With Harrison Ford (presumably) gearing up for a return to a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: Episode VII, as well as a rumoured fifth Indiana Jones film on the horizon, it’s easy to forget that he could potentially be returning to another of his previous characters in Rick Deckard, protagonist of Blade Runner.

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the proposed sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic, and with Ridley Scott seemingly turning his attention to Prometheus 2 after finishing work on Exodus, it could be quite a while before we hear anything else. However, that that doesn’t seem to have dampened Ford’s enthusiasm for the project, with the star once again expressing an interest in revisiting the world of Blade Runner during a Reddit AMA today:

“I’m quite curious and excited about seeing a new script for Blade Runner if in fact the opportunity would exist to do another, if it’s a good script I would be very anxious to work with Ridley Scott again, he’s a very talented and passionate filmmaker. And I think it would be very interesting to revisit the character.”

Would you like to see Ford back for a Blade Runner sequel? Let us know your thoughts…

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We’ve already seen a couple of promos for the next episode of Arrow [see here], and now thanks to Green Arrow TV we’ve got a bunch of action-packed promo images for ‘The Man Under the Hood’, which sees Oliver and company doing battle with Deathstroke; check them out here and head on over to the source for more…

“DEATHSTROKE HITS OLIVER AT HOME — Oliver (Stephen Amell), Canary (Caity Lotz), Diggle (David Ramsey) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) return to the lair and find Slade (Manu Bennett) waiting for them. An epic battle breaks out and one member of Team Arrow is sent to the hospital. Thea (Willa Holland) hits her breaking point, but just as Oliver is about to reach her, Slade intervenes and Oliver is faced with a choice – his battle with Slade or his family. Meanwhile, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) struggles with a new secret.“

Arrow airs on The CW on Wednesday evenings.

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As Sony prepares to start rolling out The Amazing Spider-Man 2 this coming week, the studio has dropped a new pair of international posters which see Andrew Garfield’s wall-crawler up against two of the film’s villains in Paul Giamatti’s Rhino and Dane DeHaan’s Green Goblin; check them out here courtesy of CBM…

For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen. But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro, Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is set for release on April 16th in the UK and on May 1st in North America, with a cast that also includes returning stars Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy), Sally Field (Aunt May), Chris Zylka (Flash Thompson), Campbell Scott (Richard Parker), Embeth Davidtz (Mary Parker), Martin Sheen (Ben Parker) and Denis Leary (George Stacy) alongside new additions Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained) as Electro, Chris Cooper (American Beauty) as Norman Osborn, Colm Feore (Thor) as Donald Menken, Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) as Felicia Hardy, Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings) as Dr. Kafka and B.J. Novak (The Office) as Alistair Smythe. Read our review here.

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This week sees the release of Genesis, a graphic novella from writer Nathan Edmondson (Who Is Jake Ellis?) and artist Alison Sampson (Outlaw Territory), and we’ve got a preview for you right here…

“A trippy journey of creation and destruction as one man finds himself with the ability to manifest anything by thinking it—only to learn that with seemingly unlimited power comes unstoppable terror.”

Genesis is out Wednesday, priced $6.99.

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We’ve already seen a fair bit of promotional material for this week’s episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [take a look at a clip, promo and poster] and now thanks to CBM we’ve also got ten promotional photos for second part of the series’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier tie-in, entitled ‘Providence’…

With Colonel Glenn Talbot now on their trail, Coulson and his team seek refuge in the last place anyone would look, where they begin to uncover S.H.I.E.L.D.’s most dangerous secrets–secrets that could destroy them all, on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz and Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons.

Guest starring are Bill Paxton as Agent Garrett, David Conrad as Ian Quinn, Ruth Negga as Raina, B.J. Britt as Agent Triplett, Adrian Pasdar as Col. Talbot, Patton Oswalt as Koenig, Patrick Brennan as Marcus Daniels, Rich Paul as Agent #1, Bayardo De Murguia as Agent #2, Jeffrey Muller as Agent Kaminsky, Alysha Del Valle as ABC reporter and Ramon Hilario as barber.

