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Can Fantastic Four save Marvel – and DC – from superhero movie malaise?
Comic book legends Mark Millar and David Ayer suggest the genre may have run out of road – can the 2025 return of the classic comic characters to the big screen change that?
Ben Child
08, Sep, 2023 @11:49 AM
Is Taylor Swift joining Harry Styles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Rumours abound that the pop star may be cast as Dazzler, a superhero pop star who transforms sound into light and energy beams, in the upcoming Deadpool 3
Ben Child
18, Aug, 2023 @10:53 AM
Cleopatra at 60: new book reveals ‘stunning profligacy’ of infamous Hollywood epic
The Observer’s critics saw the ‘ordeal in Rome’ and now a new book reveals why it flopped
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent
13, Aug, 2023 @10:00 AM
Is borrowing superheroes from failed movies really a good idea, Marvel?
Kevin Feige now has his pick of ex-21st Century Fox mutants, but does anyone care to see those X-Men or Fantastic Four pitch up in Marvel’s cinematic multiverse?
Ben Child
01, Oct, 2021 @10:06 AM
DisneyMustPay: authors form task force to fight for missing payments
Coalition of author groups call for Disney to pay outstanding royalties owed to writers of novels and comics including Star Wars, Alien and Buffy the Vampire Slayer series it now owns
Alison Flood
28, Apr, 2021 @5:07 PM
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies review – Star Wars film boss gets his name up in lights
Alan Ladd Jr greenlit Star Wars, Alien, The Omen and many more – winning the lasting admiration of countless directors and actors. Now, his daughter has made a heartfelt celluloid tribute to the producer
Andrew Pulver
24, Apr, 2021 @6:02 PM
Star Wars author appeals to Disney in fight over royalties
Alan Dean Foster claims media giant has not paid him royalties for his books after acquiring Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox
Alison Flood
19, Nov, 2020 @2:08 PM
Could Secret Wars be Marvel's next climactic superhero smackdown?
Combining the storyline of the classic 1984 series with an alternate universe concept could see the studio inviting old favourites back into the fold
Ben Child
08, Jun, 2020 @11:06 AM
Disney drops Fox name from 20th Century film studios and Searchlight
Executives were reportedly worried the name has become too closely associated with Rupert Murdoch’s rightwing channel
Dominic Rushe in New York
17, Jan, 2020 @7:16 PM
Spies in Disguise review – Will Smith brings pecks appeal to animated caper
A secret agent ruffles feathers in the espionage world when he is accidentally transformed into a pigeon in this entertaining family adventure
Peter Bradshaw
16, Dec, 2019 @2:00 PM
Disney breaks own record for global box office returns in a year
The Lion King helps Disney amass $7.67bn to date in 2019, passing the previous best mark of $7.61bn in 2016
Andrew Pulver and Ellen Currie
29, Jul, 2019 @11:53 AM
The Netflix cash machine needs the kind of hits that money can’t buy
It is worth $166bn and has 150m users. But as it loses the rights to other networks’ best shows, it must create its own classics
Mark Sweney
13, Jul, 2019 @3:00 PM
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