Victoria Alonso, president of Marvel physical production, post-production, visual effects and animation has been fired amidst allegations of toxic workplace behaviour and a flagging film flagship.
Marvel became an entertainment giant by thumbing their nose at the industry norm of spitting out garbage sequels to great films, and endless reboots. Beginning with Iron Man in 2008 they made a series of marvellous movies.
We finally got around to watching an episode of Disney's not-a-superhero comedy Extraordinary, and while it is better than some of its promos made it appear, it was unexpectedly morally questionable.
For our tastes there's too much sex, but we don't regard sex as amoral. The problem is their treatment of consent. Spoilers ahead.
Following explosive revelations in a Rolling Stone article detailing the reality behind the scenes and also potential social media fakery underpinning the Zack Snyder's Justice League recut, and DC CEO Jim Lee pouring cold water on the notion of a second revival, probably everyone regarded his DC run as over, but a fresh cryptic tweet from Zack suggests otherwise.
From that title you might surmise that Wonder Woman has hauled Bruce's butt out of some proverbial fire but in this instance the Amazon we're referring to is the streamer.
Last year HBO cancelled in development animated series Batman: Caped Crusader, and Amazon have snapped it up with a two season order.
Submitted by ionscifi on February 27, 2023 - 09:08
Comedy couple Megan Mullally (Will and Grace, Parks and Recreation) and Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) heve joined the cast for the fourth and final season of Netflix's Umbrella Academy.
As "a pair of mild-mannered Midwestern community college professors".
Submitted by ionscifi on February 24, 2023 - 17:24
Today Sony livestreamed their latest State of Play which included trailers for eight sci-fi titles. Listed below.
But we'll take a closer look at two of particular interest - a newly revealed Foundation (Asimov) VR2 game and upcoming action roleplaying antihero title, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League.
Submitted by ionscifi on February 19, 2023 - 13:01
Without giving any reason - just a new poster - Marvel has delayed The Marvels, the film from July to November. In the US the 10th but an Australian date hasn't been announced yet.
Also only in the US at this point, Disney's Haunted Mansion film has been brought forward from August to fill the July slot.
Submitted by ionscifi on February 13, 2023 - 14:45
Amidst the mini-cyclone of allegations laid against Ezra Miller in recent years and rampant misreporting of DC having fired him as The Flash, there has been a consistent note in Warner Bros. PR response.
The Flash film looks super good. Implied is that it's so good that it has to be seen no matter the outcry. Warner Bros. have now released its trailer.
Submitted by ionscifi on February 13, 2023 - 13:28
Another week, another Marvel blockbuster. Well not quite but this week we have both Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania hitting cinemas and a new trailer for the next in line, Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3.
If you've seen the previous two films it's about what you'd expect. Though the final gag almost made us gag.