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Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill are back undercover in the latest TV spot for directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s upcoming comedy sequel 22 Jump Street, which we’ve got for you below after the official synopsis…

After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don’t have to just crack the case – they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.

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Following on from the first trailer and clip, Paramount Pictures has now given us the first official TV spot for director Brett Ratner’s (X-Men: The Last Stand) sword-and-sandals fantasy Hercules, which is based upon the graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars and sees Dwayne Johnson (Pain & Gain) in the lead role as the mythological hero….

Everyone knows the legend of Hercules and his twelve labors. This story begins after the labors, and after the legend. Haunted by a sin from his past, Hercules has become a mercenary. Along with five faithful companions, he travels ancient Greece selling his services for gold and using his legendary reputation to intimidate enemies. But when the benevolent ruler of Thrace and his daughter seek Hercules’ help to defeat a savage and terrifying warlord, Hercules finds that in order for good to triumph and justice to prevail… he must again become the hero he once was… he must embrace his own myth… he must be Hercules.

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Universal Pictures has released a new TV spot for A Million Ways to Die in the West, the latest comedy from Family Guy and Ted creator Seth MacFarlane, which sees him starring alongside Charlize Theron (Prometheus), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Amanda Seyfried (Les Miserables), Liam Neeson (Non-Stop), Sarah Silverman (Wreck-It Ralph) and Giovanni Ribisi (Dads). Check it out after the official synopsis…

Seth MacFarlane directs, produces, co-writes and plays the role of the cowardly sheep farmer Albert in A Million Ways to Die in the West. After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.

A Million Ways to Die in the West opens on May 30th.

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Thanks to IGN, we’ve got a new TV spot for Paramount Pictures’ upcoming live-action reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is packed full of new footage of the brothers in action, as well as our first glimpse of Master Splinter. Take a look below…

“The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.”

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sees Jonathan Leibesman (Wrath of the Titans) directing and Michael Bay (Transformers: Age of Extinction) producing, while the cast includes Megan Fox (Transformers) as April O’Neil,Pete Ploszek (Parks and Recreation) and Johnny Knoxville (Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa) as Leonardo, Alan Ritchson (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) as Raphael, Jeremy Howard (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) as Donatello, Noel Fisher (Battle Los Angeles) as Michaelangelo, Danny Woodburn (Seinfeld) and Tony Shalhoub (Monk) as Splinter, William Fichtner (The Dark Knight) as The Shredder, Will Arnett (The LEGO Movie) as Vernon Fenwick, Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost) as Bernadette Thompson, and K. Todd Freeman (The Dark Knight) as Baxter Stockman.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is set for release in North America on August 8th and here in the UK on October 17th.

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Locke, 2014

Directed by Steven Knight
Starring Tom Hardy, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott and Olivia Coleman

SYNOPSIS:

A construction manager’s life slowly falls apart on his drive home from work.

Locke’s titular character is Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy), a Welsh (it takes a while to get past the ‘camp Bane’ accent quickly) construction manager, who’s on the eve of overseeing the largest ever concrete pour outside of a military project. But instead of doing that, he is bound by another duty, and drives off into the night. The entirety of Locke is set within this car journey.

The film’s title is a reference to 17th century English philosopher John Locke. You know, the ‘men are born free but everywhere are in chains’ guy. It’s an apt namesake, as Ivan finds himself trapped by his very mode of freedom – his car.

It’s very high concept, and unique in that there is no impending peril. You think of other single environment, lone character movies – Phonebooth, Buried, Gravity – and how the claustrophobia in integral to its atmosphere. Every frame the film stays within its confines is another ratchet up in tension.

Locke, however, frequently cuts outside the car. There are dissolves and fades with the passing traffic, and overhead shots of the motorway. It effectively portrays the fluidity of Ivan’s wondering, fatigued mind. But it immediately dissolves the tension. It’s no coincidence that the film’s most affecting moment – where Ivan breaks down in tears as his oblivious son talks about a football match  – is one where the camera focuses entirely on Hardy’s bearded face. There are no dissolves, fades or cutaways. It is simply a man falling apart. free of editing tricks and camera flairs. And it’s fantastic.

