initial filming is already well underway for the newly commissioned Netflix series ‘The Punisher’, which has tentatively been scheduled by the streaming ompany for an arrival at some point in 2017. This didn’t stop Jon Bernthal from making time for a brief, yet eventful appearance at NYCC last week. One of the highlights was seeing this new incarnation of Frank Castle pausing for photos with Diego Luna, who has recently made his debut as the new Ghost Rider in ‘Agents Of SHIELD’. Bernthal also managed to raise a few laughs in the hall when he predicted during an interview that…

So here it is then. Two months prior to its December 16th release date, the last trailer for Star Wars prequel ‘Rogue One’ has dropped, and it’s nothing short of amazing. Absolutely crammed full of action shots and character close-ups, it maps out everything that the fans can expect from the first live-action prequel material to be conceived and filmed since ‘Revenge Of The Sith’ landed in cinemas 11 long years ago. It’s gritty. It’s tense. And it looks every bit as impressive as we’d been hoping, particularly with those foreboding rumors about clashes between Gareth Edwards and Disney, and…

Hold onto your hats, Punisher fans, because we’ve got some important breaking news for you. We were recently treated to some leaked set photos featuring Jon Bernthal as The Punisher in his upcoming Netflix series and now – thanks to more leaked set photos, an appearance from a Daredevil character has been confirmed! OBVIOUS SPOILERS AHEAD! After several months of rumours and speculation about when we’d be seeing Jon Bernthal on our screens again as Frank Castle, with only a vague ‘due for release sometime in 2017’ to work off, the Internet has exploded on the eve of NYCC with…

Since its much-publicized release on Friday, demand for the debut season of ‘Luke Cage’ has proven so great that Netflix has experienced no small amount of difficulty in delivering episodes of the show to their subscribers, suffering from some rather embarrassing high-profile server failures. So, does the third entry in their planned ‘Defenders’ project live up to all the hype? Well, the answer is ‘Yes’. And to a certain extent ‘No’… Given the ever-expanding nature of the MCU, reviewing Marvel’s newly released material is becoming a very difficult task. It’s a bit like trying to be objective about the latest James Bond…

Bloody Marvel. There we all are. Lying on our backs having binged ourselves senseless on the recently released ‘Luke Cage’, and they’ve already started releasing teasers online about ‘Iron Fist’. The swines…. But, of course, this is Marvel. Why give everyone all the information they need, when you can drop the bare minimum, sit back, and benefit from limitless amounts of free hype as the fan-forums go wild with speculation and crazy theories? A 15 second video, which dropped today, shows an incense burner sat in the middle of the screen. The smoke slowly forms the ‘Iron Fist’ dragon logo,…