The ambition is admirable, even if the experiment ultimately fails. Locke’s journey is a metaphor of transition, of a man choosing a new path against those that surround him, and in that way his story is epic. But the film, despite its strong script and enthralling central performance from Hardy, fails to take advantage of its own significance.

Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ ★  / Movie: ★ ★

Oliver Davis is one of Flickering Myth’s co-editors. You can follow him on Twitter @OliDavis.

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It’s been a fairly reserved marketing campaign for Transformers: Age of Extinction so far, but with just over two months to go before its release Paramount Pictures has now given us another peek at the fourth instalment of the blockbuster series with the arrival of a new TV spot, which we’ve got for you below….

Transformers: Age of Extinction is once again directed by Michael Bay, with Mark Wahlberg (Ted) leading an all-new human cast that also includes Jack Reynor (What Richard Did), Stanley Tucci (Captain America: The First Avenger), Nicola Peltz (Bates Motel), Bingbing Li (Resident Evil: Retribution), Sophia Myles (Underworld), Victoria Summer (Saving Mr. Banks), Titus Welliver (Lost) and T.J. Miller (She’s Out of My League).

Transformers: Age of Extinction is set for release on June 27th. Watch the first trailer here.

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Last night during the MTV Movie Awards, MTV debuted an extended ‘opening battle’ clip from X-Men: Days of Future Past which sees Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page), Iceman (Shawn Ashmore), Colossus (Daniel Cudmore), Warpath (Booboo Stewart), Blink (Fan Bingbing), Sunspot (Adan Canto) and Bishop (Omar Sy) trying to fend off a Sentinel attack. Watch it below courtesy of CBM….

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from “X-Men: First Class,” in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

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Warner Bros. Pictures has debuted an official TV spot packed with new footage from Edge of Tomorrow, the upcoming sci-fi from diretcor Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity), which stars Tom Cruise as an officer forced to relive his first and final battle over and over again until he’s able to change the outcome. Take a look below…

The story unfolds in a near future in which a hive-like alien race, called Mimics, have hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, shredding great cities to rubble and leaving millions of human casualties in their wake. No army in the world can match the speed, brutality or seeming prescience of the weaponized Mimic fighters or their telepathic commanders. But now the world’s armies have joined forces for a last stand offensive against the alien horde, with no second chances.

Lt. Col. Bill Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and then dropped—untrained and ill-equipped—into what amounts to little more than a suicide mission. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an Alpha down with him. But, impossibly, he awakens back at the beginning of the same hellish day, and is forced to fight and die again…and again. Direct physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop—dooming him to live out the same brutal combat over and over.

But with each pass, Cage becomes tougher, smarter, and able to engage the Mimics with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), who has lain waste to more Mimics than anyone on Earth. As Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated battle becomes an opportunity to find the key to annihilating the alien invaders and saving the Earth.

Edge of Tomorrow is set for release on May 30th in the UK and June 6th in the States, with a cast that also includes Emily Blunt (Looper), Bill Paxton (Aliens), Jonas Armstrong (Robin Hood), Tony Way (Game of Thrones), Kick Gurry (Tangle), Franz Drameh (Attack the Block), Dragomir Mrsic (Snabba Cash II) and Charlotte Riley (World Without End). Watch the latest trailer here.

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With The Amazing Spider-Man 2 set to start rolling out in international markets this week [read our review here], Sony has continued its marketing blitz with the release of a new TV spot teasing an unhappy ending for lovebirds Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone)…

Meanwhile, during the MTV Awards a new clip was released showing a battle between Spidey and Electro (Jamie Foxx) in Times Square…

For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen. But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro, Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is set for release on April 16th in the UK and on May 1st in North America, with a cast that also includes returning stars Sally Field (Aunt May), Chris Zylka (Flash Thompson), Campbell Scott (Richard Parker), Embeth Davidtz (Mary Parker), Martin Sheen (Ben Parker) and Denis Leary (George Stacy) alongside new additions Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) as Harry Osborn, Paul Giamatti (12 Years a Slave) as The Rhino, Chris Cooper (American Beauty) as Norman Osborn, Colm Feore (Thor) as Donald Menken, Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) as Felicia Hardy, Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings) as Dr. Kafka and B.J. Novak (The Office) as Alistair Smythe.

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We’ve known for a while now that Joss Whedon will expand the roster of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for 2015′s Avengers: Age of Ultron, bringing in Godzilla duo Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen as mutant ‘miracle’ twins Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, while Paul Bettany is also set to add to his voice work as JARVIS by bringing life to The Vision. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the British actor has spoken a little about his new role in the eagerly-anticipated sequel.

“The [Vision] can do all sorts of things, but I’m not allowed to really talk about them and what we’re going to because there might be a Marvel agent in the room who will actually wrestle me to the ground and fire me. It’s very exciting for me but everything’s a double-edged sword because I was playing JARVIS for years. My job was I would turn up at a recording studio for 45 minutes, do my stuff, they’d give me a huge bag of cash and then I would go home. Now it turns out they’ve found me out and want me to actually do something. It’s not right.”

The Vision made his comic book debut in The Avengers #57, and is a “synthezoid” creation of Ultron, the sequel’s big bad, who turns on his creator before becoming a member of the superhero team. His powers include the ability to alter his density and mass and phase through objects, as well as possessing superhuman strength, agility and reflexes and the power of flight.

The Avengers: Age of Ultron is set for release on May 1st 2015 with Whedon directing a cast that also includes MCU veterans Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (The Incredible Hulk), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill) and Samuel L. Jackson alongside new additions James Spader (The Blacklist) as Ultron, and Thomas Kretschmann (Dracula) as Baron Strucker.

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The King and the Mockingbird (French: Le Roi et l’oiseau), 1980.

Directed by Paul Grimault.
Featuring the voice talents of Jean Martin, Pascal Mazzotti, Raymond Bussières, Agnès Viala and Renaud Marx.

SYNOPSIS:

A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.

The modern animation industry is very much a business, as opposed to an art-form or creative industry. Looking at recent uninspired projects and unnecessary sequels such as Monsters University and Planes just to name a few, it’s easy to come to some clear conclusions about the state of contemporary animation. If it’s not highly merchandised, franchised or derivative, it doesn’t seem to get made, at least by the likes of Disney or Pixar.

The recent retiring of the masterful Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli fame only helps further cement this uninspired era in animated history. To bring this seemingly irrelevant introduction full circle, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata cited The King and the Mockingbird as a huge inspiration to both them and their studio, one that highly influenced their textured, personal and emotive brand of storytelling. It couldn’t be a better time for StudioCanal’s awaited remaster of Paul Grimault’s unusually obscure masterpiece.

The King and the Mockingbird is an incredibly vivid animation, mostly based on a classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Every frame has remarkable detail, each character drawing feels genuine, characterised as if they instantly have a personality or persona, regardless of the dialogue being very little. The kingdom of Takicardia is essentially steampunk, it feels very much inspired from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, but that shouldn’t sell it short. The world is quirky, unfathomable and most of all there’s so much to see.

While the visuals are fascinating, the storytelling is just as good. The tale is as simple as could be; a forbidden romance, a helpful animal companion, an evil baddie, etc. The concepts may be simple, but the world they exist in and the imagination involved are so riveting and appealing. Underneath the surface, the film is deeply satirical, humorous and surprisingly intelligent.

The King and the Mockingbird is a humble masterpiece, a milestone in French film-making and in animation. It’s a piece that’s had an unbelievable amount of thought and attention to detail put into it, reflective of its 30 years of troubled production process. The King and the Mockingbird is a heartfelt piece of cinema that’ll visually, intellectually and emotionally mystify adult and child alike.

Flickering Myth Rating - Film: ★ ★ ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Sam Thorne

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Warning: spoilers ahead for the second episode of Game of Thrones season 4, ‘The Lion and the Rose’ – if you’re yet to see it, you should turn back now….

A wedding day is meant to be the happiest day of your life, but if you’re a king in Westeros, there’s a good chance your wedding day is the last day of your life. The showrunners behind Game of Thrones wasted little time in delivering the shocks this season, with last night’s episode ‘The Lion and the Rose’ culminating with the death of poor King Joffrey, and now HBO has released a promo for the next episode, entitled ‘Breaker of Chains’. Check it out below (and we’ve also got a few promo images which you can see here)…

Game of Thrones airs on Sunday evenings on HBO in the States and on Monday evenings on Sky Atlantic here in the UK.

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Following on from last week’s batch of stills, Collider and Entertainment Weekly have delivered four new images from the upcoming simian sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, director Matt Reeves’ (Let the Right One In) follow-up to the acclaimed 2011 franchise reboot…

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes sees Andy Serkis returning as Caesar alongside Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises), Keri Russell (Mission: Impossible III), Toby Kebbell (Wrath of the Titans), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In), Enrique Murciano (Black Hawk Down), Kirk Acevedo (The Thin Red Line) and Judy Greer (13 Going on 30). The film is set for release on July 11th; watch the first trailer here.

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“I take each project as they come,” explains Michael Wilkinson who received an Oscar nomination for costume designing American Hustle (2013).  “I would never say as a rule that I don’t do this type of film.  For me I read the script.  If there’s something about it I find challenging that I’ve never done before or if there’s a director I greatly admire attached or actors I’ve always wanted to work with those are the different types of criteria that I use when choosing my next job.”  Wilkinson has been involved with projects as varied as Babel (2006), 300 (2006), Tron: Legacy (2010), Noah (2014), and currently Batman vs Superman (2016).  “I don’t what it is about me.  Maybe it’s because I have a short attention span.  I like to mix things up.  I like to show the world that I’m not just a superhero or sword and sandals or period or science fiction guy.  I’m all of those.  For me, costume design is a creative act and by mixing things up so much it keeps my imagination recharged, refreshed and alert.”

“I feel like whenever I work with a different director there’s something I learn,” notes Michael Wilkinson.  “There’s a new approach and way of dealing with the design brief. What I learned from David O’Russell was to be brave with my design decisions and be happy to go out on a limb and dig deeper into my investigations into the psychology of all of the characters.  I’m bringing that to all of my projects now.  I could say the same thing about Zack Snyder.  There’s a sense of trust that he has when we work together that builds a confidence in me and allows me to develop my ideas.  With each director you learn something new and the combination of all those new things help you to grow as a costume designer.”

When asked about working with Zack Snyder on Watchmen (2009) compared to Batman vs Superman (2016), Wilkinson responds, “I feel like the process is similar. We dive into the source material and make sure that we have a firm knowledge of that.  We make sure that we’re respecting the source material but then at the same time trust our intuition and imagination to take us into interesting areas.  Maybe what has changed is the shorthand.  Like any relationship over the years we get there quicker.  There’s so much trust and mutual respect that the ideas flow freely. There’s no sense of being judged or being afraid that there’s anything such thing as a bad idea.  That makes everything a tighter, wonderful and gratifying experience.”

A new member of the inner circle of Zack Snyder is Patrick Tatopoulos who was responsible for the production design for 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) as well as the highly anticipated Batman vs Superman.  “I’m pleased to work with Patrick,” remarks Michael Wilkinson.  “He has so much creative energy and wonderful ideas.”  In regards to the discussions between the Art and Costume Design Departments, the native of Australia states, “There is of course a design dialogue about how the costumes work with the production design and making sure we’re all on the same page.  I have been heading up the costume design of the film.  This film is incredibly ambitious, epic and far reaching.   As a costume designer it’s such a thrill.  There’s never a boring day.  You always have to work harder and harder to make it even more awesome and imaginative.  It’s a thrilling ride.”

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In order to raise awareness for a new science-fiction fantasy series created by writer Rick Remender (Deadly Class) and illustrator Greg Tocchini (Last Days of American Crime), Image Comics have released early artwork for Low.

Frequent collaborators Remender and Tocchini dive into an aquatic, sci-fi fantasy, following two teams, from the last remaining cities undersea, as they race to the most unexpected alien world of all—the surface of Earth. 

Low #1 is currently available for pre-order and arrives on July 30, 2014

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